FOR INFO ON GRANTS AWARDED  (please click here) SABRIA WHITE IS ALABAMA'S  NEW POETRY CHAMPION   From a competitive field of over 6,000 students from across the state, Sabria White, a student from New Century Technology High School in Madison County was selected as the 2013 Alabama Poetry Out Loud State Champion. The Statewide Finals was held in partnership with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and the Alabama Writers’ Forum. (Click here to read the full press release)   Photo by Julian Green                                  The Council announces a new pilot program for Arts In Education, entitled the Collaborating Artist Program. Schools may begin application on June 15, 2012. Applications will be accepted until funds are expended. Click here for Guidelines included in the CAP Handbook click here Educational Resources Available. For more information, click here   NINE ALABAMIANS HONORED AT "Celebration of the Arts Awards"   Lyndra Daniel, Birmingham -  Jonnie Dee Little Lifetime Achievement Award          Rick Bragg, Piedmont –  Alabama’s Distinguished Artist Award Dr. Wayne Flynt, Auburn -  Governor's Arts Award Gordon & Geri Moulton, Mobile -  Governor's Arts Award Jean Prescott Pierce, Birmingham -  Governor's Arts Award Sonia Sanchez, Birmingham -  Governor's Arts Award Kitty Seale, Montgomery -  Governor's Arts Award Excelsior Band, Mobile -  The Alabama Folk Heritage Award Senator J. T. “Jabo” Waggoner, Birmingham - The Special Council Legacy Award   To read about the gala event honoring the 2013 recipients click here  To read the Alabama Arts magazine,  containing articles on the  Arts Awards recipients click here Read about Alabama and  Pietrasanta, Italy's Cultural Exchange   Click here to read about cultural activities in PIETRASANTA Click here to read about cultural activities in ALABAMA    (formerly the Rural School Touring Program)   This program offers FREE performances to qualified schools. To learn more about this program or to submit an application, please  click here.                   Alabama Masters:  Artists and Their Work was produced in conjunction with the Alabama Year of the Arts, an initiative of the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.   For teachers using the Alabama Masters book in lesson plans, please click here.   Alabama Masters:  Artists and Their Work features forty-two artists and is a partnership publication between the Alabama State Council on the Arts and six major art museums in the state. The full color paperback features an essay and images of each artist’s work, with the goal of honoring the individual artists and highlighting museum collections. The selection of artists was based on guidelines determined by the museum directors.   The National Endowment for the Arts has funded a series of projects throughout the country under the broad heading of American Masterpieces, and this publication is Alabama’s contribution. It is a major step toward compiling the state’s visual arts history, cultural fabric, and national contributions of its artists.     The book is available for a $25 donation to the Alabama Craft Council, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110, Montgomery, AL 36104-3721. For additional info, contact: staff@arts.alabama.gov   Links: http://www.800alabama.com/ http://www.arts.alabama.gov http://www.arts.endow.gov/   Alabama Al Dia: A Report On Hispanic Cultures In Alabama

The purpose of the Alabama Arts License Tag Grant Program is to promote the arts in Alabama, especially arts education, including fine arts, dance, folk arts, drama and music. A six-person volunteer committee governs the program. Committee members serve on a voluntary basis and one member is appointed by each of the following organizations or individuals: the Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Alabama  Alliance for Arts Education, the State Department of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

"Support the Arts" License Tag Committee

Vaughan I. Morrissette (Chairman), Mobile

Representative Jay Love, Montgomery

 Donna Russell,  Montgomery

Lee Sellers, Montgomery

Sara Wright, Montgomery

 

Upcoming License Tag 

application deadline dates are:

August 1, 2013

(for projects September 1, 2013 - April 30, 2014)

 

PLEASE NOTE: Applications must be received

no later than 5:00 P.M. on deadline date 

to guarantee review.  

 

Tag Committee Meeting 
Wednesday, August 15 at 1:30 p.m.

 

Alabama State Council on the Arts Conference Room

201 Monroe Street, Suite 110,Montgomery, Alabama  36104

(RSA Tower Building)

 

If you have questions, please call 

(334) 242-4076, ext. 248

Click here for a Support the Arts License Tag Grant application form.

For Deadline:  The committee sets a system of rolling meeting dates and application deadlines. Please visit the websites for the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Alliance for Arts Education for current deadlines. 

Program Requirements and Guidelines
* A grant may be submitted from non profit organizations with a 501 (c) (3) designation, schools or school systems.  Grants will not be considered for individuals.

* One grant request per organization up to $5,000 will be considered per deadline.

* Only one grant per organization will be awarded per fiscal year (October 1 - September 30)

* Projects with an arts education focus, statewide impact and/or are creative and innovative will receive priority funding.

The three page application must be completed in its entirety.   (Cover page, grant narrative, & budget)  Additional pages will not be accepted.

On line applications are not accepted at this time.  Please complete the forms and mail to: 

 

Support the Arts License Tag Committee
Attn: Mrs. Vaughan I. Morrissette Chairman
201 Monroe St., Suite 110
Montgomery, AL  36130-1800
Fax:  334/240-3269

If funded, the following statement must be included in all materials pertaining to the program/ project:

"This program/project is funded in part by the Support the Arts License Tag Fund"