POTSDAM — Each year, SLC Arts distributes $100,000 to North Country municipalities, libraries, 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, and individual artists to fund arts programming. These funds are available in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties, through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) Program. Grants are project-based and support community-centered events and programs in any artistic discipline.

Changes are coming to the grant program for 2024 after SLC Arts was awarded a 2023 NYSCA Capacity Enhancement Grant.

The grant cycle timeline will shift significantly, with applications opening Jan. 1, 2024 with a deadline of March 1, 2024.

Award notifications will be mailed in April.

Projects must take place during the 2024 calendar year, with artists and organizations with events taking place earlier in the year still eligible. Those events will receive retroactive funding.

SLC Arts say they will also be reviewing grant guidelines and scoring rubrics and plans to rework the application for the new cycle of grants.

All applicants, including returning applicants, will be required to attend an info session or meet with the grant coordinator before submitting a 2024 application.

For more information about the regrant program, visit www.slcartscouncil.org/grants or email Alicia Murphy, Grants and Services Manager, at grants@slcartscouncil.org.