The City of West Hollywood has opened application opportunities for its 2026 Arts Grant Program. The City will host two virtual Arts Grant Program information workshops for those who are interested in applying to learn more about the City’s grant-eligibility requirements and application process, as well as to ask questions.

The Arts Grant Program Workshops will be held online via the Zoom platform on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 1 p.m. and on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1 p.m. First-time grant applicants and returning organizations with new development personnel are strongly encouraged to attend the Arts Grant Program information workshops to become familiar with the application process.

The City of West Hollywood, through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, has managed the Arts Grant Program for 28 years. West Hollywood’s Arts Grant Program provides grant funding to individual artists, artist collectives, and nonprofit arts organizations for the production, performance, or presentation of art projects that take place in the City of West Hollywood as well as those that serve the West Hollywood community.

The Arts Grants categories with open application processes for 2026 are as follows:

Arts Project Grant — Supports non-profit arts organization in the production, performance, or presentation of art projects that take place in the City of West Hollywood and that serve the West Hollywood community. The proposed projects should take place in the City of West Hollywood in 2026 and 2027. Proposed presentations may include, but are not limited to comedy show, dance performance, drag performance, film screening, visual art exhibit, music presentation, poetry reading, and theatre presentation. The Arts Project Grant category is awarded in a two-year cycle (with one application, grantee can be awarded for two years). The maximum grant award is $20,000 per grantee ($10,000 per year). The deadline for this category is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Community Arts Grant — Supports individuals and non-profit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC, LGBQ, and/or female artists and audiences. Proposed projects should take place in West Hollywood in 2026. Proposed presentations can include an art centered presentation or performance, and/or an educational and participatory program (workshop) which engages BIPOC, LGBQ, and/or female artists and audiences. The maximum grant award for both artists and non-profits arts organizations for this category is $6,000. The deadline for this category is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Filmmakers Grant (New Category for 2026) — Supports filmmakers with funding for finishing a film project, (film must be, at minimum, in rough cut stage with a description of remaining work needed to complete and completion must occur within 2026). Funds may be used for the following: Picture/Sound editing, Additional photography, Post Sound, Color grading, DCP, Music/composing/music rights, VFX. The maximum grant award for this category is $10,000. Up to four grants are expected to be funded in this new category. The deadline is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Transgender, Gender Diverse, Intersex, + (TGI+) Arts Grant — Supports and enhances the presentation of artworks in West Hollywood by transgender, non-binary, intersex, and gender nonconforming artists and non-profit organizations with a history of supporting artists in these communities. Proposed projects should take place in West Hollywood in 2026. Proposed presentations should include art presentations which engage transgender, gender diverse, and/or intersex artists and/or audiences. The maximum grant award is $6,500 for both artists and non-profit arts organizations. The deadline for this category is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

WeHo Artist Grant — Supports the long-term development of an artist’s ideas by providing funds that increase the capacity for artists to realize work, advance the conditions of creation, and navigate the complexities of both making art and making a career. Eligible artists must reside in the City of West Hollywood. The grant award is $6,000 per year for five artists. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Artists and organizations interested in applying may visit www.weho.org/arts for more information.

For more information about the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Grant Program, please visit www.weho.org/arts or contact City of West Hollywood Grants Coordinator Eva Angeloff at (323) 848-6354 or eangeloff@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing dial 711 or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) or 1-800-735-2922 (voice) for California Relay Service (CRS) assistance.

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