- Grants
- Commission Meetings
- Disaster Preparedness Assistance through Performing Arts Readiness
- Creative Chill at The Line Hotel
- DC Art Now 2025 Opening Reception and Art All Night Kickoff
- Golden Triangle BID Attend the Art Ave Opening Event
- Sylvia Traymore Morrison Live at the Lincoln Theatre
- Hispanic Heritage Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
- The Best of the DMV 2025
- Opportunities
- Resources
- Update Your Profile
| | Notification Timeline Reminder | | |
A friendly reminder for those who applied to any number of our FY26 Requests for Applications, that we will notify applicants as to the results of your applications on or around October 1, 2025 via (1) letter of intention to award, (2) letter of ineligibility, or (3) letter of denial.
This, and further information about notifications and award disbursements, can be found on page 18 of our FY26 Guide to Grants.
| | Application Feedback Survey | Did you apply for an FY 2026 CAH grant, either as an individual or for your organization? We invite you to provide feedback on the process. This may take up to 10 minutes to complete, and should not take more than 15. | | |
Our FINAL Full Commission regular meeting of the 2025 Fiscal Year is scheduled to begin at 5:30 ET on Monday, September 29. This is the annual meeting where the majority of FY26 Funding recommendations will be presented and voted on.
Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting live online on CAH’s YouTube channel. Members of the public may also request three minutes to speak during the public comment period held at this meeting.
Requests must be submitted by no later than Noon ET on Thursday, September 25 Written comments may also be submitted by no later than Noon ET on Thursday, September 25, as an alternative or in addition to spoken comments. Public comments, both spoken and written, will be included in the public record of the meeting.
This meeting is governed by the Open Meetings Act. Please address any questions or complaints arising under this meeting to the Office of Open Government at opengovoffice@dc.gov.
| | Disaster Preparedness Assistance through Performing Arts Readiness | | |
September is Emergency Preparedness Month
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities wants you to be prepared and that means; plan. To help you do that CAH announces;
Performing Arts Readiness (PAR) and Lyrasis offer free review of arts and cultural organizations’ disaster plans year around. They can suggest updates, edits, and additions to your current plan based on a combined 50 years of experience on disaster response and recovery. Please reach out to Tom Clareson, PAR Project Director, at tom.clareson@lyrasis.org with questions, and allow at least two weeks for review.
In addition, CAH hosted a number of workshops to address emergency preparedness topics and issues in the arts like; Emergency Planning and Business Insurance for Artists.
You can view any one or all of the workshops. See link below.
https://dcarts.dc.gov/node/1786591
Looking for assistance see this link
CAH Emergency Management Project Contact list 6.25.25.xlsx
And finally, if you would like to let CAH know about your needs fill out this survey link below
CAH Emergency Management Survey
Let’s Prepare!
| Creative Chill at The Line Hotel | |
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
6 pm - 8 pm
The LINE DC
1770 Euclid Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities presents our final Creative Chill summer networking series for artists.
Join fellow creatives, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, for a casual evening of rooftop networking and connecting, in collaboration with The Line Hotel's Pour Decision Wednesday!
Food and beverages available for purchase, along with a 360-degree view of Washington, DC, courtesy of our friends at The Line Hotel.
For reasonable accommodation requests regarding access and inclusion, please contact us at CAHaccessibility@dc.gov, no later than 5 business days before the start of this event.
For any other questions, please email cah@dc.gov.
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DC Art Now 2025
Opening Reception and Art All Night Kickoff
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
6 pm - 8 pm
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
200 I (Eye) Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in our I st Gallery for DC Art Now 2025, a reception to celebrate the finalists for our FY26 Art Bank Program!
Come kickoff Art All Night weekend with us and see DC come to life through photography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, textiles, and more! Meet the artists inside and outside enjoy vendors and family-friendly fun.
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Golden Triangle BID
Attend the Art Ave Opening Event
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Join us for the Art Ave Opening Event on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 11 AM
Farragut Square Park – Connecticut Avenue & K Street NW | Washington, DC
Visit Art Ave, a free outdoor art gallery featuring 13 stunning, large-scale sculptures and window artworks by acclaimed artists, just steps from the Farragut West and Farragut North Metro stations, and on view from September through January. Discover interactive elements during the day or visit in the evening to see the artworks colorfully illuminated. Art Ave also includes a calendar of events with live music, fitness classes, book sales, story time, and more. Free | 800 Connecticut Ave. - 1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, including Farragut Square Park
Art Ave is presented by the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District and funded through the DC Office of Planning’s Streets for People grant program. Learn more at ArtAveDC.com.
