The Artist Support Grant is designed to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts.
Donor Name: Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County
State: North Carolina
County: Davidson County (NC), Davie County (NC), Forsyth County (NC), Guilford County (NC), Randolph County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Artist Support Grants is a regional grant program that provides direct support to individual artists for professional and artistic development, either to enhance their skills and abilities to create work, or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring the work to audiences.
Funding Information
This program will provide grants of $500 to $2,000.
Grant Period
January 1 – December 31, 2026.
Eligible Projects
In project year 2025-2026, applicants may apply for up to 50 percent of the grant to support artist fees.
- Completion/Presentation of a New Work — Cost of resources necessary to complete or present a significant new work (e.g., purchasing art supplies or equipment (digital may qualify) or space rental)
- Career Promotion — Projects aimed at advertising artists’ work and/or demonstrating their skill level (e.g., websites, portfolios, audio-visual documentation, and online presentation)
- Training — Costs to attend a class or workshop (in-person or virtual) aimed either at enhancing the artist’s skill level or professional development (e.g., a master class or workshop taught by acknowledged authorities in the applicant artist’s medium)
- Travel — Costs of transportation, lodging, and food for training, professional conferences, or research
- Services — Rental of equipment or facilities for presentation of a new work, recording studio space, etc.
- Supplies — Purchase of supplies and materials necessary for the completion or production of a new work deemed by the artist to be an essential work in their career.
- Artist Fee — Costs of labor, equals the time that one spends of a project. (Two ways to show a reasonable artist fee is by the hour and/or by the month).
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artist and small unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply
- Artist must reside in the following counties Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, and Randolph County
- Artists who have lived in the region (Region 11: Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph) where they are applying continuously for at least one year prior to the consortium’s application deadline
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S citizen or permanent resident alien.
- Artists who have lived in more than one region should apply only where they spend the majority of the year. Example, 183 Days
- All members of a collaborating team must be North Carolina residents, live in the region where they are applying, and meet the other eligibility requirements. Résumés documenting residence from all team members should be included with the application.
For more information, visit ACWSFC.
