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Fiscal Year 2026–2027 Project Support (including Youth Arts Education) is sponsored by North Carolina Arts Council. N. C.
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FY2026–2027 grant guidelines available: Applications open January 5, 2026 | NC Arts Council Author: North Carolina Arts Council North Carolina’s statewide network of artists and local arts organizations has fostered a vibrant culture that makes the state a great place to live, work, and visit. Through our grants, the North Carolina Arts Council actively invests in and sustains this creative community.
Explore the updated grant guidelines for the FY2026–2027 grant cycle to learn about available opportunities, eligibility requirements, and how to apply and report Learn more on our Grants Dashboard Launching January 5: OPAL, our new grants portal This year we’re introducing OPAL (Online Portal for Arts Leaders) , a new, streamlined system for managing your entire grant experience with the N. C. Arts Council.
Whether you're a returning applicant or new to our grants, you’ll need to register in OPAL before starting a new application. Note: FY2025–2026 grantees will still use the GO Smart platform to submit final reports, due by July 31, 2026. From application and contracting to receiving funds and submitting final reports, OPAL offers a more intuitive and user-friendly interface.
Key features include: A personalized homepage with available grant opportunities In-app messaging with your staff contact person for application-specific questions Easy access to review applications in progress, contracts, and final report deadlines Multi-user functionality that lets you invite collaborators or team members to work on the same application We’re excited for you to meet OPAL!
Arts in Education program updates We are restructuring our arts in education programs to make way for a simpler, more direct process for schools to request visits by teaching artists and educational resources. As part of this transition, the cARTwheels and Arts in Education Artist Residency grant categories are being discontinued. A new teaching artist roster and step-by-step request process will launch in summer 2026.
Stay tuned for more details. Expanded scope for Project Support grants The Project Support grant category now includes a broader range of eligible projects. In the past, projects that focused primarily on children were not eligible under this category.
That restriction is lifted. There is now a Project Support—Youth Arts Education option to support arts programs for young people. Additionally, projects that were formerly supported by Military and Veterans Healing Arts grants may be eligible for funding through the Project Support grant category as a discipline-based grant.
(For example, if veterans will work with a dance company, apply through the Project Support—Dance category.)
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, schools, and units of government in North Carolina; youth arts and veterans arts projects now explicitly eligible. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Fiscal Year 2026–2027 Project Support (including Youth Arts Education) is funded by North Carolina Arts Council. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in North Carolina. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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Regional 17 Artist Support Grant is sponsored by North Carolina Arts Council (administered by ArtsAVL). This regional grant program supports individual artists in all phases of their career, funding professional and artistic development for emerging or established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.
Artist Support Grants (Region 17 - Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania counties, NC) is sponsored by North Carolina Arts Council (administered by Arts AVL and regional partners). Project-based funding for emerging and established individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania counties, North Carolina.
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