Grants

The Cabarrus Arts Council allocates thousands of dollars annually to support arts organizations and cultural programs across Cabarrus County. Funding for these grants comes from the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts funding and additional foundation grants from the Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust.

The Cabarrus Arts Council thanks the North Carolina General Assembly and the North Carolina Arts Council for the Grassroots Grants Program. Grants are awarded through a competitive process that is reviewed by a panel of community citizens. No recipients are guaranteed from year to year.

Applications Closed

Applications for 2025 Grassroots and Seed Grants are now closed, but more grants are to come! Please check back later.

In the meantime, explore other artist opportunities offered through the Cabarrus Arts Council.

Artist Support Grants Recipients FY24

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Artist Support Grantees from Cabarrus County

Brian Arreola – $3000 to fund a string quartet performance of his opera, Zavala-Zavala

Micah Wayne Cash – $3000 to support his Waffle House Vistas Exhibition scheduled at the Georgia Museum of Art

Sarah Ferdon – $3000 to fund Professional Development in the use of color and texture to create weaving and folk art

Troy Kryzalka (Number Drummer Productions) – $3000 to fund Number Strummer and the Keys to Math: Discovering how you can learn any musical instrument using nothing but math

Eric Millard – $3000 to fund a diversity-focused brass trio commission and international premiere

Elizabeth Sullivan – $2750 to provide assistance for the production of a sensory-friendly concert program

Destiny Wilson – $2000 to provide funding for an art show of their visual paintings

Grant Publicity Requirements

Grassroots Grants Recipients FY24

Cabarrus Art Guild – $5,800

Southern Piedmont Woodturners – 4,000

Old Courthouse Theatre, Inc. – $12,000

Piedmont Choral Society – $4,500

NC Music Hall of Fame, Inc. – $16,000

El Puente Hispano – $10,000

MCCSU – $5,000

WrightDesign75 – $1,000

City of Kannapolis Parks & Rec Dept. – $10,000

Harrisburg Parks & Rec – $10,000

Hospice & Palliative Care of Cab Co – $2,843

Logan Community Day Care Assoc. – $5,000

Guerilla Poets Ltd. – $4,075

Dances of India – $2,500

ICCD – $1,195

Vegan Love Culture Foundation – $8,000

Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus Co. – $5,000

ClearWater Art Center and Studio – $10,000

Early Childhood Foundation of Cab. Co. – $7,000

Friends of the Mt. Pleasant Library – $3,500

Delta Sigma Theta – $2,000

Cabco Free Film Movie Series – $10,000

GW Carver Elementary School – $1,823

Hickory Ridge High School – $6,000

DNA Muzic – $1,500

Fulltime Funkytown – $3,250

Puerto Rican Festival – $7,290