https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists daily 0.75 2021-06-02 https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/does-your-municipality-distribute-hot-for-the-arts-ypbew monthly 0.5 2020-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582578923095-8SLBLHMC04NYGE62ST6L/music+alley+2019+%28143%29.jpeg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #1: Does your municipality distribute HOT for the arts? https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/2-understanding-eligibility-for-hot-funds-59cml monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770586624-DHRBQJ5WEPWEO41WXLQ4/DMA_Visitors%2C+Late+Night_Courtesy+of+Dallas+Museum+of+Art.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #2: Understanding eligibility for HOT funds https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/3-identifying-who-controls-your-local-hot-fund-856f2 monthly 0.5 2020-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770715474-AB9QQONLD53EZF36C1HS/First+Friday+LHUCA+Galleries+2+-+Lindsey+Maestri.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #3: Identifying who controls your local HOT fund https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/4-applying-for-funding-dc7nh monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770767054-3QG7BH82SR11JLIQX39L/clay+studio+school+tour+-+Lindsey+Maestri.JPG Arts organizations and artists - Tool #4: Applying for funding https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/5-bringing-tourists-to-the-arts-ntzmr monthly 0.5 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770826803-OYOXR52I044404W32RQP/2016-04-16+-+SJP+-+079+-+Ben+Fyffe.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #5: Bringing tourists to the arts https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/6-the-local-impact-2amc4 monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770980075-HYPGFYCISTW4W16QBVYA/Jumping+Around+by+Joseph+Magnano+-+Amanda+Still.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #6: The local impact https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/7-finding-hotel-partners-zrpc6 monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771071346-P4FG12B97S4TF19NQ0F0/DMA_Visitors%2C+European+Art+Galleries+4_Courtesy+of+Dallas+Museum+of+Art.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #7: Finding hotel partners https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/8-protecting-amp-growing-hot-c756e monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771225179-6MJCT0YQHFO92PZMN7NI/Alley+Theatre+-+The+Winter_s+Tale+-+Photographer+Lynn+Lane-225.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #8: Collecting data https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/9-collecting-data-fmxrl monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771344884-O277X9G1YLT9DNUMCP0Z/CASPBetterOutHere.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #9: Strategic planning https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts-organizations-and-artists/10-strategic-planning-axz45 monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771425922-FOGSOCEHGGI7JA599UPG/ctb8-walk-among-worlds-07+-+Ben+Fyffe.jpg Arts organizations and artists - Tool #10: Protecting (and Growing) HOT https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1 daily 0.75 2023-09-29 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/o27agwz7g1pofyndlh7nml8pmjzryi-yhFJw monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/americans-for-the-arts-aep-5-arts-amp-economic-prosperity-5 monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/5c043f6z7cars1f4x6ph63f10alf04 monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/sample-audience-survey monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/americans-for-the-arts-aep-5-calculator monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/federal-bureau-of-economic-analysis-texas-fastest-growth monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/creative-economy-state-profiles-texas monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/texas-cultural-trust-2019-state-of-the-arts-report monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/why-the-arts-matter-in-texas-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/national-endowment-for-the-arts monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/texas-commission-on-the-arts monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/t7rlkqw4ju2br0f0bob397rtckaf4v monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/73iju1l1ic0kp8olcpoxml2hngsza0 monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/7ujfq68jf4246d983lbmi1hm837kvw monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/7d4ju1uv48hjs3gem37xvnmcdywwwe monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/mgiuq0fzjgi7kgflv9vbinr0zaer0c monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/advocacy-vs-lobbying monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/how-to-organize-community-meetings monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/community-meetings-group-facilitation monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/cultural-planning-toolkit monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/developing-a-strategic-cultural-plan monthly 0.5 2020-07-10 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/irs-501c3-nonprofits-vs-501c4-nonprofits monthly 0.5 2020-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361821338-NCHLD5JGII4OKKBYRW7V/1.png Resources - IRS 501(c)(3) Nonprofits vs. 501(c)(4) Nonprofits Click image above to download PDF https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/memorandum-of-understanding-between-texans-for-the-arts-and-the-texas-hotel-amp-lodging-association monthly 0.5 2021-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1619450336779-TAL7PXY3UHY96T06QMYP/Screen+Shot+2021-04-26+at+10.18.49+AM.png Resources - Memorandum of Understanding between Texans for the Arts and the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association Click on Image to Download Content. https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/https/static1squarespacecom/static/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/t/620aebc7f6c906517591dbe7/1644883648762/whatcitiesneedtoknowtoadministerhoteltaxes28august202129pdf monthly 0.5 2023-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1619451334205-0QZSN5VGF5LREHG9HPPK/Screen+Shot+2021-04-26+at+10.18.49+AM.png Resources - Texas Hotel & Lodging Association / What Cities Need to Know Click on Image to Download Content. https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/texas-hotel-amp-lodging-association-what-counties-need-to-know monthly 0.5 2023-09-30 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/municipal-hot-defined-in-chapter-351-of-the-texas-tax-code monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/nonprofit-corporation-form-202 monthly 0.5 2020-07-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/nonprofit-corporation-sample-bylaws monthly 0.5 2020-07-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/sample-art-surveys monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583362170877-WC34ND0C7IGEXAGOQSAV/1.png Resources - Sample Audience Survey_OLD Click to download “HOT Audience Survey” https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/county-hot-defined-in-chapter-352-of-the-texas-tax-code monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/state-hot-defined-in-chapter-156-of-the-texas-tax-code monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/texans-for-the-arts-white-paper-the-local-hotel-occupancy-tax-and-the-arts-revised-april-2019 monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/h12jtcyfjujzg8e193jz7k8aacs0xz monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/r4ns9y87h42y84elc21zqdx1h8gn4x monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/2ytixaohbbivg2c9h3j9rxetcq67xv monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/3f41d2ms65jw5tm1cjthbjcara4ail monthly 0.5 2020-07-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/abilene-taylor-county-texas monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-austin-cultural-arts-funding monthly 0.5 2020-09-24 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-austin-cultural-plan monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/wr3zgskba2tow4bio7lhkhq5sqgzch monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/bee-cave-travis-county-tx monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1600972895813-KD1B0OMLQYKQIXD4V2LS/The+Hive+-logo.jpg Resources - Bee Cave, Travis County, Texas https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/clute-and-lake-jackson-brazoria-county-texas monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361027651-HQ0PH1O1RSI63E1XM3GJ/BFAC1.jpg Resources - Clute and Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361156001-YUDKPB6C1XOT66T8JZJH/BFAC3.jpg Resources - Clute and Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361209927-E6459AYPG61T5EXVE3F2/BFAC9.png Resources - Clute and Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/conroe-montgomery-county-texas monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360767708-LKW3WMW96OYNLC6WPUVI/Image6.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360358734-DBTEL3KXZDRQQS3PB6SN/Image.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360448381-BC5VI2OPKO4J6LWLRTW6/Image1.