New Mexico Arts - Grants Programs

TIPS FOR COMPLETING NMARTS FY2010 APPLICATION!

Print out & read the FY2010 Funding Guidelines Instructions available in PDF format. Links above and to the right.

New Mexico Arts FY2010Application must be completed online. To access the online application click on the grey/green button located at the top right of this page.

New Mexico Arts FY2010 Application must be submitted online. To submit your application click on the "submit application" link found at the end of the application pages menu. (Make sure all required fields are complete.)

The online application MUST be submitted BY December 5, 2008. (Email confirmation will be sent upon receipt.)

Application materials must be sent via any mail or shipping service including the US Post Office. Each packet MUST include either a postmark or other form of date verification issued by the shipping provider. Hand delivered items will not be accepted. These items must be sent by the published deadline of December 5, 2008. Application materials include: Income & Expense Statement; Board list; Assurance Signatures & Fiscal Agent Form; and Artistic Samples. PDF versions of the forms are available via links above and to the right.

For more information contact New Mexico Arts at 505-827-6490, toll free 800-879-4278 instate

Electronic Grant Application
New Mexico Arts has created an electronic grant application for your convenience. It allows you to complete your funding application forms using a computer instead of your typewriter. This program is web-based and therefore it will require you to stay on-line as you complete the forms.

Eligibility:
Tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, units of government, schools, colleges, universities, and Indian tribal government entities in New Mexico are eligible to apply. Organizations wishing to apply that are not one of the above may enter into a fiscal sponsorship with a nonprofit organization. If using a fiscal agent, a formal agreement between the agent and the applicant is required. Please read the Fiscal Agent Agreement in the guidelines before submitting an application.

Application Process:

Advance Review - Advance Review is offered prior to the final deadline to help applicants improve their applications and to check for mistakes that might cause ineligibility. Staff comments concerning clarity and completeness are returned to the applicant. NOTE: Advance Review by New Mexico Arts does not guarantee funding.

Staff Review & Eligibility Determination - Following receipt of applications at the required deadline, staff reviews all applications received for eligibility. The eligibility of an application is based upon correctly completing all areas of the application, including attachments, and meeting category specific criteria. Late and incomplete applications are deemed ineligible for review by advisory panels. All complete applications are forwarded on to the panels for review and ranking.

Panel Review and New Mexico Arts Commission Action - Advisory panels meet generally from March through the end of April. Panelists review applications and determine the ranking for funding. These rankings are then presented to the Planning & Budget Committee of the Arts Commission for funding recommendations. Applications that do not receive a base score of 65 points or higher are not considered for funding by the Committee. A formula is used each year and run through the agency's database based on ranking and total dollars available for reallocation to applicants. This funding formula is presented to the Planning & Budget Committee for review and discussion. Following this process, the full Arts Commission in consultation with the Executive Director vote on the final dollar amounts to be awarded. This meeting is generally held in early to mid-June. All panels and Commission meetings are open to the general public.

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Grant Applicant Reimbursement and Report Forms

All Final Reports for FY09 contracts are due by Monday July 6, 2009.

ARTS ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP FORMS
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Funding Categories:

Community Arts Development - funds small arts organizations whose primary purpose and activities are aimed at serving the general public of the community in which they are located. Community Arts Development is designed to help smaller organizations continue, strengthen, and expand current programs and audiences. Any arts organizations whose primary purpose and activities are the production and/or coordination of public programs in the performing, visual, media, multidisciplinary, or literary arts may submit a Community Arts Development application if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Colleges, Universities, and Government Entities - funding supports colleges, universities, local and county governments, and Indian tribal government entities for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, and multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline).

