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Grants
The Arts Council offers a variety of small and major grants designed to provide support to small or pilot arts activities, to new developing programs or organizations, or to special projects of high artistic quality that develop during the year.
The Arts Council of Rock Hill and York County is a sub-granting site for the South Carolina Arts Commission. York County artists, schools and non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for quarterly small grants to support projects of high artistic quality.
Small grants are designed primarily to provide support to small or pilot arts activities, to new developing programs or organizations, or to special projects of high artistic quality that develop during the year
Application Due Dates
| Grant Period | Due Date | |
| January - March | December 1 | |
| April - June | March 1 | |
| July - September | June 1 | |
| October - December | September 1 |
Please download the Grant Guidelines for complete information
Small Grants Guidelines (Word Document)
Small Grants Application (PDF Format)
Small Grants Final Report Form (PDF Format)
This is an interactive PDF. Please note - changes to the form cannot be saved to your computer. Please print the completed form and sign before submitting. Don't have Acrobat Reader?
Get it here.
Recent Grant Recipients
The following artists and organizations have received small grants to assist with these arts-related projects.
Barbara Carswell, Individual Artist, Rock Hill
Shakespeare Carolina
Town of Clover
Children's Attention Home
John Myers, Individual Artist, Hickory Grove
Marge Loudon Moody, Individual Artist, Rock Hill
If you have received a grant, check the following for requirements on printed materials: Acknowledgements for Printed Material.
Questions about Small Grants?
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This small grants program is made possible by the S.C. Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC and the Rock Hill Tourism Commission
Regional Artist Project Grants
The Regional Artist Project Grant Program provides an award for individuals and groups of unincorporated artists to pursue projects that further enhance their artistic development.
Applicants may be either emerging or established artists, but in either case must have a record of artistic achievement appropriate to the stage of their career.
An emerging artist is defined as an individual who has fewer than ten years of experience and is in the early stages of their career or is changing disciplines. An established artist is defined as an individual who has more than ten years of experience and is at a mature stage of their career, with an extensive body of work and a history of public exhibition, etc.
FY10 RAPG Guidelines & FAQs
To learn more about this grant or to start or continue an application, visit the Arts and Science Council website. There are also two FREE information sessions where you can learn more about RAPG - click here for information and to RSVP.