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360694460-5X81LOBVGF8JABBX2DU7/Image5.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360625506-PH59VOXCXPHD61PUA8TY/Image4.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360829680-M1LY6N5MCCMKNBXYCMDE/Image7.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583360542160-I82R2LDYL0YWIMYOQEOC/Image2.png Resources - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-corpus-christi-arts-grants-1 monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-dallas-cultural-funding-programs monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-dallas-cultural-plan monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-el-paso-arts-funding monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-el-paso-museums-amp-cultural-affairs-department monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/sek577xtsk0ine2zpb3hjbbn9hicqw monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/galveston-galveston-county-texas monthly 0.5 2020-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1600971263597-ETV70ZF7UBK58NOHBAZQ/GOH+Glow+photo+for+Texans+for+the+Arts+031+%281%29.jpg Resources - Galveston, Galveston County, Texas The Grand 1894 Opera House. Galveston, Texas. Photography by John Glow. https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/georgetown-williamson-county-texas monthly 0.5 2020-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361407688-2JVLL8GJG2RSFG8WABH7/Quest_for_Knowledge+-+Amanda+Still.JPG Resources - Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/houston-arts-alliance monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/huntsville-arts-commission-1 monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/odessa-ector-county-texas monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/civic-arts-lubbock monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/arts-council-of-midland monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/odessa-arts monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/city-of-san-antonio-cultural-plan monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/department-of-arts-ampnbsp-culture-city-of-san-antonio monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/sample-audience-survey-1 monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583362170877-WC34ND0C7IGEXAGOQSAV/1.png Resources - Sample Audience Survey https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Hotel+Tool+1 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+4+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+10+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/HOT-County monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+7+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+3 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+2 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Arts+Tool+3 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+1 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+1+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+5+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/General+Resources monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+3a monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+9+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+6+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Case+Studies monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+5 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Tool+8+Resource monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources-1/category/Municipality+Tool+4 monthly 0.5 https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit daily 0.75 2020-10-12 https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit/tool-1-making-the-case-for-hot-funding-of-the-arts monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582042817313-TG1GQTNFH80GARSIHF0G/CTB11-Impulse-28+-+Ben+Fyffe.jpg Municipalities Toolkit - Tool #1: Making the case for HOT funding of the arts https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit/tool-2-collecting-hot-funds monthly 0.5 2020-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582911372567-DC3Q0UKGPES7EYT1FSG4/Municipal.+2+Dance+of+Asian+America+At+Miller+Outdoor+Theatre.jpg Municipalities Toolkit - Tool #2: Collecting and reporting HOT funds https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit/tool-3-administering-hot-funds monthly 0.5 2020-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583343578840-QB9502MQLENMRS9WHM5Z/DOD.jpg Municipalities Toolkit - Tool #3: Administering HOT funds https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit/tool-4-hot-revenue-dos-and-donts monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582911768047-WLMM6PUVPVLRXXFGPK4Q/BetterOutHere.jpg Municipalities Toolkit - Tool #4: HOT revenue do’s and don’ts https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities-toolkit/tool-5-maximizing-hot monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582911477515-A0DKM67PT2EAR0FODEJV/Municipalities+1+CASP+MonsterMashUp.jpg Municipalities Toolkit - Tool #5: Maximizing HOT https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit daily 0.75 2020-09-21 https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit/tool-1-finding-arts-partners monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912540486-2RTYNXO96IMVUA3WXR5B/Hotel+2.jpg Hotel Toolkit - Tool #1: Finding arts partners https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit/tool-2-supporting-local-artists-on-site monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912708107-11BGCXC07HC05X8J0A7Q/Hotel%2B3.TUTS_Seussical%2BProduction%2BPhotos_Photographer%2BMelissa%2BTaylor-25.jpg Hotel Toolkit - Tool #2: Supporting local artists https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit/tool-3-packaging-arts-experiences-for-your-guests monthly 0.5 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912871858-KEOOQM8EEYBKT6981XY4/Hotel+Tool+1.jpg Hotel Toolkit - Tool #3: Packaging arts experiences for your guests https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit/tool-4-promotion-of-hot-amp-the-arts monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583356053218-CWG3GMJP78SCPJAFBHMP/odessa.png Hotel Toolkit - Tool #4: Promotion of HOT & the arts https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotel-toolkit/tool-5-your-staff-amp-the-arts monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583355782304-TYGPKZGRDYIE5NFKH2Z8/Gage_Hotel_near_Big_Bend_National_Park%2C_Marathon%2C_Texas_LCCN2011633299.tif.jpg Hotel Toolkit - Tool #5: Your staff & the arts https://www.hottoolkit.com/municipalities daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/faq daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/hotels daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/home daily 1.0 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575995219-1ZDKR3FMHMC8VVR505ME/dma_visitors%2C+family+festival+4_courtesy+of+dallas+museum+of+art.jpeg Home A young girl in a striped shirt and black and white star-patterned pants wearing a red apron with the letters 'DMA' painted on it, painting colorful abstract artwork on paper at an art station, with other people standing nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582574847588-MX7BMBUXZJZQNVF4LZEF/acguitar+5r3a0148.jpeg Home A flamenco dancer in a blue polka dot dress with ruffles performs on stage, accompanied by a male guitarist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575128872-LSDA1YTHSW0M6XVJG9NY/Bruce+Wood.+Follow+Me+15+photo+by+Sharen+Bradford.jpeg Home A group of dancers performing on stage, wearing beige and camouflage military-style costumes against a green background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575131957-U6DKJFCRRSIBCV3RWCKK/CHLOE+01.jpeg Home A girl with long black hair holding an accordion with yellow, red, and black colors, standing against a plain background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575211705-A3W523EQN39SLU171HBL/jumping+around+by+joseph+magnano+-+amanda+still.jpeg Home Colorful mural featuring desert animals and plants, including a large deer with antlers, a smaller deer on the left, a striped animal on a box on the right, and a giant armadillo at the bottom, set against a vivid orange sky with mountains and flying birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575140700-FO3ELUGWUL927TGO12VG/Cabrera3.jpeg Home A young boy wearing a cowboy hat and blue Western shirt playing an accordion on stage during an outdoor event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575241458-EVD3GIPP3IXS44F73VVO/clay+studio+school+tour+-+lindsey+maestri.jpeg Home A group of children and adults observing a pottery demonstration in a ceramics studio. A potter is shaping clay on a wheel surrounded by ceramic equipment and shelves filled with various pottery items. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575875000-N7JB64CQJ6DA8H7WLEQ1/music+alley+2019+%28143%29.jpeg Home Group of seven diverse young girls posing together at an outdoor event during daytime, standing in front of a colorful splatter painted wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582739296490-3H2F6I59RHNHRDB3OVAK/Art+Center-Rudy+Ximenez+-+Amanda+Still.jpg Home Facade of the Georgetown Art Center with a stone building, large glass entrance, and three upper-story windows, under a sky with clouds at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582739598256-Q9WABPH0M7DI8NDLE7DH/IMAGE%2B1.jpg Home A large black and white mural of a woman's face with curly hair and glasses on a white wall. Two windows are on the wall, with sunlight coming through. A text quote on the right side of the mural reads: 'I'm going to rightfully take up space. Claim my space. Own my space the way that cis straight men do.' There are chairs in the foreground and ceiling lights on the ceiling. https://www.hottoolkit.