Funding Groundbreaking Artists Across America
Creative Capital Foundation fosters artistic freedom of expression by funding individual artists creating innovative new works through a national, open call grant program.
About Us
2026 Artist Grants
2026 State of the Art Prize
2026 State of the Art Prize
2026 State of the Art Prize
The inaugural State of the Art Prize provides a $10,000 unrestricted grant to one artist in all 50 states and territories.
Meet the Artists
2026 Artist Grants
2026 Creative Capital Awards
2026 Creative Capital Awards
2026 Creative Capital Awards
The 2026 Creative Capital Award provides 49 unrestricted project grants, plus professional services, to artists creating new works in the visual arts, film, dance, theater, music/jazz, and literature.
Meet the Artists
Ronald Rael
"Archipelago Adobe"
Architecture
2026
Rodrigo Olivar
"El Pueblo Salva al Pueblo"
Film
2026
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
"Hum"
Film
2026
Kenturah Davis
"Rest Stops"
Visual Arts
2026
Gina Beavers
"Comfortcore Sculptural Paintings"
Visual Arts
2026
Gillian Waldo
"Nickel"
Film
2026
Explore Creative Capital Awardees & Projects
Explore Creative Capital Awardees & Projects
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Donate to Fund Individual Artists Nationwide
For more than 25 years, Creative Capital has provided broad-based, grassroots support to individual artists creating bold new work in visual arts, dance, theater, music, film, technology, poetry, and fiction, and across rural and urban communities nationwide. Your support helps sustain our national service to artists, empowering them to create freely, take artistic risks, and bring bold new work into the world.
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