CONGRATULATIONS Upstate California Creative Corps Grantees!
Upstate California Creative Corps grants have been awarded in three categories: Individual Artists and Culture Bearers working solo or in small groups; Community Residencies ensuring collaborative efforts in building awareness and engagement processes between artists and culture bearers and social service organizations, units of government, and Tribal authorities; and Regional or Multi-County Coalitions creating systems and processes with long lasting impacts. Grant amounts vary in size and scope from as little as $5,000 to $200,000.
PRESS RELEASE
“UPSTATE CALIFORNIA CREATIVE CORPS ANNOUNCES GRANTEES SERVING 19 COUNTIES.”
Welcome to Upstate California Creative Corps, a newly launched grant program which places artists in service to communities across nineteen counties in Northern California - and get paid for it.
The California Creative Corps is an outreach and engagement campaign designed to increase awareness around environmental issues such as water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery; as well as civic engagement, social justice and public health.
California Arts Council has selected fourteen organizations to administer the Creative Corps across nine regions. For Upstate California, Nevada County Arts Council will administer $3,384,043 in workforce development funds for artists, as well as for arts and social service organizations who will employ artists between spring 2023 and spring 2024.
Through Upstate California Creative Corps, we invite communities across our Upstate Region to create projects and creative processes which hold meaning for you.
GRANT TIMELINE
FEBRUARY 14, 2023 : Guidelines and Application Available - see our Apply Now page.
FEBRUARY 17 at 12:00 noon : Upstate Creative Corps Informational Webinar. Register here.
FEBRUARY 21 at 12:00 noon : Creative Corps Opportunities for Government and Social Service Agencies. Register here.
FEBRUARY 22 at 12:00 noon : Upstate Creative Corps Grantwriting Workshop. Register here.
FEBRUARY 23 at 12:00 noon : Upstate Healthy Places Training. Register here.
FEBRUARY 27 at 12:00 noon : Accessibility in the Arts | A Panel Discussion for Artists and Agency applicants. Register here.
FEBRUARY 28 MARCH 7, 14, 21, 28 APRIL 4, 11, 18, 25 at 12:00 noon : Weekly Upstate Creative Corps Office Hours. Register here.
FEBRUARY 14–APRIL 11 : County Arts Partners offer in-person and online Local Technical Assistance events
MARCH 22 at 12:00 noon : Grant Writing Workshop - Developing your Upstate Creative Corps Project Budget. Register here.
APRIL 5 at 12:00 noon : Grant Writing Workshop - Framing your application with our Review Criteria in mind. Register here.
APRIL 13 at 2:30 pm: Literary Artists and the Creative Corps - Brainstorming with David Kipen. Register here.
APRIL 28 at 11:59 pm : Application Deadline (extended due to extreme weather, and its effect on normal operations)
MAY 4-JUNE 2 : Panel Reviews
By mid-late JUNE : Funding Notifications
2023-24
JULY 1, 2023 - JUNE 30, 2024 : Grant Activity Period
JULY 1, 2023 - JUNE 30, 2024 : Case Study Documentation
SEPTEMBER 2023 - July 1, 2024 : Grantee Reporting
NOVEMBER 2023 - Nov 2024 : Upstate-wide Online Creative Corps Showcase
AUGUST 2, 2024 : Grantee Final Report Deadline
AUGUST - OCTOBER 31. 2024 : Administering Organization Completes Evaluation and Final Report to California Arts Council
“At the heart of the Creative Corps are people – community members who play a vital role in determining what factors contribute to leading healthy, fulfilling lives. We invite artists, arts and social service organizations, and civic leaders to embrace this opportunity. Share with us your vision, community by community.”
CONVERSATION CAFE
Our Conversation Café is a space for artists, cultural practitioners and culture bearers, as well as those serving organizations tackling important local and regional issues, to communicate both within and beyond their usual circles, in order to promote deeper understanding of one another’s work, and to promote partnerships.
Hosted by nineteen county arts agencies across California’s Upstate Region, our hope is that, in anticipation of the launch and rollout of the Upstate California Creative Corps, our daily conversations will inspire new projects that create awareness for public health, environmental issues, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery, civic engagement and social justice issues. Join us!