APPLICATION
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Newark Arts established the ArtStart Grant Program in 2001 specifically to nurture arts and cultural activities throughout the City of Newark and to enhance the capacity of Newark’s non-profit organizations, schools, and individual artists to provide arts-based projects throughout the City’s five wards. ArtStart events must take place between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
Applicants may request a maximum of $3,000.
PRIORITIES
Newark Arts will give paramount consideration to projects that:
- Enhance recognition of the value of the arts as a catalyst to address social issues
- Engage with neighborhood or community based organizations and are developed to address their identified needs
- Take place in local neighborhoods, stimulating creativity and community engagement
- Engage children, youth and/or seniors and people with special needs
- Support academic achievement
- Are provided by small organizations and individual artists, enhancing their future capacity
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