Let a thousand flowers — or festivals, arts programs and works of art — bloom in Berkeley, the city’s Civic Arts Program is saying.
Actually, it might not be as many as a thousand, but artists, festival organizers and nonprofits seeking to make arts part of their programs can apply for one-time grants through the program to support their work and strengthen the city’s arts culture.
The grants allow individual visual artists to fund new individual works, while festival organizers can use them to put on events, arts nonprofits can use the money to fund operations and nonprofits interested in the arts can use them to create new arts programs, according to a news release from the program.
• Individual artists in Berkeley can get $5,000 for original work and a public presentation.
• Berkeley nonprofits and Bay Area arts organizations creating arts programs and cultural activities in Berkeley can apply for grants of up to $5,000 to facilitate arts programming collaborations and cultural activities in Berkeley.
• Festival organizers can apply for up to $7,000 to put on events that may be new and small in scale or an established festival.
• Berkeley-based nonprofit arts organizations can support operations and programming by applying for a two-year grant of up to $10,000 per year, totaling up to $20,000 over the grant period.
Deadlines to apply range from Feb. 19 to March 12, depending on the grant. More information is available on the city’s website.