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The Arts Center of the Capital Region offers grant opportunities for both individual artists and organizations. 
Download the documents below for guidelines and application information. 

For more information and technical assistance with grants, please contact Lainy Slyder at (518) 273-0552 x229 or lainy@artscenteronline.org.

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FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Community Art$Grants

Deadline: October 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm | This is not a postmark deadline!

2011 Application and Guidelines
2011 Application Budget Form
Sample 2011 Application Budget Form
2010 Final Report Form
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Community Art$Grants fund community arts and cultural programming in Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady County to enhance access to the arts in all communities throughout the region. 
 
INFORMATION SEMINARS | All applicants are required to attend one information seminar, regardless of the organization's application history.  
To RSVP, contact Lainy Slyder at lainy@artscenteronline.org with your name, organization, e-mail address and phone number.

August 3 | 12:00 p.m.| Main Branch, Schenectady Public Library
August 7 | 10:00 a.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region
August 9 | 5:00 p.m. | Albany Public Library
August 11 | 5:30 p.m. | Hamilton Hill Arts Center
August 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Albany Center Galleries
August 18 | 12:00 p.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region
August 24 | 5:30 p.m. | Petersburg Public Library
August 30 | 12:00 p.m. | New York State Museum
September 2 | 10:00 a.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region       
September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region   

Individual appointments are also available.  Call Lainy Slyder at 273-0552 x 229 for an appointment.     
 
BUDGET CLINICS | Budget clinics are not required, but offer additional help for those who desire guidance and review of their budget forms.  Please bring a digital copy of your organization's COMPLETED or semi-completed proposed budget (on CD, jump drive, computer hard drive, etc.) to the clinic.  RSVP to lainy@artscenteronline.org.

Budget Clinics
September 15 | 2:00 p.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region
September 16 | 9:00 a.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region
September 20 | 5:00 p.m. | The Arts Center of the Capital Region

 

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FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
Strategic Opportunity Stipends

Round One Deadline: September 24, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
Opportunities occuring November 2010 - May 2011 qualify for this round.

Round Two Deadline: April 20, 2011
Opportunities occuring June - October 2011 qualify for this round.

Application and Guidelines
Final Report Form (Round 3 FY2010)
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Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or career development. Literary, media, visual, music and performing artists may request support ranging from $200 to $1,500 for specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from work in progress.

For more information, contact Lainy Slyder at 273-0552 x229 or lainy@artscenteronline.org.

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FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
NYFA MARK  

THE 2010 DEADLINE HAS PASSED | Visit www.nyfa.org/mark for more information.

MARK is designed to address the concerns of artists living outside of New York City while providing them with a new network statewide. Participating artists can expect MARK to spark goals and help to define concrete steps while providing individual and group feedback on how to better present yourself.

The MARK Program includes:

• Focus on strategies for expanding your visibility as an artist.
• Curriculum emphasizes goal setting and includes using the internet effectively, strengthening grant or project applications, improving writing and speaking about your work and identifying exhibition opportunities. 
• Between seminars, artists will be assigned projects related to their specific goals.
• Individual feedback given to all participants.

Program Fee:
$100 per person
There is no fee to apply. If accepted in to the program there is a one-time fee of $100 per artist participating.