Nowhere is it written that artists have to be the struggling sort.

Help is available, and a new year means a fresh round of grants and prizes for the creative types of Hampton Roads. Some of the 2025 funding opportunities now available:

Virginia Beach arts

The Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission is accepting applications for its Project Grant program, which supports nonprofits providing artistic, cultural, historical and humanities-based programs in the city.

It will cover up to 50% of the cost of projects that occur within the city between July 1 and June 30, 2026. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Feb 4, and questions can be emailed to [email protected].

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Cultural nonprofits

Virginia Humanities at WHRO, located at the public media station, is offering a new grant program for regional cultural nonprofits, museums, libraries and historic sites that’ll provide up to $6,000 for projects focused on stories about Hampton Roads history, people and traditions, as well as present-day issues. The application deadline is April 30, and questions can be emailed to [email protected]. For details, visit virginiahumanities.org/grants.

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Southern art

South Arts’ flagship program, the Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual and Literary Arts, will provide $5,000 to nine visual and nine literary artists within the nonprofits’ nine-state region, which includes North Carolina (but not Virginia), and two artists will receive a residency at a retreat. The application deadline is Feb. 12. Details: southarts.org.

Colin Warren-Hicks, 919-818-8138, [email protected]

Originally Published: January 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM EST