Artists in Schools Grant
INNOVATION and COLLABORATION equals EDUCATION
The Artists in Schools Grant program invites teaching artists in the performing, visual, literary or historical arts into the classroom. Teachers and teaching artists are encouraged to collaborate on creative projects together to enhance the existing curriculum, or to teach a new topic using the ARTS. All Monroe County public and private schools, as well as other organizations that serve children ages 5-18, are eligible to apply.
Project and student goals:
- To use art of any genre to expand the students’ understanding of concepts within a selected curriculum
- To bring something new to the student’s experience
- To work with an artist, and to have him/her as a professional role model.
- To increase knowledge of an art form
- To be share new skills or techniques with students
- To increase the student’s sense of accomplishment and self-confidence
- To enhance student’s powers of perception and creative communication
Artist in Schools grants are up to $2,000 each for artist’s time and materials on a reimbursement basis upon completion of an approved final report.
Deadline for a fall-semester project: June 30
Deadline for a spring-semester project: November 30
Sponsored in part by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and private donations.
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