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Arts in Education Grants

 

The South Carolina Arts Commission is committed to facilitating comprehensive arts education programs that support the academic, social, emotional, and creative growth of South Carolina's students. Funding offered under the Arts Education Program supports the aims set forth by the 2010 S.C. Academic Visual and Performing Arts Standards and the Partnership for 21st Century Learning Skills. These standards identify arts education as a vital part of the education reform taking place in South Carolina and throughout the United States.

 

The S. C. Arts Commission’s Arts in Education programs are designed to meet the needs of arts programs at various stages of development. In addition to grant programs, the Arts Commission also strives to advance comprehensive arts education at the legislative level and provides professional development for educators. The South Carolina Arts Commission is a founding partner in the Arts in Basic Curriculum Project, a partnership between the agency, the S.C. Department of Education, and Winthrop University that provides leadership to ensure a quality, sequential, standards-based arts education for all South Carolina students.

Funding for this program is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Program Goals

• Provide arts programming that meets the educational, social, and creative needs of students in their communities.
• Further the development of the arts as basic to education.
• Provide opportunities for the professional development of educators related to the arts.
• Encourage appreciation of and participation in the arts as an integral part of everyday life.
• Promote understanding of diverse cultural heritage as a means of cross-cultural communication.

Funding Categories

This guide describes the grant categories of the Arts Commission's AIE program. These categories are intended to move applicants toward more comprehensive, integrated arts education programs that support and extend efforts to improve general education. Refer to program guidelines for specific details of each program.

 

Teacher Standards Implementation – available for 2010-2011 school year

The purpose of Teacher Standards Implementation (TSI) grants is to help arts teachers acquire the supplies, materials, and expertise necessary for meeting the 2010 S.C. Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Standards. TSI funds may be used to pay for consumable and non-consumable resources and teacher professional development, including artist residencies. Deadlines are October 15, 2010 and January 15, 2011.  Funding for each TSI grant will be no more than $750 with a 1:2 match.

 

Innovative Partnership - available for 2011-2012 school year

Innovative Partnership grants (IPG) fund the efforts of local education agencies/districts, artists and arts-focused organizations to, through the arts, meet the educational and developmental needs of students in their communities. IPG grants may be used to fund in-school, after-school, or summer programs that provide  arts programming that meets the educational, developmental, or social needs of students, including artist residencies.  Partnerships must employ the arts as their primary work.  Deadline is January 15, 2011 for funding beginning July 1, 2011, ending May 15, 2012.  Funding will be no more than $4000 with a 1:1 match.

 

Residency Plus Individual Site - only available to those currently funded

The Residency Plus Individual Site category supports individual schools with easy access to unique learning experiences for students and provides professional development for teachers and artists through curriculum-based artist residencies and/or artist performances. Funding is up to $750 per residency with a 1:1 match.

Residency Plus Multi-Site - only available to those currently funded

The Residency Plus Multi-Site category supports school districts and local arts partnerships that provide multiple schools with unique learning experiences for students and provide professional development for teachers and artists through curriculum-based artist residencies and/or artist performances. The grant application covers two years. Grantees receive funding for the first year and after filing and receiving approval of a final report for the first year, are assured similar funding for the second year, as long as SCAC’s funding remains stable. Funding is up to $750 per residency with a 2:1 match.

 

Arts in Basic Curriculum - available for 2010-2011 school year

Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Advancement grants may support ongoing comprehensive planning, strategic projects and implementation of standards-based arts education initiatives, including artist residencies and residency-plus activities. The grant application covers two years. Grantees receive funding for the first year and after filing and receiving approval of a Final Report for the first year, are assured similar funding for the second year, as long as SCAC’s funding remains stable. Funding is up to $10,000 per year per single school, and up to $15,000 per year for a school district. The match is 2:1 (applicant:SCAC) and 50% of the applicant's match must be cash.

Funding Ranges:

• Up to $10,000 per year per single school
• Up to $15,000 per year for a school district

 

Deadlines

• Teacher Standards Implementation - October 15, 2010 and January 15, 2011
• Innovative Partnership - January 15, 2011
• ABC Advancement - January 15, 2011

 

Eligibility

AIE grants are available for schools and school districts, who may work with appropriate partners, such as artists and arts organizations.

 

Projects that have already been completed cannot be funded.

 

See the individual Program Guidelines section for specific eligibility and restriction information for each grant category.

 

Artist Residencies

The in-school artist residency is a primary component of funded Arts in Education grants. A residency is a quality interaction between an identified group of students, teachers, and a resident artist. The artist is scheduled for 22 hours of service for one residency week for a minimum fee set by the SCAC. One week serves from 3-5 lab classes, and the remaining hours can be used for "Plus" activities such as joint residency planning by teachers and artists, presentations to other classes, to the entire school, or to a community group; a teacher workshop, etc. The 22 hours are organized in a way that is amenable to both the artist and the sponsor. Classroom teachers must be present during residency classes and should participate in residency activities, including the completion of mandatory SCAC Residency Planning and Assessment documents.

 

Performances by artists may be separate activities funded through an AIE grant, or they may take place in conjunction with school residencies. Refer to individual Program Guidelines for details.

Arts in Education Roster of Approved Artists

The SCAC Arts in Education Roster of Approved Artists is a listing of artists in all genres who, based on the quality of their artistic work, have been approved through an independent panel process. They are approved for both residencies and performances. Schools and other applicants in South Carolina which are funded through the Commission’s Arts in Education Program grant categories must employ artists from the Roster of Approved Artists. Educators may meet Approved artists at the annual Arts in Education Booking Conference, held in conjunction with the S. C. Alliance for Arts Education (SCAAE) conference. For dates and registration, please visit the SCAAE website.

 

Artist Fees

The minimum fee for artist residencies in schools is set as follows by SCAC for 22 hours of service per week:

• $750 per week per artist/group

Artists may negotiate for higher fees.