New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the opportunity guidelines for art grants for Fiscal Year 2025 are now available.
According to a news release from the governor’s office, $82 million in New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grants are now available for nonprofit arts and culture organizations and individual artists across New York State. The grants will provide general operating support for funding day-to-day activities, as well as support for individual artists including funding for apprenticeships, residencies, and rehearsal spaces.
Application guidelines are available now at arts.ny.gov. The application process itself begins in June, though prequalification screening is now open.
“New York’s innovative arts and culture sector is a key component of our state, driving our vibrant tourism industry, energizing our communities, and inspiring students all across the state,” Hochul said in the release. “These critical funding opportunities will allow our artists and cultural organizations to keep delivering these incredible benefits to New Yorkers and our visitors.”
A kick-off webinar for the NYSCA FY 2025 Opportunities will be held on May 14. Opportunity-specific webinars will be scheduled from May 21 to May 23 and virtual office hours will be held throughout June and early July. Registration for the webinars as well as an updated schedule will be available at https://arts.ny.gov/FY2025WebinarsOfficeHours.
The following opportunities will be available for grant funding. Guidelines for each can be found on the NYSCA website.
-Support for Organizations: Provides flexible operating and programmatic funding for qualified arts and culture organizations. Awards range from $10,000 to $49,500.
-Support for Artists: Funds creative commissions to individual artists across the state. The commission areas include Choreography, Composer, Film, Media, and New Technology, Folk and Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary, Literature, Theater Commissions, and Visual arts. Award amount is $10,000.
-Support for Targeted Opportunities: Rehearsal and Studio Space for the Performing Arts: This funding is intended to support creative rehearsal time and organizations that provide viable and affordable space for non-profit arts groups and artists. Awards range from $15,000 to $35,000.
-Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships: This funding provides individuals experienced in a folk art with opportunities to study with master folk artists from their own community. Award amount is $10,000.
-Performing Arts Residencies. This opportunity supports a minimum 3-consecutive-week residency by New York-based performing arts groups in a targeted area in New York State outside of the applicant’s home county and outside New York City. Awards range from $15,000 to $35,000.
-Support for Regrants and Services: Supports funding to State Community Regrant sites – a network of regional arts and culture organizations located across the state – that leverage their local expertise to extend the impact of NYSCA’s grantmaking to artists and nonprofits as well as funding to organizations for services to the field. This opportunity is by invite only.
“NYSCA’s mission is to deliver the benefits of arts and culture to all New Yorkers. I encourage our creatives from all over the State to review and apply for these essential opportunities. We want to support your creativity and innovation that will guide us all towards a better and stronger future,” NYSCA Executive Director Erika Mallin said in the release.
“Thanks to the leadership of Governor Hochul and the Legislature, we are delighted to continue this incredible trajectory of vital funding to our field with our FY 2025 opportunities, supporting the critical work of artists and arts and culture organizations all across the State,” New York State Council on the Arts Chair Katherine Nicholls said in the release.
The application portal will open on June 5. The deadline to apply is June 17 at 4 pm. All applicants must complete the prequalification process through the Statewide Financial System before applying for a grant. NYSCA urges applicants to begin the prequalification process as soon as possible. Grant recipients will be announced in the fall.
