Please read on for archival information about this past program. The grant is not currently being offered.

The Future Culture Creative Placemaking Grants supported Staten Island artists creating new work in a community setting.
Four grants were awarded in the amount of $2,500 each cycle. 

This grant category was for Staten Island artists creating new work in a community setting that connected places and people using arts and culture on Staten Island’s North Shore. An essential element of this funding was community engagement. Projects were meant to engage a segment of the community through a public program and/or the inclusion of community involvement in the development and creative process of the project.

Projects were required to connect to at least one of the recommendations established by Future Culture: Connecting Staten Island’s Waterfront, a joint initiative created in 2016 by Design Trust for Public Space and Staten Island Arts. The project aimed to shape and communicate a vision for culture along Staten Island’s rapidly developing North Shore waterfront that:

• Supported and promoted unique cultural communities
• Develop art and cultural activities that connected places and people
• Strengthened the relationship between the cultural sector and owners and stewards of property

Through Future Culture, Staten Islanders articulated a vision for how new development can build on the area’s rich culture to foster a vibrant and connected waterfront. The resulting Recommendations (published in March 2017) were meant to be utilized by the community as a resource to challenge public and private stakeholders to devise creative solutions to community challenges.

Read the Recommendations:
Recommendations (condensed)
Recommendations (full document)

The Future Culture Creative Placemaking grant was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency Statewide Community Regrant Program with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.