We are proud to announce the 7 recipients of this award who will launch the 2012 cohort of this program.

Dina Denis Dance – Dance Into Light, Inc.

EarSay

Queens Media Arts Development (QMAD)

Mare Nostrum Elements

Talea Ensemble, Inc.

thingNY

Voelker Orth Museum

Amy Reid, CCNS Catherine Sheridan: Amy’s will be collaborating with seniors at CCNS Catherine Sheridan to make narrative videos based on the seniors memories. She will also be working with seniors to make unique props for the videos based on images from the seniors’ memories. Amy is currently working with Elders Sharing the Arts.

Alejandra Regalado, IRPHE (Elmhurst): Alejandara is a photographer who will work with seniors on a project that features portraits of seniors from IRPHE with personal objects of significant emotional value.

Rachel Sullivan, Florence Smith: A theater-artist, Rachel plans to create a devised theater piece with her center members. She will draw on her past experience as a teaching artist working with seniors.

Constance Gemson, NORC Forrest Hills:  Constance is working on a oral history and writing project. She will begin her contact hours with the residents at her center in February! She comes to the program with a lot of experience conducting writing workshops with seniors.

Andrea Burgay, Ridgewood Older Adults Center: Andrea is a visual artist working with textiles and collage.  She will work with members from ROAC to create their own collages culminating in a public exhibition of the work. Next week Andrea’s work will be featured in The Bricoleurs, an exhibition at the the BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn Heights.

Abigail Weg, Ridgewood Older Adults Center: Abby is an experienced teaching artist based in Ridgewood who will lead her students from the Ridgewood Older Adults Center on a journey through the visual arts incorporating various forms of media and techniques.

Carla E. Reyes, Selfhelp Austin Street: Carla will be leading seniors from Selfhelp Austin Street in an art-making and journaling project culminating in a public exhibition of the seniors’ works. Seniors will be asked to make work that touches on their perception of time.

Ka-Man Tse, Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal: Ka-Man is a photographer, and she is no stranger to Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal, having conducted a photography workshop there in 2011. She will be continuing her photography work with the center in 2012, and they are thrilled to have her back!

Robin Benson, Sunnyside Center for Active Older Adults: Robin will lead several performing arts workshops that deal with improvisational work and working from written scripts, culminating in a public performance.

Valerie Green, Sunnyside Center for Active Older Adults: A dance and choreographer, Valerie will conduct a series of movement classes with center members, assisted by her dance company, Dance Entropy. She has generously arranged for the members of her center to attend an upcoming performance of Dance Entropy. You can learn more about the performance (including how to buy tickets) here. Valerie worked with Sunnyside in 2010 as well.

An Image from Alejandra Regalado’s prior project, Memorabile

SPARC is being programmed city-wide, with a different set of artists and centers participating in each borough. Check in with the arts councils in Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn and the Bronx for information about those boroughs – and you can find a list of all participants here on the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs website.

The Chinese Dragon is the most intriguing and auspicious of the mythological creatures that make up the twelve year cycle.  To celebrate the Year of the Dragon, there will be a wonderful free music event in Queens at Crossing Art Gallery in Flushing at 3:00 pm this Sunday, January 22^nd, where you can hear a live performance of the Shanghai String Quartet.  You can also hear it on WQXR.  While you are in Flushing, take time to sample some of great food with a cup of tea.  Not only is there great music, there is great art and amazing food in Queens to enjoy as you welcome the new year!

If you are hungry for more cultural and culinary events, come to www.queenscouncilarts.org and see what else is happening in Queens. Remember you can also call or email. The year is just beginning and filled with upcoming unique literary events and arts networking for you to enjoy in New York’s most diverse borough.

Applications are due Thursday, January 12th.

For more information and to apply click here.

Do you have a project you want to launch in 2012?  Do you need to figure out how to fund it? Are you confused about how to get crowdsourcing to work for you?  Join us next week as Kickstarter’s own Stephanie Pereira leads us through Kickstater school.

Kickstarter: Bringing Your Creative Idea to Life 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
6:30pm
Flux Factory
39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101.

N/Q to Queensboro Plaza
E/M/R to Queens Plaza
F to 21^st Street Queensbridge

Click here for more details and to RSVP

QCA would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our programs and activities in 2011.

This past giving season, we shared with you the phrase, “Thank you and come again!” It’s a simple yet sincere phrase that local restaurants say. Its more literal meaning is “thank you (for your business) and come again (and enjoy our food soon)”.

