Through our partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, South Arts offers small grants that complement existing efforts by arts organizations to include audiences and artists with disabilities. Accessibility micro-grants are available to support nonprofit, 501c3, arts organizations located within South Arts’ nine-state region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This funding program is open to a wide variety of organizations, including community cultural organizations, museums, performing arts presenters, theatre companies, visual arts, and music organizations.  
 

The Arts Readiness, Relief, and Recovery Grant provides $1,000 grants to artists in South Arts’ nine-state region residing in the FEMA disaster areas of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee impacted by Hurricanes Helene and/or Milton. Artists working in craft, traditional arts, design, literary, media/film, performing arts, visual arts, and interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary arts may apply for a grant to safeguard their studios, protect their practices, and prepare for emergencies. This opportunity is open to professional artists 18 years or older whose artistic practice generates any portion of their income. This recovery grant is for individual artists only who have not received relief or recovery funding from South Arts, ArtsAVL, CERF+, or any other arts agency or organization providing financial assistance to artists impacted by Hurricane Helene or Hurricane Milton. 
 

South Arts is pleased to announce the FY26 Emerging Traditional Artists Program (ETAP), a component of the In These Mountains, Central Appalachian Folk Arts and Culture initiative. This program recognizes and supports a new generation of traditional artists that have demonstrated a high level of skill in, commitment to, and leadership in their traditional art form. Artists must reside in an Appalachian Regional Commission-designated County in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee. Awards provide financial support to ETAP participants to ensure the continuation of traditional knowledge and artistic skills within their cultural communities. 
 

Arts in Community Grants are designed to support deeper engagements between Southern communities and artists. Through these grants, we aim to increase access to the arts, expand audiences for artists, and broaden our reach. Eligible projects require a Southern artist/company visiting another Southern state for a community residency of three days or more. The residency must include at least three in-person or live, virtual public activities with a minimum of four hours of artist engagement spread across the three activities. Funding supports Southern film directors, traditional artists, visual artists, performing artists, or writers:

film (documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation),
traditional arts (music, dance, storytelling, and visual arts/crafts),
visual arts (crafts, drawing, experimental, painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media),
performing arts (theater, music, opera, musical theater, and dance), and
literary arts (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry).

Fusion Art announces the Women Artists 2025 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D and 3D women artists only, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography in any subject matter and any media. Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. 

Fees or awards
Entry Fees: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
 

Trade Alley Art Gallery in historic downtown Hickory, NC is looking for artists to participate in a 2-D competition and show. Cash prizes totaling $1200. Deadline for entry is September 5th 2025. Reception is October 3rd.

Visit the website www.tradealleyart.com for more information and to download the entry form. Please contact Carrie Graves at tradealleyart@gmail.com with inquiries.

Fees or awards
$35 entry fee for up to 3 submissions. $1200 in cash prizes.

 

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Artists working in all media are invited to enter the Hispanic Heritage Group Show, Sept 15th - 29th. Focused on Hispanic Heritage, culture, and creativity!
Eligible works: 2D and 3D mediums, with an emphasis on Hispanic Heritage.
Eligibility Area: Artists' Guild of Spartanburg Members or Non-Members residing in Polk or Rutherford Counties in North Carolina and Cherokee, Union, Laurens, Greenville, and Spartanburg Counties in South Carolina.
Details are on our website.

Fees or awards
Non-Artists' Guild Members Pay a Fee: $20 / Artists' Guild Members = FREE.
 

Wayne Art Center is seeking submissions for the 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. Works created utilizing CAD/CAM technologies and 3D printing tools are also eligible. Selected works will be on display in the Davenport Gallery of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from December 7, 2025 through January 24, 2026.

Fees or awards
$10,000 in prize awards

SUMMER 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Artist and one Photographer. Info → innovateartistgrants.org

Fees or awards
Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 12 x Honorable Mentions

 

Overview: 
This interactive session is designed for artists looking to protect their health, safety, and creative practices. Whether recovering from a recent disaster or preparing for future risks, participants will gain practical tools to strengthen their personal and professional resilience.

Topics Covered:

• Personal and Professional Preparedness 101
• Business Insurance Overview
• Preparedness and Recovery Resources

Intended Audience:  
Artists at all stages of their careers

Presenter: 
Cameron Baxter Lewis, a Chapel Hill, NC resident, developed his passion for service through national service with AmeriCorps and Peace Corps. With nearly two decades of experience in nonprofit, volunteer, and disaster management, he has held key roles at organizations like Save the Children, Points of Light, and Corporation for National and Community Service. Currently, Cameron serves as the Director of Grants, Programs, and Training at the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+), where he oversees emergency response and readiness initiatives. He holds a Master's in Public Administration and Emergency Management and is dedicated to fostering inclusivity in the arts through his work.