2026 Arts Curricular Innovation Grants -- Arts Teacher Institutes

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The purpose of the Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG) Arts Teacher Institutes program is to provide support to eligible organizations for administering arts institutes that provide professional development in arts content to South Carolina arts teachers, other academic teachers, and arts administrators. Grant awards are to provide Arts Teacher Institutes as tuition-free graduate courses or professional development t