2025

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant, Round Three

Awarded May 2, 2025

  • The Cultural Caravan, The Cultural Caravan’s June 2025 Festival, $3,000
  • Kin Studio and Gallery, Kin Studio and Gallery/Studio Mews Art Social, $3,000
  • The New Local, Sundays on West Pearl ~ Live Music, $3,000
  • Frequent Flyers, Aerial Dance Festival 2025, $3,000
  • Band of Toughs, Gin & Gothic: A Brontë Rocktale - Boulder Edition, $3,000
  • Boulder Ballet, The Vanishing: A Ballet & Music Collaboration, $3,000

2025 General Operating Support

Awarded April 26, 2025

Extra Large
  • Roots Music Project
Large
  • ACE: Arts, Culture, and Education at the Boulder JCC
  • Moon and Stars Foundation dba Kutandara
  • The New Local
Mid
  • La Vecindad dba Mi Chantli
  • The Cultural Caravan
Small
  • Community Roots Art Festival (CRAFt)
  • Society for Creative Aging dba Viva Theater
  • Boulder Showing Up for Racial Justice
  • Flatirons Community Orchestra

Cultural Field Trip Fund

Awarded on a first come, first serve basis

  • Escuela Bilingüe Pioner (Classroom of Wanda Vasquez Garcia) to the Newman Center to see the Musical Explorers Concert, $700
  • Columbine Elementary School (Classroom of Melanie Pappageorge) for International Women's Day field trip to The New Local Gallery, $2,000

General Operating Support Grants (2022-2025) Recertification

Extra Large Organizations ($55,000)

  • Boulder Ballet
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Colorado Chautauqua Association
  • Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts
  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Dairy Arts Center
  • eTown
  • Groundworks Art Lab
  • KGNU
  • Parlando School for the Arts

Large Organizations ($22,000)

  • 3rd Law Dance
  • Art Parts Creative Reuse Center
  • Boulder Chorale
  • Boulder Ensemble Theater Company (BETC)
  • Boulder International Film Festival
  • Frequent Flyers Productions
  • Junkyard Social
  • Local Theater Company
  • Motus Theater
  • Museum of Boulder
  • The Spark A Performance Art Community

Mid Sized Organizations ($11,000)

  • Boulder Metalsmithing Association
  • Boulder Opera
  • Colorado MahlerFest
  • EcoArts Connections
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra
  • NoBo Art District
  • Street Wise Arts
  • T2 Dance
  • The Catamounts

Small Organizations ($8,800)

  • Band of Toughs
  • Boulder MUSE
  • Boulder Samba School
  • Cantabile Singers
  • Creativity Alive
  • East Window
  • Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet
  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance
  • The Big Dream

