Final Reports

Artists Respond Grant Program

Final Report Deadline for Round 1 Fiscal Year 2022 Artists Respond grantees: May 30, 2022

Final Report Deadline for Round 2 Fiscal Year 2022 Artists Respond grantees: December 30, 2022

FY 2022 grantees must complete the final report using the SurveyMonkey Apply platform at https://ctofficeofthearts.smapply.org/

Log into your existing account to complete your final report. Your Artists Respond application will be available as a reference.

If you have forgotten your password select "forgot your password" to reset a new one.

If you are unable to complete your project prior to the end of the funding period (April 30, 2022) then reach out to COA.

Complete the following tasks associated with your final report.

Project Details Task: Briefly respond to the following:

  1. Where did your project take place? List CT town(s) and locations/venues.
  2. When did your project take place and include any significant event dates.
  3. Who was involved and/or benefited from your project? Identify other artists, your community, audience, project partners, etc. 
  4. Briefly document deviations from your original proposal and/or consistencies that you were pleased to preserve. If you made adjustments indicate why they were made. 
  5. Budget / Expenses: Provide a break out of your budget expenses according to the following categories.
    • Artistic Compensation (self)
    • Payments to Other Artists for Services
    • Payments for Other Professional Services
    • Materials / Supplies
    • Equipment Rental / Purchase
    • Facility / Space Use Fees
    • Printing / Publicity / Marketing
    • Other
  6. Budget Narrative (optional): Grantees may expand on budget expenses and also highlight any income sources or in-kind support your project may have received.
  7. How was DECD/COA credited?

Impact Task

  1. Self-Impact (check all that apply) - This project impacted 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.
    • helping me to see that my art can be used as a vehicle for solving community issues.
    • 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)
  2. Expand on one or more of the items you selected above.
  3. Impact on Others: participants, community, audience (check all that apply) - I believe it was a meaningful experience for others involved in my project because it:
    • was designed and carried out collaboratively.
    • was a unique/inspiring project that put our community on the map.
    • used the arts in a thoughtful/powerful way to spur community conversations.
    • build awareness that the arts can and should be engaged more frequently to address community/social issues.
    • reinforced that the arts can lead difficult conversations.
    • spurred community recovery.
    • addressed a topic that is a priority for my community.
    • helped the arts and artists in my community.
    • other (up to 15 word count)
  4. Expand on one or more of the items you selected above.

Upload Project Documentation

Provide at least one (1) upload and up to five (5) max. files that document your project.

National Standard for Arts Information Exchange Data Form

The Connecticut Office of the Arts, as a recipient of federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), is required to report specific information to the NEA to document grant activities.  Therefore, all grant recipients must complete the data questions as part of their final report. A preview of the questions is available HERE. 

Question: For assistance, please contact Tamara Dimitri by email at tamara.dimitri@ct.gov.