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Gray Whale Migration, Spring 2001
The May 2003 application cycle of The Arts and Technology Technical Assistance Program (TechTAP) was the final round of TechTAP funding. In March 1998 over 600 representatives from the fields of art, technology, and telecommunications gathered at the circuits@nys conference to consider the impact of new technologies on how art was being made and presented, and how the arts community could help shape the policy debates surrounding new media. Conference participants identified specific needs in relation to new technologies. With NYSCA support, NYFA created several programs to address those needs, including workshops, Web resources, and grants designed to advance the use and understanding of new media technologies and the digital arts.
From its inception in September 1999, The Arts and Technology Technical Assistance Program (TechTAP) funded projects that addressed the short-term, problem-specific needs of small to mid sized New York State nonprofit arts organizations in the process of integrating technology into their administration and programs.
TechTAP funds were often paid directly to an organization’s technology consultant for:
- consultant fees
- staff training
- professional development
TechTAP funded projects develop a sustainable vision of what New York State arts organizations that directly serve artists can achieve using technology.
TechTAP projects include, but are not limited to:
- Web site development or redesign
- Database development or redesign
- Integration of information systems such as online booking, scheduling, or box office systems
- Addition of e-commerce capacity to web sites
- Staff training on new software
In the four years that TechTAP was active (FY 2000-FY 2003) panel evaluators and NYFA staff members received 466 applications in 9 funding cycles. 89 awards were given to 80 organizations in 17 counties totaling $255, 778.
For more information about technology resources on the web as well as links to a NYFA’s Technology Planning Guide and the Digital Directory, click here.
This program was made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding has been provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
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