Indianapolis will be the host community for the 2019 Indiana Arts Homecoming and the Indiana Historical Society will serve as the venue for the statewide convening of artists, arts administrators, arts educators, advocates and community leaders, which will take place October 24 - 25, 2019.
The theme for the 2019 Arts Homecoming is Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access: Arts for All. The conference will explore what "Arts for All means in practice. Learn more.
Know an artist doing great work in your community? Let them know applications are open for the next cycle of Individual Advancement Program grants from the Arts Commission. Artists may request up to $2,000 in support of projects that will help advance their careers and have public benefit. The deadline to apply for the Individual Advancement Program is 4:30 p.m. (EST) February 7, 2019.
The Indiana Arts Commission has posted program guidelines on the agency's website for Arts Organizations Support (I & II) and Arts Project Support grants for the upcoming fiscal year.
Applications for those grant programs are currently open and the deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. (EST) March 5, 2019. Applications must be made through the IAC's online system.
For more information, contact Stephanie Haines at 317-232-1274 or email shaines@iac.in.gov.
The Indiana Arts Commission is seeking qualified individuals to serve as citizen grant review panelists in 2019. Panelists receive a modest stipend for their service. Depending on eligibility, mileage and lodging reimbursements may be available in addition to the stipend. Learn more.
The Indiana Arts Commission has announced the promotion of Paige Sharp to the position of Deputy Director of Programs. Sharp joined the IAC in 2013 as Grants and Information Technology Manager. She most recently served as Program Director for the agency.
Four bills with potential impact on Indiana's creative industry, and one addressing tourism may be considered during this 2019 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Senate Bill 255, Cultural District Development, permits a city, town or county that has an established Arts Commission certified cultural district to establish a cultural district development area (tax area) within the district to capture incremental sales tax and income tax and to be used only to benefit that tax area.
Senate Bill 152, Media Production Expenditure Income Tax Credit, would provide a refundable tax credit to taxpayers that make qualified production expenditures in the state of Indiana. The provision would reestablish a media production tax credit provision that expired in 2012.
House Bill 1070, Film and Media Production Rebate, would authorize the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to approve and issue a film and media production rebate to a qualified applicant who proposes to make a qualified production expenditure of at least $500,000 in the state of Indiana.
House Bill 1554, Performing Arts Center Admission Tax. Authorizes counties that have a population of less than 15,000 and own an indoor performing arts center with a seating capacity of at least 2,000 patrons, to impose a $1 admissions tax upon admissions to the center.
House Bill 1115, Tourism Development, would expire the Office of Tourism Development July 1, 2020, modify the office's duties and administrative structure, and transfer those duties to the Indiana Destination Development Corporation which is established through the legislation.
The Global Cultural Districts Network, a network of global centers of arts and culture established in 2014 to foster cooperation and knowledge-sharing among people planning and managing cultural districts, has issued a research report on the subject of cultural district governance. The desire of the research was to find the best practices to insure the right voices are heard during the planning of a cultural district. The report, Governance Models for Cultural Districts, was undertaken by James Doeser and Anna Marazuela Kim and explores the dimensions of governance through interviews, questionnaires and case studies. Read the report.
The Center for Community Progress is conducting a national survey to better understand how communities are using arts and culture to transform vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties into community assets. The goal of the project is to ensure creative placemaking becomes better integrated into community revitalization strategies. By completing the 15-minute survey, your community may be selected to be featured in a publication reaching a national audience. The survey will remain open through February 20, 2019.
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Job Openings (more posted daily at arts.IN.gov)
Jobs / Indiana
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Development Director, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
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Executive Director, Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, Bloomington, IN (application review begins January 25, 2019)
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Governor's Summer Intern, Indiana Arts Commission, (Reference Job ID 620899) Indianapolis, IN (Deadline February 1, 2019)
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Gift Officer, The Great American Songbook, Carmel, IN
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Operations Manager, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Lafayette, IN
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Photography Intern, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
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Project Manager, Third Space project, Arts for Learning, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline January 31, 2019)
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Videographer, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
Jobs / other states
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Development Associate, Ingenuity, Chicago, IL
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Digital Content Producer, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA (click staff positions)
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Executive Director, Dance NYC, New York, NY
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Executive Director, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
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Marketing Manager, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA (click staff positions)
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Partner Engagement Specialist, Ingenuity, Chicago, IL
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Senior Director of Communications & Marketing, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
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Call for contest registration for high school art programs, VANS Custom Culture Design Contest (Deadline January 31, 2019)
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Call for applications, UCLA Disability Inclusion Lab: DANCING DISABILITY, (Deadline February 1, 2019)
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Call for grant applications, Art Works, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (Deadline #1 February 14, 2019 Deadline #2 July 11, 2019)
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Call for workshop registrations, Professional Grant Development Workshop, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (January 23 - 24, 2019)
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Call for applications, Public Art Network National Recognition, Americans for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (Deadline February 27, 2019)
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Call for proposals, 2019 Annual Convening, Arts Administrators of Color, Washington, D.C. (Deadline February 28, 2019)
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Call for applications, Quick Impact Placebased Grants, Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline March 8, 2019)
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Call for grant applications, Challenge America, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (Deadline April 11, 2019)
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Call for scholarship applications, LEAD 2019 Conference, Denver, CO, Kennedy Center Office of Accessibility, Washington, D.C. (Deadline May 1, 2019)
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Adult Docent / Tour Guide for Adults (part-time volunteer), Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
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Children's Docent / Tour Guide for Children (part-time volunteer), Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
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Internships and Practicum Opportunities, Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, Bloomington, IN
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