Arts In Action Arts Education Grant

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is excited to announce Arts In Action Arts Education grant opportunities for teaching artists and nonprofit organizations with an arts education focus. Arts In Action grants support arts education projects/classes/workshops that take place in-school, after school, or in local community settings for the Spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic school year. Grants range from $1000 to $5,000. This grant is made possible by the generous support of the Maryland State Arts Council.

Eligibility:

• Classes/Workshops can support K-12 aged students, creative aging, and incarcerated/reentry populations.
• Classes/Workshops may be delivered in-person or virtually due to the global health concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
• Applicant must provide at least 4 sequential, teaching sessions between the same teaching artist(s) and the same cohort of students/people.
• Student cohorts must have a minimum of 6 students per session.
• Applicant must provide stated learning goals, outcomes, and evaluation plan.
• Class/Workshop spaces must be accessible to those with disabilities. Also, activities must be altered to meet the needs of the visually and hearing impaired upon appropriate notification of need.
   

Program Criteria - Grants are awarded via a merit‐based review process based upon the following criteria:

• Programmatic quality is valued over participant quantity.
• Artistic and/or Cultural and Programmatic Merit
• Learning Outcomes & Evaluation
• Student Benefit & Accessibility
• Managerial & Fiscal Competence
• Grants range from $1000 to $5,000
   

Applicant Requirements:

• Individual/Teaching artists and/or non-profit organization must be based in Baltimore City.
• School partners and non profit organizations must be located in Baltimore City.
• Individual/Teaching artists and/or organizations must have at least 2 years of prior teaching experience and/or history of implementing workshops/ classes with youth.
   

Grant Timeline:

• Applications Open: October 18, 2021
• Application Closes: December 3, 2021
• Applicants Notified Friday, December 17, 2021 (80% of funding received upon execution of agreement)
• Final Reports are due Friday, June 17, 2022 (20% of funding received upon execution of agreement)
• Staff, relatives, and board members of BOPA Inc are ineligible to apply for this grant.
   

TO APPLY: Applications for the 2022 grant cycle have closed.