Artist Support Grants

The Artist Support Grant is available for artists in all disciplines to support their professional and artistic development. The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro provides grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 in Guilford and Randolph counties.

Applications are closed.

About the Grant

The Artist Support Grant supports a broad range of talented artists in visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. Eligible candidates may be emerging or established artists. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.

If you’re an artist residing in Guilford or Randolph counties, applications for the 2026–27 Artist Support Grant are closed. Artists residing in Forsyth, Davie, and Davidson counties should apply through the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Questions can be answered by contacting the Artist Services & Impact Officer.

Eligible Projects

• Completion or presentation of a new work. Cost of resources necessary to complete or present a significant new work, such as art supplies, equipment, or space rental.
• Career promotion. Projects aimed at advertising artists’ work, including websites, portfolios, audio-visual documentation, and online presentation.
• Training. Costs to attend a class or workshop aimed at enhancing skill or professional development.
• Travel. Costs of transportation, lodging, and food for training, professional conferences, or research.
• Artist fee. Costs of labor for time spent on a project, apart from expense allowance.

Eligibility

• Individual artists and small unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible.
• Artists must reside in Guilford or Randolph County.
• Artists have lived in the region where they are applying continuously for at least one year before the application deadline.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Artists who have lived in more than one region should apply only where they spend most of the year.
• If a collaborating team, all members must be North Carolina residents, live in the region where they are applying, and meet the eligibility.

You are not eligible if you are the sole proprietor of an organization that has received funding for fiscal year 2026–2027 from the NC Arts Council, if you are a current board, staff, or family member of The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, or if you are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or associate degree-granting program. Artists pursuing graduate degrees in subjects other than their art form may be eligible if they meet the other criteria.

Evaluation Criteria

Artistic merit. Demonstrated talent in an art form and overall excellence of the artist’s work, and a clear commitment to a career as a practicing professional artist.

Project merit. The benefit of the proposed project to the artist’s professional growth, and the feasibility of the proposed project.

The ACGG’s Artist Support Grant program is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

We are grateful to our Artist Affinity Program members, whose generosity augments grants for Artist Support Grantees and supports the work of the Artist Services and Impact Officer. Learn about the Artist Affinity Program, or contact Laura Way, President & CEO, at lway@theacgg.org or 336-279-7080.