City announces creative grant awards

The Economic Development Department has announced 65 grant recipients receiving a total of $1.5 million from the latest installment of the Creative Space Assistance Program. The program was created to help arts organizations and commercial spaces in music and arts avoid displacement. The grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 can be used for rent subsidies, improvements to generate more revenue, or to provide gap financing for the purchase of a creative space. Demographic data on the award winners show 43 percent identify their leadership as majority racially diverse, and 46 percent of leadership identify as majority female or nonbinary. More than 1,700 people are employed by the 65 recipients, which have a median of 16 years of operation. The full list of winners is available online. Those who captured the full $50,000 amount are: Antone’s Nightclub, Austin Creative Reuse, Creative Action, Hotel Vegas, Juno Black Music, Motion Media Arts Center, and Museum of Human Achievement.