Hooray for Supplies! 


2010 Grant Application Procedure

The 2010 Grant application period is now closed. Art teachers who
applied for grants have been notified by mail confirming their
acceptance and their choice of Art Kits.

Thank you for your interest and support. Fresh Artists is honored
to serve the children and the dedicated public school art teachers who engage, enrich and inspire our children through meaningful art education.

How'd we do?

    We are pleased to announce that for the second year, Fresh Artists has offered
    grants of free art supplies to art teachers in the School District of Philadelphia.

    In our first two years, Fresh Artists has delivered the retail value of $100,000
    in art supplies to Philadelphia public school art teachers!

Who was eligible for a 2010 grant of art supplies?

  • Art teachers teaching in the School District of Philadelphia on January 1st, 2010,
    could apply to request a grant of free art supplies for their classrooms.
  • If a teacher received a grant in spring of 2009, they must have
    successfully submitted a Grant Report by January 15th, 2010.
  • Full-time art teachers verified for serving two SDP schools may apply for two grants.

How does it work?

    We've changed the way we deliver art supplies this year
    to make things easier for everyone.

  • We've streamlined the delivery system this year by creating several different
    Art Supply Kits.
    Eligible art teachers chose one Art Supply Kit when they
    applied. All Kits are approximately the same value. This system replaced the
    individual catalog ordering system of the previous year.
    Click here for a general description of Kits we offered this year
  • Kits were developed by volunteer art teachers and our vendor, Merion Art
    and Repro, using data compiled from both last year’s art supplies orders and the
    answers teachers gave to the question about the “top 5 art supplies you would
    like to receive” on the 2009 Grant Report form.
  • Teachers received an email from Fresh Artists confirming that their
    application was received.
    Each applicant recieved notice by mail to their
    home address by February 15th if their application was accepted.
    We also confirmed the Kit selected. Once chosen, Kit choice could not be altered.

How the distribution will work.

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