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MIBOR Seeks Applicants for Economic and Community Development Council Grant

Posted: Mar 14, 2023

The MIBOR Economic and Community Development Council (ECDC) Grant is open and accepting applications for Round 2 of the 2023 cycle. During the first round of investments, the MIBOR Economic and Community Development Council invested $42,800 into 14 projects across the MIBOR region. MIBOR’s Economic and Community Development Council supports organizations and initiatives that build and maintain inclusive and vibrant communities, attract, develop and retain a skilled regional workforce and work towards the attraction and retention of quality jobs for central Indiana. MIBOR knows thriving communities are critical to a thriving real estate market. Therefore, REALTORS® invest and engage in economic development and community outreach. MIBOR is looking for opportunities to invest in initiatives aimed at job attraction/retention and expansion, placemaking, quality of life, housing and initiatives that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Funding support eligibility is limited to organizations and communities in the MIBOR service area. The MIBOR service area includes Boone, Brown, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and Shelby counties. The ECDC works with economic development organizations, community development corporations, parks and recreation departments, arts and culture organizations, Mainstreet organizations, housing partners, community foundations, MIBOR Divisions, civic entities and non-profit organizations. If you have questions or want to discuss how your project or initiative might fit within the ECDC’s mission, please reach out to Maddie Love at maddielove@mibor.com or 317-956-5261. Also, please review the 2021 and 2022 investments here: Economic & Community Development Council | MIBOR REALTOR® Association. The application for investment can be found at Economic & Community Development Council | MIBOR REALTOR® Association under the “Application for Investment” tab or at Investment Application | MIBOR REALTOR® Association. Applications will be accepted and reviewed quarterly, deadlines to submit your application for investment are below. Round 2: Due May 5, 2023, by 5:00 PM   | Reviewed by ECDC May 18, 2023 Round 3: Due August 11, 2023, by 5:00 PM   | Reviewed by ECDC August 24, 2023 Round 4: Due October 27, 2023, by 5:00 PM   | Reviewed by ECDC November 9, 2023

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Seeks Applicants for USArtists International

Funding / Grants ; Performing

Posted: Mar 13, 2023

DEADLINE: March 29, 2023 USArtists International (USAI) supports in-person and virtual performances by American artists at engagements at international festivals and global presenting arts marketplaces outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. USArtists International is designed to encourage the presence of U.S. performing artists on international stages and in the global arts community; to support engagements that develop and expand both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections with presenters, curators, and fellow artists; and to promote justice in the arts community by elevating the diverse voices contributing to the vibrant array of creative expression in the United States. USAI provides grants of up to $18,000 toward eligible expenses; please reference the guidelines for further detail.

Indiana Arts Commission Provides Professional Development for Aging Services Professionals

Funding / Grants ; Professional Development

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

About the Program Lifelong Arts Indiana is a statewide program that supports aging services professionals across Indiana in developing their skills for providing creative arts experiences for older adults. Understanding the impact the arts have on quality of life and general wellness, Lifelong Arts Indiana trains providers how to enhance their services by including creative arts experiences. Lifelong Arts Indiana Creative Aging training is for professionals in the Aging Services Community (e.g. area agencies on aging, senior centers, and other community-based senior serving organizations) and will develop: Theory: Creative Aging training participants will learn the overall importance the arts have for older adults, including the historical and evidence-based knowledge. Step-by-Step Planning Support: Aging services professionals will learn a variety of creative approaches, and all the logistical action steps they need to begin implementing creative arts in their services. Practical Application: Through hands-on learning and affirmations from participants’ own experiences, aging services professionals will have a comprehensive understanding of the impact and outcomes of including creative arts into their services. Grant Support: Aging services professionals who complete one of the four sessions will be eligible and encouraged to apply for the Lifelong Arts Early Action Grant to receive up to $5,000 to hire a qualified artist to provide multi-day arts learning at their community site. Lifelong Arts Indiana will not only equip aging services professionals with all the practical knowledge they need, but they’ll also leave transformed—with a renewed enthusiasm for their aging services work, and motivation to begin their own creative arts practices within their communities. To sign up for a session, click here. For more information, click here.

Indiana Arts Commission Seeks Teaching Artists for Lifelong Arts Indiana Program

Funding / Grants ; Professional Development

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

About the Program Lifelong Arts Indiana is a learning opportunity for Hoosier artists to develop their skills in providing creative experiences for older adults. Informed by field best-practices, Lifelong Arts Indiana empowers participants to develop their own approach to sharing creative experiences with older adults, ages sixty-five and older, in their community—and provides access to funds to help make it happen. Lifelong Arts Indiana includes: Creative Aging Learning Course: Participants learn and explore best practices and strategies for developing an effective, sequential arts learning experience for older adults. This is a 3-day online learning course for artists. Coaching Part 1 –Project Planning: Following the learning course, sessions with field experts provide personalized guidance for building an effective creative experience for older adults. Coaching Part 2 -Partnership Building: This next step coaching will help participants build strong cross-sector partnerships for their creative aging projects. Early Action Grants: A funding opportunity to put the Creative Aging Learning Course lessons into action. Lifelong Arts Indiana Early Action Grants Eligible Lifelong Arts Indiana participants who receive a Certificate of Completion from the Creative Aging Learning Course are eligible and encouraged to apply for the Lifelong Arts Early Action Grants. Applicants may request funds for a project that provides a sequential arts-learning experience for a group of older adults in their community. The proposal must meet the review criteria and will be reviewed by a conflict-free panel of community experts. Panelists will review submissions using the following selection criteria: Creative Aging & Learning Elements, Feasibility, and Community Engagement. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. Click here to apply, or click here to learn more.

