ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The North Carolina Arts Council has announced the recipients of its 2025-26 grants in all 100 counties across the state. The 373 grants will support nonprofit arts organizations, schools, after-school programs, municipalities and more.
The Arts Council awarded 24 different grants to Buncombe County alone, totaling $570,922 and supporting everything from the Asheville Art Museum to Claxton Elementary School.
For the full list of grant recipients, visit www.ncarts.org/fy-25-26-ncac-grants-county/open.
Buncombe County recipients of N.C. Arts Council grants:
- Arts For Life: Sustaining Support Grant – $14,000
- Asheville Area Arts Council: – Artist Support Grant – $22,500
- Asheville Area Arts Council: – Grassroots Arts Program – $85,144
- Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $55,000
- Asheville Creative Arts, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $15,000
- Asheville Glass Art School: Sustaining Support Grant – $30,000
- Asheville Symphony Society, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $43,000
- Black Box Dance Theatre: Military and Veterans Healing Arts – $15,000
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: Sustaining Support Grant – $19,000
- Black Mountain Swannanoa Art Center: Traditional Arts Programs for Students – $8,000
- Black Mountain Swannanoa Art Center: Sustaining Support Grant – $16,000
- Claxton Elementary School: cARTwheels – $10,560
- LEAF Global Arts: Sustaining Support Grant – $38,000
- LEAF Global Arts: AIE Artist Residencies – $9,218
- Montford Park Players: Sustaining Support Grant – $12,000
- North Carolina Stage Company: Sustaining Support Grant – $21,000
- Pack Place Performing Arts, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $38,000
- Pan Harmonia: Sustaining Support Grant – $8,000
- Punch Bucket Lit Project: Project Support Grant – $5,000
- Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $12,000
- The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Inc.: Sustaining Support Grant – $47,500
- White Horse Stepstone: Sustaining Support Grant – $25,000
- Yetzirah Project: Project Support Grant – $11,000
- YMI Cultural Center Inc.: Project Support Grant – $11,000
For more information about North Carolina Arts Council grants, visit www.ncarts.org/grants-resources/grants.
