Grants
In the past 20 years, the Anacortes Arts Festival has given over $500,000 in grants and scholarships alone. Thanks to another successful year, arts related grants totaling $25,000 have been awarded this year:
- ACT
- Anacortes Arts Commission
- Anacortes Boys & Girls Club
- Anacortes Community & Youth Arts
- Anacortes Sister Cities Association
- ASD Anacortes High School Art Dept
- ASD Cultural Arts Series
- MoNA
Giving Philosophy
The Anacortes Arts Festival strives to impact the whole community through its range of giving by advancing arts education, increasing participation in the arts in the community and better linking the arts community to the community at large. The Festival endeavors, over time, to fund a well-balanced group of grant requests and projects, some self-initiated, that involves a diverse group of people and diverse art activities. Giving includes grants and scholarships.
Giving Guidelines
The deadline this year was March
16, 2010.
View the Guidelines page.
Public performances and school demonstrations by the African group KUSUN ENSEMBLE in 2009 were made possible with a grant from the Anacortes Arts Festival and support from the Anacortes School District and WESTAF.
Our Mission Statement
"The Anacortes Arts Festival is a nonprofit organization that promotes and funds arts, artists and art education to create a vibrant arts community."
Our mission statement reflects the Board’s desire to expand support of the arts to a broader community base. Our primary emphasis continues to be the promotion of a high-quality yearly festival, with a renewed commitment to produce an outstanding fine art show.