Performing Arts Society
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Arts Grant
Performing Arts Society Mission Statement The purpose of the Performing Arts Society shall be to assist the College of Fine Arts and Communication in raising funds to support arts programming through the Youth Performing Arts Series, the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and other programming centered around the arts at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ and the Macomb community. Activities shall include community and audience development, fund-raising, providing a social atmosphere for cultural activities, and increasing the public awareness of the need and value of the performing arts. General Information In keeping with the mission of the Performing Arts Society (PAS), a PAS Arts Grant has been established to support projects, activities, performances or events that enhance the arts at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼. Grants are due by the listed deadline below. Please download the application and email your typed application to cofac@wiu.edu by the deadline. Application Deadline- FY25 applications will be due May 10, 2024
- Applicants must be faculty, faculty emeritus, or staff from the College of Fine Arts and Communication.
- All facets of the application must be complete to be eligible for consideration.
- Grants are awarded based on projects, activities, performances or events that directly relate to the mission of the Performing Arts Society. Special consideration will be given to activities that seek to build audiences, impact student recruiting, and/or enhance the programming of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Center for Performing Arts.
- Projects, activities, performances or events must promote excellence in the performing or visual arts, provide cultural activities, and increase the public awareness of the need and value of the arts.
- Special consideration will be given to those proposals that include matching funds from department, college, university, or other entity.
- Grant recipients must coordinate all promotional and marketing efforts with the COFAC Assistant to the Dean for Marketing and Communication.
- All printed promotion and marketing efforts must include the PAS logo.
- Grant recipients are responsible for all promotion and marketing costs.
- Promotion and marketing efforts must include, at a minimum: a press release, mention on all appropriate university and community calendars, and inclusion in all available social media. Consideration will be given to posters and invitations, as appropriate.
- Grant recipients must identify the Performing Arts Society as sponsor if the grant exceeds 50% of the total budget. Grant recipients must identify the Performing Arts Society as co-sponsor if the grant is 50% or less of the total budget.
- Upon completion of the grant, awardees are required to submit a final grant report to the PAS board. The report should include a narrative that includes attendance numbers, participation numbers, outcomes achieved and any other information that documents the success or failure of the grant program, project, or event.
- Funding may NOT be used to fund receptions, to pay travel, to pay stipends to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ employees or students, or to fund graduate assistantships.
- Funding must be expended during the fiscal year, for which it is awarded.
- All awards contingent upon available funding in the fiscal year. If funds are not available, no awards will be given.
Note
Ìý Once complete, please email your application to cofac@wiu.edu by 11:59 p.m. of the application deadline date. Ìý Deadline for new applications: May 10, 2024 Awards contingent upon available funding. Please email or call Dana Moon, with your questions.
Dana Moon, Performing Arts Society
College of Fine Arts & Communication
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Browne Hall 116
(309) 298-2583
Email: DM-Moon@wiu.edu
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