Expanded Access to Arts and Culture 2025
General Operating Support and Project-Specific Support Grants Available
Established Organization
General Operating Support
African American Historical and Cultural Museum of San Joaquin Valley
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Art of Life Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Arte Américas
Arts Enrichment For All
Bonsai Foundation of the Central Valley DBA Clark Bonsai Museum
Break The Barriers
BreakBox Thought Collective
Children's Musical Theatreworks of Fresno
Community Media Access Collaborative
El Teatro de la Tierra
Emerge Arts Project Inc
Fresno Art Museum
Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame
Fresno City & County Historical Society
Fresno Community Chorus, Inc.
Fresno Ideaworks
Fresno Philharmonic Association
JazzFresno
Radio Bilingüe
The Company Studio Inc.
Valley Public Television, Inc.
Warnors Center for the Performing Arts
Youth Orchestras of Fresno
Congratulations to the 2025-26 Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Grant Recipients
Established Organization
Project Specific Support
"Our City, Our Stage"
Art and History in Lowell
Black Youth Empowerment Program
Boys & Girls Club Kids Experience ART
Broadway Parque Public Art and Activation
California Opera Arts and Education Festival
Care Fresno: Celebrating Cultures of Fresno
Chanticleer Shakespeare Co. - Season Two
Creative Legacies: Youth Artists Documenting Fresno’s Arts Impact
Creative Pathways: Arts, Heritage & Community Growth
Dulce UpFront Community Space, Cultural Hub & Creative Incubator
Empowering Youth: Mentorship Through Art & Culture
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS
Fiestas Patrias and Lend A Hand Posada
Fresno Emerging Documentary Filmmakers Fellowship
Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation: Community Arts Programming Initiative
FRESNO STORIES
From Fire to Flowers: Iranian Culture and Art for Community Connection
Grandma's Tiny House Exhibit
Guelaguetza Fresno
heARTs of Downtown
Intergenerational Arts Healing Project
KFCF Tower Live!
Khalsa Community Center's Year Long Arts and Music Series
Mariposa Plaza Activated through the Arts
Martin Park Creative Collective
Promoting the Arts in Fresno
Raíces y Alas
Rangrez: Stories of the Soil
Rooted in our Power: Celebrating Voices of the Valley Through Art & Culture in Fresno
Saints Rest Community Economic Development Corporation Diversity in Motion Project
Shinzen Garden Cultural Education and Art Programs
Southwest Fresno POWER (Partnership for Opportunity, Wellness, Equity, and Restoration)
The LAByrinth Art Collective: Propagating Roots
The Legacy and Heritage of Chinatown Fresno
Traditional African Braiders Academy and Black Hair: A Visual Anthology
WhoShare_Memories Phase II
Youth Artivism Project
Emerging Organization
General Operating Support
Fresno Filmworks Inc
Fresno Flamenco and Spanish Arts Society
Paper Crane Arts Center
Pasifika Arts Project
Peace Rocks Foundation
Root Access Hackerspace
Spectrum Art Gallery
The Fools Collaborative
The William Saroyan House Museum (Renaissance Cultural Foundation)
Tower District Preservation Fund
Womxn 2 Womxn
Emerging Organization
Project Specific Support
A is A: Printed in Fresno Workshop & Artist Residency Program
All Things Fresno: LIVE!
