Creative souls in Lewisville, grab your paintbrushes and tune your instruments – the city is now accepting applications for the upcoming Arts Support Grants. These financial boosts aim to enrich the local cultural scene in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year, and you've got until April 18 to throw your hat in the ring, according to the City of Lewisville, Texas.
The application process involves an online submission via the Lewisville Grand’s website nonprofits with a penchant for the arts can vie for a piece of the grant pie if they plan an event inside Lewisville city limits. Outside events can be approved by the City Council but the hopefuls must have prior contractual obligations with the city squared away, and they need a local at the helm or on the board. Last year, a tidy sum of $125,000 was divvied up among eight lucky grant recipients – setting the stage for another competitive round of funding this year.
Don't miss your chance to get informed: there's a mandatory March 7 Zoom meeting detailing the application's ins and outs, from the nitty-gritty changes to what it takes to make a successful bid. Remember, no representative, no grant consideration, it's as simple as that. Further down the line, applicants get the opportunity to present their vision to the Arts Advisory Board, so get ready to pitch your project and wow them with your plan in early May.
If you're after more intel on the do’s and don'ts of applying, drop a line to Denise Helbing, Arts Center Manager extraordinaire, at 972.219.8478 or shoot an email to [email protected], she's the oracle when it comes to all things arts grant-related and can provide all the details you need to strengthen your application.
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