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

December 3, 2023 1 day left

Foundation House Artist Residency Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: December 3, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 26, 2024 - February 4, 2024
  • Award Info: Each resident will be given a stipend, private bedroom and bathroom, all meals plus full kitchen access, and access to studio space, a wide variety of common areas, and 75 acres of land to explore and enjoy.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Greenwich, CT 06831, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

At Foundation House, we believe that conversations about these critical topics are not complete without the input of artists and designers, and it is our privilege to be able to offer the space for creative people of all disciplines to work and therefore be a part of those conversations.

December 3, 2023 1 day left

Arts Elevated at RST 2024
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 3, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 5, 2024 - November 10, 2024
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Rochester, Minnesota
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to any 2D medium. The artist will need to drop off and pick up the artwork at the Rochester International Airport

December 4, 2023 2 days left

Call for Artists | Peoria Utility Box Art Wraps
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: December 4, 2023
  • Award Info: $350
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Peoria , AZ, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

This opportunity is open to artists, illustrators, designers, students and otherwise creative community members residing in the Peoria area, working in any medium, as long as the final artwork can be translated and digitally reproduced on a 2-dimensional vinyl wrap.

December 4, 2023 2 days left

"Color, Shape, Space" - up to $1,500 in Awards, Entry is FREE
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: December 4, 2023
  • Award Info: Up to $1,500 cash awards
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except film/new media/video

December 6, 2023 4 days left

2024 Craft Archive Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: December 6, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
  • Award Info: Award Amount: $5,000 Grant Period: 9 months
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

21 years of age or older
Eligible to receive taxable income in the U.S.

December 6, 2023 4 days left

Donner Trail Park Request for Qualifications
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 6, 2023
  • Award Info: Finalists will receive a $2,000 honorarium, Budget: $107,500
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description
Eligibility Info

U.S.-based artists or artist-led teams

December 6, 2023 4 days left

2024 Camera Obscura Art Lab Studio Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: December 6, 2023
  • Award Info: honorarium of $2500
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Photography, Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Santa Monica, California
Description
Eligibility Info

visual, digital and performing artists living in Los Angeles County

December 8, 2023 6 days left

2024 Call for Artist- Center for Performing Artists
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Mountain View, California
Description
Eligibility Info

open to all professional artists/artist teams over the age of 18 residing in the local 11 San Francisco Bay Area Counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma).

December 8, 2023 6 days left

Sunrise City Hall Wall Art – South Florida Nature and Wildlife
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Sunrise, Florida
Description
Eligibility Info

open to all U.S.-based visual arts Professional Artists/Artist Teams. Professional Artists/Artist Teams

December 8, 2023 6 days left

Mercer County Cass Street Prison Mural Project
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget: $150,000
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Description
Eligibility Info

This RFQ is open to artists/artist teams residing or working within the tri-state area (NJ, NY, CT, and PA).

December 8, 2023 6 days left

Painting the Blues
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: December 16, 2023 - January 19, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $15
  • Award Info: Over $400 in cash prizes
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists. Any 2D media is acceptable (view unacceptable media below). These include but are not limited to: Watercolor, gouache, acrylic, oils, ink, casein, and egg tempera.

December 8, 2023 6 days left

Street + Still Life + Fashion
Competition

  • Organization: Black Box Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - January 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 40.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Portland, Oregon 97214, United States
Description

December 9, 2023 7 days left

The New Artist | Call For Artists!
Exhibition

  • Organization: Boomer Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 9, 2023
  • Event Dates: December 15, 2023 - December 20, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: London Se1 2tu, United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

December 10, 2023 8 days left

9th Annual Juried Photography Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: December 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 16, 2024 - March 2, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: BEST OF SHOW—$1,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Sheridan , Wyoming
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all photographers residing in the US.

December 11, 2023 9 days left

Call for Entries: Monochrome
Competition

  • Organization: PhotoPlace Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 11, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 2, 2024 - February 23, 2024
  • Entry Fee: Submission: $39 for 5 images, $6 each additional
  • Award Info: 35 images will be selected for exhibition in our gallery with distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, and Honorable Mention. 40 images will be selected for our online gallery.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Middlebury, VT 05753, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all photographers

December 11, 2023 9 days left

Call for Art, Gallery Without Walls 2024-2026
Competition

  • Organization: Arts Council of Lake Oswego
  • Submission Deadline: December 11, 2023
  • Award Info: $1000
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to various media, including sculpture, social practice, new media, projections, and murals

December 12, 2023 10 days left

"Beautiful | Grotesque" - FREE Entry, $1,000 Award Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: December 12, 2023
  • Award Info: $1,000
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except Film/Video/New Media

December 13, 2023 11 days left

EXPO 43
Competition

  • Organization: b.j. spoke gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 13, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: Cash prize for First Place is $300, $200 for Second Place and $100 for Third Place
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Huntington, NY 11743, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except Film/Video/New Media

December 13, 2023 11 days left

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: December 13, 2023
  • Award Info: 8,000
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: New York, NY 10018, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

New York state residents. 25 years or older.

