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Following is the Boulder County Arts Alliance monthly E-Newsletter for MAY 2019 containing information on upcoming BCAA news, programs, and deadlines.

In This Issue

Business of Arts: Approaching Your Market with Confidence
Call for Artists and Artisans: Art @River Bend in Lyons
Grant Opportunities: Pathways to Jazz and Martha Kate Thomas Fund
BCAA's Annual Meeting and Grant Reception
Fiscal Sponsorship & Joanna Rotkin
Who's in the Limelight?
Art Space Directory
BCAA Acknowledgements

Business of Arts

Approaching Your Market with Confidence

Tuesday, May 7 from 11:30am - 1pm
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), 1750 13th St., Boulder

Would you like to identify markets such as galleries, art festivals, and art consultants where you might sell your artwork and how to properly approach them for representation? In this dynamic presentation, you will learn the best steps to take in order to fulfill both of these objectives. As an added benefit you will also receive practical tips to help you maintain focus and stay committed to your goals throughout this process.

Presented by Kathy Beekman of Art Coaching for You. Boxed lunches are available for pre-order too!

Read More and Register

Thank you to the City of Boulder's Office of Arts + Culture for sponsoring our Business of Arts program.

Call for Artists and Artisans

Art @River Bend 2019

Art @River Bend is a collaboration between BCAA and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission, held along the North Saint Vrain Creek in Lyons at River Bend. The date for the event is Sunday, August 25, 2019 from 12-6 pm.

We are looking for ARTISTS and ARTISANS of all mediums who want to staff a booth and sell their work at the event. For all work sold during the event, BCAA and LAHC retain a 30% commission (split evenly between the two nonprofit organizations). Table and chairs will be provided.

In addition to the Art & Crafts Sale, Art @River Bend will feature food and drinks from CURED and Spirit Hound Distillers, live demos, children's activities, and more.

Applications are through BCAA's online form only. Acceptances will be made on a rolling basis until filled. Please apply by June 28 to ensure that you are included in pre-event publicity.

There is no fee for submitting your entry. If selected, the fee for an artist's booth is $25 BCAA members/$50 non-BCAA members.

Call for Entry Form

Current Grant Opportunities

Pathways to Jazz

New procedure announced for applying for Pathways to Jazz Grants! In 2019, musicians must first submit a Letter of Intent for consideration. If selected, the musician will receive instructions for how to apply for the grant through BCAA's website. Letters of Intent must be submitted by midnight on Friday, May 10, 2019 to info@pathwaystojazz.com.

Pathways To Jazz exists to provide opportunities for jazz musicians of all ages to succeed in their artistic and educational development.

Letter of Intent Guidelines

Martha Kate Thomas Fund for Artists

Deadline to apply is Thursday, June 27 at 5pm

Grants from this fund will be awarded to artists who live or work in Boulder County and who have unforeseen needs due to special circumstances and also includes artists and organizations that face systemic or historical inequities and so may require additional support in order for these barriers to be removed. In particular, emphasis is on the following priority groups:

Artists of Color
Artists with disabilities
Indigenous artists
New generation artists (18-30 years old)

Grant awards will not exceed $3000.

Boulder County Arts Alliance is proud to administer this fund for the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. Read the inspiring story behind this fund.

Grant Guidelines and Application

BCAA's Annual Meeting and Grant Reception

Annual Meeting and Grant Reception

Tuesday, June 11 from 5-7pm
Finkel & Garf Brewing Co., 5455 Spine Rd Unit A, Boulder

Hear about the state of BCAA, meet our Board members and have a Pint with a Purpose! Finkel & Garf's will donate $1 of every pint sold back to BCAA. And of course, we'll be distributing the checks for Spring 2019 BCAA Endowment Grants. All of this year's recipients will have an opportunity to share their work in a 30 second monologue. Applicants will be notified before June 1. We encourage all BCAA members and friends to attend the Annual Meeting, whatever the outcome of your grant.

Free event with happy hour pricing.

Fiscal Sponsorship

Joanna Rotkin, Dancer and BCAA Fiscal Sponsee

Joanna Rotkin of Joanna and the Agitators has created a film called The Sky Inside. The film is about the improvisational dance class that Joanna has been teaching since 2003. “Sometimes I dance with the class, and sometimes I watch,” she says. “What I see when I watch is so beautiful to me — the honesty that these bodies bring to the dance floor each week —it astounds me, makes me weep, and leaves me breathless, over and over again. I want to share this with you, the beauty these dancers bring, so I made a film. It’s called The Sky Inside because that’s how it feels to me: That the sky is inside, all of us.”

The film sold out two screenings in April at the Dairy Arts Center's Boedecker Theater. There is one more on Monday, May 6 at 7pm. It too is sold out, but rumor has it you might snag a seat if there are no-shows. Find out about possible future screenings and read more about the project here.

