85 00:11:35.630 --> 00:11:52.490 Tamara Liu: Okay, so thanks, everyone. Feel free to keep introducing yourself, and I'm excited to welcome everyone with a poem from Joseph Jason Santiago Lacour. The poem is in English only, so if you're in Spanish, 86 00:11:52.600 --> 00:12:04.109 Tamara Liu: you'll hear it in English. So take a deep breath and settle in, and… Enjoy Joseph Jason's poem! 87 00:12:06.950 --> 00:12:11.050 Tamara Liu: Oh, you're muted. Are you… are you able to do it now, or do you want to… 88 00:12:11.050 --> 00:12:19.580 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Yeah, I'm sorry, I get it. I'm pulling over. Now, sorry, y'all, I'm driving through LA traffic, which is, 89 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:24.940 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Which is an amazing exercise in patience, 90 00:12:25.050 --> 00:12:26.960 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: As is living in Santa Cruz. 91 00:12:30.970 --> 00:12:33.550 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Do you want to do it later, when you're not driving? 92 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.649 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Not at all. I'd like to do it right now. Thank you. 93 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:37.669 Tamara Liu: Just checking. 94 00:12:37.670 --> 00:12:38.380 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Thank you. 95 00:12:38.800 --> 00:12:40.930 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Yeah, thank you, thank you. 96 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:45.919 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Thank you. Muchas gracias. Maraming salamat. 97 00:12:45.960 --> 00:13:03.260 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Mercy. 98 00:13:03.810 --> 00:13:08.369 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: You see this poem, Is my immigrant privilege. 99 00:13:10.420 --> 00:13:13.519 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: It's my permission to be belligerent. 100 00:13:15.490 --> 00:13:24.669 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: It's my better credit score, IRA trust fund, a state passed down, black, brown, and blue-blooded audacity. This poem is my generational wealth. 101 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:27.810 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: My master's degree. 102 00:13:29.140 --> 00:13:44.429 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: My universal healthcare, my degree in history of their war, my poem for our peace. Please, this poem understands place, like how to put a person in theirs while being free to choose my own. 103 00:13:44.640 --> 00:13:47.989 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: I'm on a mission with this poem strapped across my back. 104 00:13:48.850 --> 00:13:50.080 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Sharpened. 105 00:13:50.420 --> 00:14:01.439 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Cleaned, oiled, locked, and loaded into an overseas container snuck through customs bound for slavery. Of course we're savages, having to remember how fire felt. 106 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:05.200 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: This poem is… SunTouched. 107 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:15.170 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Taught tough love, and allowed to live in sin just outside the boundaries of Fantasia, some missing part of us too hard for the heart to cultivate lightly. This poem… 108 00:14:15.930 --> 00:14:17.469 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Says, fight me. 109 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:31.750 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: It begs you to explode in solidarity. We, who grew from a seed soaked in saltwater overnight, an overripe fruit sweeter and deader than its poet could ever hope to be. This poem… 110 00:14:32.260 --> 00:14:33.770 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: It's home to me. 111 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.180 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: and you… are welcomed. 112 00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:49.469 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Yeah, thanks. That's all I wanted to do, was just contribute a little bit, and like, you know, send some love to the Arts Council, sincerely. Y'all have really, really changed my life. 113 00:14:49.630 --> 00:15:06.889 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: in the most positive of ways. I'm really, really appreciative, and you're teaching me this whole other language of art and living as an artist, so shout out to everybody who's in here trying to grow and learn and shine. Thank you, take it away. 114 00:15:07.670 --> 00:15:09.160 Tamara Liu: Thank you! 115 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:15.920 Tamara Liu: Yeah, thank you so much for offering to do that. We've never had a poem at the beginning before, and now I want to do that every time. 116 00:15:16.260 --> 00:15:28.109 Tamara Liu: So, a few more housekeeping things on Zoom. You can click the CC icon if you want captions. 117 00:15:28.330 --> 00:15:45.900 Tamara Liu: And then you can also click the arrow next to the CC icon to view the full transcript. I also wanted to give a visual description of myself. I am in my 30s with, dark brown hair that is pulled back. 118 00:15:45.900 --> 00:15:59.019 Tamara Liu: and light tanned skin, lighter than it normally is. I'm wearing a patterned sweater, clear glasses, and I have two nose piercings. 119 00:15:59.020 --> 00:16:06.259 Tamara Liu: And my Zoom background is the Watsonville Center of the Arts, where I'm here with a few other folks today. 120 00:16:06.760 --> 00:16:19.570 Tamara Liu: If you have questions as we go, please save them till the end, or if you're on Zoom, you can put them in the chat, though if there's something urgent, feel free to speak up, too. 121 00:16:20.910 --> 00:16:28.530 Tamara Liu: And… going on to the next slide, we also have a land acknowledgement to start off with. 122 00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:44.519 Tamara Liu: I enjoy honoring the land and those who originally lived here before us, so take another deep breath and just listen. The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswa-speaking Yupi tribe. 123 00:16:44.670 --> 00:17:03.700 Tamara Liu: The Amamutsen Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of Indigenous people taken to Mission Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. 124 00:17:04.550 --> 00:17:21.179 Tamara Liu: And, when I send out the slides, there's an interactive map that you can check out the native lands that you are on at any time, and I also invite you to look up the Amamutsen Tribal Band, and you can donate to them if you feel you are able and would like to do that. 125 00:17:22.670 --> 00:17:38.180 Tamara Liu: Our agenda today, we have a few topics. First, I'm going to do an overview of our Arts Council grants and what we offer. We'll talk about changes since last cycle, or last year. 126 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:59.720 Tamara Liu: The three types of grants that we have available, and then we'll dive into CREATE Grants and the different guidelines and requirements. Just a note, CREATE Grants are open to everyone except current support grantees, so if your organization has a support grant, you cannot apply for Create Grants, and you might be wasting your time, so just a heads up. 127 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.320 Tamara Liu: And then we'll talk about how to actually apply online. 128 00:18:04.320 --> 00:18:09.060 Tamara Liu: and some application support, and then we'll end with the Q&A. 129 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:14.339 Tamara Liu: Again, please try to save questions till the end, if possible. 130 00:18:16.030 --> 00:18:21.040 Tamara Liu: Okay, so first, just sharing a little bit about the Arts Council. 131 00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:28.130 Tamara Liu: Our mission is to nurture and invest in artists, culture, and the arts throughout Santa Cruz County. 132 00:18:31.010 --> 00:18:39.799 Tamara Liu: Oh wait, I had one more thing to say. We were founded back in 1979, and grantmaking was actually one of our original programs. 133 00:18:40.050 --> 00:18:53.229 Tamara Liu: This is a relatively new mission that we updated in 2022, and we had a new strategic plan at that time prioritizing equity, which will renew this upcoming year. 134 00:18:54.560 --> 00:19:03.419 Tamara Liu: Our larger vision that we're working towards, we envision a Santa Cruz County where all artists have access to the resources they need to thrive. 135 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:15.049 Tamara Liu: Where a full range of creative expression is accessible to everyone, and the arts are recognized for their essential contributions to a healthy, vibrant, and representative community. 136 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:31.259 Tamara Liu: And then we also have an equity statement. We're always trying to continuously address systemic barriers to opportunity, and we're committed to promoting equity and inclusion for all Santa Cruz County residents. 137 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:41.299 Tamara Liu: A few things we've done the last few years, we now have a majority BIPOC board, meaning primarily people of color. 138 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:54.029 Tamara Liu: BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, if you didn't know that. Our grants committee, who reviews our grants, is also majority BIPOC, with both Watsonville and Santa Cruz representation. 