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 is interested in how each project or cultural event impacts jobs in the creative industry, 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, 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 Arts Commission must present their final report to the Arts Commission at a scheduled meeting within 60 days of completion. You will have 5 minutes to creatively capture the essence of your event/project/program and turn in your written report. Download, save (by clicking on the link below), and fill out the final report form (a fillable form). Failure to complete this requirement makes an organization ineligible to apply for Art Commission grant funding for two years.
Final Report
Commission Grants Approved for Year 2013 will support the following cultural events and arts projects:
| Pastel Society Mile High Exhibition |
$1000
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| Chatfield Elementary Cheetah Arts Jungle Camp* |
$1500
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| Western Colorado Watercolor Society Rockies West National Exhibit |
$2,000
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| Riverside Educational Center Look What I Did |
$2500 |
| CJ Centennial Band music purchase |
$1500
|
| Colorado Mesa University CO2 Poster Project* |
$2,000
|
| Grand Valley Art Students League Open Studios |
$3000 |
| Rocky Mountain PBS Western Bounty |
$3000
|
| Grand Junction Senior Theatre Outreach Program* |
$1250 |
| KAFM Arts and Entertainment Calendar |
$4000
|
| Grand Junction Downtown Partnership Art & Jazz Festival |
$3500
|
| Grand Junction Symphony Community and Education Initiatives |
$3000 |
| Mesa County Public Library Foundation Culture Fest |
$1100 |
| Messiah Choral Society of Grand Junction performance of Messiah |
$1000
|
| Plateau Valley Friends of the Library Thousand Cranes Mural * |
$2000 |
| Super Rad Art Jam |
$2400 |
| High Desert Opera Les Miserables |
$2500
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| Salt Wash Dance Theatre Grand Valley Performing Arts Festival |
$2050
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| Western Colorado Writers Forum The Language of the Fantastic and Writers in the Schools program |
$4000
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| Total Support |
$43,300 |
* New/first time events or projects
Other Grants
Colorado Creative Industries: Deadlines 1/15/13 & 5/15/13