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N.C. Arts Council awards $11.5 million in FY2024–25 grants

Three hundred sixty-six grant awards will support nonprofit arts organizations, schools, after-school programs, municipalities, and artists in all 100 counties this year.

North Carolina Arts Council Grants

North Carolina’s nonprofit arts & culture sector delivered $2.23 billion in economic and social impact in 2022

Data from the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) study by Americans for the Arts reveals a five percent growth in the economic impact of North Carolina's arts and culture sector since 2015.

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2023 North Carolina Heritage Awards

Since 1989, the North Carolina Heritage Awards have honored artists across the state for their contributions to the cultural life of their communities. Six artists received a Heritage Award on May 31, 2023 at a public ceremony in Raleigh.

Meet the Recipients

Emergency support resources for artists & arts organizations

Check out the November 2024 edition of our Art Matters newsletter

2025 North Carolina Heritage Awards Honorees, western arts community aids post-Hurricane Helene relief & recovery, Military and Veterans Healing Arts cohort, and Appalachian Folklife Apprenticeships announced.

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.