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.

Currently Available Grants

FY25 Grassroots Grants for Project Assistance. Grassroots Grants are open to non-profit organizations and public and private schools based in Cabarrus County.

>> Considering applying?
Watch the Grassroots Grants Workshop presentation for information on the three current opportunities for FY25.

Application Deadline: Noon on Friday, September 13, 2024

Email Full Application Materials Here

Project Support:

Artist Support Grants fund development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.

Artists representing visual, craft, performing, traditional, and interdisciplinary art forms are encouraged to apply.

Artist Support Grants Recipients

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

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