Arts council seeks grant proposals

The Florida Keys Council of the Arts is seeking local arts and cultural organizations and artists of all genres (visual, music, dance, literary, etc.) to apply for three grant opportunities.

The deadline for Art Builds Community, Artist in Schools and Special Project grants is 5 p.m. Sunday, June 30. Applications are accepted online and can be found at keysarts.com under the grants tab or on the link on the homepage.

The Art Builds Community (ABC) grant is designed to support arts and culture projects that spark conversations, spur social change, generate cultural equity and make the Keys community stronger.

Grant funding is offered at $5,000, $7,500 and $10,000 for projects that support, build and broaden access to the arts and specifically address civic challenges and community issues through the arts.

Florida Keys artists, arts organizations and civic/community-based organizations are encouraged to form alliances and partnerships to strengthen communities through projects that connect the arts with local issues and opportunities for all people.

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 integrating the arts.

All Monroe County public and private schools, as well as other organizations that serve children ages 5-18, are eligible to be partners for the teaching artist. This application is for the fall 2024 semester. Artists in Schools grants are up to $2,000 per request.

Special Project grants are intended for arts organizations or individual artists in Monroe County. The grant is to provide short-term support to vital, creative projects that do not fit into the other grant categories. Special Project funding is limited to once in three years, up to $2,000 per request.

For information, call the Florida Keys Council of the Arts at 305-295-4369 or email director@keysarts.com.