Arts Miles Directory Grant

The Arts Miles Directory Grant connects schools in Kentucky with artistic experiences through approved field trip destinations. Aimed at preschool to 12th-grade students, the grant enhances arts education by providing resources for teachers and fostering student engagement with the arts. Organizations seeking funding must ensure accessibility and demonstrate the ability to provide high-quality artistic experiences. This initiative supports the Kentucky Arts Council's mission to enrich the state's cultural landscape and promote community involvement in the arts.

Core Values of the Kentucky Arts Council
Working in partnership with organizations and individuals to deliver arts programs and services throughout the state, we ask that applicants and partners keep the following guiding values in mind when working with the Kentucky Arts Council:
Artists’ CompensationThe Kentucky Arts Council believes that artists’ time and work have real value, for which artists should be fairly compensated. DiversityThe Kentucky Arts Council believes that arts programs and services should be accessible to all people of the Commonwealth.
AdvocacyThe Kentucky Arts Council believes it is important for individuals and organizations to advocate for the arts and promote how they enhance our communities and our lives.
The Arts Miles Directory connects preschool-12th grade schools with field trip destinations that provide high quality artistic experiences. Schools must choose destinations from the Arts Miles Directory when applying for Arts Miles Grant funding. Approved organizations will be in the Arts Miles Directory for three years before requiring reapproval.
Program Goals:

• To provide preschool-12th grade students with access to exemplary artistic experiences
• To provide teachers with educational resources that enhance arts curriculum
• To help students and teachers develop arts literacy through studying artistic theory, skills and techniques
• To provide students opportunities to use written and verbal communication to reflect on artistic experiences

Eligibility

Registered nonprofit organizations or government/public entities operating in Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Partnership organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.All organizations must:Provide exemplary artistic experiences suitable for preschool – 12th grade students.Own, rent or otherwise have access to a permanent physical facility where field trips will be hosted that complies with current accessibility standards as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.Operate year-round, holding at least one artistic experience (performance, class, exhibition, etc.) per annual quarter.Communicate with teachers before, during and after their field trips to help them design an educational artistic experience. Provide teachers with educational resources such as staff, materials, space or specialized programming that enhance their arts curriculum.Provide students and teachers with the opportunity to develop arts literacy through studying artistic theory, skills and techniques.Provide opportunities for students to use written and verbal communication to reflect on artistic experiences.