For Austin's Creative Ecosystem

Programmed and Produced by the Long Center

Empowering Austin's Creativity

At the heart of Austin’s spirit lies a dynamic, thriving arts scene.  Create Austin, programmed and produced by the Long Center, is an open source of services and resources. Our goal is to support, strengthen, and uplift Austin’s creative communities through tools that help sustain their work.

Join Us

Create Austin welcomes artists, musicians, organizations, cultural sites, and anyone inspired by our city’s expansive arts scene. Through your involvement, we can foster an ecosystem of sustained creative innovation.

What We Do

Grant Administration Support:

Partnering with the City of Austin to facilitate grants, ensuring artists and organizations have the financial backing they need to bring their visions to life.

Creative Consortium:

A space where arts organizations can pool resources, share ideas, and amplify their collective voice. Here, collaboration is not just encouraged, it’s the way of life.

Grant Administration

Our Partnership with the City of Austin

Create Austin is proud to work hand-in-hand with the City of Austin, spearheading the administration of several key cultural funding initiatives. We’ve been entrusted to ensure that artists, musicians, educators, and organizers have the resources they need to keep Austin’s creative spirit alive and thriving.

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Grants in Action

Grant-funded Events Calendar

Browse local events that have been funded by grants from the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department.

Grant Administration Updates

See the latest status of grant agreements and payments between Create Austin and grant awardees.

Grant-funded Events Calendar

Browse local events that have been funded by grants from the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department.

Grant Administration Updates

See the latest status of grant agreements and payments between Create Austin and grant awardees.

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Creative Consortium

Empowering Austin’s Artistic Pulse

Create Austin’s Creative Consortium is a fresh endeavor born from active listening and collaboration with Austin’s diverse creative voices. Our aim? To bolster the strength, reach, and energy of Austin’s vibrant arts and cultural landscape.

About Create Austin

Create Austin is an extension of the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Emerging from the Long Center’s belief that creativity is vital and should be accessible to everyone, Create Austin is building support and revenue for Austin’s creative sector by strengthening communities, building bridges, and fostering growth. Dive in and learn more about Create Austin’s functions, resources, and impact.

In the News

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Long Center moving toward shared services pilot program for arts groups

The Long Center for the Performing Arts is moving ahead with planning for a proposed pilot program that would offer shared services and expected cost savings for small, cash-strapped arts organizations around the city.

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Long Center makes sole bid to manage city’s Live Music Fund

The Long Center for the Performing Arts appears almost certain to be named as the organization that will handle the application process and payments for recipients of grants from the city’s long-awaited Austin Live Music Fund.

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Long Center seeks to act as administrative hub for new creative consortium

Executives with the Long Center for the Performing Arts want the facility to serve as an administrative hub for local arts groups, providing shared services that could lower costs and eventually bring in major corporate donations to benefit member organizations.

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Council votes clear path for April rollout of Austin Live Music Fund

The city will begin taking applications for the Austin Live Music Fund in April, after City Council approved two resolutions Thursday clearing the way for the awarding of grants to musicians and event promoters.

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