There are so many ways to get involved with Boulder Arts Week! You can:

• Hold an event and submit it to the Arts Calendar. When you submit events to BCAA that occur duing Boulder Arts Week they simulataneously populate on the BAW calendar if you check the box to agree to use the BAW logo where possible.
  
• Volunteer your time. See some art while you're at it. There is a fun training dinner too!
• Donate. Boulder Arts Week is fiscally sponsored through BCAA. Your cash donation is fully tax-deductible.
• Become a business champion. It's FREE and easy. We need your help as marketing and outreach partners.
  
• Offer your space as a venue. Are you a business owner or manager interested in hosting artists and arts events in your business during Boulder Arts Week? Let us know, so that we can get the word out to artists looking for space! Just click the button below to see how easy it is to offer your space.

Image credit: Bohemia Boulder, a BAW Venue, located at 4919 North Broadway #7 Boulder

Thursday, April 2 from 5:30 -7pm
Boulder Public Library, Canyon Meeting Room, 9th and Canyon, Boulder
During this participatory workshop, led by members of the Boulder County Arts Leadership Forum (BCALF), we'll make art to leave in odd places for passersby to discover and keep or re-abandon.

We will begin by showing examples of Art Abandonment, a growing practice to increase the accessibility of art. As we create matchbox dioramas, collage magnets and embellished clothespins, paintings, and more, we'll invite participants to talk about unique arts initiatives in their communities. Following the workshop, we'll "abandon" our creations around Boulder.

The Martha Kate Thomas Fund for Artists was established in 2013 through a legacy gift to the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. Grants from this fund will be awarded to artists who live or work in Boulder County and meet any one or more of these priority groups:

• Artists with unforeseen needs due to special circumstances
• Artists of Color
• Artists with disabilities
• Indigenous artists
• New generation artists (18-30 years old)
  

Grant awards will not exceed $3000. Art forms can include but are not limited to: Music, Theater, Dance, Film/Video, Literature, and Visual Art. Deadline to apply for this round is May 7, 2020.

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

The BCAA Endowment was established through the generous support of Neodata Services, Inc. in 1986 to further artistic excellence and promote stability among artists and arts organizations operating within Boulder County.

The current round of funding is for General Operating Support for arts organizations. For 2020, the minimum grant award is $1,000 and the funding cap is $3,000. The deadline to apply is April 9 at 5pm.

Plan to attend a Coaching Session with BCAA's Executive Director, Charlotte LaSasso, on Thursday, March 19 from 5-6 at the Boulder Public Library, especially if this is your first time applying.

Want to see how BCAA's grant process works? Volunteer to be a Grant Panelist! Reviewing applications not only provides a tremendous service to your fellow artists but is also a great learning opportunity to improve your own grant proposals. Contact Charlotte for more information at 303-447-2422 or info@bouldercountyarts.org.

Image credit: Beyond Academia's summer poetry camp, previous Endowment Grant recipient

Thursday, April 9 from 11am -1pm
BMoCA, 1750 13th St, Boulder
The art festival world as we know it has become one of the ways to connect with an audience. However, with artist after artist lining art festival aisles, it’s difficult to stand out and grab the passerby’s attention. Presented by Kathy Beekman of Art Coaching for You.

Tuesday, May 19 from 11am -1pm
The Collective Community Arts Center, 201 N. Public Rd, Lafayette
In this fun and interactive workshop, Kathy Beekman, a professional artist and art career coach, will walk you through the 8 ways that you can make a successful living without being in a gallery. 

Thank you to the City of Lafayette's Office of Arts & Cultural Resources for supporting this program.

Art in Dialogue with Fracking
Thursday, April 23 from 5:30 - 7:30pm
Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 9th and Canyon, Boulder
Join us as CU Boulder Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the Arts fellows discuss how they combine artistic practice with social and scientific methods in their project Invisible Disruptions: The Cultural Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing in Colorado.

As a community development professional and illustrator, Cal Brackin is interested in how artists work as powerful intermediaries between citizens, professionals, and policymakers. Cal earned his BA and MA in International Development, has served communities locally and globally through the AmeriCorps, Peace Corps-Mongolia, an AIF Clinton Fellowship in India, Leadership Jackson Hole, and is currently a Boulder Leadership Fellow.

Cal is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming and enjoys illustration, making things, design thinking, backpacking, ice hockey, and community development.

He is excited to meet and learn from artists in Boulder County and help to promote the value artists have in communities. Cal takes over from Crystal Polis, who, after six wonderful years at BCAA, is moving on to pursue new arts-related opportunities, including her own grant writing business. 

A History of The Visual Arts In Boulder

Cynda Collins Arsenault

Barrio E'

Block 1750

Boulder Mountain Handmade

Boulder Muse

Rebecca Bradford

Gabriel Cavenecia

CenterStage Theatre Company

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville

Luciana DaSilva

Kristen Demaree

Goddess Here Productions

Molly Hargarten

Nance Larson

Rebecca Martin

J. Brian Mullins

Naropa University

Niwot Sculpture Park and Outdoor Gallery

Maria Pacca

Mari Rapp

Brian Rocheleau

Jill Rumley

Janet Salmons, PhD

Penelope Sharp

Elisa Snyder

Society for Creative Aging & VIVA Theater

Ruth Soller

David Spohn

UBS

The Upstart Crow Theatre Company

Catherine von Hatten

Wesley Community Center

• BECOME A BCAA MEMBER!
  
• About Us
• Upcoming Grant Deadlines & Overview