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Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. This program supports and celebrates the diversity of artistic excellence in the South by awarding nine visual artists with state fellowships and a grand prize. State fellowships include a $5,000 award, while the Southern Prize winner receives an additional $25,000.
Geographic focus: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Focus areas: Visual Arts
Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt:
Grants & Opportunities | South Arts Staff and Board of Directors Emerging Traditional Artists Program Field Work Collection (Berea College) Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz Road Creative Residencies - FAQ Resources for Jazz Artists Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts: Touring Exhibition Grant & Fellowship Recipients How to Obtain a UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) State Partner and Presenter Networks Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund Donate to the Recovery Fund Open and Upcoming Grants & Opportunities Community & Organizations Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts The Southern Prize and State Fellowships is open to visual artists in our nine-state region to support, expose, and celebrate the breadth, depth and diversity of artistic excellence. Application Deadline: March 16 Southern Circuit: Call for Screening Partners Screening Partners select films and filmmakers to tour from a curated shortlist of submitted and invited films. Films are evaluated for consideration based on the subject matter and themes, potential programming or partnerships, and the film's relationship to the South. Become A Screening Partner for the 2026-2027 Southern Circuit Jazz artists, take your music to places it's never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours into communities across the country. Southern Circuit: Call for Filmmakers We collaborate with a network of Screening Partner venues and filmmakers to share the transformative power of indie films with communities across the South. Submit your film for consideration Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 Open to organizations in rural, isolated, or small communities, the Arts in Rural Places Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $3,000 supporting community engagement projects. Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 The Artist Creative Practice Grant supports a variety of professional development opportunities including milestone activities in an artist's career that will likely lead to substantial career growth. Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 Professional Development Grants for Arts Organizations These grants offer up to $1,000 to support the professional development needs of Southern arts organizations with operating budgets of $500,000 or less. Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz artists, apply for a grant to explore your work in new ways. Grants of $5,000-$40,000 available to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences. This free, ongoing, webinar series offers timely, topic-driven sessions that respond to the evolving needs of the field, providing practical tools, insights, and industry best practices. Call for Presenters and Venues We are looking for presenters of all types, from
Application snapshot: target deadline March 18, 2026; published funding information $5,000 - $30,000; eligibility guidance Professional visual artists residing in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.
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Grants & Opportunities | South Arts Staff and Board of Directors Emerging Traditional Artists Program Field Work Collection (Berea College) Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz Road Creative Residencies - FAQ Resources for Jazz Artists Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts: Touring Exhibition Grant & Fellowship Recipients How to Obtain a UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) State Partner and Presenter Networks Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund Donate to the Recovery Fund Open and Upcoming Grants & Opportunities Community & Organizations Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts The Southern Prize and State Fellowships is open to visual artists in our nine-state region to support, expose, and celebrate the breadth, depth and diversity of artistic excellence.
Application Deadline: March 16 Southern Circuit: Call for Screening Partners Screening Partners select films and filmmakers to tour from a curated shortlist of submitted and invited films. Films are evaluated for consideration based on the subject matter and themes, potential programming or partnerships, and the film's relationship to the South.
Become A Screening Partner for the 2026-2027 Southern Circuit Jazz artists, take your music to places it's never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours into communities across the country. Southern Circuit: Call for Filmmakers We collaborate with a network of Screening Partner venues and filmmakers to share the transformative power of indie films with communities across the South.
Submit your film for consideration Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 Open to organizations in rural, isolated, or small communities, the Arts in Rural Places Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $3,000 supporting community engagement projects.
Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 The Artist Creative Practice Grant supports a variety of professional development opportunities including milestone activities in an artist's career that will likely lead to substantial career growth.
Rolling Deadline through April 30, 2026 Professional Development Grants for Arts Organizations These grants offer up to $1,000 to support the professional development needs of Southern arts organizations with operating budgets of $500,000 or less. Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz artists, apply for a grant to explore your work in new ways.
Grants of $5,000-$40,000 available to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences. This free, ongoing, webinar series offers timely, topic-driven sessions that respond to the evolving needs of the field, providing practical tools, insights, and industry best practices.
