2026 Individual Artist Grants Program

The Santa Monica Individual Artist Grants program fosters the creation of new work, recognizes artistic excellence, and celebrates our community's commitment to artists through support for their continued professional development and creation of new work. The program is designed to support the development of new artistic work by individual artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theater, literary arts, media arts, visual arts, and interdisciplinary arts. Artists must reside in Santa Monica and have a demonstrated commitment to their artistic practice.