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ACNV Community Fund 2017/18 Applications Open

Applications due September 28, 2017

We’re excited to announce the second round of our Community Fund Grants Program and our one-time Wandering Rose Venue Project Grant! 

We’re inviting our community of small nonprofit organizations and individual artists to apply. The program will provide funds so that local work may grow and deepen the impact of arts and culture for all in the Napa County community. New this year, a total of $44,000 will be made available in two rounds, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. 

The Community Fund Grants Program is supported in major part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and is designed to further ACNV’s goals of increasing resources and support to the local creative community as well as creating greater access, engagement, and culturally relevant opportunities for locals.

The ACNV Community Fund is open to all artistic and cultural disciplines, including but not limited to performing arts, visual arts, emerging fields, and literary arts.

Key Dates

Application Available: August 16, 2017
Deadline to Apply: September 28, 2017, 6:00 pm
Awards Announced: November 1, 2017
Funding Period: November 2017 – November 2018
Workshops
Calistoga Workshop: Thursday, August 24, 2017 3:30pm-4:30pm
Napa Workshop: Monday, August 28, 2017 6pm-7pm

Applications

Please read the guidelines below before filling out and submitting applications.

ACNV Community Fund Grants

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Program Mission
ACNV has established this new grant program to provide capital to small nonprofit organizations and individual artists, so that their work may grow and deepen the impact of arts and culture for all in the Napa County community.  Funding is designed to support ACNV’s goals of increasing resources and support to the local creative community as well as creating greater access,  engagement, and culturally relevant opportunities for locals.
Funds Available: $22,000
Deadline to Apply: September 28, 2017, 6:00 pm
Award Announced: By November 1, 2018
Program Goals & Objectives
The ACNV Community Fund is open to all artistic and cultural disciplines, including but not limited to performing arts, visual arts, emerging fields, and literary arts. The goals of the ACNV Community Fund are to:
    1. To elevate the level of support to small nonprofit organizations and individual artists dedicated to fostering creativity and providing arts and culture experiences within and for the Napa County community;
    1. To grow the use of and/or deepen the relationship with arts and culture within the Napa County community, especially through public agencies, community-serving organizations and/or public spaces;
    1. To support a diversity of programs in representation of disciplines, heritages, subcultures, gender-representation, race/ethnicity, creative processes, and ages;
  1. To support projects that serve community members whose ability to engage with and/or relevant access to arts and culture opportunities may be limited by geography, language, economic, or disability.

Download the Individual Artist Application

Download the Organization Application

Questions? Email Olivia Dodd at olivia@artscouncilnv.org

Wandering Rose Venue Project Grant

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About
In 2010 Wandering Rose (a grassroots alternative arts organization sponsored by Arts Council Napa Valley) raised funds to support a temporary space to serve as an all-ages mixed use venue. These funds were to support an accessible and inclusive space for emerging alternative artists and function as a gallery, studio, gathering spot and performance location. Wandering Rose concluded operations before being able to implement the Venue Project plan – leaving over $4,000 for the Venue Project in reserve. 
Now, in accordance with best practices and California law, Arts Council Napa Valley (ACNV) is offering a one-time opportunity for like-minded nonprofits or fiscally sponsored projects to carry out the intended purpose of the funds as near as possible to the original project.
Funds Available: $4,429.63
Deadline to Apply: September 28, 2017, 6:00 pm
Award Announced: By November 1, 2018
Purpose and Vision
The role and purpose of the space will be to provide a venue and home that will bring together and foster the independent and innovative voices and perspectives of our community.
We believe alternative arts need to be encouraged in a secure environment where provocative ideas and the spirit of challenging the norm are fostered. It is our intention that this project of creating a space for local indie, pop, and experimental arts will enrich and strengthen the character, compassion, and unity within our community as well as broadening our communication with adjoining neighbors and, eventually, the world at large. As the space grows, it will be a cultural embassy within the Napa Valley – opening the door for expanding our influences by inviting touring artists and groups to have a physical space to perform and share
Eligibility
    • Must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization operating in Napa County, CA
    • Funds must be utilized for arts center/space located in or near the City of Napa, CA
  • Funds may be used for in support of operations or programs that serve the grant criteria
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Download the Application

Questions? Email Olivia Dodd at olivia@artscouncilnv.org

Pictured: 2016-2017 ACNV Community Fund grantee, American Canyon Arts Foundation event.