Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Price Per Student: $5 AMH Members | $15 Non-members

Age: 18+

Workshop Description: Join AMH Grants Manager, Laura G. Doe, for an overview of grant writing best practices and strategies for artists. In this workshop, we will focus on how to create a competitive proposal by understanding the funder's goals and priorities. An overview of Arts Mid-Hudson's grant programs will also be provided.

Materials Needed:  None

About the Teaching Artists:

Laura joined Arts Mid-Hudson in 2025, bringing more than a decade of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising, and strategic development. As Grants Manager, she facilitates a grant program that distributes arts funding from the New York State Legislature, New York State Council on the Arts Statewide Community Regrant Program, and Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties. She has provided guidance to hundreds of grant applicants, led workshops, and works to strengthen partnerships in our communities through the arts.  She holds an MPA from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and two music degrees from the Crane School of Music, grounding her development work in a lifelong passion for the arts.

From 2014 to 2021, Laura led the Dutchess Community College Academy of Music, where she advanced scholarship access, built community partnerships, and directed fundraising efforts in support of arts education. She went on to serve as Director of Programming and Development at The Chamber Foundation, where she oversaw a portfolio of workforce and leadership initiatives and built successful pipelines for donor engagement and corporate sponsorship.

In the past five years, Laura has secured nearly $4 million in grant funding for programs in workforce development, youth services, food access, environmental justice, and the arts, aligning mission-driven impact with sustainable funding strategy.