Central Coast Creative Corps is a new grant opportunity funded by the California Arts Council. The grant will provide $140,000 to 23 year-long projects. $100,000 of each grant goes directly to an artist collaborating with a community-based organization. 

Community Partners will apply for the funds and collaborate with an Artist or Artist Collective (all disciplines) who signs up on the Artist Directory, or with an Artist they may already be affiliated with, to collaborate for 12 months on producing a sustained outreach and engagement campaign addressing one of four priority areas as identified by the California Arts Council listed above.

The goal of the Central Coast Creative Corps is to invest in artists across disciplines to partner with nonprofits, government agencies, and tribal governments to collaboratively advance civic engagement, public health, social justice, and climate resilience across the Central Coast.

This program prioritizes communities that demonstrate the highest levels of need as indicated by the California Healthy Places Index (HPI). Download and view the HPI maps of the most eligible areas in our six-county region.