July 9, 2021 [Raleigh, N.C.] – Local artists are encouraged to apply for an Artist Support Grant that funds professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists and helps them create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences. Artist Support Grants support a broad range of talented artists in…
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Save the Date for Big Night In for the Arts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2021 FEATURING ARIANA DEBOSE, MANDOLIN ORANGE, BRANFORD MARSALIS, MIKE WILEY Four Local Arts Organizations Join Forces to Rally Financial Support for the Arts on March 11 Raleigh, NC—After nearly a year of closures and cancellations, the arts have suffered disproportionately from the destructive impact of the pandemic. For the…
More »Wake County Distributes $1 Million of COVID-19 Relief to 53 Local Arts Organizations
January 25, 2021 United Arts oversaw program to pass every dollar to artists Our local arts community got some much-needed support in weathering the hardships of COVID-19 through the Wake County Nonprofit Arts Relief Fund. In coordination with the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Wake County provided a total of $1 million…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2020 United Arts Announces 2021 Artist Support Grants [Raleigh, N.C.] – The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County announces the investment of $83,853 in grants to 62 individual artists in Wake, Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, and Lee Counties. With the support of the North Carolina Arts Council and Raleigh…
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Nominations Now Open for 2021 Business Support of the Arts Awards
United Arts Awards $308,778 in Grants Across Wake County
The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County announces the investment of $308,778 in grants across Wake County in support of arts programming in the current fiscal year. United Arts awarded 48 grants to 45 Wake County organizations, schools, and municipalities. As a champion of arts education, United Arts is dedicated to making the arts fundamental to…
More »United Arts Announces $1 million Nonprofit Arts Relief Fund from Wake County
Thank you to the Wake County Commission which voted unanimously today to create a $1 million nonprofit arts relief fund that United Arts will administer! 100% of the funds will be passed on directly to organizations that have suffered directly from the social distancing requirements that help contain COVID-19. From April to June, the Raleigh…
More »New Partnership Helps Local Arts Organizations Build Skills to Lead and Manage Change
(RALEIGH)–Raleigh Arts, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, and EmcArts have partnered on a new initiative for local arts and cultural organizations, the Raleigh/Wake County Adaptive Leadership Circles Program, with additional support provided by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. The program’s goal is to support arts…
More »Wendell Mural Advances Artist’s Goal of 50,000 Bees Around the World
[Wendell, NC]–Muralist Matt Willey is in Wendell, North Carolina this week to paint his newest honey bee mural. Through his organization, The Good of the Hive, Willey is on a personal mission to hand-paint 50,000 honey bees – the number necessary for a healthy, thriving hive – in murals in public space across the United…
More »Grants to Support Artists Now Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2020 [Raleigh, NC]– The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County invites artists from Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, or Wake County to apply for a 2021 Artist Support Grant up to $1,500. With the support of the North Carolina Arts Council and Raleigh Arts, this opportunity was created to…
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