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 2024!

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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 2024

Ongoing

The Jar of Love Fund
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: microgrants
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Applications are open to all those 18 years or older working within the arts, living in all fifty states, territories and Tribal Nations. This application is open only to artists of color.

Ongoing

Willowtail Residency- Deadline ONGOING
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Mancos, Colorado, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

Ongoing

Large Format Printmaking Residency - Winter and Spring 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: Residency Fees apply depending on how long you choose to stay.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Chão da Serra, Ferreira do Zêzere 2240-334, Portugal
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists have to make sure when applying that they are able to cover the costs of the Residency fee, travel, materials and food.
Artists must be over 21 years old at the time of their arrival.

Ongoing

Jamestown Arts Artist in Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: Free to apply
  • Award Info: Artists receive hourly payment for teaching and free living quarters
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Jamestown , North Dakota
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists interested in teaching

Ongoing

Austin Creative Alliance (ACA) Artists Emergency Relief Fund-Deadline ONGOING
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: $1,000
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists in the Austin Texas area

Ongoing

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: The grants range from $500-$3,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. based artists working with visual arts and performing artists- a special emphasis in experimental artistic practices.

Ongoing

La Maison de Beaumont - Artist Residency Program
Residency

  • Organization: La Maison de Beaumont
  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: $45 (Free if you mention Artwork Archive)
  • Award Info: 2 week residency at La Maison de Beaumont => the residency is for a minimum of 2weeks and up to 2months
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists.

Ongoing

The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists who can demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of their work; Painting, sculpture, or printmaking

Ongoing

18th Street Local Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: There is no application fee, however this is an opportunity for subsidized studio space with a far below market rate in an effort to provide local artists with affordable rental properties within Santa Monica.
  • Award Info: Studio spaces for rent
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

U.S. based artists, curators, writers, and musicians

Ongoing

Catalogue Publication & Online Exhibits
Exhibition

Catalogue Publication & Online Exhibits
  • Organization: Aedra Fine Arts
  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: Artist Feature Catalogue Publication
  • 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

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14th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition
Competition

14th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition
  • Organization: PleinAir Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: 29
  • Award Info: $50,000 ALL Cash Prizes
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists.

Ongoing

IHRAM Publishes
Other

IHRAM Publishes
  • Organization: International Human Rights Art Movement
  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: $25/accepted artist
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists.

Ongoing

IHRAM Literary Magazine
Competition

  • Organization: International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM)
  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: Featured in the IHRAM's quarterly magazine. $25 stipend per published piece.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists and writers.

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