Performing Arts Booking Conference Scholarship
   _{Performing Artists & Performing Arts 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.

• • Guidelines
  • Application

Please note: No funds may be used to pay for state agencies including state parks, or state-funded universities or nonprofits housed in said educational institutions.

If you are interested in applying and have questions please contact Jason Bowcutt, 801-236-7554 or [email protected]

Artist Career Advancement Scholarships 
   _{Performing Artists}

Follow this link to the Artist Career Advancement Scholarship on our grants page. Artist Career Advancement Scholarships are being offered to support the professional development and career advancement of artists. These scholarships 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.

Performing Arts Fellowship
   _{Performing Artists}

The purpose of the fellowship program is to acknowledge and encourage the careers of established, professional Utah artists demonstrating exceptional creativity in, and dedication to, their art form. 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 artists annually. 

Performing arts disciplines will rotate every three years between dance, music, and theatre.

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westaf tourwest grant
   _{Presenters Grant}

TourWest - WESTAF provides support for the administration of an organization’s regional touring program. WESTAF 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. WESTAF 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:

• • Artist/contractor fees
  • Administration costs
  • Programming/marketing costs

The grants are only available to organizations that sponsor performances within the 13-state WESTAF region and jurisdictions including Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa. All TourWest grants must be matched on a one-to-one basis in cash by the presenting organization.

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