Durham Culture & Arts –
Invest to Restart Training Program
Open only to program-approved artists, arts & cultural nonprofits, and arts & cultural small businesses
(All courses listed through the ARPA Training Program website are open to all program participants.)
Choose courses from our 3 course providers for the fall of 2024: Triangle Art Works, Duke Non-profit Management, and The Equity Paradigm. Then request registration for the course(s) you are eligible to attend. You are only confirmed as registered for a desired course once a regsitration confirmation email is received from the ARPA Project Mgr. – Denise Stroud. Please reach her at dstroud@durhamarts.org or at 919.560.2730 with any questions.
Eligibility
For Individual Artists:
- A participation payment of at least $1,000 will be provided for applicants who have completed the course of their choosing.
- Up to 3 trainings (& their participation payments) per applicant is the basic allowance, for which 3 courses must be completed.
- BIPOC artists are eligible for up to 4 participation payments, for which, 4 courses must be completed.
- Total Participation Payments will range from $1,000 to $4,000 per individual artist, depending on eligibility and courses completed. (Meaning total payouts for an artist eligible for 3 trainings will be no more than $3,000*.)
For Organizations:
- A participation payment of at least $1,000 will be provided for applicants who have completed the course of their choosing.
- Up to 3 trainings (& their participation payments) is the basic allowance for organizations or businesses that also received an ARPA cash grant or up to 5 trainings for organizations or businesses that did not receive an ARPA cash grant.
- BIPOC organizations or businesses will be eligible for up to 5 trainings and participation payments regardless of having received a cash grant.
- Total Participation Payments will range from $1,000 to $5,000 per organization, depending on eligibility and courses completed. (Meaning total payouts for an organization eligible for 3 trainings will be no more than $3,000*.)
(*Note – As a special exception for the June DEIA courses only, we will allow both larger payouts ($1,500 & $2,000) to those who have successfully completed both courses, which may be $500 over any $3,000 eligibility payout limits.)
Participation Payments
- A participation payment of at least
$1,000 will be provided for program participants who have completed the course of
their choosing.
- Those completing longer courses (those totaling 4-hours or longer) are eligible for larger payments, but only if all sessions of the course(s) are fully attended, as confirmed by the instructor.
- Courses that are 4-6 hours long are eligible for a $1,500 participation payment
- Courses that are 8 hours long are eligible for a $2,000 participation payment
Payments will be sent only after full attendance is confirmed by the course instructor, Final Impact Statements are submitted, then reviewed by DAC. A W-9 tax form will be sent for you to sign before check requests can be issued. Checks will be mailed to the mailing address in your application.
Final Impact Statements
Once you’ve received confirmation of full attendance to the course you’ve registered for, you may submit a Final Impact Statement for each course attended. This should be around 300 – 500 words, that’s a typical single-spaced typed page or less. In your statement, you should let us know how the course you’ve taken has impacted you and will help improve, rebuild, or better support yourself, your community, and/or your organization. Once complete, please submit your statement in the ‘message’ feature of your original application. Once we’ve received & reviewed your statement(s), we’ll confirm receipt, send a W-9 tax form for you to sign and a check request will be issued. Checks will be mailed to the mailing address in your application.
