Three ceramic tiles "Berry Picking" | "Bowhead" | "Ptarmigan" by
Edwin Mighell
of Anchorage.
Purchased for the Alaska Contemporary Art Bank in 2013.
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During this time of transformation and foundational change, I am pleased to share news about a new grant opportunity, the Alaska Arts and Culture Emergency Relief Grant. This grant program was co-created in March by the Alaska State Council on the Arts’ Trustees and the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation Board Members.
Over the past three months, coalition funding partners and advisors from the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation, Atwood Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation and the Alaska State Council on the Arts have been working to secure funding and develop a competitive application process. The criteria is based on financial need due to the impact of Covid-19. The goal of this coalition is to make one hundred and twenty awards to eligible Alaska Artists for $1,500 each. Applications will be reviewed by a committee and awards will be dispersed in waves. The application can be found below and the deadline to apply is June 30, 2020.
In response to our ongoing surveys, we are grateful to everyone who has provided thoughts and experiences that help us better understand significant difficulties and levels of need. Initial results reveal a very compelling and collective voice: Arts organizations are deeply concerned about artists and artists are concerned about the survival of arts organizations. Our strength through reciprocity is a reflection of how we are all connected in Alaska. With this knowledge and guidance, we at ASCA continue to search for thoughtful ways we can support recovery within our communities.
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Alaska Arts & Culture Emergency Relief COVID Grant Application
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To be eligible, you must be able to answer “True” to the following questions.
- I am a practicing artist able to demonstrate a sustained commitment to my artistic career, to making work, and generating dialogue with a public audience;
- I am experiencing dire financial emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- I am 21 years of age or older;
- I can provide a W9 and Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number after I’ve been notified of my selection;
- I have received a PFD in 2019;
- I have been living and working in the U.S. for the last two years;
- I am not a full-time employee, board member, director, officer, or immediate family member of any of the coalition partners;
If you answer "True" to all the above statements please click the button below to continue!
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ASCA COVID-19 Surveys For Artists and Organizations
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The two surveys, below, are identified as for:
1) Artists, artist businesses, culture bearers who identify as artists and other individual cultural workers who do not currently operate as 501(c)3 nonprofit, or other tax-exempt organizations.
ASCA Survey of Alaska Individual Artists and Cultural Workers
2) Arts and cultural organizations operating as 501(c)3 nonprofit, or other tax-exempt entities with a significant arts component to their missions.
ASCA Survey of Alaska Arts and Cultural Organizations
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EXHIBITION OPENING ONLINE RESILIENCE - Opens Friday June 5th at 7:00 pm -
Resilience was originally intended to be a juried exhibition of visual art only open to Interior Alaskan artists and held in the Wandering Bear Gallery. However, given the concept and the current context, we want to make space for a larger dialogue around the arts and resilience. Therefore, we invite statewide artists working in various disciplines to submit work responding to the concept in this online exhibition.
https://fairbanksarts.org/2020/01/31/resilience/
Juneau Fine Arts Camp 2020 - Starting Wednesday, June 10th
- Camp will be hosted M-F, 9-2:30 PM, for K-6th grade students. Hosted at Juneau Douglas High School and brought to you by Juneau Dance Theatre.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2188812591414820
Concert on YOUR Lawn - Friday, June 19th at 9AM to Saturday, June 20th, at 9PM
- KBBI AM 890 is hosting an on-air remote ‘Concert On YOUR Lawn’ Fundraiser June 19th & 20th. This is a socially distant homage to our Concert On The Lawn days and an opportunity for us to celebrate our amazing listener-supporters.
https://www.facebook.com/events/199660384469242/
Virtual Music in the Park - Every Wednesday at 12:00pm in June
- Join Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. during lunch in downtown Anchorage for the Music in the Park concert series 12:00-1:00pm over Facebook live every Wednesday.
https://www.facebook.com/events/820247275152344
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Visit
https://arts.alaska.gov/grants
for complete information, application and guidelines for each of the grant categories listed as open below. The best way to reach us is through email as we are still teleworking.
Alaska Arts & Culture Emergency Relief COVID Grant Deadline
:
June 30, 2020
*EXTENDED*
Quarterly Grants for Individuals - First Quarter FY2021
Deadline:
June 15, 2020
- Career Opportunity Grants
- Master Artist and Apprentice Grants
*EXTENDED*
Quarterly Grants for Organizations - First Quarter FY2021
Deadline:
June 15, 2020
- Workshop Grants
- Walker Performing Arts Grants
- Community Arts Development
ASCA's Fiscal Year 2020 continues through June 30, 2020; FY2021 begins July 1, 2020.
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Staff + Board of Trustees
ASCA Staff
Andrea Noble, Executive Director
Laura Forbes, Arts in Education Program Director
Anthony Love II, Finance and Administration Manager
Charlie Sears, Community Arts Program Director
ASCA Board of Trustees
Adelheid "Micky" Becker (Anchorage)
Alice Bioff (Nome)
Benjamin Brown, Chair (Juneau)
Peggy Ferguson (Fairbanks)
Charlotte Fox (Anchorage)
John Kohler, Jr. (Fairbanks)
Juan Munoz (Juneau)
Jeffery Siemers (Kenai)
Patrick Race (Juneau)
Jeffry Silverman (Anchorage)
Mary Wegner (Sitka)
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