Money Available for Cultural Programs: Application Deadline – October 8, 2015
(Long Island, NY) The deadline is approaching fast for the 2016 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) funding program run by the Queens Council on the Arts. This competitive grant supports the hard work and contributions of the borough’s creative citizens for their cultural programming. Approximately $180,000 in funds will be awarded for Queens- based artists and organizations, (meeting the guideline eligibility) that work in all disciplines and produce concerts, festivals, exhibitions and other cultural activities in Queens in 2016.
If you have a cultural project or presentation for the Queens Community then these grants can help pay for items like administration fees, artist’s fees, material fees, venue rentals and marketing and promotion costs.
Check out the guidelines and the online grant application for the 2016 grant cycle on the QCA website http://www.queenscouncilarts.org/qaf.
Deadline for ALL applications is Thursday, October 8, 2015.
ALL APPLICANTS MUST ATTEND an APPLICATION INFORMATION SESSION
In order to help each applicant have the most competitive application QCA has scheduled Application Information Sessions in locations throughout the borough through September 30th.
Please post this schedule of information sessions coming up through the month of September.
- September 10
Knockdown Center
52-19 Flushing Ave.
Maspeth, NY 11378 - September 15
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd
Rockaway, NY 11692 - September 28 (6:00-7:45 p.m.)
Queens Library – St. Albans Branch
191-05 Linden Boulevard
St. Albans, NY 11412 - September 30 (6:30-7:30 p.m.)
Queens Library – Flushing Branch
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
QAF Application Information Session Schedule – Open to Individual Artists and Organizations
Workshops will last approximately 2 hours. Please be on time.
No RSVP is required.
All applicants are welcome to attend any of the application information sessions as well as take advantage of the QAF resources on the QCA website, www.queenscouncilarts.org.
These resources include new guidelines and eligibility, the application tutorials, downloadable resources, and FAQ’s.
ALL applicants are required to complete an application information session in one of three ways:
- View application tutorials on the QCA website
- Attend an informational group session (see schedule above)
For more information visit the QCA web site, www.queenscouncilarts.org, or contact Lynn Lobell, Grants and Resource Director, llobell@queenscouncilarts.org or 347.505.3015 or Sam Dalsheimer, QAF Grants Associate, at qcagrants@gmail.com or 347-505-3019.
The Queens Art Fund is made possible in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Queens Council on the Arts is the borough-wide arts council of Queens. The mission of the Queens Council on the Arts is to foster, and develop the arts in Queens County and to support individual artists and arts organizations in presenting their cultural diversity for the benefit of the community.
