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DESIGN: Access to Artistic Excellence
NOTICE: The Access to Artistic Excellence application deadline has been extended to August 26, 2008. [Material that must be mailed directly to the Arts Endowment must be postmarked (or show other proof of mailing) no later than August 27, 2008.] The deadline has been extended due to technical problems with Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system.
All applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. The August 11 Access to Artistic Excellence deadline has passed and the Grants.gov system will not accept an application package that was previously completed. Therefore, applicants will need to use a new Grants.gov application package to submit. Download the new application package following the link in the application guidelines, or go to: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html and search by Funding Opportunity Number 2008NEA01AAE4. Enter information directly into the forms. Do not copy from your old application package or another document and paste into the new forms as this will prevent your successful submission.
If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again. |
Introduction
Access to Artistic Excellence encourages and supports artistic creativity,
preserves our diverse cultural heritage, and makes the arts more widely available
in communities throughout the country. While projects in this category may
focus on just one of these areas, the Arts Endowment recognizes that many of
the most effective projects encompass both artistic excellence and enhanced
access. Support is available to organizations for projects that do one or more
of the following:
- Provide opportunities for artists to create, refine, perform, and exhibit
their work.
- Present artistic works of all cultures and periods.
- Preserve significant works of art and cultural traditions.
- Enable arts organizations and artists to expand and diversify their audiences.
- Provide opportunities for individuals to experience and participate in
a wide range of art forms and activities.
- Enhance the effectiveness of arts organizations and artists.
- Employ the arts in strengthening communities.
The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that extend the
arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience
the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. This
is achieved in part through the use of Challenge America: Reaching Every
Community funds.
Please note: Congress has prohibited the Arts Endowment
from making direct grants to individuals except for Literature
Fellowships, NEA Jazz Masters
Fellowships, NEA National
Heritage Fellowships in the Folk & Traditional Arts, and National Endowment
for the Arts Opera Honors.
Deadlines
The Access to Artistic Excellence category is the standard means of applying
for a grant in Design. Applications will be accepted under two deadlines: March
10, 2008, and August 11, 2008. Funded activities can be loosely divided into
two areas: Innovation and Stewardship.
Innovation
March 10, 2008, Application Deadline
January 1, 2009, Earliest Beginning Date for Arts Endowment Period of
Support
Innovation refers to activities that are intended to advance, reform, or disseminate
the latest techniques of design. These include, among others:
- Competitions.
- Commissions.
- Community workshops surrounding new projects.
- The exhibition of recent work.
- The publication of advancements in design or design theory.
- Conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote innovation in design practice.
Stewardship
August 11, 2008, Application Deadline
June 1, 2009, Earliest Beginning Date for Arts Endowment Period of Support
Stewardship refers to projects that protect, share, or celebrate our collective
design heritage. These include, among others:
- Historic preservation activities.
- The exhibition and publication of the design of the past.
- Education and outreach that bring established design practices to American communities.
- Conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote the heritage and conservation of design.
Two panels meet each year, one in Innovation and one in Stewardship. Each
area has its own application deadline as noted above. Given the possibility
of overlap between the two areas, some applications may qualify for either
deadline and panel.
Application Review
This category uses the agency's traditional method of application review.
Applications are submitted to the Design staff and are reviewed by a
diverse group of experts in the design field.
Applications are reviewed on the basis of artistic excellence and artistic
merit. For more detailed information on how artistic excellence and artistic
merit will be evaluated, see the "Review
Criteria." You can find additional information in the "Application
Review" section of the "Frequently
Asked Questions."
Contact
Design Specialist:
begleys@arts.gov or 202/682-5796, brennanm@arts.endow.gov or 202/682-5703.
Outcomes
The Arts Endowment has identified five outcomes that it plans to achieve through Access to Artistic Excellence. Each applicant must select the one outcome listed below that is most relevant to its project and indicate this in its application:
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Artists and arts organizations have opportunities to create, interpret, present, and perform artistic work.
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Artistic works and cultural traditions are preserved.
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Organizations enhance their ability to realize their artistic and public service goals.
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Audiences throughout the nation have opportunities to experience a wide range of art forms and activities.
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The arts contribute to the strengthening of communities.
If you wish to apply:
CFDA No. 45.024
OMB No. 3135-0112 Expires 11/30/2010
January 2008
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal
agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506 |
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