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Sylvia Traymore Morrison
Live at the Lincoln Theatre
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Friday, September 26, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm, Show starts at 8 pm
The Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
CAH is pleased to support this event featuring DC native Sylvia Traymore Morrison and will provide complimentary tickets for all upper balcony seating.
To secure a complimentary ticket, please click here and use the access code: STM during checkout and registration.
Please be advised that each registered attendee is allowed a maximum of 2 tickets, and all complimentary tickets will be made available until they are sold out.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
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Join us for CAH's Hispanic Heritage Month Wikipedia edit-a-thon and help to close the Wikipedia racial gap by creating and editing biographies about Hispanic artists and performers with connections to the arts and humanities in DC.
All are welcome and training will be provided for new Wikipedia editors. This event is presented with support from Wikimedia DC.
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The Best of the DMV 2025 voting round is here, and we’re inviting members of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities community to take part!
Cast your vote for your favorite artists, cultural organizations, and creative businesses between September 1 and October 3. This is your chance to make sure the arts and culture community is celebrated and recognized across the region.
To learn more or explore sponsorship opportunities, contact Ra-Jah Kelly at Ra-Jah@washingtoninformer.com.
Let’s showcase the very best of the arts in our region!
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DowntownDC BID
Summer Grant Request for Proposals
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Final Submission Deadline: Friday, September 5, 2025
Responses to Potential Applicant Questions on the Summer 2026 & 2027 Gallery Place / Chinatown Community Events & Cultural Activations Request for Proposals
The Downtown DC BID (“BID”) has received the following questions from potential applicants to the Summer Events RFP. The BID has provided responses here.
This document has been sent to all potential applicants that had registered for the 8/7 informational session or contacted the Grant Administrator at any point.
In an effort to maintain transparency and consistency of information to all potential applicants, the Grant Administrator does not intend to respond to any additional questions at this time.
Potential applicants are encouraged to review this document and the RFP itself in detail if further information is required.
For additional assistance on this RFP, please contact DowntownDC BID Director of Planning and Economic Development, Mark Simpson at marks@downtowndc.org.
| Community College Preparatory Academy | |
Introducing DC’s First-Ever School-Based Gallery for Adult Learners
Submission Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025
Are you a local, emerging artist looking for a bold new space to showcase your work? Do you believe art can transform lives, inspire growth, and elevate communities? If so, this call is for you.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a permanent, rotating art gallery inside the newest adult public charter school in Washington, DC—a first-of-its-kind initiative where art lives, breathes, and sells in the same space where adult learners reclaim their education and transform their futures.
This is your opportunity to display your work on the walls of Community College Preparatory Academy’s new campus, and to sell directly to art lovers, collectors, and community members—all while supporting adult education in your city.
For complete details on this call, please click here.
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Discounts to National Arts and Health
Fall Conference in New York City
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Special early bird registration pricing ends September 8th!
This November, National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) will host its 9th Annual Conference, NOAHCON 25, in New York City from November 5–7, in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, NYU Steinhardt, and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. Additionally, there will be a virtual day on November 19.
NOAHCON 25 will bring together artists, arts administrators, therapists, medical professionals, designers, educators, and students to share knowledge and inspire innovation in the field of arts in health.
The in-person agenda has just been announced. There are lots of ways to save on registration including an additional $50 off early bird in-person registration with the code NOAH_ally25.
Register now and save $80 with early bird pricing: https://bit.ly/NOAHCON-25-Registration
| Howard County Arts Studios & Offices | | |
The Arts Council is relocating to the Historic Courthouse in Ellicott City in late 2025.
In this new space, dedicated to arts, culture, and history, HoCo Arts will continue to facilitate the Resident Studio Artist and Arts Organization Programs. These programs offer affordable maker spaces to practicing professional and emerging artists as well as 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organizations in a nurturing, supportive, creative environment.
10 artist studios and 1 arts organization office are available.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
| | Jumpstarting Artist Jobs Report | | |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, new artist employment programs were launched to provide paid creative work for artists while advancing local community needs. A new report released today by the NEA, “Jumpstarting Artist Jobs: Case Studies of U.S. Employment Programs for Creative Workers” spotlights several examples, alongside practical recommendations to support future employment-based arts initiatives.
This report builds on the NEA’s historic support for workforce development from apprenticeships for early-career theater professionals through Shakespeare in American Communities, to our support of Roundabout Theatre’s 2021 convening on strengthening the workforce for technical theater positions.
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Check out just some of these free trainings they're providing the month of [Month] which are generally from 2 to 3:30 pm ET on weekdays:
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