General Information
Eligibility
Grant Amount
Evaluation Criteria
Making Your Program Accessible

General information

This program provides support to Illinois not-for-profit organizations for professional artist residencies lasting from two weeks to six months in one fiscal year. Grant requests for fiscal year 2005 are for activities occurring between October 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005.

Past grants have supported residencies sponsored by libraries, park districts, churches, schools, school districts, colleges, universities, local arts agencies, municipalities, hospitals, community centers, youth organizations and senior centers.

At the heart of the AIE Residency Program is the belief that an artist-in-residence can make an invaluable and unique contribution to the educational process. As a professional artist teaching and creating his/her art at the residency site, the artist-in-residence can inspire one classroom, one teacher, one school district or one community to integrate the arts into its ongoing activities and become a vital part of everyone’s learning experience.

The IAC recognizes the arts as a necessity in the development of Illinois students as future contributing members of society and the importance of the inclusion of the arts in lifelong learning.

eligibility

To be eligible applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Applicant must be a not-for-profit organization currently registered with the Illinois Secretary of State or an agent of a governmental body (i.e., school, school district, park district, college, or university). What is accepted as proof of not-for-profit status?
2. Applicant must include its FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (FEIN) on the application. Do not send the applicant’s tax exempt number. The FEIN number typically begins with a 23, 36, or 37.
3. Applicant must select an artist-in-residence from the IAC AIE Artists Roster. This roster lists artists and performing arts companies who have been juried on the basis of the quality of their work, their record of professional achievement and their skills and experience as educators.
4. Applicant must secure a cash match for 40 percent of the residency expenses and any additional expenses that exceed the IAC-allowed expenses. For more detailed information of the budget, refer to the companion to the application. Up to 60 percent of the IAC-allowed expenses may be requested from the Illinois Arts Council for the artist-in-residence’s stipend, travel/lodging, supplies, guest artist fees, and documentation expenses.
5. First-time sponsors’ residencies may only last a maximum of four months.
6. A sponsor may receive IAC funding to work with the same artist-in-residence for a maximum of three consecutive years. In years two and three, these applicants must discuss expansion of programming initiatives for the school and community served.
7. Applicant must submit all requested application materials by the deadline.

grant amount

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Sponsors can request 60% of IAC allowable expenses. The remaining amount is covered by the sponsor's cash match.

The maximum request for a residency with an individual artist lasting 6 months is $16,980, with a sponsor cash match of at least 40%.

The maximum request for a residency with a company is negotiable with a sponsor cash match of at least 40%

The maximum request for a mulit-disciplinary residency is $28,500 with a sponsor cash match of at least 40%.

evaluation criteria

The Arts-in-Education Advisory Panels review applications using the following criteria:

• Evidence of planning with the proposed artist-in-residence.
• Evidence of a strong support structure for implementing residency activities (e.g., a well-rounded, functioning steering committee; demonstrated school/community involvement; and the ability to financially support the project).
• Evidence of plans to involve the community in residency activities.
• Evidence that the proposed residency fulfills an artistic or educational need identified by the applicant.
• Quality of the proposed residency activities for the students, teachers, artist(s) and community members.
• Appropriateness of the planned method(s) for documenting the activities and evidence that this documentation will be used effectively in the future.
• Evidence of a comprehensive plan for evaluating the quality of the completed project in relation to the stated goals.
• Impact of the program on the site’s plan for future arts education programming.

making your program accesible

One of the conditions an organization agrees to in accepting a grant from the IAC is to make every attempt to ensure that the program is accessible to persons with disabilities. According to state and federal law, every organization receiving public funding must ensure that it is in a position to provide accommodations when persons with disabilities make requests for services. Accessibility involves both location (the facility) and the content (the activity) of the program. Thinking about accessibility issues in the early planning stages of a project is the key to ensuring that persons with disabilities will be able to participate in the program.