Cultural Affairs Office

Grants and Funding

Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs offers grants to artists, nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored projects that are funded with local Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) revenue. Grants are available through Houston Arts Alliance and Miller Outdoor Theater.

• 2021 Announcements (.html)
• 2020 Announcements (.html)

2020 Grant Reports

• Q3 Expenditures (.pdf)
• Q2 Expenditures (.pdf)
• Q1 Expenditures (.pdf)

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, MOCA offered Relief and Stabilization Grants provided with federal CARES and ARPA Funding:

• Houston Arts Alliance Report (.pdf)
• Mid-America Arts Alliance Report (.pdf, update published March 2021)
• Houston Arts and Cultural Stabilization Grant (.pdf, published June 2024)

Grants Archive

• 2014 – 2019 Grants (.html)

MOCA Social Media

   

Cultural Affairs Links

• Arts and Cultural Plan
• Grants and Funding
• Civic Art Program
• Traffic Signal Control Cabinet Murals
• Historic City Hall
• Houston Inspira
• Press / Communications
• Cultural Events Calendar
• Houston Poet Laureate
• Music Directory