Rental Assistance (Boulder Venues) Grants and Fee Waivers

Awarded on a first come, first serve basis

  • Parlando Summer Staged Show, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • LOCAL Theater Company, CHASING BREADCRUMBS, a world premiere by Michelle Tyrene Johnson, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Cantabile Singers, Mozart's Requiem for Choir, Soloists, and Four-hand Piano, First Congregational Church, $700
  • Boulder Opera, PUCCINI’S DOUBLE BILL: IL TABARRO and GIANNI SCHICCHI, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Sans Souci Festival of Dance, SSF@Museum of Boulder: 22nd Annual Festival Premiere, Museum of Boulder, $1,000
  • Society for Creative Aging/dba Viva Theater, Spring Production 2025, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • East Window, Todd Herman, Journal of Written and Visual Arts, $1,000
  • Mariposa Collective, Momentum, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Beethoven’s Magnum Opus,” 2024-2025 Masterworks Series Concert #5, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • The Catamounts, Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Chorale, Boulder Chorale 2025 Holiday Concert, First United Methodist Church of Boulder, $1,000
  • Frequent Flyers, Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance May 2024 Performance, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Empathy Theater Project, We’re Still Here: A New Musical, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Boulder Ballet, REVIVED, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Choir Music Parent Group, Open Mic- eTown Hall, $1,000
  • MahlerFest, MahlerFest 38, Mountain View United Methodist Church, $1,000
  • 3rd Law Dance/Theater, 3rd Law Dance/Theater Dance presents: LIVE!, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • The Cultural Caravan, The Cultural Caravan's 2025 MainStage Concerts, Mountain View United Methodist Church, $1,000
  • Rocky Mountain Revels, Christmas/ Midwinter Revels, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Fairview Band Booster Organization, Fairview High Evening of Jazz, eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Doing Good LLC, eARThwortks: A Good Planet is Hard to Find, Corrida Gallery, $1,000
  • Tal Shibi, The Body Wisdom Project, Boulder Circus Center, $780
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra, Fall Concert 2025, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Trash the Runway, Trash the Runway 2025, Mackey Auditorium, $1,000
  • T2 Dance, Voices, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Bluetiger Inc. DBA Performance High Voice and Music Studio, Summer Showcase, Roots Music Hall, $1,000
  • Community Roots Art Festival (CRAFt), CRAFt 2025, VisionQuest Brewery, $1,000
  • Executive Committee, African American Cultural Events, 2025 Annual Freedom Fund Community Celebration!, Macky Auditorium, $1,000
  • Boulder Chamber Orchestra, 2025 Boulder Adventist Concerts, Boulder Adventist Church, $1,000
  • Beth Naumann, Gong Meditation Sessions, online, $1,000
  • Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, LUMEN, Dairy Arts Center, $1,000
  • Sidewalk Productions LLC dba Boulder Voice Lessons, Boulder Voice Lessons Spring Show, eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Creativity Alive, Sound Baths and Sound Healing Work, online, $1,000
  • eTown Hall, Tech Team Support for Live eTown Radio Show Tapings, eTown Hall, $1,000
  • Boulder Fashion Week, Boulder Fashion Week, The Boulder Broker Inn, $1,000
  • Dance Continua, Goddess Works to Future Works, Dairy Art Center, $575
  • Samba Colorado, Samba Queen Colorado 2025, The Spark a Performing Arts Community, $1,000
  • Boulder Samba School, Colorado Brazil Fest, Boulder Bandshell, $945
  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest 38, Roots Fee Waiver
  • CU Boulder Soundworks, Songwriter Showcase, Roots Fee Waiver
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, “Beethoven’s Magnum Opus,” 2024-2025 Masterworks Series Concert #5
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, “Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky,” 2024-25 Masterworks Series Concert #4
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra, Spring Concert 2025, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra, Fall Concert 2025, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Future Arts Foundation, Bluebird Music Festival, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Boulder Ballet, The Nutcracker, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Trash the Runway, Trash the Runway 2025, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Colorado MahlerFest, MahlerFest 38, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Boulder Chamber Orchestra, 20th Anniversary Celebration at Macky Auditorium, Macky Fee Waiver
  • Boulder Opera, Fire and Fiesta, Roots Fee Waiver

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant, Round Two

Awarded March 21, 2025

  • Third Law Dance Theater, 3rd Law Dance/Theater Dance presents: LIVE!, $3,000
  • East Window, FRAME Literary Salon with Max Davies, $3,000
  • NoBo Art District, NoBo's Boulder Artist Podcast. $3,000
  • The Spark A Performing Arts Community, Musical Choreographer, $3,000
  • Street Wise Arts, Mural Magic with Foothill Elementary School, $3,000
  • Natural Highs, Transformation: A Photo Series by Merlyn Holmes, $3,000

Grant Writing Fund

Awarded on a first come, first serve basis

  • Matty Bovard
  • Julia Misawa
  • Sunanda Dangol
  • Binisha Shrestha
  • Paul Cure
  • Binisha Shrestha
  • Graham Fuller
  • Amy Marschak
  • Sujata Chakraborty

Professional Development Grant, Round Two

Awarded February 26, 2025

  • Megan Mazzoni, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Grand Junction, CO $500
  • Faith Markovetz, American Dance Festival: Dance Professionals Workshop Physical Practice, Durham, NC, $1,000
  • Leah Brenner Clack, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Grand Junction, CO $500
  • Jennifer Lord, Mountain Water Residency and Retreat, Gardner, CO, $500
  • Soleil Kohl, Spymonkey's Theatre of the Funny Creation School, London, UK, $1,000
  • Leah Quiller, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, $500

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant, Round One

Awarded January 24, 2025

  • Roots Music Project Foundation, RMP’s Monthly Jazz, Soul, and Groove Jam Sessions, $3,000
  • Society for Creative Aging/ VIVA Theater, VIVA Theater Presents: Our Town, $3,000
  • LOCAL Theater Company, CHASING BREADCRUMBS/ Local Lab New Play Festival, $3,000
  • T2 Dance, Peter Davison Collaboration, $3,000
  • Dairy Arts Center, Immersive Dinner Experience: Punk and Community, $3,000
  • Boulder Opera, Hiring Pianist Mario Barbosa, $3,000

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2025 Sponsorship Funding (through the Office of Arts + Culture) Awarded through the Human Relations Commission

