Arts Support Awards is sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant. Awards funding to artists whose work is relevant to coastal and marine environments and aligns with Connecticut Sea Grant's themes and mission.

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On Mobile (iOS/Android) University of Connecticut Connecticut Sea Grant, through its Arts Support Awards Program, will award up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential impact on the wider public and new audiences.

Eligibility: Artists or groups of artists who live in Connecticut, or non-Connecticut artists whose work is related to Connecticut’s coastal and marine environments and/or Long Island Sound are eligible for funding consideration. All artistic disciplines are eligible. Previous recipients of Sea Grant Arts Awards are not eligible for the following five years.

Application Procedure: The application should be submitted electronically as a compiled PDF file with one additional media file (mp3 or mov file), if needed, via email to SeagrantResearch@uconn. edu for receipt no later than 4:30 p. m.

ET on Wednesday May 20, 2026. If the proposal or additional media file exceeds 3 MB, provide an online link or utilize a dropbox/fileshare utility to transfer the media. Submissions that are not received by the 4:30 p.

m. ET May 20 deadline will not be considered for funding in this year’s competition. The application should include the following items: completed summary form (available at https://seagrant.

media. uconn. edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2025/09/CTSG-Art-Cover-Form-with-new-Logo.

docx ) maximum two-page statement outlining: the objectives of the proposal the relevance of the proposed work to marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant’s mission specific plans for performing or exhibiting the work(s) plans to reach a large public audience with message(s) compatible with Sea Grant outreach efforts itemized budget (note that funds may NOT be used for grantee self-compensation which includes salary and/or travel costs, see details below under Terms of Award) budget explanation describing the proposed use of the funds 1-to-2-page resume or summary of exhibition history and professional credentials digital portfolio composed of a representation or outline of the proposed new work, in addition to previous works, containing image, video, text or audio files.

See WORK SAMPLE REQUIREMENTS below for detailed guidelines. Note that the summary form, budget, budget explanation, resume and digital portfolio are NOT included in the two-page limit. Please submit all required documents and do NOT include additional support materials with your proposal.

Deadlines: Submissions will be accepted at any time up until the deadline for the 2026/7 funding year which is Wednesday May 20, 2026. Applicants will be notified of funding decisions by Wednesday July 1, 2026. Evaluation Criteria: Three criteria will be evaluated by the members of an Independent Arts Review Panelconvened to evaluate the submissions received.

These are 1) relevance to Connecticut Sea Grant’s themes and goals as outlined in ( https://seagrant. media. uconn.

edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2025/10/DEP_024_SeaGrant-Fact-Sheet_Revised2. 10. 3.

25. pdf ); 2) artistic merit and aesthetic considerations; and 3) the tangible outcomes of the project, such as new works produced and displayed, number of art exhibitions planned, ability to reach a larger swath of the wider public and/or new audiences, etc. This funding opportunity is aimed at funding new work or a body of new works.

Submissions will be reviewed by a panel convened by Connecticut Sea Grant, comprised of three or more members, that includes arts professionals. The Independent Arts Review Panel will read, evaluate and provide written feedback on the applications using the evaluation criteria provided above. The panel will then meet to discuss the applications.

After discussing a particular application, each panelist, with the benefit of the panel deliberations, will score the application, and a summary of their comments will be compiled. Each Full Proposal Review Panel member will rate each of these criteria on a scale of 0 to 3; where 3=excellent; 2= good; 1=fair, 0=poor. These assessment scores will be summed into an indicator of Overall Priority score.

These Overall Priority scores will be averaged over all members of the Panel and the proposals will be ranked. Sea Grant staff that serve as ex officio members of the Panel (Research Coordinator, etc.) will neither vote nor score applications as part of the review process. The highest ranked proposal(s) will be forwarded to the CTSG Director and Management Team for the final funding decision.

The CTSG Management Team will recommend applications for funding in the rank order unless an application is justified to be selected out of rank order based upon availability of funding or eligibility. Terms of Award: These funds may be used to pay for supplies, services, and other costs associated with producing works of art, exclusive of self-compensation (salary and travel).

The funds must be used within one year of receiving the award and cannot be used to reimburse for expenses that were incurred prior to the start of the award period. The Sea Grant Arts Support Award is considered a fellowship for income tax purposes. The recipients of this award may have an obligation to self-report the fellowship on your income tax return.

Consistent with IRS guidelines, the University does not withhold income taxes from the award, or report the fellowship award to the IRS, except in limited circumstances involving nonresident aliens. Artists will be asked to give permission to Connecticut Sea Grant to use images representing the work in promoting the Arts Support Awards Program’s accomplishments.

A written report of the results of creative activities supported by Sea Grant, including visual documentation of the artistic pieces and other outcomes, is required at the conclusion of the project. Projects are expected to be completed within 12 months of funding and recipient(s) are required to provide a final report at the end of the project.

Recipient(s) are expected to interface with the Connecticut Sea Grant Communications office while implementing funded projects.

They should also acknowledge the support of Connecticut Sea Grant in any publicity or printed matter associated with the art developed from this award, and work with the communications office to obtain the Connecticut Sea Grant logo, which should be displayed in advertising associated with any public showings and in funding acknowledgments.

Connecticut Sea Grant requests notification of all exhibitions displaying artworks funded under the award. If possible, funded artists are asked to arrange an exhibition of their completed work at the Alexey Von Schlippe Art Gallery at the Avery Point campus of UConn.

If the art project(s) recommended for funding has an environmental data collection component it will be required to have a (1) valid data management plan, and (2) a completed Abbreviated Environmental Compliance Questionnaire or NEPA statement (and copies of associated permits, if applicable). WRITERS: Writing samples should be representative of the genre in which you propose to work.

Works-in-progress may be submitted but should be accompanied by a sample of your finished work. Submit one digital file in WORD or PDF format containing an outline or portion of the proposed work as well as one of the following: (a) six to 10 poems, or (b) up to two short stories, or (c) the first chapter or 20 pages of a book (do NOT send a complete book), or (d) a script of a complete work.

VISUAL ARTISTS: Submit one digital file in PDF format containing rough sketch(es), model(s) or sample photo(s) of the proposed work as well as digital images of recent work, not to exceed 10 images in total (including both proposed and previous works), and a corresponding sheet listing images by title, medium, size and year work was completed.

Please ensure that the images are sized large enough to allow for viewing the details of the works. AUDIO/MUSIC/COMPOSERS: Submit one digital file in PDF format containing a sample of the proposed work as well as: (a) up to three scores (include your name, duration of composition, and date of composition), and, if available, (b) a corresponding audio file in MP3 format of the works labeled with title and your name.

OTHER GENRES (Video, film, digital media, puppetry, installation, performance, dance, conceptual art, interactive multi-media and related work): Submit an outline or sample of the proposed work as well as examples of previous works in the form of one digital file (see details below) or link to a web-site URL of the following: short video (not to exceed six minutes) or series of digital images.

This should be accompanied by a WORD or PDF file containing: title, artist name, duration of piece and date as well as a description of no more than one page contextualizing the segment. If submitting your works as a digital file, use PDF, MP4, or MOV format or file format compatible with Quick Time or Real Player. For guidance and forms and information, visit these links: Information and guidelines on how to submit a proposal.

Arts Grant Summary Form to download as a pdf. Information about previous artists and projects funded. Link to a video about the “Crosscurrents” retrospective exhibit of works by artists who received an Arts Support Award Dr. Syma A.

Ebbin, Research Coordinator Connecticut Sea Grant College Program The University of Connecticut Tel. (860) 405-9278; FAX: (860) 405-9109E-mail: syma. ebbin@uconn.

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