ARTSassist
Funding Amount
$130,000 total ($5,000 per artist average)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Individual artists at all stages of their careers
Geography
- In Shelby County, providing crucial financial support to individual artists
- Based in Shelby County
Other requirements
- Disciplines: visual arts, dance, music, film
Overview
Geographic Scope: Shelby County, Tennessee
ARTSassist is the only unrestricted grant program of its kind in Shelby County, providing crucial financial support to individual artists at various stages of their careers. The program supports artists in visual arts, dance, music, and film.
Award Details:
- Total awarded: $130,000
- Number of recipients: 26 individual artists
- Average grant per artist: ~$5,000
Eligibility:
- Individual artists at all stages of their careers
- Disciplines: visual arts, dance, music, film
- Must be based in Shelby County
Selection Process:
- Rigorous juried process
- Selected by out-of-market jurors panel (6 jurors)
- Jurors include: Anthony Burrell (Boston Conservatory at Berklee), Melaneice Gibbs (Nashville), Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay (Eastern Tennessee State University), Rodrecas Davis (Louisiana), Hastings Hill (Dance/NYC), Tina Fuentes (Texas Tech University)
Contact:
- ARTSmemphis
- 575 S. Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117
- info@artsmemphis.org
- 901.578.ARTS
How to Apply
Application Process
Detailed application instructions not provided in available materials. For specific application requirements and deadlines, contact ARTSmemphis directly or visit artsmemphis.org.
What Artsmemphis actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 46
- Total given
- $1.6M
- Median grant
- $19K
- Range
- $6,250–$381K
- By dollars: Tennessee 100%. Top recipient cities: Memphis, TN; Cordova, TN; Germantown, TN.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 7% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art · Memphis, TN
Operating support & enhancement
$381K
Metal Museum Inc · Memphis, TN
Operating support & enhancement
$116K
Opera Memphis · Memphis, TN
Operating support
$83K
Soulsville Foundation · Memphis, TN
Operating support
$81K
Ballet Memphis · Memphis, TN
Operating support
$63K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Visual artists
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