[Archived] Office of the Arts Extends Deadline for Community Engagement Grant Applications

For Immediate Release: January 1, 2019

The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts is extending the application deadline for Microgrants and Creative Partnership Grants to January 13, 2019.  These two Community Engagement Grants will provide opportunities to support the goals and recommendations of the City’s approved Arts and Culture Master Plan.  

Microgrants will be awarded up to $1,000, no cash match required. Artists 18 years and older can submit projects and/or programs that are free, and open to the public and benefit the City of Alexandria residents. Successful applications will demonstrate that the project supports community representation and cultural respect, encourage cultural diversity and/or enhance under-served communities, neighborhoods or populations of the City of Alexandria.  The Office of the Arts strongly encourages artists and artists teams to apply. Individual artists who are affiliated with organizations that have received Fiscal Year 2019 grant funding may apply for a Microgrant.  However, the Microgrant may not be used for a project that is fully or partially funded by the organizations previously awarded Fiscal Year 2019 grant. 

Creative Partnership Grants will be awarded for $2,500, applicants will be required to provide $5,000 cash match.  Funding is for Alexandria nonprofit organizations or businesses to engage artists to create new art-centered projects in a variety of media which benefit the community.  Nonprofit organizations that have received a grant for Fiscal Year 2019 from the Office of the Arts are not eligible to apply. 

The total amount to be awarded is $13,500.  The duration of the projects can be a maximum of 8 months, beginning in January 2019 and must be completed by August 31, 2019.  To request a link for a community engagement click here.

Only online applications will be considered as eligible.  Online applications need to be submitted by Sunday, January 13, 2019, 11:59 p.m.     

For additional information or questions, contact Cheryl Anne Colton, Regional Program Director, at 703.746.5565 or cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov,or Diane Ruggiero, Deputy Director, at 703.746.5590 or diane.ruggiero@alexandriava.gov, or visit www.alexandriava.gov/Arts.  

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact CherylAnne.Colton@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5565, Virginia Relay 711.