Current Grantees
Create Grants June 2025 Awards
Funding for artists and organizations for an arts and/or cultural project taking place in Santa Cruz County
Rotating Mural Wall at Lenz Arts in Downtown Santa Cruz.
Native Arts Market at the Watsonville Women's Club.
Resonant Landscapes: Music of Climate and Connection - a joint recital with composer Nina Barzegar in May 2026.
Teen Screen Printing Studio at The Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County.
Bodypaint art to facilitate journeys of self-acceptance.
Reimagining Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s piano cycle Das Jahr (“The Year”) as a multisensory auditory-visual work through a live performance in Santa Cruz.
Dean Fraser presents "The Golden Void" audio visual performance and gallery at the Santa Cruz 418 project.
Círculo de poetas & Writers 2025 Summer Conference at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in August 2025.
Capturing Dance: A Photography Project Elevating Dancers with Headshots and Dance Photography.
Drag Ball and Variety Show in Watsonville featuring local drag artists, burlesque dancers, and aerial performers.
"MáKkin Mak Wárep" Reconnecting the Muwekma Ohlone Descendants to Their Ancestral Land through Interdisciplinary Art Collaboration.
Second Annual Day of the Dead Aztec Dance Ceremony.
Acrylic for Everyone: Community Painting Workshops in Watsonville.
Children's Art Banners on the San Lorenzo River Walk.
10th annual Ha Mbongui African Dance and Drum Conference in Santa Cruz at Tannery Arts Center in May 2026.
Indigenous Crafting Class Series held by elders in the community
"Broadsides No. 2" Art and Poetry Exhibition at M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery, in partnership with UC Santa Cruz Humanities Institute and Special Collections & Archives, in November/December 2025.
July 2025 workshop in Watsonville investigating the art of succulent and flower growing/arranging/propagating to create beautiful visual art pieces
Santa Cruz Swing Dance Festival: Celebrating the Black American Heritage of Swing with Daytime Classes & Live Music Social Dance– Spring 2026.
"Connected" Art Exhibition in Santa Cruz, September/October 2025.
I WOKE UP LIKE THIS - Fashion Extravaganza at The 418 Project in Downtown Santa Cruz in November 2025.
Ripple Effect: Santa Cruz County Arts and Culture Festival - an 11-day, countywide, multidisciplinary festival in April 2026
Cultura Escondida: Afro-Puerto Rican tradition & Resistance - a fall concert at Barrios Unidos featuring Artist/Poet/Singer/Rapper Dulce Coco. instagram.com/dulcecoc03
San Lorenzo Valley Museum Artist-in-Residence Program: an opportunity for local artists with a goal to increase the cultural diversity of the Museum's collections.
Opportunity Grant Music Scholarships for Financially Disadvantaged Families.
Santa Cruz Dance Week in April 2026.
Pride and Prejudice production by Midsummer Ensemble at the Broadway Playhouse in August 2025.
“The one with the manes” multimedia exhibition at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery in February/March 2026.
Develop Grants June 2025 Awards
Professional development funding for artists and arts organizations
Working with a website consultant to create a site for Palabra Campesina.
Laptop Purchase for Business Operations and Communications.
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D printer for creating products from my art.
Materials to create a new painting series to refine my current artistic voice and style.
DTF Heat Press Machine: A Tool for Economic Independence.
An iPad and Stylus Pen to enhance digital art skills and productivity.
Travel to American Samoa for an artist residency to expand upon my knowledge of techniques used in traditional art forms and establish a deeper connection with my cultural heritage.
Working with a professional grant writer to enhance our ability to secure sustainable funding.
Working with a professional development coach to develop a 5-year Business Plan that supports long-term artistic goals and to improve grant-writing skills. mtscapes.art
Attending Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp to further pursue my study of Bellydance.
Support to attend the Transcultural International Exchange Conference 2026.
Founding an independent games studio focused on creating authentic art.
Supporting my participation in major Art Events (Santa Cruz Open Studios, Capitola Art and Wine festival, and Capitola Plein Air).
Grants research support tools.
Scholarships and Stipends for Women, Girls, BIPOC, and Lower-Income Students & Instructors.
Private Glass Instruction Under Local Artist Chris Johnson
Nonprofit Leadership Certificate.
Professional Development and Training for MAH Development and Communications staff.
Equipment acquisition for social media art outreach and expanding online presence.
A vacuum exposure unit to create large format cyanotype prints for an upcoming exhibition.
Developing New Media and Video Documentation for "A Secret History of American River People."
Support Grant January 2025 Awards
General operating support for nonprofit arts organizations and fiscally-sponsored arts groups