Teaching Artist Grants for Older Adults 2027 — up to $17,500 for Participatory Arts Learning in Manhattan (Creative Learning)

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A programme grant of $1,000 to $17,500 for teaching artists and organisations to deliver hands-on arts learning for older adults in Manhattan, funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. A lesson plan with week-by-week activities and learning goals is required, with a work sample from an arts-learning context. Applicant labs and office hours run until the deadline.

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Artists and nonprofit organizations that cannot apply directly to the city and state agencies behind the programme, running sequential participatory arts learning for older adults in Manhattan between 1 January and 31 December 2027. The programme must draw on arts education practice, pay a fee to teaching artists, have at least one confirmed lead teaching artist, take place in a community setting such as a senior centre, recreation centre, public library or community centre in Manhattan, include at least three sequential contact sessions between the same teaching artists and group, and end in a public event such as an exhibit, performance or presentation in Manhattan. Individuals must be 18 or over, not in a full-time degree programme, and have proof of Manhattan address. Self-paced or individually experienced programmes are not eligible.

Dates & details

Deadline

6 PM Eastern. Edits if requested by 4 January 2027; results 5 April 2027

Programme dates

Projects between 1 January and 31 December 2027

Results

5 April 2027

Language

English; guidelines also in Spanish and Mandarin