IAC: Grants Available

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Grant Programs & Guidelines

All IAC grant applications and reports are now online. All direct grant programs will be applied to through Indiana's Online Grant System. Even if your grant deadline is months away, you can start to enter your basic information and manage your grant application now. To start an application, select the program you wish to apply for below and read the section on how to apply.

Types of Grants Available:

One-time Grants
Grants for Individual Artists
Annual Grants for Organizations
Biennial Grants for Organizations

One-time Grants

Lincoln Public Art Program
In partnership with the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Indiana Historical Bureau, the Arts Commission chose artist Will Clark to design and create a piece of art or an arts experience reflective of the period of Lincoln’s life associated with Indiana. Learn more about the project and its progress by visiting the link above.

Grants for Individual Artists

Individual Artist Program
The Individual Artist Program (IAP) funds projects to aid in artist career development.

FY2010 Application Deadline: February 2, 2009 by 4:30 p.m. EDT

Annual Grants for Organizations

American Masterpieces
The National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs allowing audiences to experience art forms that represent the best of our cultural and artistic legacy.

Applications for FY2009 have closed.

Arts in Education Granting Program
The Arts in Education (AIE) Granting Program was created to help support curriculum needs, impact individual student engagement and performance, and develop a long term commitment to the arts in schools at the primary and secondary levels. Schools are asked to develop a working partnership with an artist, organization, business or group to develop and implement a successful project. All projects must meet current state curriculum standards.

Applications for FY2009 have closed.

Multi-regional Major Arts Institutions
Provides operating support for the ongoing artistic and administrative functions of arts organizations that provide programs and services on a statewide or multi-regional basis with an emphasis on education. Major Arts Institution program awards will be contracted for one year at a time. Depending on an update form included with the Final Report, panel scores from the original application may be used to begin a new program contract for the following year.

FY2010 Notice of Intent to Apply Deadline: February 2, 2009
FY2010 Application Deadline: March 2, 2009

Presenters Touring Program
This program was developed to assist Indiana Presenters presenting Indiana artists/ensembles and Indiana producers to tour Indiana. Artists must be Indiana residents or employed as part of an arts organization based in Indiana. The emphasis will be on reaching rural audiences.

Applications for FY2009 have closed.

Biennial Grants for Organizations

Capacity Building Program
Provides support, over 2 years, for organizational assessment, long range planning, and plan implementation.

FY2010 Notice of Intent to Apply Deadline: February 10, 2009.

Statewide Arts Service Organizations
Provides financial support to organizations offering technical assistance on a statewide or multi-regional basis, with an emphasis on arts providers in underserved communities.

FY2010 Notice of Intent to Apply Deadline: March 6, 2009.

Regional Arts Partners
In 1997, the Indiana Arts Commission and 12 community-based organizations jointly established the Indiana Regional Arts Partnership, a collaborative project to enhance support for arts and cultural activities statewide, especially in underserved areas. Each of the 12 Partners works in cooperation with the Indiana Arts Commission to provide four core services to artists, arts providers, and arts consumers in specified multi-county regions of Indiana. The core services are: cultural planning, grants making, information and referral, and technical assistance. The Regional Arts Partners use information about the needs of local artists, arts providers, and arts consumers to develop and provide services.

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Upcoming Deadlines & Events

February 2, 2009 - FY2010 Majors Notice of Intent to Apply Deadline
February 2, 2009 - FY2010 IAP Application Deadline

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