{"id":54,"date":"2015-09-09T01:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T01:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcaredesign.org\/air\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:27:47","slug":"eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcaredesign.org\/air\/eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Applicant &#038; Project Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eligible Applicants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Applicants for a NEAR residency<\/strong>\u00a0are individual artists (or collaborative duos\/teams\/ensembles under the leadership of a single applicant) who reside within Los Angeles County, whose community-based practices have been largely self-developed and remain primarily self-directed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applicants for a CO-UP residency grant<\/strong> are social justice nonprofit organizations headquartered in Los Angeles County with an operating budget of at least $100,000 (as demonstrated by the applicant&#8217;s most recently filed IRS Form 990). While nonprofits with an arts-focused mission cannot apply, an eligible CO-UP applicant may select and name a key artist in their proposal who is a full- or part-time staff member of a local nonprofit arts organization that is also receiving grant support directly from DCA in any other category. Note CO-UP is not a category for &#8220;partnerships&#8221; for social-justice organizations to &#8220;adopt a nonprofit arts agency&#8221; as a two-agency-partnership. In CO-UP the social justice organization is asked to treat their selected teaching artist as an independent contractor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A lead artist can be named only once per DCA grant-cycle, as either a lead artist in one NEAR proposal, or in one CO-UP proposal. However, NEAR and CO-UP artists can hire colleagues as &#8220;guest instructors\u201d and pay each other one-time fees to co-lead specific workshops.<\/p>\n<p>All NEAR\/CO-UP applicants must propose activities taking place at eligible locations within the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">City<\/span> of Los Angeles. Collaborations involving Registered and Board Certified Art-Therapists, community organizations with missions to serve and uplift people experiencing homelessness, and projects taking place in the City of LA\u2019s arts-underserved Council Districts of 3, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 11, and 12 are especially encouraged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residency funds shall be used for:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>community projects held in publicly accessible facilities (unless special permission is provided by DCA staff for a residency to be in a limited-access venue such as a domestic violence shelter or juvenile detention camp).<\/li>\n<li>sustainable activities that are guided by a strong artistic vision, purpose, or theme;<\/li>\n<li>projects that emphasize the creative process, community participation, and result in at least one low-cost or free public presentation;<\/li>\n<li>project themes that emphasize a connection between creative thinking and skill building within cultural issues; and<\/li>\n<li>impacts which include enabling participants to understand the art form involved and to develop their creativity through it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Host venues must be located within the City of Los Angeles and be <u>non-arts<\/u> spaces, such as social service centers, senior centers, social benefit agencies, community centers, recreation facilities, libraries, youth centers, rehabilitation centers, family resource centers, health care facilities, hotels, malls\/business centers, science\/research facilities, transit centers and faith-based organizations. In regard to faith-based organizations, note projects DCA does not fund proposals that are primarily religious in nature or intent, unless a special case is made that the proposed artistic services are multi-denominational in nature or intent.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/viewer?mid=14uKsQ5aJsZaZOrj-CQPr0nUYTqohvz6g&amp;ll=34.0210703178857,-118.4117325&amp;z=10\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for an interactive map of LA City council districts. Confirm whether an address is within LA City boundaries by searching for it in the City\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neighborhoodinfo.lacity.org\/\">Neighborhood Info tool<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Please note that residency projects may incorporate curriculum-based teaching or be organized as a peer-to-peer exchange with a number of mature artists focusing their work on a specific theme with the goal of presenting one collective project to the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Applicants should\u00a0<u>not<\/u>\u00a0be:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>individual artists who live outside Los Angeles County;<\/li>\n<li>individuals enrolled in a degree or certificate program during the grant cycle;<\/li>\n<li>past grantees who have not successfully completed their DCA contracts within the past two years; or<\/li>\n<li>individual artists whose past and\/or current development is chiefly affiliated with one or more non-profit organizations that provide the same or similar community services (however, such artists may be included as a named lead artist within an eligible CO-UP proposal).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0DCA does\u00a0<u>not<\/u>\u00a0fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>projects to be hosted by organizations or festivals already funded by DCA;<\/li>\n<li>projects that remunerate full-time employees, part-time employees or Commissioners of DCA;<\/li>\n<li>events that are closed to the general public (however, projects at special population facilities such as correctional or medical facilities are eligible with prior permission from DCA grants staff);<\/li>\n<li>the purchase of depreciable assets (office\/electronic equipment, cameras, musical instruments, etc.);<\/li>\n<li>cash prizes, competitions, or awards, hospitality, or food costs, including travel and accommodations, unless food costs are a required nutrition element of an after-school youth program;<\/li>\n<li>for-profit ventures or projects that are commercial in nature;<\/li>\n<li>projects that are primarily religious in nature or intent, unless a special case is made that the proposed artistic services are multi-denominational in nature or intent; or<\/li>\n<li>projects at public schools that do not include at least 14 hours of workshops and one after school or evening assembly to which the public is invited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible Applicants: Applicants for a NEAR residency\u00a0are individual artists (or collaborative duos\/teams\/ensembles under the leadership of a single applicant) who reside within Los Angeles County, whose community-based practices have been largely self-developed and remain primarily self-directed. 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