Chapman Cultural Center
Equipment and Materials Grant
The purpose of the Equipment and Materials Grant is to assist local creatives with the tools they need to create their art. Creatives may request up to $750 per year to help them purchase raw materials and basic items they need in order to make and/or properly display/present their art.
Eligibility:
Any individual creatives (ages 18+) of any medium, living or working in Spartanburg County, SC.
Examples of items you may request funding for:
- Musical instruments or amplifiers
- Software to mix music or edit video
- Cameras
- Any art supplies
- Display items such as frames or pedestals
- Safety equipment
- Dance shoes or costumes
- Lighting
- Software subscriptions are eligible, up to 12 months.
NOT ELIGIBLE:
This grant may NOT be used to pay for ads or other promotional materials, website design costs, rental costs, labor or basic living expenses, self-published books, CDs, or other merchandise. No nonprofit or other official groups or organizations may apply.
Small independent groups of artists may be considered, based on their specific request. Artists who have not received other grants from Chapman Cultural Center within the past year will be given preference for receiving this grant. Grants are awarded on an ongoing basis and once funds are exhausted for the year, new grants will not be awarded again until July 1. We anticipate to award 5-8 grants per year.
Deadlines:
Grants are awarded by Chapman Cultural Center staff on an ongoing basis and once funds are exhausted for the year.
New grants will not be awarded again until July 1, 2023
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about the process, your eligibility, or whether your project qualifies? Check out our FAQ's below! Is your question not addressed? Contact our Outreach department and they will gladly address your concerns! - Lucy Southwell, Outreach Coordinator, lSouthwell@chapmanculturalcenter.org
Who can apply for a grant?
Equipment and Materials Grantees must meet the criteria below to be eligible:
Any individual creatives (ages 18+) of any medium living or working in Spartanburg County, SC.
How much money can I apply for?
Applicants can request up to $750 per application.
What can the money be used for?
The Equipment and Materials Grant funds may be used for:
Requests may be used to help creatives purchase raw materials and basic items they need in order to make and/or properly display/present their art. Examples of items you may request funding for: any musical instruments or amplifiers, software to mix music or edit video, cameras, any art supplies, display items such as frames or pedestals, safety equipment, dance shoes, costumes, lighting, etc. Software subscriptions are eligible, up to 12 months.
NOT ELIGIBLE: this grant may NOT be used to pay for ads or other promotional materials, website design costs, rental costs, labor or basic living expenses, self-published books, CDs, or other merchandise. No nonprofit or other official groups or organizations may apply.
What other CCC grants are available?
Due to a change in funding at the SC Arts Commission, we no longer offer Community Grants. We are exploring other resources to help us fund similar grant opportunites in the future and will announce them here when they are available. At this moment, however, there are not any other grants offered to indiviidual artists through Chapman Cultural Center. However, there ARE grant opportunities through the South Carolina Arts Commission and South Arts for artists and nonprofits.
In the past, artists and nonprofits were not eligible for grants through the South Carolina Arts Commission because they needed to apply directly through CCC. That is no longer the case. Artists and nonprofits may now apply through CCC and the South Carolina Arts Commission for any grant opportunity.
For more resources for artists and creatives, please view our resources page or the Chapman Cultural Center Artists Opportunities Facebook group.
You are also invited to our Creative Conversations with Tanisha Brown, the Artist Development Director at the SC Arts Commission, on Thursday, August 24, 2023 where she and her team will offer an overview of the grants opportunities available through their offices. Creative Conversations are always free, and occur at Mayfair Art Studios on the 4th Thursday of each month at 5:30pm.