A free workshop to go over the Arts Projects funding application and answer questions will be held on November 2, from 12 - 1:30 pm at the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street, Room 1444. The Tacoma Arts Commission's 2011 Arts Projects funding application is now available! See the press release below for more information. The application is attached here as a PDF. It is also available online at http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/funding.asp . Deadline for applications is November 29, 2010. [cid:image002.jpg@01CB7754.EFA35C90]News Release >From the City of Tacoma, Washington www.cityoftacoma.org<http://www.cityoftacoma.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 22, 2010 MEDIA CONTACTS Naomi Strom-Avila, Community and Economic Development, nstromavila@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:nstromavila@cityoftacoma.org>, (253) 591-5191 Maria Lee, Community Relations, maria.lee@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:maria.lee@cityoftacoma.org>, (253) 591-2054 City of Tacoma accepts applications for 2011 community-based arts programming funds The City of Tacoma seeks Arts Projects funding applications now through Nov. 29, 2010 from eligible organizations producing community-based arts programming in Tacoma within the 2011 calendar year. Applicants are encouraged to attend a free workshop which explains and addresses questions about the process on Nov. 2, from noon - 1:30 p.m., at the Tacoma Municipal Building (747 Market St., Room 1444). Arts Projects funding ranges from $1,000 to $5,000 and has, in the past, supported arts components of festivals, dance and musical performances, arts workshops, exhibit programs, performing arts series and literary events. Eligibility extends to private non-profit agencies with a 501(c) designation, organized groups of community volunteers (such as a business district or neighborhood council with an advisory body, business license and organizational bank account), and for-profit businesses with an arts mission proposing a unique project that is not for profit and designed specifically for public benefit. Applicants are required to have offices within Tacoma or conduct a majority of their activities within Tacoma city limits. Changes this year include the eligibility of arts projects, programs or special events sponsored by schools, school-based auxiliary organizations and taxing authorities. Other eligibility requirements apply and full details - including the application form as well as information on projects that were funded in the past - is available at www.tacomaculture.org/arts/funding.asp<http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/funding.asp>. Application forms are also available by calling (253) 591-5191 or e-mailing nstrom-avila@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:nstrom-avila@cityoftacoma.org>. ### Naomi Strom-Avila Cultural Arts Specialist City of Tacoma 747 Market Street, Room 900 Tacoma, WA 98402 (253)591-5191