Arts Integration Training

Overview

The California Arts Council's Arts Integration Training grant supports nonprofit arts organizations and teaching artists to plan and deliver professional development in arts integration strategies to classroom teachers, site, district, and county-level administrators. Projects should pave a pathway for increased equitable student learning in, through, and about the arts.

Program Goals

• Develop long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between arts and educational organizations, teaching artists, and the youth and families in the communities they serve.
• Develop the ability of classroom teachers to design and implement culturally and linguistically responsive, sequential, standards-based arts integration projects throughout the curriculum.
• Develop site, district, and/or county-level administrators' understanding of how arts integration strategies promote overall student educational outcomes.
• Promote educators' positive recognition of and respect for the diverse cultural assets of the local community.

Eligible Amounts

Applicant organizations can request up to $25,000 for the one-year grant activity period.

Eligibility & Restrictions

• Organizations may apply for only one 2024 Arts & Youth Grant Program (Creative Youth Development, Arts Education Exposure, or Arts Integration Training).
• For organizations with total revenue above $250,000: the sum of requests during the same year cannot exceed 50% of total revenue from most recently completed fiscal year.
• No funding restrictions for organizations with total revenue below $250,000.
• Matching funds are not required.

Key Dates

• Application Opens: March 28, 2024
• Application Deadline: June 6, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
• Panel Review: Approx. July–August 2024
• Funding Decision: Approx. September 2024
• Funding Notification: Approx. September 2024
• Grant Activity Starts: January 1, 2025
• Grant Activity Ends: September 30, 2025
• Final Report Deadline: October 30, 2025

How to Apply

Apply online at calartscouncil.smartsimple.com. Guidelines and application materials are available in English and Spanish.

Office Hours

• Wednesday, April 10, 2–3 p.m.
• Thursday, April 25, 9–10 a.m.
• Monday, May 6, noon–1 p.m.
• Thursday, May 16, 4–5 p.m.
• Friday, May 17, 9–10 a.m.

Contact

For questions, email artsintegrationgrant@arts.ca.gov. Check FAQs before contacting staff. Contact staff well in advance of the deadline for guidance or clarification.