Call for Presenters and Venues We are looking for presenters of all types, from jazz clubs to places of worship to performing arts centers to house concerts to non-traditional presenters, and communities from rural or isolated to urban. Closed and Archived Grants & Opportunities If you would like to reference a recently closed or archived opportunity, please click here .
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Professional visual artists residing in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $5,000 - $30,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is March 18, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Jazz Road Tours is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. A national initiative that offers grants to jazz artists to develop tours into communities across the country. The program supports travel, lodging, and artist fees for tours that include multiple engagements. Geographic focus: United States Focus areas: Jazz, Music, Performing Arts Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: Jazz Road Tours | South Arts Staff and Board of Directors Emerging Traditional Artists Program Field Work Collection (Berea College) Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz Road Creative Residencies - FAQ Resources for Jazz Artists Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts: Touring Exhibition Grant & Fellowship Recipients How to Obtain a UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) State Partner and Presenter Networks Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund Donate to the Recovery Fund See All Grants & Opportunities Jazz artists, take your music to places it's never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours into communities across the country. Detailed Program Description Jazz Road: Jazz & Human Connection – January 2026 Cycle Jazz Road is a national initiative from South Arts supporting jazz artists through touring and residency grants that bring jazz into new places, strengthen artist careers, and build deeper connections with communities. Rooted in the African-American tradition, jazz thrives on connection—and this cycle is all about just that. This February, South Arts is pleased to introduce a unique Jazz Road Tours cycle dedicated to rural communities nationwide. South Arts will take an active curatorial role, collaborating directly with artists to develop and shape tours that serve rural regions. We’re inviting Letters of Interest (LOIs) from: Jazz artists based in rural areas or nearby urban centers; Artists with personal ties to underserved communities—through family, history, or shared cultural connection. If bringing your music to one of these places would be meaningful to you—and impactful for the community—we want to hear from you. Important Dates & Deadlines Submit an LOI between February 10 and March 10 Application Cycle Opens for Invited Applicants March 23 and Closes April 15 Awardees notified in early May Jazz Road contains two grants programs, Jazz Road Tours and Jazz Road Creative Residencies , with regularly recurring deadlines. Update for New Applicants As of January 2024, South Arts has added childcare as an eligible expense that can be requested as part of the available $2,500 available for non-musician personnel expenses. Refer to the guidelines and eligibility information below for additional details about expenses that may be supported by a Jazz Road Tours grant. While preparing your Jazz Road Tours Grant application, please refer to the following guidelines. Providing jazz artists financial assistance for performances/tours that increases their ability to earn income by connecting with a variety of communities in traditional and non-traditional venues Giving artists business development tools to advance their careers beyond subsidies and Application snapshot: target deadline March 10, 2026; published funding information Up to $15,000; eligibility guidance Professional jazz artists and ensembles nationwide (administered by South Arts on behalf of the Regional Arts Organizations). Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Professional Development Grants for Arts Organizations is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. Supports the professional development needs of Southern arts organizations for increasing organizational capacity, growth, and operational stability. Funds can support staff or board participation at conferences, workshops, and training. Geographic focus: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee Focus areas: Organizational Capacity, Arts Administration, Professional Development Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: Professional Development Grants for Arts Organizations | South Arts Staff and Board of Directors Emerging Traditional Artists Program Field Work Collection (Berea College) Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz Road Creative Residencies - FAQ Resources for Jazz Artists Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts: Touring Exhibition Grant & Fellowship Recipients How to Obtain a UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) State Partner and Presenter Networks Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund Donate to the Recovery Fund Professional Development Grants for Arts Organizations See All Grants & Opportunities South Arts strongly believes that skill and knowledge building for arts organizations are integral to success and sustainability. These grants are designed to support the professional development needs of Southern arts organizations for increasing organizational capacity to achieve long-term sustainability, growth, and/or operational stability. This grant program is open to film, visual arts, performing arts, traditional arts, literary arts, and multidisciplinary arts organizations. Funding