If the Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 taught us anything, it was to engage the communities, neighborhoods, and residents of Dallas through meaningful artistic and cultural experiences. It taught us to look at our city and see where gaps and inequities of cultural access and experience exist. To continue to activate and encourage the intentional creative, artistic, and cultural impact on the residents of Dallas, ArtsActivate calls for arts and cultural projects by our Dallas arts and culture non-profit organizations, social service organizations, individual artists, and artist collectives to engage with communities, old and new, to provide a more equitable, diverse, and supportive arts ecosystem for the City of Dallas.
ArtsActivate 2022
Round 1
Virtual Information Sessions
English Info Session 1 – Wednesday, June 30, 2021 \ 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Join Here)
English Info Session 2 – Wednesday, July 7, 2021 \ 1:00PM – 2:00PM (Join Here)
Spanish Info Session 1 – Wednesday, June 30, 2021 \ 1:00PM – 2:00PM (Join Here)
Spanish Info Session 2 – Wednesday, July 7, 2021 \ 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Join Here)
Open Office Hours (Virtual & In Person)
Friday, July 16, 2021 \ 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Location TBD
Join Virtually Here
Friday, July 23, 2021 \ 3:00PM – 5:00PM
Location TBD
Join Virtually Here
ArtsActivate 2022:
- is a project-based cultural funding program
- combines and replaces all previous project-based funding programs
- is open for proposals from non-profit arts/cultural organizations, social services organizations, individual artists, artist collectives and other eligible non-profit organizations
- will open for one round for projects taking place during the 2020-21 fiscal year (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021)
- applicants who are currently funded in the Cultural Organizations Program (COP) for FY 2020-21 may apply if they recieve less than $100,000 through COP or through operating and maintenance support and that the proposed project is not currently a part of the organization’s current COP scope of services
Download – ArtsActivate 2022 Guidelines
Download Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 Summary
View Dallas Cultural Plan Priorities & Strategies
(All strategies that apply to the ArtsActivate 2020 application process are highlighted in yellow)
View Dallas Cultural Plan Typology Map
(note: the map does not guarantee that a location within the typologies falls in Dallas city limits since some of the census block groups straddle the city limit lines, please double check all locations to confirm they are within Dallas city limits)
Round 1
Application Period:
June 28 – July 26, 2021
Earliest Project Start Date:
October 1, 2021
Round 2
Application Period:
September 7 – October 4, 2021
Earliest Project Start Date:
January 1, 2022
Round 3
Application Period:
December 6, 2021 – January 3, 2022
Earliest Project Start Date:
April 1, 2022
ArtsActivate 2021
Web Portal
Through the web portal, you can apply when the application period is open. It will also give you access to previously submitted ArtsActivate 2021 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use the web portal to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2021Guidelines
Download Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 Summary
View Dallas Cultural Plan Priorities & Strategies
(All strategies that apply to the ArtsActivate 2020 application process are highlighted in yellow)
View Dallas Cultural Plan Typology Map
(note: the map does not guarantee that a location within the typologies falls in Dallas city limits since some of the census block groups straddle the city limit lines, please double check all locations to confirm they are within Dallas city limits)
Timeline
November 3, 2020 – Application Opens
November 30, 2020 – Application Closes
December 1, 2020 – January 8, 2021 – Staff & Panel Review
(note: there will not be in-person panel presentations)
January 19, 2021 – Funding Recommendation Notifications
February 15, 2021 – Earliest start date
September 15, 2021 – Latest end date
Funding Recipients
Individual Artists / Non-Profit Organizations
ArtsActivate 2020
Applicants recommended for funding through ArtsActivate 2020 during the 2019-20 fiscal year (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020), will find links to the ArtsActivate 2020 portals here. These links will stay live through the following year for postponed projects due to COVID-19.
The ArtsActivate 2020 web-portal will give applicants access to previously submitted applications, along with subsequent steps of the funding process such as revised budget and final report submissions.
Funding Recipients
Round 2 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations
Round 3 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations