Carnegie Hall

Pitch presentations for each round take place at all seven NeONs on an invitation-only basis. You will be notified via email if you are invited to attend a pitch presentation. Pitch presentations allow artists and arts organizations to talk with NeON stakeholders about their applications and project ideas. Stakeholders will ask questions after each presentation. Your presentation should be five to seven minutes long and include the following elements:

• Introduction:Who are you and what is the mission of your art and/or arts organization?
• Goals:What goals will your proposed project accomplish?
• Youth Connection and Opportunity: What are the potential employment or internship opportunities that will be available to participants? What are your workshop recruitment and engagement strategies? Where will your workshops take place?
• Summary: Provide a summary of your workshops that includes an outline of what participants will be doing during the workshops, as well as any creative opportunities that will be available to them outside of the workshops (i.e. field trips).

Your presentation can include audio/visual media and/or a live demonstration. You should also feel free to bring a young person who has participated in your previous projects to the presentation.

• Grantees may be awarded grants for up to two NeON locations per grant round.
• Grantees may be awarded grants for up to two consecutive rounds of funding per calendar year.
• Grantees who have been awarded grants for two consecutive rounds of funding for the current calendar year must wait to apply for funding until the following calendar year.

If you answer “yes” to the questions below, you are eligible to apply for a NeON Arts grant.

• Are you an individual artist or arts organization that is interested in implementing art projects in community and justice settings?
• Do you have previous experience working in justice settings?
• Do you have previous experience working with youth?
• Is your work conducted in at least one of the five boroughs of New York City?
• Are you available to collaborate with NeON Arts staff and NeON stakeholders to plan, implement, and execute an arts project?
• Do you have relevant experience in completing similar projects?
• Are you able to work with NeON stakeholders to recruit participants from the NeON community?
• Do you have previous experience working in the NeON neighborhood in which your proposed project will take place?
• Are you able to plan and produce a final public event that allows participants to share their work and accomplishments with their community?
• Can you submit a proposal that includes goals and outcomes for participants?

• Artists and arts organizations from the seven NeON neighborhoods (Brownsville, East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Staten Island, Harlem, Jamaica, and South Bronx) are strongly encouraged to apply to work in their respective neighborhoods.
• You do not have to be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization or have a fiscal sponsor to apply.
• Partnerships can be valuable to the success of NeON Arts projects. While it is not required, applicants are encouraged to explore partnerships with organizations both within and outside of the arts.
• NeON stakeholder groups value projects that will have an impact on the participants, the NeON, and the surrounding community.

Please see the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.