Houma Arts council announces grants deadline
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 22, 2011
HOUMA – The Houma Regional Arts Council announces the July 20, application deadline to apply for funding through the Decentralized Arts Funding Program. The deadline has been extended from the original deadline date of June 30.
The Decentralized Arts Funding Program is a service for funding arts and cultural activities occurring in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Terrebonne parishes. The program is supported by the Louisiana Division of the Arts and is administered by the Houma Regional Arts Council. The grant supports activities that occur between October 2011 and September 2012.
Any non-profit organization in the six-parish region presenting an arts or cultural project may apply for funding. Applicants may be awarded up to $7,000 to support open-to-the-public arts programs. Organizations are not required to make a cash or in-kind match to the amount awarded. Projects previously funded by the DAF program include K-12 school-based artist residencies, music and dance performances, child and adult visual art workshops, theatrical productions and arts and cultural-based festivals.
The Houma Regional Arts Council will host grant writing workshops in each of its six parishes between until June 29. All workshops are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. The workshops are:
• St. John Parish, June 22, Central Library, 2920 Highway 51, LaPlace, Phone 985-652-6857
• Lafourche Parish, June 23, NSU-Ellender Memorial Library, Thibodaux, Phone 985-448-4646
• St. Charles Parish, June 28, East Regional Library (Main Branch), 160 West Campus Drive, Destrehan, Phone 985-764-2366
• St. James Parish, June 29, Lutcher Branch, 1879 West Main St., Lutcher, Phone 225-869-3618
Staff from the Houma Regional Arts Council will be available to answer any questions and for technical assistance through the deadline. If you would like to have a one-on-one consultation please contact the Houma Regional Arts Council to set up an appointment to discuss your application and ideas. Staff will be available to assist applicants up to the deadline.
The Decentralized Arts Funding Program guidelines and applications are available online at www.houmaterrebonne.org or by contacting Rusty Bouvier at 985-873-6367 or grants@houma
