The Community Art Grant program is a  opportunity to fund community-driven and generated programs, projects, and activities. Created and launched in 2021, the program strives to streamline funding opportunities directly to members of the community using small, nimble grant requests. The City of Petaluma’s Community Art Grants Program was developed to provide arts funding to individual artists, community-based organizations, and 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations with projects or programs based in Petaluma. The purpose of this grant is to support public-facing projects and activities that exemplify high artistic quality, represent the diversity of people and cultures within Petaluma’s community, and celebrate the history and City of Petaluma. Funded projects through this grant program should be designed for public access and to engage with the Petaluma community. Maximum grant requests through this program are limited to $10,000 and cannot fund awarded applicants again until twelve (12) months after previous project completion

This page is intended to showcase the Community Art Grant 2021-2022 grant recipient programs and projects. On March 24th, 2022 the Public Art Committee unanimously approved a total of $21,800 in grant funding to endorse three (3) projects. The projects by Alynn-Mags, Re:Public, and the Climate Action Campaign were reviewed by a subcommittee of the Public Art Committee for eligibility and compatibility with the grant's purpose, then at the regular meeting of the Public Art Committee, the Committee discussed and determined funding amounts based on need, requested grant funding, and scope of each project.

We look forward to having a return of the Community Art Grant program in 2025. The following section describes each funded grant project in greater detail. For more information about the Community Art Grant program, please visit: https://cityofpetaluma.org/community-art-grant/.