Artists in Education Grants (PK-12)
- Purpose
- Description
- Eligible Applicants
- Eligible Activities
- Criteria for Funding
- Amount of Assistance
- Application Deadline
- Complete Guidelines for Funding
- Application and Final Report Form
- Artist Roster
Purpose
To provide opportunities for young people throughout Virginia to participate in and learn about the arts by working with high quality professional artists.
Description
These grants provide elementary and secondary students and teachers opportunities to work with professional artists either in a school setting or through after-school or summer activities. These grants support educational programs in the arts that enhance arts instruction in the school curriculum. In addition, the grants will support the training of professional artists to work with elementary and secondary students.
- Virginia elementary and secondary schools which meet the Basic Eligibility criteria of the Virginia Commission for the Arts
- Private, federally tax-exempt schools that meet the Basic Eligibility criteria of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, including compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Not-for-profit arts organizations working in partnership with local schools
- Artist residencies
- After school or summer arts education programs run by not-for-profit arts organizations
- Training programs for artists who wish to work with elementary and secondary students
NOTE: The grant funds may be used for artist salaries, supplies, and costs of program evaluation. Generally, the Commission will not fund the same activity or the same artist(s) for more than three years.
- Artistic excellence of the participating artist(s)
- Qualifications of the participating artist(s) for working elementary and secondary student
- Clarity of the program description
- Program planning and evaluation (note: applications from arts organizations must show collaborative planning with educators)
- Extent to which the proposed activities enhance existing arts education offered by local schools
- Cost effectiveness of the proposed activities
- Administrative ability of the applicant organization
- Applications must describe the existing arts education instruction in area schools and show how the proposed activities supplement and enhance the existing school instruction.
- Applications must include a plan for evaluation of learning by the participating students.
- Applications must include a description of how the participating artist(s) were recruited and selected.
- If the applicant is an arts organization, the application must clearly describe how the proposed activities are different from or an expansion of existing educational activities.
Applicants may request a maximum of $10,000 and must provide at least a one-to-one cash match of the requested grant.
Application and Final Report Forms
- 2012-2013 Artists in Education Grant Application (PDF)
- 2012-2013 Artists in Education Grant Application (Word)
The Artist Roster includes contact information, fees, background, availability and description of a sample Artist Residency for the consideration of schools applying for Artists in Education grants. These high quality professional artists have been selected by a panel of arts leaders to represent outstanding representatives of Creative Writing, Dance, Folk Arts, Multi-Discipline, Music, Theatre/Storytelling and Visual Art.
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