2024-2025 Arts Inspire Grant

Supporting Arts Education Access

Every child deserves to be inspired by the wonder and creativity that arts experiences provide. The Arts Inspire Grants support arts programming in Title I schools. This grant is designed to assist with financial barriers for Title 1 campuses to provide students with the opportunity to interact with professional arts and experience the arts from a new perspective. Arts Inspire Grants can be utilized for:

- Field trips to professional arts experiences in the visual arts, dance, music, and theatre, including:

o Transportation fees

o Admission fees

- Artist honorarium fees for professional artist visits to school campuses

Applicants must be employed by a Texas public school and work for a Title I campus. Priority is given to teachers serving rural, low arts access areas. The annual grant application window is September 1 – October 15. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm CST on October 15.

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* 1. Applicant Contact Information

Name

School Address

City

State

ZIP

School Email Address

Personal Phone Number

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* 2. Principal's Contact Information

Principal's Name

Principal's Email Address

Campus Phone Number

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* 3. Campus Name

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* 4. District Name (Eligibility requires you to be under contract with the listed school district)

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* 5. Teaching Assignment Grade Level (check all that apply)

Elementary, Pre-K-5

Middle School, 6-8

High School, 9-12

EC-12, All Levels

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Teaching Assignment Content Area (check all that apply)

Dance

Music

Theatre

Visual Art

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* 7. Please indicate specialized teaching assignment, if applicable, such as band director, technical theatre director, choir director, ceramics instructor, etc.

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* 8. How many students are enrolled on your campus?

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* 9. How many students are expected to be enrolled in your classes?

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* 10. Describe your campus type. Check all that apply.

Title 1

Rural Community

Under Performing Campus

Low Arts Access (Indicators of arts access are published on the Art Can Map https://txculturaltrust.org/what-we-do/artcan/map/)

Other, please describe.

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* 11. Identify the designated community type of your school district. Please see the NCES list to verify your community type, https://tea.texas.gov/reports-and-data/school-data/district-type-data-search/district-type-2019-20

City- Large

City- Midsize

City- Small

Suburban, Large

Suburban, Midsize

Suburban, Small

Town, Fringe

Town, Distant

Town, Remote

Rural, Fringe

Rural, Distant

Rural, Remote

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* 12. Describe your campus's student demographics.

If you do not have access to this information it can be found at https://txculturaltrust.org/what-we-do/artcan/map/ . Under Campus Comparisons search your school, then click “Download Data” to view campus demographics.

% Economically Disadvantaged

% At Risk

% American Indian or Alaska Native

% Asian American

% Black or African American

% Hispanic or Latino

% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

% White or Caucasian

% Other

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* 13. Does your arts department or program have a booster club?

Yes

Unsure

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* 14. Does your school provide a budget for field trips/artist visits?

Yes

Unsure

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* 15. If you have a teaching assignment program budget, enter that amount in a numerical response.

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* 16. Has your principal approved the proposed Arts Inspire Grant program?

Yes

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* 17. Please select the type of experience you are applying for

Arts field trip

Artist visit to the school's campus

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* 18. Describe the arts experience you are applying for. Provide details about the artist, professional arts venue, or performance group, their credentials, and what their performance or presentation will include.

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* 19. Arts Inspire Event Details

Date

Location

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* 20. How will this grant support your efforts to increase arts access for your students and campus community?

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* 21. Why is this grant necessary in order to provide this arts experience for your students?

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* 22. If known, please describe any unusual adversity your campus community is currently facing.

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* 23. Which group of students will experience the Arts Access program? Please include an answer for each of the questions below.

Grade Level

Arts Discipline

Specialized Student Group (I.e. Advanced Tech Theatre, Art Club, Honors Choir)

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* 24. Budget Plan

Transportation Fees

Admission Fees

Artist/Performance Honorarium Fee

Other (please describe)

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* 25. Upload a budget proposal for the arts experience. Please be specific.

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.

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* 26. Upload a project timeline for the arts experience. Please be specific and include planning/coordination details.

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.

Choose File

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* 27. The Texas Cultural Trust Arts Inspire Grant is designed to support Title 1 schools as they provide students with an exceptional arts experience. By providing my digital signature below, I affirm my understanding that if I do not successfully host the proposed arts experience, I will be required to return all or a portion of the grant amount received to the Texas Cultural Trust.

In addition, I will provide photos of the arts experience and one page report on the impact this grant has provided upon completion of the one year grant cycle. I authorize the Texas Cultural Trust to use all images, name, and statement for promotional purposes.

Please upload your signature here.

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.

Choose File

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* 28. By clicking yes below, I acknowledge that I have added mhausmann@txculturaltrust.org to my email contacts, so that emails received from the Texas Cultural Trust regarding my application are not sent to my Spam, Trash, or Junk folder.

Yes

2024-2025 Arts Inspire Grant

Supporting Arts Education Access

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* 1. Applicant Contact Information

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* 2. Principal's Contact Information

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* 3. Campus Name

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* 4. District Name (Eligibility requires you to be under contract with the listed school district)

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* 5. Teaching Assignment Grade Level (check all that apply)

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* 6. Teaching Assignment Content Area (check all that apply)

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* 7. Please indicate specialized teaching assignment, if applicable, such as band director, technical theatre director, choir director, ceramics instructor, etc.

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* 8. How many students are enrolled on your campus?

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* 9. How many students are expected to be enrolled in your classes?

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* 10. Describe your campus type. Check all that apply.

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* 11. Identify the designated community type of your school district. Please see the NCES list to verify your community type, https://tea.texas.gov/reports-and-data/school-data/district-type-data-search/district-type-2019-20

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* 12. Describe your campus's student demographics.If you do not have access to this information it can be found at https://txculturaltrust.org/what-we-do/artcan/map/ . Under Campus Comparisons search your school, then click “Download Data” to view campus demographics.

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* 13. Does your arts department or program have a booster club?

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* 14. Does your school provide a budget for field trips/artist visits?

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* 15. If you have a teaching assignment program budget, enter that amount in a numerical response.

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* 16. Has your principal approved the proposed Arts Inspire Grant program?

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* 17. Please select the type of experience you are applying for

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* 18. Describe the arts experience you are applying for. Provide details about the artist, professional arts venue, or performance group, their credentials, and what their performance or presentation will include.

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* 19. Arts Inspire Event Details

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* 20. How will this grant support your efforts to increase arts access for your students and campus community?

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* 21. Why is this grant necessary in order to provide this arts experience for your students?

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* 22. If known, please describe any unusual adversity your campus community is currently facing.

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* 23. Which group of students will experience the Arts Access program? Please include an answer for each of the questions below.

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* 24. Budget Plan

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* 25. Upload a budget proposal for the arts experience. Please be specific.

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* 26. Upload a project timeline for the arts experience. Please be specific and include planning/coordination details.

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* 28. By clicking yes below, I acknowledge that I have added mhausmann@txculturaltrust.org to my email contacts, so that emails received from the Texas Cultural Trust regarding my application are not sent to my Spam, Trash, or Junk folder.

* 12. Describe your campus's student demographics.

If you do not have access to this information it can be found at https://txculturaltrust.org/what-we-do/artcan/map/ . Under Campus Comparisons search your school, then click “Download Data” to view campus demographics.