ASCA: Workshop Grants

ASCA: Workshop Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Alaska State Council on the Arts
Amount: US $500 - US $1,500
Last Updated: May 18, 2025

Summary

The ASCA Workshop Grants provide funding for unique arts-related activities in Alaska, enabling community participation in disciplines like visual arts, music, and theater. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, schools, and local government agencies. Workshops must be open to the public and held by June 30 following the award. Grants cover instructor fees and travel expenses, with a match requirement of 50% of total costs. This opportunity aims to foster cultural heritage and support Alaskan artists.

Overview

About Alaska State Council on the Arts The Alaska State Council on the Arts funds applications in all areas of the arts: dance, visual arts, literature, music, theater, media arts, and traditional Native arts. The Council also encourages applications that promote and develop the cultural heritage of Alaskans and the creation of new works by Alaskan artists. Workshop Grants Workshop Grants support unique, arts-related activities of limited duration that offer Alaskans the opportunity to participate in an arts activity not regularly available in their community. All areas of the visual, performing, traditional, craft, media, and literary arts, as well as arts administration, are eligible disciplines for this grant category. Workshops must be held and completed between the first of the month following the award date and June 30 (end of State Fiscal Year).

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Alaskan nonprofit organizations, schools, local government agencies and tribal entities proposing arts or cultural activities in the state are eligible for Workshop Grants. All funded workshops must be open to the public. Applicants must:have non profit status as a 501(c)3 organization; be incorporated for at least one year prior to the application deadline;Organizations receiving less than $5000 in operating support or project grants are eligible to receive up to two Workshop Grants in a fiscal year.Fiscal Agent: Organization sponsorship by a fiscal agent is acceptable if an otherwise qualified applicant has not yet attained tax exempt status.A fiscal agent must be a 501(c)(3) organization that:has a close working relationship with the applicant endorses the project accepts financial and reporting responsibility for the applicantMatch requirement: cash or in-kind equal to 50% of total workshop costs. The organization sponsoring the opportunity must provide, in addition to above match:space for arts activity necessary equipment and supplies room, board, and local transportation for artist/instructor when applicable advertising for the opportunity completed final evaluation form (available on ASCA website) within 60 days of workshop's end date or August 31, whatever comes first.Workshop grants may only be used to (1) pay the fees of the workshop instructors; and (2) cover all or a portion of the travel expenses of the workshop instructors. The majority of participants in the workshop must be over 18 years of age.

Ineligibility

Organizations receiving $5000 or more in operating support or project grants may not apply for more than one Workshop Grant during the same fiscal year.Workshop Grants will not fund:classroom residencies (schools interested in bringing artists into the classroom should apply through ASCA's Artists in Schools grant program) activities that are part of an organization's regularly scheduled season ongoing or series of classesThe primary purpose of the program may not be to generate academic credit.