The artistic disciplines described below are considered eligible art forms for grant funding.
Dance projects can focus on ballet, modern, jazz or ethnic dance. Dance project grants assist artists and organizations to make quality dance programs accessible to the public and to encourage innovation in dance as an art form.
Literature project grants are intended to support specific projects that present the literary arts to the public and to promote works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. In addition, the category supports not-for-profit small presses and magazines that publish fiction, poetry, creative prose, or literary criticism for production and distribution projects. Such magazines must have been published at least once.
Theater project grants are intended to help make high quality dramatic and musical theater available to the public or support development of nonprofit professional and community theater, puppetry, mime, and storytelling.
Design Arts projects promote excellence in the design field of architecture; landscape architecture; urban design; historic preservation and planning; interior design; industrial design; graphic design; and fashion design. This program area provides an opportunity for visual arts and design professionals to collaborate on projects involving design practice, media, theory, research, and education about design. Projects may include publications, audiovisual presentations, or conferences. Design arts do not include purchase of plantings, seeds, gardening equipment, construction equipment, or building supplies.
Media project grants provide financial assistance to organizations and artists involved in film, video, radio, or related media. Projects should focus on the development of film, video, and radio as art forms where experimentation, technique and, creative processes are included in the project design.
Visual Arts and Crafts project grants are intended to support projects or services of museums, art galleries, art centers, and other organizations concerned with visual arts. This includes drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, glass, ceramics, fiber, wood, metal, mixed media, and art in public places
Folklife refers to traditions currently practiced within a community that have been passed down informally over time and not learned through workshops, classes, or magazines. Folklife includes Performing Traditions (music, dance, storytelling) and Traditional Arts & Crafts (occupational, festive and food ways traditions). See definition of folk artist in the glossary.
Folk traditions are created within specific cultural contexts that need to be understood to be appreciated. Most folklife projects are greatly enhanced with the services of a professional folklorist or other trained cultural specialists such as those with academic training in folklore, cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology or other related fields. Cultural specialists should be involved in planning and implementation phases of a project. Folklife does not include historical re-enacting or living history.
Folklife projects are evaluated for the cultural significance of the art form and the involvement of trained cultural specialists (folklorists, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists).
Music project grants assist artists or organizations sponsoring musical programming or the presentation and development of musicians, composers, and/or music ensembles and orchestras in all genres, including band, chamber, choral, ethnic, jazz, new, opera, orchestral, popular, solo/recital.
A Community Review Panel will evaluate your proposal using the following evaluation criteria by assigning percentage points for each. Review eligibility requirements and requirements for grant programs to determine if you or your program are a good match for BRAC funding.
The Bayou Regional Arts Council is pleased to announce that we are administering the Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding program for our region for FY 2023-2024. The grant activity period will be October 1st, 2023 – September 30th, 2024.
The last day to have the CDC look over and give feedback on drafts in Submittable is Friday, June 17, 2022. If you would like us to give feedback, you must email us at CDC@bayouarts.org before the deadline and let us know so we may review your application.
Funds for Louisiana Project Grant are provided by the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development.
The Bayou Regional Arts Council is pleased to announce that we are administering the Terrebonne Parish Arts Funding program. The grant activity period will be June 15st, 2022 – December 31th, 2022.
Funds for Terrebonne Parish Arts Funding program are provided by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.
Online application available at Louisiana Office of Cultural Development Applications Manager (submittable.com)
Grant workshop are held in the Waterlife Museum on May 18th. Workshops are 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
The last day to have the CDC look over and give feedback on drafts in Submittable. If you would like us to give feedback, you must email us at CDC@bayouarts.org before the deadline and let us know so we may review your application.
Online Application Deadline. Online application forms must be submitted through the online grant system no later than 5PM.
Applicants emailed list of grant panel dates.
Grant panels convene to review applications and make funding recommendations.
Starting September 2022 applicants may be present for Panelist preliminary funding recommendations and panel comments. Will be held at Waterlife Museum. Date: TBA
Decentralized grants recommendations presented to the Arts Council’s Board of Directors for approval.
Appeals Deadline – Grant funding appeals must be received by the Arts Council by 5:00 p.m.
Grant award letters are sent to grantees.
Compliance sessions held for grantees. First-time grantees and grant managers must participate in a compliance session before receiving a grant payment.
Final reports are due or thirty (30) days after the completion of services. Whichever comes first.
Contracts submitted by grantees.