Grants of up to $1,000 to USA nonprofit organizations and government agencies in multiple states to support career development opportunities for arts professionals, for organizational capacity building activities, and to enhance program design. Eligible applicants are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Professional Development and Artistic Planning Grants are available for organizations to support the professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators, strengthen program design, and increase organizational capacity.
These grants support travel expenses (for example, lodging and air/ground transportation), admission/registration fees, and other related expenses. Travel expenses include staff and cover conferences, festivals, exhibitions, workshops, and other professional development opportunities, or artists’ travel expenses for onsite planning meetings with presenting organizations.
Special consideration will be given to presenting organizations who have experienced an ongoing hardship and have been unable to continue their professional development, and to organizations in underserved communities.
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