THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 26, 1995 TAG: 9502240183
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 28 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ERIC FEBER, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 53 lines
The Virginia Commission for the Arts will conduct a workshop in grant applications from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., March 1, at the Chesapeake Central Library, 298 Cedar Road.
The workshops are held every year by the commission at sites throughout the state.
The workshops will offer information about the commission's grant award programs in preparation for the April 3 application deadline. They will address application, review and funding procedures for commission programs.
Those who have applied before or are familiar with the commission's application procedures, need not apply, said Peggy Baggett, executive director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
``Individuals or representatives of nonprofit groups who have never applied or are still unsure of the procedure should attend,'' Baggett added.
Baggett said program coordinator Susan FitzPatrick will discuss general operating support for arts organizations, the Local Government Challenge Grant Program, the Touring Assistance Program, the Technical Assistance Program, the Writers In Virginia Program, the Artist Fellowship Program (this year for poets and fiction writers).
Arts in Education Coordinator Sharon Wilson also will be on hand at the Central Library to talk about the Artist-In-Education Residency Program, Artist Roster procedures, the Arts Education Development Grant Program, the Arts Education Technical Assistance Program, the Artist-In-Education Artist Study Grant Program and the Teacher Incentive Grant Program.
In addition, both Wilson and FitzPatrick will make application forms and publications available to workshop participants.
``Besides offering a general presentation about our programs and grants, they are also there to sit down with people one-on-one to answer any questions or clear up any information,'' Baggett said.
Registration is not required and the workshop is free to the public.
Attending the workshop is not required to apply, but Baggett said it can be helpful in grant preparation.
``This workshop is of value to anyone interested in nonprofit arts organizations,'' she said. ``And for individual artists - and this year we're offering fellowships to writers - for people with schools interested in sponsoring artist-in-residence programs and performers interested in being listed in the commission's tour directory.''
More information about the workshop or other programs, services and resources offered by the arts commission is available by calling 1-804-225-3132. by CNB