Arts Integration Training

Overview

The California Arts Council awards grants of up to $25,000 per year to support nonprofit arts organizations and teaching artists in planning and delivering professional development in arts integration strategies to classroom teachers and administrators. Projects should pave a pathway for increased equitable student learning in, through, and about the arts.

Eligibility

• California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, OR teaching artist with a California-based 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, OR municipal/county/tribal governmental entity
• Minimum two-year history of consistent arts programming prior to application deadline
• Certificate of good standing with California Secretary of State at time of application
• May apply for only one Arts & Youth Grant Program in 2024 cycle (Creative Youth Development, Arts Education Exposure, or Arts Integration Training)

Funding Amount & Restrictions

• Up to $25,000 for one-year grant activity period
• For organizations with total revenue above $250,000: sum of requests during same year cannot exceed 50% of most recently completed fiscal year revenue
• No funding restrictions for organizations with total revenue below $250,000
• No matching fund requirement

Program Goals

• Develop long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between arts and educational organizations, teaching artists, and youth and families in communities served
• Develop 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 diverse cultural assets of the local community

Key Dates