May Monthly Roundup: Grants For Artists

Artist grants are vital to the sustainability of Miami’s thriving cultural community. (Digital collage by Jean Blackwell Font)

Available Grants for Artists

As a service, we provide a monthly listing of available grants to artists in the Miami-Dade County area as well as throughout South Florida with key information on eligibility and requirements and links to full details for each grant listed.

Note that all applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline date.

South Arts Spring 2026 Grants Cycle

Southern Artist Spotlight Grants
This is a pilot grant program providing grant opportunities to documentary filmmakers, musicians and dancers, fiction and poetry writers and all forms of visual arts. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis and require a dollar-for-dollar cash match. Maximum request is $8,000 for dance and $5,000 for all other disciplines. Projects must take place between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, and applications must be submitted 60 days before the project start date.

Click here for full details, applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Arts in Rural Places Grants
Organizations in rural, isolated, or small communities are eligible for up to $3,000 in support for community engagement projects. Opportunities are open to the same groups and applications, and project windows are all the same as the Artist Spotlight Grants mentioned above.

Click here for full details, applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Professional Development for Arts Organizations
Arts organizations with operating budgets of $500,000 or more are eligible for up to $1,000 for professional development support. Open to artist ensembles, producing and presenting organizations, visual and performing arts centers, museums, film festivals, arts service organizations, community arts organizations, and art councils. Projects must take place between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027, and applications must be submitted 60 days before the project start date.

Click here for full details, applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Miami Film Lab

Lab Results Writer’s Retreat

As part of their mission to support local filmmakers, Miami Film Lab is hosting a fall one day Writer’s Retreat. They will choose four feature length scripts and award a $500 honorarium to screenwriters to discuss their work with peers and meet with local directors and producers to bring their scripts closer to production. Application fee is $10 and the retreat will be held  Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Historic Palm Lodge.

Click here for full details, application deadline is June 15, 2026.

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

Artist Access (ART) Grants Program
Practicing, professional artists working in Miami-Dade County can request up to $2,000 to help with professional development in furthering their practice. Those include workshops, conferences, classes, residencies, arts leadership and teaching artist training and non-credit artistic learning. Curators, arts administrators, producers, and presenters are ineligible for this opportunity.

Click here for full details, application deadline is June 1, 2026.

Audience Access Grant Program
Non-profit arts organizations who create, perform, exhibit and/or present the arts are eligible to request up to $5,000 to help pay for arts program ADA/access technology and services including American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, captioning, audio description, materials in accessible format, ADA/access training, and other types of services for audiences of all abilities.

Click here for full details, application deadline is ongoing, but applications must be submitted at least one month prior to the need of the technology/service expansion.

Women in Film & Television Florida

Feature Film Finishing Project Scholarship Grant
Open to Women in Film Florida members awarding $3,000 to help complete an existing feature film project. Requirements include females in at least two of the following key positions – principal actor, writer, director, producer, cinematographer, or editor, film length between 60 to 120 minutes, completed principal photography, not been in commercial or festival distribution and complied with opening/closing credit requirements.

Click here for full details, application deadline is Sept. 1, 2026.

Film Florida
Florida Emerging Filmmakers Fund
Open to Film Florida members for free, non-members must pay a fee. Awards of $1,000-$2,000 in cash to filmmakers as well as mentorship with an industry professional throughout their film project. Short and long formats and all genres are eligible, demonstrate advanced and innovative skills in filmmaking and support the organization’s mission of creating jobs in Florida’s film and entertainment production industry. Projects must be filmed entirely in Florida by a Florida crew with major post-production done in Florida.

Click here for full details, no deadline.

Additional Links

A listing of where to check periodically for available grants, workshops, resources, and application assistance.

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs: https://miamidadearts.org/

Florida Division of Arts & Culture: dos.fl.gov/cultural/grants/grant-programs/specific-cultural-projects/

Knight Foundation: https://knightfoundation.org/

The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation: https://jmperezfamilyfoundation.org/grant-opportunities/

Green Space Miami: https://greenspacemiami.org/

AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades): https://www.airie.org/

Funding Arts Network: https://fundingartsnetwork.org/home/grants/

Broward County Cultural Division: https://www.broward.org/Arts/Funding/Pages/artistsupport.aspx

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