Grant Recipients

2022

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2023 Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture)
Awarded November 28, 2022 through the Human Relations Commission

  • Haula Community Organization, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day 2023 Events, $1,167 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,167 from the Human Relations Commission

  • Motus Theater, Dr. King Jr. and the Radical Roots at the Heart of Justice, with The ReMINDers, Dr. Reiland Rabaka, and a Motus Theater JustUs Monologue, $667 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,166 from the Human Relations Commission

  • Museum of Boulder, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: “The DREAM…Keep Hope at the Center!”, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $833 from the Human Relations Commission

  • NAACP Boulder County Branch, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: “The DREAM…Keep Hope at the Center!”, $1,166 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,166 from the Human Relations Commission

  • Second Baptist Church (SBC), Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: “The DREAM…Keep Hope at the Center!”, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $834 from the Human Relations Commission

Artist Hiring Incentive Grants - Round Two
Awarded November 8, 2022

  • Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven Mass in C with the Boulder Chorale, $3,000

  • Boulder Opera Company, Hiring local soprano Sabina Balsamo, $3,000

  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Cafe des Trois Amis: Live Music and Aerial Dance, $3,000

  • Musical Ambassadors of Peace, World Music and Dance Concert, $3,000

  • Parlando School for the Arts, Visda Carson, Artist-in-Residence, $3,000

  • The Cultural Caravan, The Cultural Caravan's 2023 Season, $3,000

Cultural Field Trips Fund

  • Columbine Elementary (4th grade classroom of Jeanette Scotti), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $1,025

  • Columbine Elementary (5th grade classroom of Jeanette Scotti), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $1,250

  • Columbine Elementary (4th grade classroom of Stephanie Fida), to Macky Auditorium for the Boulder Philharmonic's Discovery Concert, $661

  • University Hill (4th grade classroom of Celia Lopez), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $1,425

  • Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer (3rd grade classroom of Ana Cox), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $2,000

  • Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer (music students of Wanda Vasquez Garcia), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $1,350

  • Columbine Elementary (3rd grade classroom of Jeanette Scotti), to the Dairy Arts Center for Hansel and Gretel by the Boulder Opera, $1,145

Arts Administration Rehiring Grants
Awarded August 17, 2022
87,900 over three years

  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

  • Boulder Opera Company

  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Boulder Symphony

  • Dairy Arts Center

  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc.

  • Local Theater Company

  • Museum of Boulder

  • T2 Dance Company

Artist Hiring Incentive Grants - Round One
Awarded August 8, 2022

  • Boulder Ballet, Viki Psihoyos commission for "New Moves", $3,000

  • Creativity Alive, Restoration of Mmmwhah! Ensemble, $3,000

  • LOCAL Theater Company, RAISED ON RONSTADT and POP THE HOLIDAYS, $3,000

  • NoBo Art District, Sustainable Sculpture Installations - TreeSky EcoArtz, $3,000

  • Street Wise Arts, Community Youth Mural with Joseph Jimenez, $3,000

  • The Catamounts, FEED: Aprés, $3,000

  • Arts Education Grants
    Awarded July 20, 2022

  • Boulder County Film Commission, Film Industry Nights, $3,000

  • Boulder International Film Festival, Colorado Film Society Educational Outreach Program, $3,000

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention, $3,000

  • Local Theater Company, LocalWRITES, $3,000

  • Luna Cultura, art, science and culture for thriving communities, LLC, El arte de la tradición oral: Narradores de historias y sus múltiples expresiones, $3,000

  • Parlando School of Musical Arts, Supplementary Music Education for Columbine Elementary School, $3,000

  • T2 Dance Company, The Color Wheel Project, $3,000

University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration Scholarships
Awarded July 20, 2022

  • Carlie Ransom

Indigenous People’s Day Grants
Awarded July 18, 2022, through the Human Relations Commission

  • Luna Cultura, Art, Science and Culture for Thriving Communities, LLC., Voces Ancestrales por la Madre Tierra / Ancestral Voices for Mother Earth, $1,925 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Commission

  • Right Relationship Boulder, Current Conversations: Indigenous Fire Knowledge, Trauma Healing, and Land Back, $1,925 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Commission

  • The American Indian Law Program, in conjunction with the Native American Rights Fund and Center for Native American & Indigenous Studies at the University of Colorado, Indigenous Youth and Human Rights, $1,150 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Commission

General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for three years

Extra-Large Organization Grants - Awarded June 15, 2022
$50,000 awarded each

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

  • Colorado Chautauqua Association

  • Colorado Music Festival and Center for Musical Arts

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival

  • Dairy Arts Center

  • eTown

  • KGNU Community Radio

  • Parlando School of Musical Arts

Small Organization Grants - Awarded June 15, 2022
$8,000 awarded each

  • Band of Toughs

  • Boulder MUSE

  • Boulder Opera Company

  • Boulder Samba School

  • Cantabile Singers

  • Colorado MahlerFest

  • Creativity Alive

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  • NoBo Art District

  • Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra

  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema

  • T2 Dance Company

2022 Professional Development
Round Two, Awarded May 25, 2022

  • Adriana Paola Palacios Luna, Denver Art Museum Acrylic Painting with Mediums, Denver, Colorado, $500

  • Brian Jack, International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, Colorado, $500

  • Ellen Allen, StartUp to ScaleUp Yampa Valley by the Colorado SBDC (Small Business Development Center) workshop, Hayden, Colorado, $482

  • Heidi Alina, Private Study with Jo Boatright, Concert Pianist and Artistic Director, Walden Chamber Music Society, Buena Vista, Colorado, $500

  • Kaori Uno, International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, Colorado, $500

  • Laura Malpass, Progressing Ballet Technique Teacher Workshop, online, $500

  • Leah Quiller, American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, $500

  • Meghan Wilmesher, Stained Glass Association of America SGAA 111th Annual Summer Conference, Toledo, Ohio, $500

General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for three years

Large Organization Grants - Awarded May 18, 2022
$20,000 awarded each

  • Boulder International Film Festival

  • Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado

  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc.

