Creative Capital Foundation funds individual artists creating new works through a national, open call grant program.

Fostering Artistic Freedom for Artists Across America Explore Creative Capital Foundation funds individual artists creating new works through a national, open call grant program. About Us Creative Capital x Mahler & LeWitt Studios International Residency Incubator in Italy Creative Capital x Mahler & LeWitt Studios International Residency Incubator in Italy Creative Capital x Mahler & LeWitt Studios International Residency Incubator in Italy Our trip to Spoleto, Italy highlighted innovation, cultural collaboration, and investment in individual artists. Read More 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 Events La Biennale di Venezia 2026, In Minor Keys May 9–November 22, 2026 Various Locations Venice, Italy Sadie Barnette: How to Fly September 30, 2025 - October 3, 2027 California African American Museum (CAAM) Los Angeles, CA Mammoth February 13, 2026 - January 3, 2027 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, DC New Humans: Memories of the Future March 21, 2026 - December 31, 2027 New Museum New York, NY Project Premiere Sandy Rodriguez: Book 13 March 22, 2026 - April 26, 2027 The Huntington San Marino, CA Project Premiere Mercedes Dorame: Deliquescence: Sites of Transformation March 22, 2026 - March 31, 2029 The Huntington San Marino, CA Ben Thorp Brown, Guest Artist: Pollen March 28, 2026 - June 30, 2027 CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art Bordeaux Bordeaux, France View All Events Carousel button Carousel button 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 2026 Creative Capital Awardees & Projects Explore 2026 Creative Capital Awardees & Projects Browse All Awardees Artist Lab Education Webinar Archiving Your Work Josh T Franco and Cannupa Hanska Luger discuss practical strategies and create space for reflection on the meaning and purpose of archiving creative practices. Webinar Strategic Approaches to Touring Performance Works Linsey Bostwick and Okwui Okpokwasili discuss approaches and strategies to think through touring, budgeting and investigating the “real deal” with being a performing artist on the road. Webinar Documentary Film Journeys Filmmakers Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Jules Rosskam highlight key learnings from the making of their Creative Capital-supported hybrid documentaries. Webinar Between Film Festivals and Galleries Filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri and curator Sophie Cavoulacos discuss the making and programming of experimental moving image work that plays in both cinema and visual arts spaces. Carousel button Carousel button Support Artists For more than 25 years, Creative Capital Foundation has provided broad-based support to artists creating bold new works in all disciplines, across rural and urban communities nationwide. Your support sustains our national service to artists, empowering them to create freely, take risks, and bring innovative new works into the world. Donate