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Wisconsin Arts Board!

Welcome to the Wisconsin Arts Board – the state agency which nurtures creativity, cultivates expression, promotes the arts, supports the arts in education, stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource for people of every culture and heritage.

Arts Board Event Calendar

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WAB Celebrates 50th!

Investing in your community's imagination for 50 years!

WAB 50th Anniversary

Grant Impact Reports

One page reports visualizing the impact of Wisconsin Arts Board Grants in each Senate and Assembly District, as well as statewide.

FY24 Grant Impact Reports

Grant Programs

Descriptions of all Wisconsin Arts Board grant programs.

WAB Grant Programs

Featured Stories

Week One of Jazz and Poetry Month 2025

We are celebrating Jazz Month and Poetry Month by pairing a poem with a jazz song, both being either produced in/about Wisconsin or by a Wisconsinite.

Read and listen to this week's features..

The BEA Publishes New Data on Arts and Cultural Production

According to new data released today, April 2nd, 2025, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows the arts and cultural industries grew at twice the rate of the U.S. economy, adding $1.2 trillion. Read about Wisconsin's new data...

Submit An Artist / Arts Organization for Poetry Month and Jazz Month

Nominate an artist or an arts organization to be included in the Poetry Month and Jazz Month tandem spotlight this April! Any and all artists and organizations focusing on jazz or poetry (written or spoken) are accepted...

What's Afoot Backstage - March 2025

What did the Arts Board do in March? Read on to find out ~What's Afoot Backstage~

The Fourth Week of Youth Art Month 2025

For every weekday in Youth Art Month 2025, we are spotlighting an organization that uplift and connect Wisconsin's youths to the arts. This is the last week of YAM 2025, featuring six amazing organizations...

Board Member Xela Garcia Speaks at Create Wisconsin Day

Wisconsin Arts Board Member Marcela "Xela" Garcia spoke earlier this week, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Create Wisconsin Day on the importance of the arts, and the power the arts has in supporting communities through social and economic impact...

Wisconsin Arts Board FY24 Grant Impact Reports

Using FY2024 data, we have released one page reports visualizing the impact of Wisconsin Arts Board Grants for all Assembly and Senate Districts in Wisconsin, as well as a visualization of the statewide impact of Wisconsin Arts Board Grants.