Selected Grants, Opportunities, and Resources

This tool showcases a selection of some of the national grants, opportunities, and resources provided by each Regional Arts Organization. Explore some of the opportunities that may be available to you, or go directly to your RAO to go deeper into opportunities customized for your area!

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In a gallery space with white walls, people look at works of art hung on walls and in cases, in the foreground a man holds a young girl and offers her a closer look

ExhibitsUSA

Opportunity (For Organizations)

A traveling exhibition program with diverse art and humanities offerings for institutions nationwide, at reduced rental fees.

Mid-America Arts Alliance
Mid-America Arts Alliance
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CaFÉ™ (Call for Entry)

Resource (For Individuals, Organizations)

The leading online application and adjudication management system used by over 1,500 organizations to manage public art commissions, exhibitions, fellowships, and visual art competitions—with a database of more than 175,000 artists!

Western States Arts Federation
Western States Arts Federation
A group of people hold up copies of The House on Mango Street

NEA Big Read

Grant (For Organizations) – Up to $20,000

Bring your community together around the shared activity of reading and discussing a book.

Arts Midwest
Arts Midwest

Public Art Archive™

Resource (For Individuals, Organizations)

A suite of free and low-cost resources for the documentation, management, and exploration of public art built specifically for the public art field.

Western States Arts Federation
Western States Arts Federation
Photo of Aimée Allen (vocals, songwriter) and members of her trio Francois Moutin (bass) and Tony Romano (guitar) on tour at Merrimans' Playhouse in South Bend, Indiana. Aimée Allen’s tour was supported by a Jazz Road Tours grant. Photo by Mary Merriman, Merrimans' Playhouse.

Jazz Road Tours

Grant (For Individuals) – Up to $15,000

Emerging and mid-career jazz artists, take your music to places it’s never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants to develop tours into communities across the country.

South Arts
South Arts