Deadline Nearing For Applications For State Arts And Humanities Grants

Deadline Nearing For Applications For State Arts And Humanities Grants

PIERRE — The South Dakota Arts Council is encouraging non-profits with interests in the arts and impacted by the Covid-19 to apply for grants that utilize American Rescue Plan funds. Patrick Baker with the South Dakota Arts Council says arts and cultural organizations are at the heart of most communities in the state…

Baker says the impact of the pandemic on the arts is still being determined…

Baker says the Arts Council has two grant programs available…

The second grant program is the Residencies for Recovery which allows arts to engage in creative ways to address community challenges with the arts. Grants can vary from four-thousand to 20-thousand dollars. The deadline to apply for their grant is October 8th.