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants Program Seeks Applicants

Funding / Grants ; Performing

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

Are you a professional dancer living anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences? You may be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $5,000. Dancers must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in order to apply; you do NOT need to work as a dancer fulltime or earn your primary income through dance. Dire financial emergencies include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food. Cycle 8 of the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program will be open March 21 – April 28, 2023; funds may be requested for emergency expenses for up to a three-month period between December 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023. It is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and funded by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Please click here for details.

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Program Seeks Applicants

Funding / Grants

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

Do you need help paying for critical medical, mental health, or dental treatment? Have you had to suspend or reduce your creative practice because of a medical emergency? Artists in financial need can request a one-time grant of up to $5,000 for recent or upcoming medical, dental, or mental health-related emergency expenses through New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program. A live informational webinar is coming up Feb. 28; recordings will be available. Artists who are creating in visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography and living anywhere in the U.S., Tribal Nations, District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories may apply. The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants has a new cycle every other month and is for artists in financial need who otherwise may delay critical treatment, or incur substantial debt. The current cycle is open through March 17 for emergencies occurring July 1, 2022 and later; Cycle 18 opens April 18, with a deadline of May 19, for emergencies occurring September 1, 2022 and later. Please click here for details.

Museum of Arts & Design Seeks Applicants for Burke Prize

Funding / Grants ; Visual

Posted: Feb 21, 2023

The Burke Prize is a biannual contemporary art prize for a new generation of artists working in a world of expanded media with a foundation in glass, fiber, clay, metal, or wood. Selected by a diverse and distinguished jury of curators, artists, and scholars through an open-call application process, the Burke Prize winner receives an unrestricted award of $50,000. One Burke Prize artist will also be selected for the biannual Burke Residency at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass. The Burke Residency artist will receive a one-month to five-week residency with all the benefits and opportunities awarded to artists selected for The Studio’s Artist-in-Residence program. Inspired by the disciplines that shaped the American studio craft movement, the Burke Prize is named for Marian and Russell Burke, two longtime supporters of MAD and passionate collectors of craft. Established in 2018, the Burke Prize honors exceptional artists, 45 or under, working in the United States whose highly accomplished work is conceptually rigorous, relevant, and pushes the boundaries of materials and creative processes. For more information and to apply, click here.

Grants Available for Projects in Waterway Neighborhoods

Funding / Grants ; Literary ; Performing ; Public Art ; Social Practice Art ; Visual

Posted: Feb 16, 2023

The ROWforward Partnership Development Grant program seeks new neighborhood-based partners interested in helping shape the expansion of the Reconnecting to our Waterways collective impact project. Selected groups interested in building a long-term relationship with the ROW partners can receive up to $5,000 in rapid project or event support by committing to help build, test, and perfect ROW’s new model for community engagement. Funding may support a wide variety of activities, including physical projects and community programs or events. Apply anytime; all grant-supported activities must be completed by June 15, 2023. Five to eight awards will be made; no cash match required. In exchange for the grant, your group will participate with ROW for up to 12 months and help develop and test ideas related to building a model for organizing a successful community group that is diverse and multi-faceted, resident-led, and action-oriented. This participation could include 3 to 4 in-person or Zoom conversations, reviewing and providing feedback on written materials, and implementing community organizing ideas in your neighborhood. This commitment will not require financial resources but will require time and likely volunteer activities in your neighborhood. Eligible Activities Any physical project, community program, or community event that improves the quality of life or ecology in a neighborhood near a waterway. This includes activities that address arts and culture, ecology, economics, education, connectivity, and/or health and wellness. Examples of projects could include native plantings, invasive plant removal, educational workshops, storytelling signage, community festivals or bike rides, school programs, public art, and many more! All activities must be open and accessible to the general public. If a physical project, the project will need the approval of a property owner (if on private property) or the City of Indianapolis (if on public property). If a physical project, the project should have a plan in place for its continued maintenance, such as watering and weeding plants, replacing mulch, refreshing paint or removing graffiti, etc. Eligible Areas Map of Eligible Areas Here The stakeholder group and activities must be within or substantially connected to a neighborhood and waterway within these areas. The stakeholder group and activities should not significantly overlap with an existing ROW waterway committee area (shown in eligible areas map). Who can apply? Any formal or informal group of individuals and partners may apply. The group does not need to be incorporated or a legal entity, but it must include a sponsor that is an incorporated entity like a business, non-profit organization, place of worship, or community association that has the ability to accept and track funds. The group should include at least two different organizations, businesses, or families. The group may include members of an existing waterway committee, but should also include new partners focused on a new area of the waterway. Learn more here and apply here.

Creative Capital Seeks Applicants for 'Wild Futures' Grants

Funding / Grants ; Professional Development

Posted: Feb 15, 2023

Creative Capital is excited to announce that the Creative Capital 2024 Grant Cycle Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact will award grants of up to $50,000 per artist project. The info session will take place on Zoom March 1. The application is open March 1–31, 2023—only 6 short questions and takes less than one hour to complete! Project proposals are welcomed in: Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged and/or sustainable visual art-based practices Film/Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices The info session will provide an overview of the application process followed by a Q&A. Live captioning (CART services) and ASL interpretation will be provided. The session will also be recorded and made available on the Creative Capital website. Want to strengthen your grant application? Sign up for the FREE, NEW Creative Capital Curriculum! Click here to register for the info session.

The Hopper Prize Seeks Entries for $3,500 Artist Grants

Funding / Grants ; Visual

Posted: Feb 15, 2023

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. They are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists and photographers around the world. Grants will be awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. Current Jurors: — Emily Edwards, Assistant Curator, Dallas Contemporary — Inês Costa, Curator, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. The organization’s aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. The Hopper Prize accepts submissions twice a year via an open call. Program Highlights Total Awards: $11,000.00 USD for visual artists $3,500.00 – 2 artists will each receive a $3,500 (USD) grant $1,000.00 – 4 artists will each receive a $1,000 (USD) grant 30 artists will have their work archived at hopperprize.org A selection from the submissions will be featured on The Hopper Prize Instagram feed @hopperprize Additional exposure will be available to winners through The Hopper Prize’s Journal: Insights into Contemporary Art Grant awards are unrestricted and may be used any way the recipients choose. When submitting your work, you will have the option to opt-in to be considered for possible Instagram features on The Hopper Prize feed @hopperprize, where they currently reach an audience of over 74k. Editors will be featuring select submissions on a rolling basis prior to the application deadline. In addition to grant awards and Instagram reach, The Hopper Prize will be providing an additional platform for exposure via the online Journal Insights Into Contemporary Art. The Hopper Prize launched this digital publication to give artists a new channel to amplify their voice while providing an in-depth look at their work, practice, and background. Grant recipients and shortlisted artists will all receive the opportunity to publish an interview to include any work of their choosing as a means of providing continued support beyond the open call. Eligibility The Hopper Prize is open to all artists age 18 and older working in any media. There are no restrictions on genre, subject matter, or media. The Hopper Prize is committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. All artists are encouraged to apply. Deadline May 16, 2023 Simple Application The grant application is simple to reduce the stress of submitting your work and save you time. The application is short and can be completed in under 20 minutes. To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information: Name & Email Instagram Username (optional) Up to 10 Image or Video attachments Artwork captions Artist Statement & Biography (optional) $40 submission fee Apply Now Go to https://hopperprize.org to apply.

Indiana Humanities Seeks Applications for Action Grant

Funding / Grants

Posted: Jan 13, 2023

Indiana Humanities’ Action Grants provide tax-exempt organizations with funds to develop and implement responsive and meaningful humanities programming. The goal is to support projects that help people learn new information, consider different perspectives, share ideas and understand one another better. Programs may come in a variety of formats—workshops, presentations, reading/discussion programs, exhibitions, podcasts, film documentaries and more—as long as they’re open to the public and utilize the humanities as a tool for engagement. Grant Amount: Up to $3,000 Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with review at the end of each calendar month Notification: Within four weeks of the application deadline; projects may begin six weeks after the application deadline Completion Date: Projects must be completed within one year of notification Matching Funds: Applicants must provide at least an equal match in cash or in-kind contributions (e.g., a $3,000 request must show at least $3,000 of matching support) Grant Booklet: Download and read the grant booklet at www.indianahumanities.org/grants For the full RFP, click here. To learn more and apply, click here.

Innovate Grant Seeks Artists & Photographers for $1800 Grant

Funding / Grants ; Visual

Posted: Jan 05, 2023

WINTER 2023 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (6) honorable mentions (3 in art and 3 in photo), will be featured on Innovate Grant’s website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org. Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. The grant process is simple so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and the application reflects that. Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grants to a Photographer + 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews How to Apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older from all around the world are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org. Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at https://innovateartistgrants.org. Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted Deadline: March 23, 2023 Region: US & International Awards: 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews Apply Online Today Home | Innovate Grant

The Arts Federation Seeks Applicants for Individual Artist Grant

Funding / Grants

Posted: Aug 30, 2022

The Arts Federation (TAF) was awarded $500,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In turn, TAF has created the Individual Artist Grant to provide funding for artists to execute projects. Awardees must produce a finished work of art and all disciplines are eligible: literary, visual, performing, and culinary. Proposals will be scored based on the project’s artistic excellence, community engagement, and inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility practices. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. All projects must be executed by December of 2023. To apply, click here.

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