Congratulations on receiving a Folk Arts Apprenticeship (FAA) grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board this year! We have sent an award letter to the Mentor Artist listed in your application through the SmartSimple grant platform. If you wish to view the panel’s discussion of your application, you will find that recording in the Grant Review Panel Meetings playlist on the Arts Board's YouTube channel.
Questions?
For general or grant related questions, please contact Kaitlyn Berle via email (kaitlyn.berle@wisconsin.gov) or via phone (608-266-8106).
For SmartSimple or accessibility related questions, contact Amelia Schaetzke via email (amelia.schaetszke@wisconsin.gov) or phone (608-264-8191).
What Comes Next?
1. Complete your grant agreement - this is required
Login to SmartSimple.
Access your grant agreement by selecting In Progress under the Requires Attention section of your SmartSimple home page.
Open the item that says Grant Agreement in the Activity Type column.
Click Open Grant Agreement. Print and sign the grant agreement, then scan and upload the signed document as a PDF file. Upon receipt, we will add our signature and upload a copy of the final completed contract back to that site for your records.
2. Attend the FAA Grant Recipient Orientation Session - this is required
Staff will follow up directly with additional details to schedule this session.
3. Notify your community - this is something we strongly recommend
Share news of your award online: Social Media Toolkit.
4. Document the Apprenticeship Activities - this is something we require
The Mentor Artist and Apprentice(s) are required to document the apprenticeship through photos, an activity log, or other means. A printable activity log is available here, but you may utilize any alternative equivalent form of your own design.
Document people engaging with your artistic work (feel free to adapt the Sample Photo Release form).
5. Acknowledge the award on your website/print collateral/signage - this is something we require
Place the Wisconsin Arts Board logo on your site in a prominent location (like the footer of your website) and explain what WAB is and that you have received support for your work. Access the logo and boilerplate message.
Insert the Wisconsin Arts Board logo on all print collateral of the project supported by the grant.
Insert the National Endowment for the Arts logo on all print collateral of the project supported by the grant. Access the logo.
The credit line language to use is: "This apprenticeship was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts."
6. Prepare and Present a Final Public Presentation - this is something we require
The apprenticeship requires the Mentor Artist and Apprentice(s) to complete a public presentation in their community at the end of the working year. The presentation should be appropriate to your art form, such as a small exhibit, a performance, or a workshop/demonstration in a local community setting that is accessible to the public. Once you have scheduled your public presentation, be sure to notify WAB staff (kaitlyn.berle@wisconsin.gov) of your plans at least a month before the presentation takes place. Make sure to display the Final Presentation Sign at your event.
7. Submit your final report for this project by the date specified within your grant agreement - this is something we require
After you login to SmartSimple, you will see the home screen with two sections. The top section titled Welcome shows the in-progress and approved/declined applications. The section titled Requires Attention shows the in-progress and submitted activities associated with your applications. The final report is one of these activities. Along
with the final report, you must submit records of the time spent working on the
apprenticeship, and photo, audio or video documentation of the apprenticeship.
Upon receiving and reviewing the final report, WAB will
issue the final $1,000 payment.
Beginning in FY27, the narrative portion of the report will be completed via interview with staff. More information coming soon!
Grant Recipient Quick Links
Glossary of Terms
Apprenticeship Activity Log
Final Presentation Sign
Sample Photo Release form
Social Media Toolkit
WAB Fast Facts FY 26
WAB Statewide Grant Impact Report FY24
WAB Assembly, Senate, and Congressional Grant Impact Reports FY24
Wisconsin Arts Board Boilerplate Message
The Wisconsin Arts Board is the state agency which nurtures creativity, cultivates expression, promotes the arts, supports the arts in education, stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource for people of every culture and heritage. For more information on the Wisconsin Arts Board, please visit artsboard.wisconsin.gov.