2025  arts for Sullivan Regrant Program

Individual Artist Fellowships and Project Grants Up To $5,000 Available

Posted 10/17/24

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW YORK – Each year, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), the Arts Council for Sullivan County, administers Arts for Sullivan a regrant program for …

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2025  arts for Sullivan Regrant Program

Individual Artist Fellowships and Project Grants Up To $5,000 Available

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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW YORK – Each year, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), the Arts Council for Sullivan County, administers Arts for Sullivan a regrant program for Sullivan County non-profits and individual artists. Funded by the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA), project grants in the Community Arts, Art Education, and Individual Artist Fellowships for artists who live and work in Sullivan County, will be offered for 2025.The 2025 Arts for Sullivan guidelines, grant information, and information session registration links are available at delawarevalleyartsalliance.org (under “Empower”).


COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTS

The Arts for Sullivan Community Arts grants assist nonprofits who wish to create or present arts, cultural, and heritage programming in Sullivan County throughout the year. Projects can be offered in person or virtually. They can include theatre, music, dance, literary arts, folklore, installation, and visual arts, among other art forms.  Independent artists who wish to produce community art projects can work with a non-profit organization in Sullivan County acting as a fiscal sponsor. Applicants may apply for up to three grants that range from $500 to a maximum total ask of $5,000.

ART EDUCATION


The Arts for Sullivan Arts Education grants offer funding support for arts education projects designed for closed groups of learners through two funding strands: Pre-K-12 In-School or After School Projects and Community-based Learning. Grants assist nonprofit organizations and artists working with a community partner or education center who are producing artistic educational programming in Sullivan County throughout the year.Projects can be offered in person or virtually.  Projects must include a curriculum with a timeline, goals, and assessment tools. Independent artists who wish to produce educational art projects can work with a non-profit organization in Sullivan County, acting as a community partner and fiscal sponsor. 

 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowships will be awarded to six artists who live and work in Sullivan County, to support the creation of new work. Each artist will receive $3,000. A community engagement component is required of each recipient. Applications will be accepted in the disciplines of Visual Arts, Literary Arts, and Compositional Arts. 


*The deadline for Individual Artist Fellowships is January 30, 2025.

MINI-GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY ARTS


The Mini-Grants are an extension of the Arts for Sullivan Community Arts grant cycle. The goals of this category are to help identify and support new and existing cultural projects that have not previously received funding to encourage and foster a relationship between the Arts for Sullivan program and untapped communities in Sullivan County. It offers a simplified application and rolling deadline. For 2025, we are offering two $500 block grants. Applicants are limited to one request and the opportunity is available only to first-time Arts for Sullivan applicants. Applications to the Mini-grants opportunity will be accepted beginning after the November 30th deadline. Applications will be considered until available funds are exhausted.

 
INFORMATION SESSIONS

A series of free information workshops will be hosted in-person and online across Sullivan County, by DVAA to assist with effective grant writing, creating a budget, generating ideas, and networking with other artists and organizations.

Advanced registration is required, and new applicants must attend an information session. In-person and online workshop times and locations are listed below. All applications and supporting documents must be submitted on Submittable.com, our online submission platform.

The 2025 grant application window is October 1 – November 30, 2024*.

  • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 6 – 7 pm
    Mamakating Library, 128 Sullivan St, Wurstboro, NY, 12790 
  • Saturday, November 2, 2024, 12 - 1 pm

    New Memories, 862 Parksville Rd, Parksville, NY 12768

To RSVP to any of the above sessions, visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org/arts-for-sullivan/Potential applicants may also schedule a one-on-one meeting to discuss their projects.
QUESTIONS & OFFICE HOURS


For more information, contact the Grants Manager, Tanner Simon at (845) 252-7576 x1004. Office hours are Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10 am - 6 pm and check out our grant program Instagram account @ArtsforSullivan. 



ABOUT THE STATEWIDE COMMUNITY REGRANT PROGRAM


In accordance with its mandate from the State Legislature to encourage participation in the grants decision-making process at the county and regional level, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) inaugurated the Statewide Community Regrant Program in 1977 (previously known as the Decentralization Program) for the redistribution of public funds to ensure that New York’s cultural funding reaches every part of the state. This program enables selected local arts councils, county governments, or regional advisory boards to regrant state funds for arts events and cultural development within their communities through local decision-making.

Since 1984, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) has partnered with NYSCA as the SCR Program site in Sullivan County, for the purpose of administering Arts for Sullivan funding for artists, art organizations, and cultural and heritage groups. The program is largely credited for establishing Sullivan County’s cultural life as we know it today––relevant, vibrant, and growing. In 2024, $82,000 in regrant funds were awarded to 43 recipients including six individual artist fellowships.


ABOUT DVAA

DVAA serves as the arts hub of the Upper Delaware Valley and Sullivan Catskills Region, supporting artists through platforms to share their voices in our galleries, on our stages, and at our festivals, including Riverfest in July and the Big Eddy Film Festival held every fall.  DVAA funds Sullivan County creatives and cultural organizations through our role as the county's Arts Council.

Located at 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY. Walk-ins are welcome. DVAA's galleries are ADA-accessible.

Gallery & Shop Hours are Thurs.– Sun., 11 AM – 4 PM & by appointment.
For more information, visit DelawareValleyArtsAlliance.org or call (845) 252-7576. 


SUPPORT


DVAA's programs are made possible thanks in part to the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency with support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Nancy Stevenson Memorial Fund; our Business Sponsors; DVAA members; and individuals like you.



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