Arts and Education Resources

Resources For The Arts

Whether you're an artist interested in grants and other opportunities or a community member interested in bringing the arts to your neighborhood, Washington, DC is city that is full of valuable art-related resources.

Opportunities in public art range from Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, to film and New Media.

Interested in Artist Grants?

• DC Commission on The Arts and Humanities (DCCAH): DCCAH's mission is to provide grant funds, programs and educational activities that encourage diverse artistic expressions and learning opportunities, so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of our city.
• Wherewithal grants: Wherewithal Grants are a new funding source for visual artists in the DC-area. Generously funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its regional regranting program and managed by Washington Project for the Arts, these grants are intended to both sustain and stimulate artist-organized culture.
• The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation: Grants are made in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Community Services, Education, Health and Environment. Generally, the Foundation looks to support work that improves the lives of DC-area residents, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable and underserved individuals.

Looking for Arts Organizations?

• DC Commission on The Arts and Humanities (DCCAH): DCCAH's mission is to provide grant funds, programs and educational activities that encourage diverse artistic expressions and learning opportunities, so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of our city.
• 202 Creates: Mayor Muriel Bowser launched 202Creates in September 2016 to amplify and celebrate DC's creative culture. Led by OCTFME and DMPED, 202Creates engages residents through events, activities, and resources that enrich our communities across all 8 wards.
• Women in Film and Video (WIFV): Women in Film & Video of Washington, DC (WIFV) is dedicated to advancing the career development and achievement for professionals working in all areas of screen-based media and related disciplines.
• Murals DC: MuralsDC was created in 2007 to replace illegal graffiti with artistic works, revitalize sites within communities in the District of Columbia, and to teach young, aspiring artists the art of aerosol painting.  This initiative aims to positively engage District youth by teaching proper professional art techniques, providing supplies, and a legal means to practice and perform their artistic skill in a way that promotes respect for public and private property and community awareness.
• Washington Project For The Arts (WPA): Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is a platform for collaborative and experimental artist-organized projects, dialogue, and advocacy. Artists curate and organize all of our programming—as an extension of their own intellectual research. Their projects can take many forms, from conversational dinners, exhibitions, field trips, film screenings, grass-roots organizing meetings, and installations, to lectures, performances, podcasts, publications, symposia, workshops, and more.

Locating Public Art in Ward 7

Public art is abound in DC. Here are links to a few places where you'll find public art is Ward 7:

• Statehood Mural at Deanwood Recreation Center, 1350 49th St NE
• A Community, A Family: 4001 Gault Pl NE
• Greetings from Deanwood: 4748 Sheriff Rd NE
• 100 Years of African American History, 4317 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE
• Mosaic in Marvin Gaye Park: 4215 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE
• Africa Mother of Human Kind: 219 50th St NE
• Mural Saluting the Red Cross: 4008 Minnesota Ave NE
• East of the River: 3919 Benning Rd NE
• River Terrace: 3621 Benning Rd NE

Interested making your own community Mural?

Here’s a great resource guide from the Neighborhood Design Center about making a community mural.