  • JLF Colorado

  • Junkyard Social Club

  • Local Theater Company

  • Motus Theater

  • Museum of Boulder

  • Studio Arts Boulder

Mid-sized Organization Grants – Awarded May 18, 2022
$10,000 awarded each

  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater

  • Art Parts Creative Reuse Center

  • Boulder Chorale

  • Boulder Metalsmithing Association

  • EcoArts Connections

  • Street Wise Arts

  • The Catamounts, NFP

  • The Spark

Immigrant Heritage Month Grants
Awarded April 18, 2022, through the Human Relations Commission

  • Haula Community Organization, Celebration of Immigrant Heritage, $1,650 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,650 from the Human Relations Commission

  • The Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc., Ellis Island Stories: Yesterday and Today, $1,650 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,650 from the Human Relations Commission

  • Motus Theater, UndocuAmerica Monologues: 10 Years of DACA in Story and Song, $1,650 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,650 from the Human Relations Commission

Community Project Grants

For Individuals
Awarded April 20, 2022

  • Diana Sabreen, The Imagination Collaboration, $5,000

  • Grace Gee, The Space Between Us, $5,000

  • Judy Nogg, THE FAUX PRINCESS AND THE VIETNAM VET, $5,000

  • Mary Wohl Haan, 4 x 4 Squared: Pop-up Dance Performances (working title), $4,200

  • Silen Wellington, Place Them on the Altar, $5,000

For Organizations
Awarded March 16, 2022

  • Art in Community, Inc. (AiC), Temple of Tranquility, $10,000

  • Boulder Ballet, Adaptive Dance Program, $10,000

  • Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC), BETC's Touring Theatre Truck 2022, $10,000

  • Feet Forward, "Lived Experience", $8,175

  • Motus Theater, Power Playback Theater - Community Storytelling Performance, $10,000 Street Wise Arts, Street Wise Boulder 2022, $10,000

2022 Professional Development
Round One, Awarded February 22, 2022

  • Andrew Neely, Stand Up Comedy 101 in Denver, Colorado, $285

  • Belgin Yucelen, Sculpture Workshop by Grzegorz Gwiazda in Mapstone and Vouzeron Studios, Vouzeron, France, $500

  • Brian Deck, Adobe in Action workshops online and in Santa Fe, New Mexico, $500

  • Lisa Johnston, Dance for PD®’s Complete Training Program online, $500

  • Merlyn Holmes, Ngoni music lessons in Boulder, Colorado, $500

2022 Boulder Arts Week Sponsorships
$500
Through the City of Boulder Office of Arts + Culture

  • Ars Nova Singers, Made Fragile performance

  • Art of Modeling, Boulder Arts Week Figure Drawing Marathon

  • Belgin Yucelen, Evening with Love Poems

  • Bonnie Lowdermilk, Bonnie Lowdermilk Quintet performance

  • Boulder Creative Collective, Pertenecer exhibition by Grace Gutierrez

  • Creativity Alive, Uplift - a winged flash dance to inspire us all

  • Julia Vandenoever, Still Breathing exhibition

  • Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet, WALD

  • Lisa Nesmith, NoBo Art Tour and Pop-ups

  • Mary Wohl Haan, Dancing 4 x 4 (working title)

  • Modern Arcana, Open Rehearsal and Set Decoration Tutorial

  • RICK DALLAGO, WILDERNESS STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE

  • Rob Lantz, Galactic Liquid

  • rodney Swanstrom, SKYLIGHTS REVISITED

  • Sam Tomatz, Dance Film

  • Samba Colorado, 2nd Annual Brazilian Arts Weekender

  • Sans Souci Dance Film Festival, Women's History Month Virtual Screening

  • Street Wise Boulder, Mural Tour for Boulder Arts Week

Grant Writing Fund
$500

  • Andrew Novick

  • Bill Snider // Studio Doorz

  • Diana Sabreen

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  • Empathy Theatre Project

  • Judy Nogg

  • Katrin Bell

Venue and Event Affordability Fund Grants and Macky Auditorium Fee Waivers

  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater, 3rd Law presents their 2022 Spring Season, Dairy Arts Center and online, $1,000

  • Boulder Ballet, Black Voices of Dance, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Boulder OperaCompany, Il Trovatore by Verdi, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Colorado MahlerFest, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, 2022 Spring Concert and 2022 Fall Concert, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, 2022 Fall Concert, $1,000

  • Hollis+Lana, Filming from Boulder’s Open Spaces at Coot Lake, $1,000

  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, Freedom Fund Fisk Jubilee Singers, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Rocky Mountain Revels, A Solstice Celebration, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Season Premiere, Museum of Boulder, $1,000

  • T2 Dance Company, Color Wheel Project at the Dairy Arts Center, $981.50

  • The Big Dream, The Imagination Collaboration, Junkyard Social Club, $1,000

  • Venus Victrola, The Bouldy Rainbow Rocky Shadowcast, The Spark, $200

2021

Venue and Event Affordability Fund Grants

  • ­Block 1750, PPE & Livestream classes at Block 1750, $1,000

  • Boulder Ballet, Masterworks, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000.00

  • Boulder Chorale, Origins: The Fertile Crescent, First United Methodist Church of Boulder, $1,000.00

  • Boulder Opera Company, Family Series: L 'enfant et les Sortileges by Ravel, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Boulder Symphony, Boulder Symphony 2022 Season, Grace Commons Church, $1,000

  • Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado, BETC presents: "Fourteen Funerals" by Eric Pfeffinger, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Creativity Alive, Sound Journey Series & Improvisational Music & Movement Series, Yoga Loft, $1,000

  • Dairy Arts Center, Streaming Equipment for Free Range Dairy events, $1,000

  • Empathy Theatre Project, Man Up: A Musical, Nomad Playhouse, $1,000

  • Flatirons Food Film Festival, Boulder Public Library, $1,000

  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival, Macky Auditorium, $1,000

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Fall 2021 Concert, Macky Auditorium, $1,000

  • Joanna Rotkin, Dog Dance Classes, FloorSpace Studio, $1,000

  • LOCAL Theater Company, Fall and Spring Local Lab New Play Festivals, COVID-19 testing, $1,000

  • Luna Cultura, art, science and culture for thriving communities, LLC, Arte, proyecto de vida y justicia ambiental / Caravanas Culturales, technology for online hosting, $1,000

  • Motus Theater, “Let Us Be Dissatisfied Until…”, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Museum of Boulder, Dia de los Reyes 2022: A Celebration of Cultures, Local and International, technology for online hosting, $1,000.00

  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, Freedom Fund Fisk Jubilee Singers, Macky Auditorium, $1,000

  • NoBo Art District, Sanitation and PPE at the NoBo Art District Galleries for First Fridays, $1,000.00

  • Now or Never Theater, Tales from the Tipping Point, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Live Stream Event Support, $1,000

  • Rebecca Folsom, Sanctuary CD Release Event, eTown, $1,000

  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Virtual Editions for Black History Month and Women's History Month Screenings, $1,000

  • Society for Creative Aging/Viva Theater, 'The Last Romance' by Joe DiPietro, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • T2 Dance Company, in/Visible, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • The Blind Café, The Boulder Blind Cafe Experience, Wesley Foundation, $1,000

  • The Catamounts, One Way-Back Day, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Trash the Runway, Trash the Runway – Recycled Couture, Macky Auditorium fee waiver and $1,000

Community Project Grants for Organizations

  • Boulder Symphony, GLOW Project, $10,000

  • Circle of Care Project, Arts on Call Project - A Virtual Performing Arts Center for Vulnerable Boulder Seniors, $10,000

  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc., UpStream: Art + Ecology = Awareness, $6,000

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Student Leadership Council Presents, $10,000

  • Junkyard Social Club, Lost Kid Junkyard, $10,000

  • Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, Happiness Project : Finding Joy in Tough Times, $10,000

  • Moon & Stars Foundation dba Kutandara, Pop-Up Parking Lot Concerts, $7,800

  • Museum of Boulder, Voces Vivas! Stories from the LatinX Community in Boulder, $10,000

  • Parlando School for the Arts, Parlando Commissioned Composer & Artist-in-Residence Project, $10,000

  • Solid State Depot, Renovation and Conversion of Maker Space at Solid State Depot, $10,000

  • square product theatre, Dance Nation, $10,000

  • The Catamounts, Public Domain Theatre Festival, $10,000

Community Projects for Individuals

  • Edica Pacha, BELONG, $5,000

  • Kelly Holmes-Starkey, Fresh Air, Fresh Fashion Runway Show, $5,000

  • Arts Education Grants

  • Laurie Dameron, Spaceship Earth: What Can I Do?, $3,000

  • T2 Dance Company, Color Wheel Project, $3,000

­COVID-19 Event Safety Sponsorship ($3,572 per organization)

  • Boulder Historical Society d/b/a The Museum of Boulder

  • Boulder Opera Company

  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC)

  • Colorado Film Society

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival

  • Creativity Alive

  • Dairy Arts Center

  • Future Arts Foundation

  • Junkyard Social Club

  • Local Theater Company

  • Motus Theater

  • NoBo Art District

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2022 Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture)
Awarded September 20, 2021 through the Human Relations Commission

  • Boulder Community Media (BCM), “Undoing the Noble Crusade” (Working Title), $1,000 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,500)

  • NAACP Boulder County, “The Dream: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, $1,650 from Human Relations Commission / $500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,150)

  • NAACP Boulder County Branch and the Executive Committee for African American Cultural Events, 2022 Black History Celebration featuring traveling exhibition from Dr. Ernest C. Withers' Gallery & Museum Collection (Memphis, TN), $1,000 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,500)

  • Second Baptist Church, Boulder, “The Dream: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, $1,000 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,500)

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture)
Awarded June 21, 2021 through the Human Relations Commission

  • Right Relationship Boulder, “Celebrating Boulder’s Native Peoples”, $1,300 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,800)

  • Luna Cultura, Art, Science and Culture for Thriving Communities, The Totonacapan-Nahua Fusion, $1,300 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,800)

  • Junkyard Social Club, Cinnamon Kills First Sessions, $1,300 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,800)

  • Creative Nations, Creative Nations: Indigenous Traditional Dances, $1,300 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,800)

Arts Education Grants
Awarded June 16, 2021

  • Boulder Opera Company, Touring Schools with Gato con Botas, $3,000

  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic’s Early Explorers Program with Boulder County Head Start and Integral Steps, $3,000

  • Boulder Symphony, Boulder Symphony and Boulder Muse Collaborate 2021-2022, $3,000

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention, $3,000

  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Dreamers Fly with Frequent Flyers, $3,000

  • Luna Cultura, art, science and culture for thriving communities, LLC, Arte, proyecto de vida y justicia ambiental, $3,000

  • Parlando School for the Arts, Supplementary Music Education for Columbine Elementary School, $3,000 -

  • Rocky Ridge Music Center, Boulder High School Orchestral Coaching Partnership, $2,800

  • Street Wise Arts, Street Wise Youth Workshops, $3,000

  • Todd Mitchell, Boulder Books for Change, $3,000

Professional Development
Round Two, Awarded May 31, 2021

  • Abigail Corrigan, Choreographic Mentorship, Boulder, Colorado, $500

  • Amée Villarreal, Wet Lasted Shoe Making Workshop, Bellvue, Colorado, $500

  • Emilee Hodges, How to Heal with Singing Bowls, Boulder, Colorado, $500

  • Heidi Alina, Private Study with Jo Boatright, Concert Pianist and Artistic Director, Walden Chamber Music Society, Buena Vista, Colorado, $500

  • Jenny Shank, Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's fall conference, Denver, $500

  • Julia Joun, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, $390

  • Leah Woods, Anatomy and Movement Teacher Training in New York City, New York, $500

  • Nika Garcia, Songwriting class at the Berklee College of Music, Online, $500

Community Project Grants

For Individuals
Awarded May 19, 2021

Celia Tewey, Bear, $5,000 -

Cynthia Kneen, Two Ladies Walk Into a Bar, $5,000

Ellen Allen, “Figures” in Literature, $4,340

Heather Schulte, Bordemos la Situación, $5,000

JayCee Beyale, Water is Life, $5,000

For Organizations
Awarded April 21, 2021

  • Block 1750, Movement Zoo Movement Research Summit, $10,000

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Community Engagement Programs for "El movimiento sigue", $10,000

  • "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County, Mariachi in the Mainstream: Centering Mexican Culture in Boulder, $10,000

  • Landlocked Films, This is [Not] Who We Are documentary film, $10,000

  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, The Withers Museum Collection: Civil Rights and Black History, $10,000

  • Street Wise Arts, 2021 Street Wise Boulder “Artivism” mural festival, $10,000

Professional Development
Round One, Awarded February 22, 2021

  • James Marienthal, Music and Dance Performance Coaching and Development Private Consultation in Boulder, CO, $500

  • Laura Mangus, Coaching on marketing and event production to ensure best CD and Book Release for “Becoming Honey”, Online, $500

  • Merlyn Holmes, Speaker's Playground: Coaching on public speaking and Zoom presentation skills with Johanna Walker, Online, $500

  • Patti Bonnet, Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Annecy, Online, $500

  • Savannah Ducharm, Berlin Drawing Room Online Workshop, Online, $500

  • Travis LaBerge, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion immersive training with Lori Pace, Online, $500

CU Boulder Macky Auditorium Fee Waivers

  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest XXXIV, CU Boulder Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival, CU Boulder Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Fall 2021 Concert and 2022 Season Finale Concert, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, NAACP Boulder County Presents The Fisk Jubilee Singers, CU Boulder Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

2020

University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration Scholarships
Awarded August 19, 2020

  • Elaine Waterman

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2021 Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture)
Awarded Monday, October 26, 2020 through the Human Relations Commission

  • Dairy Arts Center, MLK & Afrofuturism, $800 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,300)

  • MOTUS Theater, The Road From “Shallow Understanding” to “We Shall Overcome”: Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy in Relation to the Racism and Violence of the Criminal Justice System, $800 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,300)

  • NAACP Boulder County, Why Can’t We Wait: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, $800 from Human Relations Commission / $1,500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $2,300)

  • Selaseee & The Fafa Family, The Black Experience in Boulder: Past and Present, $860 from Human Relations Commission / $500 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $1,360)

