The Rapid Action Grant provides easy-to-access and rapidly available funds for Cuyahoga County-based artist-led projects or events and artist-specific needs
Donor Name: Assembly for the Arts
State: Ohio
County: Cuyahoga County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Artists may request up to $2,000 to support their arts-centered public projects, events or needs that are specific to their creative practice. Applications are simple and funds are distributed quickly. Funding decisions will be made within approximately two weeks after artists apply, with funds distributed within approximately 30 days upon approval and receipt of required payment documents.
To guide the administration of these funds, Assembly defines artists and creatives as professionals who create, perform, teach, or support the development of work in following disciplines:

Craft (ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metals, textiles)
Dance & Choreography (create or perform movement-based works)
Design (fashion, graphic, industrial, object, all forms of architecture)
Film (filmmakers, cinematography, directing, screenwriting, animation)
Interdisciplinary (work creating intentional connections between multiple creative disciplines)
Literary Arts / Writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken word, criticism, graphic novels, journalism, arts writing)
Media (work at the intersection of technology, content creation, aesthetics, storytelling, and digital cultures)
Music (composing, songwriting, performing, DJing, producing)
Theatre & Performance (directing, playwriting, puppetry, set design, lighting/installation, and performance art)
Traditional Arts (work related to the continuity and evolution of a tradition and/or cultural heritage such as cultural dance, cultural music, oral expression and traditional crafts)
Visual Art (painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance art, sound art, video, printmaking, illustration, drawing)

Eligibility Criteria 

Artists must satisfy the definition of artist or creative.
Artists must live and work in Cuyahoga County.
Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
Cannot be board or staff members of Assembly for the Arts, Neighborhood Connections, or Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC).
Jurors of Assembly’s artist programs are not eligible to apply.

For more information, visit Assembly for the Arts.