Arts & Museums Project Grants (UT)

The Arts & Museums Project Grants (UT) support public projects that celebrate community richness through arts and museums. Although temporarily suspended due to funding constraints, these grants typically provide $1,500 to $10,000 for initiatives across various disciplines, including festivals, exhibitions, and educational activities. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations showcasing significant arts or cultural activities, fostering community engagement, and preserving artistic traditions.

NOTE: Due to funding constraints, the Arts & Museums Project Grant program will be temporarily suspended this year. We recognize the vital role these grants play in supporting creative endeavors and deeply regret our inability to fund projects at this time.
Utah Arts & Museums Project grants provide support for projects that are open and accessible to the general public, and that showcase the richness of our communities through arts and museums. The following disciplines will be considered for funding:
Arts - dance, folk arts, literary, media arts and film, performing arts, public art installations, theater, visual artsMuseums - anthropology/archaeology, arts, botanical gardens, children’s, history, natural history, paleontology, science, zoologicalApplications from nonprofit organizations that do not have a cultural mission, but are producing significant arts or cultural activities.Festivals - a nonprofit or government entity can request funding to support the artistic part of a festival (for example but not limited to paying a performing artist or paying a professional artist to oversee a children’s art yard). If a festival is an arts specific event, then the festival in its entirety can be applied for.
Examples of Eligible Projects: exhibitions, museum education activities, museum community history project (oral history, research, etc.), museum interpretation/signage/labeling, museum public events related to exhibitions or programs, workshops/classes led by a professional and open to the community; providing an artistic activity within a festival; fostering preservation of artistic traditions of a refugee or other historically underrepresented population; artistic endeavors tied to community revitalization; or other innovative projects that advance arts or museums in a community or geographic region, and have a strong public component.
$1,500 - $10,000
This grant requires a minimum of a 1:1 match, but you can also show more than a 1:1 match. This grant may be matched by an all cash match, or up to 25% of the match may come from in-kind contributions.