Welcome!

​​​​​​​​​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.

New Economic Data

The BEA & NEA released new data revealing that in 2017 the arts & cultural sector contributed $877.8 billion to the U.S. economy, which represents 4.5% of GDP. State level reports are also available. Wisconsin's report is here.

COVID-19 & the Arts in WI

We have collected resources to help WI's artists, arts organizations, and creative sector as a whole, navigate this challenging time here.

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Grant Programs

Descriptions of all Wisconsin Arts Board grant programs may be found here.


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National Endowment for the Arts Approves Arts Organizations for CARES Act Funding
The Wisconsin Arts Board congratulates the Wisconsin recipients of direct NEA CARES Act support
  
​Two Wisconsin Artists Receive Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
Two of Wisconsin's finest traditional artists, Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) and Wayne Valliere (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe) recognized as National Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts.
  
Wisconsin Arts Listening and Resource Sessions: How Can We Help?
WI’s artists and arts organizations are invited to join Wisconsin Arts Board and Arts Wisconsin staff to share their perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their work so far, and their recommendations on actions for us to take.
  
Governor Evers Appoints New Wisconsin Arts Board Members
Governor Tony Evers has appointed three new board members – and reappointed another – to the Wisconsin Arts Board.
  
The Wisconsin Arts Board's Emergency Relief Funding for Arts Organizations Impacted by COVID-19
In communities across WI, arts groups are experiencing future-altering losses of earned revenue. In response, and with CARES Act funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, WAB has created an emergency relief fund.
go to our internship opportunities page for more information 
go to the NEA website  
go to the National Arts Education campaign website  
go to the Cultural Coalition project page of Portal Wisconsin  
go to the Americans for the Arts home page  
go to the Portal Wisconsin website  





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