Kyle, TX Thursday, November 19, 2009
Presenter: Gary Gibbs, Ph.D.
Texas Music Administrators Conference
Hays CISD Performing Arts Center
ARTS RESPOND Performance Support Grants
ARTS RESPOND PERFORMANCE SUPPORT
• Eligibility: all Texas nonprofits, schools, libraries, colleges, and units of government
• Description: professional artist fees to hire an artist from the TCA Touring Roster
• Match requirement: dollar for dollar (1:1)
• Deadlines: varies; awarded quarterly
2010 Deadlines
• Quarterly grants deadline: February 1, 2010 (for activities occurring
March 15 -June 14, 2010) • Quarterly grants deadline May 1, 2010 (for activities occurring June
15 -August 31, 2010)
TCA TOURING ROSTER
• Artists approved in competitive process • Artists must have history of touring • Performances, workshops, residencies,
lecture-demonstrations, educational programs • Presenters apply to TCA for portion of artistic
fees
Musical Groups
Theater and Opera
Dance Ensembles
Bands Asleep at the Wheel
Brave Combo
Booking a Performance
• Contact an artist • Negotiate fee and arrange booking dates • Contract the artist • Apply for Performance Support Grant A copy of the signed contract with each
artist is a required attachment.
Texas Commission on the Arts
• Contact: Chuck Winkler [email protected] 512-936-6575
• www.arts.state.tx.us