New guidelines are available for the 2009-2010 Grants to Artists and Organizations (GAO) and Success through Art (StART Schools) grants from Colorado Council on the Arts. The deadline for both categories is March 12, 2009. The online application will be available on January 5, 2009. Only online submissions will be accepted.
Colorado artists, nonprofit organizations and government agencies (including universities and colleges) may submit Grants to Artists and Organizations proposals. In addition to addressing one or more of the Council’s goals, applicants must demonstrate artistic excellence, community involvement and benefit and implementation capacity. A key requirement of the GAO program is that applicants must have matching funding support from local, regional or national sources.
The StART Schools grant program for schools and districts derives from the recognition that, in a global economy, creativity and innovation are the keys to competitiveness. Learning in and through the arts stimulates creative and analytical capabilities, and is therefore fundamental to ensuring that today’s students are prepared for tomorrow’s jobs. StART grants help schools and districts create an arts-rich curriculum, where students not only acquire knowledge and skills in the basic arts disciplines, but also apply that understanding to learning in other core subject areas, ultimately increasing the relevance of their education and supporting their academic success.
To assist applicants, CCA will have an application toolkit available on its web site. In addition, the Council will host grant information sessions in several cities.
More information, including a schedule of grant information sessions, is available here.
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