Palm Beach County CARES Restart Business Grants Program Resumes

 The Palm Beach County CARES Restart Business Grants Program will resume on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:00 A.M.

The Restart Business Program guidelines, including eligibility criteria will be posted on the County’s website.  The Board gave approval for individual grants up to $25,000 to help “restart” Palm Beach County businesses forced to close by State or County Executive Order. 

The application process will be completed entirely on-line through the County’s portal, and requires general information about the applicant business; applicant certifications, affirmations and acknowledgements; and applicant-uploaded documents including tax returns, payroll reports and an active Palm Beach County Business Receipt or valid exemption from the Palm Beach County Tax Collector. Sole Proprietors and General Partnerships not required to register with the FL Department of State Division of Corporations (https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz) will be exempt from the Sunbiz requirement.  Businesses that previously received funding through this program are not eligible to apply.

Interested businesses are encouraged to prepare for the Restart Business Grant Program Application as they will be processed on a first come, first eligible basis. The online application is expected to launch on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:00 A.M., and will be accessible through the Palm Beach County website for a two-week period closing on Friday October 9, 2020 at 11:59 P.M.

APPLY HERE 

Dina Baker Fund for Mature Female Artists

 

Ms. Dina Baker has established the Dina Baker Fund for Mature Female Artists with the Cultural Council to help stabilize and strengthen the careers of female Artists sixty (60) years of age or older who reside and work in Palm Beach County, who have recognizable artistic merit and who are deserving of financial assistance (whether professional, personal or both) to enable them to further their artistic development and achievement.

A grant of $10,000 is awarded to one individual meeting the eligibility requirements and demonstrating artistic merit and financial need. Funds can be used to support professional development, arts related exhibition expenses, equipment, supplies, healthcare costs and/or basic living expenses. In addition, the recipient receives a one-year Artist Portfolio membership from the Cultural Council and a solo show in the Cultural Council gallery.

• Read the full guidelines and eligibility requirements here »
• Application Training »
• Deadline to Apply: 11:59 p.m., October 16, 2020

APPLY HERE

First Round of Artist Relief Recipients

Congratulations
FaBe Luciano -musician/rapper
Nathan Ginnetty -musician
Oliver Hanfmann -musician
for recipients Artist Relief- Virtual Live Art- Artist/Business Collaboration

Stay tuned for times for performances.

 

The South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant to Visual and Media Artists

 

The South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant (SFCC) Program offers the largest regional, government-sponsored artists’ grants in the United States, awarding $15,000 and $7,500 grants to resident visual and media artists from the counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. Since it was established in 1988, the Consortium has awarded over to $4 million in grants to over 300 artists. In addition to receiving the grant, the artists take part in an exhibition hosted and organized by a visual arts institution in one of the five counties. 

The SFCC Celebrated 30 years in 2018. 

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Call for Artists: Art in Public Places, Royal Palm Beach

The objective of this proposal is to find a qualified Artist to create exterior art features at two Village of Royal Palm Beach sites. Artwork shall meet the criteria defined in the RFP scope. The proposed artwork sites are located at 1050 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard and 151 Civic Center Way.

A non-mandatory pre-bid virtual conference will be held on Wednesday, July 29 at 3:00 p.m. via GoToMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/897803421
You can also dial in using your phone: (872) 240-3412, Access Code: 897-803-421. The pre-bid conference is not mandatory.

For more information on the proposal, visit https://www.royalpalmbeach.com/engineering/page/rfp-art-public-places.

Deadline: August 5, 2020 at 3 p.m., Office of the Village Clerk, 1050 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411.

BID HERE

Grants for Artists and Photographers

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Call for Artists: Karibu, A Celebration of Black Artists in Palm Beach County

ATB Fine Art Group Inc. (ATB) in partnership with the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County (the Council) is hosting a Harlem Renaissance-style art exhibition displaying visual art created by Black artists from Palm Beach County entitled Karibu starting in January 2021.

The exhibition title Karibu, in Swahili, means, “Welcome, Come in” and is a celebratory concept of the Black culture of welcoming all to embrace the journey and learn through the eyes and the words of the artists.

NOTE: There is an error in the listing. Please send your submission to the dropbox email of collaboration@atbfineartists.com

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