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SMART Growth is a 4-year capacity building program designed to ensure that grantee organizations benefit from sound management practices that effectively support their art and ensure their resilience through economic shifts, staff transitions, and evolving markets.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
DCASE Grant Opportunity
On Friday, December 6, The Department of Cultural Affairs
& Special Events (DCASE) Cultural Grants Program will be launching our 2014
Individual Artist Program which provides project grants for individual artists
and creative professionals. We are looking to reach as many artists as
possible across the City and are asking for your assistance in that effort.
Attached to this email, you will find a flyer with more
details about the Individual Artists Program. Please let us know if you are
able to help disseminate information through your networks via email,
newsletters, or your website. We can provide additional content if it is
helpful.
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS PROGRAM
OVERVIEW – Opens December 6, 2013/Closes January 13, 2014 5PM CST
The goal of the Individual Artists
Program (IAP) is to discover, nurture and expand Chicago’s practicing artists
and creative professionals. Through this grant program, DCASE will award
project grants to Chicago-based artists and creative professionals over 18
years of age, at all career levels (emerging, mid-career, mature),
and working across numerous disciplines. We will support those working in both
the traditional fine arts as well as the for-profit creative industries. Grant
sizes typically range from $2,000-$5,000. The Individual Artists Program
encompasses support through two different Funding Categories:
• Creation of Artistic Work –
Provides project support for practicing artists and creative professionals to
develop or create artistic work.
• Professional Development –
Supports professional development opportunities, projects and programs related
to the career of a practicing artist or creative professional.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible to apply for the
Individual Artists Program grant, applicants must meet ALL of the
following criteria:
• Be a professional artist or
creative professional.
• Work within one or more of the
following disciplines/areas: Visual, Music (vocal and instrumental),
Dance, Theater, Performance Art, Interdisciplinary, Literary, Design (includes
Fashion, Industrial, and Costume), Film, Curatorial and Archival; and
• Be at least 18 years old; and
• Be a United States citizen or
a holder of permanent alien status; and
• Be a resident of the city of
Chicago, Illinois.
Questions? Please go to our
website at www.ChicagoCulturalGrants.org; or e-mail me
at APortillo@cityofchicago.org.
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