Arts Education Grants
Awarded August 19, 2020

  • Adriana Paola Palacios Luna, Arte consciente, identidad, bienestar y justicia social, $2,996.08

  • Block 1750, Breaking FUNdamentals: Online Hip Hop Dance Curriculum for Boulder Teachers, $3,000

  • Boulder International Film Festival, BIFF 2021 Youth Pavilion/Cinema to Schools/Youth Advisory Council, $3,000

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Virtual Contemporary Classroom, $3,000

  • Christopher Carruth, About Face, $3,000

  • Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, SheBop Weekend Workshop, $3,000

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention, $3,000

  • LOCAL Theater Company, LocalWRITES, from Local Theater Company, $3,000

  • Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Diverse Voices: Performance and coaching with Boulder MUSE, $3,000

  • The Catamounts, Save the Pollinators: A Multi-School Arts Residency, $3,000

Indigenous Peoples' Day Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture)
Awarded Monday, August 24, 2020 through the Human Relations Commission

  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Colorado Professional Chapter, $1,250 from Human Relations Commission / $2,000 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $3,250)

  • Our Sustainable Future, $2,000 from Human Relations Commission / $2,000 from the Office of Arts + Culture Sponsorship Program (Total $4,000)

Professional Development Scholarships
Round Two, Awarded June 2, 2020

  • Addrienne Amato, Christie's Speak With Confidence About Contemporary Art, Online, $500

  • Ala Park, Website Management Courses with Dragosh Iarovoi, Boulder, CO, $500

  • Amée Villarreal, Lost Wax Casting at Boulder Metalsmithing, Boulder, CO, $500

  • Andrew Neely, Second City - Comedy Film Production, Chicago, IL, $1,000

  • Belgin Yucelen, Artist Residency at La Macina di San Cresci, Chianti, Italy, $1,000

  • Kebrina De Jesus, Orixa Intensive: Candomblé Song & Dance with Jorge Alabê, Online, $500

  • Laura Ann Samuelson, Artist Residency at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN, $1,000

  • Marla Schulz, Intimacy Choreography Training, Online, $500

  • Merlyn Holmes, Corporate Coaching Training with Lori Vanourek, Online, $500

  • Molly Kittle, Mentoring Trainer Post Graduate Development with the Contemporary Alexander School (CAS), Santa Fe, NM, $1,000

  • Savannah Ducharm, Berlin Drawing Room, Online, $500

  • Susanne Kianicka, Indigo classes with John Marshall, Online, $500

  • Trent Poulsen, Dale Carnegie Successful Public Speaking, Online, $249

Community Project Grants
Awarded April 15, 2020

Organizations Awarded

  • 90 Second Newbery, 90 Second Newbery Film Festival, $2,500

  • BaoBao Foundation, Sankofa - Return to Your Roots, $10,000

  • Boulder Opera Company, Opera in the Park; a celebration of culture, $10,000

  • Cindy Brandle Dance Company, "Project Human", $10,000

  • El Centro AMISTAD, Dia de Muertos, $5,000

  • Motus Theater, JustUs: Stories From the Frontlines of the Criminal Justice System, $10,000

  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, NAACP Freedom Fund Presents: FISK JUBILEE SINGERS, $10,000

Individuals Awarded

  • And Art Space & Street Wise Boulder, Street Wise Boulder 2020, $5,000

  • Angie Eng, Earth Wear, $5,000

  • Arielle Milkman, Hostile Terrain 94 Boulder Outreach and Engagement, $4,769

  • Jasmine Baetz, Los Seis de Boulder at 28th and Canyon, $5,000

  • Rebecca Folsom, Sanctuary, $5,000

Professional Development Scholarships
Round One, Awarded March 3, 2020

  • Bonnie Houpt, Being Boss's Time to Shine Online Conference, Online, $382

  • Crystal Polis, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Steamboat Springs, CO, $500

  • Joanna Rotkin, SHIFT~ Salon, Winona, MN, $1,000

  • Julia Joun, Grant Writing and Management from TechSoup, Online, $250

  • Kate Moore, Naropa University Somatic Training for the Performer, Online, $500

  • Kelly Cope Russack, Marketing Fundamentals course with Krista Ripma through Authentic Audience, Online, $500

  • Maya Gurarie, Art Students League Mixed Media Ceramics Class, Denver, CO, $500

  • Megan Quillam, National Guild for Community Arts Education 2020 Conference, New York City, NY, $1,000

  • ml Robles, ADU Academy, Portland, OR, $1,000

  • Patti Bonnet, HERE Summit & Festival, Pasadena, CA, $610

  • Scott Willhite, Scott Christensen Painting Workshop: Developing Your Artistic Thoughts, Victor, ID, $1,000

  • Willi Eggerman, Painting Portraits in Watercolor workshop with Ted Nuttall, Boulder, CO, $500

General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for two years

Extra Large Organization Grants – Awarded February 19, 2020
$48,100 awarded each

  • Colorado Chautauqua Association

  • Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts

  • Museum of Boulder

  • Parlando School for the Arts

Large Organization Grants – Awarded February 19, 2020
$19,100 awarded each

  • Boulder Bach Festival

  • Boulder Ballet

  • JLF Colorado

Rental Assistance Grants

  • Benjamin Johnson, Birds of a Feather, Dairy Arts Center, $817.50

  • Boulder Chorale, A World in Harmony, First United Methodist Church, $1,000

  • Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Oslo by J.T. Rogers, Dairy Arts Center, $915

  • Boulder Music Festival, The Deviant Spirits/Boulder Bump Shop Parking Lot, $1,000

  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, The Firebird + Frequent Flyers and Koh Plays Violin, CU Boulder Macky Auditorium, $1,000

  • BRIAH Danse, BRIAH Danse Project 2020, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest XXXIII, Macky Auditorium Fee Waiver

  • Flatirons Food Film Festival, Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, $1,000

  • Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, Professional Company Spring 2020 Performance, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival, CU Boulder Macky Auditorium, $1,000

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO 2020 Season Finale concert and GBYO 10th Anniversary Concert, Macky Auditorium Fee Waivers

  • Luciana da Silva Dance, Tabom – a story of resilience, courage and adaptation, Dairy Arts Center, $707.50

  • Maputo Mehsah, African Dance and African Hand Drumming, The Spark, $1,000

  • Mmmwhah!, ArtDance Series with Creativity Alive, Nevei Kodesh, $500

  • Parlando School for the Arts, 2020 Summer Musical Theater Performances, Online, $1,000

  • square product theatre, Dance Nation by Clare Barron, The Spark Boulder, $1,000

  • T2 Dance Project, Versatility Dance Festival, Dairy Arts Center, $734.00

  • The Catamounts, Shockheaded Peter, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • The Cindy Brandle Dance Company, From The Ashes, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • The Royal Players Guild, Stalled, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

