The 2027 Creative Capital seeks proposals from individual artists in all 50 states for new artistic works in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature.
Donor Name: Creative Capital
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 04/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Creative Capital welcomes a full range of artistic approaches and thematic inquiries, including boundary-pushing formal explorations, as well as projects that engage urgent social issues of time. Creative Capital also seeks new projects or works addressing subjects that Creative Capital has not previously funded.
The Creative Capital Award provides individual artists with unrestricted project grants for the creation of innovative, original, and imaginative new artistic works. The Award provides unrestricted project grants from $15,000 up to $50,000, plus professional development support, industry connections, and community-building opportunities. Creative Capital engages Awardees over a five-year period, during which artists can utilize Creative Capital funding and services to complete their projects.
Disciplines
- Visual Arts: architecture & design, craft, drawing, ecological art, illustration, installation, painting, printmaking, performance art, photography, public art, sculpture, social practice, sound art, video art, technology, and socially-engaged visual art
- Performing Arts: dance, jazz, multimedia performance, music, music theater, opera, theater, playwriting, technology, and socially-engaged performing arts
- Film: animation, documentary film, experimental film, and narrative film
- Literature: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays (playwrights please submit under Performing Arts/Theater)
Eligibility Criteria
Artist Eligibility
- US citizen, permanent resident, Tribal ID holder, or O-1 visa holder at time of application
- At least 25 years old at time of application
- Working artist(s) with at least 5 years of professional artistic practice within their chosen discipline
- Applicant may not be enrolled in a degree-granting program at time of application
- May not apply to the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant program in the same year
- May not have previously received a Creative Capital Award
- May not be an applicant or collaborator on more than one proposed project per year
- State of the Art Prize recipients must be a resident of the state they are awarded in through February 1, 2027. Prize recipients must verify their state or territory of residence in order to receive the grant.
For more information, visit Creative Capital.
