Jazz Touring Network Grant

The Jazz Touring Network (JTN) fosters the presentation of jazz across the mid-Atlantic region, supporting both novice and experienced presenters. Through an open and competitive application process, JTN members engage in professional development and collaborate on annual jazz tours. Eligible organizations must be located in specific states and maintain a strong history of presenting touring artists. The JTN prioritizes diversity and inclusivity, ensuring that programming reflects the vibrant landscape of contemporary jazz.

Welcoming both those organizations with little to no experience presenting jazz and seasoned jazz presenters seeking to strengthen programming, application occurs annually through an open, competitive process. Once selected, membership is ongoing upon meeting annual requirements.
JTN expands the presentation of jazz throughout the mid-Atlantic region while ensuring regional programming reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the current field of jazz. Members take part in professional development activities and work together to block-book a series of jazz tours each year.

Eligibility

Mid Atlantic Arts accepts JTN Membership Applications from presenters within the mid-Atlantic region. For the purposes of this program, Mid Atlantic Arts defines a presenter as an organization that selects and engages professional touring artists to perform before general audiences in its community and manages the logistics in connection with those performances as an ongoing and significant component of their organization’s activity. Presenters manage all the local requirements for the performance and facilitate the interaction between artists and the public.
The JTN welcomes presenters that have little or no experience presenting jazz or experienced jazz presenters that have the desire to expand or enhance their programming.Applicants must:be located in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia; be designated by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a unit of state or local government; andbe in good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents. have, at least, a three-year continuous history of offering multiple presentations by touring artists each season. In addition to being committed to supporting diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible programming in our region, Mid Atlantic Arts strives to achieve balanced Network membership by offering priority consideration this year for organizations that:
are located in Delaware, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and West Virginia.are not directly affiliated with a college or universityare located outside of a major metropolitan area

Ineligibility

Presenters that are commercial or for-profit entitiesPresenters that primarily serve and market to K-12 schools, summer camps, nursing homes, senior centers, healthcare facilities, social service agencies, or solely student-based college or university programs