Staten Island Arts, Richmond County’s arts council, is pleased to announce our new Spring Regrants Cycle for 2023. Through this competitive process, performing artists living and working in Staten Island are eligible to receive support for their creative practice through two new opportunities funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. These two new opportunities are designed to support the creative practice of performing artists in different ways. Keep reading to learn more about each distinct grant opportunity, eligibility, and deadlines.

Howard Gilman Performing Artist Residency Cohort

These grants support the creative practice of 10 performing artists living and working in Staten Island through the establishment of a 6-month residency cohort. This performing arts residency cohort (PARC) opportunity focuses on nurturing each artist's creative practice through peer mentorship and professional development.

The PARC program will support individual performing artists across dance, theater, and music at any stage of their careers. Participating artists will be required to attend monthly cohort meetings from September 2023 to February 2024 at the Staten Island Arts offices. The meetings will serve as space to share more about your creative practice and process, including working ideas, challenges, and needs. This model aims to break down the siloed community structure in Staten Island across different forms of expressions, and bring more support to creative practice without explicit focus on outcomes or products.

Awarded individual artists will receive $6,000 in support of their creative practice. These funds may be used to support project creation, but that is not a requirement in this grant category. Please note this award does not come with space but space rental is an eligible expense. A budget is not required to apply.

All applicants must attend an information session before submitting an application. Please see the website for details on how to register.

Mertz Gilmore Dance Research Grants

These grants are for dance artists, dance collectives, or dance nonprofits at any stage of their career. This new grant opportunity supports research and development of a new dance work.

These funds are designed to alleviate significant challenges around the lack of venues for dance presentation in Staten Island, and are designed to focus on the development of new work. Applying artists will be asked to describe their idea and detail ways these funds would be allocated to support the further development of this work. Ideas for new work can be undeveloped or in the early stages of development but cannot be for work that has already been presented.

Funds will support the research and development of a new dance work and cannot be used towards presentation costs of any formal presentation of this work.  Awardees will receive $7,500 to support the research and development of a new dance work. A budget will not be required to apply.

All applicants must attend an information session before submitting an application. Please see the website for details on how to register.

Deadlines and Eligibility

 - Application information is available on the Staten Island Arts website

 - Applications must be completed & submitted online by April 17, 2023, 11:59pm

 - All applications are digital; no paper applications or hard copy work accepted

 - Applicants must be Staten Island residents, and cannot be full-time students. Please see website for further details.

Free Online Information Sessions

SIA is providing one information session for each grant opportunity to help potential applicants understand the process. Attending an information session is a requirement for all applicants and we encourage all to attend as a refresher. If you've got additional questions, Deputy Director Gena Mimozo is here to help at 718-447-3329 x1003 and [email protected].

 - Visit our website for the full schedule of information sessions

 - RSVP at least one business day in advance

 - A Zoom link will be sent out prior to the information session's start