Mayors Community Arts Grant Program Information Session

The Mayor’s Community Arts Grants Program supports the community by providing financial, marketing and technical assistance for arts and cultural related programs, projects and events which occur in New Haven neighborhoods. 

The goals of the program (note the program goals have changed from previous years) are:

• To foster the creation of arts (visual art, music, dance, theater, etc.);
• To strengthen social cohesion by creating opportunities for people of any age to connect and celebrate, both within and across cultures;
• To Provide rigorous, professional-caliber arts training opportunities for young people;
• To contribute to the development of equitable sustainable partnerships and collaborations across the community. To learn more about the program and program eligibility attend an upcoming information session.

The 2015 application deadline is 5:00pm Monday, June 15.  Letters of Intent are due Friday, May 29. A series of Information Sessions have been scheduled and are free and open to the public:

May 18 @ 4:00pm, Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison Street
May 19 @ 5:00pm, Fair Haven Library, 182 Grand Avenue
May 21 @ 5:30pm, Ives (Main) Library, 133 Elm Street
June 2 @ 5:30pm . Wilson Library, 303 Washington Avenue
June 3 @ 5pm. Stetson Library, 200 Dixwell Avenue