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 chuck.winkler@arts.state.tx.us 512-936-6575

• www.arts.state.tx.us