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The Arts Council Silicon Valley announces funding
By ERIN HUSSEY
The Arts Council Silicon Valley has announced its funding opportunities for the coming year through its core grant programs.
Individual artists and arts organization may apply for artist fellowships, a Community Arts Fund, a Regional Arts Fund and an Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts grant.
The fellowships are awarded to individual artists in rotating categories to recognize professional working artists and to enable them to pursue their creative work. For media arts, the deadline to apply is Nov. 6, and for literary arts the deadline is Nov. 13.
The community fund is project support of up to $4,000 for arts organizations with budgets under $100,000 or an arts-related project of a cultural or community service organization. The deadline is March 5.
The regional fund was renamed the Organizational Enhancement Fund to better reflect the purpose of the grant program, but still provides general operating support for arts organizations with budgets from $100,000 to $2 million. The deadline is Feb. 5.
The Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts grant continues to support exceptional presentations by small and midsized arts organizations through artistic and program excellence grants and provides organization assistance through leadership and organizational enhancement grants. Quarterly application deadlines are Dec. 1, Feb. 12 and April 30.
The council will conduct informational workshops throughout the county to explain revisions to the Community Arts Fund (CAF) and Regional Arts Fund (RAF) guidelines, the Applied Materials programs, how to apply for funding as well as addressing further funding resources. New applicants are required either to attend one of the workshops, or submit an application for prescreening. All potential applicants are encouraged to send a representative to the workshop and to prescreen.
The first workshop will be Oct. 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at MACLA, 510 S. First St., San Jose.
To register for the workshops or more information on upcoming workshops, call Judi Fleitman at 408.998.2787. For grant guidelines and application forms, visit www.artscouncil.org/ grans/grants.asp.
