Many had questions or comments about the information on the Laura Jane Musser fund I sent via our Rurals list serve. It is the only national private foundation I know of that has a focus on rural arts. I will keep researching funding/fundraising resources for rural arts and share what I learn with you - but I want to bring you to our new NYS ARTS Rurals blog for full information, questions, discussion and sharing with your peers on topics of interest to you. For now, I'll continue to alert you to new postings on the blog by our list serve; but to get full or more info and discussion, you can click on the link to come to the blog.
For example: if you would like to further ask questions or discuss the Musser Foundation, click on the "Comment" link under the posting: it will bring up a form to post your comments. The same goes for the information below: click on "Comment" and share your thoughts, etc.
Here's a piece of information that many Rurals will be interested in. It's a quick turnaround, easy application. And to comment on this info, click on the "Comment" link at the end of this post.
The NEA Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Grants "offer support primarily to small & mid-size organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations." Projects are of limited duration and for limited geographic areas. The grants are for $10,000. Eligible projects include:
• an arts event that features one or more guest artists (such as a festival, exhibit, etc)
• creation of a public arts project, such as a mural
• civic design activities that involve renovation, restoration or adaptive re-use of cultural facilties
• unified promotion of community wide arts activities and resources.
Deadline: May 28th, 2009.
For guidelines and application info, go to: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP10/Challenge.html
If I work this right, (creative criticism is encouraged - I'm learning to blog, like many others) our Rurals blog will be a great place to explore issues of interest, and network and share, which you graciously do all the time. I promise to post something monthly, and as information of interest to Rural Partners comes up. Be sure to check the blog after I post the results from our recent survey by the end of this month: - I'll alert you by list serve, and I'm looking forward to your comments and discussion here.
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