Community Arts Access

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Group of female dancers posing with arms extended, wearing colorful dresses.

Chinese folk dancers performed at the 2025 Chinese New Year celebration organized by United Chinese American Fargo-Moorhead.

A large sign with 'Welcome' on it in white surrounded by colors, four people stand in front of sign.

Artist Adam Kemp and volunteers stand beside the interactive Welcome Wall at the Grand Forks Children's Museum Full STEAM Ahead event in 2024.

Mural on side of building with flowers, people, sky, and sugar beets.

The City of Grafton hired Goodspace Murals to guide community members in painting and installing a mural on Carnegie Regional Library in 2024.

Man playing guitar, woman singing, man singing on lawn in front of brick building.

TBD (above) and other artists performed during Lake Region Public Library's Summer Concert Series in Devils Lake in 2024.

A male conductor in front of a line of people singing, holding songbooks.

Dakota Pro Musica performed in Turtle Lake (above), Minot, Richardton, Bismarck, and Mandan in 2024.

Line of children on stage in blue and red costumes.

Oakes Public School put on the play "Hercules!" under the guidance of Missoula Children's Theatre in 2024.

Seven women stand holding certificates in front of a black quilt.

Sacred Pipe Resource Center organized the "Healing Power of a Star: A Northern Plains Art Showcase" star quilt show and contest in Bismarck in 2024.

Three rows of women stand smiling, wearing red shirts and Christmas-themed aprons.

Sweet Adelines International River Rhapsody put on "That's Christmas to Me" in Bismarck in 2024.

Three girls and two boys stand on stage in dresses, vests, and hats..

Children from Hatton performed the play "The Pied Piper" at Hatton Community Theater with the help of Missoula Children's Theatre in 2024.

Many people sit in front of a band shell playing instruments on a summer evening.

Musicians Association arranged for several bands, including West River Band (above), to perform in Mandan in 2024.

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The deadline for Round 1 has passed. The application for Round 2 is open.

Community Arts Access Tier 1 & 2 is a grant program that provides up to $4,000 in arts activity support to arts and non-arts organizations and unincorporated groups. This program funds arts activities including but not limited to art festivals, exhibitions, performance series, touring performances or exhibits and stand-alone single discipline or multidisciplinary arts projects of all forms. (The CAA grant is not a general operating support grant.)

Application Deadlines FY26

Round 1: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 4:30 p.m. CST (project dates July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026)
Round 2: Thursday, September 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. CST (project dates December 1, 2025-June 30, 2026)