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/arts daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582738277172-UK130MLGT8S75M7ZPUGX/TFA_logo_tag_line.2018.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583364504282-B3LBR544FDJ72YRMLIXP/HEI+-+Logo+-+Left.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582738799199-1F1LQWJLNAVAL8S5ICS6/Screen+Shot+2020-02-26+at+11.39.41+AM.png About https://www.hottoolkit.com/overview daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582042817313-TG1GQTNFH80GARSIHF0G/CTB11-Impulse-28+-+Ben+Fyffe.jpg Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1594836337384-YXS2VUNCA8P7XLFATY5L/Gage_Hotel_near_Big_Bend_National_Park%252C_Marathon%252C_Texas_LCCN2011633299.tif.jpg Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582042732010-E5X9SMKVPJE13S86P4KF/Alley+Theatre+-+Three+Muskateers+-+Dress+Rehearsal+-+Photographer+Lynn+Lane-1.jpg Overview https://www.hottoolkit.com/resources daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://www.hottoolkit.com/what-is-hot daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582043851645-5U4O2XDMPXPDAKEEWCTK/Ausitn+Opera+SilentNight.jpg What is HOT? - Municipal For direct funding of the arts, we look to the municipal HOT. What is municipal HOT? In Texas today, municipalities are authorized to charge a tax of up to 7% on individuals staying overnight in hotels or other accommodations. The taxes collected are submitted quarterly to the municipality and must be used for one of nine allowable uses, one of which is promotion of the arts, arts facilities, and arts programming that also has some direct impact on “tourism and the convention and hotel industry.” In most Texas municipalities, up to 15% of the hotel occupancy tax that is collected may be used to fund eligible arts-related expenditures. Understanding how this all works—whether you represent the arts, a municipality, or a hotel—is the key to ensuring it works to the benefit of all parties. And often the best way to understand something is to dive right in and start exploring. For that, we turn to the HOT Toolkit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582043606563-IU278G3EEFYQZ8IJNS7V/AmarilloLittleTheatreEquus0126.jpg What is HOT? - County About 60 Texas counties that meet specific eligibility requirements are permitted by the Legislature to levy their own county Hotel Occupancy Tax. In the authorizing legislation for some of these counties, there is authorization for the involved county to distribute a portion of those funds to the arts. More information, including eligibility requirements, guidelines, and uses of the tax can be found on the Resources page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582577021706-S6Y5XQ6ZE2V1MGEB3CIP/IMG_0401.jpeg What is HOT? - State The state Hotel Occupancy Tax rate is currently 6% and applies not only to traditional hotels, but also to motels, B&Bs, Airbnbs, HomeAways, and other short-term rentals. Where does that 6% tax go? The state’s General Revenue Fund receives close to 92% of the state-levied hotel tax revenue, with the remainder allocated, in part, to a state account to support tourism with advertising, marketing, and other promotional efforts. The state HOT does not directly go to supporting the arts (which is why we won’t be focusing on it in this Toolkit), but a healthy tourism industry certainly brings added local hotel tax dollars that are available in part to artists and arts organizations. More information can be found in the Texas Tax Code Chapter 156. https://www.hottoolkit.com/photo-credits daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771071346-P4FG12B97S4TF19NQ0F0/DMA_Visitors%2C+European+Art+Galleries+4_Courtesy+of+Dallas+Museum+of+Art.jpg Photo Credits European Art Galleries in the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. Courtesy of the DMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583355782304-TYGPKZGRDYIE5NFKH2Z8/Gage_Hotel_near_Big_Bend_National_Park%2C_Marathon%2C_Texas_LCCN2011633299.tif.jpg Photo Credits Gage Hotel near Big Bend National Park. Marathon, TX. