Additional Application Information
Social Issue
Select the primary social issue your community-based project will address?
- Equity and Racial Justice
- Community Healing
- Social Cohesion
- Economic & Community Development
- Mental Health
- Youth Empowerment
- Creative Aging
- Accessibility / Disability
- LGBTQ Community
- Climate Justice / Environment
- Anti-Violence / Anti-Bullying
- Other (up to 4 word limit)
Select the statement that best aligns. The social issue is:
- a consistent theme in my artistic work.
- referenced in my artistic work on occasion.
- a new direction for my artistic work.
Select the statement that best aligns. Community-based art projects are a:
- new experience for me.
- developing part of my work as an artist.
- regular occurrence in my artistic practice.
Select the statement that best aligns.I see my project mostly focusing on:
- research and investigation.
- finding and implementing solutions.
- storytelling and/or truth-telling.
Community & Audience
Select the statement that best aligns. The social issue is:
- of significant interest to my community.
- not well known but should be given greater focus by my community.
- divisive for my community.
Select the statement that best aligns. My project will:
- mostly reach an audience I've engaged in the past.
- equally engage new and returning audience members.
- strive to reach an audience unfamiliar with my work.
Select the statement that best aligns. My project will primarily work with a community and audience who:
- engage in the arts regularly.
- participate in the arts on occasion.
- have limited access to the arts.
Impact
Self-Impact: This project will impact my artistic practice by:
- challenging me to work in a new and different way.
- building upon work I'm doing in my community.
- introducing me to a new audience.
- providing me with a platform where my artistic voice carries greater weight with non-arts professionals.
- validating my artistic vision.
- providing an opportunity to explore a social issue of significant interest to me.
- helping me to employ and support other artists.
- positioning me as a valuable small business / contributor in my community.
- Other (up to 15 word count)
Impact on Others: I anticipate a meaningful experience for others involved in my project because it:
- will be designed and carried out collaboratively.
- is a unique/inspiring project that will put our community on the map.
- uses the arts in a thoughtful/powerful way to spur community conversations.
- builds awareness that the arts can and should be engaged more frequently to address community/social issues.
- reinforces that the arts can lead difficult conversations.
- spurs community recovery.
- addresses a topic that is a priority for my community.
- will help the arts and artists in my community.
- Other (up to 15 word count)