For Dozens of Artists And Organizations

Since its inception, LexArts has raised millions of dollars in support of the local arts through its annual Fund for the Arts campaign. In turn, LexArts offers General Operating Support Grants for its partner organizations and Community Arts Development Grants for organizations and individual artists.  Awards are given annually, and applications are reviewed each spring.

Contact Matt Brewer, Grant Specialist, at 859.255.2951 ext 122, or mbrewer@lexarts.org for more information.

FY 2023-2024 Grant Allocations

General Operating Support I and II 

Bluegrass Youth Ballet  $10,000
Allegro Dance Project  $10,000
Central Music Academy  $10,000
Lexington Theatre Company  $25,000
Lexington Ballet Company  $15,000
Kentucky Ballet Theatre  $15,000
Lexington Art League  $10,000
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra  $45,000
Living Arts & Science Center  $75,000
Lexington Philharmonic  $100,000
Lexington Children’s Theatre  $100,000
Carnegie Center for Literacy  $60,000

Community Arts Development, Program

Chamber Music Festival of Lex  $7,500
Headley-Whitney Museum of Art  $5,000
Lexington Chamber Chorale  $5,000
The Lexington Singers, Inc.  $5,000
Casa de la Cultural Hispana de Lex  $7,500
African American Forum  $10,000
Green Room Exchange  $10,000
Institute 193  $5,000
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center  $7,500

General Operating Support, Projects/Individuals

Tahlsound Music Festival  $5,000
Antagonist Production Co.  $3,000
KYukefest  $2,000
Celebrate Lexington (Doris Settles)  $2,000
CivicLex  $3,000
Common Good Community Development Corp  $4,000
Downtown Lexington Corporation  $3,000
Harstad Fine Arts Series, Inc.  $3,000
I Was Here  $4,000
The Institue of Whole Life Healing  $4,000
The Kentuckians Chorus  $2,000
Project Ricochet, Inc.  $3,000
Voices Amplified, Inc.  $5,000
Don Ament  $1,500
Soreyda Benedit Begley  $5,000
Morgan Chawaga  $1,500
Christine Kuhn  $1,500
Marco Logsdon  $1,500
Monet Proctor  $3,700
James Robert Southard  $1,300
Cannon Armstrong/Burl County Fair $1,000
Dead Audio, LLC.  $1,500
Matthew Noble  $1,000

Arts Equity Grants

Mecca A Live Studio Gallery  $1,576
Black Yarn, Inc,  $5,000
Ziva Voices  $2,000
Hoffman Senior Arts Project  $5,000
Lexington Opera House  $5,000
Uniting Voices Lexington  $5,000
DV8  $2,200
Jamari Turner  $2,500
Artruism  $500
Allegro Dance Project  $2,500
Kjam Collective  $5,000
Distorted Mess Fest  $1,000
“Artistic Hands Shaping A New Society” AHSANS  $5,000
Don Ament  $3,500
Julietta Market – 7/21 Oquaye & Dishueme-Bangudi exhibit  $3,000
Marco Logsdon  $3,500
Winburn Middle School Artist in Residency, Arts in Schools Impact Grant addition  $2500
DiverCity Festival  $5,000
Devine Carama  $1,000
Soulfeast  $10,000

LexArts employs the GoSmart Grants Management System. Click the below links to learn more.

If you have a GoSmart applicant profile, you should click LOGIN in the menu bar. If you are new to GoSmart, you will need to create a profile to begin an application.

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LEXARTS FY25 GRANT REVIEWS

The public is invited to the annual grant application readings and panelist comments, to be held on the following dates at:

ArtsPlace, 161 N Mill, Lexington, KY.

Community Arts Development Application Review | March 26, 2024, beginning at 10 am

General Operating Support Grant Application Review | April 9, 2024, beginning at 10 am

WHO WE SUPPORT
Click here to learn more about our 2023/2024 Grantees.