Keeping the Arts at the Heart of Our Community

Mark Your Calendars for these ArtsAVL Grant Supported Events

ArtsAVL is proud to support many local events and initiatives through our five grant programs in partnership with the City of Asheville, Buncombe County Government, and the North Carolina Arts Council.

Blue Note Junction’s Sustainable Community Vision

As part of the Creative Spaces Report, ArtsAVL is excited to showcase profiles of local creative spaces responding to a critical lack of affordable living and work space in Buncombe County. The first in the series is Blue Note Junction, a community health and business incubator dedicated to BIPOC entrepreneurs and artists.

ArtsAVL Announces the Grant Cycle for Fiscal Year 2025

Mark your calendars – ArtsAVL is thrilled to announce its 2024- 2025 grants cycle. This fiscal year, ArtsAVL will manage five grant programs: Arts for Schools, Arts Build Community, Artist Support, Grassroots Arts Program, and Event Support Grant.

Creative Spaces Survey Now Open

ArtsAVL invites artists and arts organizations in the Asheville Metro area (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison Counties) to share their candid feedback about local creative spaces and space-related issues impacting creative growth and development. The survey deadline is March 11.

Now Available: City Council Candidates Respond to ArtsAVL Survey

In advance of the 2024 primary elections, ArtsAVL surveyed the candidates for Asheville City Council on the local creative economy, asking them to share their thoughts on a range of topics and indicate their stances on key issues for local creatives. The full survey responses are now available as a resource for voters interested in candidates’ priorities for the creative community.

A Look Back at 2023

2023 was a big year for ArtsAVL! With a new year just around the corner, the ArtsAVL team wants to take a moment and recognize the highlights and milestones from 2023. Big thanks to our Board of Directors, members, sponsors, and community partners for your support.

Arts AVL Announces Grassroots Arts Program Grant Awardees

ArtsAVL celebrates 43 recipients of the Grassroots Arts Program grant. The grant provides programmatic and operating support for nonprofit arts organizations in Buncombe County. Recipients include organizations working in fields as diverse as dance, puppetry, choral and symphonic music, children’s theatre, mask making, arts for healing, community radio, and more.

Fourteen Buncombe County Artists Receive Artist Support Grant

ArtsAVL is excited to announce that 14 Buncombe County residents are recipients of the 2023-24 Artist Support Grant. Buncombe County grantees received $31,769 for projects in disciplines including ceramic arts, music, filmmaking, fiber arts, acting, metalpoint, and dance.

Event Support Grant Awarded to Nine Local Organizations

ArtsAVL congratulates nine recipients of the City of Asheville’s Event Support Grant. Facilitated by ArtsAVL for the first time, the grant allows ArtsAVL to reimburse cultural and arts-related nonprofit events for certain City fees and charges.

Connection

Directory | Photo of Reggie Tidwell by Joel Osgood

Local Arts Directory

Events | Photo by Tom Farr courtesy of Rabbit Rabbit

Area Arts Events

Opportunities | Photo by Reggie Tidwell

Opportunities & Job Listings

ArtsAVL Trolley

Free Arts AVL Trolley

Advocacy

Arts Coalition

Arts Coalition

ArtsAVL Town Hall on Thomas Wolfe. Photo Credit: Andrew Fletcher

Town Hall Series

Data & Reports

Data & Reports

Public Art | “Eros Un Orgullo Latino/You<br />
are Latin Pride” by Leslie Reynalte-Llanco

Public Art

Grants

Arts Build Community

Arts Build Community

Arts for Schools

Arts for Schools

Artist Support Grant

Artist Support Grant

Grassroots Arts Program

Grassroots Arts Program

Event Support Grant

Event Support Grant

Support

You can show your support by sponsoring one of our programs or grants, becoming a member of the ArtsAVL, placing an ad, or simply by donating today!

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