The Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Literary Arts acknowledge, support, and celebrate writers in our nine-state region with $80,000 in awards.

The Southern Prize and State Fellowships is open to visual artists in our nine-state region to support, expose, and celebrate the breadth, depth and diversity of artistic excellence.

Accepting applications for a studio and housing artist residency in West Asheville.

2025 Creating New Economies Fund is now accepting applications for grants.

Mountain BizWorks is seeking a Catalyst Program Director to lead a mission-driven business development initiative targeting the racial wealth gap.

ALL venues, performing arts centers, festivals, presenters, and promoters are encouraged to participate in this national survey about the state of live performances.

Does your Black organization need space to meet regularly? Consider applying to our Kujichagulia Organization-In-Residence.

Was your small business harmed by Hurricane Helene? The Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative II is here to help.

Accepting applications for an artist-run residency program in West Asheville.

Accepting volunteers for Come Hell or High Water, a community memory project dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the stories and digital records of those impacted by Tropical Storm Helene.

Share your experience and art from Hurricane Helene with the Come Hell or High Water Community project.

Grant funding supports standards-based, long-term artist residencies that provide students with the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and skills in the arts.

Project Support is designed to help organizations that are producing and/or presenting specific arts programs that engage audiences and participants.

This grant supports organizations that provide leadership and services to a particular sector of the arts industry

cARTwheels, an arts in education grant program, provides high-quality arts performances and residency experiences for students and schools.

The Laura Jane Musser Fund hopes to assist nonprofit arts organizations to develop, implement or sustain exceptional artistic opportunities for adults and children in the areas of literary, visual, music and performing arts.

The Decorative Arts Trust grant opportunity for book-length academic publications.

The Decorative Arts Trust provides grants up to $50k for book-length publications.

Local entrepreneurs to connecting and brainstorming new approaches, marketing ideas, and practical strategies for reaching clients & customers beyond our region while keeping WNC’s community spirit at the core.

CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster.

NC Arts Council's 2025 Grants for Artists accepting applications now.

These grants are designed to support arts projects focused on serving North Carolina’s military service men and women, veterans, and their families.

Art In Autumn accepting applications for their annual fall art festival in downtown Weaverville.

This program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.

A team of trained conservators and collections care professionals administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, are available 24/7 to provide advice and guidance.

Event Sponsorships through Explore Asheville

Hometown Grants presented by T-Mobile

Volunteer with Asheville Downtown Association

Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000

The Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter awards one grant per month of $1,000

Folk Heritage Committee Seeking Volunteers

Seeking environmentally-minded creatives to join us as special guests at our monthly Music Art & Policy events

Artist Marsha Almodovar will facilitate a Body Print Workshop & Conversation

Showcase your art at the Leicester library