can support staff or board participation at conferences, workshops, and other professional development opportunities and events. In addition, these grants can support expenses for in-person and virtual professional development for organization-wide staff learning and training. Funds support travel expenses (for example, lodging and air/ground transportation), admission/registration fees, or other related expenses (for example, consultant/service fees for staff learning/training sessions). Due to limited funds, this grant is open to arts organizations with operating budgets of $500,000 or less. New applicants are encouraged to contact program director Nikki Estes at 404-874-7244 x816 to discuss eligibility before submitting an application. All program funding is contingent on the availability of funds for the program. In the event that a program is terminated, grant awards will not be made, and applicants could have to return unspent funds. Important Dates & Deadlines Applications open on July 16, 2025 and are accepted on a rolling basis. Applications must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the professional development start date. Applicants will be notified by email within four weeks of submission. Please note that Professional Development Grants are subject to funding availability. Projects must take place between October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 . The following is a top-level list of the main eligibility requirements necessary to be considered for a Professional Development Grant. Please refer to the full list of eligibility requirements in the Guidelines. Be a tax-exempt nonprofit, an official unit of local, county, or state government, or a federally recognized tribal community based within South Arts' nine-state service area (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, Application snapshot: target deadline April 30, 2026; published funding information Up to $1,000; eligibility guidance 501(c)(3) arts organizations in the South Arts region with operating budgets of $500,000 or less. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Artist Creative Practice Grant is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. Supports individual artists pursuing a milestone career opportunity that has the potential to significantly advance their artistic career or creative journey. Geographic focus: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee Focus areas: Professional Development, Creative Practice Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: Artist Creative Practice | South Arts Staff and Board of Directors Emerging Traditional Artists Program Field Work Collection (Berea College) Jazz Road Creative Residencies Jazz Road Creative Residencies - FAQ Resources for Jazz Artists Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts: Touring Exhibition Grant & Fellowship Recipients How to Obtain a UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) State Partner and Presenter Networks Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund Donate to the Recovery Fund See All Grants & Opportunities South Arts recognizes the importance of professional development in building artists’ careers. Even with stipends or payments, overall expenses can make participating in these opportunities inaccessible. South Arts offers Artist Creative Practice Grants (formerly Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants) to ensure that artists from our region can take advantage of a variety of career enhancing opportunities. The Artist Creative Practice Grant supports a variety of professional development opportunities including milestone activities in an artist's career that will likely lead to substantial career growth. Grants up to $3,000 are available for opportunities taking place between November 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026. Individuals receiving this award are eligible to apply for other South Arts funding including the Southern Prize and State Fellowships, Jazz Road, and others for projects unrelated to the proposed activity. However, you cannot use South Arts' funds as a match for this program. South Arts is committed to ensuring that all artists in the region regardless of background or economic status are provided with an opportunity to apply. Artists can contact us with any questions about the program or the application process. Contact Emmitt Stevenson, Artist Engagement Director, at estevenson@southarts.org. Please refer to the following guidelines while preparing your Artist Creative Practice grant application. Eligibility The applicant must meet the following eligibility requirements: Be an individual professional-caliber working artist in one or more of the following artistic disciplines: Dance (choreography or performance). Music (production, composition, songwriting, or performance). Opera/musical theatre (producing, directing or performance). Theatre (producing, directing, acting, or playwriting). Visual arts (painting, drawing, mixed-media, sculpture, or Crafts (ceramics, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, or Design arts (architecture, fashion, theatrical, graphic, industrial, or Media arts (TV or film production, experimental film, screenwriting, Vernacular, Folk and Traditional Art. Literature (poetry, prose, spoken word). Time-based arts (installation, sound, video art, computer-generated art, or performance art). Public art (ephemeral or permanent). Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application. Be a legal resident of the United States and the South Arts region (Alabama, Application snapshot: target deadline April 30, 2026; published funding information Up to $3,000; eligibility guidance Individual artists residing in the 9-state South Arts region. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
