Event + Venue Rentals
Paonia
- Blue Sage Center for the Arts
- Edesia Community Kitchen
- KVNF Radio Community Room (Must be a Member) – Call the Station
- Paonia Library
- Paonia Town Hall – Call Town Offices
Hotchkiss
Performance + Vending Opportunities
Craft/Art Vendors/Musicians
- Cherry Days 4th of July Festival in Paonia
- Pickin in the Park – Free Music in Paonia Town Park every Thurs in August
- Mountain Harvest Fest Craft & Nonprofit Vending (Last Weekend of Sept)
- Blue Sage Holiday Arts Fair (First Weekend of Dec)
Writers
- Write On – Poetry & Prose Anthology & Reading (Submissions due Jan; Public Reading in May)
- Harvest of Voices (Submissions due early Sept; Public Reading at Mountain Harvest Fest at end of Sept)
Fashion Designers/Dancers
- Paonia Fashion Show (Organized by the Unicorn Arts Collective every year)
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Funding + Grant Opportunities
- Kampe Foundation – Community Development Grants
- Mountain Harvest Creative – Community Arts Grants
- Colorado Creates – Colorado Creative Industries’ largest grant program provides financial support to help nonprofit cultural organizations and communities produce arts and cultural activities.
- Career Advancement Awards – Colorado Creative Industries’ Career Advancement Awards support Colorado creative entrepreneurs and artists to help stimulate their commercial creative business.
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Artist Calls
- CaFé for Artists – online application and adjudication system for managing calls for entry
- Lenscratch – calls for entry for photographers
- The Art Guide – calls for artists all media
- Entry Thingy – current list of calls for entry
Free Online Resources
- Fractured Atlas – Support services for the independent arts community such as health insurance, publicity, grants, and consulting.
- GYST Ink – An artist-run company providing resources, technology and solutions created by artists for artists.
- Creative Live.com – Free live online classes to build creative and business skills.
- Americans for the Arts – Tools and resources for arts leaders and professionals
- Movies for Makers – Learn to create videos to promote yourself and your creative business online
