art fund grant

This grant category is for individual Staten Island artists and art collectives who produce art or cultural programming. All projects must include a public component or simply a public sharing of work (for example, an exhibition/showing at a local venue).

All art and artistic cultural disciplines are considered, including music, dance, digital/new media, film/video/animation, folk arts, humanities and cultural studies, interdisciplinary events/festivals, literature, public art, theatre, and performing and visual arts.

Each grant cycle, under-resourced disciplines are identified and then prioritized in the panel process. Under-resourced disciplines for 2025 are: Folk Arts, Classical Music/Opera, Photography