United Arts Invests $150K to Support 30 Artists Across Central Florida
United Arts of Central Florida is awarding $150,000 in funding to 30 professional artists and creative entrepreneurs across Central Florida to support project-based work and professional development.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- $150,000
- Location
- Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake counties, Central Florida
About
Overview
United Arts of Central Florida is investing $150,000 directly into 30 professional artists and creative entrepreneurs across Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake counties. This $50,000 increase over last year will help bring new performances, exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs to communities throughout 2026 and 2027.
Eligible Disciplines
Funding supports artists whose practices span music, theater, dance, literature, photography, painting, mixed media, illustration, and history and science.
Award Details
Thirty recipients were selected through a competitive review process by a volunteer panel of arts professionals and community leaders who evaluated more than 100 applications. More than a dozen of this year's funded projects center on community engagement. In all, 22 of the awards support project-based work that will bring new artistic experiences directly to the region.
Eligibility
Open to professional artists and creative entrepreneurs residing in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, or Lake counties in Central Florida.
Contact
Public event information will be available on ArtsInOrlando.com as projects are announced.
- Award
- $150,000 total distributed among 30 artists ($5,000 per artist on average)
- Theme
- The funding supports both project-based work and professional development for artists creating performances, exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs that preserve culture, strengthen communities, and invite people of all backgrounds to experience the arts.
- Eligibility
- Professional artists and creative entrepreneurs residing in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, or Lake counties in Central Florida whose practices span music, theater, dance, literature, photography, painting, mixed media, illustration, and history and science.
- Audience
- Professional artists and creative entrepreneurs
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