Alaska State Council on the Arts

We are glad you've found us! The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) office is open although the staff is working by email, phone, and videoconference until further notice. Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation (AACF) have partnered to provide a resource page related to the arts and culture sector titled Of Note on the AACF website. Visit Of Note on the AACF website, or add yourself to our newsletter list to receive both our monthly ASCA Newsletter and our new Of Note communication by email!. We also encourage you to share information that you are finding useful in these times, with our new Community Arts Program Director, Charlie Sears at charles.sears@alaska.gov.

ASCA Dates and Deadlines

Date	Information
October 1, 2020	ASCA staff is working from home and intermittently from the office at 161 Klevin Street, Suite 102 at the Mountain View Service Center, in Anchorage. For deliveries or other in-person needs, contact the office at (907) 269-6610 for information. All other business is being conducted virtually. The best way to reach us is by calling the main line at 907-269-6601 which is routed to staff working remotely, or by email at: asca.info@alaska.gov Please note the Alaska Contemporary Art Bank is closed until January 2021. Thank you for your understanding and patience. We look forward to serving you throughout these challenging times.
November 16-17, 2020	ASCA Annual Meeting of the Trustees. For information contact Community Arts Program Director at charles.sears@alaska.gov.
November 23, 2020	Deadline for Application (extended from November 1, 2020 regular deadline): FY21 Round II Artists in Schools grants. In Round II for FY21, the AIS program will consider projects/programs that use adaptive approaches to teaching artist residencies in your communities including distance learning and other modalities, based on safe operations in schools at the local level (see Arts Education Grants page for details).
December 1, 2020	Deadline for applications: FY21 3rd Quarter Community Arts Development, Workshop, Career Opportunity, and Walker Arts Grants (see Grants to Organizations and Grants to Individuals pages for details.
December 31, 2020	Deadline to submit any outstanding final reporting from FY20 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) for completed projects. If you have not yet completed your grant-supported project/program/operations from this time period, are not sure where to find your final report form, or if you are unsure if you have submitted all final reports for FY20, please contact your grant program officer, or send us a note at asca.grants@alaska.gov. We understand that individuals, organizations and agencies are still contending with the changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will work with you to submit timely reporting as appropriate to your grant funding and your situation.
March 1, 2020	Deadline for applications: FY21 4th Quarter Community Arts Development, Workshop, Career Opportunity, and Walker Arts Grants (see Grants to Organizations and Grants to Individuals pages for details).
March 1, 2020	Deadline for applications: FY22 Annual and Biennial Operating Support Grants (see Grants to Organizations page for details).