The City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) is offering an unrestricted stipend for artists who live within the City of Sacramento.
Donor Name: City of Sacramento
State: California
City: Sacramento
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 06/20/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The program will support up to 200 artists with $850 monthly payments over the course of 12 months. These payments can be used as a supplement to provide financial support for artists to pursue and advance their career in the arts.
Grant Period
August 1, 2025 – July 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must be:
- City of Sacramento residents (they are unable to fund artists who live outside of the city council district areas, including unincorporated areas of Sacramento County.)
- At least 18 years of age on date of application submission.
- Able to demonstrate work as an artist in the following artistic disciplines (please note, the examples and descriptions listed are to provide guidance on how each discipline is broadly defined):
- Craft – Ceramics, embroidery, glass, jewelry, metalworking, and textiles
- Dance – Dancers and choreographers
- Design – Fashion, graphic designers
- Film – Actors, directors, creative producers, animators
- Literary Arts – Writers, screenwriters, poets, graphic novelists
- Music – Singers, musicians, composers, producers, DJs (original work)
- Oral Traditions – Culture bearers who preserve or pass on knowledge, art or ideas through speech or song; may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or verses, and storytelling
- Social Practice – Engages people and communities in debate, collaboration, or social interaction; artists partner with communities toward community development outcomes.
- Theater – Actors, directors, playwrights, costume designers, set designers, sound and lighting designers
- Performance Art – Artists who create work through actions performed by the artist or other participants
- Traditional Arts – Work rooted in and reflective of the traditions and/or cultural heritage of a community, transmitted through generations, such as cultural dance, cultural music, and traditional crafts
- Visual Arts – Installation, illustration, painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, photography, sculpture, video art, or public art
- Interdisciplinary Arts – Work involving more than one artistic discipline and/or cultural practice.
For more information, visit City of Sacramento.
