July 15, 2019

Pitt County Arts Council seeks applicants for Regional Artist Project Grants

The Pitt County Arts Council is seeking applications for the 2019-2020 Regional Artist Project Grants.

The Regional Artist Projects Grants are awarded to individual artists throughout eastern North Carolina in 29 counties, and is a grants program partially funded by the North Carolina Arts Council. This grant is not applicable to organizations.

Artists can include musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, literary artists, as well as visual artists. The average grant award is between $500 and $1,000. The deadline to apply is Friday, September 13, 2019. For more information and to apply, visit https://www.pittcountyarts.org/artists/grants/regional-artist-project-grants.

Eligible artists include North Carolina residents who have resided in eastern North Carolina for at least 2 years in the following counties:

  • Beaufort
  • Bertie
  • Camden
  • Carteret
  • Chowan
  • Craven
  • Currituck
  • Dare
  • Duplin
  • Edgecombe
  • Gates
  • Greene
  • Halifax
  • Hertford
  • Hyde
  • Jones
  • Lenoir
  • Martin
  • Nash
  • Northampton
  • Onslow
  • Pamlico
  • Pasquotank
  • Perquimans
  • Pitt
  • Tyrrell
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • Wilson

Click here to complete the 2019 online application.

There will also be a regional workshop in Eastern North Carolina at Emerge Gallery on Thursday, August 8th at 5:30 p.m. Emerge Gallery is located at 404 S. Evans Street in Greenville, NC. Any resident of eastern North Carolina may attend the free workshop. Please email holly@pittcountyarts.org to RSVP for the workshop.