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575995219-1ZDKR3FMHMC8VVR505ME/dma_visitors%2C+family+festival+4_courtesy+of+dallas+museum+of+art.jpeg Photo Credits Dallas Museum of Art Family Festival. Dallas, TX. Photograph courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575131957-U6DKJFCRRSIBCV3RWCKK/CHLOE+01.jpeg Photo Credits Chloe Johnson, 2019 Big Squeeze Cajun/Zydeo Champion. The Big Squeeze is a statewide contest where Texan accordion players ages 21 and under (25 or younger for the Zydeco & Cajun category) showcase their performance abilities in three main accordion genres: Polka, Zydeco & Cajun, and Conjunto/Tejano. Since 2007, over 300 young musicians from more than 35 Texas towns and cities have participated. Contestants represent communities across this great state, including the Rio Grande Valley, Houston, the Gulf Coast, Greater Dallas Area, San Antonio, Lubbock, the Permian Basin, and more! Photography by Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582911372567-DC3Q0UKGPES7EYT1FSG4/Municipal.+2+Dance+of+Asian+America+At+Miller+Outdoor+Theatre.jpg Photo Credits Dance of Asian America at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Houston, TX. Photography by Kevin Zhang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363199417-80Q2I1596NA5DEEADV39/Art+Center-Rudy+Ximenez+-+Amanda+Still.jpg Photo Credits Georgetown Art Center. Georgetown, TX. Photography by Rudy Ximenez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361027651-HQ0PH1O1RSI63E1XM3GJ/BFAC1.jpg Photo Credits Art Gallery at The Center for The Arts & Sciences. Clute and Lake Jackson, TX. 2019. Photography by Jackie Riggs (jackiesue photography). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582043851645-5U4O2XDMPXPDAKEEWCTK/Ausitn+Opera+SilentNight.jpg Photo Credits Austin Opera’s production of Silent Night. Austin, TX. 2019. Photography by Erich Schlegel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363529260-707QE2VEGFT4RE9L2RZ9/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits "Monster Mashup Workshop" is promoted to residents and to visitors from cities around Lubbock as an opportunity to work with professional print makers. Workshops take place at the Charles Adams Studio Project in the Helen DeVitt Jones: Print Studio. Lubbock, TX. Photography by Victoria Marie Bee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1595619240778-D9UO1H9IZ34YEGQQG8KN/Case+study.jpg Photo Credits Conroe Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Dr. Don Hutson during Rising Stars and Legends of Texas Event. Conroe, TX. 2018. Photography by Dave Clements, DWC Photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363566973-BH0OXLN1F80NE4PPYV4C/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits "Music Alley" Music & Arts Festival. This free fall community festival sponsored jointly by the Mansfield Commission for the Arts, Mansfield Parks & Recreation Department, and Mansfield Convention and Visitors Bureau provides opportunities for all of Mansfield's residents and visitors to experience music and art in a variety of hands-on, fun ways. Mansfield, TX. 2019. Photography by Ann Beck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363491548-5E7EIU7RJIG7H4N4I5UB/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits “It’s Better Out Here” live print event at Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail, which is free to the public and an opportunity for residents and visitors to visit dozens of arts spaces to explore different forms of art and art-making. Charles Adams Studio Project, Helen DeVitt Jones: Print Studio on the campus of the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Lubbock, TX. Photography by Victoria Marie Bee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361407688-2JVLL8GJG2RSFG8WABH7/Quest_for_Knowledge+-+Amanda+Still.JPG Photo Credits “Quest for Knowledge” by Jay Schaan, located in front of the Georgetown Public Library as part of the Annual Georgetown Sculpture Tour for two consecutive years: 2018-2019 & 2019-2020. Georgetown, TX. Photography by Amanda Still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582043606563-IU278G3EEFYQZ8IJNS7V/AmarilloLittleTheatreEquus0126.jpg Photo Credits EQQUS. Amarillo Little Theatre. Amarillo, TX. Photography by Chriselda Reyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575140700-FO3ELUGWUL927TGO12VG/Cabrera3.jpeg Photo Credits Ricardo “Ricky” Cabrera, Texas Folklife’s 2019 Big Squeeze Conjunto Semi-Finals. April 27, 2019. Museum of South Texas History, Edinburg, TX. Photography by David L. Dodd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363275677-KWNICXTSOVQNFWR94DTB/clay+studio+school+tour+-+Lindsey+Maestri.JPG Photo Credits Helen DeVitt Jones: Clay Studio Tour. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Lubbock, TX. Photography by Lindsey Maestri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363512975-GKFZE026ZFQQ6QWJ6UXA/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits A foundry pour held at Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trails, which is free to the public and an opportunity for residents and visitors to visit dozens of arts spaces to explore different forms of art and art-making. Charles Adams Studio Project, The CH Foundation: Metals Studio. Lubbock, TX. Photography by Victoria Marie Bee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582576065108-BR5EYOZERNYPDECCLE7M/Garza11.jpeg Photo Credits Josh Baca is part of the band Los Texmaniacs (Conjunto/Tejano). David Farias is part of Las Fenix (Norteño Genre). David Lee Garza's musical genre is also Tejano. 27th Annual Accordion Kings & Queens (June 3rd 2016). Since 1991, Texas Folklife’s Accordion Kings and Queens has showcased the amazing musical diversity of Texas accordion styles, featuring legends of conjunto, polka, country western, zydeco, Cajun and more. Accordion Kings & Queens draws a capacity crowd of six thousand to Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre. The event celebrates the cultural diversity of Texas by bringing communities together for an evening of dancing and roots music played on the accordion, "the national instrument of Texas". Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston TX. Photography by David L. Dodd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583356053218-CWG3GMJP78SCPJAFBHMP/odessa.png Photo Credits “Spire” by Ray King Studio. Odessa, TX. Photography by Steve Goff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582575128872-LSDA1YTHSW0M6XVJG9NY/Bruce+Wood.+Follow+Me+15+photo+by+Sharen+Bradford.jpeg Photo Credits Bruce Wood Dance’s production of Follow Me. Dallas, TX. Photography by Sharen Bradford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363681035-ZI3W6JZV7XC9X63090JJ/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits Classical guitar enrichment classes for children of refugee families through iACT. Austin Classical Guitar. Austin, TX. Photography by Arlen Nydam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912871858-KEOOQM8EEYBKT6981XY4/Hotel+Tool+1.jpg Photo Credits Houston Ballet Principals Melody Mennite as Psyche and Charles-Louis Yoshiyama as Eros with Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s Sylvia. 2019. Photography by Amitava Sarkar. Courtesy of Houston Ballet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361209927-E6459AYPG61T5EXVE3F2/BFAC9.png Photo Credits Boy watching Mary Poppins. Freeport LNG Theater at The Center for the Arts & Sciences. Clute and Lake Jackson, TX. 2017. Photography by Tara Munson Sartin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1595619479352-IX7D5GIGAT47IHMYQJ3T/Final.jpg Photo Credits The Preserving History Mural Project: “Mary Smith Bailey” by Devon Clarkson and “Shades of Progress” by Norma Clark, located at the back of Georgetown City Hall and adjacent to the African American Shotgun House. Georgetown, TX. 2020. Photography by Amanda Still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582047527168-JSV0YZP6SFA6DURMPAYL/First+Firday+Art+Trail+-+Lindsey+Maestri.png Photo Credits Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail organized by the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts brings the community and visitors from across the region, state, nation and world together to experience the cultural diversity of West Texas. Venues in and around the Lubbock Cultural District showcase everything from local to international visual and performing artists, creating regional pride and exposure to diverse world views. First Friday Art Trail. Lubbock, TX. 2018. Photography by Visit Lubbock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363615488-F9E6M3MGI589XFYBG909/ACGuitar+5R3A0148.jpg Photo Credits The Carlos Piñana Flamenco Troupe at The Long Center for the Performing Arts, presented by Austin Classical Guitar. Austin, TX. 2019. Photography by Arlen Nydam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770715474-AB9QQONLD53EZF36C1HS/First+Friday+LHUCA+Galleries+2+-+Lindsey+Maestri.jpg Photo Credits First Friday at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Lubbock, TX. Photography by Lindsey Maestri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912540486-2RTYNXO96IMVUA3WXR5B/Hotel+2.jpg Photo Credits Yo-Yo Ma with the Eastern Texas Symphony Orchestra. September 2017. Photography by Sam Smead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1600971263597-ETV70ZF7UBK58NOHBAZQ/GOH+Glow+photo+for+Texans+for+the+Arts+031+%281%29.jpg Photo Credits The Grand 1894 Opera House. Galveston, TX. Photography by John Glow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770980075-HYPGFYCISTW4W16QBVYA/Jumping+Around+by+Joseph+Magnano+-+Amanda+Still.jpg