Resources and Opportunities for Artists

• Denver Arts & Venues is hiring for three social media contractors to join their marketing team. Learn more and apply.
• Colorado Creative Industries is accepting applications for its Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant now through April 11. The Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant is dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and preserving Colorado’s cultural heritage through folk and traditional arts. Learn more and apply.
• Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema has an open call for submissions for its 2025 season. They are interested in dance films that integrate the aesthetics of dance and film and are an appropriate length in relationship to their treatment and style. Learn more and submit your film.
• Witness Me is the 4th annual Thunderdomesticity exhibition, and it will feature artwork that is post-apocalyptic, feminist, and everything in between. All artists from the United States, regardless of gender, are invited to submit one or two high quality photographs of their art before the deadline of April 4, 2025.
• A charred cabin studio at House of Serein is now available! Elegant Japanese design, four windows with fascinating views and proximity to a trail up the red rocks behind them, this cabin will also allow you to be a part of their exciting artist community. Email byucelen@gmail.com if you are interested.
• Premier Members Credit Union has launched its third annual application-based grant cycle. The application cycle is active and will remain open until March 1, 2025. View qualifications and apply.
• Seeking artists to submit 2D pieces to a juried show on the topic of Exploring Water Through Art. Submissions are due Friday, March 14, 2025. The show opens Friday, May 9, 2025. This show is a collaboration between Friends of the National Center, the UCAR Center for Science Education (SciEd), and the Museum of Boulder. The Exploring Water Through Art pieces will be displayed at the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, CO.
• Chinook Fund Grants are open now through Feb. 13, 2025. Chinook Fund seeds community-led, systemic change by mobilizing resources for and trusting in grassroots social justice organizations across Colorado. Learn more about the opportunity and apply.
• Boulder Ballet is holding auditions for its 2025/26 season! In-person auditions will be held Feb. 14 in New York and Feb. 23 in Boulder. Learn more about Boulder Ballet and the audition process.
• The Voices of the Wilderness AIR program is offering 10 different residencies next summer in Alaska, hosted by the US Forest Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and National Park Service. This is a chance for artists to work on stewardship projects with wilderness specialists in a backcountry setting, while creating art in some of our nation’s most stunning and wild public lands. Applications should be submitted to votw@princewilliamsound.org by March 2, 2025.
• Visit Boulder, in partnership with Create Boulder has grant funding opportunities for Boulder events, arts and cultural experiences through the Events, Arts & Culture Grant Program. Applications for events that occur June 1 - Dec. 31, 2025, are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 31.
• Applications are now open for the Pearl Street Arts Fest, happening July 18 - 20, 2025. Occurring in the height of the tourist season, Pearl Street Arts Fest typically attracts more than 50,000 attendees. The deadline to apply is Feb. 20, 2025.
• The Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library is now available for community use! The space seats 190 audience members and is free to use for up to 16 hours per month. Events must be free to attend. Learn more and request the space for your next event.
• Check out the Boulder County Arts Alliance Event Calendar to explore artistic happening throughout the community!

• Boulder Arts Commission Grants
• City of Boulder Public Art
• Resources for Artists Experience Harassment
• Artwork Archive Blog
• Grant Station
• Grant Watch
• Colorado Creative Industries

• Arts Incubator of the Rockies
• Boulder County Arts Alliance (BCAA)
• Colorado Association of Funders
• Colorado Creative Industries
• Colorado Dance Education Organization
• Colorado Visitor’s Bureau
• Community Foundation Boulder County
• Denver Actors Fund
• El Pomar Foundation
• Kroger Community Foundation
• Presenting Denver
• Rose Community Foundation
• Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)
• Social Venture Partners
• Think360Arts: Teaching Artists
• WESTAF

• Americans for the Arts (AFTA)
• Artwork Archive
• DanceUSA
• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• UC Berkeley has created a Mental Health Resources Guide to help prevent creative and professional burnout

• The National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness & Emergency Response is a voluntary task force of national, regional, state and local arts organizations, and other agencies. They have the capacity and ability to respond effectively to disasters and emergencies affecting the arts and culture sector.
• Americans for the Arts Public Art Network
• Call for Entry (Café)
• City of Longmont
• City of Loveland
• Denver Arts and Venues
• Town of Lyons

• Boulder County Arts Alliance
• Fractured Atlas

• Fund for Writers
• New Pages
• Money Saving Guide for Authors and Writers
• Poets & Writers Magazine
• Poetry Writing and Analysis Guide
• The Ultimate Freelance Writing Career Guide

• Disney/ABC Television Group
• Film Festivals Calls for Entry
• Film Independent
• Movie Bytes
• No Film School
• New York Television Festival (NYTVF)
• Vision Maker Media

• American Composers Forum
• Chamber Music America
• Dance/USA
• Theatre Communications Group

• Alliance of Artist Communities
• National Park Services
• Res Artis
• Residency Unlimited
• TransArtists

• Art Cantina
• Art Deadlines List
• Artshow
• Call for Entry (Café)
• College Art Association
• Professional Artist Magazine

Have a suggestion to add to our list? Email culturalplan@bouldercolorado.gov.