Summer Arts Education Project Grants
Forecasted
Summer Arts Education Project Grants support arts providers and other organizations offering summer arts learning to expand access and meet South Carolina preschool and K–12 students’ educational and social needs.
Funder: South Carolina Arts Commission
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $15,000 in expense reimbursement; 1:2 grantee-to-SCAC match
Summary: Supports summer arts education that expands access and advances educational, developmental, and social goals for South Carolina preschool and K–12 students.
Key Information: Schools, school districts, and individual artists are not eligible applicants.
Description
The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) supports quality arts education between school years for preschool (3K–4K) and K–12 students. The program serves both traditional arts providers and other organizations using the arts to meet students’ educational, developmental, and social needs. Activities should expand access and complement, augment, or advance standards-based arts instruction or arts integration aligned with school curriculum.
Supported disciplines are visual, performing, media, and design arts, folk and traditional arts, and creative writing. Projects may include workshops, camps, artist residencies, public art projects, performances, exhibitions, program planning, equipment acquisition, and professional learning. Funding supplements rather than replaces existing arts programming. Priorities include educational partnerships, students in rural or high-poverty areas, and organizations or students in SCAC’s Opportunity Initiative counties.
