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GRANTS

Grants:
Please see Arts Stabilization for grants furthering the organizational development of nonprofit arts organizations and the professional development of individual artists and arts groups.

Cultural Arts Awards
The Cultural Arts Awards (CAA) program assists Sacramento City and County nonprofit arts and cultural organizations with partial funding for support of general operating expenses or arts project support.  Applications for the Cultural Arts Awards are invited every three years; nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, government arts agencies, community organizations and nonprofits organizations that conduct arts programs are eligible to submit an application.

Cultural Arts Awards are awarded through a competitive review process, ensuring that grantees meet high standards of artistic quality, show evidence of community involvement and outreach, and exhibit sound managerial and fiscal accountability.  Grants typically range from $1,000 to $50,000.

ArtScapes
ArtScapes offers an opportunity for established and newly formed small arts groups to produce an exciting arts project in any art form or disciplinethat inspires, ignites and provokes.  The ArtScapes Grant Program seeks to foster projects that will be culturally significant, of rich artistic quality and help to build the region’s cultural identity.  Applications for the ArtScapes grant are invited every other year; arts groups of at least three or more members are eligible to submit an application.  Nonprofit status is not required.

ArtScapes grants are awarded through a competitive review process.  Grantees have one year to finish the funded project.  Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000. (Collapse text)

Photograph of boy painting with prosthetic arm.

Photograph of boy painting with prosthetic arm

Photograph of boy painting with prosthetic armPhotograph of the band Swing City playing at the Jazz JubileeCalifornia Musical Theater, 2007 season Music Circus ProductionPhotograph of two boys playing cello

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Tralphaz, NorCal Noisefest Performers; a man and a woman sit at a table with electronic equipment on the table and on the floor around them; the photograph is a red tint

Tralphaz, NorCal Noisefest Performers

Short Center Mural Project. A very colorful tile mural of a girl and a dog.  The dog has red tiled legs, a yellow tiled tail, and a multi-colored body.  The girl has a purple and white tiled dress, and yellow tiled legs.  Both the dog and the girl are smiling.

Short Center Mural Project