PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND GOALS

For Grassroots Arts Program forms and guidelines in PDF and Word Format go to Forms, Guidelines and Applications on the GCA Web Site.

The Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) is a decentralized funding program, which began in 1993. The Georgia General Assembly appropriates fund annually for each of the 159 counties in Georgia. The Georgia Council for the Arts directs the Grassroots Arts Program through regional GAP agencies. The goals of the Grassroots Arts Program are:

• To provide arts funding for every county—of special importance to small, traditionally underserved communities
  
  
• To decentralize decisions about how the money is spent
  
  
• To support emerging arts organizations and activities that respond to a broad range of community needs, interests and concerns
  
  
• To diversify and expand arts audiences
  
  
• To encourage regional and multi-county arts programming