Grants

NCAC50 Logo Small 0 1 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 here for information on the three current opportunities for FY25.

Application Deadline: Noon on Friday, September 13, 2024
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Project Support:

Artist Support Grants Recipients
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.

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

The Cabarrus Arts Council thanks

Atrium Health

Embassy Suites

Corning Incorporated

Fifth Third

Hilton Garden Inn

Independent Tribune

Eli Lilly and Company

Explore Cabarrus

Hilliard

Market Street Studios

Billy Harrison Revocable Trust for Charity

Cabarrus Brewing Company

F&M Bank

Impact Technologies

Publix Super Markets Charities

Shoe Show

Uwharrie Bank

Younce & Co., P.A

City Of Concord

Kannapolis City

Harrisburg

Cabarrus County

Commitment to the Arts

The Cabarrus Arts Council is dedicated to providing a wide variety of cultural arts programs that celebrate the rich diversity of our county and our world. The arts council programs and operates the Davis Theatre and The Galleries, conducts one of North Carolina's largest arts-in-education programs for both the Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems, supports arts organizations and artists through grants and workshops, and serves as a catalyst and consultant for public and corporate art.

Contact us

Phone

(704) 920-2787

Email

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Address

65 Union Street South
PO Box 809
Concord, NC 28026

Hours

Office/Gallery/Gift Shop:
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday, 11 am - 4 pm
Closed Mondays