Arts Connect All Grant Program

Posted by on November 2, 2009

VSA arts and MetLife Foundation Invite Applications for Arts Connect All Grant Program
Deadline: December 11, 2009

VSA arts and the MetLife Foundation have launched the Arts Connect All initiative to encourage arts organizations to create or enhance inclusive, multi-session education programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools.

The goals of Arts Connect All are to enable more students with disabilities to experience social, cognitive, and cultural development through arts learning alongside their peers without disabilities; create educational access and inclusion in the arts for students with disabilities; and document the contributions that arts organizations make to inclusive education in public schools.

VSA arts and the MetLife Foundation invite proposals from arts organizations working to create or enhance inclusive educational programs that undertake all of the following: incorporate inclusive teaching practices; provide access to students with all types of disabilities; develop social, cognitive, and artistic skills; involve people with disabilities in planning and implementation; build staff, teacher, and/or artist knowledge and skill of inclusive practices; and collaborate with public schools, actively engaging students, parents, and school administrators.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3) performing and/or exhibiting arts organizations — including museums, theaters, and multidisciplinary arts presenters — that are creating or have an established educational program are eligible to apply. Organizations must have as their primary mission the goal of advancing the arts and/or a specific art form.

Only arts organizations located in and partnering with public schools in the following metropolitan areas are eligible: Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; Hartford, Connecticut; Tampa, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Charlotte, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Providence, Rhode Island; Nashville, Tennessee; Houston, Texas; and Seattle, Washington.

A maximum of ten awards of up to $15,000 will be given to selected organizations.

Visit the VSA arts Web site for complete program information and application guidelines.

http://www.vsaarts.org/x273.xml