At QCA, we like to change it up to mean “thank you (for supporting us) and come again (and enjoy our borough’s art and culture)”.

 It’s because of your donations, your feedback, and your attendance at our free workshops and events that are so meaningful to us and our community that one phrase alone can’t ever sum up its value. Together, we can support one another – block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood.

So come back in 2012!

Attend a workshop. Sit in on a reading. Come with a friend. Support the arts in Queens. It’s good for the mind, soul and belly.

The Queens Council on the Arts offers individual artists and arts organizations arts management training and professional development services through interactive workshops designed to promote artistic and professional growth. In addition, QCA sponsors a variety of networking and resource exchange opportunities designed to connect and build partnerships among the arts and cultural communities. A leading example is The 2011 Queens Art Express, a festival of dynamic exhibitions, performances, and special events spread across the borough’s finest venues, large and small, supporting the broad range of talent within the Queens diverse artist communities.

This year, QCA will present professional development workshops to assist artists and arts organizations to build their business, marketing and fundraising skills. How do you create a strong narrative to share the importance of your artistic work? How do you write a successful grant application? What can you do to build your online presence? We will explore these questions through a series of workshops led by field experts and provide practical tools and information to help you succeed.

Upcoming Events

Google/AdWords 101

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 6:30p

Learn how to effectively promote your work with Google/AdWords. A field expert from Brooklyn-based search engine agency Ajax Union will walk you thorough how to make Google work for you.  This workshop will cover the following:

Google 101

• Facts about Google
• Search Engine Anatomy
• Search Engine Optimization Basics (SEO)
• Google Places Listing and Optimization
• Google Analytics Overview
• Google Adwords Introduction
• Office Productivity -  Google Apps Overview

Adwords 101

• Introduction to online advertising & Google AdWords
• Types of online advertising
• Basics of pay-per-click advertising
• How do decrease your Adwords Costs
• Features, Benefits,  Basic terminology
• Understanding how Google charges for Adwords
• Finding and implementing keywords and search terms
• How to make your campaign relevant
• Optimizing your quality score
• How to define and meet your online marketing goals.
• Creating a more productive online environment for your clients

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
6:30pm

Kaufman Astoria Studios
34-12 36th Street, Astoria, NY 11106
Between 34th & 35th Avenues

R/V Trains to Steinway Street
N Train to Broadway

Registration will Open Soon

Past events

Kickstarter: Bring your Creative Idea To Life

Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 6:30pm

Join us as we explore Kickstarter, the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. Kickstarter’s own Stephanie Pereira leads off the evening with a presentation on how to bring your project to life. Learn how to structure a project, what kind of rewards work best, and other helpful tips and valuable stats. Next we’ll take a more detailed look at the anatomy of a successful project. Filmmaker Theresa Loong, the Asian American Arts Alliance, and Flux Factory will share their experiences using the platform.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
6:30pm
Flux Factory
39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101.

N/Q to Queensboro Plaza
E/M/R to Queens Plaza
F to 21^st Street Queensbridge

Building Your Web Identity

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 6:30pm

How do you create a brand identity online? Taking a look at how artists and arts organization present themselves online we will explore key ways to build a web identity that suits your needs and works. How can you create a unique artist or organization statement for your website? What can you do to use social media to your advantage? What do you need to do to focus your message on Facebook and Twitter? Our facilitator Colleen Ross, the Marketing Director for BRIC Media Arts, will share valuable tools and resources to help you be successful.

*Please note that this is a content based workshop and NOT technical instruction on how to use social media. Successful participants should have a basic understanding of social media including Facebook and Twitter.

Wednesday, November 9th at 6:30pm

Location: Greater Astoria Historical Society – Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor

Long Island City, NY 11106

R/M to Steinway Street, N/Q to Broadway

Thu, May 19, 6:00pm-8:30pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society

Following up on our What’s Your Pitch? Grant Writing workshop, the Putting it Together workshop will discuss how to be effective in securing funding. Led by grant writing consultant Melissa Sandor this workshop provides a mock panel review of draft grant submissions from participants of January’s workshop. Open to all, participants will gain insight into the thought process of panels and how to make your grant stand out.*

Connect in Your Community!

