Iowa Arts Council Grants

School Arts Experience Grant is sponsored by Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Iowa Arts Council. This grant provides funding to Iowa schools and pre-schools to support field trips to arts events, bring professional artists into classrooms for in-depth arts learning experiences or performances, or purchase arts equipment for classrooms to enhance arts learning.

Iowa Arts Council Cultural Capacity Building Grant is sponsored by Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (Iowa Arts Council). Cultural Capacity Building grants provide general operating support over a three-year period to eligible arts, cultural, and humanities organizations in Iowa. This could support a nonprofit focused on youth writing and literacy by providing operational funds.

Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.