2025 ARPA ARTISTS GRANT - Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
Submit a proposal describing arts services (programming, workshops, facilitation, mentorship, artistic services, artwork, or consultations) you will provide to an identified client.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $2,500
- Location
- Southern Arizona (Tucson and surrounding counties and Tribal Nations)
About
Overview
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Tucson, awards grants from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to individual Artists and Culture Bearers living and working in Southern Arizona. Approximately 40–160 grants will be awarded. Funds support artists providing arts services such as programming, workshops, facilitation, mentorship, artistic services, artwork, or consultations to clients including government, community groups, schools, non-profit organizations, community/civic partners, artist peers, businesses, and other entities.
Eligibility
Individual Artists and Culture Bearers residing and working in Southern Arizona (counties and Tribal Nations between the southern edges of the Gila River and the US-Mexico international border). Applicants must have identified a client they want to work with or to whom unpaid artistic services were provided during the eligible funding period.
Award Amounts
- $2,500
- $5,000
- $10,000
Key Dates
- Open: August 9, 2024
- Deadline: September 19, 2024, 11:59 pm
- Status: Closed
How to Apply
Submit a proposal through the application portal including: artist profile, narrative describing the arts services to be provided, attachments (as required), financial information, and community alignment statement.
After Award
Upon completion of the work, the artist's profile will be promoted as a vetted business service provider in the Arts Foundation's online Arts Directory for Southern Arizona.
- Award
- $2,500, $5,000, or $10,000 grants to individual Artists and Culture Bearers
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- The grant supports artists providing arts services (programming, workshops, facilitation, mentorship, artistic services, artwork, or consultations) to clients in the community, with priority given to underserved populations and projects supporting a broad geographic range and diverse communities.
- Eligibility
- Individual Artists and Culture Bearers residing and working in Southern Arizona, between the southern edges of the Gila River and the US-Mexico international border, who have identified a client or provided unpaid artistic services during the eligible funding period.
- Audience
- Artists and Culture Bearers residing and working in Southern Arizona
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