Art is Everything: Folk Histories Through Assemblage
Art on the Bluffs
Art Unites: A Collective Art Experience
Asian American Writer Coalition
Chicanismo in Color
Chinese American Museum Project (CAMP)
Compańia de Danza El Sol
Composer & Arranger Recording Collective
CONTOUR
De Semilla a Santuario: Exploración Comunitaria a través de Texturas y Colores// From Seed to Sanctuary: A Community Exploration Through Textures and Colors
Eaton Trail Benches
Every Brilliant Thing
Flourish: The Artist Development Project
Fresno CREATES: Community Resources Elevating Artists Through Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
Fresno Cumbia Fest
Fresno Latin Jazz Orchestra - Community Concert Series
Fresno Reads
Fresno Sweded Film Festival (Swede Fest)
Gender Euphoria: Trans and Gender-Expansive Artist Exhibition and Community Art
HASHTAG MAGANDA PRESENTS: FIL FIESTA 559
Hearts On Fire - Fresno's Only Rock & Roll Choir
Heritage in Action: Black History Shaping Fresno’s Future
High School Folklórico Showoffs
Hmong Photographic History & Culture Archive
In the 'No - Fresno
Inaugural Production of Fresno Playhouse, Extranjeros
Lemongrass Roots
Limitless Creative Arts: Celebrating Abilities through the Arts
LitHop
Mexican Heritage Center
Nadtasin Lao Lanxang
Neighborhood Woodshop
Next Play Culture Lab: Tell It How You Live It
No Filter
Palette of Possibilites
Pasifika Arts Project
PERFORMING SAROYAN
Pixel & Paint
Project B.A.R.R.I.O - Building Art, Rhythm, Roots, Identity & Outreach
Rambling Eye Art Gallery
RGB: Render. Glitch. Broadcast.
*Rhythms of Reunification: Healing Through Art & Culture*
Roots of Rhythm and Embodiment
See, Feel, Understand: Cultural Journeys Through Visual and Performing Arts
Soli Deo Gloria Patriotic Celebration
Sonic Harmonic at the Historic Crest Theatre
The B-Side Collective Artistic Odyssey Summer Workshop Series: Create, Connect, Chronicle
The Dream Again Project
The Fresno Jazz Composition Collective
The Legacy of the Caglia Family: First Family of Preservation in Fresno CA
The Smiley G. Stand-Up Evening of Comedy and Open Mic Show
The Tower Jazz Series
The Walls of Wellness
Tlacuilo Festival
UR Here Expanding Our Reach
Urban Pow Wow Drum & Dance
Valley Music Hall of Fame Induction Events
Vida y Salud En El Campo: The Migrant Story
Womxn 2 Womxn - Arts, Community, and Culture Project
Cultural Arts Plan Vision
Cultural arts in Fresno will be recognized, prioritized, inclusive, accessible, and continue to reflect, celebrate, and connect the community.
City of Fresno Cultural Arts Plan
Fresno’s Cultural Arts Plan was developed through a year-long process involving robust community participation. A partnership between a consultant group, Network for Culture and Arts Policy (NCAP), the City of Fresno PARCS Department, Fresno Arts Council, and the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission (PRAC), with multiple opportunities for public surveys, meetings, and draft comments, individual interviews with community arts stakeholders, and research into Fresno’s cultural arts assets and needs, ultimately led to the approval and adoption of Fresno’s Cultural Arts Plan, which must be reassessed and updated every five years, according to requirements set forth in the ordinance. The Cultural Arts Plan was adopted by the Fresno City Council on August 10, 2023.
Fresno’s Cultural Arts Plan identifies the following goals, with associated strategies, in addition to defining funding priorities. These goals and funding priorities informed the development of Cultural Arts Grant Programs, managed by the Fresno Arts Council with stakeholder input and PRAC involvement and oversight.
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See Cultural Plan for recommendations, strategies, and funding priorities:
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Desired Outcome: Establish a strong foundation to support and expand access to arts and culture through grant-making and community engagement.
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Desired Outcome: Cultural arts organizations and assets will be stabilized, restored and activated to expand access to arts and culture.
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Desired Outcome: Expand access to a variety of arts and cultural education programs to provide educational opportunities for people of all ages.
Desired Outcome: Equip artists, cultural practitioners and organizations with the skills and organizational resources to stabilize and expand operations.
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Desired Outcome: Elevate and celebrate arts and culture to strengthen a sense of community.
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Desired Outcome: Expand access to arts and culture by eliminating barriers and investing in innovation.
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Desired Outcome: Establish a strong foundation to support and expand access to arts and culture through policy planning and municipal investment.