# Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement #231883

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

**Posted:** September 18, 2026
**Respond By:** October 31, 2026
**Identifier:** 231883
**NAICS:** 711510, 711130

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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