COCA

Visit Tallahassee could take over administration of a grant process currently controlled by the Council on Culture & Arts, or COCA.

The funding will be used over the next 3 years to stage more musical performances throughout the community.

Downtown Tallahassee and COCA are the local applicants for the Levitt Foundation funding.

Florida’s new budget contains about $21 million for arts-related groups. A new way of scoring means far fewer groups received grant money than past years.

The effort is a joint project of COCA and the Community Redevelopment Agency

COCA - the Council of Culture and the Arts - has received 2 large grants making the project possible.

23 arts organizations in Tallahassee/Leon County are scrambling after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed state arts grants. The cuts total close to a million dollars locally.

The economic impact of culture and the arts in nearly 400 communities as assessed by the advocacy group Americans for the Arts.

COCA is seeking local Tallahassee and Leon County artists to paint crosswalks along Saxon Street in the Bond Neighborhood this spring. The organization has $15,000 to pay artist stipends and cover the cost of supplies.

A combination of the pandemic and a growing generation gap amongst prospective donors is making life tougher for those organizations that depend on public contributions for survival.