Artist support grants
Applications are open
Deadline: September 15, 2025
The Artist Support Grant is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts.
Artists operating or residing in Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland Counties may be awarded.
Grant requests range from $500 - $3,000.
Grant will fund the artistic and professional development of emerging and established artists to enhance the artists’ skills and abilities to create work, improve business operations in their discipline, and/or build their capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
INFORMATION SESSIONS:
IN-PERSON
Wednesday, August 27 | 5:30PM
The Arts Council of Fayetteville
301 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
To RSVP, click here
or email Kashia Knight
(KashiaK@theartscouncil.com )
Thursday, September 4 | Time TBD
The Arts Council of Robeson County
402 N. Chestnut Street, Lumberton, NC, 28358
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DIGITAL
Thursday, August 28 | 12PM
To RSVP, email Kashia Knight
(KashiaK@theartscouncil.com )
questions?
Questions? Contact the Grants Department:
Kashia Knight
Arts Education Manager
910-930-0145
Fund
Partners
The Artist Support Grant is funded through a partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council.
The Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County manages the grant initiative on behalf of the Robeson County Arts Council, the Sampson County Arts Council, and the Scotland County Arts Council/Storytelling Center of the Southeast.
The Project Support Grant program is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant program. The ARP grant program aims to support communities by providing grants to eligible recipients to save jobs and to fund operations and facilities, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation.
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