ArtsKC Inspiration Grant

ArtsKC Inspiration Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: ArtsKC Regional Arts Council
Amount: US $3,500
Last Updated: January 10, 2026

Summary

The ArtsKC Inspiration Grant supports individual artists and small groups in the Kansas City metropolitan area by funding ambitious projects that foster growth and positive community impact. With disciplines ranging from visual arts to theater, these project grants encourage creativity and innovation. In Spring 2024, ArtsKC awarded 12 grants totaling $30,000, with a 14% acceptance rate. Eligible artists must be over 18 and demonstrate professional achievement in their art form.

Overview

ArtsKC Grants are investments in people, programs, and projects that make the arts more accessible, sustain a vibrant arts community, and recognize excellence, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the arts. Disciplines include visual, dance, music, theater, poetry, and interdisciplinary art. Inspiration Grants Inspiration grants are project grants for individual artists or small groups of artists. The purpose of these grants is to support ambitious projects of risk, growth, and change for the artist and/or projects that make a positive impact on the community. Visual, dance, music, theater, literature/poetry, fashion, film, and interdisciplinary art applications are welcome. ArtsKC made 10 grants totaling $36,500 in Spring of 2025. 26% of applicants received a grant.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligible applicants must:Be a practicing artist with an established record of professional achievement in the arts. Be an adult over the age of 18. Live in the five-county Kansas City metropolitan area (Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties in Missouri; and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas).If you received an Inspiration grant recently, you are eligible to apply again after waiting out one round and completing the impact report from your previous grant. Some Inspiration Grants have been made for workshops, certifications or other forms of continuing educationArtists can only apply to Inspiration Grants once per  year. This means after you apply, you must sit out one round before applying again.

Ineligibility

Not EligibleInspiration Grants are not for regular college tuition. Organizations may not apply for Inspiration Grant funding, which are for individual artists. You are not eligible if you have already applied for this round and/or are part of a group that has already applied.