Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement #231883

Los Angeles teaching-artist grants for community workshops and social-justice creative collaborations

The City of Los Angeles is seeking applications for two grant programs supporting teaching-artist-led community projects. - Government buyer: Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. - Programs and requested services: - Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR): An individual freelance teaching artist designs and manages free or low-cost, community-relevant workshops that culminate in public presentations. - Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP): A nonprofit social justice organization applies to employ a freelance teaching artist for a creative collaboration. - Project setting: Projects must take place in facilities that are not conventional arts spaces. - Grant amounts: Awards may be up to $12,000 or $15,000, depending on the program; the provided information does not specify which cap applies to each program. - OEMs and named vendors: None identified. Freelance teaching artists are the intended service providers; CO-UP applications are submitted by nonprofit social justice organizations.

Description

Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) grants support individual freelance teaching artists who design and manage free or low-cost community-relevant workshop series culminating in public community presentations. Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP) grants support similar teaching artist-led creative collaborations at social justice organizations throughout the city. CO-UP proposals must be submitted by nonprofit social justice organizations seeking to employ a freelance teaching artist; NEAR proposals are for individual freelance teaching artists. Projects must take place in facilities that are not conventional arts spaces, and grants can range up to $12,000 or $15,000.

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