Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Project/Practice Support (PS)

Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Project/Practice Support (PS) is sponsored by Create Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts). Part of the Creative Baltimore Fund, this program provides support for an artist's individual practice or program that promotes public access and encourages the breadth of arts and cultural programming in the community.

Creative Baltimore Fund | Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Create Baltimore, on behalf of the Mayor and the City of Baltimore, is excited to announce the Creative Baltimore Grant for FY 2026 . Through this grant opportunity, Create Baltimore grants funds to qualified artists and arts and cultural organizations based in Baltimore City.

The Creative Baltimore Fund is a grant made annually by the City of Baltimore and is administered by the Baltimore City Arts Council. The Creative Baltimore Fund has two primary grant programs: General Operating Support (GOS) provides core support for established arts or cultural organizations that benefit the public and are artistically or culturally vibrant.

Mayor’s Individual Artist Award – Project/Practice Support (PS) provides support for an artist’s individual practice or program that promotes public access and encourages the breadth of arts and/or cultural programming in the community. Organizations selected for GOS funding will receive one general operating grant of either $5,000 or $10,000. The award amount is determined by the adjudicators.

GOS grants will be awarded in two funding cycles: Cycle 1: $10,000 grants distributed by March 6, 2026 Cycle 2: $5,000 grants distributed by June 5, 2026 The 10 artists selected for the Mayor’s Individual Artist Award will each receive a grant of $3,000. Congratulations, 2026 Creative Baltimore Fund Recipients!

2026 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees Nicoletta Darita de la Brown 2026 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTEES Baltimore Black Dance Collective Baltimore Folk Music Society (BFMS) Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) Baltimore Rock Opera Society Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc. Black Cherry Puppet Theater Community Concerts at Second CreativeMornings/Baltimore Eubie Blake Cultural Center Fells Point Corner Theatre Friends of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park Full Circle Dance Company Magical Experiences Arts Company Our Joyful Noise Baltimore R.

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E ARTS CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC The Arts Project Incorporated The Filmmakers Playground Wombwork Productions, Inc. Writers in Baltimore Schools 2025 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees Eleisha Faith & Tonisha Hope McCorkle 2025 General Operating Support Grantees Baltimore Playwrights Festival Baltimore: City of Accessible Arts Highwire Improv Incorporated Hit Me With Music Foundation, Inc. Media Rhythm Institute Studios Inc. Michele’s Haven, CDC, Inc. Mount Clare Museum (dba National Society of Colonial Dames) Mount Vernon Virtuosi, Inc. Painted Screen Society of Baltimore, Inc. Polish Heritage Association of Maryland Rise with a Purpose, Inc. Social & Economic Empowerment through Knowledge, Inc (SEEK,Inc) The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre Yellow Arrow Publishing Co.

Young Musicians of Baltimore 2024 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees 2024 General Operating Support Grantees Arts for Learning Maryland Asian Pasifika Arts Collective Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre Baltimore Architecture Foundation Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Baltimore Children’s Choir Baltimore Choral Arts Society Baltimore Filmmakers Collective Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) Baltimore Science Fiction Society Baltimore Theatre Project Beyond Fearless Inspired By Truth Black Cherry Puppet Theater CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Community Concerts at Second Current Space (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas) Dream Bigger Community Institute Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center Fells Point Corner Theatre Full Circle Dance Company Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center Magical Experiences Arts Company Maryland Center for History and Culture Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts New Wave Singers of Baltimore ON THE ROAD (OTR) Theater Company R.

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Arts Center of Baltimore Roland Park Community Center Shriver Hall Concert Series Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival The Arts Project Incorporated The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture 2023 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees 2023 General Operating Support Grantees 901 Arts (legal entity is Fusion Partnerships, Inc.) Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, Inc. Baltimore Architecture Foundation Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation dba Motor House Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc. Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Baltimore Theatre Project, Inc. Bolton Hill Community Association, Inc. Bristol Players dba Fells Point Corner Theatre Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Current Space (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, Inc.) Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Inc. Full Circle Dance Company Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Hamilton Arts Collective/Hamilton Gallery Hippodrome Foundation, Inc. Intersection of Change (Jubilee Arts Program) Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Inc. Magical Experiences Arts Company Make Studio Art Program, Inc. Maryland Center for History and Culture Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Mount Clare Museum, NSCDA-MD Opera Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Concert Opera) Pennsylvania Black Arts and Entertainment District, Inc. Submersive Productions, LLC The Central Baltimore Partnership, Inc. The Last Resort Artist Retreat The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Inc. Writers in Baltimore Schools Contact Grants, Competitions, & Exhibitions Manager Lou Joseph at ljoseph@promotionandarts.

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