The Regional Touring Program (RTP) provides support for projects by regional presenting organizations showcasing the work of artists from elsewhere in the M-AAA region.
Donor Name: Mid-America Arts Alliance
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) strengthens and supports artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout the region and beyond. They are especially committed to equitable policies, accessible programming, inclusive practices, and celebration of the rich diversity of the region that enriches the cultural life of historically underserved communities by providing high quality, meaningful, and accessible arts and culture programs and services.
The Regional Touring Program (RTP) is designed to support projects by organizations working with artists of all disciplines including, but not limited to, folk and traditional, performing, visual, or literary residing or incorporated in the M-AAA region. RTP projects engage and deepen the impact of arts programming on regional audiences through exposure, interaction, and outreach engagement.
Through this grant program, M-AAA supports up to 50% of M-AAA’s regional state arts agency roster artist’s fees or 25% of other regional artist’s fees up to a maximum of $5,000 for projects that include at least one feature presentation by the artist and at least one outreach engagement.
Funding Information
Organizations may submit multiple applications and receive awards for up to three different projects in a single fiscal year (July 1–June 30). Each applicant is eligible for an aggregate amount of $15,000 in a single fiscal year. Similarly, an artist, ensemble, or scholar/educator can be the recipient of an aggregate of $15,000 through successful RTP grant applications submitted to M-AAA in a single fiscal year.
Eligible Projects
- Feature an in-region artist from outside the applicant’s home state in at least one feature presentation a minimum of 60 minutes in length that is open to the general public.
- Offer at least one outreach engagement a minimum of 30 minutes in length that builds an appreciation for the featured artist or their creative discipline and provides additional direct interaction between an audience and the artist(s) or the art form.
- Identify other funding sources which can include, but is not limited to, ticket sales, entry fees, cash contributions, grants and/or organizational funding. Other federal funding and in-kind goods or services should be noted in the budget, but cannot be used to fulfill payment of the artist’s contract fee.
- Take place in an accessible facility or on an accessible online streaming platform that allows for artist and audience interaction before, during and/or after the feature presentation and/or outreach engagement (e.g. chat, Q&A).
- Attempt to engage underserved audiences who lack access to the arts due to geography, economic conditions, ethnicity, disability, or age, including but not limited to underrepresented cultural groups, immigrants, veterans and active military, persons in institutions, those living below the poverty line and youth at risk.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be a 501(c) 3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community.
- Have a valid Unique Entity Identifier generated through SAM.gov;
- Be located in the M-AAA region (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, or Texas).
- Be in good standing with M-AAA, with no overdue or delinquent reports and/or documentation
M-AAA does not accept applications from fiscal agents for this grant program.
For more information, visit Mid-America Arts Alliance.
