Applications are currently closed for the Dance Artist Development Award and will reopen in 2021.
ARCOS Foundation for the Arts provides the Dance Artist Development Award to honor independent professional dance artists in Austin seeking to deepen, expand, or refine their practices. While many grants provide funding for artistic projects, the impact of which can be quantified (for example, by measuring audience members directly affected), this award is intended to provide dance artists the opportunity to take a risk to explore a practice- rather than product-based pursuit that may have a profound, long-term effects on their creative development and work going forward. Prior recipients have used the development funds to explore new movement modalities within and outside of our community, work with mentors to strengthen their self-producing capacity, and conduct leadership training in the arts as a method of social engagement and activism. In the fifth year of the DADA, ARCOS will present three awards: the three highest-scoring applicants will receive, in order, $800, $400, and a full scholarship to an ARCOS workshop.
We recommend applicants read responses to our Frequently Asked Questions for more essential information to submit your best application, including eligibility. Additional questions may be directed to Erica Gionfriddo at e.gionfriddo(at)arcosdance(dot)com.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division
of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
