About the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster
Mariachi Las Alteñas is thrilled to announce their renewal as artists on the Texas Commission on the Arts 2024-2026 Touring Roster!
This prestigious recognition places Las Alteñas among some of the best artistic talents in Texas, ready to bring their vibrant performances to communities across the state. The Texas Touring Roster ensures that all Texans can enjoy high-quality artistic events, and with the support of TCA grants, local schools, libraries, theaters, and other nonprofits can help bring them to your town!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Texas Commission on the Arts is pleased to announce that 139 Texas artists and arts companies have been approved to the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) Texas Touring Roster for 2024-2026. The Texas Touring Roster features some of the state’s best artistic talent and is designed to ensure that all Texans may enjoy events and performances by these artists in their local communities.
“Artists on the Texas Touring Roster travel to communities across the state and perform in a variety of venues,” said TCA executive director Gary Gibbs. “In addition to performances, they may also conduct workshops, master classes, residencies, lecture-demonstrations or arts education components as a way to engage community residents. We are proud to offer the citizens of Texas access to such high-quality artistic talent.”
Artists on the roster must have a history of touring and maintain a reasonable fee range. The Texas Commission on the Arts does not provide direct funds to the artists on the Texas Touring Roster. Instead, TCA provides grants to arts presenters, schools, libraries, theaters, and other nonprofits and government units throughout Texas to help with the cost of bringing in companies and artists from the roster.
Presenters may apply through TCA’s Arts Respond Performance Support grant category for a portion of the artistic fees for artists from the Texas Touring Roster. The Performance Support application is updated and available now for activities happening between September 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025. The August 1 quarterly deadline covers activities starting between September 1, 2024 and December 14, 2024.
Acceptance onto the Texas Touring Roster is for two years, and benefits groups and artists by giving them a powerful marketing tool. Access to grant funds, combined with the fact that Texas Touring Roster artists have been deemed the best in their field by a panel of statewide experts, makes these artists attractive to a variety of clients.
Artists on the Texas Touring Roster range from individual performing and visual artists to large performing arts companies. They represent artistic disciplines including music, visual art, dance, theater, storytelling, literary art and folk art. Options are diverse and range from ballet to African dance, western swing to conjunto, mosaic to poetry, jazz to children’s theater, sitar to puppetry, and everything in between. Congratulations to all the 2024-2026 Texas Touring Roster artists!
