*Note: As of 2006, all applicants for Utah Arts Council grants and fellowships must register for a Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number. This number is free and can be used as an important advocacy tool for the arts.

To apply as an ORGANIZATION, click HERE for step-by-step instructions (please read before applying online). Then click HERE to apply for a DUNS number.

To apply as an INDIVIDUAL, click HERE for step-by-step instructions (please read before applying online). Then click HERE to apply for a DUNS number.

Please call Liz Smith at (801) 236-7544 if you have any questions.

For Artists and Educators

Artist Grants
Artist Grants are funded by interest drawn from the Individual Artist Endowment, made possible by a National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant. Grants are for emerging and established artists in all disciplines.

Arts Education Grants
Public, private, parochial and charter schools are eligible for Artist in Residence Grants, Arts Education Project Grants, and Teacher Initiated Project (TIP) grants.

Challenge America Funding
Teachers and administrators who have never attended the Networking Conference may apply for this professional development funding from the NEA.

Design Arts Competition & Exhibition
The Utah Arts Council Design Arts Program proudly continues the annual salute and celebration of Utah’s designers with the annual exhibition DesignArts Utah.

Folk, Traditional, and Ethnic Arts Grants
Teaching grants are available for artists who create or teach folk, tradional, and ethnic arts. Funding opportunities are available for individual projects, community programs, and educational opportunities. Project grants are available to qualified artists and arts organizations. Ethnic dancers, musicians, singers, crafts workers or ethnic community organizers who need assistance in planning and funding ethnic arts projects and activities can apply for matching funds through this grant category.

Public Art Commissions
Utah's Public Art Program helps bring the arts to all of the citizens of the state through the commission and installation of site-specific art for State public buildings. Here are some opportunities.

Visual Arts Fellowships
Fellowships are available for individual artists practicing crafts, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, artist's bookmaking, and working in new genres, conceptual arts and video. Fellowship grants do not require matching funds.

For Organizations

Arts Education Grants
Organizations who wish to apply for funding for education-related projects and artist residencies may apply for Arts Education grants.

Challenge Grants for Arts Councils (September 1 deadline)
This grant encourages local arts councils to develop alternate sources of funding for programming.

Community Arts Development Grants
These grants are available to assist any incorporated nonprofit organization with arts projects aimed at serving the community in which they are located. **First-time applicants for General Grants for Nonprofits must apply in this category**

Creative Communities Initiative Grant
The Utah Arts Council introduced this new category of funding in 2006, aimed at certified Change Leaders.

Folk, Traditional, and Ethnic Arts Grants
The Folk Arts Program offers project grants are available to qualified artists and arts organizations. Ethnic dancers, musicians, singers, crafts workers or ethnic community organizers who need assistance in planning and funding ethnic arts projects and activities can apply for matching funds through this grant category.

General Support Grants
This grant offers general, non-project oriented support to Utah's established arts organizations which have already developed a full range of programming and staffs appropriate to their discipline.

Literary Magazines
This grant is offered to aid creativity and to encourage appreciation of poetry and prose, to encourage writers and improve the literary merit and overall publication quality.

Museum Grants
The Office of Museum Services promotes Utah museums and the essential role they play in our state as sources of community pride, centers of public education, and institutions which encourage economic development and tourism.

Project Grants
This grant is available to incorporated nonprofit organizations for specific arts projects in performing arts, literary arts, visual arts/architecture-environmental arts & design, and multi-discipline (projects involving more than one artistic discipline).

Technical Assistance Grants
Arts organizations are eligible to apply for this grant to advance artistic development, technical capabilities, and management skills.