About the Community Arts Grant Program

The Cultural Arts Office's Community Arts Grants are designed to help Carlsbad arts organizations, artists, and community and educational groups achieve their artistic and administrative objectives, while simultaneously providing cultural and artistic opportunities for Carlsbad citizens. Proposals may involve visual, performing, literary or media arts. There are two categories of grants:

1. Organizations/Artist Partnerships
2. Arts Education.

Goals of the Community Arts Grants Program are:

• To provide opportunities for the artistic and cultural development and enjoyment of our citizens.
• To support all arts disciplines and artists in every stage of their careers.
• To encourage the development of culturally diverse activities.
• To ensure that the arts reach all segments of the population

A Peer Review Panel consisting of artists, arts professionals from the Carlsbad area, and assigned Arts Commissioners reviews and rates all grant applications, determines project worthiness, and recommends appropriate funding levels. All applications are individually evaluated with narrative comments, given numerical scores and collectively ranked. The process is designed to strengthen the evaluation process and to ensure the integrity and success of the grants program. The Carlsbad Arts Commission then reviews the peer panel recommendations and awards the grants.

Guidelines and application forms are usually posted by the beginning of August for the following year's grants, with completed applications usually due in mid October.

To make sure you are notified when the applications are available, contact the Arts Office at 760-434-2900.

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	2008 Community Arts Grants Recipients [15 kb]
	2008 Community Arts Grants Press Release [15 kb]

	2007 Community Arts Grants Recipients [18 kb]
	2006 Community Arts Grant Recipients [19 kb]
	2005 Community Arts Grant Recipients [18 kb]

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