Grants & Prizes
The Baltimore City Arts Council administers many different grants, prizes, and awards year-round to support local artists of all ages.
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Arts In Action Arts Education Grant: Closes July 14, 2023
Arts in Action grants support arts education projects/classes/workshops that take place in-school, after school, or in local community settings for the 2023-2024 academic school year.
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Youth Arts Advocacy Enrichment Grant: Closes July 14, 2023
This grant provides funding opportunities for organizations that have existing programs or would like to create youth programming components that focus on arts advocacy with Baltimore City youth. The insights and experiences of our young people provides them a unique ability to lead change and transform their communities.
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Free Fall Baltimore Grant: Closes July 27, 2023
Free Fall Baltimore grant opportunity - a citywide celebration that offers hundreds of free arts & cultural events at participating venues throughout Baltimore City.
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Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize: Closes, August 1, 2023
The eighth edition of the MASB Artist Travel Prize awards $7,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living in Baltimore City. The $7,000 prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford.
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The Community Arts Grant supports community-artist collaborative design & implementation of new, exterior wall mural projects sited in underserved communities of Baltimore City. The art projects must be free and open to the public and exist in outdoor, publicly accessible space.
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BOPA grants funds to qualified artists and arts and cultural organizations based in Baltimore City. The Creative Baltimore Fund is a grant made annually by the City of Baltimore. The annual allocation from the City’s general fund is administered by the Baltimore City Arts Council.
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Thrive Organizational Project Grant to support small and mid-sized arts organizations in the production and presentation of artistic works, in all disciplines, accessible to the general public within the City of Baltimore.
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This year, the prestigious Sondheim Art Prize will award $30,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. BOPA will also award two residencies to finalists not selected for the Sondheim Art Prize: a six-week, fully funded residency at Civitella Ranieri in the Umbria region of Italy, and a residency at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Baltimore.
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