Tune into Florida Cultural Alliances (FCA)'s statewide call on November 23, Lay of the Legislative Land - post election insights with guest: Ron LaFace, Owner/Partner Capital City Consulting lobbying firm. Register for the Zoom call here.

Find a list of Venue Re-Opening guides from various organizations, including the Performing Arts Center Consortium, the Event Safety Alliance, The League of American Historic Theatre Venues, The International Association of Venue Managers, and more here.

Leon County requires face coverings under certain indoor circumstances, and you can find that information here. Further information can be found at www.LeonCountyFL.gov/ei.

The PEN America Writers’ Emergency Fund is a small grants program for professional—published or produced—writers in acute or unexpected financial crisis. Depending on the situation and level of need, grants are in the range of $2,000. Funds are on a first-come, first-served basis. More info here.

New Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Forgiveness Form, updated 10/14/20. Includes PPP Forgiveness Application form 3508S and Instructions for small businesses that secured a PPP loan of $50,000 or less, and easy PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and Instructions. More info here.

The Leon CARES expenditure plan, approved by the Board of County Commissioners in July 2020, uses federal dollars to fund essential public health and safety expenditures related to COVID-19 including enhanced testing and contact tracing, direct assistance to individuals experiencing financial hardship, a variety of human service needs, critical economic relief to the local business community, and direct COVID-related costs incurred by the County, Constitutional and Judicial Offices, and the City of Tallahassee. More info here.

The Hopper Prize is offering 5 individual artist grants in the amount of $1,000 USD awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Their aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. More info here.

Jazz Road Tours Grants Program – No deadline, accepts applications on a rolling basis. Emerging and mid-career jazz artists, take your music to places it’s never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours into communities across the country.

Express Grants Program – No deadline, accepts applications on a rolling basis. Open to organizations in rural communities of 50,000 people or less, the Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $2,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists.

Professional Development and Artistic Planning Grants Program – No deadline, accepts applications on a rolling basis. These grants offer up to $1,000 to support the professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators.

Grant guidelines.

Traditional Arts Touring Grants Program – Application Deadline: December 4, 2020

These funding projects bring a traditional artist/ensemble and a scholar/folklorist for multi-day residencies in Southern communities. More info here.

The Arts Endowment will make a $1,000,000 investment in a National Folklife Network to develop new folklife infrastructure in spaces where it does not currently exist. The National Folklife Network will be managed through a cooperative agreement to cultivate the development of seven pilot folklife programs—four in rural areas, and three in urban areas. The agency’s strategic goal is to develop cohorts in these regions with a shared interest in folklife and cultural heritage that will include an established anchor organization as well as related organizations and individuals. More info here.

Since the program began in 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts has funded more than 1,600 NEA Big Read programs, providing more than $22 million to organizations nationwide. Guidelines are now available for nonprofit organizations interested in applying for a grant to hold an NEA Big Read project between September 2021 and June 2022. Informational webinar for this grant takes place November 12 at 1 PM. More info here.

Learn how to tell the mission and impact of your organization through story telling. By using this technique, you can attract potential donors and volunteers to support your cause while also creating awareness of your organization. This webinar is free and brought to you by UPHS, COCA and INIE. More info here.

Join Domi Station and COCA in their event, stART: The Art of Entrepreneurship! This event will feature a talented group of artists, Erica Passage, Quincy Hamby, and Susan Stelzmann, who will discuss tips & tricks for how to be successful as an artist in the Covid-19 era. More info here.

Get an inside look at a panel selection process for artist grants, including what panelists look for and consider, and tips that can bolster your next application. The group will review project descriptions and work samples from real applications to provide honest feedback and advice. More info here.

Conducted in Spanish for Spanish-speaking Latinx artists, the workshop will discuss current practical strategies for generating income, finding opportunities, fundraising and participating in online platforms in today’s arts economy. The workshop will include resource brochures and provide time for Latinx artists to share and connect across different disciplines and geographies, as well as a second session on December 3 for more questions, support and advice. More info here.

Choose Tallahassee loves to showcase residents and their stories about why they chose Tallahassee. They would love if you could take the time to share your stories with them as well by submitting a blog post. More info here.

The Leon County Division of Tourism (Visit Tallahassee) is the official tourism marketing organization for Tallahassee and Leon County Florida, promoting tourism to the area through direct sales, advertising, public relations, sports, film, product development and visitor services. A partnership with Visit Tallahassee offers you opportunities for promoting your business or event in one of Southern Living’s Top 10 Cities in the South. Building strong relationships within the community helps Visit Tallahassee to achieve their mission – to enhance the region’s economic growth and quality of life by collaboratively inspiring the vitality of Tallahassee’s visitor economy. More info here.

If you're planning any type of event, be sure to post it on the Tallahassee Arts Guide - COCA's official interactive web calendar for arts and culture. 

"Behind the Scenes with COCA" photo albums showcase artists at work in their studios. We love to see the creative process and learn more about how our artists of all genres make their artistic magic happen. Enjoy these social media albums below, and submit your own album here.

View artist studio "Behind the Scenes with COCA" albums here.

COCA has created several RESOURCE GUIDES that aggregate ongoing and similar listings by subject. These can also be found on the sidebar of the COCA Classifieds webpage.

Apply now to participate in the Forgotten Coast Festival of Trees. Celebrate the Holiday season with a festive display to share with friends and family. This celebration will provide an extraordinary marketing opportunity for businesses and an educational opportunity for nonprofit organizations that choose to create displays. Others may choose to donate items or services to the silent auction. This event is a major fundraiser for The Joe Center for the Arts to fulfill their mission to educate, exhibit, partner, and inspire through the arts. More info here.

The Chickasaw Nation Annual Meeting and Festival are excited to offer the Virtual Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth for 2020. This online market presents an opportunity to explore and enjoy fine art from more than 100 Southeastern and Woodland First American adult and youth artists. They are honored to showcase original works of art and connect buyers and First American artists. Artists must be from federally recognized Southeastern or Woodland tribes. More info here.

Up to 3 finalists (artist or artist teams) will receive an honorarium in an amount to be determined. The honorarium is for the creation and presentation of the site-specific proposal as well as participation in the virtual site visit allowing for student engagement. The honorarium amount is separate from the listed art budget. This project is being advertised on a rolling timeline. However, the committee intends to make the first round of applicant reviews in early 2021. More info here.

Rattle Seeks Submissions By Children for their annual Young Poets Anthology—poets must be age 15 or younger. Poems may be submitted by the poet, or by the poet’s parent/legal guardian, or teacher. The author of the poem must have been age 15 or younger when the poem was written, and 18 or younger when submitted. May submit up to four poems at a time. All contributors receive ten complimentary copies of the print anthology, which will also be shipped to all Rattle subscribers. More info here.

Below you will find contests from Driftwood Press. More info here.

Click here to submit information for the weekly COCA Classifieds email. Deadline for submission is 5:00 pm on the Wednesday of each week. COCA reserves the right to include or exclude any listing at its discretion and to determine the content and placement of all listings. Items will be listed for a maximum of two editions.

COCA does not endorse any artists, organizations, or programs listed herein, nor imply stature through their inclusion in this newsletter. While we have made every effort to ensure that this information is correct, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information.