Our Fiscal Sponsorship program entitles individual artists and cultural organizations without 501(c)(3) status to apply to funders and solicit tax deductible donations under the auspices of Boulder County Arts Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Fiscal Sponsorship is essentially a re-granting program for grant awards and contributions to specific pre-approved artists or organizations intended for purposes directly related to BCAA's purpose:

To provide leadership and resources for arts organizations, artists, educators, and the community of Boulder County.

Refer to the guidelines on our website for more information and then contact us to schedule a brief coaching session prior to submitting your application.

Learn more about fiscal sponsorship

Who's in the Limelight?

Boulder Potters Guild's 50th Anniversary

Deep Dive into Relevance in the Arts - the Relevance of Clay
Wednesday, May 22 from 5:30 - 8pm
Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder

In 2019 the Boulder Potters Guild is celebrating 50 years of community and making!

In collaboration with the Boulder Potter's Guild celebration of their Golden Anniversary, Boulder County Arts Leadership Forum (BCALF) invites you to a panel discussion titled Deep Dive into Relevance in the Arts - the Relevance of Clay.This upcoming exploration is with acclaimed ceramic artists Jeanne Quinn, Kim Dickey, Katie Caron and moderated by Jasmine Baetz. Each artist will present a sample of their work followed by a discussion with time for audience Q & A.

Moderator Jasmine Baetz makes work that engages with the space and community around her, and foregrounds people and ideas that have been written out of history. She is a Ceramics MFA student at CU Boulder where she is part of the inaugural cohort of Engaged Arts and Humanities Graduate Student scholars.

$5 Suggested donation. Thank you to the Museum of Boulder for sponsoring this event.

Boulder County Arts Leadership Forum (BCALF), is a program of BCAA and a think tank of arts organization leaders from throughout Boulder County. Our mission is to increase the impact of the arts in Boulder County by cultivating spaces and accessibility, fostering collaborations, and creating opportunities to experience art.

In addition to this event, there will be an exhibition at the Boulder Public Library titled Elements – The Boulder Potters Guild, 50 Years and Counting! from June 14 – August 4, 2019.

Image credit: Boulder Potters Guild

Jeanne Quinn

Jeanne Quinn creates theatrical installations that attempt to remind us that everything is ephemeral. She earned her M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Washington. She has exhibited at the Denver Art Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art, and Art Basel/Design Miami and been awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the European Ceramic Work Centre. She is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado.

Kim Dickey

Kim Dickey explores how we construct environments both physically and psychologically while in response to what is natural vs. cultural, interior vs. exterior. Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dickey received her MFA from Alfred University. She has created installations at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, The Lab at Belmar, for the Danish Ministry of Culture, and the Denver International Airport. She is represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver.

Katie Caron

Katie Caron is Head of Ceramics and Sculpture at Arapahoe Community College. She graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art with an MFA in Ceramics and Sculpture. While teaching there in 2009, a 900lb. wall collapsed on her, crushing her spine and pelvis. During the recovery, she created two bodies of work: Mending Series and Heartland Drawings. She has since completed site-specific installations for Project Miami, University of Michigan, Redline Art Space. Caron is represented by William Havu Gallery.

Art Space Directory

The Art Space Directory is a matchmaking tool to connect creative people with creative art spaces. Owners and managers of rentable spaces submit listings to the directory, and space-seekers search the directory for opportunities. Use of the BCAA Art Space Directory is completely free of charge for space-seekers, and there are no fees to submit and publish listings.

The Directory contains a list and map of venues with almost 300 art spaces with photographs and detailed information.

By using your BCAA log-in to our website, you can upload information for your venues and art spaces and make edits any time. You do not need to log-in to browse or search the Art Space Directory.

Image courtesy of Continuous Line Art Studio, North Broadway, Boulder

ART SPACE DIRECTORY

BCAA Acknowlegements

Thank you New and Renewing Members in April

Linda Bice

Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery

Boulder Opera Company

Linda Faul

Handmade Film Institute

Marcus If

Julie Jablonski

Christine Jarvis

Nicholas Jensen

Lianne Johnson

KGNU - Boulder County Community Radio

Jan Kirkpatrick

Ellen Laverdure

Longmont Museum & Cultural Center

Longmont Symphony Orchestra

Longmont Youth Symphony

Lyons Flood Memorial

Lindsey Malone

Juni Margrie

Mesa Elementary School

Alycia Murray

Lisa Pentz

SongBird Vocal Jazz Fest

Stephanie Thomas

Wesley Foundation aka Wesley Chapel

Thank you to this month's Volunteers

Trevor Bruce, Graphic Design
Marty Wright, Information Technology
Rosie Glasscock, Grant Panelist
John March, Grant Panelist
Lisa Nesmith, Grant Panelist
Kari Palazzari, Grant Panelist

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Our Sponsors

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