Category: Grants & Awards

Grant Opportunities from Texas Commission on the Arts

Here is a quick and dirty, short list of grants available through the Texas Commission on the Arts. There are a variety of grants available and most are due on the same quarterly deadline (see our calendar page for details).

Which grant you qualify for will depend on how you/your organization is catergorized. But, fret not, they make it easy for you to figure out using their TCA Type Wizard, “The Wizard is a series of questions that profiles your organization and then presents a customized list of TCA programs for which your organization is eligible.”

Now for the good stuff, here’s the list:
Arts Respond Project
Cultural Connections- Performance Support
Arts Create-5
Arts Create Subgranting

January 31, 2010 marks the next deadline for organizations to be included on the approved Touring Roster of Texas-based touring companies and artists. More info here and here.

For a complete list, the TCA Guide to Programs & Services is listed here.

Happy Grant Writing,
Agent Smith

labotanica grants and call for artists

labotanica maps intersections of creative and social transformation. labotanica uses flexible, open-ended formats to engage the community to examine progressive cultural and social practices.

– labotanica announces grants program for creative projects [DUE July 15]

– low lives call for artists [DUE June 30]

– labotanica seeks home in houston, texas

– labotanica magazine #1: classifieds, call for entries [DUE July 15]”

complete details at BS Houston blog, linked below

via B.S. Houston Art Blog: Diana-Sofia’s Got the Scoop.

Workshop on How to Apply for the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund

The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) is hosting an informational workshop on how to apply for the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund. The workshop will take you through the application process step-by-step. RSVP by emailing SWAMP or call 713-522-8592 xt. 2

The workshop will be held at Auroroa Picture Show (located at 1524 Sul Ross, Houston, TX) on April 26, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Deadline for the 2009 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to fifteen thousand dollars in funding for your project.

Application forms are available for download from www.austinfilm.org or by request from Texas Filmmakers Production Fund, 1901 East 51st St., Austin, TX 78723, 512-322-0145, email

Since 1996, the Austin Film Societys TFPF has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out nine hundred thirty thousand dollars in cash, goods and services to 265 film and video projects.

via Houston Film Commission newsletter

Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest

DUE Friday, July 17
Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London is searching for new talent to perform on stage in front of a live audience. All you need to do is choreograph, perform, and film an original piece of dance, 30 seconds to 3 minutes long, post it on YouTube, and submit your entry at www.globaldancecontest.com. The winner will receive a cash prize, an expenses-paid trip to London, and a chance to perform on the main stage at Sadler’s Wells in January 2010. All kinds of dance are welcome, and the contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 from anywhere in the world.

Grants Available From the Engaging Dance Audiences Program

DUE Monday, May 4

Applications for Grants From the Engaging Dance Audiences Program, administered by Dance/USA with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Grants ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 will be awarded to projects that analyze current attendance patterns, and explore methods of engaging dance audiences. Visit www.danceusa.org or Suzanne Callahan at 202/955-8325.

(via Dance Source Houston)

VSA arts Accepting Applications for Teaching Artist Fellowships

Deadline: April 24, 2009

VSA arts Accepting Applications for Teaching Artist Fellowships

VSA arts is seeking applications from artist-educators for the Teaching Artist Fellowship, a program to identify, engage, and support outstanding teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts.

Benefits to selected Teaching Artist Fellows include program orientation and a professional development retreat designed especially for teaching artists; subscriptions/memberships within the teaching artist network (e.g., Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education, Teaching Theatre); networking and teaching opportunities in Washington, D.C. (stipend and travel costs included); and a stipend of $1,000 to support professional development or career goal objectives.

Teaching Artist Fellows will serve as facilitators for VSA arts educational efforts and will be profiled in VSA arts publications.

The program is open to artists with disabilities and experience working in pre-K-12 classrooms within the past three years. Applicants should demonstrate artistic achievement in visual or performing arts. (Note: This program is designed specifically for teaching artists. Classroom instructors are not eligible for the fellowship.)

Visit the VSA arts Web site for complete program information:

DUE May 29 Lawndale Artist Studio Program

“The Lawndale Artist Studio Program is part of Lawndale’s ongoing commitment to support the creation of contemporary art by Gulf Coast area artists. With an emphasis on emerging practices, the program will provide three artists with studio space on the third floor of the Lawndale Art Center at 4912 Main Street in the heart of Houston’s Museum District.

Artists have full access to their studios 24 hours a day, seven days a week; access to visiting artists, writers and curators; and will receive a $500 monthly stipend for the duration of the program together with an initial $1500 materials budget. If accepted, artists are expected to present a workshop or presentation to the general public and the local arts community to share their practice or explore a related topic.

Works produced during the program will be exhibited at Lawndale Art Center during May 2010. Lawndale Art Center will work with resident artists to create additional exhibition opportunities during the residency.”

download application form

Dallas Museum of Art Grants to Artists

The deadline for this year has passed, but keep it in mind for next year.

“The DeGolyer Fund hands out up to $1500 to artists between 15 and 25, who live in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, or Colorado. The Kimbrough Fund up to $3500 to Texas artists under 30. Older Texas artists, 30+, can apply for the Dozier Travel Grant.”

via Glasstire: Texas visual art online – It’s a transparent bit of plastic . . ..

DUE April 2 Sunday Soup (grant)

“In the spirit of the rent party, the benefit concert, a new social event, “Sunday Soup” is a community meal that functions as a grant funding process. On April 5 at Houston’s SKYDIVE, you pay $5, eat some soup, and vote for your favorite proposal; the winning art idea takes all. Organized by Nancy Zastudil, will incude the Chicago-based collective InCUBATE and guest chef Randall Szott, “the only cook in the merchant marine with an MA in Interdisciplinary Art”. One-page proposals from Houston artists are due April 2.”

via Glasstire: Texas visual art online – The inverse soup kitchen theory.

Art of Harmony — Eco-Project

“Local Coca-Cola Bottler and Wal-Mart sponsors announced a call for entries in this year’s Art of Harmony — Eco-Project.

Artists in high schools throughout the Greater Houston and southeast Texas areas can vie for the opportunity to have their creations displayed on a tour.

The competition encourages and rewards the talent of students in grades nine through 12.

…

Entry kits were mailed to high schools in the area.

Students also can call 1-800-556-6754.

Entry deadline is [March 31].”

via Deadline nears for Art of Harmony — Eco-Project | East End/Third Ward News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.