HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2021-01-19 Local Arts Grants
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
January 19, 2021
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
lkosin@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Local Arts Organizations Invited to Submit Grant Applications
to the Town of Leesburg
Grant application deadline is February 19, 2021.
Leesburg, VA (January 19, 2021) – The Leesburg Public Art Commission (COPA) invites local arts
organizations to submit requests for funding for proposed arts activities that will take place in
the Town of Leesburg during Fiscal Year 2022 (July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022).
The Town of Leesburg will apply for $4,500 of state funding from the Virginia Commission for
the Arts’ Local Government Challenge Grant Program, and match it with $4,500 of local funds.
The total amount of $9,000 will be distributed to independent arts organizations to support arts
activities within the Town.
Interested arts organizations should submit an online application via the Town website at
http://www.leesburgva.gov/artsgrant, outlining the amount requested, the arts activities that
the funding will support and the audience(s) that will be served, along with a descri ption of the
arts organization. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19, 2021, to
be considered.
Applicants must be a 501(c)3 organization whose primary purpose is the arts (production,
presentation or support of dance, literary arts, media arts, music, theater, or visual or related
arts), that are incorporated in Virginia. They must also have their headquarters and home
seasons, or activities equivalent to a home season, within the state. Funding cannot be
provided for payment to performers for specific performances. Proof of 501(c)3 status required
with submission.
The Leesburg Commission on Public Art will review all funding requests at its March 2021
meeting and make a recommendation on the distribution of the funding to the Leesburg Town
Council. The Town Council will make the final determination, dependent on receip t of the
matching state funds. The deadline for the Town to apply for the Local Government Challenge
Grant is April 1, 2021. Funding will be provided to selected arts organizations after July 1, 2021.
For more information about the Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Local Government Challenge
Grant program, please visit www.arts.virginia.gov/grants_local.html.
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