Artists in Schools
Grant Program
(Local Capacity Building Grant Initiative)

-Funding for an artist residency in your school-

NYSAAE is committed to encouraging greater use of the arts and artist residencies in schools to support non-arts curriculum areas. 

The Artists in Schools regrant program sponsors innovative artist residencies in elementary, middle and high schools throughout Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties.

This program supports partnerships between schools and teaching artists or cultural organizations that integrate the arts with non-arts subjects. Grants from $500-$2500 are available to match funds from your school, district, PTA/PTO and other sources.

This program is made possible with public funds from the Local Capacity Building Initiative, a regrant program of the Arts in Education Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a State Agency.

NYSAAE has been appointed by the New York State Council on the Arts to distribute more than $19,000 to schools in support of artist residencies. 

If your school is not located in one of these counties, click here to locate your AIE-LCB site.  Schools may apply annually for artist residency grants.

Application Consultation
Helpful Links and Resources
Grantwriting Help
Funded Projects

Have questions about the program? Need help with your application?

Feel free to call or email:

Sharon Scarlata
Grant Coordinator
sharon@nysaae.org
518-486-7328

Additional Funding

Berkshire Bank

Albany Rotary Club

Kiwanis Club

National Urban Alliance (NUA)

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Target School Grants

New York State Learning Standards

        
The Art Standards
General Learning Standards (ELA, Social Studies, etc.)

Empire State Partnerships

ESP's Evidence of Teacher-Student Learning (ETSL) Database can be used to plan an arts-integrated unit, a residency, or as an assessment for student learning.

NYSAAE

NYSAAE's Toolkit for Teaching the Arts offers the tools and resources necessary to create, expand and improve arts education and arts-in-education programs.

BOCES

Looking for a teaching artist or a cultural organization to collaborate with?

BOCES offers a resource directory of area artists and presenters who have expressed an interest in working with students in an educational setting.  Click HERE to view their database.

 
BOCES has also put together a very informative BOCES AIE How-To PowerPoint presentation outlining some of the services they offer. BOCES aid is a great way for schools to come up with the match requirement for the LCB Budget! 

Grant Writing Help

The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course  gives a general overview of the grant writing process and offers basic tips to help individual artists and non-profit organizations who are new to the world of grant writing.