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Following is the Boulder County Arts Alliance monthly E-Newsletter for APRIL 2020 containing information on upcoming BCAA news, programs, and deadlines.

• Boulder Arts Week Online
  
• Pathways to Jazz Grant
• Boulder County Musicians Relief Fund
• Martha Kate Thomas Fund for Artists
• BCAA Endowment Grants for General Operating Support
• Upcoming Workshops: Business of Arts and Inclusiveness & Equity
  
• Artists in the Spotlight
• Art Space Directory
• BCAA Acknowledgements

Pathways To Jazz exists to provide opportunities for jazz musicians of all ages to succeed in their artistic and educational development. We fund qualified musicians to record their music so they may further their artistry and career. 

Expectation
If you are awarded the grant, the expectation is that you will create a physical CD. Anything outside of those parameters can be proposed to Pathways To Jazz by the artist, and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Application Process
To be considered for the grant, musicians will need to submit a Letter of Intent between April 6-24, 2020 and the first 40 submissions will be considered. You will be asked to describe your project and participants, your experience and to provide a breakdown of your budget.

Up to 20 applicants will be selected to apply and they will be notified and receive instructions by May 30. Selected applicants will complete the grant application through the Boulder County Arts Alliance website beginning June 1. Music samples will be requested at this time. The deadline to apply is 5pm on June 30, 2020; no applications will be accepted after this date.

Determinations will be made in July, and the applicant will be notified within the first three weeks of August. Those awarded a grant, will have until Dec. 31, 2021 to complete their project. A final report will also be due by this date.

CLICK THE BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE LETTER OF INTENT FORM

Denise Fernandes is a Ph.D. student at CU Boulder where she examines the links between energy, development, and inequality. Before Boulder, she worked in India on projects looking at how energy policies impact rural communities. As a passionate advocate for environmental justice, she took an interest in fracking sites and their role in local environmental governance.

This past fall, she teamed up with photographer Shelby McAuliffe to create a conversation about fracking and how art can be leveraged to address critical environmental issues. Shelby is interested in creating multi-media experiences that explore the relationships humans have to their surroundings and the coexistence of urban and natural environments. Shelby is a CU graduate student in the art and art history department pursuing an MFA in photography.

Supported by the CU Boulder Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the Arts, they captured images and sounds at fracking sites at the border of Boulder and Weld counties. This past January, they presented their work at the CU campus at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) building. With talks and workshops pending, they hope more people can join the conversation about their work titled, Invisible Disruptions: The Cultural Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing in Colorado.

On Shelby's blog, you can read more about the project and see photos from the project.

Click on the link below.

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 Seventeen Thirty-Nine, a restaurant and event venue ready to host your corporate, personal, or holiday event, located at 1739 Pearl Street in downtown Boulder.