Arts Community Grants

Arts Community Grants (ACG) awards grants from $500 to $5000 for arts projects to not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations as well as individual artists. ACG grants are awarded annually for arts and cultural projects that are open to the public and presented in Orange County from January 1 through December 31 each year. Funds are available primarily for artist fees.


Each year, the grant cycle begins in June when the ACG application (cover page and project budget) and guidelines (guidelines and application format) become available for the following calendar year. Artists and arts organizations may request a grant application from the Arts in Orange office from June through September annually. All applicants must attend one of six application workshops given between July and September of each year. The person responsible for completing the grant application must attend. These seminars, which are free and open to the public, answer questions about the application process, review the requirements, and highlight ACG's funding priorities for the year. Applications are due on September 30. Individual artists or arts and cultural organizations that do not have not-for-profit status may apply for funding in partnership with a not-for-profit sponsor organization located in Orange County.

Applicants who have been awarded two (2) or more ACG grants may request up to 50% of the project expenses. Only new applicants may request up to 80% of their total project expenses.

Arts Community Grants are made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC) of the New York State Council on the Arts.



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DISTRIBUTION GRANT FOR NEW YORK STATE ARTISTS

This funding opportunity provides support for the distribution of new works in film, video, sound, new-media, and media-installation. Funding is available from free103point9 through a regrant from New York State Council on the Arts' Electronic Media and Film Program. Grant awards assist artists in making works available to public audiences and may include, but are not limited to: moving image and sound works; duplication of preview, screening and exhibition copies; promotional materials including documentation and schematics of media-installation and new-media works. The rental or purchase of equipment essential for exhibition/distribution by individual artists is also eligible. Artists may request funding support up to a maximum amount of $10,000.

Details regarding a 2010 application deadline will be announced in the spring. Please sign-up for free103point9's email updates to ensure you receive notifications pertaining to this and other opportunities.

Applications are submitted electronically through an online application process.

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LINC, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, announces an The grants will provide a complementary suite of material support, with access to a national learning community, as well as technical assistance.

Non-profit arts organizations with strong track records of artistic excellence, who are intending to buy, build, renovate, partner in the development of, or become anchor tenants in a vibrant artist space can apply for up to $100,000 in capital and/or planning support. Exemplary projects will not only result in dynamic artist space facilities, but will also function as engines of cultural equity and social change, applying innovations and best practices in artist space development that produce sustainable, affordable facilities for the continuation of artistic excellence.

LINC’s core commitment to diversity —cultural, geographic, and genre—which extends to our grantee network spanning from Massachusetts to Hawai’i, has informed the design of the Ford Foundation Space for Change Planning and Pre-Development Grants. We encourage a wide range of organizations with cultural facility projects in their pipelines to consider how the program can deepen their planning processes and help them to leverage a stronger position as collaborative partners with municipalities, developers, and local stakeholders, while also expanding their national network of peers.

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