Registration deadline: March 3
Application deadlines: April 1, July 1, September 5

Support is offered for expenses of providing a structured program of workshops, classes, or seminars in a range of arts disciplines. Participatory workshops must offer ongoing, professional instruction, and be widely publicized and economically accessible to all segments of the community. Workshops should be designed either for the general public or for the professional development of individual artists. Funds may also be requested for outreach and scholarship support to reach the diversity of the community, assuring access to quality programs.

Application Instructions

The on-line application form includes the following questions, and a project budget. Required support materials are listed below.

Application Narrative Questions

1. Program Summary
Describe the proposed program of workshops, classes, or seminars and how it relates to the organization's mission. Note any changes if this is a previously funded project. In your description, detail how the activity is part of a comprehensive, sequential educational effort.

2. Facilities/Technology
Describe the workshop/training facilities, equipment, and available technical support. If applicable, how are these resources maintained and upgraded?

3. Audience
Identify the target audience for this activity and describe your plan for reaching and engaging participants. If ongoing, please describe the composition of current students. Describe any outreach/marketing plan designed to expand participation of under-represented communities.

4. Fees and Subsidy
Detail the fee structure of your workshops program. If scholarships are available, describe how the organization determines the need and your efforts to reach underserved community members. Detail the scholarship application process, the benefits provided, and what (if any) in-kind services (e.g. volunteer work in return for scholarship consideration) will be asked of the recipients.

5. Artistic Staff
Describe the required qualifications for instructors or seminar leaders for this project. Include a brief representative sample illustrating those qualifications among your current teaching staff.

6. Finances
Describe plans, projects, and activities for meeting the expenses of this project.

7. Evaluation
Describe the method of program evaluation; include how evaluative outcomes are incorporated into improving the effectiveness of the program.

8. Program Context
How does this workshop/seminars program complement other similar services in the community? Describe partnerships you have with any of those or other organizations?

Support Materials

Support materials must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the program by the application deadline. If you want support materials returned, provide a self-addressed stamped envelope.

1. Representative sample of printed materials relevant to this program (2 copies each)

2. Samples documenting art works produced through the program (2 copies each)

3. Resumés of key instructional personnel (2 copies each)

4. Sample of scholarship application form (2 copies)

5. Samples of promotional/marketing materials (2 copies each)