GUIDE TO THE BEST ARTIST GRANTS & OPPORTUNITIES IN 2023

Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2023!

This year, we added another new feature! You can now save the important deadlines for your favorite opportunities right in your Artwork Archive account.

When you find a call that interests you, simply click ‘Add to Schedule' and the call's deadline will be automatically added to your Schedule. You'll also receive weekly reminders to keep you on top of your game.

We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!

Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:

Western United States Guide

Midwestern United States Guide

Southwestern United States Guide

Southeastern United States Guide

Northeastern United States Guide


Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2023

May 31, 2023

Cultural Space Subsidy Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
  • Award Info: The Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy Program offers a reduced rate of $12/RSF per year.
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Eligibility is open to arts, education, and community focused groups. Professional artists with a strong exhibition history are also eligible to apply.

June 1, 2023

Autmun Session at Mono Lisboa
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2023 - November 25, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

June 5, 2023

A to Z Wineworks, Artist In Residence Program 2023—2024
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newberg, Oregon
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. based artists

June 5, 2023

Artist In Residence Program 2023 - 2024
Residency

  • Organization: A to Z Wineworks
  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newberg, Oregon 97007, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

June 10, 2023

Residency Project @ 880
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 10, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Award Info: $250 stipend, grocery essentials, private room, studio space, and more
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Pasadena, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 15, 2023

Stoveworks Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10-20-30 staggered application fee
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chattanooga, TN 37408, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Anyone over 18

June 15, 2023

Boathouse Autumn 2023
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists, makers, photographers, designers, writers, musicians, researchers and any other creative artist or designer.

June 15, 2023

Summer in Svalbard Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 27, 2023 - August 30, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with photography, painting, video, installation, mixed media, writing, dance

June 15, 2023

Atlas
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 15, 2023

Vermont Studio Center Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vermont
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all visual artists and writers.

June 16, 2023

Create Award Residency Application 2023
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Denver, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S based artists who graduated in 2021 or later in a Fine Arts or Performing Arts Program

June 30, 2023

Cycladic Arts Program / Sponsored Artist-in-Residency Program in Greece
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Southern California-based Artists

June 30, 2023

Printmaking Barcelona
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Barcelona, Spain
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all printmakers.

July 1, 2023

Art Hotel Panorama’s “Fragments” Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 14, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 2, 2023

Studio Faire Residency 
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 2, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - April 3, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Nérac, France
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to writers, filmmakers, visual artists, makers, photographers, musicians, researchers and all other types of creative practitioner

July 3, 2023

Orkney Islands Group Residency: Drawing With Place
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 3, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 12, 2023 - August 19, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing
  • Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland , United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to international artists working with Drawing as a medium

July 3, 2023

Bunadon Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 3, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 5, 2024 - October 27, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 8, 2023

Aviário Studio Artist Book Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 30, 2023 - February 29, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 8, 2023

The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: North Adams, , Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 14, 2023

Los Angeles Public Library Creators in Residence
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 14, 2023
  • Award Info: $20,000
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Must be 18 years or older and a resident of Los Angeles County.

July 15, 2023

Quinn Emanuel Artist-in-Residence
Residency

  • Organization: Quinn Emanuel
  • Submission Deadline: July 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
  • Award Info: $20,000 over 4 months, $1,500 materials stipend, one month exhibition, studio space
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description

July 15, 2023

Point Iroquois Artist in Residence
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Brimley, Michigan
Description

July 20, 2023

Fall 2023 Artist-in-Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - December 30, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Concord, MA 01742, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 30, 2023

The Other Art Fair Dallas
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 5, 2023 - October 8, 2023
  • Award Info: - A booth at The Other Art Fair Dallas in-person at Dallas Market Hall from October 5–8, 2023 - Opportunities for inclusion in pre- and post- Fair marketing campaign - Support from our dedicated team in preparation for and following the Fair - And much more…
  • Eligibility: International
Description

July 31, 2023

Grand Canyon Artist in Residence
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: July 31, 2023
  • Entry Fee: 45 (American Indigenous artists with recognized tribal affiliations may apply for free. Please send your name and tribal affiliation to [email protected] in advance of completing an application to receive a coupon. )
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

We are especially interested in artists from under-represented backgrounds with recent work samples and experience working with the public. Final decisions are made with an effort to represent a diversity of artists from varying backgrounds and disciplines.

August 1, 2023

Co-Existence – Netii Apa Storytellers Project
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 18, 2023 - October 31, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

August 1, 2023

TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 2, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to Visual artists, film makers, writers, performance artists, curators, designers, musicians, theatre-makers and researchers

August 5, 2023

GRACIA
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 5, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

August 11, 2023

Light Up 2024
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 11, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 2, 2024 - January 30, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

International; Public Art, Installation Art 

August 11, 2023

Design Kuopio Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 11, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 28, 2023 - September 3, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Kuopio, Finland
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to designers or artists who is specialized in service design and city design

August 20, 2023

Studio 88 Reviving Nature: Pollution Alert Artist Residency 2024
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 20, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 11, 2024 - March 10, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

August 23, 2023

Vashon Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 15, 2024 - November 24, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vashon Island, Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to dance/performance, music/sound, media/film, literature/poetry, theater, visual arts and multi-disciplinary

August 28, 2023

Wassaic Project 2024 Summer Residency Program
Residency

  • Organization: Wassaic Project
  • Submission Deadline: August 28, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 15, 2024 - October 19, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description

August 29, 2023

Vancouver Island Lake Retreat Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 29, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vancouver, Canada
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

August 31, 2023

Armor Art Center Artist in Residence
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023
  • Award Info: payment for teaching and a stipend of $1200/month
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working in Digital, jewelry, sculpture, printmaking, 2D.

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