Grants for Creative Individuals
ASC offers grant programs designed to support the development of creative individuals. ASC grants reward deserving creative individuals with financial assistance to pursue projects that further their artistic development and provide exposure and recognition in the local community.
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and the ASC Board determines the amount available in any given year.
Regional Artist Project Grants
Regional Artist Project Grants provide an award for individuals and groups of unincorporated artists to pursue projects that further enhance their artistic development by attending a professional development experience or purchasing/renting a piece of equipment.
Cultural Vision Grants
The Cultural Vision Grant program directly responds to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community's interest in arts, science, history and heritage programming that builds strong communities and demonstrates innovative, relevant and transformative cultural expression.
Creative Renewal Fellowship
The Creative Renewal Fellowship program serves as an opportunity to resource ASC’s belief that a continued investment in creative individuals who make Charlotte-Mecklenburg home benefits the region’s overall cultural climate.
Creative Activator Fellowship
The Creative Activator Fellowship provides funding for creative individuals, culture bearers and keepers, and artisans living within the Culture Blocks program geography to execute art, science, history, and/or heritage activities in the area where they live.