December 14, 2023 12 days left

🍁 FALL * NEW $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
Competition

  • Organization: Innovate Grant
  • Submission Deadline: December 14, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 8 x Honorable Mentions Interviews
  • 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

December 14, 2023 12 days left

Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024
Other

  • Organization: Wandsworth Arts Fringe
  • Submission Deadline: December 14, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 7, 2024 - June 23, 2024
  • Award Info: Grants are available
  • 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

December 15, 2023 13 days left

Plein Aire Perspectives 2024
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 5, 2024 - January 25, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $15
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Hawaii based plein air painters

December 15, 2023 13 days left

Artist at Soane Residency Programme
Residency

  • Organization: Parker Harris Co
  • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Award Info: There will be an honorarium of £2000 per artist or collaboration, to cover materials, travel and other expenses.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

December 15, 2023 13 days left

Call for Art-EMOTIONAL THRESHOLDS
Exhibition

  • Organization: Art Fluent
  • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00 first entry, $10 for each additional
  • Award Info: $1,250.00
  • 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

December 15, 2023 13 days left

New Orleans Jazz Fest Volunteer Photographer Program 2024
Other

  • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Description
Eligibility Info

The program is open to:

Student photographers
Amateur photographers
Professional photographers

December 15, 2023 13 days left

Call For Applications 2024
Residency

  • Organization: Montresso* Art Foundation
  • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except Film/Video/New Media

December 16, 2023 14 days left

Blue Sky 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: December 16, 2023
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Photography, Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Portland, Oregon
Description
Eligibility Info

Photographic artists based in Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are welcome to apply

December 17, 2023 15 days left

The Abstract Image
Exhibition

The Abstract Image
  • Organization: The Chateau Gallery (TCG)
  • Submission Deadline: December 17, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - February 1, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all photographers

December 17, 2023 15 days left

The Other Art Fair Los Angeles (April 2024)
Exhibition

  • Organization: The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art
  • Submission Deadline: December 17, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 4, 2024 - April 7, 2024
  • Award Info: The Fair package includes a booth at a 4-day in-person event at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, pre-fair operations and marketing workshops, booth curation feedback, and more. Fees start at $2,240.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists except Film/Video/New Media

December 17, 2023 15 days left

Amplify Arts
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: December 17, 2023
  • Award Info: Artist Grants are awarded in individual amounts of $500 or $1,000
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Any artist, organizer, collaborative duo, or collective maintaining a residence within the Omaha Metro Area including Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, and Saunders counties in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Mills, and Harrison counties in Iowa is eligible to apply. Applicants must be at least 18 years-old. An undergraduate or graduate degree is not required to apply for this grant.
Artist Grants are open to artists and organizers of all disciplines regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religious background, differing abilities, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or economic status.
Applicants who have received past support from Amplify in the form of a Micro Grant, Artist Support Grant, or Public Impact Grant must wait one year after their grant term has ended to reapply. This does not include Generator Grant recipients or those who have participated in Alternate Currents or other Amplify Arts programs.
Applications submitted by, or in partnership with, other 501(c)3 non-profit organizations or fiscal sponsors will not be considered.

December 25, 2023 23 days left

SwaKarya International Art Competition 2023
Competition

  • Organization: SwaKarya Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 25, 2023
  • Entry Fee: USD15 per artwork
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description

December 27, 2023 25 days left

13th Annual “All Women” Online Art Competition
Competition

  • Organization: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: December 27, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries / $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries. Early entry and art student discounts.
  • Award Info: The Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except video/new media/film

December 29, 2023 27 days left

University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 29, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget: $366,000
  • Eligibility: International
  • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description
Eligibility Info

This project is open to professional artists and artist teams; artists who belong to a historically underrepresented population are strongly encouraged to apply. Utah artists will be given additional weight in the selection process. Applicants must have a U.S. Tax ID Number (SSN, EIN, ITIN, or other).

December 30, 2023 28 days left

Call for Pour Painters in NYC
Exhibition

Call for Pour Painters in NYC
  • Organization: Pagan Marketing of L.A. Pagan LLC
  • Submission Deadline: December 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $6
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Bronx, NY 10451, United States
Description

December 30, 2023 28 days left

Palm Springs Pride Art Installation
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: December 30, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget: $500,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Palm Springs, California
Description
Eligibility Info

This is an open call for artists, with preferential treatment to those connected to the Palm Springs area and the Greater Coachella Valley.

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