ACCC - Arts Council of Carteret County

The Arts Council of Carteret County is offering grants to Carteret County local art groups to assist with arts and cultural programming. These grants will be used to financially assist groups in providing quality arts programming to the citizens of Carteret County. Grassroots grants are intended to fund particular arts projects that will be completed by June 30, 2009. Programs can focus on theater, music, dance, writing, folk-life, or the visual arts. The Arts Council of Carteret County and the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program support the program; additional funding is received from the National Endowment for the Arts.

“The Grassroots Arts Program is one of the best ways to raise funds for arts organizations,” says Pam Cooper, President of the Arts Council of Carteret County. Applicants may be either arts organizations or community service organizations that develop arts projects for the general public or for traditionally under-served audiences. Applicants must be non-profit organizations that have federal 501 (c) tax-exempt status or units of local government, civic clubs, churches, schools, theater groups, arts festivals, boys & girls clubs, libraries, senior citizens’ centers, parks & recreation departments and other community-based groups are eligible to submit an application.

A grant panel consisting of Carteret County residents reads and selects grants to be funded. Awards are decided by assessing the overall impact to the citizens of Carteret County, the overall excellence of the program, as well as its practicality.

Grant Applications are due May 31, 2008. For more information, or to obtain an application, please call The Arts Council of Carteret County at 252-726-9156 or email the Arts Council at artscarteret@yahoo.com.

For more information contact:
Dick Rogers @ 726-7460