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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

WAB Celebrates 50th!

WAB's 50th Anniversary Mark, created by Paul Meinke

The Arts & Wellness

Wellness resources for WI's artists, arts organizations, and creative sector.

Grant Programs

Descriptions of all Wisconsin Arts Board grant programs.




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Featured Stories


WAB and WI Humanities Are Hitting the Road Together this Fall!

Join us in Appleton, Baraboo, Platteville, or Wisconsin Rapids to hear more about our programs and to share your perspective about what's happening in the arts, humanities, cultural, and creative spaces in your region.

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FY25 Creation & Presentation Program Now Open

The Arts Board is now accepting applications to the Creation and Presentation grant program. This general operating support-type program for arts organizations (with arts at the heart of their mission) has an application deadline of October 10.

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The Wisconsin Arts Board turned 50 this year!

If you’ve been able to join us at one of our regional in-person celebrations over the course of these past 11 months, thank you!  It was great to see you there! We’re culminating the year with a Virtual Celebration this month. Please join us!

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Wisconsin Arts Board Announces Forty-Six Creative Communities Grant Awards

Forty-six (46) Wisconsin non-profit organizations will receive grants for collaborative community arts projects through the Wisconsin Arts Board’s FY2025 Creative Communities grant program.

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Wisconsin Arts Board Announces FY25 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Award Recipients

The Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB) is pleased to announce this year's eleven Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program grant awardees.

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Apply Now! Arts Midwest's Midwest Culture Bearers Award

Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the Midwest Culture Bearers Award, a $5,000 award that celebrates and supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners.

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Please Help Us Make the Case

The information and ideas shared with us in our Biennium Field Survey will in turn help us formulate our 2025-2027 agency funding request to the Governor and Legislature.

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Visit our Arts Partners


National Endowment for the Arts home page


go to the Americans for the Arts home page
go to the Americans for the Arts home page




           go to the Portal Wisconsin website   
    
        ​ go to our internship opportunities page for more information