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Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Grants for individuals up to $6,000 | for organizations up to $20,000 

Deadline for applications: December 9, 2024

This program is a pilot with a single application deadline, awarding grants to Organizations and Individuals for community-based and creative projects that integrate the arts to support the health and well-being of Alaskans. The impact of the arts on health and well-being can be seen at all stages of life, and the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) seeks proposals that will explore the practice of the arts, health and well-being in 2025. This pilot investment builds on previous granting and program development, including the Community Arts Partnership, Adaptation and Innovation, and Arts and Military programs of the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

  • Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska is a program of the Alaska State Council on the Arts, with funding support from Rasmuson Foundation. Arts and Health initiatives from the National Endowment for the Arts will inform the Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska
  • Alaska-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, schools, units of state, local or tribal government proposing Arts, Health and Well-Being activities are eligible to apply with proposals to support existing, ongoing or new community-based arts projects and programs. Tribal governmental grantees are neither requested nor required to provide a waiver of sovereign immunity to apply for or receive grant funding from the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
  • Eligible organizations may fiscally sponsor otherwise eligible community groups to apply. For more information about Fiscal Sponsorship, review our fiscal sponsorship resources. 
  • Individual artists are eligible to apply with proposals to support the creation and presentation of work, or to implement community-based arts projects proposed in alignment with Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska activities.

PROGRAM GOALS

The Arts Health and Well-Being in Alaska program is a pilot that will explore and expand upon efforts to support community in and through the arts. Successful proposals will align with one or more of the initial pilot goals:

  • To learn about the role of the arts in reducing risks to life and safety, and improving health and wellness, by collaborating with the health sector to enhance well-being across communities.
  • To support existing and new efforts to connect partners in arts, health and well-being through the creation and presentation of art works.
  • To engage citizens in conversations about social isolation and community connectedness in and through the arts.
  • To adapt arts practice and publicly accessible arts spaces to serve individuals and communities experiencing disability or other health risks that make it challenging to participate with others.
  • To explore the ways in which the arts have a role in implementing health and wellness knowledge. We seek to understand how the practice of the arts can reduce negative effects on health and safety (risk factors) and increase positive effects on health and safety (protective factors).

 

GUIDELINES AND APPLICATIONS

⭐BEFORE YOU APPLY⭐: Please review the Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska Program Guidelines and Information Document.

To apply as an organization: download, review and submit the application.

To apply as an individual: download, review and submit the application.

Please make an appointment, email or call one of the program contacts if you would like to discuss your project before submitting an application. Contact us for technical support or if the application materials and process present barriers to submission, for an otherwise eligible applicant or project.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

GRANT CYCLE AND TIMELINE

  • Application Deadline: December 9, 2024. Applications submitted by mail must be received at the Alaska State Council on the Arts no later than December 9. We are unable to receive application materials by fax.
  • Application Review: December 10 – 16, 2024.
  • Application Award Agreements Generated: December 18, 2024. This is a projected target, and grant award packets will be sent as soon as possible after this date, and prior to December 31, 2024. Once grant award packets are received by grantee partners, and fully executed grant award agreements are returned, it may take 3-4 weeks for grant award payments to be issued, depending on how quickly grantee requirements are met and ASCA/EED staff capacity.
  • Project Implementation Begins (earliest date): January 1, 2025. This is the earliest date that supported activities may begin, but we recognize that for existing or ongoing programs and projects, activity may have already begun. The Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska funding may only support activities that are proceeding after January 1, 2025.

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