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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2017-01-04 local arts grants Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release January 4, 2017 Media Contact: Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer barnett@leesburgva.gov  703-771-2734 Local Arts Organizations Invited to Submit Grant Applications to the Town of Leesburg Grant application deadline is Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Leesburg, VA (January 4, 2017) – The Leesburg Public Art Commission invites local arts organizations to submit requests for funding. Request letters must be received by February 15, 2017. Funded arts activities must take place in the Town of Leesburg during Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018). The Town of Leesburg will apply for $5,000 of state funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Local Government Challenge Grant Program, and match it with $5,000 of local funds. The total amount of $10,000 will be distributed to independent arts organizations to support arts activities within the Town. In FY 2017, the Town gave $4,000 to Bluemont Concerts, $4,835 to the Friends of Leesburg Public Arts, and $1,165 to VSArts of Loudoun County. Interested arts organizations should submit an online application via the Town website at www.leesburgva.gov/artsgrant, outlining the amount requested, the arts activity that the funding will support and the audience(s) that will be served, along with a description of the arts organization. Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, to be considered. Applicants must be organizations whose primary purpose is the arts (p roduction, presentation or support of dance, literary arts, media arts, music, theater, or visual or related arts), that are incorporated in Virginia, and have their headquarters and home seasons, or activities equivalent to a home season, in the state. Funding cannot be provided for payment to performers for specific performances. The Commission on Public Art will review the funding requests at their March 2017 meeting and then make a recommendation on the distribution of the funding to the Leesburg Tow n Council at their March 28, 2017, Council Meeting. The Town Council will make the final determination, dependent on receipt of the matching state funds. The deadline for the Town to apply for the Local Government Challenge Grant is April 3, 2017. Funding will be provided to selected arts organizations after July 1, 2017. For more information about the Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Local Government Challenge Grant program, please visit www.arts.virginia.gov/grants_local.html. # # #