Grants

SCORCHED NUTS ART GRANTS
 
Scorched Nuts Art Grants are intended to encourage people to produce art projects for the festival.  Since we are in  our fourth year, and still growing, the funds for grants may be limited.  All funds for the Art Grants are collected through donations and fundraisers. Please consider making a donation to help our artistic community!  For further information on donations please contact Ol' Bill at artgrants@scorchednuts.org..
 
Based on last year, it appears that a typical grant will be $150-$400, so they will not cover the entire budget for many projects. The amount of each individual grant may depend on how many qualifying projects apply.
 
At this time there are no specific guidelines concerning what types of projects are more likely to be funded and all projects are welcome.  If you have questions about possible funding for your project, please contact Ol' Bill at Artgrants@scorchednuts.org .
 
APPLICATION PROCESS
 
We want to keep the application process as simple as possible.  Hopefully the process outlined below will provide enough information to allow us to evaluate applications fairly, without making the application process so difficult that it discourages people.  We anticipate that we will contact applicants during the judging process if we need further information. 

Applications should be submitted by email to Artgrants@scorchednuts.org  and should be brief - no longer than two standard typewritten pages.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE - IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER

1 CONTACT INFORMATION - who or what group is presenting the proposal, and an email address and phone number by which we can contact you.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT - suggested length two pages or less with diagrams and/or pictures attached if helpful.

3. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (IF ANY) - electrical hookups, unusual space requirements, etc.   Our new Reclaim venue has no electrical outlets, so generators will be required for projects requiring more than battery power.   We should have excess generator capacity available if you cannot bring one, but we will need to coordinate this in advance. 

4. TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OR BUDGET and THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
 
DATES AND DEADLINES
 
The deadline for applications is April 30th, 2010.  Awards will be announced on or before May 15, 2010.  Last year the actual grant money was presented to awardees at an *Art Grant Award Ceremony* at the event - which worked well and was a lot of fun.  We will probably use the same process this year.  Alternatively, if it is helpful to the artist, we may disburse half of the award before the event, shortly after May 15, and half at the end of the festival, following  successful leave-no-trace teardown of the project.