Dutchess County Arts Council - Arts Council Grants

Arts Education Grants

2012-2013 Arts In Education Grants

Application Deadline:
March 15, 2012; 2pm

View PDF for additional information and upcoming Grant Seminars*
* If any weather concerns arise on a seminar date please call 845-454-3222.

The Arts Education / Local Capacity Building Grant Program is a funding program administered by the Dutchess County Arts Council to local schools seeking to bring teaching artists into their classrooms. This program is funded and supported by the Local Capacity Building Initiative of the Arts in Education Program at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

2012-2013 AIE Program:
• 2012-2013 AIE Guidelines & Application (Word)
• New York Learning Standards (PDF)

2011-2012 AIE Program:
• 2011-2012 AIE Final Report (Word)
• AIE Required Funding Language and
Logo (Word)
• Arts Council Logo Red (TIFF)
• Arts Council B&W Logo (JPG)

2010-2011 AIE Program:
• 2010-2011 AIE Final Report (Word)

• Recent Arts-in-Education Awards

Project Grants

2012 Project Grants
for Arts and Cultural Projects

2012 Application Deadline Passed

The Project Grant Program is a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and designed to promote local community-based arts and culture in Dutchess & Ulster Counties. Last year these grants ranged from $700 to $2,500. The average 2011 award was approximately $1,700.

2012 Project Grant Guidelines and Application:
• Guidelines in PDF

• Project Grant Application in Microsoft Word

• Instructions for printing application

• Budget Forms in Microsoft Excel

Other Important Documents:

• How To Find A Fiscal Sponsor (including a sample agreement letter)

• Sample Application

2011 Final Report Forms:
Due Jan. 31, 2012
• Narrative in Word
• Budget in Excel

Funding Credit:
• Language and logo (Word)

• Arts Council Logo Red (TIFF)

• Arts Council B&W Logo (JPG)

2010 Project Grant Awards

2011 Project Grant Awards

Upcoming Deadlines

2012 Individual Artists' Fellowship in Choreography
Deadline: January 23, 2012
(info at right)

2012-2013 Arts Education Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2012
(info at left)

Click here for Project Grant
reporting forms and Funding Language

Funded & Supported Member Program

This program accepts applications

only by invitation.

Contact the Arts Council for additional information about this program.
info@artsmidhudson.org
or
845-454-3222

Individual Arts Fellowship Program

Individual Artists’ Fellowship
2012 Discipline: Choreography

Application Deadline:
Monday - January 23, 2012; 2 PM

The Arts Fund Individual Artists’ Fellowship Program has been established to provide support to individuals living in Dutchess County who are in the developmental phase of a career as a creative artist. Modeled after the Individual Artists’ Fellowship Program of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), these awards are geared toward supporting artists’ career development, rather than project support.

• 2012 Guidelines and Application in Microsoft Word

Recent Individual Artist
Fellowship Awards

County Executive Arts Awards

Dutchess County Executive's Arts Awards

Nominations for
2011 Youth Awards

Deadline Passed

The Arts Council is currently soliciting nominations from the community for the 2011 Youth With Exceptional Promise in the Arts Award. Nominees must be a Dutchess County high school senior, as of September 2011. All arts disciplines eligible, including visual, performing, literary, film/video, and computer, among others.

Nomination Process

The nominator should demonstrate the youth’s achievement and promise, and evolving commitment to his/her art over time by submitting the following:

Click below for more information:
2011 Youth Nomination Instructions

Nomination Form

Ulster County Fund

Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund

2012 Application and Deadline coming soon.

The Ulster County Fund is dedicated to capacity building and strategic collaborations within the arts community in Ulster County. Financial resources for this program have been provided by the Ulster County Legislature. Since 2008, these funds have been made available to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations incorporated in Ulster County. Established nonprofit organizations, working in all arts disciplines, are eligible to apply for funding.

2011 Program:

• 2011 Final Report

• 2011 Guidelines & Application (PDF)

• Required Funding Language and Logo

• Arts Council Logo Red (TIFF)

• Arts Council B&W Logo (JPG)

Recent UCCSPF Awards