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North Carolina Arts Council grant guidelines now available

Grant guidelines for our FY2025-26 grant cycle are now available. Our grants pages explain what’s offered, the requirements, and how to apply and report. We are accepting grant applications from JANUARY 6 - MARCH 3, 2025.

North Carolina Arts Council Grants

Emergency support resources for artists & arts organizations

Art Matters: News from the N.C. Arts Council

Check out the January 2024 edition of our Art Matters newsletter

Grant essentials, Western N.C. recovery update, and staffing update

The arts are back in NC and you are the reason why Spark and the arts

Arts Across NC Blog

Discover inspiring stories about North Carolina artists and arts organizations on the Arts Across NC blog.

Celebrating N.C. Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green

Jaki Shelton Green is the first African American and third woman poet to be appointed as North Carolina Poet Laureate. As Jaki closes out her final year as our state’s poet-in-chief, we are celebrating her tenure in a short documentary, The People's Laureate: Jaki Shelton Green.

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Local Arts Council Directory

More than 75 local arts councils support the 100 counties across our state to provide programs, services and funding to local organizations to strengthen the arts in their own communities.

What We Do: The Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council delivers resources to arts organizations and artists to support projects and programs of public value that revitalize downtowns, educate and empower North Carolina youths, and fuel a thriving non-profit creative sector that generates over $2 billion annually.