Grants for Artists in Tennessee

Tri-Star Arts is proud to announce the Current Art Fund granting program; created and administered by Tri-Star Arts as a partner in the Regional Re-granting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Current Art fund generally seeks to propel visual artists, visual arts organizers, and innovators of artistic spaces in creating dynamic, public-facing, and non-commercially viable projects that are essential to the fabric of the contemporary visual art scene across our state. The Current Art Fund seeks to elevate artists from historically underserved communities whose projects would be significantly impacted by the receipt of this grant.

In light of the current economic crisis caused by COVID-19, our inaugural grants in 2020 will propel visual artists by providing qualified disaster emergency relief grants. Across the nation, COVID-19 has affected the livelihoods of working people in all industries; particularly those who work in the creative fields. The Current Art Fund will provide 60 grants of $1000 each to Tennessee-based contemporary visual artists, selected by a lottery system, to use towards any hardships created by the pandemic. The grant is not taxable. We understand that difficult situations have arisen for artists in our communities and seek to help alleviate that.