The Indiana Arts Commission recently approved grants awards to 431 community-based arts providers and individual artists throughout Indiana for fiscal year 2020.
During its June 14th Quarterly Business Meeting in Indianapolis, the Commission approved grant allocations totaling more than $3 million in state and federal funds for grants and programs provided provided by arts organizations and cultural program providers throughout the state, including grants to 56 individual artists.
The majority of the grants approved by the Commission, totaling more than $2.5 million, will be distributed through the IAC's 11 regions to small and mid-sized organizations through Regional Initiative Grants. Learn more.
Scholarships are now open for the 2019 Indiana Arts Homecoming October 24 & 25, 2019 in Indianapolis. The scholarships will provide complimentary registration and a travel / accommodations honorarium of up to $200 to cover two-day participation.
Scholarship award priority areas:
- ALAANA individuals
- Persons living with a disability
- Residents in rural Indiana community determined by population
- Are (or have) experienced homelessness
- Military veterans or active duty personnel
- Individuals formerly incarcerated
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Early career
You can apply here.
The deadline to apply is Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
Visit the Indiana Arts Homecoming 2019 page often to learn more.
The Indiana Arts Commission is currently accepting grant applications for its Arts in the Parks & Historic Sites 2020 program. The grant program assists organizations and artists with bringing participatory arts activities into Indiana's state parks and historic sites.
This grant opportunity funds participatory arts activities celebrating Indiana State Parks and State Historic Sites. Not only are the projects family-friendly fun, they are a great opportunity to building partnerships with a participating site and expand the audience for your organization's work. See the program guidelines here.
Online applications may be made here.
The application deadline for organizations is 4:30 p.m. (EDT) September 5, 2019.
The Arts Commission will host a program webinar July 9, 2019 at 6 p.m. (EDT). Click here to join the session.
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) will soon begin accepting public nominations for Indiana State Poet Laureate.
The Indiana Poet Laureate represents Indiana and the art of poetry through the development and implementation of programming to the education community and general public. The Poet Laureate makes formal presentations at various educational facilities and events, pursues individual initiatives to advance the knowledge and appreciate of poetry, and offers advice to the IAC to further the art of poetry in Indiana.
Nominees should be published poets with experience in educational program development.
Regional arts service provider Arts Midwest recently announced the appointment of Torrie Allen as the organization's new President and CEO. Allen succeeds long-time President and CEO David Fraher, who will step down in September 2019.
Allen joins Arts Midwest with more than 30 years experience in the performing arts, broadcast media, and arts administration. He brings extensive development, marketing and leadership experience to this U.S. regional arts organization and a commitment to using creativity and imagination in arts administration.
Over the last three years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the United States' flagship theater presenters, Allen led development department expansion that has yielded exception growth in development-specific contributed income including the successful close out of a multi-million dollar capital campaign. Learn more.
The Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute is the only Indiana recipient of a Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The $15,000 grant will assist the library in marketing and promoting opportunities for the reading enjoyment and deeper exploration of the book Our Town.
The Big Read is an NEA initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, which manages the grant program. Each NEA Big Read grantee has selected a title from the Big Read Library and will hold a variety of events and discussions designed to both highlight the book and encourage participation among a wide range of community members. Learn more.
Greencastle and Putnam County residents may soon be able to enjoy a new mural if a crowdfunding campaign reaches its fundraising goal of $30,000 by July 15th. If the campaign is successful in meeting the objective, the Putnam County Mural Project will receive a matching $30,000 grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.
The funds raised will be used ro transform neglected silos into a canvas for public murals. The murals will celebrate heritage, created civic pride, and enrich lives through participatory art-making. The scale of the project is ambitious and will produce one one Indiana's largest mural sites.
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Job Openings (more posted daily at arts.IN.gov)
Jobs / Indiana
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Artistic Director (part-time), Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, Bloomington, IN
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Assistant Manager, Box Office, Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, IN
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Corporate Events Assistant (part-time), Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
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Corporate Sponsorship and Events Intern, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
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Custodian (part-time), Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Lafayette, IN
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Director of Marketing & Communications, Indiana Arts Commission, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline July 5, 2019)
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Elementary Art Teach, Pine Village Elementary and Williamsport Elementary, Warren County, IN
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Executive Assistant to the President / CEO, Honeywell Foundation, Wabash, IN
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Gift Officer, The Great American Songbook, Carmel, IN
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Marketing Intern (part-time), Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Lafayette, IN
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Photography Intern, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
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Production Specialist, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis, IN
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Program Coordinator, HANDS in Autism, Bloomington, IN (Deadline July 15, 2019)
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Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator, The Honeywell Foundation, Wabash, IN
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Special Events Intern, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
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Videographer, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
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Video Producer / Filmmaker / Graphic Animator, Media Fuel, Fishers. IN
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Weekend and Evening Facilities Technician, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline July 1. 2019)
Jobs / other states
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Arts Education Partnership Director, Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO (Deadline July 9, 2019)
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Assistant Director of Communications, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA (click staff positions)
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Chief Executive Officer, ArtsFund, Seattle, WA
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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, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
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Grant & Program Assistant, Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma City, OK
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Program Coordinator, Arts Extension Services, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
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Call for registration, ProcessEd Conference, Line + Form Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN (12 - 6 p.m. EDT June 28, 2019)
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Call for applications, Indiana Main Street INspire Idea!, Office of Community and Rural Affairs, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline 4 p.m. EDT June 28, 2019)
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Call for grant applications, Nonprofit Mini-grants, Integrity Arts & Culture Association (Deadline July 1, 2019)
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Call for registration, Grantmaking 201 Workshop, Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Indianapolis, IN (July 10 - 11, 2019)
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Call for registration, Indiana Cultural Resources Workshop, LGrange, IN (11 a.m. - 1 p.m. July 11, 2019)
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Call for grant applications, Art Works, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (Deadline July 11, 2019)
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Call for proposals, Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit Midwest (Deadline July 15, 2019)
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Call for applications, Creative Renewal Fellowship, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline 4:30 p.m. August 16, 2019)
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Call for registration, Great Lakes Main Street Conference, South Bend, IN (August 18 - 20, 2019)
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Call for registration, Building Blocks of Policy Work, Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Indianapolis, IN (10 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET, November 7, 2019)
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Summer Internship Opportunities, Diversity in Arts Leadership, Americans for the Arts, (various locations)
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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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