Registration deadline: February 22, 2011
Application deadline: April 1, 2011

The Presentation category offers support to experienced presenters of live professional performing arts. Funding is directed toward costs of specific professional performing arts presentations.

Prerequisites

Applicants must present a minimum of five performances by five different professional artists over five separate dates. The Program considers a festival day to be a single performance even when several artists are presented throughout the day. Festival-only presenters must present a minimum of three multiple performance days.

Application Instructions

Application Narrative Questions

Artistic/Programmatic

1. About Your Organization
Please provide a brief history and description of your organization.

2. Program Summary
Describe program and performance presentations. Detail the program selection process. Highlight programming initiatives or series and any new or expanded activities.

3. Developments and Challenges
Describe any significant changes, challenges, or developments in the organization and its presenting activity since it was last reviewed. Discuss the key programmatic challenges facing your organization and how they will be addressed.

4. Proposed Presentations and Artists

List the roster of artists you will present. Provide a description of the program content. Highlight some of the lesser-known artists you intend to present. With your support materials, include a bio no longer than half a page for each artist you are presenting.

Note: Complete the Event Schedule form (found by clicking on the "Supplemental Forms" tab on your webpage). Include projected information pertaining to the presentations for the proposed year and actual information for the past year.

Managerial/Fiscal

5. Project Context
Describe how this project relates to your organization's mission and priorities.

6. Project Staff
Detail the staffing structure of your organization and for the proposed project. Indicate who is responsible for the direction and programming and any key staff involved in the project.

7. Finances

Describe sources of funding (other than NYSCA) and fundraising strategy for this project. Provide detail regarding both secured and pending funding sources.

Note: Use the "Budget Notes" section of the Project Budget to annotate additional detail pertaining to income and expenses lines.

8. Performance Venue
Briefly describe each performance venue, including stage dimensions, seating capacity and production-related amenities.

9. Co-Presenters
If applicable identify each partner and describe the delineation of roles and responsibilities among each partner. Articulate the joint planning process as well as the financial and marketing commitments for each party.

Service to the Public

10. Target Communities and Audiences
Describe the communities, including audiences and artists, served by your project.

11. Development and Outreach
Detail efforts being undertaken to cultivate and broaden your constituency. Detail audience development goals and strategies.

12. Marketing
Describe your marketing strategies. Provide a rationale for the admission policy even if there is no charge for admission to the event. Indicate the range of single ticket/subscription prices if applicable.

13. Online Resources
Describe your use of website, Internet and social media.

14. Audience Enrichment
Describe any humanities-related activities and what they are intended to accomplish.

15. Community Context
Identify the other organizations in your market area that provide similar performing arts activities and tell us how their activities support or differ from yours.

Support Materials

16. Support Materials
Please list all of the support materials and/or work samples you are submitting. These materials are critical to your application's assessment.

Support Material

Support material must be postmarked, hand-delivered, or made available online by the application deadline. Please direct them to your appropriate contact at: NYSCA, 175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or to lwells@nysca.org or ablanco@nysca.org.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Refer to the Instructions for Work Samples and Support Materials prior to submission.

NYSCA encourages the submission of Web-based Work Samples and Support Material whenever possible.

1. Copies of available contracts, letters of agreement or intent dated and signed by the presenter and the performing artists. Signatures by artist representatives must be clearly identified in print and by signature. Email communication which clearly indicates mutual agreement is acceptable. All documentation must include the dates and location of projected performances and agreed-upon guaranteed minimum artist fees.

2. Two representative marketing pieces for current presentations (2 copies).

3. Representative sample of house programs (2 copies).

4. Biographies of proposed artist, company, ensemble - one to two paragraphs of background information for each event.

5. Work samples of artists or presentations are welcomed and may be forwarded on Windows compatible DVD, flash drive, or through a URL for a website link. Please include a description of the work sample and indicate or cue the excerpt you would like the panel to view. If you are using a website link, please be sure to include the URL link with the support materials.

6. For co-presentations - a signed and dated agreement that outlines each partner's contribution in terms of artist fees, marketing, and physical presentation.