139 00:19:54.150 --> 00:20:10.270 Tamara Liu: We do need more folks from the Latino-Latinae community and Spanish-speaking folks, so if you are interested, please reach out. It is a volunteer role, but we do have small stipends available to help as a thank you, so… 140 00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:22.679 Tamara Liu: If you or someone else is interested, just let me know. And create and develop grants are accessible in Spanish, one of the reasons we have Oscar here interpreting for us today. 141 00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:42.689 Tamara Liu: On Zoom. And also, we've been working on just increasing the diversity of our grantees. They've become quite diverse in terms of racial equity, and we've made good progress with geographic equity, too, but we're still trying to encourage more folks from Watsonville specifically to apply. 142 00:20:42.690 --> 00:20:46.810 Tamara Liu: And Spanish-speaking folks, too. 143 00:20:48.310 --> 00:21:07.920 Tamara Liu: The other thing I'll say about equity is if there's ever something that feels inaccessible to you, please reach out, or if there's, like, an accommodation we can provide. We also have an applicant and grantee survey if you prefer to be anonymous, but we're always trying to improve, so just let us know if there's something we can do better. 144 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:23.799 Tamara Liu: And then we do have objectives for our grants program. These inform our entire program, from the different grants that we offer, to the questions that we ask in the application. So I'll read them off. 145 00:21:24.130 --> 00:21:34.070 Tamara Liu: We provide funding for artists and arts organizations in Santa Cruz County to support the creation and presentation of artistically excellent work. 146 00:21:34.070 --> 00:21:49.879 Tamara Liu: You'll see that in the application as a question. To increase the success and sustainability of artists and arts organizations, and we do that through our DEVELP grants, professional development workshops that we offer, sharing resources, and things like that. 147 00:21:49.990 --> 00:21:57.729 Tamara Liu: Engage new audience in the arts. We achieved this through our CREATE grants, since they're public presentations or events. 148 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:05.409 Tamara Liu: And also through our support grantees, who are arts organizations with different audiences and participants. 149 00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:13.350 Tamara Liu: We provide funding to expand equitable access to the arts, which is also a question on the application that you'll see. 150 00:22:13.350 --> 00:22:33.879 Tamara Liu: And finally, to increase social impact through the arts. And that last one hasn't been as much of a focus in the last few years, so it's not part of the application or review criteria right now, but we do welcome projects with the social impact focus, and may decide to add it back or update it in the future. 151 00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:38.700 Tamara Liu: Okay, so… 152 00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:53.179 Tamara Liu: just gonna pause. Who has applied for an Arts Council grant before? If you're here, you can just raise your hand. If you're on Zoom, you could raise your hand, though I can't see everyone, so you could also put it in the chat. 153 00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:59.840 Tamara Liu: Karina's applied for a grant on Zoom. Anyone here? All first time? Okay, all first time in the room. 154 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:05.620 Tamara Liu: Seeing if I can see anyone else on Zoom. 155 00:23:06.730 --> 00:23:13.929 Tamara Liu: First time… Okay, I think we have a lot of first-timers, that's awesome! 156 00:23:15.260 --> 00:23:24.600 Tamara Liu: We have been working hard to review feedback from applicants and grantees in the past. 157 00:23:24.710 --> 00:23:28.940 Tamara Liu: So that's why… Oh my goodness, sorry, hold on. 158 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.420 Tamara Liu: Sorry about that. 159 00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:40.129 Tamara Liu: I thought I put my computer on Do Not Disturb, but I guess not. 160 00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:58.369 Tamara Liu: So, we've been making changes to our grants program just to make it easier for folks to get funding, to make things more accessible, and I'm just gonna touch on some of these changes now at the beginning, so that if you have applied before, you'll know what to look out for, some of the things that we've changed since last year. 161 00:23:59.350 --> 00:24:06.590 Tamara Liu: So, now, you can apply for both a CREATE grant and a Develop Quick Grant. 162 00:24:06.970 --> 00:24:17.309 Tamara Liu: Before, when we had create grants and Develop Grants both accepted in the same one-month window, it was, like, way too much for us to review all at once. 163 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:33.580 Tamara Liu: But now DEVELOP grants are available, throughout the year from September through May, so it spreads that out a little bit, and so we're able to review both of them, so you're welcome to apply for both. Welcome! 164 00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:41.660 Tamara Liu: And then we also are now, doing some identity and residency verification. 165 00:24:41.680 --> 00:25:01.129 Tamara Liu: So you'll see that on the application now. We've seen some cases of attempted fraud recently, I think also made easier with AI tools and things like that, so we're just trying to protect artists and make sure the grant funds go to local folks. However, if 166 00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:10.440 Tamara Liu: The requirements on the application are problematic for you, for whatever reason, please just reach out, and we can talk about alternatives, especially since that's a new thing we're doing. 167 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:35.730 Tamara Liu: And, I also just wanted to highlight the pictures in the presentation today. Most of them are from folks who have gotten Create Grants in the past, so check them out and see different things folks have done. Augie got a grant to do a rotating mural wall, in Santa Cruz at LensArts, which is really cool, and you can see it if you drive by on River Street right now. 168 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:50.590 Tamara Liu: Two more changes from last year. We slightly updated the project design and planning questions on the application and criteria. We'll talk about this a little bit more. 169 00:25:50.590 --> 00:26:03.519 Tamara Liu: And then this year, we have a little bit of extra funds available. $16,000 more than we had previously, thanks to increases from Hewlett Foundation and the City of Santa Cruz, which are two of our funders. 170 00:26:03.590 --> 00:26:11.790 Tamara Liu: Along with, our other… our, funders who we typically have are Packard Foundation and the County of Santa Cruz. 171 00:26:11.790 --> 00:26:26.840 Tamara Liu: So we're really grateful for these increases this year. It is just for this year only. However, that $16K is for CREATE grants specifically, so in total, we have actually over $56,000 this year. 172 00:26:26.870 --> 00:26:34.850 Tamara Liu: And the $16,000 for Create Grants will cover about 6 to 7 additional grants, so we're really excited about that. 173 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:46.349 Tamara Liu: And then in the photo here, our grantee, Becky Olbera-Schultz, hosted a Native art show and market recently. 174 00:26:49.160 --> 00:27:04.940 Tamara Liu: Okay, so we'll take another pause, and I'd love to know how you heard about today's grants orientation, especially if you're a first-time person. So, if you can enter that in the chat if you're on Zoom, and then we'll go around the room quickly here and just share how you heard about it. 175 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:13.270 Tamara Liu: Hi, I'm Nikki Patterson. My day job is with the Community Health Trust of Blackhaw Valley. 176 00:27:13.330 --> 00:27:26.549 Tamara Liu: But I also, serve on the Santa Cruz City Arts Commission, so, I learned about it there, and then also through the newsletter, and, yeah, worked closely. 177 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:35.499 Tamara Liu: Yeah, we did some intros at the beginning, sorry you missed it, but thanks for introducing yourself. Yeah, it feels… 178 00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:40.950 Tamara Liu: Oh, yay! Thank you! 179 00:27:42.410 --> 00:27:43.300 Tamara Liu: Better. 180 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:57.689 Tamara Liu: Nice. Awesome! Yay! And then, so far in the chat, we have Arts Council newsletter and Instagram. 181 00:27:57.860 --> 00:28:01.289 Tamara Liu: And then, just searches online… 182 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:18.190 Tamara Liu: Roy says, Tamara and Jim told us to apply. Yes, word of mouth is a great one. Okay, thank you all. You can keep putting things in the chat if you'd like. It's really helpful for us to know how we're… how we're reaching people. 183 00:28:20.370 --> 00:28:28.379 Tamara Liu: Okay, so the three types of grants that we have available now, I'll just go over quickly, and then we'll focus on the CREATE grants. 184 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:35.180 Tamara Liu: So support grants are not available at the moment, but they're usually open in the fall. 185 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:48.800 Tamara Liu: These are for arts organizations only, so if you're an arts organization, you can keep an eye out for these opening probably in September. It depends on our board meeting schedule, so we don't have the exact dates yet, but it'll probably be September. 186 00:28:49.480 --> 00:29:03.270 Tamara Liu: And then if you do… if you're an org… if you're an arts organization who applies for a CREATE grant this year, you'll have to just finish that CREATE grant project before the end of this year, end of 2026, in order… if you're going to also do a support grant. 187 00:29:06.970 --> 00:29:21.759 Tamara Liu: We also have DEVELOP grants. These are funding up to $1,000 for professional development. Professional development means activities that either improve your artistic skills or your business and professional capacity. 188 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:36.189 Tamara Liu: So that could include attending a class or a conference, hiring a consultant, maybe purchasing software or equipment, getting social media or marketing support, updating a website. 189 00:29:36.190 --> 00:29:48.840 Tamara Liu: Even marketing materials, if you're doing something specific, like an arts event or a film festival, and you need some marketing materials, so any of those things could fall under our very broad definition of professional development. 190 00:29:48.850 --> 00:29:56.399 Tamara Liu: And these are open to both individual artists and arts organizations, but not other non-arts organizations. 191 00:29:57.830 --> 00:30:09.650 Tamara Liu: And these have been open since September, and they'll stay open till May 26th, so you still have a little bit of time to apply this year, and then they'll close for the summer. And we review and award them every month. 192 00:30:10.510 --> 00:30:20.290 Tamara Liu: So we're doing a kind of quick grant approach this year, and I think it's going well, so I'm really hoping we're gonna… we're planning to continue it next year, I think. We're… we haven't finalized it yet, but yeah. 193 00:30:20.670 --> 00:30:32.930 Tamara Liu: So that's pretty much all I'm going to share about DevelopGrants during this presentation, but there is a video recording online of the orientation we did for that, if you're interested, so check out our website, if so. 194 00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:44.520 Tamara Liu: Videotaping performances, John. Let me… I'll… I'll answer that at the end, maybe. Let me think about that a little bit. 195 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:58.750 Tamara Liu: Okay, and then CREATE Grants are what we're going to talk about today. These are funding up to $3,000 for arts or cultural projects open to the public in Santa Cruz County. 196 00:30:58.830 --> 00:31:08.109 Tamara Liu: They're open to individuals and organizations, and that includes non-arts organizations, as long as you're working in collaboration with an artist. 197 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:17.470 Tamara Liu: They're only accepted once per year, so that's right now. And, they have to be open to the public, so… 198 00:31:17.470 --> 00:31:41.279 Tamara Liu: That could be a performance or an exhibition, or it could even be offering workshops or classes. The photo here, artist Dana de Ora offered dance and percussion workshops with ILE IA, so that's one example. It could also even be a virtual presentation or exhibition, as long as it's being promoted within Santa Cruz County, and it's open to everyone. 199 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:46.020 Tamara Liu: So, we'll dive into more details about that shortly. 200 00:31:47.700 --> 00:32:03.810 Tamara Liu: Before we do, I said individual and organization a couple times, so I just wanted to share our definition of what an organization is. So, for grants, our grants, organization means you are either a non-profit, a 501c3, 201 00:32:03.810 --> 00:32:13.650 Tamara Liu: Or you have a fiscal sponsor. And a fiscal sponsor is a legal relationship where you're under the umbrella of another organization's nonprofit status. 202 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:38.159 Tamara Liu: So, if you are part of a group that doesn't meet that requirement, like maybe a for-profit business, or a collective that's unincorporated, or something like that, then someone needs to apply as an individual applicant instead, which means the grant will be paid to that person, and the grant will be considered taxable income to that person as well. 203 00:32:38.490 --> 00:32:44.120 Tamara Liu: We do send out 1099s, for our grants for individuals. 204 00:32:44.340 --> 00:33:07.909 Tamara Liu: However, I can't provide tax or legal advice, have to serve this. So please consult your tax advisor. However, you might not end up paying tax on it unless you're, like, paying yourself with some of the grant funds and actually getting income from it. So don't let that stop you from applying, and if you have concerns about that, just let me know and we can talk about it more. 205 00:33:11.050 --> 00:33:21.780 Tamara Liu: Okay, so here is my very ugly grants timeline example that I made. I am not a graphic designer, I'm so sorry. 206 00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:32.989 Tamara Liu: But I wanted to give just, like, a visual representation of how our different grants go throughout the year. So, as I mentioned, we had support grants in September. Those are the ones for organizations. 207 00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:51.530 Tamara Liu: And then those were awarded in early December. The star is when the grants are awarded. We have our Develop Quick Grants open this whole year through the end of May, and awarded… the awards are at the end of February, end of March, end of April, end of May, and then end of June. 208 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:58.150 Tamara Liu: And then, Create Grants right now! They're open now, and they're due April 1st at 5pm. 209 00:33:59.060 --> 00:34:09.629 Tamara Liu: And then they'll be awarded at the end of May. Oh yeah, I have a Spanish version of this slide, too, so let me just switch to that while I… 210 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:13.829 Tamara Liu: keep talking so that… to give folks a chance to see it in Spanish. 211 00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:25.069 Tamara Liu: So this year, we have about 6 weeks for our CREATE grants. It's longer, we used to just do 4, so you have a little extra time to work on your application. 212 00:34:25.330 --> 00:34:38.360 Tamara Liu: And the reason that they're awarded at the end of May is because of our board meeting schedule. I'll talk about that in a little bit, but the whole timeline is based around our board meeting, since the board approves the grants. 213 00:34:39.469 --> 00:34:42.830 Tamara Liu: And then the other thing I wanted to point out is that 214 00:34:42.830 --> 00:35:00.509 Tamara Liu: This Create Grant application period does also overlap with our Open Studios application period, so if you're going to be applying for both, I suggest you do Create Grants first, and then you'll have a little time once Create Grants close to work on… to finish up your Open Studios 215 00:35:00.510 --> 00:35:01.580 Tamara Liu: application. 216 00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:09.760 Tamara Liu: And, Open Studios also gets announced around the same time, so you're gonna get both decisions, 217 00:35:10.010 --> 00:35:13.389 Tamara Liu: right within a few days. Just a heads up. 218 00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:15.450 Tamara Liu: Okay. 219 00:35:16.590 --> 00:35:19.039 Tamara Liu: I will move on now. 220 00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:24.919 Tamara Liu: Oh, stretch bake. Let's take 2 seconds to stretch! Yes! 221 00:35:25.150 --> 00:35:27.109 Tamara Liu: That's a minor. 222 00:35:27.770 --> 00:35:36.659 Tamara Liu: It's only been half an hour, but I've been sitting for a while, so… Also, at any time, feel free to stand up and move around. We're not strict here. 223 00:35:36.890 --> 00:35:41.150 Tamara Liu: And if you missed it in the beginning, there is a bathroom by the entrance here at the center. 224 00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:46.519 Tamara Liu: Okay, ugh. 225 00:35:47.410 --> 00:35:51.989 Tamara Liu: Okay, so now we're gonna dive into all the details for Create Grants. 226 00:35:52.220 --> 00:36:00.700 Tamara Liu: Again, these are open to both individual artists and organizations. They are restricted for a specific project open to the public. 227 00:36:01.210 --> 00:36:19.490 Tamara Liu: And oh, the other thing I want to mention is that we do have a page on our website with recent grantees. It's called our Current Grantees webpage, so you can always go check that out for ideas of what people have gotten funded for. Though I will say for Create Grants, it changes a lot, because there's just so many ideas and things people do. 228 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:33.000 Tamara Liu: Key dates, Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m, I'm on Zoom, so if you have questions, there's a Zoom link on our website, feel free to drop in any time during that window. 229 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:47.199 Tamara Liu: April 1st again, 5pm is the application deadline. 5 p.m. is a hard deadline. Please do not miss it. Plan to apply well ahead of that time. 230 00:36:47.630 --> 00:36:55.940 Tamara Liu: And then, April and May is the review period. Again, May 29th is we send out the decisions. 231 00:36:56.130 --> 00:37:02.070 Tamara Liu: And then June is when we send out all the grant agreements and payments. 232 00:37:02.350 --> 00:37:13.750 Tamara Liu: The grant period is when all your funded activities or expenses have to take place, and that's about one year after you get the grant, once you receive the grant agreement. 233 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:33.269 Tamara Liu: So basically June through a year from then, though it can be a little flexible at the end if you need. And is there a reporting timeframe? Yes, there is a final report that's due once you complete the project, which I'll talk about a little bit more later. Yeah. 234 00:37:35.370 --> 00:37:44.029 Tamara Liu: June 2026 through June 2027. Yes, sorry, the years are wrong on the slides. 235 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:48.509 Tamara Liu: Yes. Thank you. 236 00:37:50.690 --> 00:37:58.839 Tamara Liu: Okay, so create grants fund up to $3,000 total. 237 00:37:59.130 --> 00:38:04.730 Tamara Liu: However, we also have a first-time applicant pool for those who have never applied before. 