The Beyond Placemaking grant will support transformative, arts-driven community engagement projects in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, film, multimedia, opera, presenting & multidisciplinary arts, literature and media/multimedia.
PINELLAS COUNTY – Creative Pinellas is pleased to announce the launch of the Beyond Placemaking grant, supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of the federal agency’s Grants for Arts Projects initiative.
This is a successful continuation of the relationship that Creative Pinellas has built with the federal funding agency and follows a $500,000 NEA grant awarded to the organization for subgranting to artists and arts organizations.
This Beyond Placemaking grant, like the previous award, will enable Creative Pinellas to continue providing financial support to Pinellas County artists. The grants allow artists to explore avenues of advocacy by partnering with Pinellas County non-profit organizations addressing a multitude of issues.
The Beyond Placemaking grants increase the amounts awarded to $10,000 per artist. An additional $5,000 may go to two awarded grant recipients who present exceptional, transformative art projects that go above and beyond and are intended to address historical or systematic inequities with an expected outcome or improvement in reaching diverse audiences with sustainable community engagement and collaborations.
The grants are specifically designed to connect artists with cultural and social service organizations already delivering high-quality services and will support transformative, arts-driven community engagement projects in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, film, multimedia, opera, presenting & multidisciplinary arts, literature and media/multimedia.
Applications are now open and will close on Dec. 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern).
These grants will build upon previous work by Creative Pinellas to further develop the careers of artists through their Professional Artist grants while allowing participating artists to expand their scope to support and engage artistically with non-profit organizations.
Creative Pinellas Grants for Arts project is among 1,130 projects across the country, totaling more than $31 million, selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2023 funding.
Program guidelines, eligibility details, grant FAQs, workshops and the online application will be available at creativepinellas.org/opportunity/beyond-placemaking
For additional information on this grant program, contact Creative Pinellas Grants Manager at grants@creativepinellas.org.
For more information about the NEA program and other projects included in the NEA grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
