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 2021
ArtsActivate 2021: Review the complete ArtsActivate 2021Guidelines Download Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 Summary View Dallas Cultural Plan Priorities & Strategies View Dallas Cultural Plan Typology Map View Project Budget Definitions 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.
ArtsActivate 2021 Timeline November 3, 2020 – Application Opens
(Guidelines currently in draft form until final approval by Dallas City Council on October 13, 2020)
(All strategies that apply to the ArtsActivate 2020 application process are highlighted in yellow)
(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)
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
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.
Round 2 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations
Round 3 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations