The Artist Support Grant is designed to support a broad range of talented artists in visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts.
Donor Name: The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro
State: North Carolina
County: Guilford County (NC), Randolph County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro provides grants ranging from $500 to $2,000.
Eligible Projects
- 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 demonstrating their skill level (example, 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 (example, 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.
- Artist Fee — Costs of labor equals the time that one spends on a project. Fees are set aside within a project budget to compensate artists for services rendered, apart from expense allowance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists and small unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply.
- Artists must reside in Guilford or Randolph County.
- Artists have lived in the region where they are applying continuously for at least one year before the application deadline.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S citizen or permanent resident immigrant.
- Artists who have lived in more than one region should apply only where they spend most of the year.
- If a collaborating team, all members must be North Carolina residents, live in the region where they are applying, and meet the eligibility.
- You are not eligible if:
- You are an artist who is the sole proprietor of an organization that has received funding for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 from the NC Arts Council.
- You are a current board, staff, or family member of The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro.
- You are an artist enrolled full-time in undergraduate or associate degree-granting programs.
- Artists pursuing graduate degrees in subjects other than their art form may be eligible if they meet the other eligibility criteria.
For more information, visit ACGG.
