The Arts Council of New Orleans is pleased to announce a new grant cycle to support FY 2012 arts activities in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines Parishes. The required online application deadline is April 27, 2011 with a required hard copy submission by April 28, 2011. Grant guidelines, application forms, and the schedule of grant workshops are posted on the Arts Council website - www.artscouncilofneworleans.
Operating Support, Project Assistance, and Technical Assistance grants are being offered in the April 2011 deadline through two grant programs the Arts Council administers. Operating Support funds the general expenses of arts organizations with two-year grants. Project Assistance provides funding to an array of groups or individuals with arts activities that benefit or involve others in the community. Technical Assistance provides funds to organizations and agencies involved in arts programming for access to professional expertise or training opportunities relating to arts programming or management.
Arts Council staff will conduct grant workshops in March 2011 which will cover the grants offered, program priorities, eligibility requirements, application process, and tips on how to submit a competitive application. Workshop attendance is strongly recommended for all grant-seekers as there are some changes in application submission requirements this year. The workshops are free-of-charge and open to the public; registration is not required. Two workshops will be held inOrleans Parish (March 21 and March 30); one workshop will be held in Plaquemines Parish (March 22) and one will be held in Jefferson Parish (March 23). The schedule and locations of workshops is posted on the Arts Council’s web site. Full information on the line-up of workshops is listed below.
Arts Council Grants staff will be available to help applicants develop proposals and to review application drafts. Applicants may call a member of the grants staff to discuss a proposal or to request a consultation appointment. Consultations will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Printed copies of guidelines will be available at the grant workshops or at the Arts Council of New Orleans office, 818 Howard Avenue, Suite 300, between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For further information on the grants program, visit the Arts Council of New Orleans’ web site –(www.artscouncilofneworleans.
Arts Council 2011 Grant Workshop Schedule | |
Orleans Parish Monday, March 21, 5:30 p.m. | Lower 9th Ward Village 1001 Charbonnet Street, New Orleans, LA 70117 |
Plaquemines Parish Tuesday, March 22, 5:00 p.m. | Plaquemines Parish Library 8442 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, LA 70037 |
Jefferson Parish Wednesday, March 23, 4:00 p.m. | East Bank Regional Library 4747 W. Napoleon Avenue, Metairie, LA 70001 |
Orleans Parish Wednesday, March 30, 5:30 p.m. | Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70113 |
About the funding sources: The Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program, a statewide program funded through the Louisiana Division of the Arts with state legislative appropriations, supports arts activities that will take place in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines Parishes October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012. The Community Arts Grants Program, funded by the City of New Orleans, supports arts activities in Orleans Parish that will take place January - December of 2012.
About the Arts Council of New Orleans:
The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated by the City of New Orleans as its official arts agency. Now in its 36th year, the Arts Council works in partnership with the City of New Orleans, community groups, local, state, and national governmental agencies, and other nonprofit arts organizations to meet the arts and cultural needs of the New Orleans community through a diversity of initiatives and services. The Arts Council serves as one of ten regional distributing agencies for Louisiana Division of the Arts funds and administers the Community Arts Grants and the Percent For Art program for the City of New Orleans. http://www.
The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated by the City of New Orleans as its official arts agency. Now in its 36th year, the Arts Council works in partnership with the City of New Orleans, community groups, local, state, and national governmental agencies, and other nonprofit arts organizations to meet the arts and cultural needs of the New Orleans community through a diversity of initiatives and services. The Arts Council serves as one of ten regional distributing agencies for Louisiana Division of the Arts funds and administers the Community Arts Grants and the Percent For Art program for the City of New Orleans. http://www.
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