Craft Lake City has been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America award to support the 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons taking place at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Aug 12, 13 and 14, 2022. The event promotes community engagement by providing interactive and educational opportunities at the festival through artisan workshops, local artisan vending areas, local performances in dance and music, and through live demonstrations. Craft Lake City’s project is among 168 projects across America totaling $1,680,000 that were selected to receive fiscal year 2022 funding in the Challenge America grant category.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects like this one from Craft Lake City that help support the community’s creative economy,” said NEA Acting Chair Ann Eilers. “Craft Lake City in Salt Lake City is among the organizations nationwide that are using the arts as a source of strength, a path to well-being, and providing access and opportunity for people to connect and find joy through the arts.”
“Craft Lake City is incredibly honored to be among the organizations chosen to receive a Challenge America grant this year,” says Angela H. Brown, Executive Director of Craft Lake City. “This funding will help us to sustain and grow the Annual DIY Festival and provide even more opportunities this year for Utah’s creative community to thrive.”
The 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons will be taking place at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Aug 12, 13 and 14, 2022. The DIY Festival is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. The DIY Fest features hundreds of local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors. Applications are currently open for exhibitors, artisans, vintage vendors, performers, Kid Row, artisans, and food vendors. Application closes Sunday, April 3, 2022.
For more information on other projects included in the Arts Endowment grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
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Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. The DIY Fest features hundreds of local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August.
About the National Endowment for the Arts:
Established by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Arts is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the Arts Endowment supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. To learn more, visit arts.gov or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.