DesignArts Competition & Exhibition
Through the DesignArts Competition, we proudly continue the annual salute and celebration of Utah’s designers with the annual exhibition DesignArts Utah.
Original Writing Competition
This annual competition has won national respect because of the reputation of its judges and the honors received by its winners. For more than fifty years, this competition has honored some of Utah’s finest writers, with public recognition, career assistance, and cash prizes.
Poetry Out Loud Competition
Recitation and performance are major new trends in poetry. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with our Literature Program to support the expansion of Poetry Out Loud, which encourages the Utah’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance.
Public Art Commissions
Public art 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. Find out more about current and upcoming calls for qualifications.
Statewide Annual Competition
Visual arts competitions and exhibitions have been a project of the state since 1899, providing juried exhibitions open to all Utah artists and a forum from which the Permanent Collection Committee can make acquisition recommendations.
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.
Funding History
Click HERE to see a funding history for the Nonprofit Grants program.
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. These grants are not funded for 2011-2012.
Arts Education & Learning Grants
Public, private, parochial and charter schools are eligible for Artist-in-Residence Grants, Arts Education Project Grants, and Teacher Initiated Project (TIP) grants. Organizations who wish to apply for funding for education-related projects and artist residencies may apply for these arts education grants.
Creative Communities Initiative Grant
We introduced this new category of funding in 2006, aimed at certified Change Leaders. This initiative was not funded for 2011-2012.
Folk & Traditional Grants
Folk arts grants are available for dancers, singers, musicians, crafts workers, community organizers and community organizations working in their own traditional folk or ethnic art forms. Grants fund one-on-one or group instruction and provide matching funds for projects.
Nonprofit Organization Grants
These grant are to assist any incorporated nonprofit organization for general operations, arts projects or technical assistance.
Museum Grants
Museum grants help promote 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.
Capital Facilities Requests to Utah State Legislature
Arts organizations and museums now have a formal process to request state financial assistance for capital facilities projects. You should apply for prioritization of your capital facilities project funding through Utah Arts & Museums. Our advisory boards will then provide the Governor's Office and Utah State Legislature a list of prioritized capital facilities projects for consideration when constructing state budgets. Visit HERE for more information.
OnStage in Utah
We recognize the important role of presenters in linking performing artists with Utah audiences. The OnStage in Utah competitive funding is available to Utah presenters to support public performances and outreach of in-state or out-of-state performing artists.
Literary Arts
Performing Arts
Visual Arts
Museums with an annual budget of less than $100,000 can apply for tuition scholarships we provide to one of two new interactive distance education classes (Museum Exhibition or Fundraising) through a simple application process. More than one individual from each organization may apply. The classes are being made available through a partnership between Utah State University's Regional Campuses and Distance Education and the Division of Arts & Museums' Office of Museum Services.
OMS Museum Training Scholarships
Museums with an annual budget of less than $100,000 can apply for tuition scholarships we provide to one of two new interactive distance education classes (Museum Exhibition or Fundraising) through a simple application process. More than one individual from each organization may apply. The classes are being made available through a partnership between Utah State University's Regional Campuses and Distance Education and the Division of Arts & Museums' Office of Museum Services.