Arts Midwest has just announced the following funding opportunity
Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund for arts and cultural organizations including Libraries.
The GIG Fund
provides $2,500 grants to presenting nonprofit organizations to host local or out-of-state touring artists for performances, exhibitions, and workshops.
Applications are due by Monday, May 3, 2021.
Grants will support costs associated with engaging artists in community experiences as safely as possible given the current circumstances of the COVID-19
pandemic. Projects/activities should occur between July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.
Funds are intended for organizations to build their capacity by having multiple points of access to support presenting performing and visual artists of high artistic merit, virtually or in-person.
Arts Midwest’s Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund provides financial support to arts organizations for rebuilding and re-imagining creative engagement in their communities
amidst the challenging uncertainty affecting all corners of the creative sector.
https://www.artsmidwest.org/programs/gigfund/guidelines
For more information:
Ellen DeYoung, grants specialist, 612.238.8028
Joshua Feist, director of grantmaking, 612.238.8054
Deborah E. Mikula
Executive Director
Michigan Library Association
3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100
Lansing, MI 48911
Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 224
Cell: 517-404-3533
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