Subject: Community Development, Arts, Arts Education
Deadline: Sept. 11, 2017
“The Our Town grant program supports creative placemaking projects that help to transform communities into lively, beautiful, and resilient places – achieving these community goals through strategies that incorporate arts, culture, and/or design. Creative placemaking is when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work – placing arts at the table with land-use, transportation, economic development, education, housing, infrastructure, and public safety strategies. This funding supports local efforts to enhance quality of life and opportunity for existing residents, increase creative activity, and create or preserve a distinct sense of place. Through Our Town, subject to the availability of funding, the National Endowment for the Arts will provide a limited number of grants for creative placemaking. Our Town offers support for projects in two areas: (1) Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects. These projects represent the distinct character and quality of their communities; and (2) Projects that Build Knowledge About Creative Placemaking. These projects are available to arts and design service organizations, and industry, policy, or university organizations that provide technical assistance to those doing place-based work.”
Funder: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, independent school districts, special district governments, city or township governments, county governments, state governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
Amount: $25,000 – $200,000
Contact: Link.
