As the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' Local Arts Agency serving Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Arts Council provides a range of funding opportunities for artists and arts organizations in need of financial support in Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties.
Open January 2025
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator
As a creative entrepreneur, you are a leader on the pathway to recovery and increased opportunity in our rapidly changing environment. The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant program provides creative entrepreneurs with small business consulting and up to $2,000 in critical financial resources to grow businesses and revenue.
Funding for the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant program comes from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Open August 5 - September 2, 2024
Creative Sector Flex Fund
This grant program from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts incorporates the current needs of the field by offering grantees the flexibility to use $5,000 grants in ways that ensure the most significant impact for their organizations and communities. Eligible uses of funds are flexible, including the support of applicants’ administrative, programmatic, and project-related expenses.
Open July 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Artist Income Recovery Grant
The Artist Income Recovery (AIR) Grant program supports the economic recovery of individual artists and arts & culture professionals from the COVID-19 pandemic through a one-time $3,000 grant.
Cup with colored pencils. Photo courtesy Steve Johnson
Become a Grant Panelist
Every year, the Arts council engages artists, arts managers, and community engagement professionals as grant panelists to select the recipients of our grant programs. We work hard to balance the composition of these panels by artistic discipline, race/ethnicity, ability, arts experience, and gender expression. We welcome you to apply to share your expertise as a grant panelist.