Creatives Rebuild New York

Creatives Rebuild New York is offering two programs: Artist Employment Program & Guaranteed Income for Artists Program

Artist Employment Program

Overview
Creatives Rebuild New York’s (CRNY) Artist Employment Program (AEP) will fund employment for up to 300 artists, culture bearers, and culture makers (artists) in collaboration with dozens of community-based organizations across New York State for two years. Participating artists will receive a salary of $65,000 per year, plus benefits, with dedicated time to focus on their practice. Participating organizations will receive funds that range between $25,000 and $100,000 per year to support artists’ employment.

Eligibility
The Artist Employment Program requires a joint application between artists and organizations. Either the artist(s) or the organization may initiate the relationship, and both the artist(s) and the organization must be specifically named and have agreed to work together at the time of application.

Collaborations can include one or more artists. Organizations can apply to employ a single artist or multiple artists. In situations with multiple artists, those artists can work collaboratively or in distinct ways. The entire proposed collaboration will be evaluated as a unit, and thus all collaborating organizations and artists will be funded or none will. Collaborators will not be evaluated individually.

Who Can Apply
To be eligible to apply to AEP, organizations must:

• Be a tax-exempt 501©(3) public charity or a government instrumentality, and/or fiscally sponsored by a 501©(3) public charity
• Have their principal place of business in New York State
• Serve one or more of the following communities: -Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color -Immigrants -LGBTQIAP+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic, Pansexual+) -Deaf/Disabled -Criminal legal system involved -At or below the poverty line (low-income) -Rural

To be eligible to apply to AEP, artists must be:

• Primary residents of New York State
• An artist, culture bearer, or culture maker
• Not a staff member or related to a staff member (e.g., an immediate family member) of Tides or Creatives Rebuild New York.

Artists who are under- or unemployed and/or who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrants, LGBTQIAP+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic, pansexual+), Deaf/Disabled, criminal legal system involved, living at or below the poverty line, and/or living in rural areas are encouraged to apply.

Guaranteed Income for Artists Program

Overview
Creatives Rebuild New York’s Guaranteed Income for Artists program will provide 2,400 artists
with regular, no-strings-attached, cash payments of $1,000 per month for 18 consecutive months.

Eligibility
Eligible participants must meet the following requirements:

• 18 years of age or older as of January 1, 2022
• Primary residence in New York State at the time of application
• Have financial need (as determined by the Self-Sufficiency Standard) For this program, an applicant qualifies if their household income falls under the SelfSufficiency Standard.
• Identify as an artist, culture bearer, or culture maker: An artist, culture bearer, or culture maker (‘artist’) is someone who regularly engages in artistic or cultural practice to: express themselves with the intention of communicating richly to or sharing with others; pass on traditional knowledge and cultural practices; offer cultural resources to their communities; and/or co-organize and co-create within communities toward social impacts. Artists aspire to sustain themselves through their practice and maintain a commitment to continuing their practice. Artists can work both individually and collaboratively, or as educators within their field of practice.
• Not a staff member or related to a staff member (e.g., an immediate family member) of Tides or Creatives Rebuild New York

Restrictions
Artists are not permitted to apply to both the Guaranteed Income for Artists and Artist Employment Programs. We encourage all potential applicants to consider, prior to applying, which program is best suited to their needs.