Performing Arts Booking Conference Scholarship
Performing Artists & Presenters
The Performing Arts Program provides scholarships for professional presenters or performing artists to attend regional booking conferences. Booking conferences are gathering places for performing arts professionals. These conferences provide opportunities for performing artists to market their art to presenters who are looking to bring performance to their communities. Booking conferences are also exceptional opportunities for artists to obtain professional development and network with other professionals in the field.
This link will open a list of regional booking conferences
The scholarship supports up to $1,000 in registration costs only.
If you are interested in applying and have questions please contact Jason Bowcutt, 801-236-7554 or [email protected]
Individual Artist Advancement Grant
Performing Artists
Follow this link to the Individual Artist Advancement Grant, opens in a new tab on our grants page. These grants are offered to support the professional development and career advancement of artists. These grants are specifically designed to support individual artists by helping them to take advantage of timely external professional opportunities and providing access to resources to advance their artistic careers.
Creative West - TourWest Grant
Presenters Grant
TourWest - Creative West provides support for the administration of an organization’s regional touring program. Creative West defines regional touring as programming that presents out-of-state touring artists and/or in-state touring artists traveling at least 50 miles to your venue. Creative West also encourages the inclusion of community/educational outreach as part of an organization’s presentation of touring artists. This programming can be virtual and/or in-person in accordance with state guidelines.
Support is available for use by organizations for their regional touring program budgets for any of the following:
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- Artist/contractor fees
- Administration costs
- Programming/marketing costs
All TourWest grants must be matched on a one-to-one basis in cash by the presenting organization.
Performing Arts Fellowship
Performing Artists
The purpose of the Performing Arts Fellowship is to acknowledge and encourage the careers of established, professional Utah artists demonstrating exceptional creativity in, and dedication to, the performing arts. The Fellowship seeks to support professional and committed Utah artists reaching pivotal moments in their artistic careers. Applicants are expected to demonstrate why now is the appropriate time in their career for this one-time award. The Fellowship is not an award to support a specific art project, recognition of lifetime achievement, or for artists just beginning their careers.
$5,000 fellowships will be awarded to performing artists annually. Performing arts disciplines will rotate every three years between dance, music, and theatre.
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