Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery Now Open

The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery has reopened to the public. While enjoying the exhibitions, please wear a mask or face covering and maintain a six-foot distance from others. Hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the gallery space for the convenience of visitors and staff.

Our staff is also on-site full-time and continuing to hold meetings via video conferencing. 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 required to wear a mask during their visit to Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery.

News and Updates

Congratulations to the artists and arts organizations awarded Fiscal Year 2022 Fellowships and Cultural Facilities grants.
Click here to learn more.

NEW Online grant application

All grant applications are being accepted in a new system, which features easy file uploads, and customized questions for each applicant. Apply for an Arts in Education or Project Grant here! Deadline to apply is September 1.

We're hiring

The Council is hiring a Director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. Click here to read the full job description. To be considered, applicants must apply for position 30555-000 through the state personnel department.

Support the Arts License Tag Fund

Click here to apply for the Alabama Arts License Tag grant program. And don't forget to show your love for the arts by purchashing a Support the Arts plate!

Final Reporting

Final reports for current grantees will be accepted through the eGrant system. Final reports are due 30 days after your program is complete, or by October 10 (whichever comes first). Click here for the eGrant portal.

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 this year's 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.

Funding resources

These national, regional, and local resources are here for artists and arts organizations as we navigate these difficult times.

Resources:

• Rebuilding the Creative Community: Apply for Rescue Plan funds directly from the NEA
• Shuttered Venues Operators Grant information can be found here
• CERF+, the Artists Safety Net, providing emergency assistance to artists