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Nonprofit
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- In Tennessee
This award is for musicians with disabilities ages 14 to 25, in any genre or instrument. Winners get a stipend, career workshops and chances to perform. Apply by November 19.
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Nonprofit
Jazz Foundation of America · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- In Tennessee
- No match
Musicians in crisis can ask for help with rent, utilities, food or medical care. The fund focuses on jazz and blues musicians and their families. It also gives disaster relief.
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Local
ARTSmemphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $500 – $5,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Unrestricted emergency cash grants for Shelby County professional artists hit by a recent catastrophic emergency (within the past six months) that disrupts their ability to work. Applicants take an eligibility quiz in the ARTSmemphis grant portal;...
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Nonprofit
Musicians Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- In Tennessee
- No match
Professional musicians facing a sudden hardship can apply for a one-time grant. Examples are medical bills, natural disasters or housing crises. You need five years of work and tax filings as a musician.
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Nonprofit
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- In Tennessee
- No match
Career musicians and music workers with serious health problems can ask for money help. There are separate forms for mental health and natural disasters. Older workers age 65 and up can get basic-needs help.
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Local
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Shelby County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Only 5 days left to apply
Pays part of the cost when Memphis-area original-music artists order merchandise or physical media (shirts, CDs, vinyl) from Memphis-based vendors: up to 40%, or up to 50% with a preferred partner, paid straight to the vendor. Annual cap of $2,000 per...
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Local
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- $500 – $2,500
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Shelby County
- Only 5 days left to apply
Touring grants for Memphis-area musicians who record and play original music and have at least five dates booked in different cities, mostly more than 100 miles from Memphis. Awards depend on band size, tour reach and number of dates, with a $5,000 annual...
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Nonprofit
Tennessee Craft (with Tennessee Arts Commission) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 7, 2026 · 28 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,900
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Pairs a Tennessee craft artist with a master artist for six months of one-on-one study. Apprentices get a $1,900 stipend for supplies, tools, and travel. Applicants must live in Tennessee and be 18 or older.
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Local
Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Knox County
- No match
Quick, confidential emergency grants for Greater Knoxville artists and arts workers facing urgent costs such as rent, utilities or medical bills. Applicants must have worked in the local arts community for at least two of the last five years and may apply...
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Local
ArtsBuild · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Hamilton County
Small NEA-funded grants for public arts programs, classes, performances and events that reach underserved people in Hamilton County. Nonprofits, neighborhood associations, cultural groups and individual artists can apply.
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Local
City of Johnson City Public Art Committee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County
Johnson City's Public Art Committee can help fund and approve outdoor murals visible from public streets. Artists, building or business owners, and community groups (501(c)(3) status not required) may request funding after meeting with the mural program...
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Association
Tennessee Craft · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Tennessee craft artists from groups that are underrepresented in the arts can ask for up to $500. The money pays for classes, workshops, conferences or residencies that grow their craft career. If you win and are not a member, the $50 dues come out of the award.
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Nonprofit
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Helps Memphis musicians with a tour planned pay for ads and promotion in the cities they will play. Grants go up to $1,000. Artists must live within 25 miles of Memphis, record there, and play original music.
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Nonprofit
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Helps Memphis musicians releasing an album or EP pay a publicist or PR firm. Grants go up to $3,000 and are paid straight to the publicist. Artists must also plan to tour to support the release.
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Nonprofit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 15, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $4,000 – $12K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
About 120 fellowships pay $4,000 a month for one to three months of research at The Huntington in California. Graduate students, professors, working artists, creative writers and independent researchers can apply.
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Nonprofit
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 19, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
This juried show is for visual artists with disabilities, ages 16 to 25, who live in the U.S. Fifteen artists each get a $3,000 stipend, career training and a spot in a touring exhibition. Apply by November 19 for the 2027 theme, Thrive.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
Pilot grants for arts journalism and cultural coverage: travel grants for reporting trips, grants to individual arts journalists, and larger grants to media outlets that hire them. Applicants must live in or be headquartered in a South Arts state such as...
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Nonprofit
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 97 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Gives artists and writers a $3,000 stipend and research space to use the Newberry Library's collections for a creative project. It is open to visual and performing artists, authors, cartoonists, journalists, playwrights, and filmmakers. Studio space is not...
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Nonprofit
IBMA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 31, 2027 · 113 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Supports bluegrass activities that bring more people of color into bluegrass music. Project grants are due January 31 each year. Individual musicians of color can also ask for smaller grants any time.
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Foundation
Julia C. West Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our individual artist or creative guide
- Local program: Hawkins County, Sullivan County
Grants for local education, arts and animal welfare work in the Kingsport area. Applications are welcome all year; the board reviews in the first half of the year. Awards for the 2027 cycle are expected in May 2027.
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