  • Trash the Runway, Recycled Couture, Online, $1,000

  • Vivian Kim, between black and white, $326

2019

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Awards
Awarded Monday, November 18, 2019 through the Human Relations Commission

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Planning Committee (Second Baptist Church), $500 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Graduate Students of Color Collective, $2,700 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $850 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Boulder Speakers Bureau, $2,700 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $500 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Boulder County NAACP, $1,900 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $800 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Motus Theater, $2,700 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $800 from the Human Relations Commission

University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration Scholarships
Awarded August 21, 2019

  • Nathaniel Charles Rothenberg

Cultural Field Trips Fund

  • Alicia Sanchez International (classroom of Beth Jackson), to the Dairy Arts Center for Kids at the Dairy (KATD), $2,000
  • Columbine Elementary School (classroom of Jen Hutman), to the eTown for El Gato con Botas, $2,000
  • Columbine Elementary School (classroom of Kristen Elder-Rubino), to the Dairy Arts Center for Kids at the Dairy (KATD), $1,850
  • Columbine Elementary School (classroom of Stephanie Fida), Macky Auditorium for the Boulder Philharmonic Discovery Concert 2020 ‘Imagine! Stories & Music’, $804
  • La Escuela Bilingue Pioneer (classroom of Mary Claire Collins), to the Dairy Arts Center for Kids at the Dairy (KATD), $1,885
  • University Hill Elementary (classroom of Jenny Magee), to the Dairy Arts Center for Kids at the Dairy (KATD), $2,000

Special Facilities Grants
Awarded August 21, 2019

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Expansion of impact of BMoCA exhibitions and associated programs through collaborations and outreach, $75,000
  • Dairy Arts Center, Youth of Color Community Access/Student Producers, $50,000
  • eTown, The Source Youth Musical Engagement, $62,000
  • Museum of Boulder, General Operating Facility Support, $43,000
  • The Spark - Performing and Creative Arts, The Spark Bathroom Construction, $20,000

Arts Education Grants
Awarded June 19, 2019

  • And Art Space, Boulder Art Car Project: Art on the Streets 2019, $3,000
  • Boulder International Film Festival, BIFF 2020 Youth Pavilion/Cinema to Schools/Youth Advisory Council, $3,000
  • Boulder Community Media, Beyond Wind River: Fort Chambers Virtual Reality (WRVR), $3,000 -
  • Boulder Opera, Family Series: Puss in Boots and El Gato con Botas, $3,000
  • Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, Colorado Music Festival Family Concert Flash Mob, $2,500
  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention, $3,000
  • Community Cycles, Community Cycles Student Mosaic Project, $3,000
  • Dairy Arts Center, Kids at the Dairy: Immersive Arts Education Experiences, $3,000 - View
  • Mesa Elementary School’s Music Program, Raise the Risers!, $2,500
  • Museum of Boulder, Buffalo in Boulder | Bison Art Classes for Youth, $3,000
  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, Freedom Fund Celebration: The McIntosh County Shouters "Ring Shout", $3,000
  • Parlando School for the Arts, Boulder Valley School District Outreach & Support, $3,000

Professional Development Scholarships
Round Two, Awarded June 3, 2019 and June 17, 2019

  • Alex Milewski, Floor Flow Level 2 Teacher Training, Boulder, CO, $500
  • Andrew Neely, Screenwriting Workshop through CU Boulder’s Continuing Education program, online, $500
  • Camila Montoya, SATE Conference (Story + Architecture + Technology = Experience), Seattle, WA, $1,000
  • Carin Reich, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, $500
  • David Kansuke Wheeler, Shakuhachi Kenshukan 30th Anniversary International Shakuhachi Festival in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, $1,000
  • Emily Volk, The Digital Naturalism Conference, Gamboa, Panama, $1,000
  • Erica Joos, Laboratorium Pieśni / Song Laboratory Singing Workshop, Présilly, France, $1,000
  • James Marienthal, Creative Living Embodied Arts Training Program (CLEAT: Giving you creative traction), Boulder, CO, $500
  • Kathryn Aronson, Creative Living Embodied Arts Training Program (CLEAT: Giving you creative traction), Boulder, CO, $500
  • Kiara Chavez Write a Grant in a Day + Development Intensive Training hosted by Joining Vision and Action, Denver, CO, $500
  • Leah Quiller, American Music Therapy Association National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, $1,000
  • Merlyn Holmes, Applied Improvisation Network 2019 World Conference: Communicating Beyond Borders and Barriers, Stony Brook, NY, $1,000
  • Shay Wescott, Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability, Denver, CO, $500
  • Susan Eriksson, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, Chicago, IL, $1,000
  • William McCrossen, study music composition / arrangement coaching with Art Lande, Boulder, CO, $500

General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for three years

Extra Large Organization Grants - Awarded May 15, 2019
$50,000 awarded each

  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Dairy Arts Center
  • eTown
  • KGNU

Large Organization Grants - Awarded April 17, 2019
$20,000 awarded each

  • Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC)
  • Boulder International Film Festival
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc.
  • LOCAL Theater Company
  • Studio Arts Boulder

Mid-Sized Organization Grants - Awarded April 17, 2019
$10,000 awarded each

  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater
  • Art Parts Creative Reuse Center
  • Block 1750
  • Boulder Metalsmithing Association
  • Boulder Symphony
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras
  • Motus Theater
  • Open Studios
  • The Catamounts, NFP

Small Organization Grants - Awarded May 15, 2019
$8,000 awarded each

  • Band of Toughs
  • Boulder International Fringe Festival
  • Boulder MUSE
  • Boulder Samba School
  • Cantabile Singers
  • Circle of Care Project
  • Colorado MahlerFest
  • EcoArts Connections
  • Mmmwhah! // Creativity Alive
  • NoBo Art District
  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema

Community Project Grants

Organization Grants - Awarded March 20, 2019

  • Block 1750, Block Party 2019, $4,000
  • Boulder Community Media, Beyond Wind River: The Arapaho and Fort Chambers, $7,000 - View
  • Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Welcoming "BETC Buffs", $10,000 - View
  • Dairy Arts Center, Peñas - A Celebration of Music, Poetry & People, $9,000 - View
  • Motus Theater, Sanctuary Project, $10,000 - View
  • Right Relationship Boulder, Celebrate Boulder’s Native Peoples, $10,000 - View
  • The Catamounts, NFP, SHOCKHEADED PETER, a multi-generational immersive junk opera, $10,000 - View

Individuals Grants - Awarded February 20, 2019

  • Azure Antoinette, Juxtaposed, $5,000
  • Jasmine Baetz, Marking Space for Los Seis de Boulder, $5,000 - View
  • Joy Alice Eisenhauer, Vagina China, $5,000 - View
  • Sondra Blanchard, The Luster of Lost Things, $5,000 - View