238 00:38:05.150 --> 00:38:20.430 Tamara Liu: It's optional, but it's… it only includes other first-timers, and it's evaluated separately, so it's a little higher chance of receiving an award, maybe, since you don't compete with the other returning applicants. 239 00:38:20.430 --> 00:38:27.059 Tamara Liu: So definitely encourage you to apply for that if you're first time. However, the maximum for that is $1,000, so it's a smaller grant. 240 00:38:27.910 --> 00:38:37.109 Tamara Liu: Our CREATE grant program is pretty competitive, usually 25-30% of applications get funded. 241 00:38:37.390 --> 00:38:41.449 Tamara Liu: And then we do offer partial funding, 242 00:38:41.550 --> 00:38:44.959 Tamara Liu: As low as 70% of the request. 243 00:38:45.070 --> 00:38:50.300 Tamara Liu: Usually, a handful of applicants get full funding, and then the rest get partial funding. 244 00:38:50.670 --> 00:39:03.340 Tamara Liu: And the other thing I'll say is that you've got… if you've gotten grants consistently before, it doesn't guarantee you to get a grant again. So, it's all based on the review process. 245 00:39:03.410 --> 00:39:15.510 Tamara Liu: And then, if you don't get the grant, please request copies of your scores and comments. We offer that afterward, and we encourage you to come back, because sometimes it just takes a time or two. 246 00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:23.240 Tamara Liu: And it always depends on what other applications we get, too, so… Try not to get discouraged. 247 00:39:26.010 --> 00:39:38.440 Tamara Liu: All right, so now we're gonna go over the eligibility requirements. These are boring, but important, so you don't waste your time if you're not eligible. 248 00:39:39.090 --> 00:39:42.959 Tamara Liu: This is who is able to apply, and what you can apply for. 249 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:54.219 Tamara Liu: So, if you're an individual artist, you have to live in Santa Cruz County, and if you're an organization, you have to be primarily based in Santa Cruz County. 250 00:39:54.690 --> 00:40:06.210 Tamara Liu: the project itself that you're applying for has to be open to the public and take… also take place in Santa Cruz County. Or, like I said, if it's virtual, promote it with it and open to Santa Cruz County folks. 251 00:40:06.850 --> 00:40:13.219 Tamara Liu: And the reason for this is most of our funding comes from local government sources, like I mentioned, so… yeah. 252 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:23.839 Tamara Liu: If you're a current support grantee, you cannot apply for a CREATE grant, but you can apply for a DEVELOP grant that I mentioned earlier, so check those out. 253 00:40:24.730 --> 00:40:38.279 Tamara Liu: You have to complete your final reports for previous grants, so if you had a CREATE grant before, you have to complete that final report before your new CREATE grant can be awarded. 254 00:40:38.990 --> 00:40:47.260 Tamara Liu: If you have an overdue final report for a different grant, like developed grant or support grant, that also must be completed. 255 00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:50.140 Tamara Liu: before the new CREATE grant is awarded. 256 00:40:50.510 --> 00:41:05.250 Tamara Liu: However, if you have a current and developed quick grant, and the final report isn't due yet, you can still apply, because we're allowing people to do both now. So, as long as it's not overdue. 257 00:41:07.070 --> 00:41:26.780 Tamara Liu: What else? Oh, tannery art installations. So, if you want to do a public art installation at the tannery, or an event on the tannery campus, please contact me before applying, because there's an approval process for that. So, we just want to make sure you follow that before you apply for a grant. 258 00:41:27.530 --> 00:41:31.660 Tamara Liu: That does not include events that are taking place in the tannery Studios. 259 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:51.069 Tamara Liu: And then also, if you're doing any sort of public art project, like a mural, or a sculpture, or an installation, just make sure you're following the local city or county laws, to display public work, or you talk to the owner of the building, or whatever it is that you need to have permission to do that. 260 00:41:55.270 --> 00:42:00.650 Tamara Liu: And then a few restrictions about things our CREATE grants do not fund. 261 00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:07.120 Tamara Liu: So any activities or expenses that took place before the grants are awarded. 262 00:42:07.210 --> 00:42:22.330 Tamara Liu: You can start working on the project before you get the grant, or it can be, like, a project that's in progress, but the grant funds just can't be used for any of the things that have already happened. So you can only use the funds after you get the grant. 263 00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:36.739 Tamara Liu: The projects… if there's projects that aren't advertised or open to the public, those are not allowed. We do not fund, for-profit organizations. Like I said, someone could apply as an individual, potentially. 264 00:42:37.100 --> 00:42:55.690 Tamara Liu: We do not fund universities or colleges, school programs, culinary arts or healing arts projects, university… oh, university's on there twice. Fundraising or benefit events, capital improvements, construction or renovation projects. 265 00:42:55.840 --> 00:43:03.820 Tamara Liu: And then the last line is probably less common, but the one thing I will say is that 266 00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:13.529 Tamara Liu: it's okay for art to be political, I see political advocacy on there. This is more about, like, lobbying and things like that, so if you have questions about that, contact me. 267 00:43:15.220 --> 00:43:23.040 Tamara Liu: Art is often political, so we are okay with that. Okay. 268 00:43:23.270 --> 00:43:31.840 Tamara Liu: And then our review process, we have a grants committee who reviews applications along with myself. 269 00:43:32.040 --> 00:43:39.080 Tamara Liu: And the Grants Committee is majority BIPOC community volunteers with diverse arts backgrounds. 270 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:45.280 Tamara Liu: First, we take about a month to read and score the applications. 271 00:43:45.510 --> 00:43:56.990 Tamara Liu: Then we meet to discuss the scores and comments, and come up with a set of funding recommendations, and then those get sent to our board for final approval. 272 00:44:00.690 --> 00:44:14.260 Tamara Liu: We have 3 review criteria for Create Grants. I'm gonna go over these now, and then later I'll screen share and show you where you can find the guidelines on our website. The guidelines have all of this information and more! 273 00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:21.779 Tamara Liu: So each of the three review criteria for CREATE Grants are worth the same number of points. 274 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:31.419 Tamara Liu: These are pretty much the same as prior years, but just slight updates for some of the language for the project design and planning one, which I'll talk about. 275 00:44:35.490 --> 00:44:36.530 Tamara Liu: Let's see… 276 00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:50.180 Tamara Liu: So the first one, project design and planning. These are the questions that will be scored, and each one will be scored on a scale of 1 to 4. 277 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:59.510 Tamara Liu: With 1 being, does not meet the criteria, and then 4 being meets the criteria to the highest degree, I think. 278 00:45:00.830 --> 00:45:11.529 Tamara Liu: So the first one is, is a clear vision for the project communicated? That's the same as last year, and in the application, you'll be asked to write about the vision for your project. 279 00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:26.640 Tamara Liu: Are plans described for key aspects for the project? This could include key personnel, venues, permits, funding, partnerships, etc. That's also the same as last year. You'll also be asked that in the application. 280 00:45:27.890 --> 00:45:35.379 Tamara Liu: Does the applicant identify their intended audience and have appropriate marketing or outreach plans in place? 281 00:45:35.890 --> 00:45:53.969 Tamara Liu: This is pretty similar to last year, but we tweaked it and added the identify, or intended audience. Last year, I think it just said, does the applicant share appropriate marketing or outreach plans to reach the intended audience? So now we're saying specify who that audience is. 282 00:45:54.250 --> 00:46:01.999 Tamara Liu: Does the applicant identify the biggest potential challenges for the project, as well as appropriate strategies to address them? 283 00:46:02.250 --> 00:46:19.019 Tamara Liu: This has always been a question on the application, but in the review process, it used to be phrased, like, does the applicant have capacity to complete the project, or something like that? So we just kind of changed it to match what's actually in the applications. 284 00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:32.190 Tamara Liu: Is the project timeline well thought out and achievable? You'll have to provide a very brief timeline in the application. I suggest doing it by month. There's a brief example on there, like. 285 00:46:32.330 --> 00:46:40.310 Tamara Liu: like, June, book artists and venue. July, start marketing. Something like that, very brief. 286 00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:46.680 Tamara Liu: You'll have to provide a project budget, and we'll look to see whether that's realistic and complete. 287 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:50.560 Tamara Liu: And whether it aligns with what you wrote about the project. 288 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:58.300 Tamara Liu: So that's another thing I suggest, is just comparing your budget to what you wrote, and making sure it all matches up. 289 00:46:58.740 --> 00:47:12.010 Tamara Liu: And then support materials, which include a bio or resume, work samples, and possibly other supporting documents, and we look at whether those also strengthen the case for your project. 