$50,000 Creative Capital Artist Grant

Creative Capital provides unrestricted project grants to individual artists creating bold, innovative new works in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature. In addition to funding, awardees receive professional development, industry connections, and community‑building support.

Benefits include:

• Creative Capital Award: $15,000 – $50,000 USD per project (unrestricted, drawn down over 5 years)
• State of the Art Prize: $10,000 USD unrestricted grant (one artist per U.S. state/territory)
• Access to Creative Capital Artist Lab (professional development courses)
• Networking, mentorship, and visibility through Creative Capital’s national platform

• Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Tribal ID holder, or O‑1 visa holder
• Must be at least 25 years old with 5+ years of professional artistic practice
• Cannot be enrolled in a degree‑granting program at time of application
• May not have previously received a Creative Capital Award
• Only one project proposal per cycle (collaborators count as co‑awardees)
• Projects must be new, original, and innovative (not promotional, not ongoing operations, not children’s/YA literature, not journalism/podcasts)
• Round I: Project proposal + 1 work sample
• Round II: Expanded materials + eligibility proof
• Round III: Final panel review
• Working (full-time or part-time)
• Graduate student
• Entrepreneur