SCAC opens new chapter for libraries grant
New name, broader mission
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling, by March 4, 2025
The SCAC is hoping libraries in South Carolina lean into their energy as public coming-together places by offering their communities artistic and cultural activities.
The grant supports library-led public engagement projects that stimulate partnerships between libraries and artists or arts organizations. Public libraries and certain related entities who support their operations can apply for up to $2,500 in FY25 through an SCAC Libraries Engagement Grant. This grant turns the page expands the purpose of its initial form, when it was known as the Rural Libraries Public Engagement grant. For those readers familiar with that grant, The Hub has good news: it’s the same grant, but it is open to even more communities. (That will get you good reviews every time.)
Use of funds
The grant can be used to fund public engagement activities involving most any art forms. Funding will be considered for a broad variety of activities. Some examples include:
- Festivals.
- Exhibitions.
- Workshops.
- Residencies.
- Digital projects.
- Performances that have a public engagement component.
Libraries will need to provide a physical space for the community to experience and interact with artistic content and programs or to create their own art. Works of visual and performing art may be temporary exhibits, permanent installations, programs or performances offered in the library, or parts of a library’s viewable collections.
Funds can also be used to hire professional artists or presenters such as those listed on the S.C. Arts Directory.
Head on over to the guidelines for all the details and to start your application today.