California Arts Council – Impact
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The purpose of this program is to support collaborative projects that center artists and artistic practice in responding to issues experienced by historically and systemically under-resourced communities, including but not limited to, social, political, and economic inequalities. This program prioritizes California-based artists and forms of arts and cultural expression that are unique to, and/or historically rooted in, the specific communities to be served.
Support is available to arts organizations for collaborations between California-based artist(s) and community members to address a community-defined need. Projects must use artistic practices to impact social issues affecting their communities, including but not limited to systemic marginalization, incarceration/justice systems, arts learning, poverty/economic disparity, health disparities, accessibility for people with disabilities, housing insecurity, violence, food insecurity, cultural/social justice, intergenerational/
- Applicant must develop and complete a project addressing the program goals within the Grant Activity Period.
- Projects must be collaboratively developed between California-based artist(s) and community members to address a community-defined need.
- Projects must use artistic practices to positively impact social issues affecting a community.
- Lead artist(s) must be California-based.
- Project planning, implementation, and measures of success/evaluation (if applicable) must include and represent the communities to be served.
- All aspects of the project must be free to community participants/audiences or affordable/accessible.
- Rates of pay for artists and arts workers supported by this grant must be appropriate to experience and comparable to fees for other local skilled workers.
- Individuals to be paid by this grant may not be full-time students in a degree program if they are receiving compensation/credit for this project.
- All CAC-funded programs, services, information, and facilities where funded activities take place, including online spaces, must be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, have physical, visual, developmental, learning, or cognitive disabilities, as well as mental or chronic illnesses.