The Kansas Rural Murals program provides funding for communities with populations of 15,000 or less to reinvigorate spaces by creating new murals or public art that incorporate the community’s history, culture, heritage, tourism, or other community led art piece.
Donor Name: Kansas Department of Commerce
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
To activate vacant and underused spaces through the arts to help bring together community members around the art, history and culture of the community.
This mural and public art grant program is intended to support projects in rural communities that are immediately ready to begin work on their mural. Community engagement, location selection, site approvals, and muralist selection should be completed before application submission.
Funding Priorities
- Communities or Counties that have not previously received funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce for murals or public art
- Projects that can show that they are ready to begin. This means that the community engagement phase is complete, muralist has been identified and they are available, and that the location of the mural has been identified and approvals given to put the mural on the wall.
- Projects that can be completed by December 31, 2025, or if they will be painted on an exterior wall, that this will be completed before mid-October.
- Murals or public art that is done collaboratively across the county or as a region to celebrate their history or culture as a Kansas community.
Funding Information
$7,500.
Grant Period
May 2025 – December 31, 2025.
Eligible Costs/Expenses
- Artist and consultant fees including travel expenses and accommodation expenses
- Applicable project materials and supplies
- Additional administrative costs (beyond annually budgeted general operating costs) related to the approved project
- Allowable marketing expenses directly related to the approved project (This does not include campaigns or materials used solely to raise awareness of the organization.)
- Equipment purchases needed to complete art or mural project under $5,000
- Wall or surface repair – limited to 15% of total project cost (tuckpointing, mortar repair)
- Surface preparation (smoothing, resurfacing, cleaning, etc.)
- Lighting or display materials to highlight the art piece
- Landscaping or clean-up of the space that could affect the visibility of the mural.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible supporting and applicant organizations include:
- Tribal Nations
- Designated Kansas Main Street Programs
- Economic Development Corporations or Chambers of Commerce
- Cities
- Counties
- Schools
- 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 organizations
- Local Community Foundations.
For more information, visit Kansas Department of Commerce.
