Arts Grants
West Virginia’s Arts Grants fund research, education, and community projects to advance arts, cultural preservation, and creative innovation across the state.
Funder: West Virginia Department of Arts Culture and History
Due Dates: Rolling (Fast Track, Mini Grants, Creative Economies) | Not Currently Open (Other programs)
Funding Amounts: Fast Track: up to $10,000; Arts in Education Mini Grant: up to $1,000; Community Arts Mini Grant: up to $2,000; Creative Economies Mini Grant: up to $1,000; other programs up to $50,000 (when open).
Summary: Funding for West Virginia schools, governments, nonprofits, and artists to support arts education, community arts, capital improvements, folk arts, and creative initiatives.
Key Information: Applications must be submitted via GOapply; 1:1 cash match required for Fast Track grants.
Description
The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History offers a suite of Arts Grants designed to support schools, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and individual artists across the state. These grants aim to strengthen arts education, community engagement, creative economies, public art, cultural facilities, and the preservation and advancement of folk and traditional arts. Funding programs include emergency facility support (Fast Track), mini grants for education and community arts, support for creative projects by individual artists, and larger project-based grants (when open). The overarching goal is to enhance West Virginia’s cultural landscape through increased access to the arts and improved arts infrastructure.
