AAC Arts on Tour Grant

The AAC Arts on Tour Grant, administered by the Arkansas Arts Council, provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, including schools and libraries, for hiring professional artists. Grants reimburse up to 40% of costs (up to $2,000) for artists from the Arts on Tour Artist Roster. This initiative aims to enhance cultural access and promote artistic excellence across Arkansas, thereby enriching the community's cultural landscape and fostering economic growth.

Arkansas Arts Council
The Arkansas Arts Council advances and empowers the arts by providing services and funding for programming that encourages and assists literary, performing and visual artists in achieving standards of professional excellence. The Arkansas Arts Council also provides technical and financial assistance to Arkansas arts organizations and other providers of cultural and educational programs. This statewide programming and assistance ultimately provides cultural, educational and economic opportunities for the benefit of all Arkansans.
In 1971, Act 359 (A.C.A. § 13-8-101 et seq.) gave independent agency status to the Arts Council, with an executive director and a 17-member council appointed by the governor. In 1975, the Arts Council became an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, now the Division of Arkansas Heritage.
The Arkansas Arts Council is an agency of Arkansas Heritage and shares the goals of all big Division of Arkansas Heritage agencies, that of preserving and enhancing the heritage of the state of Arkansas. Funding for the Arkansas Arts Council and its programs is provided by the State of Arkansas and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Our Goals
Encourage artistic excellence, diversity and innovationPromote equitable access to the arts for all ArkansansDevelop arts in education for life-long learningEnhance community cultural and economic developmentBuild and sustain the capacity of the Arkansas Arts Council to fulfill its mission
This grant reimburses nonprofit organizations for up to 40 percent (or up to $2,000) of the cost to hire a professional artist. The artists must be from the Arts on Tour Artist Roster. Nonprofit organizations, including schools, libraries, festivals and churches, can apply for these grants.

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations, including schools, libraries, festivals and churches, can apply for these grants.