Alabama Art News

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Online grant application

All grant applications are being accepted in a new system, which features easy file uploads and customized questions. The application portal is now open for project grant applications.

Arts License Plate

Take your love for the arts on the road! Get a Support the Arts plate for your vehicle to show your support for the arts in Alabama. Looking for funding? Apply for a license tag grant here.

2022 Celebration of Alabama Arts

The Celebration of Alabama Arts shines a spotlight on arts and creativity in Alabama. Learn more about the 2022 honorees.

Alabama Artists Gallery

The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery has reopened to the public.
The gallery is currently showcasing the work of eight Fellowship artists.

Our staff is also on-site full-time. Please contact us to make an appointment. Office and gallery hours are Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All staff and visitors are asked to wear a mask during their visit to Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery.

Alabama Arts Online

Check out these resources from across the state to access the arts from home.

Resources:

• View the 2021 Visual Arts Achievement Program exhibition.
• Watch the 2021 Alabama Poetry Out Loud awards ceremony.
• Listen to the latest from Alabama Arts Radio, now available as a podcast!
  
• Dance Discovery workshops from the Alabama Ballet are now online, with access at the Ballet's YouTube Channel.
• Prism, a directory of arts education resources in Birmingham from the Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative.
• Three great youtube playlists from UAB's Alys Stephens Center, The Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, ArtPlay, and Learn about our state, with Alabama History@Home, from the Department of Archives and History.
• The Dance Foundation's YouTube Channel provides music and dances for children ages 2 to 4. The Dance to Grow album used in the Movement-to-Music curriculum is available here.
• Check out lesson plans from the Alabama Arts Alliance.
• Alabama Shakespeare Festival offering curriculum and lessons, and even more here.
• Birmingham Museum of Art education videos.
• The Dance Foundation's on-demand, digital teaching tool, "Dancing with Words: Academic Support for Language Arts"
• More to come! Do you have resources? Email us.

Resources

Below are national, regional, and local resources for artists and arts organizations.

Resources:

• The Arts Organizations at a Crossroads Toolkit from NCAPER
• Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants for artists
• CERF+, the Artists Safety Net, providing emergency assistance to artists