• Upcoming BCAA Grant Deadlines
• Arts on the River - Call for Entry
• Cultural Sensitivity and Competency Training
• Please take our Diversity Survey
• Business of Arts - Crafting the Perfect Artist Statement
• 2016 Schedule for the Dairy Center for the Arts
• Discounted Rates for Daily Camera Ads - Membership Benefit
• Featured Venue - Longmont Museum
• BCAA Acknowledgements

BCAA Endowment grants are available twice each year.  In the spring, BCAA accepts applications for general operating or equipment support as well as unrestricted fellowships in rotating disciplines.  In late summer (this round), BCAA accepts applications for individual or organizational project support.  Awards are between $1000 and $3000.

The Martha Kate Thomas Fund was established in 2013 through a bequest gift to the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. Grants from this fund will be awarded to artists who live or work in Boulder County and who have unforeseen needs due to special circumstances. These needs may include loss of equipment or supplies, and unplanned expenses due to natural disaster, debilitating illness, accidents and more. Priority is given to applicants that are not eligible to file insurance claims or who may be eligible but coverage is inadequate to cover the loss. Grant awards will not exceed $3000. Read the inspiring story behind this fund.

BCAA needs Grant panelists to review applications!  Please call 303-447-2422 or email Charlotte LaSasso, BCAA Executive Director if you are interested. 

Arts on the River is a fundraiser for BCAA and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission, held along the North Saint Vrain Creek in Lyons at River Bend. The date for the event is Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 12-7pm.  

We are very excited to have Rebecca Folsom performing at this event. Singer/songwriter Folsom's latest CD, Reunion, has been described by Boulder Magazine as “achingly beautiful,” and is a fusion of songs, paintings, and poetry. 

The Boulder Art Therapy Collective will offer an interactive booth where participants can engage in a variety of art materials and create art to take home. Items made by Collective Members/Artist will also be for sale. There will be food trucks and a bar, including libations from Spirit Hound Distillers.

We are looking for artists of all mediums who want to staff a booth and sell their work at the event. For all work sold during the event, BCAA and LAHC retain a 30% commission (split evenly between the two nonprofit organizations). Tent, table, and chairs will be provided. 

There is no fee for submitting your entry. If selected, the fee for an artist's booth is $20 BCAA members/$40 non-BCAA members. Applications are through the online form on BCAA's website. Acceptances are being made on a rolling basis until filled. Don't wait - we have only a few spaces left!

We love volunteers for help with set up, take down and artist sales!  If you are interested in helping at Arts on the River, please email BCAA or call us at 303-447-2422.

Photo credits for featured artists:  Dusty Shutt (top), Holly Beck, (middle) and Bruce Shaver (bottom).

The goal of this training is to foster culturally competent leaders and facilitators who will be effective in working within the arts community in Boulder County. Present at the sesssion will be BCAA grant panelists, Community Foundation staff, Boulder County Cultural Council (SCFD), and the Boulder Arts Commissioners. This is an open meeting; members of the public are welcome to attend but opportunity for discussion will be limited. 

The workshop will be led by Johanna B. Maes, Ph.D, faculty with the Ethnic Living and Learning Community Program at University of Colorado Boulder.

For more information and to register, click here.

Please help us conduct a diversity assessment of our membership and larger constituency by completing this anonymous survey. 

This survey takes only two minutes to complete.  Your answers are vital for our grant reporting and will help educate our staff and Board of Directors about the constituency we serve.

The Artist Statement is an important tool in promoting your work. It can help you connect with gallery owners, museum curators and buyers. Or it can turn them off. We'll share examples of Dos and Don'ts, and then in a friendly, professional manner, you'll get tips for improving your own statement.

The advisors:

• Mardee Goff, Associate Curator, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
• Kathy Kucsan, Founder, Integrity Arts
• Crystal Polis, Communications Manager, BCAA and Independent Consultant

For more information and to register, click here.

Thank you to BMoCA for hosting this event!

Get your tickets to ARTMIX, BMoCA’s annual auction and fundraiser! The event is on Friday, September 18.

Thank you Boulder for your support of Ballot Measure 2A that has allowed the Dairy Center to begin the much-needed renovation of the old Watts-Hardy Dairy building. And a big thank-you as well to Gordon and Grace Gamm who contributed $1 million to The Dairy – the largest gift in the Center's history. BCAA is one of many arts organizations to rent space in the Dairy.

• A new exterior that itself will be new piece of architectural art for Boulder with a dramatic waved roof.
• A welcoming main entrance with a convenient and easily accessible box office.
• An enhanced and enlarged lobby, complete with a café.
• A transparent glass atrium with an adjoining outside plaza.
• Improved events space, complete with the support of a catering kitchen.

• Enhanced Gordon Gamm Performance Theater – an outstanding 250-set venue
• New and enlarged Grace Gamm Drama Theater – an exciting new 116 seat theater
• New and reconfigured Carsen Theater – ideal for experimental theater and intimate performances
• Six new dressing rooms and three new great rooms with state-of-the art amenities
• Technical, lighting, and sound improvements in all theaters – including sound proofing

• The addition of a parent/student waiting area by the west entrance
• A new elevator at the west entrance for handicapped accessibility
• New ballet changing stations
• A new multi-purpose meeting room
• Enlarged catering kitchen
• Modernized offices for staff and co-located resident organizations

We must have two or more participants to qualify for a "group" ad and to secure the following discounted rates:

• ¼ page - $200 4.5” x 4.5”
• ½ page - $400 4.5” x 9 “ (horizontal or vertical)

• ¼ page - $260 4.5” x 4.5”
• ½ page - $525 4.5” x 9 “ (horizontal or vertical)

We are running a large ad on August 14! Let us know if you want to be a part of it, or if other Fridays in August or September interest you.

If you are interested in this opportunity or have questions, please contact crystal@bouldercountyarts.org.

Now Open, the Longmont Museum’s expansion features several outstanding rental spaces, whether for corporate retreats, training sessions or elegant dinners. Spaces available: 

The Stewart Auditorium 

A 250-seat venue with state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting, and audiovisual equipment.

The Swan Atrium

An elegant glass-walled atrium, suitable for formal or informal gatherings. Seats 80 at tables.

Kaiser Permanente Education Center

Suitable for meetings, retreats or presentations. Seats up to 112, can be divided into three smaller spaces for breakout sessions.

Contact Auditorium Manager David Ortolano for more information on fees and availability.

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