290 00:47:13.890 --> 00:47:21.570 Tamara Liu: So, that's a lot of different things for this criteria, but again, it's worth the same as the next two criteria slides. 291 00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:26.060 Tamara Liu: So the next one is equity and accessibility. 292 00:47:27.040 --> 00:47:38.199 Tamara Liu: And in the application, you'll be asked to write about, what equity means to you. So, what does equity mean to you? We're just looking for a basic understanding. 293 00:47:38.350 --> 00:47:39.080 Hermelinda: Hello. 294 00:47:39.080 --> 00:47:52.780 Tamara Liu: And then, for your project, we want to see how you're improving representation or access to the arts through your project. And that could be for artists, audience members, or participants. 295 00:47:53.390 --> 00:47:59.789 Tamara Liu: And we want you to be really specific about who you're trying to improve access or representation for. 296 00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:13.170 Tamara Liu: So, we have a list of different types of communities that might not have access or representation, or might need improved access or representation. So, we're looking for a specific way that your project tries to 297 00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:17.320 Tamara Liu: do one of those things. And there's a lot of different examples of that. 298 00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:36.160 Tamara Liu: We used to have example responses to this question on our website, and I just noticed that it's not up there anymore, so I will get it added back, and then you can see some applications in the past that have gotten good scores on this criteria, if you just need some ideas. 299 00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:44.840 Tamara Liu: Let's see… Okay, and then finally, artistic excellence. 300 00:48:45.240 --> 00:48:52.189 Tamara Liu: In the application, you'll be asked to provide a definition of artistic excellence, like what it means to you. 301 00:48:53.050 --> 00:49:10.980 Tamara Liu: We know artistic excellence means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, so there's not really a wrong answer for that, it just needs to be clearly communicated. And then also looking at whether your project aligns with what you think artistic excellence is, and whether the work samples align with that. 302 00:49:12.060 --> 00:49:26.770 Tamara Liu: And yeah, artistic excellence has been a requirement from some of our funders in the past, so that's also why we've kept it in, but we also just like to know what artistic excellence means to everyone. A very interesting question. 303 00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:33.919 Tamara Liu: Okay, so those are the three main ways that we score your application. 304 00:49:34.110 --> 00:49:35.860 Hermelinda: We also… 305 00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:50.760 Tamara Liu: have some other considerations that we look at during the review meeting. We look at the different artistic disciplines and the different geographies of applicants. We do not look at applicants 306 00:49:50.760 --> 00:50:04.259 Tamara Liu: race, or gender, or anything like that. There is a demographic section on the application, but that's not visible to reviewers at all. It's just for our own tracking and reporting purposes, so… 307 00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:13.160 Hermelinda: If you can complete that, it's very helpful for us to know who's applying and where our grants are going, but it's not going to be part of the review process. 308 00:50:13.790 --> 00:50:19.679 Tamara Liu: However, we do use this tool called the Healthy Places Index to try to 309 00:50:20.030 --> 00:50:31.810 Tamara Liu: have an additional consideration for applicants that might be from neighborhoods who… that are under-resourced. And I'll just quickly share a little bit about this with you. 310 00:50:31.810 --> 00:50:56.730 Tamara Liu: HPI maps out 23 different aspects of health outcomes, like education, job opportunities, clean air and water, and it gives the different parts of the community kind of, like, a score and all those different areas. So, this is a map of Santa Cruz County that we use. Green is supposed to be the more resourced areas, and then 311 00:50:56.730 --> 00:50:59.710 Tamara Liu: Blue is supposed to be the less resourced areas. 312 00:51:00.700 --> 00:51:15.769 Tamara Liu: And so sometimes… so we kind of, like, look at which area the application falls in, and if it's an application that we are kind of on the fence about, we might give more consideration to it if it's from an under-resourced area. 313 00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:34.250 Tamara Liu: So that's kind of how we do use that. It's definitely not the only way we make decisions. We make tons of grants to folks in the green areas, too, and the scoring rubric that we just went over is the main way that we try to make decisions, but this is just another tool in our toolbox. 314 00:51:36.930 --> 00:51:39.519 Tamara Liu: Is this a reflection of a certain time frame? 315 00:51:40.140 --> 00:51:58.949 Tamara Liu: That is a good question. There is a link to this in the presentations. I invite you to look at it. I know they update it pretty frequently, but I'm not sure how often they update it, because I… which is something I should inquire about, because I know there's been data… changes in access to data recently. 316 00:52:00.890 --> 00:52:07.309 Tamara Liu: But yeah, we found out about this, the California Arts Council was originally the one who started using it, so… yeah. 317 00:52:09.340 --> 00:52:12.169 Tamara Liu: Okay, oh, let me go back to the presentation now. 318 00:52:12.810 --> 00:52:32.970 Tamara Liu: Okay, a few more restrictions. As I mentioned before, grant funds have to be used within one year after the grant is awarded. However, we do give extensions if you need it. Just let us know once you get the grant if you need to make any changes, like an extension or any other big changes to what you're doing with the funds. 319 00:52:33.290 --> 00:52:44.049 Tamara Liu: You can't give the funds to other organizations or individuals, or the grant, I guess. You can pay individuals with the grant, you can't transfer it. 320 00:52:46.230 --> 00:52:54.989 Tamara Liu: And then, if you can't use the funds for whatever reason, we do have to ask them to be returned, or if you… 321 00:52:54.990 --> 00:53:06.279 Tamara Liu: don't use them the way you said you were going to. I mean, usually that's why we say contact us, we'll work with you to figure something out. We know sometimes things change. 322 00:53:06.420 --> 00:53:09.370 Tamara Liu: We really don't want to have to ask for the funds back. 323 00:53:13.830 --> 00:53:22.570 Tamara Liu: As a grantee, there are a few requirements. You'll have to complete a grant agreement and a W-9 form. 324 00:53:23.110 --> 00:53:29.090 Tamara Liu: We also ask that you recognize the Arts Council in your promotional materials for the project. 325 00:53:29.490 --> 00:53:43.769 Tamara Liu: That could include just, like, putting our logo on a flyer, or making a social media post. Doesn't have to be anything crazy, but we really appreciate when you do, and when you do, we can also help share a lot of times. 326 00:53:43.770 --> 00:53:56.990 Tamara Liu: We can't necessarily commit to promoting your project, but we do love to share projects when we can, and when it fits in with things, and it makes it a lot easier when our logo's there, when the acknowledgement is there. 327 00:53:58.330 --> 00:54:11.930 Tamara Liu: You also should retain financial records, so that means keep your receipts or invoices, or bills for the project, and we will ask you to submit those in the final report for the CREATE grant. 328 00:54:12.130 --> 00:54:20.819 Tamara Liu: If you do end up losing things, you can also just list them out or document them in other ways, but it's best if you have the original receipts. 329 00:54:21.970 --> 00:54:27.520 Tamara Liu: The final report also includes some written responses. 330 00:54:27.670 --> 00:54:45.780 Tamara Liu: Very brief, just about kind of highlights and challenges from the project, and then work samples, which is, like, photos or videos from your project. We really love to see those, they're great for social media and stuff, too. We can sometimes share them out and do, like, a little spotlight. 331 00:54:45.910 --> 00:54:54.959 Tamara Liu: Oh, and then the other thing the final report asks is for the number of audience or participants for your project, and it can be an estimate, but… 332 00:54:56.000 --> 00:55:01.919 Tamara Liu: So it's a pretty brief final report, and it's due about 30 days after your project ends. 333 00:55:02.070 --> 00:55:11.110 Tamara Liu: So, in your application, you'll enter an end date, and it'll automatically be due 30 days after that if you get the grant. But we can always change that later if we need to. 334 00:55:14.550 --> 00:55:20.439 Tamara Liu: Okay, so, time check. Okay, we're not doing too bad on time. 335 00:55:20.640 --> 00:55:38.120 Tamara Liu: So, pop quiz, what's one thing you learned about Create Grants so far? If you can put it in the chat, people on Zoom, one thing you learned about Create Grants, and it can be anything. 336 00:55:38.420 --> 00:55:41.280 Tamara Liu: Anyone in the room want to share something? 337 00:55:44.020 --> 00:55:48.480 Tamara Liu: Here's a first-time applicant pool. First-time applicant pool, yes. 338 00:55:49.870 --> 00:55:52.649 Hermelinda: With a smaller grant size, yes. 339 00:55:55.490 --> 00:56:11.840 Tamara Liu: I really appreciate how you allow access to, the application post the award process, just to keep the learning from that. Yeah! Feedback. The feedback, yeah, yeah, that's really… 340 00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:16.820 Hermelinda: important. I think it helps understand the process more, too. 341 00:56:16.820 --> 00:56:22.640 Tamara Liu: you know, no process is perfect either, so the more we can be transparent, I feel like the more it helps people. 