Depending upon the City’s budget, COLA-IMAP awards of $10,000 are recommended to selected individual artists in May-June of the year following application.
Proposed COLA projects should be primarily solo in nature, although performing artists may include a small number of unaffiliated players on stage to fulfill their vision. Honoraria to compensate these players must be budgeted within the $10,000 grant. COLA is not a category for groups or ensembles.
The selected artist is legally contracted to create one or more new works to be premiered by DCA in one or more presentations in the Spring of 2025. COLA-IMAP grant payments are disbursed over four installments, based on the completion of project-specific contract-specified benchmarks.