NEA American Masterpieces Visual Arts Touring Grant, FY2009

Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2009 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines, at the time of application.
Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline.
Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.
For touring exhibitions that involve collections from multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements above must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant.

Organizations are limited to one American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring application per year.

An application in response to this announcement does not preclude an organization from applying under other Arts Endowment funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.

The designated fifty state and six jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs) and their regional arts organizations (RAOs) are not eligible to apply under the American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring guidelines.

This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation.

Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, traditions, subject areas, and themes that include but are not limited to:

The Hudson River School
American Impressionism
Native American Art
American Masterworks from Unique Collections including private collections
Aspects of American Art Post-1945 to the Present
Art of the W.P.A.
Latino Art
The Portrait in America
American Naïve Art
African American Art
American Photographers and Photography
American Decorative Arts
The Art of the American West
Industrial Design
Architecture
Costume and Textiles
Folk Arts
The tour of an existing exhibition is eligible.

Exhibitions must be:

Scaled so they can be shown in small and mid-sized exhibiting institutions.
Shown for a period of 8-12 weeks at 2-5 venues which may include the organizing institution. The number of venues should be appropriate to the nature of the works on view.
Accompanied by related educational and interpretive components including brochures and catalogues. Educational material for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards.
Substantial efforts should be made to reach underserved communities.

Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2009 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines, at the time of application.
Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline.
Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.
For touring exhibitions that involve collections from multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements above must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant.

Organizations are limited to one American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring application per year.

An application in response to this announcement does not preclude an organization from applying under other Arts Endowment funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.

The designated fifty state and six jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs) and their regional arts organizations (RAOs) are not eligible to apply under the American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring guidelines.

This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation.

Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, traditions, subject areas, and themes that include but are not limited to:

The Hudson River School
American Impressionism
Native American Art
American Masterworks from Unique Collections including private collections
Aspects of American Art Post-1945 to the Present
Art of the W.P.A.
Latino Art
The Portrait in America
American Naïve Art
African American Art
American Photographers and Photography
American Decorative Arts
The Art of the American West
Industrial Design
Architecture
Costume and Textiles
Folk Arts
The tour of an existing exhibition is eligible.

Exhibitions must be:

Scaled so they can be shown in small and mid-sized exhibiting institutions.
Shown for a period of 8-12 weeks at 2-5 venues which may include the organizing institution. The number of venues should be appropriate to the nature of the works on view.
Accompanied by related educational and interpretive components including brochures and catalogues. Educational material for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards.
Substantial efforts should be made to reach underserved communities.