OCA Announces Dates for FY ’22 Grant Funding Workshops
First-time applicants interested in submitting a proposal for Contracts for Arts Services (CAS) funding must attend a virtual workshop covering the submission process. The final virtual workshop will be held on July 22, 2021, at 3 PM, via Microsoft Teams. The CAS workshops will cover grant guidelines and the online application process. CAS provides […]
OCA Seeks Grant Proposals from Atlanta Artists, Arts and Community Organizations for FY ’22 Grant Cycle [Deadline Extended]
The City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ Contracts for Arts Services (CAS), the City’s program for granting public funding to arts and cultural activities, is now accepting proposal submissions for the FY ’22 Grant Cycle. Each year, CAS awards contracts to non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations, individual artists, and creative projects within the City of […]
OCA Awarded $25,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
The City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) has been given a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support ELEVATE 2021. This project will enhance the City’s cultural offerings by providing free, quality cultural experiences that highlight what makes Atlanta unique and increasing […]
OCA Announces 2020-2021 Contracts for Arts Services Grantees
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) announces the recipients for the 2020-2021 Contracts for Arts Services (CAS) awards. Each year, the CAS program provides general operating and project support to non-profit arts and community organizations, as well as project support to individual artists based and producing work in the City of Atlanta. “The […]
OCA Delays Cultural Experience Project Trips Until 2021
In accordance with the City of Atlanta’s reopening guidelines and best practices as advised by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and peer health organizations, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) will delay offering our Cultural Experience Project’s on-site experiences until the second half of the school year. As Atlanta Public […]
OCA Launches #GivingTuesdayNow Fundraising Campaigns to Support 62 Local Arts Organizations
This #GivingTuesday, we encourage you to donate to one of the 62 local, arts-based organizations we support through our partnership with power2give/Atlanta, a crowdfunding site for the arts designed specifically to connect donors to proposals that inspire. Local organizations post projects that are in need of funding and you help bring them to life with a […]
OCA Seeks Grant Proposals from Atlanta Artists, Arts and Community Organizations
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ Contracts for Arts Services (CAS), the City of Atlanta’s program for granting public funding to arts and cultural activities, has opened its proposal submission process for the upcoming FY ’21 Grant Cycle. Each year, CAS awards contracts to non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations, individual artists, and creative projects within the City of Atlanta. Artists and arts organizations […]
NEA Releases CARES Act Guidelines for Grant Program
Recently, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has posted the application guidelines for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds almost a month earlier than we originally planned. Implementation of the CARES Act and quickly providing those funds to arts organizations to preserve jobs and keep their doors open is the top […]
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Opens Grants to Support Arts Organizations Dealing with COVID-19
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has made it our mission to connect the passions of donors with the nonprofits fulfilling that purpose for more than 50 years! In light of the current public health crisis, the Community Foundation has opened the following grant opportunities in hopes of providing artists and arts organizations with flexible […]
How the City of Atlanta is supporting Atlanta’s Art Community during Economic Challenges as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs we would like to share what the City of Atlanta is doing to support Atlanta’s non-profit arts sector and artists during this trying time. In a national survey by Americans for the Arts, 91% of responding arts organizations indicated that they have cancelled one or more events. Many arts […]