Decentralized Arts Funding Program

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2305 N. 7th Street
West Monroe, LA 71291
(318) 396-9520

Northeast Louisiana
Arts Council

Decentralized
Arts Funding Program
Link to Grant Guidelines and Applications

Shreveport Opera eXpress singers bring Broadway
to the parishes at St. Joseph Arts, Inc. Pops on the Lake.

Twin City Ballet Company performs “The Ouachita Rhapsody” at “Ballet Under the Stars” at the lakeside Kiroli Park Amphitheatre.

Winnsboro’s Princess Theatre production
of “The King & I.”

This unique Arts funding program, known across the country as "The Louisiana Miracle," has brought to our state national prestige, which has made us a leader in cultural programming that is targeted to individual community needs.
The Arts Council, as Region 8's Development Agency, administers the program and provides technical assistance in grants writing and programming to over 45 organizations in our 11 parish Northeast Louisiana service area.
Since 1994, the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council administered the Decentralized Arts Funding Program support for the programs of the following organizations:

The life size puppets of the internationally renown
"Wood & Strings Puppet Theatre" charmed young and old during a 2004 tour of our 11 parishes.

Cathy Amman Dent created the backdrop for the Twin City Ballet's production of Flowers.

Tensas Parish Schools
Tensas Parish Library
TheatreWorks.ULM
Tri-District Boys Club
Twin City Art Foundation
Twin City Ballet
Union Arts Council
Union Council on Aging
Union Parish Schools
University of Louisiana at Monroe,
School of Visual and Performing Arts
    Division of Art
    Division of Dance
    Division of Music
    Division of Theatre
West Carroll Chamber of Commerce
West Carroll Parish Library
West Monroe (City of West Monroe)
West Monroe Boys and Girls Club
West Monroe/West Ouachita
    Chamber of Commerce
YMCA of Northeast Louisiana
YoungStage
YWCA of Northeast Louisiana