AIE In-School Residency Program Grant

The AIE In-School Residency Program Grant, offered by the Arkansas Arts Council, supports schools and local arts agencies by providing professional artists for residencies that enhance arts education for pre K-12 students. With a funding limit of up to $40,000, the program aims to foster artistic excellence, promote equitable access to the arts, and integrate creative processes into the curriculum. This initiative encourages lifelong learning and cultural development in Arkansas communities.

Arkansas Arts Council
The Arkansas Arts Council advances and empowers the arts by providing services and funding for programming that encourages and assists literary, performing and visual artists in achieving standards of professional excellence. The Arkansas Arts Council also provides technical and financial assistance to Arkansas arts organizations and other providers of cultural and educational programs. This statewide programming and assistance ultimately provides cultural, educational and economic opportunities for the benefit of all Arkansans.
In 1971, Act 359 (A.C.A. § 13-8-101 et seq.) gave independent agency status to the Arts Council, with an executive director and a 17-member council appointed by the governor. In 1975, the Arts Council became an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, now the Division of Arkansas Heritage.
The Arkansas Arts Council is an agency of Arkansas Heritage and shares the goals of all big Division of Arkansas Heritage agencies, that of preserving and enhancing the heritage of the state of Arkansas. Funding for the Arkansas Arts Council and its programs is provided by the State of Arkansas and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Our Goals
Encourage artistic excellence, diversity and innovationPromote equitable access to the arts for all ArkansansDevelop arts in education for life-long learningEnhance community cultural and economic developmentBuild and sustain the capacity of the Arkansas Arts Council to fulfill its mission
Arts In Education Grants
The Arts in Education program initiates new arts programs, or enhances existing ones, in schools and local arts agencies by providing direct interaction with professional artists in residencies for pre K–12 students. All artists involved in AIE residencies must be selected from the Arts in Education Artist Roster.
Arts in Education In-School Residency Program
The Arts in Education In-School Residency program places professional artists from the Arts in Education Roster during the school day or school year in residencies at specific school sites or in conjunction with other nonprofit community or governmental organizations and institutions. The program provides a way for artists to demonstrate their art form, create or perform works of art so that participants may observe the creative process and relate their art form to other K-12 curriculum areas. The program is designed to strengthen the role of the arts in education with the understanding that the development of aesthetic awareness and participation in the arts should be an integral part of life and the basic education process.
Funding
Grant award payments, of up to $40,000, are scheduled to accommodate the grantee program requirements to the extent possible. The 1:1 match can be 50% in-kind.

Eligibility

These residencies may last from 10 days to the entire school year.

Ineligibility

Funding for organizations is not available for:Deficits or start-up costs for new organizations
Contingency funds
Contributions and donations to other organizations or individuals
Building renovations or capital expenditures for facilities
Entertainment expenses, including busses for field trips, tickets to performances, or refreshments
Tuition for academic study or any form of scholarship or student financial aid
Faculty salaries, and additionally, staff salaries in Arts in Education grants