Kara Yeargans, Associate (212) 741-2221

Arts Education Steering Committee:

NYSCA is committed to helping New York State remain competitive in the global economy by nurturing the creative skills of all of its citizens, but most especially, its youth.  NYSCA believes that the arts play a vital role in teaching and learning in both school and in community settings.  Over the years, NYSCA has helped to lead efforts to incorporate arts into the core curriculum of K-12 students throughout the State.  Now, NYSCA wishes to build upon and expand these efforts.  To accomplish this, NYSCA will now accept applications in the following categories:

K-12 School Based Activities

Arts Education Projects: Community-based Learning

In this category, NYSCA will offer support for ongoing arts learning activities for children, adults, seniors, and families in community contexts. These activities include workshops, classes, and training in the arts. Eligible projects may be offered by arts organizations or other community-based, non-arts organizations or agencies in partnership with artists and arts groups.  While not formally linked to schools or their instructional programs, projects should meaningfully relate to statewide Standards for Arts Education.

General Program Support

The purpose of General Program Support (GPS) is to offer unrestricted support for qualifying organizations that demonstrate a consistent track record of artistic achievement, public service, and managerial competence, as well as innovation and leadership in the arts education field. 

Organizations receiving General Program Support from the Arts Education Program are not eligible for additional project support in the Program. Additional funds may be requested from other discipline programs of the Council. Please be reminded of the Council's four-request limit.

Services to the Field

In this category, NYSCA will support the development of the arts education field by funding projects and organizations that build the capacity of arts organizations and artists to engage in arts education projects, improve the practice and knowledge base of the field at large, and research and document the benefits and outcomes of arts education programs and initiatives.

Local Capacity Building (Regrants)

Organizations may apply to this category only at the invitation of the Council. The Program offers support to organizations to administer regrant programs that support arts partnerships between schools and cultural organizations or individual artists. Each Local Capacity Building program site serves a specific region of the state and is expected to promote the regrant program, coordinate application and panel review processes, and provide ongoing technical assistance and professional development.

Applicants may make a maximum of up to two requests to the Arts Education Program, excluding General Program Support applicants. Requests may be made in any of the following categories: