FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Living Cultures Grants Program

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Living Cultures Grants Program

Website: http://www.actaonline.org/content/living-cultures-grants-program

 Statewide, CA, Unknown

The Living Cultures Grants Program seeks to sustain and strengthen the folk and traditional arts in the state of California with grants of $5,000 to California-based nonprofits, as well as other organizations who work with fiscal sponsors.

What We Fund — Pathways to nurture, sustain, and engage participation in traditional arts

Cultural continuity of traditional art forms practices

  • Workshops and gatherings (for example, events that bring together artists, cultural specialists or community leaders to share skills & information, or to engage in discussion and problem solving)
  • Conservation, creation, or acquisition of important traditional arts items
  • Intergenerational classes or other educational programs within a community (after school youth programs, dance ensemble classes or practices, summer programs, etc.)
  • Other kinds of mentorships with culture bearers, honoraria, travel costs within CA, etc. (intensive one-on-one artistic mentorships should apply to the Apprenticeship Program rather than the Living Cultures Grants Program)
  • Endangered language conservation and revitalization projects when carried out within the context of traditional art forms
  • Other types of activities and projects that lead to cultural continuity of traditional arts practices

Sustaining future traditional arts practices with needed purchases, services, or acquiring new skills

  • Equipment and materials purchases (instruments, media equipment, costumes or regalia, etc.)
  • Documentation of traditional arts, skills, ceremonies, beliefs, or performances
  • An investment to result in future revenues (fee for services for marketing connsultation, website development, financial planning)
  • Learning new skills by supporting mentorships with advisors or cultural specialists
  • Other types of activities and projects that lead to long term sustainability of traditional arts practices

Engaging and strengthening our own communities as well as engaging with others

  • Public presentations, such as community-based concerts, festivals, and exhibitions that foster active participation
  • Workshops and gatherings (for example, events that bring together artists, cultural specialists or community cultural leaders to share skills & information, or to engage in discussion and problem solving)
  • Other types of activities and projects that lead to active participation in traditional arts practices within and between cultural communities

**DEADLINE TO APPLY: JUNE 29, 2018**

Join a webinar with ACTA staff to learn more about these programs.

May 23 at 12 noon
June 6 at 6 pm (Spanish)  
Sign up by sending a request to rsvp@actaonline.org or call (559) 237-9812.
Need an application mailed to you? Contact us at (559) 237-9812.

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