The deadline for this grant program has passed. 

Regional Touring Grants: The Southern Arts Federation (SAF) with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) promotes the touring of regional, national and international performing artists. The  Regional Touring program is an opportunity for presenting arts organizations to receive fee support to present performing artists from outside the presenter’s state. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, and dance projects that contain both a public performance and an educational component. These grants are limited and very competitive. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $7,500 for dance projects or $5,000 for all other projects.

Regional Touring: Block-Booked Tour Grants: The Southern Arts Federation is returning to our support of block-booked tours. This grant program allows Regional Touring applicants to submit an additional application if a block-booked tour includes a minimum of three presenters from at least two states. These grants are limited and we expect them to be very competitive. NOTE: Block-booked tour applicants are not required to submit a Regional Touring application in order to be eligible for this grant program. Read these Special Instructions for Block-Booked Tour applications.

The eligibility, guidelines and policies are the same for both Regional Touring applications and Regional Touring: Block-Booked Tours applications.

• Presenters are limited to one Regional Touring grant per SAF fiscal year.
• An additional Regional Touring application will be accepted for block-booked tours only.
• The project must take place between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
• Regional Touring applications must be submitted online by Monday, March 1, 2010 (by 11:59PM Eastern Time).   
• Regional Touring: Block-Booked Tour applications must be submitted online by Monday, March 8, 2010 (by 11:59PM Eastern Time).
• Next step, please review eligibility, guidelines and policies. New applicants are encouraged to contact Nikki Estes, Program Director - Presenting and Touring, at 404-874-7244 ext. 16 to discuss eligibility prior to submitting an application.
  
  
  

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Photos:
The Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech  presents Tania Perez-Salas Compania de Danza (Photo Credit : Wei Liao ).  

Students from Grady High School participate in the Tania Perez-Salas Compania de Danza  workshop (Photo  Credit : Virginia Sheppard ).