Arts and Accessibility

Purpose: To best serve California artists with disabilities and organizations that support them, the CAC is seeking applications for up to five Administering Organizations to partner with in the 2022-23 grant cycle, who may receive all of part of the $500,000 program allocation, to manage the Arts and Accessibility regranting program. The AO(s) will regrant to individual artists and arts or service organizations as follows: Individual artists may request a grant up to $3,000 for projects that directly contribute to their professional development and goals, and to create new work. The grant is intended to support the careers and employment of artists will all types of disabilities, including but not limited to, individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, have difficulty speaking, have a physical disability, visual disability, developmental disability, learning disability, mental illness, or chronic illness. Arts or service organizations may request a grant up to $5,000 to include artists with disabilities in their arts programming, or to create/expand access services to increase attendance or enhance the experience of, audiences with disabilities. Eligible Applicants: Arts or service organizations, individually or in partnership, with a minimum of three years of experience and existing capacity in the following areas: Working with the nonprofit or arts/culture fields in California representing disabled artists or arts/service organizations Fiscally sponsored organizations are not eligible to apply. Review the complete program guidelines for the complete list of eligibility requirements. Eligible Geographies: California-based - Documentation of being a California-based nonprofit arts/cultural organization; an arts-based unit of municipal or county government; or a tribal government, or nonprofit social service organization with regular ongoing arts programming and/or services and a principal place of business in California.

• PSCEmployment, Labor & Training, Libraries and Arts

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  accessibilitygrant@arts.ca.gov