Please read all guidelines carefully before applying
Eligibility Criteria:
Partnerships between schools and teaching artists or cultural
organizations are eligible.
- Schools may be public, private, parochial, or charter. BOCES-related schools are also eligible.
- Schools must be based in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton or Warren County.
- Cultural organizations must show evidence of non-profit status.
- Partnerships must serve students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12.
Projects are eligible if:
- Activities will occur during the regular school day;
- They will involve at least three contact sessions between the same teacher, teachingartist, and group of students;
- Activities and outcomes will be collaboratively designed, planned, taught, and evaluated by the participating teacher(s), teaching artist(s), and other school and community members;
- They will address the New York State Learning Standards for both the arts and the non-arts subjects.
Plus Factors:
Proposals may score higher in deliberations
if…
- Artists are residents of New York State;
- Contact sessions are separated by enough time for reflection and refining;
- The school’s certified art, music, dance, and/or theater teachers participate in the project in addition to the non-arts teacher(s);
- Collaborative professional development activities support the project;
- Projects incorporate elements of Adirondack regional history and culture and/or projects help participants to develop a larger world view through the understanding and appreciation of outside cultures and people.
This program does not fund:
- Home schools;
- Stand-alone assembly programs, single performances, or one-time visits to cultural institutions;
- Projects that appear to replace the role of certified art, music, dance, or theatre teachers;
- Projects that focus on non-integrated, sequential arts education;
- Extracurricular activities that take place after the school day, in the summer, or during non-school hours;
- Programs for which selected students are taken out of regular classes or are self-selected for participation; or
- College-level courses, scholarships, contests, or student performing groups.