Closed Grants & Opportunities

These grants and opportunities are closed to new applicants, but the information is archived here for current recipients.

Deadline January 19, 2024

ArtsHERE

Through grants and peer learning opportunities, ArtsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming, with the goal of increasing arts participation for underserved groups/communities, and sharing insights that may inform similar funding programs in the future.

11:00 a.m. ET January 11, 2024

Free Online Workshop: A Beginner's Guide to Budgeting

This “101” workshop is for individual artists and start-up arts organizations. We will look at project budgets, financial literacy terms and concepts, and how to align a budget with project goals and outcomes.

Deadline December 3, 2023

Creative Placemaking Summit - Call for Session Proposals

Creative Placemaking Communities and South Arts invite you to submit a session proposal for the peer-to-peer exchange sessions, to be held during the upcoming South and Appalachia Creative Placemaking Summit in Atlanta, Georgia from March 5-8, 2024.

Deadline November 30, 2023

Creative Placemaking Summit Scholarships

Earn a scholarship in order to attend an annual gathering of artists, administrators, community leaders, planners, designers, and other professionals exploring models at the intersection of arts, cultural heritage, and public policy.

Deadline October 30, 2023

Emerging Traditional Artists Program

Connect with your peers, participate in professional development workshops, and receive up to $5,000 supporting your projects.

Thursday, October 19 at 11 a.m. ET

Virtual Speed Networking: Partners in the Know

In this webinar, participants will learn more and network with South Arts' partners in the field.

Online Professional Development Workshop

Deadline October 16

National Leaders of Color Fellowship 2023

A professional development and networking opportunity for arts and cultural workers of color.

Thursday, August 24 at 11 a.m.

VisAbility: Accessing Arts and Culture

In this workshop, presenters will explore non-apparent disabilities and how barriers to access impact individuals with autism, PTSD, sensory processing disorder, among other disabilities.

Deadline: August 20, 2023

Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowships

Six $5,000 awards to support experienced practitioners and culture bearers with opportunities to examine, research, develop, perform, and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition.

Open to Black Artists in Appalachia

Deadline: April 8, 2023

Jazz Road Creative Residencies

Jazz artists, apply for a grant to explore your work in new ways. Grants of $5,000-$40,000 available to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences.