Creative Capital Award
Creative Capital
Creative Capital Foundation provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 and professional development services to individual artists creating innovative new works across visual arts, performing arts, film, literature, technology, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
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- Entry fee
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- Award
- $50,000
About
Overview
Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 and professional development services to individual artists creating innovative, original, groundbreaking new artistic works across all disciplines, including visual arts, performing arts, dance, theater, film, music/jazz, literature, technology, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms. Since 1999, Creative Capital Foundation has recognized boundary-pushing artists and funded over 1,000 visionary artists. Awardees have received prestigious honors including 169 Guggenheim Fellowships, 35 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships, 6 Pulitzer Prizes, and 3 Academy Awards.
Creative Capital Award
The 2026 Creative Capital Award will support the creation of 49 new works and is the only national open call grant program dedicated to funding artists creating new work in every discipline. Grants are awarded by discipline via a national, open call, external review process. Creative Capital Foundation receives thousands of proposals each year.
State of the Art Prize
In honor of 25 years of grantmaking, Creative Capital Foundation has launched the State of the Art Prize, which provides a $10,000 unrestricted grant to one individual artist in every state, as well as Guam, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. For the 2026 and 2027 grant cycles, all applicants to the Creative Capital Award are automatically considered for the State of the Art Prize using the same criteria; there is no separate application process. Creative Capital Awardees may not apply for the State of the Art Prize. State of the Art Prize winners may apply to future grant cycles for the Creative Capital Award. Both awards are one-time distinctions.
Support and Services
Creative Capital Foundation's transformative giving approach provides unrestricted project funding as well as networks and advisory services. The Foundation hosts regional and national artists gatherings, inviting awardees to come together with industry experts, cultural producers, arts professionals, and philanthropists to preview new projects, discuss opportunities and challenges, and celebrate the artist-centered community.
- Award
- Unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 and professional development services; State of the Art Prize: $10,000 unrestricted grant to one artist per state and U.S. territory
- Audience
- Individual artists working across all disciplines
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