On-going Opportunities

1. The Percent For Art Program, administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans, was created by a City of New Orleans ordinance under the administration of Mayor Ernest N. Morial in 1986.  Supported through funding generated by 1% of eligible municipal capital bonds, the Percent For Art Program has evolved into one that includes commissioned site-specific artwork, purchase of existing work, community outreach and education initiatives, on-going maintenance of the Percent Collection, and program administration.   For current calls for artists related to this project click here.
2. Attn Theater Types:  Grants are available for any arts-related endeavors, but are particularly aimed at schools and educational institutes that are active in the performing arts, including music, drama, and dance, as well as related areas such as acting, directing, writing, and producing.  Most grants will fall in the range of $500 to $5,000 but other amounts are available and there is no preset maximum amount.  Grants accepted quarterly.  More information and a grant application form are available at www.neworleanstheatreassociation.com.
3. The Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts offers Southern Fast Track Touring grants.  This program, through its rolling deadline, is designed to offer Southern presenters more opportunities throughout the year to apply for fee support.  Aimed at smaller presenters, the Southern Fast Track Touring program seeks to establish an active arts environment in underserved communities.  This program offers fee support to present performing artists and writers from outside the presenter’s state.  These grants are limited to presenting organizations with operating budgets of $100,000 or less.  Applications must be postmarked 60 days prior to the project start date.  The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,500.  Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary, and dance projects that contain both a public performance or reading AND an educational component.  For more information, please see: http://www.southarts.org
4. Each month, the work of a Louisiana cultural worker appears as the featured image in the digital newsletter CulturalConnections . See the featured image gallery here.  All artistic disciplines are eligible!  For more info on this monthly contest, go to http://culturaleconomy.org/2011/cc/featuredimage/.
5. Each week, the Dog Levee Dish, a website dubbed “The Canine’s Guide to the Crescent City” sponsors a “Pet of the Week” photo contest Local or not, your furry companion can be the star of New Orleans.  Click here to see previous winning entries.