National PTA Arts Enhancement Grants Available

The National PTA will be accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Mary Lou Anderson Reflections Arts Enhancement Grants. These grants will provide local PTAs with up to $1,000 in matching funds for "student-centered programs geared toward sustaining and enhancing creativity and artistic values for large groups of at-risk students."

Local PTA's are encouraged to apply for funding to create or enhance an already existing arts program in one or more arts areas: visual arts, photography, music, dance, literature, and theater. "Priority is being placed on projects that represent research-based best practices in arts education. Specifically, PTA will fund arts programs that are of a sustained nature (rather than a one time event) and reach large numbers of at-risk students."

Applications are due Friday, July 13, 2012 at 4pm. For more information and to submit your application please click here for the PTA's website.

Information pulled from Arts Education Partnership's ArtsEd Digest: www.aep-arts.org.