Supporting Artist Careers: Recent Grants
Current Grantees
Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County | Winston-Salem, NC
$30,000 to support the creation of an Artists Services Program
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston | Boston, MA
$50,000 to support the Western Avenue Studios & Lofts Thrive Community.
Creative Waco | Waco, TX
$30,000 to support a rural Air Institute hub that includes a pilot of bilingual training.
DORF | Austin, TX
$20,000 to support DORF’s Fellowship in Professional Practice (FiPP) Pilot Program.
Ella Project | New Orleans, LA
$50,000 to support Rampart: Artist Readiness & Legacy.
High Point Arts Council | High Point, NC
$15,000 to support the Positive Intelligence Learning Cohort for Triad Arts Leaders.
Houston Arts Alliance | Houston, TX
$50,000 to support creating a more resilient artistic community.
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston-Salem, NC
$66,000 to support Creative Catalyst Fellows.
Mid-America Arts Alliance | Kansas City, MO
$30,000 to support Artist Leadership Fellows FY25-26: The Power of Artists Supporting Fellow Artists.
Mid-Atlantic Arts | Baltimore, MD
$20,000 to support Mid Atlantic Arts Professional Development Series: Sharing Your Art Internationally.
Moonshot Initiative | New York, NY
$10,000 to support professional development for filmmakers.
New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY
$50,000 to NYFA Learning in taking its Immigrant Artists Program (IAP) to a national level.
Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY
$150,000 to support the Mindfulness Collaboratory: Using Contemplative Collectives to Foster Adaptive Change in a Time of Adversity and Promote Workforce Development in the Creative Economy.
Arts + Design Alumni Research (dba SNAAP) | Bloomington, IN
$100,000 to support the SNAAP survey.
Shoreline Arts Alliance | Guilford, CT
$15,000 to support the the Leadership Development Program.
South Arts / NCAPER | Atlanta, GA
$80,000 to support Activating the Role of the Arts in Emergency Management
Triangle Artworks | Raleigh, NC
$40,000 to support business and career support for artists and arts administrators and further development of the Artists Thrive national resource hub.
Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County | Winston-Salem, NC
$30,000 to support the creation of an Artists Services Program
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston | Boston, MA
$50,000 to support the Western Avenue Studios & Lofts Thrive Community.
Creative Waco | Waco, TX
$30,000 to support a rural Air Institute hub that includes a pilot of bilingual training.
DORF | Austin, TX
$20,000 to support DORF’s Fellowship in Professional Practice (FiPP) Pilot Program.
Ella Project | New Orleans, LA
$50,000 to support Rampart: Artist Readiness & Legacy.
High Point Arts Council | High Point, NC
$15,000 to support the Positive Intelligence Learning Cohort for Triad Arts Leaders.
Houston Arts Alliance | Houston, TX
$50,000 to support creating a more resilient artistic community.
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston-Salem, NC
$66,000 to support Creative Catalyst Fellows.
Mid-America Arts Alliance | Kansas City, MO
$30,000 to support Artist Leadership Fellows FY25-26: The Power of Artists Supporting Fellow Artists.
Mid-Atlantic Arts | Baltimore, MD
$20,000 to support Mid Atlantic Arts Professional Development Series: Sharing Your Art Internationally.
Moonshot Initiative | New York, NY
$10,000 to support professional development for filmmakers.
New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY
$50,000 to NYFA Learning in taking its Immigrant Artists Program (IAP) to a national level.
Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY
$150,000 to support the Mindfulness Collaboratory: Using Contemplative Collectives to Foster Adaptive Change in a Time of Adversity and Promote Workforce Development in the Creative Economy.
Arts + Design Alumni Research (dba SNAAP) | Bloomington, IN
$100,000 to support the SNAAP survey.
Shoreline Arts Alliance | Guilford, CT
$15,000 to support the the Leadership Development Program.
South Arts / NCAPER | Atlanta, GA
$80,000 to support Activating the Role of the Arts in Emergency Management
Triangle Artworks | Raleigh, NC
$40,000 to support business and career support for artists and arts administrators and further development of the Artists Thrive national resource hub.
Organizations Previously Funded for Professional Practice Programs
A Blade of Grass | New York, NY
Air Collaborative | Fredrick, MD
Americans for the Arts | Washington, DC
Arizona Commission on the Arts | Phoenix, AZ
Artspace | New Haven, CT
Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City | Kansas City, MO
Arts Council of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
Artist Trust | Seattle, WA
Artists U | Philadelphia, PA
CAA Advancing Art & Design | New York, NY
Chicago Artists' Coalition | Chicago, IL
Creative Capital | New York, NY
Creative Many | Detroit, MI
Cannonball (formerly Legal Art) | Miami, FL
Connecticut Local Arts Agencies (LAAs): Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, & Greater Hartford Arts Council | Hartford, New Haven, & Fairfield, CT
CUE Art Foundation | New York, NY- Artflock.org
DiverseWorks | Houston, TX
Dunamis | Boston, MA
International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA
International Festival of Arts and Ideas | New Haven, CT
Kentucky Arts Council | Frankfurt, KY
Montana Arts Council | Helena, MT
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) | Boston, MA
New Museum | New York, NY
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) | New York, NY
Performance Zone (dba The Field) | New York, NY
Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Pittsburgh, PA
Side Street Projects | Pasadena, CA
Springboard for the Arts | Saint Paul, MN
South Carolina Commission on the Arts | Columbia, SC
Sustainable CT | Willimantic, CT
Tamarack Foundation for the Arts | Charleston, WV
Universities Previously Funded for Professional Practice Programs
The following universities have been funded to develop and implement their MFA course in professional practices for their visual arts students:
California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA
Columbia University | New York, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD
Ohio State University | Columbus, OH
Parsons The New School for Design | New York, NY
Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY
Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
San Francisco Art Institute | San Francisco, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, GA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA
University of Texas, Austin | Austin, TX
University of Wisconsin, Madison | Madison, WI
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
A Blade of Grass | New York, NY
Air Collaborative | Fredrick, MD
Americans for the Arts | Washington, DC
Arizona Commission on the Arts | Phoenix, AZ
Artspace | New Haven, CT
Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City | Kansas City, MO
Arts Council of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
Artist Trust | Seattle, WA
Artists U | Philadelphia, PA
CAA Advancing Art & Design | New York, NY
Chicago Artists' Coalition | Chicago, IL
Creative Capital | New York, NY
Creative Many | Detroit, MI
Cannonball (formerly Legal Art) | Miami, FL
Connecticut Local Arts Agencies (LAAs): Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, & Greater Hartford Arts Council | Hartford, New Haven, & Fairfield, CT
CUE Art Foundation | New York, NY- Artflock.org
DiverseWorks | Houston, TX
Dunamis | Boston, MA
International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA
International Festival of Arts and Ideas | New Haven, CT
Kentucky Arts Council | Frankfurt, KY
Montana Arts Council | Helena, MT
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) | Boston, MA
New Museum | New York, NY
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) | New York, NY
Performance Zone (dba The Field) | New York, NY
Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Pittsburgh, PA
Side Street Projects | Pasadena, CA
Springboard for the Arts | Saint Paul, MN
South Carolina Commission on the Arts | Columbia, SC
Sustainable CT | Willimantic, CT
Tamarack Foundation for the Arts | Charleston, WV
Universities Previously Funded for Professional Practice Programs
The following universities have been funded to develop and implement their MFA course in professional practices for their visual arts students:
California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA
Columbia University | New York, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD
Ohio State University | Columbus, OH
Parsons The New School for Design | New York, NY
Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY
Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
San Francisco Art Institute | San Francisco, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, GA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA
University of Texas, Austin | Austin, TX
University of Wisconsin, Madison | Madison, WI
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA