Arts Enterprise Partnerships

Arts Enterprise Partnerships strengthen community-based economic development through three-year public/private visual arts partnerships that directly benefit underserved rural communities. Applicants must qualify as cottage arts enterprises.

The priority of such enterprises is to train artists and either employ or market the work of artisans in an ongoing economic development enterprise. Projects must promote wide participation and bring attention to the community’s or region’s cultural resources with a goal of income generation for arts organizations, artists, and the general community. Funding is not appropriate for startups,  fine art galleries, or performing arts organizations.

rural:  outside Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe city limits