Photo Credits Jumping Around by Joseph Magnano. Georgetown, TX. Photography by Amanda Still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363417720-X80YJ3OBC3PSG56YFZ7A/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits Visitors to El Paso’s 2018 Chalk the Block Public Arts Festival interact with “Impulse,” an installation of glowing, musical see-saws by Toronto creative firm Lateral Office in partnership with Creos. El Paso, TX. Photography by Christ Chavez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583771225179-6MJCT0YQHFO92PZMN7NI/Alley+Theatre+-+The+Winter_s+Tale+-+Photographer+Lynn+Lane-225.jpg Photo Credits The Winter’s Tale at Alley Theatre. Houston, TX. Photography by Lynn Lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582577021706-S6Y5XQ6ZE2V1MGEB3CIP/IMG_0401.jpeg Photo Credits Jeremy Arnold in Tapestry Dance Company’s “In Your Shoes.” Fall 2015. Rollins Theatre, The Long Center, Austin, TX. Photography by Amitava Sarkar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363362042-VVX8VPI3YFOD4IDIMU6R/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits Argentine artist Máximo González’s “Walk Among Worlds,” made up of thousands of inflatable globes temporarily installed in on the Plaza Theatre in the heart of El Paso’s Downtown Arts District in 2015. El Paso, TX. Photography by Christ Chavez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582912708107-11BGCXC07HC05X8J0A7Q/Hotel%2B3.TUTS_Seussical%2BProduction%2BPhotos_Photographer%2BMelissa%2BTaylor-25.jpg Photo Credits Theatre Under the Stars’ production of Suessical. Houston, TX. Photography by Melissa Taylor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363140866-4TGCN65LQGP4R7ELEWAO/ArrMuseumofSouthTexas2-DSC_0068sm.jpg Photo Credits Visionarios Family Day at the Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, TX. 2019 Photography by Jeff Janko. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582736937029-MKXBBNQE87P2PSZE3UZH/TEMPO+2D+Airport+finals+Philip+Rogers+Photograph-1+-+Jesus+Pantel.jpg Photo Credits TEMPO 2D Airport finals. Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Austin, TX. Photography by Philip Rogers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583357067247-YBO1LPVQUAC9QI357IYI/2016-04-16+-+SJP+-+079+-+Ben+Fyffe.jpg Photo Credits Ballet Folklorico Paso del Norte performs in front of Luis Jiminez's sculpture, "Los Lagartos" at the reopening of historic San Jacinto Plaza. April 2016. El Paso, TX. Photography by Ben Fyffe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583770586624-DHRBQJ5WEPWEO41WXLQ4/DMA_Visitors%2C+Late+Night_Courtesy+of+Dallas+Museum+of+Art.jpg Photo Credits Late Night at Dallas Museum of Art. Sculpture in background, “Ave” by Mark Di Suvero. Dallas, TX. Courtesy of the DMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583361156001-YUDKPB6C1XOT66T8JZJH/BFAC3.jpg Photo Credits Elizabethan Madrigal Feast. Dow Arena Theater at The Center for the Arts & Sciences. Clute and Lake Jackson, TX. 2004. Photography by Tom Fowler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363436467-TM3T9ZXT5LUJFTTJ4SKV/image-asset.jpeg Photo Credits SAY Sí Día de los Muertos community procession honoring the deceased. Community members, artists and visitors are invited to participate. San Antonio, TX. 2019. Photo courtesy of SAY Sí. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4bffa2efbd632b06333461/1582044042778-AXBIREP2OBYSB1I0JW0U/ACGuitarYO+at+the+Long+Center.jpg Photo Credits Austin Classical Guitar Youth Orchestra at the Long Center. Austin, TX. Photography by Salvador Garcia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1583363103709-WO32KY81L7A0D6F57OTB/Alley+Theatre+-+Three+Muskateers+-+Dress+Rehearsal+-+Photographer+Lynn+Lane-1.jpg Photo Credits Stanley Andrew Jackson III as D’Artagnan in the Alley Theatre’s production of Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers. Houston, TX. Photography by Lynn Lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1595959333657-ZMDLBXW7MXD102DCAX4D/SB-CALF-2019-404.jpg Photo Credits Children’s Arts and Literacy Festival. Abilene, TX. 2019. Photography by Steve Butman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4c1f5eef99f72547007230/1582739598256-Q9WABPH0M7DI8NDLE7DH/IMAGE%2B1.jpg Photo Credits The art is by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh for her installation “The Personal as Political,” which she created for Project Row Houses’ Round 48: Beyond Social Practice. Round 48 took place October 13, 2018 through February 17, 2019. Project Row Houses. Houston, TX. Photography by Alex Barber. https://www.hottoolkit.com/faqs daily 0.75 2025-11-13