Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) Grant

The Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) Grant, offered by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, supports individual artists and humanities practitioners in the District of Columbia. This initiative aims to elevate the contributions of various disciplines, including dance, media arts, and visual arts, fostering a vibrant cultural community. Eligible applicants include artists of all career stages, encouraging a diverse range of creative expressions and interdisciplinary practices.

The Commission on the Arts and Humanities (“CAH” or “the Agency”) seeks applications for the FY26 Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP). AHFP furthers CAH’s mission by encouraging progress in the arts and humanities in the District of Columbia by supporting qualified individual artists and humanities practitioners who significantly contribute to the District of Columbia as a world -class cultural capital. AHFP recognizes the impact of individual artists and humanities practitioners within the District and supports the vitality that those individuals bring to the local community. This grant opportunity encourages progress in the arts and humanities by sustaining, highlighting, and elevating the accomplishments of individual District-based artists and humanities practitioners.
AHFP is open to ten (10) arts and humanities disciplines identified for the purpose of panel organization. Applicants must select one of the following categories that best represents their discipline, and how they wish to be reviewed:

• Dance
• Design Arts
• Go-Go Musician
• Humanities
• Interdisciplinary
• Media Arts
• Music
• Teaching Artists
• Theatre
• Visual Arts

Past applicants and grantees have included actors, archeologists, authors, curators, dancers, directors, filmmakers, historians, instrumentalists, mixed-media artists, muralists, painters, photographers, podcasters, poets, preservationists, producers, puppeteers, scholars, sculptors, singers, stage designers, and more, including practitioners of experimental or interdisciplinary mediums. Arts and humanities practitioners of all levels and career status are encouraged to apply.