Grassroots Arts Program
Grassroots funds are available to support quality arts programs through subgrants to organizations. In most cases, qualified artists are required for projects that receive funding. Examples of programs funded include:
Performances
Festivals
Art Exhibitions
After-school arts programs
Artist residencies in schools
Arts camps
Classes
Web site Development
Workshops
Research
Art Walks and Studio Tours
Are you eligible for a Subgrant?
Organizations must have been in operation for at least one year. While nonprofit 501(c)(3) status is preferred, organizations that are nonprofit in nature may also receive Grassroots Arts Program subgrants. Unincorporated nonprofits must have a fiscal agent to receive the funds on their behalf.
Priorities for Funding
First priority: Arts organizations for theater, symphonies, galleries, art guilds, choral societies, dance companies, folk arts societies, writer's groups and arts festivals.
Second priority: Support for arts learning and arts in education programs conducted by qualified artists for artist residencies in the schools, after school camps or adult arts learning classes.
Third priority: Community, civic and municipal organizations that provide quality art experiences for the greater community. These programs must be conducted by qualified artists.
Matching the Grassroots Grant
Subgrants require a dollar for dollar match from subgrantees for each dollar awarded.
Programs reflect the Cultural and Ethnic Diversity of our County
Grassroots arts sub grant programs must reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our county. The Arts Council of Wilson, Inc Grassroots committee has the challenge to bring multicultural programming that reflects African American, Asian American, Latino and Native American cultures. The racial and cultural diversity requirement cannot be reached by counting or estimating the number of people of color at performances, classes, or exhibits. The artists must represent one of our ethnic communities.
Limitations for Awarding Grassroots
Grassroots sub grant funds cannot be awarded to organizations receiving funding through the N. C. Arts Council's State Arts Resources.
Grassroots funds may not be used for a school's internal arts programs; in-school student performances, the purchase of art supplies, or student arts competitions and publications.
Grassroots funds may not be used as awards or fundraising
For Applications you may download the form from this Website or call the Arts Council of Wilson at 252-291-4329 and speak to Chandra Bolling or Barry Page.
Applications are due no later than September 20.
REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS
Artists in 29 counties are eligible for the regional awards
The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 16, 2011.
The Regional Artists Project program is managed through a partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council and 29 local arts councils throughout Eastern North Carolina working as a consortium. Counties include Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Residents in these counties are eligible to apply for grants which provide financial support to artists in all disciplines, such as visual art/craft, music composition, film/video, literature/playwriting and choreography/dance, and at any stage of their career. Types of fundable projects include the creation of new work; purchase of equipment and materials and professional development workshops. Complete funding guidelines and applications are available at http://www.pittcountyarts.org/grants/.
Since 1985, the state Arts Council has provided funds for the Regional Artists Project program to support professional artists. The regional consortium of eastern North Carolina arts councils matches the N.C. Arts Council to create a pool of funds for the artists. In 2010-2011, more than $200,000 was awarded to 142 artists statewide for projects that advanced individual artistic development. In the East, grant awards to artists generally range from $500 to $1,000, and follow a competitive application and review process.
Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge serves as lead arts council for the Eastern North Carolina Regional Consortium this year and manages the application and review process. Application forms and grant guidelines are available on their website at http://www.pittcountyarts.org/grants. Applications must be received no later than Friday, September 16, 2011 delivered to the Arts Council of Wilson, Inc. at 124 Nash Street SW or to the Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge located at 404 S. Evans St., Greenville, NC 27858. Please check each location’s closing time for that day.
Regional Workshops will be held for artists in July and August. Please go to http://www.pittcountyarts.org/grants for addresses and contact information.
For more information, contact Holly Garriott, executive director, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, holly@pittcountyarts.org, (252) 551-6947 or your Arts Council of Wilson, Inc. at (252) 291-4329 extension 12 for Barry Page, Executive Director or extension 33 for Chandra Bolling, Administrative Assistant.
