[StBernard] Arts grants now available to St. Tammany and St. Bernard Parish

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Wed Apr 9 00:01:49 EDT 2008


Arts grants now available to St. Tammany and St. Bernard Parish artists and
arts organizations
Posted by Roberta Carrow-Jackson April 07, 2008 4:37PM
Categories: Art News
The new round of Decentralized Arts Fund (DAF) Grants are now available to
Louisiana's arts community. Workshops to assist grant seekers in the
application process will be led by the St. Tammany Commission on Cultural
Affairs, which oversees and redistributes state grant funds through the DAF
grant program for St. Tammany and St. Bernard Parishes.

Grants are open to arts organizations, visual artists, craftsmen, musicians,
creative writers, designers, theater and dance professionals, and
nonprofit/governmental entities whose mission is to provide arts programming
to the public.

Grants available include Project Assistance, Organizational Support, and new
this year, grants for innovative art programs within K-12 schools and for
individual artists with an innovative project for bringing the arts to his
or her community.

Application forms and guidelines will be distributed at the workshops, and
are now available to download from the St. Tammany Parish Government website
at www.stpgov.org/arts.

Applications will be due by 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2008.

The workshops will walk applicants through new grants programs and the
application process step-by-step. There will be opportunities to meet with
staff and network with other arts community members seeking grants.
Applicants who attend a workshop will also have the opportunity to meet
one-on-one with the Community Development Coordinator prior to the
application deadline, and anyone who seeks a grant will have the option to
submit a draft of their application for review.

Workshops will be held on the following dates and locations:

Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m. at the Parish Council Chambers, 21490 Koop
Drive, Mandeville;

Wednesday, May 7 at 10 a.m. at the Business Center Trailer K-2, 8201 W.
Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette; and

Thursday, May 8 at 11:30 a.m. at the Slidell Art League Gallery, 1827 Front
Street, (upstairs in the train depot building), Slidell, LA. All workshops
and sessions are free.

The Commission on Cultural Affairs has adopted a new system to permanently
archive required organizational information that does not change from year
to year. Organizations that plan to apply for a grant may submit these
documents prior to the application deadline and need not attach them to the
grant application or to any future applications.

Organizations may submit the following documents by June 13, 2008:
*Certificate of Incorporation from the Secretary of State's office;
*IRS letter determining nonprofit tax exemption under Section 501(c) of the
Federal Tax Code or a Non-profit letter from the Louisiana Secretary of
State's office if the organization does not have tax-exempt status;
*Articles of Incorporation.

Governmental subdivisions (public schools, parish libraries, municipal
governments, state universities, etc.) are not required to submit proof of
nonprofit status.

The workshops will provide information regarding grants available from the
Louisiana Division of the Arts as administered by the Commission on Cultural
Affairs (formerly known as the St. Tammany Arts Commission), St. Tammany
Parish Government. The Louisiana Division of the Arts is a division of the
Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and
Tourism, Office of the Lt. Governor, State of Louisiana.

Specific questions about the workshops may be directed to the St. Tammany
Commission on Cultural Affairs at (985) 898-5243.

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