Apply to Attend a Festival or Training
2H2025 Festival Applications are here!
Click below to apply —
applications are due by 3 July!
BIPOC Fellowships for Acro Festivals and Trainings
BACCES partners with acro festivals, intensives, and events to support BIPOC acrobats’ access and comfort in these spaces. We offer twice-yearly applications online that allow you to enter a lottery for free tickets to these events, and occasional travel stipends when funds allow. In addition, we often are able to offer rapid lotteries to upcoming events or partner festivals when space allows, so sign up for updates from us to stay in touch!
Stay in touch for rapid lotteries and other opportunities to connect in our community Whatsapp group for BIPOC acrobats.
Application FAQs
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Applicants can apply for festival tickets to our partnered events. Travel support may also be available in the same application. Please note that travel stipends are currently VERY limited.
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A BIPOC steering committee created principles and values that guide decision-making in the selection process
Applications are collected via an online portal that is available for ~2 weeks during each application session. Applicants rank-order the festivals they want to attend from our list of partner festivals
All submissions are de-identified (names removed and replaced with ID numbers) so the applications are anonymous
Applications are entered into a lottery system, with weights according to the BIPOC committee’s guiding principles, to select winners
BACCES notifies winners via the email supplied on the application form. Selection occurs shortly after the application window closes. Check your application submission for exact notification dates and timelines
BACCES maintains a waitlist for each festival in case some initial winners are not able to accept their awards. Notifications from the waitlist happen on a rolling basis, and waitlisted applicants are still selected by anonymous lottery
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The only eligibility criterion for our application process is being BIPOC and wanting to attend one of our partnered festivals. There are no merit or financial-based criteria.
A paid BIPOC steering committee created criteria and weightings for application reviews. Black and Indigenous applicants are favored, and we endeavor to achieve a mix of new/experienced and local/traveling acrobats.
All applications are processed anonymously using a lottery system to select winning award recipients based on available funds. Black and Indigenous applicants are weighted, but winners are selected at random based on their ranked preferences.
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Applications Open: June 20 Applications Close: July 3 Notifications Sent: July 7 Responses Due: July 16
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