Don’t be left out! There is still time to be included in the July COVID-19 Impact Survey.
Extended Deadline: Tonight, Friday August 14th at 11:59 PM
RESPOND NOW
Your participation will help substantiate the need for recovery resources for Miami-Dade based nonprofit cultural institutions, arts organizations, and artist collectives.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami-Dade Arts Support (MAS) Program Guidelines and Workshops Available
Application Deadline August 31, 2020
The new Miami-Dade Arts Support (MAS) Program is wholly funded by the federal CARES Act and aims to provide financial assistance to arts and cultural organizations and artists-entrepreneurs to help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department is hosting a series of webinars for cultural organizations to learn the application and submission process. Visit the Miami-Dade Arts Support Action Center for resources and to see the workshop schedule.
Quarterly Grant Programs Deadlines
Community Grants Program (CG)
Graham Winick / graham.winick@miamidade.gov
A quarterly program for non-profit organizations developing community-based cultural programs, projects, and events, such as fairs, parades, neighborhood festivals, conferences, and publications.
Second Quarter
Courtesy Review Deadline: August 20, 2020, 11:59 PM
Application Deadline: August 27, 2020, 11:59 PM
MBVCA
FY 2020/2021 MBVCA Tourism Advancement Program - First Period Deadlines
The Miami Beach Visitor And Convention Authority (MBVCA) is currently accepting grant applications for special events, promotions, activities and festivals which will stimulate tourism by increasing hotel occupancy and will have significant media impact for Miami Beach between October 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021 in the following categories: Development Opportunities, Major One Time Special Event, Special Events Recurring, Special Projects, Special Projects Recurring, and Tourism Partnerships.
Interested applicants must meet with MBVCA Administration by Friday, August 28, 2020 and submit the following:
• Project information and required grant criteria must for review by Friday, September 4, 2020 by 3:00 p.m.,
• Draft application and application attachments by Friday, September 11, 2020 by 3:00 p.m.,
• Final completed application is due to the MBVCA offices by Monday, September 21, 2020 by 12:00 pm.
For details, grant guidelines, applications, questions or comments regarding the grant application process, contact the MBVCA Administrator at edelacuesta@miamibeachvca.com or visit www.miamibeachvca.com.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
Miami-Dade Artist Support! (MAS!)
COVID-19 Relief for Artists
Round Two: Apply by August 26, 2020
The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs is activating round two of the Miami-Dade Artists Support! (MÁS!) Program, specifically for artists. The program provides up to a maximum of $500 per artist, available to artists of all disciplines, artist-entrepreneurs and cultural “gig” workers who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. Visit the Miami-Dade Arts Support Action Center for guidelines, application and details. Questions? Contact Roxana.Barba@miamidade.gov
Knight New Work 2020: Miami applications are open
Deadline September 7, 2020
As the global pandemic disrupts the means of experiencing the arts in person, artists are responding by creating innovative artworks and ways to experience them. To recognize, support and accelerate this creative virtuosity, Knight New Work 2020 will provide up to $500,000 to support Miami-area artists in developing groundbreaking art that reimagines how the performing arts are created and experienced.
Knight New Work 2020 is a two-part open call. In the first round, 15 to 20 artists and arts organizations will each receive $10,000 to develop new performing art works in the worlds of dance, music and theater that reflect and respond to the incredible times we are living in. Along with funding, the winners will receive mentorship from established artists and be connected to their peers to advance their work.
In the second round, a small group of the projects will be selected to receive further funding to fully produce and perform their finished work by the end of 2021. Click here to apply.
Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places
Virgin Trains USA West Aventura Station
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 21, 2020, 11:59PM
Budget: $168,000
Eligibility: Open to professional visual artists or artist-led teams based in South Florida
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and Miami-Dade County Department Transportation and Public Works request qualifications from professional artists and/or artist teams to commission artworks for the Phase I of the new Virgin Trains USA West Aventura Station – Phase I. The selected artist(s) will design unique artwork(s) that will contribute to the identity of this facility and engage employees, visitors, and passers-by in unexpected and delightful ways. Design teams include Zyscovich Architects and Lemartec construction. Click here to apply.
Amelia Earhart Park & Community Center
Submission deadline: Monday, August 24, 2020, 11:59PM
Budget: $164,000
Eligibility: Open to professional visual artists or artist-led teams based in South Florida
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and Miami-Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (PROS) request qualifications from professional artists and/or artist teams to commission artworks for the new Amelia Earhart Park & Community Center. Design teams include Civica Architecture and Bermello Ajamil Architects. It is envisioned that artworks may reference the flight path, maps, or related imagery compassing of Amelia Earhart’s historic journey around the world. Click here to apply.
