The Stockton City Council established a $1.3 million City Endowment for the Arts in January 2001 to create an Arts Grant Program which is administered by the Commission. Since it's inception, over $250,000 has been awarded from interest earned on the Endowment.

This program supports Stockton Arts Organizations, artist and arts educators seeking funding to support various projects. The purpose of granting funds is to:

1. Increase public awareness of Stockton's art resources
2. Strenthen Stockton's art resources
3. Support collaborative programs
4. Educate people about the arts
5. Serve a diverse audience
6. Provide more arts events to the public (performances, exhibits, classes, etc.)
7. Provide more arts events in the downtown central core, reinforcing economic development goals in the area

Free money to Artists and Arts Organizations!

The Stockton Arts Commission announces its annual Grants Program for all Stockton-area creative people, including arts groups, individual artists, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, writers, art and music educators and collaborative groups.

For 2010 - 2011, 60 percent of the grants are earmarked for programs or events focused on youth.

Link to 2010 - 2011 Stockton Arts Commission Grant Endowment Guidelines and Application (PDF - 12 pages)

Arts Commissioners are available on two days to assist those interested with the application process. For assistance with your application, please bring your printed Grants Guidelines packet to the Cesar Chavez Library Stewart Hazelton Room, 605 N. El Dorado Street, just inside the main doors on the lower level:

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
-or-
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Grants applications must be filled out completely and thoroughly in order to be considered.

Completed applications must be received by the deadline.  Applications may be mailed or hand-delivered to:

City of Stockton Community Services
6 Lindsay Street
Stockton, CA 95202

Deadline: Friday, April 16, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. 

2009-2010 City Endowment for the Arts Grant Recipients

Central Valley Youth Symphony: SUSAN PIRIE
$2500 for student performances at three
area convalescent hospitals as well as a
public concert on April 25, 2010.

MATTHEW CRUZ: $2000 for production of
a student video with a proposed premier
date at the San Joaquin International
Film Festival in 2010.

Friends of the Fox/Bob Hope Theatre: NANCY SLATTER
$2000 toward purchase of a DVD player
and projector to upgrade their Classic
Cinema series.

Friends of Chamber Music: SARA MILNES
$1500 for sponsorship of the Poulenc Trio concert
on October 11, 2009.

Melissa Guindon: $1000 to develop
children’s art classes at Family Day in
the Park in September.

The Haggin Museum: SUSAN OBERT
$4000 for community and educational outreach
programs in conjunction with Plein-Air
Painters of America’s American Legacy:
Our National Parks exhibit, October 2,
2009 - January 10, 2010.

Jesse Christian Hendricks:
$2000 for Tango Argentino, featuring a three-member
tango dance group, tango solo
guitar pieces, and other musicians.

New Dance Company: AUDREY OGDEN
$3000 for the support of VALLEYDANCE 2010, which
will feature student dance workshops
and a public event on May 10, 2010.

Michael Randolph:
$1500 for developing an exhibit of photographs
featuring twenty area artists.

San Joaquin Potters Guild: JERO ROSS
$4000 for guest artist workshops and teaching
materials.

Dolly Sellers:
$5000 for restoration work and a mural painting on the Bob
Hope Theatre exit doors on San Joaquin
Street.

Barbara Sitnik:
$3000 for teaching stained glass classes to seniors and
the disabled at the Oak Park Senior Citizens Center.

Stockton Civic Theatre: FRANCES PARKER
$2500 for support of a six-week student summer
performing arts program and the
featured performance, Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast, Jr.

Valley Concert Band: CHRIS ANDERSON
$3000 for Reflections in Concert, two concerts
highlighting the music culture in our
community to be held Spring 2010.

Robert Yoshino:
$2000 for student instruction and production of a music
video festival.