Local Arts Councils and Statewide Service Organizations - supports local arts councils that are incorporated tax-exempt organizations or agencies of government or Indian tribal entities and tax-exempt statewide service organizations that provide services to artists, arts organizations, or in the field of arts education. New Mexico Arts defines a local arts council as "a community organization or an agency of local government that supports cultural organizations, provides services to artists and arts organizations and presents arts programming to the public." A statewide service organization is defined as "an organization with a membership or constituency that spans the state; that offers services to artists, arts organizations, or in the field of arts education; that promotes the arts advocacy efforts; and/or provides arts information services to the public." Organizations with a statewide membership or constituency that provide presenting activities or are not primarily service organizations should apply in another category. Local arts councils and statewide service organizations provide one or more of the following services/activities;
Advocacy (general arts advocacy, arts education advocacy, etc.)
Information Services to the Public (arts calendar, publications, artists/organizations directory, cultural resource library, newsletter, website, etc.)
Services to Artists (seminars/workshops, artists' registry or listings, heath insurance, etc.)
Services to Arts Organizations (seminars/workshops, publicity/promotion/marketing, insurance, shared computers and office equipment, etc.)
Grant Making (provide financial support to arts organizations, artists, arts educators, etc.)
Local Arts Councils may also offer one or more of the following activities:
Presenting (exhibitions, performances, festivals, literature/poetry readings, film/video screenings, lectures, art classes, etc.)
Arts Education Activities (artists in the schools, after school programs, summer arts camp, advocacy for arts education, designing arts education curricula, adult education etc.)
Cultural Planning, Community Development, Cultural Tourism (assessing the cultural needs of the community and mapping a plan of implementation, help local leaders better understand the impact of the arts on the community, work to increase the tourism industry in the community, etc.)
Public Art (public art/percent for art programs, lectures, etc.)
Facility Operation (gallery/exhibition space, performance space, etc.)

Major Cultural Organizations - funding supports organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, and multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline).

Arts Enterprise Partnerships - initiate and strengthen community-based economic development through three-year public/private arts partnerships that benefit underserved rural or inner city communities. Applicants must qualify as cottage arts enterprises. Such enterprises train artists and either employ or market the work of artisans in an ongoing economic development enterprise. Projects must promote wide participation and bring attention to the community's or region's cultural resources with a goal of income generation for arts organizations, artists and the general community.

Traditional Folk Arts Projects - category provides funds for organizations, Indian tribal government entities, local governments, and universities whose programs further, showcase and help to perpetuate the various traditional arts practiced in the State of New Mexico. Folk Arts are the traditional functional and expressive arts passed down informally by people through word of mouth or by imitation within a specific cultural group. Common types of cultural groups include family, community, occupational, ethnic, or religious. Folk Arts reflect the values and world views of the groups that make them, and are a rich and valuable heritage for all New Mexicans. New Mexico Arts also funds Folk Arts Apprenticeships.

Arts Projects - funds organizations for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, and multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline).

Arts Learning in Schools Projects and Residency- New Mexico Arts offers two grant categories for arts education projects in or with K-12 schools: Arts Learning in Schools Projects and Arts Learning in Schools Artist Residency. Charter schools and 501 (c) (3) private schools may apply for themselves. Public schools must apply through the parent-teacher organization if that organization is a 501 (c) (3) or through the school district. Arts Learning in Schools Projects funding supports a wide range of programs taking place in K-12 schools either during school hours or during after-school programs. These programs may focus on creative process arts activities, arts activities integrated into other content areas, or art history. Residencies with individual artists, however, must apply in the Artist Residency category below. Projects may be short-term, mid-length, or long-term. All projects should have strong evaluation and assessment components built into the project.; Arts Learning in Schools Artist Residency funding supports guest individual artists teamed with certified teachers to create programs that promote learning in and through the arts for schools. Residencies may take place in schools either during school hours or during after-school programs. Residencies may also take place off the school campus if the participants are teachers with their students. (Please note: Residencies for participants from the general community that occur in facilities other than schools should apply for funding in another category.) Artist residencies in schools support visiting individual artists collaborating with certified teachers to provide hands-on involvement in the creative process for students based on New Mexico arts education standards. Residencies may also include professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and artists. Residencies should be considered as supplemental to a school’s regular arts education program. Residencies may enhance an elementary school’s basic Elementary Fine Arts Education Program; secondary schools are encouraged to present residencies as well. Preference will be given to underserved schools.

Arts in Social Service - funding supports arts organizations or social service organizations for arts-based projects that focus on addressing social issues with a primary purpose of reaching specific populations (people who are incarcerated, homeless, abused, ill, etc.), or fosters artistic activity that encourages civic dialogues on important social issues (the environment, crime, etc.).

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Grants Program

FY2010 information will be available early to mid September. If you are new to NMARts funding procedures, you are encouraged to familiarize yourself with the FY09 information below.

FY2010 applications must be completed and submitted online. The ONLY exception is the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. A pdf version of the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program application is listed below.

Click on grey/green button to the right for all other program categories.

Final Application Deadline: December 5, 2008.

TIPS FOR COMPLETING NMARTS FY2010 APPLICATION!

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Grant Applicant Reimbursement and Report Forms

All Final Reports for FY09 contracts are due by Monday July 6, 2009.