Workshop: Grant Writing with Nicole Docta and Meghan Horner

Join the Artist Foundry for this informative workshop about Grant Writing with filmmaker Nicole Docta and the Utah Film Center’s Development Director Meghan Horner. We’ll explore grant writing from an organizational and filmmaker perspective. Come learn more about the process and get some tips and tricks for your next grant application!

Discounts for Artist Foundry Members. Refer to your Welcome Email for code or reach out to [email protected].

When: Thu, June 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm.

ADA accommodations are available. If you have additional needs, please visit our Accessibility page to connect with an ADA coordinator.

Instructors:
- Nicole Docta (she/her)
Nicole Docta is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has focused her career on socially impactful projects and BIPOC stories. She offers her unique lens as a Korean-American transnational, transracial adoptee raised in Wisconsin. Nicole was part of the producing and impact teams on THE JUDGE (TIFF 2017), BELLY OF THE BEAST (HRWFF 2020), and THROUGH THE NIGHT (Tribeca 2021). She worked as the Special Initiatives Producer at Firelight Media, co-curating the Beyond Resilience Series and helping to implement new artist programs to support BIPOC filmmakers. She’s the Conversations Program Lead at the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and volunteers on the Documentary Producers Alliance’s Equity & Inclusion Committee and the Utah Documentary Association Steering Committee. Nicole is a USC CPD NextGen Creative Fellow, PGA Create alum, DOC NYC 40 Under 40, a 2023 Sundance Producer Fellow, 2023 Impact Partners Producer Fellow, and 2025 Sundance Asian American Fellow.

• Meghan Horner