The Delaware Division of the Arts is investing nearly $3 million in more than 100 arts and community organizations for arts programming and services, arts education, and arts marketing and promotion.
A complete list of grants for the first round of FY 2018 can be found at http://artsfiles.delaware.gov/grants/grants-awarded-alpha-fy2018.pdf.
“In Delaware, the arts continue to be an important economic driver—generating $149.9 million in annual economic activity and supporting over 4,000 jobs for our citizens, providing business for our restaurants and other small enterprises and tax revenue,” said J. Mack Wathen, chair of the Delaware State Arts Council. “In addition to the important economic impacts, the arts benefit all Delawareans.”
The first round of funding for fiscal year 2018 includes grants for general operating support, project support, arts stabilization and education resource grants. Grant review panels made up of Delaware artists, arts educators, arts and nonprofit organization administrators, corporate managers, fundraising managers and community members, provided an impartial peer reviews of grant applications.
The first awards announced include 61 arts organizations that will receive general operating support, 13 education-based partnerships, seven arts-stabilization projects and 26 community-based organizations that provide arts programming for children and adults with physical or intellectual disabilities, economically disadvantaged and at-risk students, those dealing with cancer, young children and others.
There are 61 general operating support grants, and a total of $2.38 million was awarded. There are 26 project support grants, totaling $187,400. There were seven arts stabilization grants, totaling $75,000. Thirteen education resource grants were awarded, for a total of $134,000. Funding for the Delaware Division of the Arts comes from the Delaware General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The money for capital improvement grants is drawn from the Arts Consortium of Delaware endowment. “ The arts in Delaware are integral to the fabric of our communities—from Claymont to Rehoboth Beach to Seaford. We are proud to invest in arts education, arts and community development, and arts for underserved communities,” said Paul Weagraff, division director. director of the Delaware Division of the Arts.
The Division also awards grants on an on-going basis throughout the year, including Arts Access grants, Artist Residencies, Individual Artist Fellowships, Individual Artist Opportunity grants, and TranspARTation grants.
Full grant descriptions are available on the Division’s website at http://arts.delaware.gov/grant-overview/.
Notification of grant deadlines, guidelines and applications, as well as technical assistance opportunities are published in the monthly e-newsletter, Arts E-News.
