Grant Application Assistance

Staff contacts

If your work aligns with a specific art discipline, contact the program director who serves that art form. If you are unsure who to contact, email our Program Administrator Mariah Harris, who will help direct you to the right person.

Visual arts, craft, and film

Dara Silver
Senior Program Director
dara.silver@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6531

Music, dance, multi-disciplinary presenting and arts accessibility

Jamie Katz Court
Music & Dance Director, Accessibility Coordinator
jamie.katzcourt@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6502

Theater and literature

Khalisa Thompson
Theater and Literature Director 
khalisa.thompson@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6512

Arts in education

Lizz Wells
Arts in Education Director 
lizz.wells@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6515

Military and veterans arts

Erin Rembert
Military and Veterans Arts Coordinator 
erin.rembert@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6522

Folk and traditional arts or community arts

Zoe van Buren
Folklife Director
zoe.vanburen@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6518

Grassroots Arts Program or Artist Support Grants, Western N.C. Region

Janelle Wienke
Arts in Communities Western Regional Director
janelle.wienke@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6506

Grassroots Arts Program or Artist Support Grants, Eastern N.C. Region

Sam Gerweck
Arts in Communities Eastern Regional Director
janelle.wienke@dncr.nc.gov
(919) 814-6523

Grants Office

ncac.grantsoffice@dncr.nc.gov


Accessibility

For accessibility questions or accommodation requests, please contact the North Carolina Arts Council's Music and Dance Director, Accessibility Coordinator Jamie Katz Court at jamie.katzcourt@dncr.nc.gov or (919) 814-6502.

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