Young Artist Grant Program The Arts Commission recognizes up and coming DC artists with the Young Artist Grant Program. This initiative, which offers grants of up to $3,500 to individual artists between the ages of 18 and 30, is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts' Challenge America program. The Challenge America Program provides state arts agencies with funds to support activities that visibly demonstrate the benefits the arts bring to their citizens. The Young Artist Grant Program is an investment in the city's future that will develop a new generation of arts leadership in the District of Columbia. Grants support individual artists in two funding categories: Category 1 - Young Emerging Artist Grant Program Artists may apply for up to $2,500 of support for innovative art projects. Category 2 - Young Artist Community Service Program Artists may apply for up to $3,500 of support for projects that strengthen communities as well as provide positive alternatives for youth. The deadline to apply for a Young Artists Program grant is Friday, October 16, 2009, at 7 pm. Download the FY 2010 Young Artists Program guidelines* Download the FY 2010 Young Artists Program application* Download a listing of our 2009 Grantees.* For more information about the Young Artist Program, please email Moshe Adams or call (202) 724-5613.