Courtney Granger Memorial Award
Applications are open through March 31.
Please direct any inquiries to: Anna@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org
For proposed activities that fall outside of Traditional Cajun music disciplines, please head to the Jean Breaux Award page.
Important Dates:
Funding Cycle: May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026
Applications Open: February 24, 2025
Application Deadline: March 31, 2025 submitted via the online form by 4:30pm
Notification Date: Week of April 28, 2025
Award Amount: Up to $1,000
Eligible Applicants:
To be considered for this program, the applicant must:
- Be a US citizen or permanent resident and a resident of Acadiana’s 8-parish region (Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, or Vermilion), and remain a resident for the duration of the grant period.
- Have the goal of furthering their development as a traditional South Louisiana artist
- Be enrolled in a public or private high school, community college or university and is a practicing artist, defined as one who is dedicated to producing artwork on a regular basis.
- Have a parent or guardian’s signed letter of support giving a student/artist under the age of 18 permission to participate in this program.
The Courtney Granger Memorial Award provides young musicians in Acadiana an opportunity to apply for financial assistance to attend local and national camps for traditional music, provide mentors for private and small group music lessons, and instruments or instrument repairs to aspiring traditional musicians — all opportunities that were so very important to Courtney.
Courtney believed that our culture will only survive a generation at a time and always said, “why should I charge anyone for lessons when my lessons were given free to me”.
AcA and the Granger Family recognizes the value of diverse representation in arts and culture and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply for all relevant opportunities.
With your help, Courtney’s memory will last forever.
Celebrating the memory of Courtney Granger—master fiddler, musician, and culture bearer—who passed away in 2021 at the age of 39.
This memorial fund aims to raise $50,000 to permanently endow annual awards to young musicians in Courtney Granger’s memory.
Following his passing, Courtney’s friends and bandmates from The Pine Leaf Boys created a crowdfunding campaign to help defray funeral costs for Courtney’s family.
Courtney’s parents generously donated the remainder of those funds to the AcA to seed this fund.
Donations to the Fund will be re-granted annually beginning in 2023 through the Courtney Granger Memorial Award, administered by AcA, giving young musicians in Acadiana scholarships to attend national camps for traditional music—an opportunity that was so important to Courtney.