Thursday, April 21, 2011, 6:30-8:30pm, Jackson Heights

This “How-To” workshop highlights how a Queens initiative from a local city council office succeeded in promoting partnerships between the arts, culture, business and government to create “June in Jackson Heights”. The panel will include: District 25 City Council Member Daniel Dromm, Andrew Ronan who is the Chief of Staff for the District 25 City Council Office, the Coordinator of 2010 “June in Jackson Heights”, and Hector Canonge, New Media Artist and Director of Queens Media Arts Development and Dan Karatzas, Jackson Heights Historian and Director of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group.

Location: The Renaissance Charter School 35-59 81st St / No. 7 train to 82nd St.

Your Online Presence!

In this rapidly changing online world, how do you strengthen your web presence efficiently and effectively? What are the tools other artists and arts organizations have used and what are the benefits they have to offer?

Led by social media consultant and trainer, Rebecca Krause-Hardie, our professional panel will share what has worked for them and the lessons they learned along the way. To discuss best practices and their successes our panelists will include Nora Gomez (formally Queens Museum, currently Alliance for Young Artists & Writers), Meg Cotner (We Heart Astoria) and Man Bartlett (Flux Factory)

Thu, March 24, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Frank Sinatra High School

Black Box Theatre

35-12 35th Ave

Astoria, NY 11106

N/Q train to 36th Ave or E/M/R to Steinway Street

STORYSELLING : MARKETING TOOLS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS

What basic marketing skills and techniques do you need to promote your work and build your brand? This two part workshop will explain how to use marketing tools and explore how to tell your story with video.

Marketing expert Chris Schimpf will help determine the effectiveness of marketing techniques to tell your story. Second, Roslyn Nieves from QPTV will show you how to create a Public Service Announcement and discuss the free services that QPTV has to offer.

Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Crossing Art, 136-17 39th Ave, Ground Floor, Flushing, NY 11354

GRANT WRITING PLUS+:

WHAT’S YOUR PITCH? & PUTTING IT TOGETHER PANEL REVIEW

Can you talk smartly and succinctly about your art or organization? What is unique about your story?

Launching the 2011 QAX Boot Camp Series, in January What’s Your Pitch? will outline the grant writing structure and help you build an effective pitch. In May, the Boot Camp Series will book end with Putting It Together a final look at how all the various components of telling your story fit into a grant proposal.

This two-part workshop led by experienced grant writing consultant Melissa Sandor includes a hand-on writing workshop in January and mock panel review in May.

The hands-on/mock panel component of the workshop is limited to 12 participants. THESE PARTICIPANTS MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS.

Additional participants may attend to observe and learn these techniques, but they will not be able to receive direct feedback or hands-on assistance from the expert.

Registration is on a first come first serve basis.

THE GRANT WRITING PLUS+ WORKSHOPS ARE FULL, REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Grant Writing: What’s Your Pitch

Thursday, January 20, 2011, 6:00pm-8:30pm

Location: Juvenal Reis Studios, 43-01 22nd Street, Long Island City, NY 11101

Grant Writing: Putting it Together & Panel Review

A mock panel where grants from the January Workshop will be reviewed and critiqued by a panel of arts professionals.

Thursday, May 19^th, 2011, 6:00pm-8:30pm

Location: TBA

BRAINSTORM! WORKSHOP SERIES

Brainstorm! is a new series of lively workshops with ideas and tools for artists to develop sources of earned revenue. Brainstorm! features presentations by artists who are successfully generating earned revenue as well as insights from expert discussants and audience participation. Brainstorm! workshops for 2010 include Selling Work Online; Teaching; Touring; and Self-Producing. Brainstorm! is a program of Asian American Arts Alliance, co-produced with New York Foundation for the Arts and Queens Council on the Arts.

Brainstorm! Selling Work Online
A workshop for artists on developing a web presence and generating online sales.

Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6:30pm

NYFA/A4 space, 20 Jay Street, 7th Fl, Dumbo, Brooklyn

Brainstorm! Teaching
A workshop for artists on integrating education into your work to support your career.

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 6:30pm

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Long Island City, Queens

GRANT WRITING BOOT CAMP SERIES

An opportunity to learn valuable lessons from experienced grant writing consultant, Melissa Sandor, in a hands on 2-part series that includes a writing workshop and mock panel review. LIMITED to 12 participants. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. PARTICIPANTS MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS.

Grantwriting: Writing Workshop
A workshop for artists and arts professionals to develop, write and edit a grant for a project or organization.

