Local artists get over $590K from Queens Arts Fund
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Queens-based artists and
nonprofit organizations can
receive up to $590,260 in grants
this year thanks to additional
funding provided by the New
York City Department of
Cultural Affairs (DCLA).
DCLA’s funding for the
Queens Council on the Arts’
(QCA) Queens Art Fund (QAF)
grant program increased by 17
percent over last year’s total,
and 3.5 times the amount
provided in Fiscal Year 2017.
The increase, which has
allowed QCA to provide larger
grants to more artists, has
continued to receive support
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the
City Council.
“As I know from my 24
years working at Queens
arts organizations, artists
and emerging arts groups
are essential to the vibrancy
and social connections
of the borough’s diverse
communities,” said NYC
Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom
Finkelpearl. “We have increased
funding for artist grants nearly fourfold
citywide as part of the CreateNYC
cultural plan’s commitment to
QCA ArtSite awardee Yvonne Shortt installed sculptures at Dunningham Triangle in Elmhurst. Courtesy of Queens Council on the Arts
supporting the creative life of New
York City.”
In 2019, QCA awarded $527,600 in
grants to 104 individual artists and 84
organizations for the creation of arts
and cultural programming for the
borough of Queens.
QCA Executive Director Hoong
Yee Krakauer said they’re pleased to
work in close partnership with DCLA
to support the creative community in
Queens.
Applications for 2019 QAF grants
may be submitted online until
Tuesday, Oct. 29.
QAF offers grants to Queensbased
individual artists, collectives,
and nonprofit organizations offering
distinctive arts and cultural
programming that directly serves the
community of Queens.
For Queens-based nonprofit
organizations, QAF offers two grant
opportunities. The Arts Access Grant
(funded by DCLA) and the Community
Arts Grant (funded by NYSCA), each
ranging from $1,000-$5,000. These
project-based grants support nonprofit
organizations and artist collectives
partnering with Queens community
organizations to create cultural
projects and arts activities that enhance
the vibrancy in Queens communities
and neighborhoods.
For artists, QAF offers the New
Work Grant (funded by DCLA),
which supports individual artists
of all artistic disciplines who live
or have a studio in Queens for the
creation of new work. New Work
Grants are $3,000, and do not require
fiscal sponsorship.
Funds cover costs for eligible
projects such as:
Projects with a public
component that benefit
Queens communities
Arts activities taking place within
Queens in the 2020 calendar year
Individual artists’ costs needed
for the execution of a cultural
project (direct administration costs,
marketing and publicity costs,
venue rentals as well as supplies and
materials)
For more information, visit
queenscouncilarts.org/qaf.
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