Creative Pinellas Announces $110,000 National Endowment for the Arts Award to fund Pinellas County Placemaking Arts Initiatives
Creative Pinellas Announces $110,000 National Endowment for the Arts Award to fund Pinellas County Placemaking Arts Initiatives
(Pinellas County, FL) – Creative Pinellas is pleased to announce the launch of the Beyond Placemaking grant, supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of the federal agency’s Grants for Arts Projects initiative. This is a successful continuation of the relationship that Creative Pinellas has built with the federal funding agency, and follows a $500,000 NEA grant awarded to the organization for subgranting to artists and arts organizations.
This Beyond Placemaking grant, like the previous award, will enable Creative Pinellas to continue providing financial support to Pinellas County artists. The grants allow artists to explore avenues of advocacy by partnering with Pinellas County non-profit organizations addressing a multitude of issues. The Beyond Placemaking grants increase the amounts awarded to $10,000 per artist. An additional $5,000 may go to two awarded grant recipients who present exceptional, transformative art projects that go above and beyond and are intended to address historical or systematic inequities with an expected outcome or improvement in reaching diverse audiences with sustainable community engagement and collaborations.
The grants are specifically designed to connect artists with cultural and social service organizations already delivering high quality services, and will support transformative, arts-driven community engagement projects in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, film, multimedia, opera, presenting & multidisciplinary arts, literature, and media/multimedia. Applications are now open and will close on December 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm (Eastern).
These grants will build upon previous work by Creative Pinellas to further develop the careers of artists through their Professional Artist grants, while allowing participating artists to expand their scope to support and engage artistically with non-profit organizations.
“This is such fantastic news for the arts and cultural community,” said Creative Pinellas CEO Barbara St. Clair. “This grant helps us continue to support and grow the creative economy here in the Arts Coast. Along with the NEA funding from previous cycles, Creative Pinellas has been responsible for bringing over $675,000 infunding into our community, which is of significant economic impact. We are honored that we were chosen for another grant and that we will have the opportunity to contribute funds to the artists and arts organizations so central to the success of Pinellas County as an arts and cultural destination.”
“The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to support a wide range of projects, including Creative Pinellas Grants for Arts project, demonstrating the many ways the arts enrich our lives and contribute to healthy and thriving communities,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “These organizations play an important role in advancing the creative vitality of our nation and helping to ensure that all people can benefit from arts, culture, and design.”
Creative Pinellas grants for Arts project is among 1,130 projects across the country, totaling more than $31 million, that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2023 funding.
Program guidelines, eligibility details, grant FAQs, workshops and the online application will be available at creativepinellas.org/opportunity/beyond-placemaking
For additional information on this grant program, contact Creative Pinellas Grants Manager at Creative Pinellas at grants@creativepinellas.org.
For more information about the NEA program, and other projects included in the NEA grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
ABOUT CREATIVE PINELLAS
We Uplift Art and Artists All Across Pinellas County. Creative Pinellas is a 501(c)(3) arts and cultural organization. It was established in 2011 as the designated Local Arts Agency for Pinellas County.
Creative Pinellas works closely with Visit St. Pete/Clearwater to promote Pinellas County as an arts and cultural destination, and manages a 10,000 square foot gallery (former art museum) on the Pinewood Park campus where it also offers programs in partnership with the Florida Botanical Gardens and Heritage Village. The organization has awarded grants to over 500 artists and arts organizations, sent over 200 artists and arts leaders to the Co-Starters business program, provided grants to hundreds of Pinellas County youth to attend arts summer camp, partnered with the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team on an artists’ print series, with Pinellas County Public Works and the Leaman CRA on on mural programs, and with area foundations on arts and mental health.
The organization’s mission is to foster and sustain a vibrant, inclusive, and collaborative arts community across Pinellas County. They provide support, connection, and opportunities to artists, organizations, and the public in order to grow and sustain PInellas County as an internationally recognized arts and cultural destination.
As the County’s Local Arts Agency, Creative Pinellas and the programs they deliver are funded by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, Visit St Pete/Clearwater, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pinellas Community Foundation and by sales of the State of the Arts specialty license plate in Pinellas County.
Learn more at www.creativepinellas.org.