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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
2009NEA01AMVAT
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 30, 2009
Creation Date:
Jun 30, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 17, 2009
Application Deadline: Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 17, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 17, 2009
Application Deadline: Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 17, 2009.
Archive Date:
Oct 17, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$300,000
Award Floor:
$30,000
CFDA Number(s):
45.024
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Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. To be eligible, the applicant organization must:
• Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2010 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines, at the time of application.
• Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline.
• Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.
For touring exhibitions that involve collections from multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements above must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant.
Organizations are limited to one American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring application per year.
An application in response to this announcement does not preclude an organization from applying under other Arts Endowment funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.
The designated fifty state and six jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs) and their regional arts organizations (RAOs) are not eligible to apply under the American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring guidelines.
Agency Name
National Endowment for the Arts
Description
The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on or after May 1, 2010. An exhibition must open by May 1, 2012. A grant period of up to four years is allowed.
American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.
This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation.
Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, traditions, subject areas, and themes that include but are not limited to:
• The Hudson River School
• American Impressionism
• Native American Art
• American Masterworks from Unique Collections including private collections
• Aspects of American Art Post-1945 to the Present
• Art of the W.P.A.
• Latino Art
• The Portrait in America
• American Naïve Art
• African American Art
• American Photographers and Photography
• American Decorative Arts
• The Art of the American West
• Industrial Design
• Architecture
• Costume and Textiles
• Folk Arts
The tour of an existing exhibition is eligible.
Exhibitions must be:
• Scaled so they can be shown in small and mid-sized exhibiting institutions.
• Shown for a period of 8-12 weeks at 2-5 venues which may include the organizing institution. The number of venues should be appropriate to the nature of the works on view.
• Accompanied by related educational and interpretive components including brochures and catalogues. Educational material for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards.
