09/11/2025
Filmmaker workshops designed to empower you continue with "Grant Writing for Creatives" workshop with India King Robins!
This interactive 3-hour workshop is designed for artists, filmmakers, and creative entrepreneurs who want to strengthen their ability to secure funding for their projects. Participants will learn how to identify their project’s core needs, craft compelling grant narratives, and align their vision with funders’ priorities. The session will also cover practical tools for budgeting, evaluation, and impact documentation—ensuring participants can not only write strong proposals but also demonstrate the value of their work.
Through guided exercises and real-world examples, participants will explore strategies for finding grant opportunities, staying organized around deadlines, and building relationships with program managers. The class emphasizes both the art and the structure of grant writing—balancing storytelling with evidence, creativity with accountability.
💡WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
🗓️WHEN: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
⌚️TIME: 6pm-9pm
📍WHERE: NOVAC: New Orleans | 4422 S. Carrollton Ave | 70119
💲COST: $30 Non-NOVAC Members | $25 NOVAC Members | $15 NOVAC Filmmaker Alumni
🖱️Register here: https://buff.ly/gY5FjdV
BY THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:
* Identify the funding needs of their project and match them with appropriate grantmakers and fiscal sponsors.
* Develop a clear and persuasive narrative that communicates the value and impact of their work.
* Build a realistic grant budget that aligns with project goals.
* Understand methods of evaluation, including surveys, focus groups, anecdotal data, and impact documentation.
* Organize materials, track deadlines, and establish systems for finding and applying to grants.
* Strengthen confidence in approaching funders and program managers.
📣 ABOUT INDIA:
India King Robins is a writer, arts administrator, theater artist, and educator committed to affirming black women and youth through arts and advocacy. She is the Executive Director of a media-based nonprofit, New Orleans Video Access Center, and she worked as a teacher and administrator in New Orleans public schools for almost ten years. As a black, q***r woman raised with limited resources in the south, India values equity and shares a vulnerable and authentic perspective on issues that impact people that live in marginalized intersections. India holds a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where she majored in Journalism and Electronic Media and minored in Theater.
