Dance/NYC is proud to partner with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre, on City Artist Corps Grants.

City Artist Corps Grants, funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year, will distribute one-time $5,000 grants to more than 3,000 artists who will engage the public with arts activities across New York City's five boroughs beginning this July. The grants, which will be distributed over three award cycles, are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Check out the full application guidelines. 

Dance/NYC encourages any New York City-based individual dance artists to apply. Applications for Cycle 1 are now open, and will close on Tuesday, June 22 at 10:00 A.M. EDT. Visit NYFA’s website for the dates of future award cycles.  

Types of eligible projects might include such activities as a live performance; an in-person workshop with community members; and a public screening of a film or other media work. Artists can use the grant to create new work or phase of a work, or restage preexisting creative activities across any discipline. It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artists that are engaged to support the project. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older, and have maintained residency in New York City since January 2020. Public creative engagements must have an arts or creative focus and be staged in front of a live audience in New York City free of charge. 

Artists with a disability and/or who are immunosuppressed for whom it is unsafe to engage in live in-person performance are welcome to apply for live digital creative engagement activities. 

For all cycles, artists will be screened for eligibility by NYFA and grant recipients will be selected by lottery.

Dance/NYC’s role in the program is in partnership with NYFA and other arts service organizations to support outreach, provide technical assistance for prospective applicants, and inform the grantee selection process in service of the city’s diverse cultural communities.

Details of the technical assistance Dance/NYC plans to offer will be released in the coming days. Continue to check the Dance/NYC website for updates on available support. For questions about eligibility, completing an application, or technical assistance, email cityartistcorps@dance.nyc.

 

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