Vermont Arts Council: Arts Project Grant

The Vermont Arts Council's Arts Project Grant aims to enhance community vibrancy by supporting nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and schools in promoting equal access to the arts. Fundable projects include performances, public art, and creative experiences that foster inclusivity, as well as initiatives addressing issues like recent flooding. Priority is given to projects that expand access to the arts for all Vermonters, particularly those facing barriers due to age, ability, or income. The grant encourages innovative partnerships that strengthen community identity.

Arts Project Grants support nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and schools in their efforts to add vibrancy to Vermont communities by providing equal and abundant access to the arts.
What We Fund
Examples of fundable projects include, but are not limited to:
performances, exhibits, screenings, readings, fairs, public art projects, and festivals that focus on including new audiencespublic art projects that commission an artist for the creation of new work where the community is engaged in the planning, presentation, and/or fabricationcreative experiences that are designed to include a specific group of a certain age, income, gender, race, or ability, or to encourage interaction among these groupsaccessibility accommodations that enable people with disabilities to participate in arts programs
Priority Areas
We are especially interested in projects and organizations that respond creatively to the following:

• Expanding access to the arts and cultural activities for all Vermonters

This might include, for example, projects that engage individuals with limited access to the arts due to age, ability, income, race, geography, or other factors. This can also include the removal of barriers to participation such as accessibility accommodations for your arts activities (e.g., sign language interpreters, audio describers, captioners, translators/interpreters, print materials in alternative formats, etc.)
Creative placemaking
We welcome projects with cross-sector partners that re-envision public spaces and strengthen community identity through the arts.
Addressing issues related to the impact of recent flooding
This might include, for example, projects that help communities to reflect on, heal, and/or recover from a disaster; or projects that help revitalize flood-impacted downtowns, villages, and neighborhoods.