AIE Arts Curriculum Project (AIE ACP) grants up to $10,000 are awarded to schools and non-profit or governmental organizations and institutions to help support projects that advance the goal of arts as a basic part of education. Projects must seek to enhance current arts curricula or must assist in the goal of establishing on-going arts programming and/or curricula in schools and organizations.

AIE In-School Residency (AIE ISR) grants of up to $40,000 are awarded to place professional artists in residencies at specific school sites or in conjunction with other non-profit community or governmental organizations and institutions. The AIE In-School Residency program provides a way for artists to demonstrate their art form, create or perform works of art so that participants may observe the creative process and relate their art form to other K-12 curriculum areas.


AIE After-School/Summer Residency (AS/SR) grants of up to $10,000 are awarded to sponsor artist residencies that provide positive alternatives for children and youth during non-school hours.


Collaborative Project Support (CPS) grants up to $10,000 are awarded to assist with the cost of collaborative arts projects that involves some form of community outreach. The Collaborative Project’s outreach should involve one or more underserved community groups as defined by the Arkansas Arts Council: An underserved community is one in which individuals lack access to arts programs due to geography, economic conditions, ethnic background, physical challenges, or age.

The Expansion Arts (AE) grant program is designed to strengthen small and mid-sized nonprofit art organizations by providing salary assistance and technical support for an executive director for a period of three years.


The General Operating Support (GOS) helps fund administrative operating expenses of established not-for-profit local arts agencies or single discipline organizations with a budget equal to or greater than $50,000.

Major Arts Partners (MAP) grant programs are designed for eligible nonprofit tax-exempt organizations with a three-year average budget equal to or greater than $1 million.