Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants help communities preserve their cultural heritage through the learning and passing on of traditional arts and folklife – including crafts, music, dance, and foodways - so that future generations can continue to benefit from them. Apprenticeship grants fund a master traditional artist to teach a qualified apprentice in one-to-one sessions over a period of six to ten months. Traditional arts and folklife are passed down from one generation to the next within communities through observation, conversation, imitation and practice. They represent a sense of beauty, skills, knowledge and community values refined over generations and are an important part of our living cultural heritage. Deadline: July 10, 2020
Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing is a directory of traditional artists, community scholars, and folklorists who are available for performances, demonstrations, workshops, and other community-based presentations in New Hampshire. The Heritage & Traditional Arts Program provides this service both as a resource for arts organizations, museums, community groups, schools, and other groups that want to include traditional arts and artists in their programs and for artists who wish to present their traditions in community settings. The Listing provides contact information, areas of specialty, and types of presentations artists can offer. Deadline: Rolling
*NEW for FY2021 - Folklife and Traditional Arts Project Grants (FTAP) support both ongoing and new projects that focus on presenting, cultivating, documenting, and preserving folklife and traditional arts in New Hampshire. The goals of this funding category are to promote a deeper appreciation for and a better understanding of folklife traditions and traditional arts so that they continue to be a meaningful and visible part of our community life, support and nurture traditional artists so that they can continue to preserve these living traditions, and document the variety of folklife traditions and traditional arts so that future generations may continue to benefit from them. Deadline: July 17, 2020
Artist in Residence (AIR) Grants fund artist residencies that bring juried teaching artists into classrooms and public schools to support creative learning and skills development in the arts. AIR grants funded by the State Arts Council are intended to show best practices for this work and can support residencies in a variety of arts disciplines. Deadline: April 3, 2020
Youth Arts Project Grants fund high-quality arts and cultural programs that encourage creativity, develop new arts skills and foster success for young people. Recognizing that opportunities to experience and engage in the arts, such as music, dance, theater, visual arts, crafts, photography and creative writing, may be limited in classrooms, this grant provides funding for artists to work directly with young people. The overall goal of this grant category is to afford all young people opportunities to engage in the arts so that they can develop creative problem solving skills, positive forms of personal expression, and become more engaged in their communities through the arts. Deadline: March 27, 2020
*NEW for FY2021 – Arts for Community Engagement Grants (formerly General Project Grants for Community Engagement) support community enrichment and public benefit by providing access to high quality arts performances, activities, and programs presented by community-based organizations, Main Street programs, and municipalities. This grant category supports a wide range of activities including performances, concerts, exhibits, workshops, community arts programming, and collaborative public art projects that engage the arts and artists for the benefit of New Hampshire residents and communities. Deadline: July 17, 2020
Arts in Health Project Grants respond to the Arts Council’s recognition that arts and culture facilitate the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional aspects of individual healing, and that when applied to public health, promote healthy environments and policies in communities by promoting empathy, awareness, and social cohesion through shared narrative and aesthetic experiences.
*New for FY2021 Two tracks are available for this category: Health and Healing and Public Health. Deadline: May 1, 2020
ARTS Conservation License Plate Grants fund projects that conserve publicly owned artworks that contribute to the state's cultural
heritage, conserve or maintain artistic elements of publicly owned facilities that
serve as sites for arts programming, improve public access to significant artwork or arts documents, and make historic cultural facilities and the arts programming that takes
place in them, more accessible to the public.
Letter of Intent Deadline: May 8, 2020
Grant Application Deadline: June 19, 2020
*New for FY2021 Two tracks are available for this category: Health and Healing and Public Health. Deadline: May 1, 2020
*NEW for FY2021 – In order to provide
broad and fair distribution of grant funds, organizations and/or schools may
RECEIVE ONE grant in the following categories: Artist in
Residence Grant (AIR), Arts for Community Engagement Grants, Folklife and
Traditional Arts Project Grants, Youth Arts Project Grant (YAP). Current
Public Value Partnership (Operating Grant) recipients are eligible to apply for
an Arts in Health grant.
*NEW for FY2021 – Up to $7,500 with a 1:1 match for all
project grant categories
NHSCA Grant Information Workshops
NH State Council on the Arts staff will present Grant Information Workshops to provide an overview of the State Arts Council's programs and the latest information on our grants, including changes to the State Arts Council's grant guidelines for FY2021. You can review all grant guidelines with deadlines on our website.
Workshops are designed for new and former applicants. There is no charge to attend. Registration is required:
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Thursday,
February 20, 2020, 1:00-2:00 pm, Rochester Performance and
Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, Rochester. Register for Rochester
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Tuesday,
February 25, 2020, 12:00-1:30 pm,
NH Forest & Lands North Country Resource Center, 629B Main Street,
Lancaster. Register for Lancaster
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Wednesday,
March 4, 2020, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, The Library Arts Center, 58 North Main
Street, Newport.
Register for Newport
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Thursday,
March 5, 2020, 1:00-2:00 pm, Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash Street,
Manchester.
Register for Manchester
What you will learn:
- Who is eligible to apply
- What the NHSCA funds
- What grant programs are available and their deadlines
- How to use the online grant system
- The application and panel process
