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Funding

Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP)

The TAIP is a biennial program to support individual artists who reside in Tacoma in their creation of new artwork and presentation of that work with the residents of Tacoma.

2019-20 TAIP Funding Recipients

Kristina Batiste
Dionne Bonner
Gabriel Brown
Sarah A. Chavez
Kim Davenport
Alice Di Certo
Kyle Dillehay
Ryan Feddersen
Erin Guinup
Chad Hagedorn
Lucia Harrison
Fumiko Kimura
Nori Kimura
Lisa Kinoshita
Sasha LaPointe
Melinda Raebyne
Elizabeth Reeves
Brian Robinson
Jeanette Sanchez-Izenman
Jamika Scott
Kenya Shakoor
Sharon Styer
Wendy Wahman
Anique Zimmer

Community Arts Projects

Community Arts Projects is an annual program which was created to financially support a variety of arts-focused public outreach projects throughout Tacoma that are accessible and affordable to the public.

2020 Arts Projects Funding Recipients

9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum – Storytime: The Journey of the Buffalo Soldiers
Asia Pacific Cultural Center - 22nd Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration featuring Vietnam
Barefoot Collective - Expanding Modern Dance Communities
Bates Technical College - Family Paint Nights
Centro Latino - Latin Arts and Youth Expressions
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation - Tacoma Moon Festival
Colemon and Associates LLC - SOULstice Festival
Destiny City Film Festival - 2020 Destiny City Film Festival
Fab-5 - Black Artists Meetup + Showcase
Greentrike (Children's Museum of Tacoma) - Art Sparks
Hilltop Artists - Bringing glass art education to public audiences in Tacoma
King's Bookstore - Tacoma Wayzgoose: Letterpress and Book Arts Extravaganza
KnownFor Solutions - Wandering Locals: Eight Neighborhoods. One tour. On a bike.
Latinx Unidos Del South Sound - Festival Latinx 2020
McKinley Hill Street Fair - McKinley Hill Street Fair
Metropolitan Glass - The Monkeyshine Project
Pierce County AIDS Foundation - World AIDS Day Condom Couture
Puget Sound Book Artists - TacomaSeniorsWrite
Queer Life - History of Female Impersonation on Stage
Tacoma Refugee Choir - Tacoma Refugee Choir Performance Featuring South Cape Children's Choir
Tacoma Arts Live - Community Engagement in Professional Regional Theater
Tacoma Ocean Fest - Tacoma Ocean Fest 2020
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center - Harriet: The Black Swan
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association - Season Finales: 2019-20 Season
Ted Brown Music Outreach - Live It OutLoud 2020
Washington State Historical Society - In the Spirit 2020
Write253 - Louder Than a Bomb-Tacoma Teen Poetry Festival

Applications

Community Arts Projects

We are now accepting applications for 2021 Community Arts Projects funding. Applications are due November 9, 2020, 11:59 PM. You can download the 2021 Community Arts Projects application guidelines (PDF) or visit the Arts Opportunities page for more details.

Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP)

The application deadline for 2019-2020 TAIP funding has already passed. Applications for 2021-2022 TAIP funding will be available in late-November 2020. In the meantime, to review the program guidelines and application, you can download the 2019-2020 TAIP application guidelines (PDF) and the 2019-2020 TAIP Budget Page (Excel document).