Professional Development Scholarships
Round One, Awarded March 4, 2019

  • Alan O'Hashi, Creative Industries Summit, Salida, CO, $500.00
  • Andrew Neely, Creating and Pitching Your TV Series, Online, $395.00
  • Kate Moore, 7th Annual Somatic Training for the Performer Workshop, Boulder, CO, $500.00
  • Leah Podzimek, League of American Orchestras Conference, Nashville, TN, $1,000.00
  • Leah Quiller, Business Owners Mastermind Retreat, Evergreen, CO, $500.00
  • Leah Woods, Bodies of War Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany, $1,000.00
  • Maputo Ayuba Mensah, Studying with professional artists in West Africa, Ghana, West Africa, $1,000.00
  • Nancy Smith, SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge, Columbia, SC, $1,000.00
  • Noah Travis Phillips, Philosophy in the Dark 2019: Philosophy of Horror, Occulted, Estranged, and Inhuman Knowledges, Ontario, Canada, $1,000.00
  • Parisa Tashakori, La Bienal del Cartel Bolivia (BICeBé), La Paz, Bolivia, $1,000.00
  • Valeria Serrano, Whitney Biennial 2019, New York, NY, $1,000.00

Rental Assistance Grants

  • BETC Presents: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Ballet, Cinderella, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Chorale, A Very Boulder Mardi Gras, First United Methodist Church of Boulder, $1,000
  • Boulder Opera, Spring production of Signor Deluso and Cavalleria Rusticana, The Nomad Playhouse, $1,000
  • Boulder Taiko, Colorado Taiko Summit 2019 (CTS2019), Unity of Boulder $1,000
  • Cindy Brandle Dance Company, A World On Fire, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest XXXII, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Danse Etoile Ballet, Arabian Nights, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Flatirons Food Film Festival, Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library, $1,000
  • Future Arts Foundation, The Bluebird Music Festival, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Season Finale concert and GBYO 10th Season Fall Concert, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Joanna Rotkin, The Sky Inside, Dairy Arts Center, $515
  • Maji Safi Group, Celebrate Health with Maji Safi Group, eTown Hall, $1,000
  • NAACP Boulder Authorized Committee, Annual Freedom Fund Celebration; "Ring Shout" , Macky Auditorium fee waiver
  • Parlando School for the Arts, Xanadu, The Musical, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Rocky Mountain Revels, A Solstice Celebration, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • square product theater, Celebration, Florida by Greg Wohead, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • T2 Dance Project, SPRINGbreak ChoreoFest 2019, Dairy Arts Center, $704
  • The Catamounts, United Flight 232, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • The Royal Plyers Guild, Seven Revels, Dairy Arts Center, $787.50

2018

Cultural Field Trips Fund

  • Columbine Elementary School (class room of Marisol Payet) to Nomad Playhouse to see Little Red Riding Hood performed by Boulder Opera, $1,640
  • Columbine Elementary School (classroom of Jen Hutman) to the Nomad Playhouse to see Little Red Riding Hood performed by Boulder Opera, $1,500
  • Columbine Elementary School (classroom of Stephanie Fida) to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery Concert, $695
  • Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer (classroom of Maria Comparini) to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery Concert, $1,080
  • Sanchez Elementary (classroom of Zachary Alley) to the Nomad Playhouse to see Little Red Riding Hood performed by Boulder Opera, $540
  • University Hill Elementary (classroom of Laura Myers) to the Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance: Kids Who Fly program, $2,000
  • University Hill Elementary School (classroom of Sara Nelson) to the  Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance: Kids Who Fly program, $1,628
  • Whittier International Elementary School (classroom of Christopher Pagliaro) to the Nomad Playhouse to see Little Red Riding Hood performed by Boulder Opera, $1,421

University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration Scholarships
Awarded August 15, 2018

  • Traci McDonald, $2,000

Indigenous Peoples Day 2018 Grants
Awarded July 16, 2018 through the Human Relations Commission

  • American Indian Youth Leadership Institute, Youth cultural exchange networking session/Indigenize Your Eyes project, $2,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Boulder Valley IPD Organizing Committee, Indigenous Peoples Day Parade, $2,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Boulder Valley IPD Organizing Committee, Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow, $2,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Native American Rights Fund, Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration - Open House, $187 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Northern Arapaho Tribe/Northern Arapaho Business Council, Welcome the Arapaho People Home, $1,813 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $750 from the Human Relations Commission
  • Right Relationship Boulder, Welcome the Arapaho People Home, $2,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $750 from the Human Relations Commission

Professional Development Scholarships
Awarded June 20, 2018

  • Nicholas Caputo, Musicological Study of Bulgarian Folk Music in Breznitsa, Bulgaria, $1,000

Awarded May 16, 2018

  • Alex Milewski, Flow Movement teacher training in Boulder, CO, $500
  • Alysha Perrin, American Circus Educators Bi-annual Conference in Decatur, GA, $1,000
  • Andrew Neely, Intermediate Writing with the Onion online, $465
  • Bailey Harper, Emanuel Gat Dance Summer Intensive in Rome, Italy, $1,000
  • Cynthia Sliker, Alliance of Artists Communities Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA, $1,000
  • Diana Sabreen, Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Denver, CO, $500
  • Emily K. Harrison, United Solo Festival in New York City, NY, $1,000
  • Julia Joun, Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Denver, CO, $500
  • Kathleen Spencer Johns, The New Solarplate in Santa Fe, NM, $1,000
  • Kelley Ann Walsh, LABAN 2018 International Conference in New York City, NY, $1,000
  • Leah Woods, Bates Dance Festival in Portland, ME, $1,000
  • Lisa Nesmith, Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Denver, CO, $500
  • Merlyn Holmes, Turning the Wheel Summer Intensive, "The Body Now" facilitator training in Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, WA, $1,000
  • Molly Kathleen Kittle, 2018 Alexander Technique Congress in Chicago, IL, $1,000
  • Parisa Tashakori, 15BICM (15th International Biennial of Poster in Mexico) in Mexico City and Xalapa / Mexico, $1,000
  • Stephen Weitz, National New Play Network Showcase in Sacramento, CA, $1,000

Arts Education Grants
Awarded April 18, 2018

  • Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies, Understanding Democratic Engagement through Drama, $2,500
  • Boulder International Film Festival, BIFF 2019 Youth Pavilion/Cinema to Schools/Youth Advisory Council, $3,000
  • Boulder Metalsmithing Association, Enhancing Art Through Metalsmithing, $3,000
  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention, $3,000
  • Friendship City Projects, Taller Artistico Xuchialt Art and Culture Exchange, $3,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, Midori Project, $3,000
  • Museum of Boulder, Teen Corps: 3D Printing Artifacts for the Blind (Seeing Through Touching), $2,900
  • Nii Armah Sowah, African Arts & Cultural Workshop Series: A Participatory Experience Through the Arts, $3,000
  • Public Works Theatre Company, Home, $3,000
  • Studio Arts Boulder, Pottery with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation, $3,000

