Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Maine Arts Commission announces the deadline for the three grant programs that represent the heart of the agency's submission to arts organizations. Applications for the American Masterpieces, Cultural Facilities Accessibility, and Artists in Maine Communities programs are due on Friday, March 7, 2008. Key changes have been made to these programs to make them more available to applicants.
The American Masterpieces grants are awarded to a limited number of professional Maine arts organizations with yearly operating budgets of $500,000 or greater. The grants support presentations of major projects such as an exhibition or performance. They can also fund residencies or educational programs that quality American master works, movements or artists.
Beginning with the March 7, 2008, deadline, applications to the American Masterpieces program will be accepted in all disciplines whereas previously they were limited to the visual arts. Donna McNeil, Director of the Maine Arts Commission, welcomes this key change to the program, "We welcome the opportunity to add applications from the major performing arts institutions throughout the state into the mix. We look ahead to them to draw on their creativity to seek out and define the American masterpieces within their genre in the way that our six visual arts grantees have done in the past two years."
The second grant available at this deadline is the Cultural Facilities Accessibility grant which is awarded to professional, freestanding, Maine arts organizations to assist new capital projects and renovations as well as expertise projects and/or improvements. The agency will continue to prioritize funding for renovations or technology upgrades that provide full convenience to people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The key change here is that the grant is now open to any non-profit arts facility for "general" structural or technological upgrades, especially when a case can be made for the positive impact to the artistic quality of the organization's offerings.
The American Masterpieces grants are awarded to a limited number of professional Maine arts organizations with yearly operating budgets of $500,000 or greater. The grants support presentations of major projects such as an exhibition or performance. They can also fund residencies or educational programs that quality American master works, movements or artists.
Beginning with the March 7, 2008, deadline, applications to the American Masterpieces program will be accepted in all disciplines whereas previously they were limited to the visual arts. Donna McNeil, Director of the Maine Arts Commission, welcomes this key change to the program, "We welcome the opportunity to add applications from the major performing arts institutions throughout the state into the mix. We look ahead to them to draw on their creativity to seek out and define the American masterpieces within their genre in the way that our six visual arts grantees have done in the past two years."
The second grant available at this deadline is the Cultural Facilities Accessibility grant which is awarded to professional, freestanding, Maine arts organizations to assist new capital projects and renovations as well as expertise projects and/or improvements. The agency will continue to prioritize funding for renovations or technology upgrades that provide full convenience to people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The key change here is that the grant is now open to any non-profit arts facility for "general" structural or technological upgrades, especially when a case can be made for the positive impact to the artistic quality of the organization's offerings.
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