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Launching for the 2026-27 fiscal year, ArtsActivate 2027 is the City of Dallas’ project-based cultural support program. The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture will contract for cultural services which establish a thriving cultural ecosystem that ensures all Dallas residents and visitors have an opportunity to experience the finest in arts and culture. The goal of this program is to activate Dallas communities through the arts and demonstrate our mission to create a thriving arts environment for all Dallas artists and residents. Each proposal must include an event open to the public.
ArtsActivate calls for arts and cultural projects by our Dallas arts and culture non-profit organizations, social service organizations, individual artists, and artist collectives to engage with communities, old and new, to provide a more creative, artistic, and cultural arts ecosystem for the City of Dallas.
ArtsActivate 2026-2027
ArtsActivate 2027 Round 2 will open on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CST.
The application will close on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CST.
Please use the buttons below to apply for the 2027 ArtsActivate program. For portal troubleshooting, please reach out to us at oacfundingprograms@dallas.gov.
If you are a current artist and need to access the 2026 portals for deliverable submission, please use the buttons in the “ArtsActivate 2025-26” section.
Click here for INDIVIDUAL ARTIST APPLICATION
Click here for NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION APPLICATION
Applicant Engagement
Information Sessions – Round 2:
- Monday, September 21 – Virtual Information Session | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | LINK
- Tuesday, September 29 – In-Person | 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak St, Dallas, TX, 75204
- Friday, October 2 – Virtual Information Session | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | LINK
- Tuesday, October 6 – Virtual Information Session | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | LINK
- Thursday, October 8 – In-Person | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Bilingual English/Spanish Session – TBD
Virtual, Drop-In Office Hours – Round 1:
- Friday, September 25, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | LINK
- Wednesday, October 7, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | LINK
- Friday, October 9, – 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | LINK
About ArtsActivate 2027:
- Is a project-based cultural funding program
- Combines and replaces all previous project-based funding programs
- Is open for proposals from non-profit arts/cultural organizations, social services organizations, individual artists, artist collectives and other eligible non-profit organizations
- ArtsActivate 2027 will open for three rounds of applications during the 2026-27 fiscal year (June 16, 2026 – March 1, 2027). Individual Artists and Group A eligible applicants may apply in any and all rounds and can get funded twice. Group B, C, & D and applicants who are in COP can apply in any round, but only be funded once.
- Applicants who are currently funded in the Cultural Organizations Program (COP) for FY 2025-26 or 2026-27 may apply if they receive less than $100,000 through COP or through operating and maintenance support from the City of Dallas, and the proposed project is not currently a part of the organization’s current COP scope of services
Guidelines & Resources
Download – ArtsActivate 2027 Guidelines – Exhibit A_6.17.2026
Download – ArtsActivate 2027 Guidelines ESPANOL
Plan Your Application:
Utilize the PDF’s below to preview and plan your application. *Please note, the PDF’s are for planning purposes only; all applications will need to be submitted through the application portal above.
View Dallas Cultural Plan Typology Map
(Note: the map does not guarantee that a location within the typologies falls in Dallas city limits since some of the census block groups straddle the city limit lines. Please double-check all locations to confirm they are within Dallas city limits.)
Timelines
Round 1 2027
Application Period:
June 16 – July 20, 2026
Notification Date:
September 11, 2026
Earliest Project Start Date:
October 13, 2026
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Round 2 2027
Application Period:
September 22 – October 13, 2026
Notification Date:
December 4, 2026
Earliest Project Start Date:
January 12, 2027
Round 3 2027
Application Period:
February 9, 2027 – March 1, 2027
Notification Date:
May 7, 2027
Earliest Project Start Date:
June 18, 2027
ArtsActivate 2025-2026
ROUND 1
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ROUNDS 2 & 3
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Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2026 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the ArtsActivate 2026 Guidelines: ArtsActivate 2026 Guidelines
Review the ArtsActivate 2026 Information Session: ArtsActivate 2026 Round 2 Info Session Slides
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ArtsActivate 2024-2025
ROUNDS 1, 2 & 3
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Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2025 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2025 Guidelines
Download Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 Summary
View Dallas Cultural Plan Priorities & Strategies
(All strategies that apply to the ArtsActivate 2025 application process are highlighted in yellow)
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ArtsActivate 2023-2024
ROUNDS 1, 2 & 3
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Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2024 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2024 Guidelines
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ArtsActivate 2022-2023
ROUNDS 1, 2 & 3
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Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2023 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2023 Guidelines
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ArtsActivate 2021-2022
ROUNDS 1, 2 & 3
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Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2022 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2022 Guidelines
ArtsActivate 2020-2021
Web Portal
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Through the web portal, you can apply when the application period is open. It will also give you access to previously submitted ArtsActivate 2021 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use the web portal to submit a revised budget and final report.
Guidelines & Resources
Review the complete ArtsActivate 2021Guidelines
Funding Recipientsoca-media.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/…/ArtsAct-2021-Project-Summaries-Organizations-funded.pdf
Individual Artists / Non-Profit Organizations
ArtsActivate 2019-2020
Web Portal
Applicants recommended for funding through ArtsActivate 2020 during the 2019-20 fiscal year (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020), will find links to the ArtsActivate 2020 portals here. These links will stay live through the following year for postponed projects due to COVID-19.
The ArtsActivate 2020 web-portal will give applicants access to previously submitted applications, along with subsequent steps of the funding process such as revised budget and final report submissions.
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Funding Recipients
Round 1 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations
Round 2 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations
Round 3 – Individual Artists / Non-profit Organizations
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