Community Project Grants
Awarded March 21, 2018

Organizations Awarded

  • BaoBao Foundation, Akoma, Beat of the Heart, $10,000
  • Boulder Symphony, GLOW Project, $5,000
  • EcoArts Connections, OASIS: A Gathering Place for Opportunities, Arts, Science, Inspiration, and Sustainability, $10,000
  • Motus Theater, UndocuAmerica Performance & Radio Project, $10,000
  • Museum of Boulder, Da Vinci Machines, $10,000
  • Right Relationship Boulder, Welcome the Arapaho People Home, $10,000

Individuals Awarded

  • HOVAB / Jennifer Heath, Imaginary Maps: Expeditions to Uncover the Typography of Apocryphal Places, $2,815
  • Joanna Rotkin, Dog Dance, $5,000
  • Patti Bonnet, We're Still Here: Boulder's Original Natives, $5,000
  • Patti Bruck, River Beginning: A Journey From the Edge, $4,000

Professional Development Scholarships
Awarded February 21, 2018

  • Crystal Polis, Grantmakers in the Arts 2018 Conference in Oakland, CA, $1,000
  • Ashley Hanson, Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit in Charleston, WV, $1,000
  • Carol Taylor, American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO, $1,000
  • David Kansuke Wheeler, World Shakuhachi Festival London 2018 in London, Great Britain, $1,000
  • John Jungerberg, 81st Annual Conference for Community Arts Education in Baltimore, MD, $1,000
  • Leah Quiller, American Music Therapy Association National Conference in Dallas, TX, $1,000
  • Maren Waldman, Body Mind Centering Association Conference in Northampton, MA, $1,000
  • Patti Bonnet, Americans for the Arts Annual Convention 2018 in Denver, CO, $500
  • Rebecca Remaly Weitz, Theatre Communications Group National Conference in St. Louis, MO, $1,000
  • Rita Valente-Quinn, Americans for the Arts Annual Convention 2018 in Denver, CO, $500
  • Sondra Blanchard, Festival de Casteliers of Puppetry for Adults and Children in Montreal, Canada, $1,000

Rental Assistance Grants

  • 3rd Law Dance / Theater, Un-Still Life: A collective performance inspired by a central theme from April 10 to 15, 2018, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Block 1750, The Black Tie Block Party, on August 31, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder Bach Festival, B Minor Mass - A Dance of Life on November 11, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder Ballet, Giselle from May 15 to May 20, 2018, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Family Concert: The Music of Star Wars on May 4, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder International Fringe Festival, 14th Annual Boulder International Fringe Festival from August 11 to 27, 2018 - Pine Street Church, $1,000
  • Boulder Opera, Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart program from March 20 to March 25, Venues - Dairy Arts Center and Nevei Kodesh, $1,000
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, "A Song for Swans" on April 7, 2018 and "West Side Story" on April 28, 2018, Venue – Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest XXXI on May 19 and May 20, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Danse Etoile, The Little Mermaid on June 10, 2018, Venue - Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Flatirons Food Film Festival, October 13, 2018, Venue - Canyon Theater and Gallery, Boulder Public Library, $1,000
  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival on April 21, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Glider, Inc., TedXBoulder: Rise & Fall, September 16, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium fee waiver
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Season Finale concert on May 6, 2018 and Midori Residency Performance on November 5, 2018, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Green Room Artists, Le Voile du Bonheur: An Evening of French Chamber Music, March 23, 2018, Venue - eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Jihad Milem, Mosque: a staged reading on May 20, 2018, Venue - Studio 9190 at Naropa University, $313.00
  • Maji Safi, Celebrate Health - Maji Safi Group, December 2, 2018, Venue - eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Maputo Mensah, Ongoing Community African Drumming and Dance Classes from February to December 2018, Venue - Kakes Studios, $1,000
  • Parlando School of the Arts, Little Shop of Horrors, the Musical, June 16, 2018, Venue - the Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • T2 Dance Project, SPRINGboard ChoreoFest 2018, March 30, 2018, Venue - the Dairy Arts Center, $490
  • The Catamounts, Rausch, an outdoor immersive theatre experience from May 25 to June 17, 2018, Venue - departing from Wild Woods Brewery, $1,000
  • The Upstart Crow Theatre Company, "The Playboy of the Western World" by John Millington Synge, April 8, 2018, Venue - the Dairy Arts Center, $1,000

2017

Large Organization General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for two years
Awarded June 21, 2017, Approved by City Council July 18, 2017

  • Boulder Philharmonic, $20,000
  • Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, $20,000
  • Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, $20,000

Small / Mid-sized Organization General Operating Support Grants - awarded annually for two years
Awarded June 21, 2017

  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater, $10,000
  • Boulder MUSE, $10,000
  • Boulder Samba School, $10,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, $10,000
  • Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, $10,000
  • square product theatre, $10,000

Risk Capital Fund Grant
Awarded May 17, 2017

  • square product theatre & Local Theater Company, The War on Women: a Cross Company Exploration, $30,000

Arts Education Grants
Awarded April 19, 2017

  • Ashley Shires, Creative Writing Club at Casey Bilingual School, $3,000
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, ARTlab, $3,000
  • Boulder MUSE, Expansion of Boulder MUSE, $3,000
  • Colorado Film Society, BIFF 2018 Youth Pavilion/Cinema to Schools Program, $3,000
  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare and Violence Prevention, $3,000
  • Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc., Horizons Flyers, $3,000
  • Manhattan Middle School, Manhattan Instrument Garden - Phase 2, $3,000
  • Parlando School of Musical Arts, Music and Visual Art Outreach, $3,000
  • Studio Arts Boulder, Clay Classes at the Lab: Partnership with YSI project, $3,000
  • Todd Mitchell, Boulder Books for Change, $3,000

Community Project Grants
Awarded February 15, 2017

  • Barrio E', World Drum Jam, $10,000
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, MediaLive, $10,000
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Community Matinee with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
  • Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, CMF Pop-up Concerts, $10,000
  • EcoArts Connections, Arts On a Sphere, $10,000
  • JLF Boulder, JLF@Boulder Festival 2017, $10,000
  • Motus Theater, Let's All Be Americans Now Part 1, $10,000

Professional Development Scholarships
Awarded February 15, 2017

  • Nicole Dial-Kay, Impakt Festival 2017: Haunted Machines, Wicked Problems, Utrecht, Netherlands, $1,000
  • Ana Maria Hernando, Women and the Ñusta, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, $1,000
  • Sarah Longpre, NonfictioNOW 2017 Conference, Reykjavíck, Iceland, $1,000
  • Merlyn Holmes, Creative Industries Summit, Breckenridge, CO, $450
  • Hannah Hanssens-Reed, 2017 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts - Conference; Portland, Oregon, $1,000
  • Margaret Josey-Parker, 2017 National Council on the Education for Ceramic Arts Conference, Portland, OR, $1,000
  • Kate Weiner, Woodland Keep Residency in the San Juan Islands, WA, $800
  • Colleen McCarthy, 2017 National Council on the Education for Ceramic Arts Conference, Portland, OR, $1,000
  • Amy Lynn Herman, IMERSA Summit 2017, Denver, Colorado, $500
  • Felice Fenwick-Smith, Catamounts Developmental Workshop, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado, $450