342 00:56:23.560 --> 00:56:24.980 Tamara Liu: apply. 343 00:56:26.350 --> 00:56:35.809 Tamara Liu: Karina on Zoom said she can apply to create grants and apply to the professional development grants. Yeah, the develop quick grants, yes. 344 00:56:37.640 --> 00:56:46.019 Tamara Liu: Roy says, deadline is April 1st. Yes. Which is April Fool's Day, but not a joke, that is the deadline. 345 00:56:47.230 --> 00:56:54.899 Tamara Liu: Someone said, support grants will be available in September. Yes. Oh, Amy. Thank you, Amy. 346 00:56:56.720 --> 00:56:57.800 Tamara Liu: Okay. 347 00:56:58.380 --> 00:57:05.120 Tamara Liu: We'll move on now to how to apply. So this is how to actually complete the online application. 348 00:57:05.580 --> 00:57:11.289 Tamara Liu: We have an online form in our grants portal, which I'll show you how to access in a minute. 349 00:57:11.500 --> 00:57:20.460 Tamara Liu: We do have guidelines posted on our website. We pretty much went over everything in them today, but I recommend you download them again and look over them. 350 00:57:20.520 --> 00:57:33.869 Tamara Liu: We also have a list of the application questions on our website as a Microsoft Word document, so if you want to use that to work on your responses, and then you have to copy and paste them into the online form. 351 00:57:37.730 --> 00:57:46.119 Tamara Liu: So this is a direct link to our grants portal that you can get through the slides, but it's also very easily accessible on our website. 352 00:57:49.630 --> 00:57:56.720 Tamara Liu: And when you click that, or when you click through on our website, you will get to a page that looks like this. 353 00:57:57.340 --> 00:58:00.289 Tamara Liu: So this is what the logon page looks like. 354 00:58:00.800 --> 00:58:10.180 Tamara Liu: And… oh, before I actually log on, though, I wanted to show you how to get there on our website. So, going back to the next slide… 355 00:58:11.540 --> 00:58:21.770 Tamara Liu: This is a screenshot of our website. The easiest way to get there is artscouncilsv.org slash grants. 356 00:58:22.220 --> 00:58:32.780 Tamara Liu: Or if you're on our website, it's… you go to opportunities and resources on the top, and then Grants. Apply for a grant. 357 00:58:33.130 --> 00:58:38.859 Tamara Liu: And this is kind of the main landing page. There is a link to the grants portal right up here. 358 00:58:40.040 --> 00:58:43.940 Tamara Liu: And then there's a quick summary of our different plants at the top. 359 00:58:45.240 --> 00:59:04.819 Tamara Liu: And as you keep scrolling down, you'll see each grant, a very short summary, and then you'll click on Learn More in order to get to all the details for that grant. So we have Create Grants, Develop Quick Grants, and then Support Grants, the information up there is from last year, but if you're curious, feel free to check it out. 360 00:59:05.300 --> 00:59:11.649 Tamara Liu: And if you keep scrolling, there's a bunch of FAQ, which might be helpful. 361 00:59:12.340 --> 00:59:16.140 Tamara Liu: Oh. 362 00:59:18.520 --> 00:59:37.489 Tamara Liu: No. I was like, maybe the equity and accessibility responses are here, but no, I think I still need to add them back. Some information about the grants portal, eligibility questions, budget questions, all sorts of stuff. And at the very bottom, there's another link to the grants portal. 363 00:59:37.600 --> 00:59:42.020 Tamara Liu: And the link to see our recent grantees, so that's how you can get there. 364 00:59:42.510 --> 00:59:48.710 Tamara Liu: Okay, so scrolling back up to create grants, because that's what we're talking about today… 365 00:59:49.380 --> 01:00:02.440 Tamara Liu: Again, there's a link to the grants portal here. Oh, if you need Spanish at any time, you can click on this globe icon up here, and then it will just switch into the Spanish version of everything. 366 01:00:07.140 --> 01:00:09.820 Hermelinda: Grant portal link. 367 01:00:09.820 --> 01:00:25.630 Tamara Liu: marketing toolkit is also linked here. It's like a PDF that includes all this basic information about our grants, so if you ever wanted to share that information, feel free to use it. Or if you wanted to, like, print it out and put it on your wall or something. 368 01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:29.509 Tamara Liu: Here's the guidelines that you can download. 369 01:00:30.290 --> 01:00:44.279 Tamara Liu: After today, we will post the orientation video recording here, and I will send out an email once it's ready. It'll probably be, actually, it'll probably be Tuesday, since Monday's a holiday. 370 01:00:44.810 --> 01:00:48.739 Tamara Liu: We'll also post the slides from today here. 371 01:00:48.970 --> 01:00:53.700 Tamara Liu: And then this is that Microsoft Word doc where you can look at the list of application questions. 372 01:00:55.340 --> 01:01:06.029 Tamara Liu: There's a key date section, which you can always check for the timeline of when you find out about grants. It also has the link to the office hours. 373 01:01:07.250 --> 01:01:12.299 Tamara Liu: And the application deadline, and all of that. 374 01:01:13.800 --> 01:01:21.320 Tamara Liu: And this, at the bottom, is where we used to have the FAQ for Create Grants, so I will get that added back soon. 375 01:01:22.970 --> 01:01:29.039 Tamara Liu: Okay, so when you actually go to apply for the grant, you'll go to the grants portal. 376 01:01:29.390 --> 01:01:32.620 Tamara Liu: And like I said, it'll open this logon page. 377 01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:42.200 Tamara Liu: If you have an account already, you can use the Forgot Your Password option if you need to. 378 01:01:42.280 --> 01:01:50.150 Tamara Liu: If you're not sure if you have an account, you can also ask, and I can look up for you, like, if you have multiple email addresses. 379 01:01:50.230 --> 01:02:04.320 Tamara Liu: You can't figure it out. Or if you're with an organization, we also ask that don't create a new account for your organization, because then we end up with, like, 5 different organizations that are the same one. 380 01:02:04.320 --> 01:02:13.110 Tamara Liu: So, just let me know, and I can actually just create your own user profile, like, within the existing organization, but I have to do it on my end, so… 381 01:02:13.130 --> 01:02:16.100 Tamara Liu: Contact me if you are with an organization. 382 01:02:16.330 --> 01:02:23.500 Tamara Liu: Alright, so I'm gonna log on now. Actually… 383 01:02:23.680 --> 01:02:26.670 Tamara Liu: I'm gonna use this other account, which is… 384 01:02:27.710 --> 01:02:29.730 Tamara Liu: Okay, it's not gonna let me do that right now. 385 01:02:30.500 --> 01:02:35.429 Tamara Liu: So, as… this is the backend. It doesn't look like that for you. 386 01:02:35.700 --> 01:02:53.569 Tamara Liu: It will look like this. This is new format, so if you've applied for grants before, this might look a little different than what you're used to. They just kind of updated what the website looks like. If you have final reports, they will be in this section, if they're due. 387 01:02:53.600 --> 01:02:56.729 Tamara Liu: Or they might be in this section if they're done, completed. 388 01:02:58.520 --> 01:03:05.700 Tamara Liu: And to apply for a grant, you're gonna click Apply up here in the top menu bar. 389 01:03:07.340 --> 01:03:10.729 Tamara Liu: And then you'll see the different grants that are available right now. 390 01:03:11.190 --> 01:03:29.439 Tamara Liu: We do have English and Spanish versions. Be careful if you have a browser that translates things automatically, that you pick the right one. We have warnings on all of them, that this is the English one, this is the Spanish one, but just try to pay attention to that. 391 01:03:29.440 --> 01:03:37.100 Tamara Liu: And then you'll click… if you click preview, it'll show you the application questions, or you can just click Apply to start the application. 392 01:03:38.230 --> 01:03:50.430 Tamara Liu: If you've applied before for this grant, you can actually copy your previous answers, which is a really useful tool so that you don't have to copy and paste everything on your own. 393 01:03:51.140 --> 01:03:57.510 Tamara Liu: So if you're applying for, like, the same thing again, or a very similar thing, you could just use that button. 394 01:03:58.830 --> 01:04:11.810 Tamara Liu: And as you scroll down, there's an introduction section with some tips and instructions. You can collapse all the sections to skip around. 395 01:04:12.880 --> 01:04:18.900 Tamara Liu: There's information about you as an applicant, 396 01:04:20.020 --> 01:04:22.789 Tamara Liu: If you are an individual applicant. 397 01:04:23.060 --> 01:04:28.360 Tamara Liu: the identity and residency verification section will pop up. 398 01:04:28.870 --> 01:04:34.830 Tamara Liu: And then, if you're a first-time applicant, the first-time applicant pool option will pop up. 399 01:04:36.650 --> 01:04:45.720 Tamara Liu: You'll have to enter some details about your project. It looks like a lot, but it's not that hard, I promise. 400 01:04:45.960 --> 01:04:54.540 Tamara Liu: And then, finally, the narrative is the written responses, where that's the part that's actually going to be scored on in the review process. 401 01:04:55.920 --> 01:05:00.429 Tamara Liu: We have the budget section. 402 01:05:01.790 --> 01:05:09.279 Tamara Liu: And then support material, which could include your website, it could include uploads, like, 403 01:05:09.340 --> 01:05:27.110 Tamara Liu: images or PDFs. However, if it's a video, it needs to be a link, so add it to YouTube or something like that, and then put the link down here in the link section. And just make sure it's publicly accessible, 404 01:05:27.320 --> 01:05:44.089 Tamara Liu: don't make it, like, private with a password, because a lot of times that doesn't work for whatever reason. I think there's an option on YouTube, I can't remember what it's called right now, where you can make it viewable as long as you have the link, like, that's a good option, but it's not, like, public-public. 