The Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant program provides support for Kentucky-based arts and cultural organizations, with an average annual revenue of $100,000 or more, whose primary mission is to provide Kentuckians with year-round arts programming.

Applicants with average annual revenue of less than $100,000 must apply for Kentucky Arts Rising (KAR) https://artscouncil.ky.gov/program/kentucky-arts-rising/ which is designed for smaller organizations.

The Kentucky Arts Rising (KAR) grant program provides support for Kentucky-based arts and cultural organizations, with an average annual revenue of less than $100,000, whose primary mission is to provide Kentuckians with year-round arts programming.

Applicants with average annual revenue of $100,000 or more must apply for Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) https://artscouncil.ky.gov/program/kentucky-arts-partnership-grant/, which is designed for larger organizations.

The Emerging Artist Award is a competitive $1,000 award given to working, professional Kentucky artists who are in the early years of their career (typically within the first 10 years of their professional artistic life) and who have achieved a level of excellence and creativity in their work. Emerging Artist Awards are unrestricted and may be used in any way to enhance the artist's career. No matching funds are required, and no specific project has to be carried out with the funds.
The FY2027 Emerging Artist Award program is open for applications in the following Literary Arts subdisciplines fiction, creative nonfiction, play/screenwriting, and poetry.