Thursday, April 15, 2010, 6 ­­– 8:30pm

The Irish Center, Long Island City, Queens

Grantwriting: Mock Panel
A mock panel where grants from the Writing Workshop will be reviewed and critiqued by a panel of arts professionals.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 6 ­­– 8:30pm

New York Irish Center, 1040 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

The Business of Filmmaking

Film clips, a roundtable discussion with Queens filmmakers, representatives from Tribeca Film Institute’s Tribeca All Access program, and an audience Q&A on lessons learned and the business side of making a film. Including: funding, budgeting, networking, marketing and distribution via film festivals, television, and DVD release.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 6:30pm

The Secret Theater, 44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, Queens

BBQ for Bloggers

writers.bloggers.lyricists.screenwriters.playwrights.novelists.journalists.translators.poets
An Informal BBQ and networking event for writers and bloggers as part of a new initiative to develop and strengthen the art of writing in the borough of Queens.

Thursday, June 3, 2010, 6pm

LHaus, 1102 49th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

Quill: Queens in Love with Literature

TIME // VENUE CHANGE – NEW LOCATION
Letters to our Mothers: Meera Nair, Arun Storrs, Amy T. Paul, Adhikaar’s Arts and Activism Group, performed by Megha and Shradha Lama

In Letters to our Mothers, five writers celebrate the multi-faceted voices of South Asian women in Queens and what it means to be heard across distance. This rare joint production curated by Adhikaar’s Executive Director Luna Ranjit, in collaboration with Queens Council on the Arts and The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, showcases readings by Asian American Literary Award and PEN/Amazon Award-winning fiction author Meera Nair and poets Arun Storrs and Amy T. Paul. Shardha and Megha Lama—theater members of Adhikaar’s Arts & Activism Program—will perform “I wish I could tell my Aama,” a theater piece incorporating dance and visual arts to tell bridge the difficult distances between mothers and daughters, asking “Aama did I ever tell you, I want to sing?”

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 6pm

TIME // VENUE CHANGE – NEW LOCATION: Jackson Diner, 37-47 74th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372-6337

PUBLIC ART TALK

Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6 pm to 9 pm

What is Public Art? Who has access to create Public Art? Does Queens want or need more Public Art? From ancient cave wall paintings, sculpture and graffiti to murals, installations and government sponsored commissions, these questions and more will be discussed by a panel of artists, public art organizations and arts professionals. The panel will be moderated by Kendal Henry, Public Art Consultant and Artist, and will be followed by open discussion and a Q & A segment.

Panelists include: Hector Canonge – New Media Artist; Chin Chih Yang – Media Artist; Sara Reisman – Director, Percent for Art; and, Alan Ket – Artist, Activist, Entrepreneur.

Crossing Art

136-17 39th Avenue (at Main Street) Ground Floor

Flushing, NY 11354

www.crossingart.com

THE CULTURAL DATA PROJECT

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 6 pm to 7:30 pm

The New York State Cultural Data Project (New York State CDP) is a powerful online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations. This emerging national standard that was first launched in Pennsylvania in 2004 and has grown to include Maryland, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York, enables participating organizations to track trends and benchmark their progress through powerful reporting tools, empowers researchers and advocates with information to make the case for arts and culture, streamlines the grant application process to participating funders, and equips funders with data to plan and evaluate grant-making activities more effectively.

Queens Borough Hall

120-55 Queens Boulevard Rm.213 part 2

Kew Gardens, NY 11424

www.discoverqueens.info

QUEENS ARTS CONNECTION

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2 pm to 5pm

The 3rd annual Queens Arts Connection citywide networking event brings together artists from all disciplines and arts service organizations to share information on professional development, grants, venues and the business of art. This event is known throughout the boroughs as an opportunity for artists and organizations to connect with the most diverse artistic community in New York City – Queens. With attendance by 100s of artists and informational networking and presentations by 25+ arts service organizations each year, this annual event, open to the public, will continue to grow and expand as an invaluable tool for the arts and culture community and its constituents.

United Nations Federal Credit Union

24-01 44th Road

Long Island City, NY 11101

The Queens Arts in the Schools Grant (AIS) provides grant support for collaborations between schools and cultural organizations that focus on the creation and implementation of arts integrated units of study. This program is part of the Local Capacity Building Initiative at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The Local Capacity Building Initiative is a statewide effort to promote widespread participation in arts in education.

