The Midwest Culture Bearers Award celebrates and financially supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners. Selected individuals will each receive a $5,000 unrestricted, non-matching award. Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on July 29, 2024. The first awards will be made in September 2024.
Funding
WESTAF is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: A WESTAF Grants and Peer Cohort Program for Arts Organizations of Color. WESTAF expects to grant a total of $1,100,000 in the region, with approximately two grants per state or jurisdiction.
Cross-Sector Impact Grants support collaborations between artists or arts organizations with non-arts organizations in our nine-state region (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, and TN). The deadline to submit a letter of interest form is August 1, and projects must take place between January 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, an award supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. What: The Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities is a $3,000 award
WESTAF's TourWest is a competitive grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations in the 13 states and 3 jurisdictions in the WESTAF region for the presentation of touring performers and literary artists.
The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies announce the new James Bailey Dissertation Research Grant in Folklore Studies. The deadline is April 1, 2024.
opportunities so that together we can help everyone live more artful lives. Grant guidelines and application materials are now available for two of the NEA’s grant opportunities for organizations: Challenge America and Grants for Arts Projects (GAP).
The US Regional Arts Organization recently launched a new grants and peer learning program called ArtsHERE.
Mid Atlantic Arts is now accepting applications for the Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences grants.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the GIG Fund. Through this grant, Midwestern organizations may request up to $4,000 to contract with a professional artist and offer activities to their community