The Artist Support Grant 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.
Donor Name: Dare Arts
State: North Carolina
County: Beaufort County (NC), Dare County (NC), Hyde County (NC), Martin County (NC), Tyrrell County (NC), Washington County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/10/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Artists in all disciplines are eligible to apply for grants to support their professional and artistic development through a partnership of the North Carolina Arts Council and Pocosin Arts, Beaufort County Arts Council, Dare Arts, Ocracoke Alive, Pettigrew Regional Libraries and Martin County Arts Council.
Artist Support Grants will be distributed to eligible applicants in the following counties: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington.
Funding Information
Grants will range in awards from $500 to $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Emerging and established artists
- Eligible candidates may be either emerging or established artists. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
- Individuals and groups
- Individuals and Artist Collectives Both individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply.
- 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.
- Residency
- Artists should have lived in the region where they are applying continuously for at least one year prior to the consortium’s application deadline. An applicant must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident. Proof of residence and status may be required by the consortium. Artists who live in more than one region should apply only where they spend the majority of the year.
For more information, visit Dare Arts.
