Accelerator Grant Deadline
August 29th
The Arts Commission’s Accelerator Grant program offers financial support with quick turn-around for local artists to advance their creative projects and careers.
Apply HereThe Arts Commission’s Accelerator Grant program offers financial support with quick turn-around for local artists to advance their creative projects and careers.
Apply HereSubmit an application to create artistically designed infrastructure enhancements for a new construction project along the Broadway Street corridor in the Old South End, Toledo, through September 12th.
Learn MoreDance, Party, and Play in the Glass City at the 2022 Momentum Festival on September 15th, 16th, and 17th in downtown Toledo!
Learn moreThe Arts Commission advocates to Inspire a Vibrant Community in Toledo. We believe support for artists and creatives in our region is essential to the greater Toledo area's revitalization, sense of place, and commitment to a brighter future. Through collaboration and community conversation we achieve innovative resources and programming that serve Toledo.
The arts are the heart and soul of our community. By fostering access to arts, creativity, and professional development for all artists and creatives in our area, at all skill levels, and from all walks of life, we encourage a more honest, diverse, and engaging interaction with our city, for residents and guests alike.
Our work is vital to helping build a new and better future for our city. From creating a more fertile ground for the arts to grow and develop, to providing access to fun, creativity, and new opportunities, Toledo's art and artists are at the center of driving a sense of community and enriching our neighborhoods, while fostering a creative economy that contributes to our sense of revitalization.
The Arts Commission strengthens our community, fosters creativity and celebrates life through art.
Toledo has earned the title of The Glass City through its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry. In celebration of the United Nation’s International Year of Glass, more than a dozen local organizations have joined forces to highlight our region’s rich history in glass and manufacturing, to showcase the birthplace of the Studio Glass Movement and our vibrant art scene today, and to celebrate Toledo as the epicenter of the glass industry. Dozens of events including lectures, tours, workshops, and a dynamic art & music festival are planned to take place throughout 2022 in celebration of the International Year in Toledo.
The Arts Commission has been selected to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The Arts Commission is receiving $500,000 to save jobs and to fund operations in arts and cultural sectors which have been the first to close and last to open as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.