Virgin Voyages, Terminal V, PortMiami – South Florida
Submission deadline: Monday, August 24, 2020, 11:59PM
Budget: $995,000
Eligibility: Open to professional visual artists based in South Florida
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and Miami-Dade County, PortMiami and Virgin Voyages request qualifications for artists to be considered to make full proposals for the new Terminal V at PortMiami. Opportunities for public art include a large-scale text-based artwork application to exterior north wall, a suspended lighting feature, integrated sculptural wall applications, and free-standing artist designed-planters for the terminal’s interior and exterior. Click here to apply.
Time-Based Media
Virgin Voyages, Terminal V, PortMiami – National
Submission deadline: Monday, August 24, 2020, 11:59PM
Budget: $600,000
Eligibility: Open to professional visual artists based in the USA
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and Miami-Dade County, PortMiami, and Virgin Voyages request qualifications for artists to be considered to make full proposals for the new Terminal V at PortMiami. The selected artist(s) will design a unique video or time-based media artwork and / or display system that will contribute to the identity of this facility and engage employees, visitors, and passers-by in unexpected and delightful ways. Click here to apply.
City of Coral Gables – Art in Public Places Program
Coral Gables Parking Garage 7 RFQ
Seeking Experienced Artists Who Use Light as their Primary Media
BUDGET: $400,000
ELIGIBILITY: Professional artists or artist-led teams with experience creating light-based artwork
DEADLINE: August 21, 2020
The City of Coral Gables requests qualifications from professional working artists for consideration to create identifying artwork for the City’s new Parking Garage 7, adjacent to the newly constructed Public Safety Building. Light-based artwork is sought that is noticed from a distance and identifies the site of the Public Safety Building and Fire Station as one of safety, refuge, and care. FOR DETAILS, CLICK HERE
Adrienne Arsht Center
Heart of Art online commissioning project – Submit by August 21, 2020
The Arsht Center’s Heart of Art online commissioning program in Miami-Dade County was created to inspire new work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using video as the virtual stage, 30 Miami-based performing artists will each be awarded $1,000 to create new works of dance, music, theater, spoken word and other performing arts that capture our community’s unique voice and experience during this unprecedented crisis. The new video works will be showcased on the Arsht Center’s website and promoted across the Center’s social media platforms and in the Arsht@Home e-newsletter. Artists working across all genres of the performing arts are encouraged to apply, including music, theater, dance, spoken word, monologues or multi-genre combinations. Heart of Art is intended to create an artistic time capsule of Miami’s pandemic experience, the program is open exclusively to artists who reside in Miami-Dade County. The work must represent the Miami experience and address the subject of “art in the time of coronavirus” through the artist’s creative lens. Details for the video proposals, submission criteria and other guidelines are at arshtcenter.org/heart-art-submission.
South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) Grant
Application Deadline October 19, 2020
The South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant Program offers the largest regional, government-sponsored artists’ grants in the United States, awarding $15,000 and $7,500 grants to resident visual and media artists from the counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. Since it was established in 1988, the Consortium has awarded over to $4 million in grants to over 300 artists. In addition to receiving the grant, the artists take part in an exhibition hosted and organized by a visual arts institution in one of the five counties.
SFCC Workshops
Learn how recipients are selected and how can an applicant improve his/her chances of being recommended. Attendance at a workshop is encouraged, but not required.
Summer 2020 Workshops will take place online. Artists from any county are invited to join any workshop, but for convenience workshops are also being organized by county to support specific questions from area artists.
Broward: Wednesday, September 16, 2:00PM - 3:00PM *Meeting opens at 1:45PM - Join Here
Miami Dade: Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 2:00PM - 3:00PM *Meeting opens at 1:45PM - Join Here
Monroe: Tuesday, September 1, 2020: 3:00 - 4:00PM *Meeting opens at 2:45PM - Join Here
Palm Beach: *TBC
Martin: *TBC
RESOURCES
Miami Herald - Season of the Arts
Submission Deadline August 27, 2020
This year, the Miami Herald is including both virtual and live offerings in the Best Bets for performances, exhibitions and events between Sept. 27 and Dec. 31, 2020. The special Season of the Arts issue of Tropical Sunday will publish Sept. 27. Full calendars will not be included and will only feature highlights.
To have your group’s events considered, please submit information here. Alternatively, you can also direct your email to the appropriate person based on the discipline, noted below. Please include “Season of the Arts” in the subject line of your email. The deadline is August 27. Submit hi-resolution photos of any of your highlighted productions, please email those to season@miamiherald.com.
You may also be in touch with the reporters and critics noted below:
Pop, jazz, blues, hip-hop, Latin music: Michael Hamersly, mikehamersly@gmail.com.
Dance: Sean Erwin, SErwin@barry.edu
Visual arts: mhfeatures@gmail.com
Theater: Christinedolen23@gmail.com
For questions, email Season of the Arts editor Jane Wooldridge, jwooldridge@miamiherald.com