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

-Funding for an artist residency in your school-

NEW
For the 2011-12 School year - the Artists in the Schools program - Local Capacity Building (LCB)
is being administered by the
Arts Center of the Capital Region
for complete details - click here.

What appears below is for histrocial referrence only.

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-$5,000 are available to match funds from your school, district, PTA/PTO and other sources.

First time applicants are eligible for fundiing up to $2,500. Returning applicants are eligible for increased funding up to $5,000 (additional stipulations apply).

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 $16,000 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.

The Artists in Schools Grant Review Panel will convene on December 10, 2010.

Informational Workshops and Application Consultation
Helpful Links and Resources
Grantwriting Help
Funded Project

If you are a new applicant please plan on attending one of the following informational workshops:

September 14, 2010 I 4:30pm-6:30pm
Schenectady County Public Library
99 Clinton Ave. I Schenectady, NY

September 29, 2010 I 5:30pm-7:30pm
The East Greenbush Community Library
10 Community Way I East Greenbush, NY

October 7, 2010 I 4:30pm-6:30pm
Capital Region BOCES I Suite 102
900 Watervliet-Shaker Rd. I Albany, NY

October 20, 2010 I 4:30pm-6:30pm
Gloversville Public Library
58 East Fulton Street I Gloversville, NY

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.