Grants
Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) is a community arts engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. Artists who are excited to work with the local aging community to deliver arts programs are invited to submit an application by no later than 5pm September 30, 2011.
For those of you who are still working on your QCAF applications, that are due Thursday, September 30th, here is a little something to help keep you on track.
Wednesday, September 14, 6 PM
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica
Queens Arts Fund applications are now available on CueRate and the deadline is Wednesday, October 5.
On Thursday, February 3rd, 2011, Queens Council on the Arts distributed $217,555 to 48 Queens arts organizations, 18 individual artists and 8 Queens schools who received the 2011 Queens Community Arts Fund awards and Queens Arts in the Schools grant, generously funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program and Local Capacity Building Program, and the JP Morgan Chase Arts Foundation Regrants [...]
For years Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Executive Director of the Queens Council on the Arts, has sat on review panels, for both state and federal agencies, which means she has read countless grant applications. Here she shares the insight she has gained after reading so many proposals.
The step-by-step guide to starting your QCAF grant application.
Helpful info about the required supplementary materials for the QCAF application.
The longest part of the QCAF application is comprised of narrative questions. The narrative questions are about the applicant’s history and development, the applicant’s marketing plan and budget, and of course, about the proposed project.
It is easy to get tripped up by the budget requirements of any grant application. The budget section of the Queens Community Arts Fund application is comprised of one page for budget expenses and one page for budget income.