  • Second Baptist Church of Boulder, “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 30 Years-Dream Makers, Mile Markers, & Milestones What's Your Dream?" $2,000 from Boulder Arts Commission, $2,000 from the Human Relations Fund (awarded 11/15/2024)
  • Motus Theater, “Still We Rise: 3rd annual Dr. King Jr. Performance with MOTUS and The ReMINDers”, $1,000 from Boulder Arts Commission, $1,000 from Human Relations Fund (awarded 12/17/2024)
  • La Vecindad "Freed by the Hum of the Drum" $1,000 from Boulder Arts Commission, $2,600 from the Human Relations Fund (awarded 12/17/2024)

These Boulder Arts Week sponsorships were approved for 2025:

Professional Development Scholarships - Round One

Awarded January 6, 2025

  • Merlyn Holmes, Level 2 Certification with Sound Healing Academy $1,000
  • Patti Bonnet, DomeFest West 2025, Boulder, CO $500
  • Bridget Ryan, Countertechnique’s ‘One Body, One Career (OBOC)’ Intensive either in Amsterdam $1,000
  • Laura Malpass, The Power of Movement: Dance Education Traditions and Innovations (NDEO Annual Conference), Detroit, MI $1,000
  • Jesse Ogle, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Grand Junction, CO $500

2024

Leadership Pipeline Fund Scholarship

Awarded July 31, 2024

  • Adriana Paola Palacios Luna, Graduate Certificate in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Leadership, Harvard Extension School, $8,000
  • Iván-Daniel Espinosa, University of Colorado Boulder Theater and Dance PhD program, $8,000

Awarded May and June through the Human Relations Fund

Immigrant Heritage Month

  • Luna Cultura, Programa Herencia Migrante: Sabiduría Ancestral y El Derechos a los Cuidados, $1500 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Museum of Boulder, Campamento de verano bilingüe, $500 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Motus Theatre, Law Enforcement Leaders Read: “Women of Resolution”, $1000 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Fund

Juneteenth

  • East Window, Juneteenth Event: Deneishia LeArtiste "Origin Story" Screening, Workshop, and Artist Talk, $580 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Executive Committee, African American Cultural Events (ECCACE), 2024 Juneteenth Celebration, $920 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Fund
  • La Vecindad, Mi Chantli Juneteenth Celebration, $500 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Fund

Indigenous People’s Day

  • La Vecindad, Mi Chantli Indigenous People's Day Celebration: Tiahui (say chi a whee): Weekend of Danza, Bookmaking, and Indigenous language workshops, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Luna Cultura, Programa por el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas: Economía Solidaria, Decrecimiento y Justicia Climática, $1,500 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Boulder Pride dba Rocky Mountain Equality, Indigenous People’s Day Celebration, $1,000 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Fund

Arts Education Project Grants

Awarded June 26, 2024

Community Projects for Individuals

Awarded May 29, 2024

Community Projects for Organizations

Awarded May 29, 2024

Professional Development Scholarships - Round Two

Awarded May 28, 2024

  • Belgin Yucelen, Arctic Residency in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Sweden, $1,000
  • Brian Jack, International Double Reed Society Conference 2024, Flagstaff, Arizona, $800
  • Bridget Ryan, b12 Dance Festival in Berlin, Germany, $1,000
  • Mimi Kruger, The League of American Orchestras’ 79th National Conference, Houston, TX, $700
  • Soleil Lohl, Principles of Eccentric Performance with Avner Eisenberg, South Paris, Maine, $1,000

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round Three

Awarded May 3, 2024

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round Two

Awarded March 22, 2024

Professional Development Scholarships - Round One

Awarded March 8, 2024

  • Caroline Butcher, Uprooted Teacher's Workshop, New York City, NY, $1,000
  • Margaret Saunders, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Pueblo, CO, $500
  • Sondra Blanchard, North American Federation of Healthcare Clowning Organization's Meeting of the Noses (conference), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, $1,000
  • Wendy Kinal, North American Federation of Healthcare Clowning Organization's Meeting of the Noses (conference), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, $1,000

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round One

Awarded February 9, 2024

Venue and Online Event Affordability Fund and Macky Auditorium and Etown Fee Waivers

Cultural Field Trip Fund

  • Columbine Elementary (classroom of Stephanie Fida) to Macky Auditorium to see a Discovery Concert, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, $575
  • Emerald Elementary (classroom of Amber Billington) to eTown Hall to see Pinocchio Opera, Boulder Opera Company, $1,800
  • Justice High School (classroom of Sarah Clifford) to Dairy Arts Center to see What the Constitution Means to Me, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, $1,160
  • Escuela Bilingüe Pioner (Classroom of Wanda Vásquez García) to eTown Hall to see Pinocchio Opera, Boulder Opera, $2,000
  • Pioneer Elementary (Classroom of Marta Quezada) to eTown Hall to see Pinocchio Opera, Boulder Opera, $2,000
  • University Hill Elementary (Classroom of Cecilia Lopez) eTown Hall to see Pinocchio Opera, Boulder Opera, $1,400

