NYSCA Regrant Programs
Arts in Corrections NYS
Arts in Corrections NYS facilitates and supports arts programming inside Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYS DOCCS) facilities across New York State. A regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Arts in Corrections is facilitated by Wave Farm, a nonprofit New York State arts organization, working closely with DOCCS.
In 2023 and 2024, Arts in Corrections supported arts programming inside approximately 10 NYS facilities across New York State. In 2025, with the support of NYSCA and DOCCS, Arts in Corrections will expand to 15 facilities across New York State. Teaching artists facilitate in-person workshops, providing system-impacted individuals with once-a-week programming in a variety of disciplines including the visual arts, electronic media/film, music, and literature.
In January and February of 2025, Arts in Corrections will accept applications for new workshops in five DOCCS facilities: Albion, Cayuga, Eastern, Mid-State, and Wyoming. New in 2025, both NYS non-profit arts organizations and individual artists are eligible as Arts in Corrections grantees. Non-profit organizations will work with a teaching artist to design and propose the curriculum of the workshop. Organizations will be required to designate an individual from their organization who will serve as the primary contact between Wave Farm, NYS DOCCS, and their teaching artist(s). Individual artist grantees will be responsible as the primary contact between NYS DOCCS and Wave Farm over the course of your program.
In 2025, teaching artists will facilitate a 20-week workshop with the possibility of a renewal for a second workshop. Grants will be awarded for $12,000 per 20-week workshop.
- Eligible Applicants: Individual Artists and NYS Non-Profit Arts Organizations
- Application Due Date: February 14th, 2025
- Grant Amount: $12,000 for each 20-week workshop series
- Eligible Expenses: workshop supplies, transportation, and per diem artist fee
- For Organizations, an administrative fee per workshop is restricted to a maximum of $1,000
- Successful grantees have the opportunity to renew for a second workshop series to begin in 2025
- When and where openings for new programs occur, applicants with pending proposals will be contacted and given the opportunity to update their proposals prior to review
Applications Must Be Submitted Online
Individual Artist Applicants: Click here for a PDF Preview of the Application.
NYS Non-Profit Organization Applicants: Click here for a PDF Preview of the Application.
Please contact Wave Farm at info@wavefarm.org with questions.
2025 Application
Participating Facilities 2025
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This map identifies currently participating NYS DOCCS Facilities: Albion Correctional Facility (Albion, NY); Bare Hill Correctional Facility (Malone, NY); Cayuga Correctional Facility (Moravia, NY); Coxsackie Correctional Facility (Coxsackie, NY); Eastern Correctional Facility (Napanoch, NY); Franklin Correctional Facility (Malone, NY); Mohawk Correctional Facility (Rome, NY); Greene Correctional Facility (Coxsackie, NY); Green Haven Correctional Facility (Stormville, NY); Groveland Correctional Facility (Sonyea, NY); Mid-State Correctional Facility (Marcy, NY); Otisville Correctional Facility (Ottisville, NY); Shawangunk Correctional Facility (Wallkill, NY); Wyoming Correctional Facility (Attica, NY). From 2023-2024, programs were offered at Sullivan Correctional Facility (Fallsburg, NY). In 2023, programs were offered at Ulster Correctional Facility (Napanoch, NY).
Arts in Corrections NYS is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.