Please contact Robin Schwartz for information about grant opportunities. 2008 Grant Recipients View list of recipient here.   2009 Decentralization Grants DEC grants for not-for-profit organizations makes funds available throughout the County to libraries, arts organizations, towns, villages, community centers and the like for professional arts and cultural projects. (Individual artists can apply to “DEC” by finding a not-for-profit organization to sponsor their event.) Funded projects must be open to and promoted to the general public, be handicapped accessible and take place in calendar year 2009. The deadline for year 2009 grants is Monday, October 6, 2008 at 5 PM. Download the Guidelines and Application: PDF format | Word format. Download a handout entitled "Writing an Effective Decentralization Grant Proposal": PDF format Click here to contact Robin Schwartz, Program Director, if you would like the application or handout sent to you as an e-mail attachment. Final Report for Decentralization awardees. If you have completed your project, reports is due on November 1st. If you have not completed your project by November 1st, turn in an Interim Report by November 1st and a Final Report by December 20th. Download the Decentralization Grant Final Report instructions: PDF format | Word format   2009 CAP II Grants Community Artists' Projects will award grants of $2,000 to $2,500 each to three or four Tompkins County artists. CAP II supports the creation of new work of artists whose interaction with communities is an integral part of their art-making. The deadline for 2009 projects will be Friday, October 10, 2008. Download the Guidelines and Application: PDF format | Word format. Click here to contact Robin Schwartz, Program Director, if you would like the application or handout sent to you as an e-mail attachment. Arts in Education: 2009 Local Capacity Building Grant   The Arts in Education Grants are designed to assist schools in developing and implementing visual and performing arts residencies that are integrated into the core curriculum. Grants are available for teacher/teaching artist partnerships in multi-day school residencies. View guidelines and application: Word format. The grant deadline for projects occurring in the 2009 calendar year is Monday, November 10, 2008. Download Helpful Arts-in-Education Attachments Attachment A - NYS Learning Standards: Word format Attachment B - Partnership Planning Worksheet for Teachers and Teaching Artists: Word format Attachment C - Sample Regional Local Capacity Building Grant Projects: Word format Attachment D - Arts in Education Resource List: Word format Attachment E - Getting Started as a Teaching Artist: Word format Attachment F – Arts in Education Definitions: Word format   2008 United Arts Fund Grants The United Arts Fund is designed assist Tompkins County arts organizations and individual artists.  The UNITED ARTS FUND FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS is a competitive grant program.  Grants will be awarded for the purpose of helping Tompkins County arts organizations advance their ability to deliver the programs and services for which the organization was founded.   The deadline for 2008 requests was Monday, March 24, 2008.    Download the Application and Guidelines: PDF Format / Word format   The UNITED ARTS FUND FELLOWSHIPS are a competitive program for individual Tompkins County artists.  Grants are $1,000 each and are designed to assist artists in their artistic careers.  The literature and visual arts disciplines will be reviewed in 2008. The deadline for requests was Friday, April 18, 2008.             Download the Application and Guidelines: PDF format / Word Format Arts and Cultural Organization Stabilization Grants CAP administers this program with funds from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.  The goal of the program is to stabilize and develop the arts and cultural tourism assets of the County. Applicants are by invitation only. DOWNLOAD CAP LOGO: CAP logo (color) CAP logo (b&w)

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