Newtown Cultural Arts Commission is now accepting applications for its Sixth Annual Grant Competition.newtownartscommission.org/arts-community/grants-scholarships and this year's deadline is August 30.

The commission will award up to $1,000 to an artist living in Newtown and up to $1,000 to a Newtown arts organization. Applications are available at

Winners will be invited to show or sell their art at the NCAC tent at Newtown Arts Festival, this year set for September 16-17 on the grounds of Fairfield Hills.

The funds for the grants are from the proceeds of the two-day Newtown Arts Festival.

NCAC will announce the grant awardees by letter, on its website, and via press release on or before September 6.

Now in its sixth year, the award has gone to a photographer, an artistic printer, a filmmaker, a theater group, and the first year's winner, Johnny Williams, a sculptural carpenter who went onto become a finalist in the Martha Stewart American Made program.