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.

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