Together, we will craft Boulder’s social, physical, and cultural environment to include creativity as an essential ingredient for the well being, prosperity, and joy of everyone in the community.
Artist Hiring Incentive Grants
Artist Hiring Incentive Grants respond to industry-specific, COVID-related workforce impacts through targeted grants to nonprofits. This grant is a hiring incentive for nonprofits to employ Boulder-area visual, performing, and literary artists to perform or create new work. This grant is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Boulder Arts Commission meeting
Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 6 p.m.
Arts Education Grants will be decided.
Virtual meeting. Public observation and comment will be permitted for this meeting. To join the video conference, members of the community are asked to make a request by email to rsvp@bouldercolorado.gov no later than Tuesday, June 14, at noon. More information is available on the Meetings & Agendas page.
The Boulder Arts Commission and the Office of Arts and Culture have adopted the Americans for the Arts Statement on Cultural Equity and will take steps to align the work of cultural affairs to these principles: To support a full creative life for all, we commit to championing policies and practices of cultural equity that empower a just, inclusive, equitable nation.
Read the full Statement on Cultural Equity
2022 Cultural Grants Program
In 2022, $925,000 in grant funds will be distributed to the community, with money available for general operating support, community projects, arts education projects, professional development scholarships, grant writing support, and more. Grants are available for organizations, individuals, and classrooms. Review the program today.
Boulder Arts Showcase
Our office is curating a show on the City of Boulder’s Boulder 8TV! The Showcase features videos from Boulder’s vast and vibrant cultural landscape. Watch the two-hour, monthly program to air on Comcast’s channel 8 on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. for a month. Watch episodes here or live at https://livestream.com/boulder8tv.
2021 Public Art Implementation Plan Updates
Are you interested in public art projects in Boulder? The 2021 – 2022 updates to the Public Art Implementation Plan provide an overview on all components of the program.
