The Mississippi Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Mini-Grants for Individuals.
Donor Name: Mississippi Arts Commission
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/01/2026
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Individual Artist Mini-Grant supports established and emerging professional artists based in Mississippi by providing funds to assist with 1) artistic professional development, 2) promotional materials, or 3) the purchase of expendable art supplies. Artistic professional development includes attending an arts-based training, conference or workshop and the travel costs associated with such an opportunities. Promotional materials include creating or updating an artist website, or creating and/or printing business cards, brochures, postcards, etc. Expendable art supplies include paints, paints, pencils, clay, glaze, fabric, brushes, guitar strings, canvases, etc.
Priority will be given to individuals who have not yet received funding through grants in recent grant rounds or those residing in MAC’s identified underserved counties.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for up to $500.
Eligible Expenses
- Artist Mini-Grants can support:
- Professional Development
- Marketing and Promotional Materials
Eligibility Criteria
You may apply for an Individual Artist Mini-Grant if you are:
- A professional artist producing work of high artistic quality. Individuals are considered to be professional artists if they:
- Earn at least part of their annual income in their artistic work,
- Consider their artistic endeavors as a career,
- Maintain a high level of artistic quality, and
- Make a significant time investment in their artistic disciplines through practice, performance or production
- More than 18 years of age
- Not a full-time or part-time student in a degree seeking program; and
- A permanent, legal, full-time resident of Mississippi at the time of application and throughout the grant period. Applicants may be required to show proof of residence (such as driver’s license, proof of domicile, homestead, utility bills).
Ineligibility
Other things that MAC cannot fund:
- Expenses incurred before a grant is awarded
- Purchase of ANY permanent equipment such as:
- musical instruments
- computers
- microphones and amps
- Non-expendable items (computer software)
- A presentation by an applicant at a conference or workshop
- On-going fees such a memberships or web hosting
- Academic research
- Publication
- Contest entry fees
- Study towards an academic or professional degree
- Food.
For more information, visit Mississippi Arts Commission.
