{"id":366392,"date":"2026-07-09T04:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366392\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:55:35","slug":"austin-opens-applications-for-arts-and-music-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366392\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin opens applications for arts and music grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/funding-programs\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opened applications<\/a> Tuesday for $23 million in grants for the arts and music community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today\u2019s launch reflects how deeply the City values both the creative community and the voices that continue to help shape these programs,&#8221; Angela Means, the director of the Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment office, said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Austinites can apply for between $5,000 and $250,000 depending on the program. Money for the grants comes from hotel occupancy taxes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese HOT-funded grants are not just awards, they are a reinvestment of visitor dollars back into the artists, musicians, cultural organizations and heritage stewards who make Austin a sought-out destination,\u201d Means said.<\/p>\n<p>The money will be awarded through four programs: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/austin-live-music-fund\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Music Fund<\/a> \u2014 $6 million is available for musicians, venues and promoters.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/elevate\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elevate<\/a> \u2014 $11 million is available for artists, cultural organizations and groups that produce art.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/heritage-preservation-grant\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heritage Preservation<\/a> \u2014 $3 million is available to groups seeking to preserve historic spaces and help promote tourism.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/thrive\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thrive<\/a> \u2014 $3 million is available for nonprofit organizations that reflect Austin&#8217;s culture. <\/p>\n<p>Awards are either for one or two years, with funding beginning in January. The money can be used for \u201ccreative production, public programming, operational and administrative needs, cultural events, media and digital arts projects, dance and movement\u2011based work, literary arts, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austinites can get help with applications by attending workshops or open office hours, or by scheduling a meeting with ACME staff. There are also online information videos in English and Spanish. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/funding-programs\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More information can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply is Aug. 18 at 6:59 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city opened applications Tuesday for $23 million in grants for the arts and music community. &#8220;Today\u2019s launch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[11580,96573,132,11581,134,133,4621,95321,75578,129728,11583,11582,27,129729],"class_list":["post-366392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-acme","tag-arts-funding","tag-austin","tag-austin-arts","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-culture","tag-elevate","tag-grant-applications","tag-heritage-preservation","tag-live-music-fund","tag-music-and-entertainment","tag-texas","tag-thrive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}