To apply for a grant, this page allows you to download as fillable PDF forms to read with Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. If you do not already have the Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can obtain a free copy from the Adobe website.

Applying for a Grant from Grand Junction, Colorado's Arts and Cultural Events/Projects/Programs Reinvestment and Recovery Program 

For information about the Commission's goals, objectives, guidelines, and criteria for grants, click on the Criteria for Award of Grants link below.  Only non-profit organizations are eligible -- not individuals, not businesses.

The Commission on Arts and Culture invites proposals from organizations to support local arts and cultural events, projects, and programs. Any non-profit organization or governmental/educational agency may apply. For the year 2012 grant cycle, the deadline for receipt of applications will be Friday, February 10, 2012.  Late applications will not be accepted.

New Criteria for application for a 2012 Art Commission Grant: 
 (for a complete listing click on the link below)

• Organizations requesting the grant must be located in Colorado
  Priority may be given to Mesa County organizations and/or projects/events that utilize Mesa County artists
• The maximum amount requested may not exceed $4000
• Requests demonstrating diversity, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration will be given higher priority.  

The Commission is particularly interested in how each project or cultural event impacts jobs in the creative industry.  This is Grand Junction's own "reinvestment and recovery program" for the local non-profit arts and cultural community and local working artists of all types - performing, visual, literary, and historical/heritage.

This grant program, as with most grant programs, is a mini-stimulus program which helps provide employment, sales, or performance opportunities for working artists and those who work for cultural non-profits by supporting a broad range of community cultural events, exhibits, presentations, and projects. It is important to remember that the arts are an industry, and that the business of art, in all its many forms, is an essential economic element of our community.

Applicants may submit their application by mail or hand deliver it to the Parks and Recreation office in Lincoln Park, 1340 Gunnison Avenue (faxes or emails are not allowed). Please follow the instructions and read the guidelines and criteria carefully.

Submitting a grant application
To apply for a grant, click on the links below. Save and fill out the grant application form (a fillable form) and follow the guidelines and instructions carefully.

Criteria for Award of Grants  

Arts Commission Grant Application 

You may send questions through the Contact Us web page.


Final Report for grants received
All organizations receiving grants from the Commission must provide a final report after their project is completed.  Download, save (by clicking on the link below), and fill out the final report form (a fillable form), and mail, e-mail, or fax it to the Arts Commission within 60 days of the completion of the arts or cultural project or event for which your organization received funding.  Failure to complete this report makes an organization ineligible to apply for Art Commission grant funding for two years.

Final Report 

Commission Grants Approved for Year 2011 will support the following cultural events and arts projects:

Grand Junction Centennial Band music purchase $1,500
Grand Valley Art Students League** $2,000
The Schumann Singers music folder purchase $750
Messiah Choral Society "Messiah" Concert $1,000
Grand Junction Downtown Partnership Art & Jazz Festival $3,000
Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado Child and Teen Art Show* $1,500
Bookcliff Harmony Barbershop Chorus Youth in Harmony Project $1,500
Grand Junction Symphony "A Monumental Celebration" $3,000
Riverside Education Center After School Art Classes $2,500
Talking Rhythms Musicians in Residence program $1,000
Rocky Mountain PBS KRMJ-TV "Western Bounty" arts segments $2,000
High Desert Opera "My Fair Lady" $2,000
Western Colorado Chorale "Christmas Carols" concert $1,350
Artspace & Open Studios Educational Business Seminars $1,000
Mesa County Public Libraries Culture Fest $2,100
Salt Wash Dance Theatre Grand Valley Performing Arts Festival* $3,000
Mesa County Land Trust Conservation Land Photo Project $500
KAFM Community Radio "Arts & Entertainment Calendar" $3,000
HomewardBound of the Grand Valley Homeless Exhibit $500
Western Colorado Writers Center Poetry in the Streets II ** $2,800
Total Support $36,000
* New/first time events or projects
** Second year events or projects