All 2012 grant deadlines have passed. Please check back in July 2012 for updated information and 2013 deadlines.

General Queens Arts Fund (QAF) Questions

Questions About Fiscal Sponsorship

Questions About the QAF Organization Grant Guidelines

Questions About the QAF Individual Artist Grant Guidelines

Questions About the QAF Application Requirements

Questions About Completing the Online Application with CueRate

Questions About Serving as a Panelist

General Queens Arts Fund (QAF) Questions

When is the deadline for the 2012 QAF grant applications?

 The 2012 grant deadlines have passed. Please check back in July 2012 for updated information and 2013 grant application deadlines.

How do I apply for a QAF grant?

Please review all grant guidelines carefully to determine eligibility and take note of application assistance, video tutorials, and other available resources. All eligible QAF applicants must fill out and submit their grant application online using the CueRate e-grant system.

What resources are available to me as I prepare my application?

Arts Fund Coordinator Katie Tuss is available to answer questions and read application drafts. You may contact her at ktuss@queenscouncilarts.org or (347) 505-3019. All requests for review should be made at least two weeks in advance of the deadline. Applicants may also attend a grant application workshop or one-on-one appointment with a QCA staff member, watch the QAF video tutorials or download the additional grant resources.

How much time do I have to complete a QAF funded project?

QAF funding is for the calendar year. All proposed projects must be completed between January and December of the year you receive the grant.

What happens after I turn in my QAF application?

QCA staff will review your application for completeness and contact you via email if your application is incomplete. Please check your email regularly after submitting your application as you will have a short amount of time to fix any application problems. A panel comprised of 5-7 art administrators, community leaders and artists will review the QAF applications and decide on funding recommendations. The QCA executive board will review the recommendations and NYC DCA, NYSCA, and JP Morgan Chase will provide final approval.

When will I find out if I received a QAF grant?

Letters of notification will be sent before the end of December of the application year.

When is the QAF money awarded?

Checks will be handed out at the awards ceremony in mid-January.

Can I find out what was said about my application in the panel review?

Yes, please email or call Katie to receive your panel comments. It is helpful to review panel comments even if you received funding, as they provide applicants valuable information for future grant applications.

Questions About Fiscal Sponsorship

Does my fiscal sponsor have to be based in Queens?

Organizations and individual artist applicants to the NYSCA DEC grant for organizations must have a Queens-based fiscal sponsor. Organizations and individual artist applicants to the DCA GNYADF grant for organizations may use a fiscal sponsor based outside of Queens such as The Field, NYFA, or Fractured Atlas.

If I am using a fiscal sponsor, whose contact information should I use on the application?

List information for the fiscal sponsor under the “Organization Information” section of the application. Under the “Fiscal Sponsorship” section, mark yes and list the sponsored organization’s information.

If I am using a fiscal sponsor, whose budgetary and financial information should I use?

Use financial information for the sponsored organization, not the fiscal sponsor. Do use the fiscal sponsor’s proof of non-profit status.

May I use a non-arts organization as a fiscal sponsor?

Yes, any 501(c)3 organization may serve as a fiscal sponsor. Applicants for the NYSCA funded QAF grant must have a Queens-based fiscal sponsor.

Questions About the QAF Organization Grant Guidelines

What is the difference between the NYSCA and DCA funded QAF grants for organizations?

An organization can apply for up to 3 different projects totaling no more than $5,000 for the NYSCA funded QAF grant. The DCA funded grant for organizations is for only one project totaling no more than $5,000. If you apply for a NYSCA funded grant for more than one project, it is required that the projects serve distinctly unique audiences.

What if my non-profit is based somewhere outside of b but the proposed project will take place in Queens?

Organizations with non-profit status must be based in Queens. However, if your organization is not a 501c3, you may apply with a Queens-based fiscal sponsor.

Can an individual artist or an organization apply for more than one grant?

If you meet the guideline criteria, you may apply for more than one grant. However, QAF is a competitive process and not all requests are funded. Applicants are encouraged to select the grant which best suits their needs and submit a complete and detailed  application. Please keep in mind that organizations that have never been funded will be given priority in the panel meeting.

Can my organization apply for the NYSCA and DCA funded QAF grants for the same project?

