Carnegie Art Grants
You're a community-based organization and have an idea for a fantastic art project you'd like to explore, but you don't have the money you need to get started. Fortunately, you live in Niagara County, New York. Before you resort to borrowing the money or abandoning the project due to lack of funds, consider an art grant from the Carnegie Arts Center, a foundation that offers art grants only to Niagara County organizations.
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History
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The Carnegie Arts Center grant is awarded and administered in conjunction with the Tonawanda's Council on the Arts. Called Arts Niagara, it is a competitive grant and is awarded only to nonprofit community-based organizations. Since 1980, this grant has funded 550 art projects in Niagara County. The Carnegie Arts Center, located in North Tonawanda, New York, is housed in a building listed on the National Historic Register, which was originally the town's library. The library was built in 1904 and funded by Andrew Carnegie. In 1975 it closed and reopened as the Carnegie Arts Center.
Eligible Projects
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The Carnegie Arts Center grants are geared toward projects that are accessible to the entire community and are centered around the arts. Priority is given to projects that provide programming to underserved communities and minority groups. The grant is used to assist new arts organizations, projects that either bring the arts to underserved communities or that express cultural diversity. The grants are funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the New York State Legislature.
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Art Forms
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The Arts Niagara grant is available for a variety of art forms. According to the Arts Niagara website, the grant is available to organizations that promote or increase local arts programming in the following areas: dance, photography, music, media (film, video, radio), opera/musical theater, theater, literature and poetry, folk arts, visual arts, humanities, design arts, textile arts, skilled crafts and multidisciplinary programs.
Application Process
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Applications are made available online at carnegieartcenter.org/grant.html. They can also be emailed or sent to you. The application process begins in July when applications are made available. All applications are due by October. They can only be postmarked and mailed, or delivered in person, by the due date. No metered envelopes will be accepted. You cannot fax or email your application. Throughout October, the applications are reviewed by a panel of seven to nine residents. Grantees are notified in December, and receive their grant at a mandatory awards ceremony in January.
Grants to Individuals
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The Carnegie Arts Center does not award grants to individuals, but the National Endowment for the Arts, the largest grant-making foundation for individual and arts organizations, does. Other grant resources for both individuals and groups, are available on the Carnegie Art Center's website.
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