405 01:05:48.190 --> 01:06:04.060 Tamara Liu: Yeah, go ahead and shoot this in, okay. As far as the budget, is there a format or template that you prefer people submit a budget? No format… so we… you have to put it into these two boxes, so income. 406 01:06:04.080 --> 01:06:08.919 Tamara Liu: You just list it out, and then expenses, just list out expenses. 407 01:06:09.150 --> 01:06:28.540 Tamara Liu: We do allow the income to be greater than expenses to give you, like, a little bit of a buffer, but it should not be less than. You need to have enough income to cover all your expenses. And it can be pending income. We do ask that you label it if it is pending, like, the grant will be pending income. 408 01:06:28.540 --> 01:06:41.949 Tamara Liu: Or if you're applying for other grants, or maybe you're gonna try to fundraise in other ways, maybe it's ticket sales, something like that, all of that would be pending. But if then there is income you already have secured, then you can put committed. 409 01:06:44.770 --> 01:06:46.730 Tamara Liu: for the funding for the program. 410 01:06:46.940 --> 01:06:55.630 Tamara Liu: This is for the program, the, the, grant, yeah. So, 411 01:06:55.850 --> 01:07:11.099 Tamara Liu: Ideally, it's for the whole project, not just what the grant is funding, but yeah, it doesn't have to be for the whole organization, or your whole… yeah. Yeah. For the support grants in the fall, you do have to do that, yeah. 412 01:07:11.250 --> 01:07:17.110 Tamara Liu: Okay, back to work samples, links, la-la-la-la-la. 413 01:07:17.110 --> 01:07:20.589 Tamara Liu: Artis… artistic resume or bio? 414 01:07:20.590 --> 01:07:38.750 Tamara Liu: You can either enter it or upload one. If you're an organization, it should be for the lead artist for the project, or if it's an arts organization, it could be, like, the lead person from your organization, I guess. Whoever feels like the main person, artistically. 415 01:07:40.040 --> 01:07:48.090 Tamara Liu: And then this is the demographic section I mentioned. There's a different one for individual artists or organizations. 416 01:07:48.500 --> 01:08:00.340 Tamara Liu: Again, it's all optional, you don't have to complete it, but it is very helpful for us to improve our processes and make sure that we're reaching diverse folks over time. 417 01:08:01.530 --> 01:08:05.249 Tamara Liu: There's an additional comments section if you want to add anything. 418 01:08:05.870 --> 01:08:08.190 Tamara Liu: And then you have to sign and date it. 419 01:08:08.630 --> 01:08:25.690 Tamara Liu: Oh, it does save automatically, but I always recommend clicking Save Application at the bottom, just to be extra sure. And also, that's why I recommend working on it outside the grants portal, and then copying and pasting things in, because 420 01:08:25.790 --> 01:08:35.479 Tamara Liu: Sometimes things happen, and then all your work disappears for whatever reason, but if you're… if you have it saved in multiple places, then it's less likely that you'll lose all your work. 421 01:08:36.109 --> 01:08:39.350 Tamara Liu: And then submit application… 422 01:08:39.910 --> 01:08:51.519 Tamara Liu: Submits it, and you can't make any more changes after that, but if you hit that by accident, or you need to fix something after you submit it, just contact us, and we can help you figure it out. 423 01:08:53.939 --> 01:09:00.029 Tamara Liu: Just a couple more things, and then we'll have time for questions. 424 01:09:00.600 --> 01:09:02.970 Tamara Liu: Let me go back to the slides. 425 01:09:03.420 --> 01:09:14.210 Tamara Liu: Just a few tips. Start right away, get yourself logged in and kind of familiar with the application form. Read through the guidelines again, and especially the review criteria. 426 01:09:14.630 --> 01:09:23.240 Tamara Liu: I like starting with a budget, because that can really help define what you're asking for a grant for, and what your project looks like. 427 01:09:23.350 --> 01:09:42.269 Tamara Liu: So if you kind of start working on the budget first, and then you can write about stuff after that. Also, collect your supporting materials, like work samples and stuff, early on, and add those to the online form early as well, because sometimes uploading things can take a while. 428 01:09:42.890 --> 01:09:50.169 Tamara Liu: Especially if you're doing it at the last minute, because that's what everyone does, and then the whole system kind of slows down, so… 429 01:09:50.950 --> 01:09:56.530 Tamara Liu: But if you have trouble with the uploads or any technical issues, just reach out to us. 430 01:09:57.280 --> 01:10:04.690 Tamara Liu: And then for written responses, respond directly to the application questions. 431 01:10:05.040 --> 01:10:15.100 Tamara Liu: try to put yourself in the shoes of someone else who doesn't know anything about you or your work. I like to do the, like, who, what, when, where, why thing. 432 01:10:15.440 --> 01:10:28.450 Tamara Liu: And ask for feedback, if you can get even a friend to, like, read it, even if they're not an artist, they might be able to point out things that you're missing, because you are you, and you know all the things already. 433 01:10:28.620 --> 01:10:33.169 Tamara Liu: But someone else who's not familiar will be able to see what is confusing. 434 01:10:34.220 --> 01:10:42.139 Tamara Liu: And… There are character limits, I forgot to show you that, so pay attention to those. 435 01:10:42.250 --> 01:10:54.000 Tamara Liu: You don't have to use the whole space provided, so you don't have to use the entire thing, but also make sure to look at it so you don't write way too much and then have to edit it down. 436 01:10:56.210 --> 01:11:07.830 Tamara Liu: It doesn't have to be repetitive, it doesn't have to be, like, fancy writing, just, like, clear and direct is good. It's also good to provide, like, specific examples whenever possible. 437 01:11:11.230 --> 01:11:28.909 Tamara Liu: Let's see… and then… try not to spend too much time on it, 4 to 8 hours max. If you spend less than that, great, but if you are spending a lot and a lot of hours, it's probably not gonna improve your chances that much. 438 01:11:28.930 --> 01:11:36.209 Tamara Liu: So, please don't spend that much time. It may take you a little bit longer, especially if it's your first time, but yeah. 439 01:11:39.710 --> 01:11:47.000 Tamara Liu: And then, as I mentioned before, we do have drop-in office hours. I'll be online every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. 440 01:11:47.360 --> 01:12:07.169 Tamara Liu: No registration required, but if you do want to talk in Spanish, if you can let me know ahead of time, I can have someone who is fluent there. Or, if not, I can try to muddle through with my mediocre Spanish skills, but a head notice will help me get someone fluent there. 441 01:12:07.360 --> 01:12:24.700 Tamara Liu: And no questions are too simple or too complicated. Usually not too many people show up, so it's a good chance to get kind of one-on-one support. However, if we do have a lot of people there, we'll just kind of do a learning circle and have everyone learn from each other. 442 01:12:26.400 --> 01:12:28.930 Tamara Liu: And… 443 01:12:29.400 --> 01:12:37.150 Tamara Liu: We also have a Spanish Language Grants Ambassador this year, Becca Escobelo, who's here on Zoom with us today. 444 01:12:37.270 --> 01:12:49.620 Tamara Liu: We didn't get as many CREATE grant applications last year, especially from Spanish-speaking folks, so Becca's trying to get the word out, especially to Spanish-speaking community and in Watsonville. 445 01:12:49.730 --> 01:12:54.969 Tamara Liu: So if you'd like to talk to someone in Spanish about grants, Becca has some availability. 446 01:12:59.110 --> 01:13:04.669 Tamara Liu: Oh, and this is unrelated to grants, but it's an announcement I wanted to share. 447 01:13:05.120 --> 01:13:08.740 Tamara Liu: Our Executive Director, Jim Brown. 448 01:13:09.040 --> 01:13:22.709 Tamara Liu: along with our board, is launching a new arts advocacy coalition, which is a group of artists and residents who believe creativity is a central part of our daily lives, and want to speak up for why art matters. 449 01:13:23.120 --> 01:13:30.470 Tamara Liu: So we have this short survey that we're starting with to just kind of kick things off, and it talks about how… 450 01:13:30.590 --> 01:13:37.439 Tamara Liu: What issues matter to you related to the arts, and if you'd like to be involved, how you'd like to be involved. 451 01:13:37.650 --> 01:13:45.180 Tamara Liu: And how we can advocate together for more funding for the arts, and more support for the arts locally. So… 452 01:13:45.510 --> 01:13:49.120 Tamara Liu: When I send these out, click on the link and take the survey. 453 01:13:49.560 --> 01:13:55.429 Tamara Liu: And even if you can't participate in a coalition right now, it'd be really good to know what issues matter to you. 454 01:13:58.010 --> 01:14:10.070 Tamara Liu: So, that's all I have today. So we'll end with questions, and I do have a couple in the chat that I'll start with, and then we can just open it up. 455 01:14:11.320 --> 01:14:14.380 Tamara Liu: to everyone else's questions, let's see… 456 01:14:17.900 --> 01:14:33.150 Tamara Liu: John asks, is it advisable to include other potential or real resources for funding, for example, sell ads in the program? Yeah, it's great to include other income that you might have for the project. 457 01:14:34.190 --> 01:14:40.050 Tamara Liu: That helps us know that it might be more possible for you to do it. 458 01:14:40.350 --> 01:14:54.740 Tamara Liu: However, if you're including a lot of potential funding, we might have questions about, like, how realistic it is for you to get all that potential funding. So you could put notes about, like. 459 01:14:55.020 --> 01:15:07.410 Tamara Liu: you know, like, I've gotten this amount of program ad sales every year, or, like, this is based on ticket sales from the prior year, or something like that. That will help us know that it's not just, like, a random number you came up with. 460 01:15:07.900 --> 01:15:21.060 Tamara Liu: Or like, yeah, if we see, like, 5 big grants that you list as income, that might raise questions. So, how likely it is… how realistic it is, will be one of the things we're looking at. 461 01:15:23.190 --> 01:15:36.309 Tamara Liu: Do you have a contact phone number, or how we can connect on Thursdays at 4pm? Yes, so there's a Zoom link there and on our website, so there's a Zoom link in the slides, if I go back to… 462 01:15:36.470 --> 01:15:40.379 Tamara Liu: The Thursday slide, it says, click here to join Zoom. 463 01:15:40.690 --> 01:15:43.650 Tamara Liu: And then there's also that link on our website. 