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Online grant application

All grant applications and final reports are being accepted in a new system. The portal will open on April 1 for operating support and project grant applications.

Council Nominations

We are currently seeking nominations of qualified individuals to be considered for appointment to the Council on the Arts. Submit a nomination here.

Alabama Arts Radio

Catch up on Alabama Arts, our podcast series that introduces the exceptional artists and people who make the arts happen in Alabama. Listen now.

Alabama Artists Gallery

The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery has reopened to the public.


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.

Resources:

• 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.
• 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"
• Do you have resources to share? Email us.

Resources

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

Resources:

• Alabama State Council on the Arts 2023-2024 Grant Guidelines
• 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