ArtHelps Local Arts Program Grants - General Operating Support (GOS)

As part of efforts to respond to the changing needs of those Monmouth Arts serves, Monmouth Arts is continuing to evolve its programming, operations, and grantmaking. Applicants should show strong initiative in one or more of the following areas:

• Serving the needs of local artists with exemplary programs, opportunities, services, or presentations of their work.
• Promoting cultural equity, diversity, and inclusion through projects that elevate the voices and experiences of historically marginalized groups, including those that create opportunities for artists and community members who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), or individuals living with a disability. 
  
• Forging partnerships and collaborations among individuals or organizations, especially those that include different perspectives within the community and connect the arts to other sectors such as economic development, social services, public safety, and health and healing.
  
• Broadening public participation by attracting more people to the arts, bringing in audiences different from those the organization is already attracting, or deepening experiences by increasing current participants' levels of involvement.
  
• Advancing and advocating for arts education in schools and life-long learning through the arts.
• Preserving and conserving art forms and cultural heritage through public presentation.

Grant requests may include funds for personnel, artistic fees, space or other rental costs, materials and supplies, volunteer stipends, intern stipends, marketing and promotion, consultant fees, legal fees for rights to production, and insurance.