Artist Support Grants
The North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant is a regional grant program to support individual artists in all phases of their careers. The program funds professional and artistic development for emerging or established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.
This grant is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
The ASG program is funded by the North Carolina Arts Council to provide the opportunity for regional consortia of local arts councils to award project grants to artists in their regions. Region 17 is led by ArtsAVL and includes Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania counties.
The deadline to apply for 2025 grants expired August 29, 2025.
2025-26 Timeline
July 21, 2025 | Application opens
August 29, 2025 | Application deadline
Late October | Awards Announced
Early November 2025 | Funds distributed
January 31, 2027 | Final report due