Grant Writing Fund

These Boulder Arts Week sponsorships were approved for 2024:

2023

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round Three
Awarded October 6, 2023

Cultural Field Trips Fund

  • Columbine Elementary (4th and 5th grade classrooms of Stephanie Fida), to the Dairy Arts Center for the Magic Flute by Mozart performed by the Boulder Opera, $1,620
  • Columbine Elementary (4th grade classroom of Stephanie Fida), to Macky Auditorium to see the Boulder Philharmonic, Discovery Concert, $341
  • Pioneer Elementary School, (4th and 5th grade classrooms of Wanda Vásquez García), to the Dairy Arts Center for the Magic Flute by Mozart performed by the Boulder Opera, $2,000
  • University Hill Elementary (4th grade classroom of Alex Gibbons), to the Dairy Arts Center for the Magic Flute by Mozart performed by the Boulder Opera, $1,400
  • University Hill Elementary (4th grade classroom of Cecilia Lopez), to the Dairy Arts Center for the Magic Flute by Mozart performed by the Boulder Opera, $1,400
  • University Hill Elementary (4th grade classroom of Micah Nelson), to the Dairy Arts Center for the Magic Flute by Mozart performed by the Boulder Opera, $1,400

Leadership Pipeline Fund Scholarship

Awarded August 23, 2023

  • Jessica Bertram, CU Boulder Arts Administration Graduate Certificate Program, $8,000
  • Lee Trombly, Colby College, $8,000

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round Two

Awarded July 11, 2023

Arts Education Project Grants

Awarded June 28, 2023

Community Projects for Organizations

Awarded June 28, 2023

Awarded May and June through the Human Relations Fund
Immigrant Heritage Month

  • La Vecindad, Sol Jam, $1,500 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Motus Theatre, UndocuAmerica & The Reminders, $500 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Luna Cultura, Tastes, Sounds and Resilience, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Haula Community Organization, Immigrant Heritage Month Cultural Performances, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,000 from the Human Relations Fund

Juneteenth

  • Out Boulder, Juneteenth Open Mic, $1,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission

Indigenous People’s Day

  • La Vecindad, Taihui, $2,000 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $2,000 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Luna Cultura, From Zapatistas' YA BASTA to Building Alternatives, $1,500 from the Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund
  • Out Boulder, Indigenous People’s Day Celebration, $500 from Boulder Arts Commission / $1,500 from the Human Relations Fund

2023 Professional Development
Round Two, Awarded May 30, 2023

  • Brian Jack, master class at The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Canada, $1,000
  • Ethan Hecht, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Crested Butte, CO, $500
  • Kaori Uno-Jack, master class at The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Canada, $1,000
  • Merlyn Holmes, Growing Intentional, Happy, Sustainable Communities, Pacha Mama Community, Costa Rica, $1,000
  • Patrick Allen, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Crested Butte, CO, $500

Community Projects for Individuals
Awarded May 24, 2023

Artist Hiring Incentive Grant - Round One
Awarded May 12, 2023

Community Project Grants for Organizations
Awarded April 26, 2023

General Operating Support Grants – awarded annually for two years

Extra-Large Organization Grant - Awarded March 22, 2023
$26,035 awarded

Large Organization Grant - Awarded March 22, 2023
$10,414 awarded

Mid-Sized Organization Grant - Awarded March 22, 2023
$5,207 awarded

Small Organization Grants - Awarded March 22, 2023
$4,166 awarded

2023 Professional Development
Round One, Awarded March 10, 2023

  • Alex Milewski, Functional Anatomy: Internal Strength Seminar, Boston, MA, $500
  • Ellen Allen, Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Crested Butte, CO, $500
  • Leah Woods, 10 Month Fighting Monkey Mentorship Opportunity, Online, $500
  • Melinda Laz, American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference, Denver, CO, $500
  • Parisa Tashakori, Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé 2023, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, $1,000
  • Sara Pike, American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference, Denver, CO, $500
  • Stephen Bott, Modern Band Summit 2023, Fort Collins, CO, $500

Boulder Arts Week 2023 Sponsorships
$500

Venue and Event Affordability Fund Grants, eTown Hall, and Macky Auditorium Fee Waivers

Grant Writing Fund
$500

Archive

Archive of 2016 to 2022 Boulder Arts Commission grant awards