In addition to operating a community cultural facility and providing arts programming, Arts Place provides a broad range of services to the region, including information and referral, technical assistance , grantsmaking, and cultural needs assessment.

Strategic Plan The Arts Place, Inc. board of directors conducted an 18-month cultural needs assessment and planning that culminated in a new regional strategic cultural plan for the organization, its service area and the residents of this region. This plan covers the period 2010 to 2015 and was adopted after an extensive effort to gain public involvement. Click here to view the 2010-15 Strategic Plan.   Overview Currently, our level of services is greater in Indiana than Ohio, due to our participation with the Indiana Arts Commission in the Regional Arts Partnership. It is our long range goal to provide the same services in Ohio as are currently available in Indiana. For individuals and organizations in West Central Ohio, we provide technical assistance to artists and arts organizations. We also provide information and referral on a request basis. For those individuals and organizations based in Indiana, our services are much more extensive. In 1997, the Indiana Arts Commission and 12 community-based organizations jointly established the Indiana Regional Arts Partnership, a collaborative project to enhance support for arts and cultural activities statewide, especially in underserved areas. Each of the twelve Regional Partner Organizations work in cooperation with the Indiana Arts Commission to provide services to artists, arts providers, and arts consumers in specific multi-county areas. In 1997, Arts Place, Inc. joined with the Indiana Arts Commission as the Region Five Partner Organization to provide services on its behalf to a twelve county region. Region Five consists of Adams, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Union, and Wayne Counties in Indiana. As a Regional Partner, Arts Place provides four core services to the 12 counties of Region Five: information and referral, grantsmaking, technical assistance, and cultural needs assessment. Information & Referral In 1998, Arts Place organized a consortium amongst the 12 regional partners to develop a statewide web-based information system. With grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission, the Partners worked in conjunction with Envisage of Bloomington, Indiana to create a powerful database system known as IndianaArts.org. Launched in 2000, the website provides a wealth of information on the arts in Indiana. The site includes an artist registry, an events calendar, as well as up-to-date information on arts organizations and projects around the Hoosier state. To see for yourself, visit www.indianaarts.org. top of page Grantsmaking Beginning in July 1999, the Indiana Arts Commission provided block grant funds to all Regional Partner Organization for regranting to arts providers within their regions. This means that most applicants who in past years applied to the Indiana Arts Commission now submit their funding applications to the Regional Partner Organization that serves the county in which each applicant is located. The Indiana Arts Commission continues to offer direct grants to major arts institutions (organizations with budgets in excess of $1,000,000.00 and serving a multi-region area) and to individual artists. Grants serve as an incentive for developing and strengthening the capacity of communities to plan and implement quality arts activities. All funding decisions are made in open processes that meaningfully involve citizens in decisions about how state and federal tax dollars will be used to support the arts in each region and statewide. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, Arts Place awarded $143,690 to 24 organizations in Region Five.  The amount granted was $46,036 less than last fiscal year due to the State of Indiana’s budget crisis. This fiscal year’s grant awards were subsequently further reduced to a total of $137,148 by the Governor’s administration in an effort to address ongoing revenue shortfalls. You may now download FY11 grant applications for Arts Project Support or Mini-grants, along with the Grant Application Guidelines.   Select the link below, and follow the instructions. Note:  Application files are available for download as MS Word 2007 or PDF FORMS. In MS Word, you may work on the application and save it onto your computer without completing it.  You must have MS Word 2007 to fill out the form. To complete the PDF form and save it as you go, you must have Adobe Acrobat Professional or Adobe Acrobat Standard ( not Acrobat Reader). If you only have Adobe Reader, you may fill out the entire form in Acrobat in one sitting, then print the completed form to mail, or you may save a blank copy of the form for perusal. If you have problems with the site or would like a copy of the application emailed to you, contact Sue Burk at 260-726-4809 or email sburk@artsland.org.  AOS and APS Application Guidelines are in MS Word format.  Mini-grant Application Guidelines are in PDF format.  Get Adobe Acrobat Reader for free »   Arts Project Support Grant (APS)  Application PDF Arts Project Support Grant (APS) Application WORD DOC APS Grant Application Guidelines Mini-grant Application and Guidelines PDF Mini-grant Application and Guidelines WORD DOC   For Regional Sub-grantees:  Indiana Arts Commission Regional Arts Partner logos are available for download in jpg format on the IAC website.  Choose from Region 5 logos in color or black and white. FY10 Final Grant Report Word DOC Project and Budget Modification Form Word DOC Arts Place Logos for download Arts_Place_Logo_color.JPG  |  Arts_Place_Logo_color.tif  |  Arts_Place_Logo_gray.tif  |  Arts_Place_Logo_gray.JPG Download Instructions: Left click on one of the links above to select the application you need. If the document opens in your web browser, save the document to your computer by selecting FILE, and then SAVE AS commands located on your browser toolbar. If a box opens asking you to SAVE or OPEN, please choose SAVE. Option 2 If the method above doesn't work, try to Right Click the link, then select SAVE TARGET AS - to save it on your computer. After you download your application, you may either open the document and fill in the form using Word or Adobe Acrobat, or print the document out and fill it out by hand. Get Adobe Acrobat Reader for free »  Learn more about Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional  » top of page Technical Assistance Arts Place provides significant technical assistance to arts organizations and limited services for artists. Organizations can receive advice and materials on board development, budgeting, facility development and management, fund raising, and marketing. The main support for our technical assistance services is provided by The George and Frances Ball Foundation. top of page Cultural Needs Assessment Arts Place periodically conducts studies, focus groups, and surveys to determine consumer interests and artist and arts provider organization needs. The current services were developed and refined based on studies conducted in 1998 and 1999. A new series of surveys using www.indianaarts.org will begin late in 2001. For more information on the services of Arts Place, contact Sue Burk, Regional Grants and Development Director, sburk@artsland.org or call at (260) 726-4809, ext. 223. top of page