Closed Grants & Opportunities

These grants and opportunities are closed to new applicants, but the information is archived here for current recipients.

Deadline Extended: September 30

Emerging Traditional Artists Program

Connect with your peers, participate in professional development workshops, and receive up to $5,000 supporting your projects.

Application Deadline: September 3

Arts in Community Grants

Grants up to $10,000 for arts organizations to receive support for community engagement projects.

Application Deadline: September 3

Arts Readiness, Relief, and Recovery Grant

The Arts Readiness, Relief, and Recovery Grant will provide financial support to artists in need affected by Hurricane Helene and/or Hurricane Milton and provide activities that help artists collectively prepare for or mitigate the impact of such disasters in the form of disaster preparedness education.

Arts Readiness, Relief, and Recovery Grant

Application Deadline: September 3

In These Mountains: Infrastructure Grants

Grants of $30,000 to organizations in Appalachian Regional Commission counties in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee to support non-programming expenses that are often not fundable by most grants or are financially out of reach for organizations.

Application Deadline: September 3

Accessibility Grants

Matching grants of up to $1,000 for organizations to make arts programs accessible to persons with disabilities.

Application Deadline: August 15th

Become A Southern Circuit Screening Partner

Screening Partners present Southern Circuit film screenings, Q&As, and other filmmaker engagements with the community.

Application Deadline: July 30

Cross-Sector Impact Grants

These grants of up to $15,000 support "Arts &..." projects developed by partners—one arts organization or artist, and one non-arts organization—harnessing the power of collaboration.

Deadline: May 7, 2025

Southern Arts Relief & Recovery Fund

Led by South Arts in partnership with a range of organizations across the region, this fund supports artists in need affected by Hurricane Helene and/or Milton. Artists living and working in FEMA-designated impacted areas (FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, and VA) are eligible.

Professional Development and Artistic Planning Grants

These grants offer up to $1,000 to support artistic planning and the professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators.

Deadline: April 2, 2025

Jazz Road Creative Residencies

Jazz artists, apply for a grant to explore your work in new ways. Grants of $5,000-$40,000 available to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences.