USC faculty and students working with community partners are invited to submit project proposals to the Arts in Action grants program annually. Through these grants, Arts in Action activates community-based projects that address social issues, bring people together, facilitate dialogue, and create spaces to imagine and design future change.

Preliminary proposals are due by Monday, October 2 at 11:00 pm to artsinaction@usc.edu.  For more information, please view the Request for Proposals.

An information session will be offered on Wednesday, August 30, at 2 p.m. via Zoom. To attend the session, RSVP to artsinaction@usc.edu by Monday, August 28.

Calling all students! Are you passionate about using the arts, media and culture to address climate justice and sustainability?

The USC Arts & Climate Collective is a new initiative that offers support and awards funding of $1,350 (pretax) to students who are deploying their creativity to build and imagine sustainable futures.

Applications are open now through September 24 to all USC students. Read proposal guidelines.

You can also check out ACC’s inaugural awardees for some inspiration!

Spark your creativity and use art as an agent of change for the society you want to live in! Arts in Action’s Mobilize! program offers awards of up to $500 for USC students looking to channel their creativity and art into activism. Facilitate a songwriting workshop, create protest art, present a spoken-word event, or organize a community mural­. Encourage health and wellness, promote housing justice, address systemic racism, or support gender equality. These outlets and ideas are only the beginning. How will you use your passion to help change the world?