The City Of El Paso, Texas - www.elpasotexas.gov

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The City recognizes the importance of arts and culture in creating a vibrant and healthy community reflecting the character of the city and its citizens. These assets should be shared, experienced, nurtured and supported so that all of El Paso citizens have an opportunity to experience first rate arts and culture programs.

One of the primary roles of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department of the City of El Paso is to Implement a Cultural Funding Program to assist in the development of El Paso's creative sector, its artists and cultural organizations, and to support access to arts and cultural activities for El Paso residents and visitors alike.

The City of El Paso will award cultural services contracts through the following funding programs:

• Operating Support Program (OSP): OSP is designed to support the organizational stability of El Paso's arts and cultural assets and to cultivate organizational growth and professional development. This category is open to organizations with a minimum of a three (3) year funding history from the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD).
   
• Project Support Program (PSP): PSP supports programs that provide high quality arts experiences that are innovative, accessible and appealing to local residents and visitors alike. Project support funds can be used for all project related expenses such as, administration, production costs, artistic fees, coordination (including staffing), audience development, outreach and marketing.
   
• Community Arts Program (CAP): Provides funding for non-profit arts and cultural organizations and individual artists to provide a variety of arts and cultural activities that have a focus on arts education and community arts development. The program will create a roster of arts and culture providers available to provide services throughout the city. It is designed to encourage creative interaction among artists, residents and neighborhoods, as well as to encourage collaboration between artists and community-based organizations/services. (Please Visit Arts & Education for more Info)
   
• Artist Incubator Program (AIP): This program promotes awareness of the contribution that El Paso artist make in our community. This program will provide funding directly to individual artists. Individuals funded through this program must provide a report at the conclusion of a program or event that includes attendance, location, an evaluation of the program, and financial statement.
   

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GENERAL CULTURAL FUNDING GUIDELINES FUNDING PROGRAM TIMELINE Fiscal Year 2013-2014
March 1, 2013	Guidelines & Applications available online http://www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad/culturalfunding.asp Each applicant will be responsible for printing their own copy of the Cultural Funding Guidelines and the application of the program in which you will apply.
OPERATION SESSIONS  -  ATTENDANCE MANDATORY FOR ALL APPLICANTS
Operational Support Program	EARLY BIRD SESSION: MARCH 12,2013 AM session 9:00 - 9:45am El Paso History Museum  Orientation Room 510 N. Santa Fe, 79901
Project Support Program	EARLY BIRD SESSIONS: MARCH 13, 2013 AM session 10:00am -10:45am Marquez Library, 610 N. Yarborough MARCH 14, 2013 PM session 5:30pm - 6:15pm Burges Library, 9600 Dyer	LATE SESSIONS: APRIL 10, 2013 AM session 10:00am -10:45am Cisneros Library  1300 Hawkins APRIL 11,2013 PM session 5:30pm - 6:15pm El Paso History Museum Seminar Room 510 N. Santa Fe
Community Arts Program	March 13, 2013  AM session 11:00-11:45am Marquez Library,  610 N. Yarborough March 14, 2013 PM session 6:15-7:00pm,  Burges Library 9600 Dyer	April 10, 2013 AM session  11:00-11:45am Cisneros Library  1300 Hawkins April 11, 2013 PM session    6:15-7:00pm El Paso History Museum 510 N. Santa Fe
Artist Incubator Program	March 13, 2013 AM session  12:00-12:45pm  Marquez Library,  610 N. Yarborough March 14, 2013 PM session    7:00-7:45pm Burges Library, 9600 Dyer	April 10, 2013 AM session  12:00-12:45pm Cisneros Library 1300 Hawkins April 11, 2013 PM session    7:00-7:45pm El Paso History Museum 510 N. Santa Fe
April 22, 2013	Application Due Applications must be hand delivered or postmarked by the deadline date. OSP, PSP, CAP, AIP.
May 23, 2013	Applicant schedule panel review times will be posted online: www.elpasoatsandculture.org It is the applicant’s responsibility to check the review time online, no other notices will be sent.
El Paso Museum of History, Seminar Room	Panel Review Sessions Failure to attend the panel meeting will result in a reduction of 20 point   June 4, 2013 Operational Support Program (OSP) Panel June 11, 12, 2013 Project Support Program (PSP) Panel June 18, 19, 2013 Community Arts Program (CAP) Panel June 25, 26, 2013 Artist Incubator Program (AIP) Panel
July 18, 2013	Program Recommendations Based on applicant’s scores and availability of funds, recommendations for awards and declines are forwarded to Museums and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board (MCAAB) for review and approval
End of August, 2013	City Council approves FY 2014 City Budget Funding amount determination letter will be sent out to all awardees or declines after City Council Approval of the Budget for FY 2014 (September 2013 through August 2014)
September, 2013	Contracts will be drafted for Fiscal Year 2014 (September 1, 2013 through August 15, 2014) All contracts must be signed no later than November 15, 2013

 

Everyone should read the General Cultural Guidelines and then go to the program for which they want to apply.

 

Cultural Funding Program Forms For Fiscal Year 2014 (Fiscal Year 2013-2014)

 

General Cultural Funding Guidelines

 

Reports for Fiscal Year 2013 (Fiscal Year 2013-2014)

 

OSP Monthly Report

 

PSP Monthly Report