Awarded March 15, 2017

  • Cindy Sepucha, Community Resource Center: NonProfit Leadership and Management Program, $500
  • Leah Brenner Clack, Colorado Creative Industries Summit 2017, $400

Awarded August 16, 2017

  • Devin Patrick Hughes, Solti International Conducting Competition, Budapest, Pecs, Hungary, $1,000
  • Kelley Ann Walsh, ATI Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, $883.10

Rental Assistance Grants

  • And Art Space, Endless Summer Art Party, Venue - Boulder Creative Collective, $725
  • Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Ode to Joy - Beethoven 9, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder Chorale, Carnival Brazil, Venue - First United Methodist Church, $1,000
  • Boulder Opera,  Zarzuela and Goyescas by Enrique Granados, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $947.50
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder Samba School, Colorado Brazil Festival,  Venue - Fox Theater, $1000
  • Boulder Taiko Hibiki, Taiko Summit Colorado 2017, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Brian Jack, Boulder Bassoon Quartet Ten Year Anniversary, Venue - eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Colorado Mahlerfest, Colorado MahlerFest 30, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Fall Concert, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, GBYO Season Finale, Venue - Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Kate Moore, My Days with D, Venue - as part of the Boulder International Fringe Festival, $420
  • Open Studios, Boulder Plein Air Festival, Venue - Boulder Creative Collective Warehouse, $1,000
  • Parlando School of Musical Arts, Production of The Sound of Music, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Rocky Mountain Revels, An Irish Celebration of the Winter Solstice, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • square product theatre, She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Tammy Meneghini - Goddess Here Productions,  The Testament of Mary performance and talks, Venue - Dairy Art Center, $1,000
  • The Catamounts, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage, Venue - Dairy Arts Center, Carsen Theater, $1,000
  • The Great Perhaps Performance Collective, The Real, Venue - Community Dance Collective, $450

Cultural Field Trips Fund

  • Elizabeth McCord, Creekside Elementary to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery, $475
  • Kent McClannan, Whittier International Elementary School to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery, $350
  • Maria Comparini, Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery, $975
  • Queta Martinez, University Hill Elementary School to a performance by Boulder Dinner Theatre Academy Kids Kabaret, $1,130
  • Rachelle Weigold, Alicia Sanchez International School to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery Concert, $490
  • Sara Nelson, University Hill Elementary School to a performance by the Center Stage Theatre Company at the Dairy Center for the Arts, $1,450
  • Sarah Kowalchuk, University Hill Elementary School to Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, $2,000
  • Stephanie Fida, Columbine Elementary School to the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery Concert, $710

2016

Large Organization General Operating Support Grants - Awarded annually for three years
Awarded February 17, 2016, Approved by City Council April 5, 2016

  • The Dairy Arts Center, $50,000
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, $50,000
  • eTown, $50,000
  • Parlando School for the Arts, $50,000
  • KGNU, $20,000
  • Colorado Film Society, $20,000
  • Frequent Flyers Productions, $20,000
  • Open Studios, $20,000

Small / Mid-sized Organization General Operating Support Grants - awarded annually for three years
Awarded March 16, 2016

  • Boulder Chorale, $10,000
  • Boulder International Fringe Festival, $10,000
  • Motus Theater, $10,000
  • Boulder Opera, $10,000
  • Colorado Hip Hop Collective, $10,000
  • NoBo Art District, $10,000
  • LOCAL Theater Company, $10,000
  • The Boulder Chamber Orchestra, $10,000
  • The Catamounts, NFP, $10,000
  • Band of Toughs, $10,000

Community Project Grants
Awarded April 20, 2016

  • JLF Boulder, Jaipur Literature Festival @ Boulder, $10,000
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Music for Everyone: from the Outdoors to Macky, $10,000
  • Boulder Samba School, 2016 Colorado Brazil Fest: Brazil Comes to Boulder, $5,000
  • Bridge House, 2016 Community art Show, $5,000

Arts Education Grants
Awarded April 20, 2016

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, ARTlab, $3,000
  • Jan Osburn, Classroom Curriculum Through a Drama Lens, $3,000
  • Parlando Inc., BVSD On-Site Music Lessons, $3,000
  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare and Violence Prevention, $3,000

Innovation Fund Grants
Awarded June 15, 2016

  • Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Tech Tuesdays Event Series, $5,000
  • square product theatre, Season on a Theme: Power & Privilege, $7,000
  • Additional funding (awarded July 20, 2016) to square product theatre, Season on a Theme: Power & Privilege, $2,000

Professional Development Scholarships

  • Cindy Sepucha,  Americans for the Arts Conference, $1,000 (Awarded 3/16/16)
  • Emily K Harrison,  Statera Conference, $455 (Awarded 3/16/16)
  • Alexa Allen, School of Shoemaking and Design, $1,000 (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Amy Buckler, Statera Conference, $450 (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Christopher Seelie, Nonprofit Stotytelling Conference, $1,000 (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Cynthia Sliker, League of American Orchestras 2016 Conference, $1,000  (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Ethan Hecht, Chorus America Conference, $1,000 (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Emily Norman, Alliance Theatre's Toddler Takeover: An Arts Festival for the Very Young, $1,000 (Awarded 4/20/16)
  • Brenda Alderete,  Moog Festival, Durham NC,  $1,000 (Awarded 6/15/16)
  • Forrest Lotterhos,  Alliance of Artist Communities, Portland, OR, $1,000 (Awarded 7/20/16)
  • Sue Boorman, Movie Maker Academy- 9 week online course, $500 (Awarded 7/20/16)
  • Marda Kirn, COP22 Climate Conference in Morocco and American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco, $1,000 (Awarded 9/28/16)
  • Leah Brenner Clack, To engage Madeleine Pollak of Pollak Productions for speech coaching, executive presence consulting and public speaking skills, $500 (Awarded 9/28/16)

Rental Assistance Grants - Macky Auditorium Free Rental & Supplementary Funds

  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra, GBYO Winter Concert (1 free rental), $1,000
  • Colorado Mahlerfest,  Colorado Mahlerfest XXIX (1 free rental), $1,000
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, 2015/2016 Season Finale & 2016/2017 Opening Night (2 free rentals)
  • Boulder Ballet, Sensory Friendly Nutcracker 11/19/16 & 11/20/16 (2 free rentals), $1,000
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra, GBYO Season Opener (1 free rental)