Arts Council for Long Beach: Professional Development Microgrants Grant

The Arts Council for Long Beach offers Professional Development Microgrants to support local artists in enhancing their skills through workshops and conferences. Open to individuals and representatives of arts organizations, these grants cover up to half of the conference fees, with a maximum of $500 for events outside Long Beach. This initiative aims to improve the quality of life through artistic engagement, ensuring that artists have access to valuable professional development opportunities.

Established in 1976 as the Public Corporation for the Arts, dba, Arts Council for Long Beach is the official arts agency for the City of Long Beach. The goal of the Arts Council is to improve the quality of life, through the arts, for all residents of and visitors to our city. Arts Council for Long Beach is a private nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer board of directors and managed by a professional staff. In addition to offering a range of professional services and programs, Arts Council for Long Beach distributes and manages City of Long Beach funding for the arts through its Grant Programs.
Program Description: Professional Development
Professional Development Grants are for individual arts professionals and individuals representing a Long Beach arts organization to participate in a workshop, seminar, class or training geared towards enhancing the professional skills of the applicant on behalf of their sponsoring organization OR for enhancing the marketing/business/professional skills of an individual artist.

Eligibility

Professional Development Microgrants are available for Long Beach artists who are seeking assistance with funding for professional development opportunities, such as a workshop or a conference.Applicants can apply for support to attend a workshop announced through Arts Council for Long Beach or present the Arts Council with an unaffiliated workshop/professional development opportunity as part of the grant application.For Professional Development applications the Arts Council may fund up to half of the conference fees. For conferences taking place outside of Long Beach the Arts Council may fund up to $500.

Ineligibility

No new or revised application information will be accepted after the deadline. What Arts Council for Long Beach Does NOT FundTravel expenses for professional development Purchase of works of artPurchase of permanent equipment, land, buildings, or construction services (capital expenditures)Fundraising events Trusts or endowments Debt reduction efforts or ongoing deficit operationsPrograms with religious or sectarian purposes or that are part of scheduled religious servicesExpenses incurred before the start date of the grant contract Programs which aid or service political campaigns or political groupsWho is NOT Eligible to ApplyCurrent Arts Council for Long Beach staff or members of the Board of Directors or immediate family members Applicants with incomplete grant contracts funded by Arts Council for Long Beach in previous yearsApplicants who have received one or more microgrant within the current fiscal year totaling $1000Applicants may not be recipients of a 2023–2024 Operating Grant II through the Arts Council for Long Beach.