464 01:15:45.560 --> 01:16:01.949 Tamara Liu: There's also this link to book a different time. I forgot to mention this. If you can't come on Thursdays, I can also be available at other times. So, this is a link to a scheduling tool, or you can just email me to schedule another time. But I'm definitely available on Thursdays. 465 01:16:04.140 --> 01:16:10.240 Tamara Liu: And then on this last slide here is my… Phone… 466 01:16:10.450 --> 01:16:20.890 Tamara Liu: Actually, this text number goes to my phone too, so if you want to just save one number, this would be the best number. It goes straight to me, no extension, or you can text it. 467 01:16:21.050 --> 01:16:23.829 Tamara Liu: And then this email goes to me as well. 468 01:16:25.710 --> 01:16:31.520 Tamara Liu: And then I also have my name, Tamara, at artscouncilsc.org. 469 01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:44.969 Tamara Liu: And then, I think John had a question earlier about Develop Grants, so I might circle back to that one at the end, but, does anyone else have questions about Create Grants? 470 01:16:50.730 --> 01:16:55.019 Tamara Liu: And if you're on Zoom, feel free to unmute yourself, too. You don't have to put it in the. 471 01:16:55.020 --> 01:16:58.280 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Hi, Tamara, I have a question, can you hear me? 472 01:16:58.490 --> 01:16:59.680 Tamara Liu: Yeah, I can hear you. 473 01:17:00.050 --> 01:17:08.669 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: All right. Yeah, so, thank you. It's excellent information. I'm really appreciative of also you actually showing the portal, so I see what it… 474 01:17:08.700 --> 01:17:21.349 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: looks like. I've applied for grants in the past and been awarded, and I think that process is really, really easy. So, just thank you for all of the work that y'all put into it, and then having representation. 475 01:17:21.520 --> 01:17:23.430 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: You know, it's… it's… 476 01:17:23.650 --> 01:17:30.289 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: It's very heartwarming. So, my question… I have two questions. The first one is time. Like you said. 477 01:17:30.580 --> 01:17:32.020 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: You have a year. 478 01:17:32.150 --> 01:17:48.870 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: to complete your project from when the funds are awarded. How much do you enforce that, right? And is there any penalty? And then second, what about… is there any kind of conflict of interest if I have an outstanding project elsewhere? 479 01:17:52.160 --> 01:18:00.510 Tamara Liu: Okay, first question was penalty for not completing the project within a year. 480 01:18:00.780 --> 01:18:18.430 Tamara Liu: No, there's no penalty, however, you might not be able to apply… you can't apply again until you finish the project. So that would be the only penalty, I guess, is not being able to apply again. But otherwise, we're totally flexible. We know, like. 481 01:18:18.430 --> 01:18:25.350 Tamara Liu: Things happen, and things take longer than you expect, or life happens, and you've gotta postpone things, so… 482 01:18:25.350 --> 01:18:30.219 Tamara Liu: The most important thing is just that you keep us up to date on what's happening. 483 01:18:31.750 --> 01:18:36.640 Tamara Liu: And then, can you repeat the second question? Because I'm not sure I understood it. 484 01:18:37.420 --> 01:18:38.809 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Yeah, so, like, 485 01:18:39.940 --> 01:18:47.199 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: since I applied for a grant with y'all, you were the first person I ever applied for a grant for since, like, high school, you know? 486 01:18:47.460 --> 01:19:02.470 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: And when I got it, I got so excited. I was like, I'm gonna apply for grants everywhere! And I started looking around, yeah, and then I eventually applied for a grant with, City of Santa Cruz, with their CARD program. It's a pilot program, right? 487 01:19:02.550 --> 01:19:16.289 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: And I have not yet… that project is still in development, so I guess, really, that's a more specific question, right? Is there a problem with me applying for a grant with you for another project when I'm still working on another project, you know? 488 01:19:17.320 --> 01:19:24.990 Tamara Liu: Got it, got it. So would it be for the same project that the CARD grant is for, or a different project? 489 01:19:24.990 --> 01:19:26.400 Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour: Different project, yes. 490 01:19:27.990 --> 01:19:34.400 Tamara Liu: Yeah, that's totally fine. Specifically with the City of Santa Cruz, I'll just say, 491 01:19:34.590 --> 01:19:58.080 Tamara Liu: we are trying to be aware, because a lot of our grants are funded by the City of Santa Cruz, we're trying to be aware, like, if the city is also funding the project on their own. We're not against both, but that's why I asked, is it the same project? Because if they supported it with a card grant, we'd at least want to be aware that we are also making a grant, for that project. But, yeah. 492 01:19:58.080 --> 01:20:08.520 Tamara Liu: Totally fine to have multiple projects going on, funded by multiple different things. We love that. The more art, the better. 493 01:20:13.690 --> 01:20:25.910 Tamara Liu: And I hope that you're able to do more than just one thing at a time. I mean, these are small grants, too, so we expect that you probably are getting funds from other places, and doing other jobs, and all that sorts of stuff. 494 01:20:28.010 --> 01:20:40.119 Tamara Liu: That's also why, in answer to John's question from earlier, we encourage you to put other income in your application, because we know that the $3,000 probably is not going to cover all the costs, 495 01:20:40.240 --> 01:20:41.690 Tamara Liu: Unfortunately. 496 01:20:42.280 --> 01:20:43.800 Tamara Liu: Though if it does, great! 497 01:20:48.420 --> 01:20:56.419 Tamara Liu: Does anyone have other questions, or maybe want to share something, a project that you might apply for? A grant for? 498 01:21:01.730 --> 01:21:08.799 Tamara Liu: Well, we're, opening a wellness campus a few blocks away, and… 499 01:21:09.060 --> 01:21:13.370 Tamara Liu: It provides a lot of wall space, so they're hoping to do some mural work. 500 01:21:14.250 --> 01:21:16.690 Tamara Liu: Oh, yeah, so… 501 01:21:16.810 --> 01:21:25.329 Tamara Liu: Excited to learn more about what's available, and, you know, we have a… a timeline, 502 01:21:28.880 --> 01:21:34.649 Tamara Liu: Or construction finished, so… I believe that works with Corvette. 503 01:21:34.890 --> 01:21:42.780 Tamara Liu: Yeah, sounds like the timeline works, and yeah, murals are definitely encouraged. We've made a lot of grants for murals in the past. 504 01:21:43.340 --> 01:21:50.770 Tamara Liu: And, yeah, even here in Watsonville, there's a lot of great murals here. That's cool, though. Where's your new space gonna be? 505 01:21:51.400 --> 01:22:11.950 Tamara Liu: Welcome to East Beach Street, so they called the Presbyterian neighborhood. We moved some of the law from Builder to give them the non-profit free path and community space. We'll be sharing it with the Community Health Trust to create an entire healthy living campus. Very cool! 506 01:22:11.950 --> 01:22:15.630 Tamara Liu: Yay! That's so exciting! 507 01:22:15.970 --> 01:22:33.730 Tamara Liu: Saltz is open. We're there, we're open, 4 days a week, like, after school. The, Center de Jessa is, I think, hoping to open in September. September, and that's more of a wellness clinic, and then… Yeah. 508 01:22:33.730 --> 01:22:39.400 Tamara Liu: Yeah, they almost hop like this. Oh, coffee, nice. 509 01:22:39.700 --> 01:22:40.680 Tamara Liu: We want this. 510 01:22:41.100 --> 01:22:47.070 Tamara Liu: So, in case those of you on Zoom couldn't hear, Somos Watsonville and the 511 01:22:47.290 --> 01:22:57.000 Tamara Liu: Pao Valley… wait, the health costs are opening new space near downtown, cafe and wellness space. Very cool. 512 01:22:57.220 --> 01:22:58.979 Tamara Liu: And behavioral health. 513 01:22:59.330 --> 01:23:12.159 Tamara Liu: John says, as I understand, one can apply for a Create and Develop Grant at the same time. Yep, that's correct. You can apply for a Create Grant and a Develop Grant, and you can have them both. 514 01:23:12.520 --> 01:23:22.839 Tamara Liu: The main reason we didn't allow that before was because it was too much for us to review all at once, but now that developed grants are spread out through the year, it helps with that issue. 515 01:23:23.160 --> 01:23:34.120 Tamara Liu: And Colleen says, my financial need is for art business infrastructure and e-commerce setup, so maybe more relevant for develop grant. 516 01:23:34.290 --> 01:23:53.300 Tamara Liu: Yeah, that does sound more like a DEVELP grant, and if you ever are unsure which grant is the best fit, that's a great question to bring to office hours or another time, so we can talk about the specifics, because there's definitely gray areas. Thank you for coming, nice to meet you! 517 01:23:54.000 --> 01:23:58.389 Tamara Liu: I have to go… Yeah, yeah. All right. 518 01:23:59.340 --> 01:24:01.709 Tamara Liu: Thank you! 519 01:24:02.010 --> 01:24:09.260 Tamara Liu: Thank you. Yeah, best of luck with the applications, feel free to take snacks to go.