The North Carolina Arts Council ensures a wide array of rich arts experiences for residents and visitors of the state through grants to non-profit organizations working in their communities. This year, a new online application, North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO), and broader grant categories streamline the process for applicants. The deadline for 2008–09 grant applications is Monday, March 3.
Through the work of local arts councils, arts organizations and a variety of civic and local interest groups, the North Carolina Arts Council provides citizens access to unique arts experiences and resources. Grant recipients of 2007–08 have impacted the state with their innovative and determined efforts:
- The DREAMS Center of Wilmington, a free arts education program for underserved students, was one of eighteen arts and humanities programs in the nation to receive a Coming Up Taller Award from First Lady Laura Bush in January.
- Arts of the Albemarle, located in Elizabeth City, began renovations on the 1897 Lowry-Chesson building this past fall for a new arts complex to benefit Pasquotank and surrounding counties.
- The American Dance Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, marking 30 years as one of Durham’s most active performing arts institutions, bringing ground-breaking dance to the people of the state in a creative laboratory dedicated to nurturing and sustaining modern dance.
- Burning Coal Theatre Company recently opened its 175-seat theater, marking the major renovation of the 1913 Murphy School, located on the fringe of Raleigh’s historic Oakwood district. The theater is the performing arts lynch pin for downtown’s newest redevelopment project, centered on Blount Street.
Organizations interested in applying for a grant should review the guidelines available on the Arts Council’s Web site and contact the staff member listed for their area of interest. Staff members are available to help organizations make their applications as competitive as possible.
The deadline for submitting applications is March 3, 2008. Applicants are required to use the online grant application as well as submitting a print copy to the Arts Council office by 5 p.m. on the grant deadline date unless otherwise noted in the guidelines. Fax transmissions and late applications will not be accepted. The print version of the application form must include the narrative and attachments.
For more information on the North Carolina Arts Council or Organizational Grants, visit www.ncarts.org or call (919) 807-6500.
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