Yes, but it is important that the organization shows that at least 20% of the project total expenses is funded by non-QCA sources. This additional funding should be listed on the grant application under the Budget-Income section.

Can my organization apply for the JP Morgan Chase funded grant if it is not strictly an arts organization?

Yes, but applicants that are arts organizations will be given priority in the panel meeting.

Questions About the QAF Individual Artist Grant Guidelines

Does the NYSCA and DCA funded grants for individual artists fund performances of other artist’s work?

No, this grant is intended to fund the creation of new work by composers, choreographers, playwrights, non-fiction and fiction literary artists, poets and spoken word artists.

Can musicians, dancers or actors apply for the individual artist grant for performing artists?

You may apply if you are submitting an original piece of work. The individual artist grant for performing artists is intended to fund composers, choreographers, playwrights, non-fiction and fiction literary artists, poets and spoken word artists. This grant is not for musicians, dancers or actors performing pieces created by other artists.

Questions About the QAF Application Requirements

Do I have to attend a grant application workshop?

If you are applying to QAF for the first time it is mandatory that you complete a QAF application orientation prior to the application deadline. There are three ways you can fulfill this requirement. You may attend an application workshop, view the video tutorials on our website, or attend a one-on-one meeting with a QCA staff member.

Does it diminish my grant application to include other donors in the budget income page?

No, including other donors is not only required (see question below) but encouraged. Having other support for the proposed project strengthens the proposal.

The guidelines state that I must show 20% of my project income from other sources. What does that mean?

20% of the money used to cover the project total expenses must be from a source other than QCA. This 20% should be included in the Budget-Income portion of the application. For instance if the total budget expenses for the proposed project is $3,000, then in the Budget-Income you must show that at least $600 (20% of $3,000) is funded by a source other than QAF grants.

Can I list another QAF grant as this 20%?

No. Additional support must be from a non-QCA source.

Can the total project expenses exceed the grant award amount? If it does, should the additional expenses be included in the project budget

Yes, your proposed project should exceed the grant award amount since you are responsible to fund 20% of the project from non-QCA funds (see question above) Include all of the expenses and all of the income for the proposed project in the application. If you are applying for $3,000 from QAF, but the entire project will cost $6,000, complete the budget for the full $6,000.

What is considered an in-kind donation?

An in-kind donation includes donated services, materials or venues.

How do I find out my legislator district numbers?

To locate your NYC Council number, NYS Senate number, NYS Assembly number, and US House of Representatives number, enter your address into the search on the League of Women Voters of the City of NY website.

To locate your Community Board number visit The NYC government website. In the upper left hand corner there is a drop down menu. Use this drop down menu to choose “Community Board List.”

Do I need to have a letter of agreement from the venue where my proposed project is going to be?

You are not required to include a venue letter of agreement in the attachment section of your application. You are required to list the venue or venues you plan on using in the body of the grant application and explain why the venue is appropriate for your project.

Questions About CueRate

What is CueRate?

CueRate is an online e-grant application system created by the Center for Arts Management and Technology at Carnegie Mellon University. All components of the QAF grant application are submitted through CueRate.

What if I forget my CueRate password?

You do not have to call QCA to get your CueRate password. The CueRate sign in page has a “click here” button to prompt the system to retrieve your password.

I am not good with computers, can I mail my attachments?

No, QCA will not accept any mailed materials. Please contact QCA well in advance of the deadline with questions or find a technology savvy friend to assist you.

What is the maximum size for attachments to the CueRate application?

Attachments can not exceed 2MB per each attachment.

I am having trouble uploading attachments to the CueRate application. Am I doing something wrong?

It is important to remember that attachments can not exceed 2MB in size and attachment file names should be comprised of letters and numbers ONLY. No spaces, punctuation or symbols. File type should be .pdf, .jpg or .doc.

How do I attach a video work sample to my CueRate application?

All video work samples should be uploaded to the video sharing site Vimeo. Please do not create a password for your video as QCA can not access password protected videos. Once your video is uploaded to Vimeo, copy and paste the unique EMBED code into the CueRate application. Click here to watch the video upload tutorial. Click here to watch the video embedding tutorial.

Questions About Serving as a Panelist

How do I get selected to serve as a QAF or Queens Arts in the Schools panelist?

 Email your resume to Katie Tuss, ktuss@queenscouncilarts.org, with a short paragraph explaining why you are interested in serving as a panelist and what your connection is to the arts and the Queens community.