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:
Midwestern United States Guide
Southwestern United States Guide
May 15, 2023
Intensest Rendezvous Scholarship for A-B Projects Ceramics Certificate (ABCC)
Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: A-B Projects
- Submission Deadline: May 15, 2023
- Eligibility: International
- Online Only: Yes
This is a $2,500 scholarship that covers the Foundation Hours of the A-B Projects Ceramics Certificate (ABCC). The ABCC is a unique, year-long, predominantly online program offering intense inquiry and fieldwork that is inspired and guided by a range of the most innovative practitioners in contemporary ceramics. Unlike traditional programs, the ABCC prioritizes ideas and process above technique or skill-based learning. The primary focus is facilitating new directions, approaches, and questions that expand a participant’s relationship to clay, and clay’s relationship to their broader practice as an artist. Those who self-identify as having financial need are particularly encouraged to apply.
May 17, 2023
Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 17, 2023
- Award Info: $15,000 to $50,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles. As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply.
May 19, 2023
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 19, 2023
- Award Info: up to $5,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
New York Foundation for the Arts’ Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
May 22, 2023
Rising Animators: FLAMIN's Commission for Black-Identifying Artists
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 22, 2023
- Award Info: £3,000 to create a new animation
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media
Film London and Arts Council England present FLAMIN Animations, a commissioning program for four early-career black-identifying* artist animators living in the UK. Part of FLAMIN (Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network), the program aims to support artist animators as they take their first steps into a career working with the moving image, with development support and funding for new work. Artist animators must be 18-30 years old. For black-identifying* artists. Artist animators should have a UK address. Current students are not eligible. No formal education in animation or art is necessary. FLAMIN is open to people working in partnerships.
May 22, 2023
Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 22, 2023
- Award Info: $3,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, an award supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.
The Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities supports and celebrates accessibility in the arts. It recognizes that the funding community in the Midwest has not historically invested in disabled artists and that increasing support for this group is an important part of increasing accessibility in the arts. It also advocates for the arts being viable employment, which is often overlooked by funding agencies supporting people with disabilities.
May 31, 2023
CAUSEABILITY Artist Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
- Award Info: Each grant is $5000.00 for artists to collaboratively develop a specific art-related program with a nonprofit
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Causability (Grantor) is one of the only nonprofit organizations in the county of Dallas County, Texas & Oklahoma County, Oklahoma providing grants (grantees) to artists, providing them the ability to collaborate with nonprofits (causes), to co-create programs while mutually benefiting both themselves and a community.
Causability grants are strictly meant to support the work and practice of artists currently not working with nonprofits and are specifically for developing new programs with nonprofits (causes) through mutual collaboration.
May 31, 2023
Mobility Grant for Artists and Cultural Professionals
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
- Award Info: Amount varies
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
The individual mobility action is open for all artists and cultural professionals who are legal residents of the Creative Europe countries and at least 18 years old. What counts is not your nationality, but your country of legal residence.
The individual mobility action covers the sectors of architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literary translation, music, performing arts and visual arts. No matter if you are an established artist or taking your first steps into the cultural sphere, we support your ideas, creativity, and connections.
You can apply with a proposal to carry out a project with a partner of your choice in a Creative Europe country which is not your country of residence.
The project should pursue one of the following goals:
to explore: To explore Europe’s rich cultural heritage to inform, direct or inspire your creativity
to create: To co-create or co-develop art with artists or cultural professionals from other countries
to learn: To participate in non-formal learning
to connect: To develop or deepen your international professional relationships
The partner can be, for example, a fellow artist, an organisation or a venue in your country of destination. An invitation letter, meeting confirmation, co-production agreement or similar document is accepted as proof for your partnership.
You can apply either as an individual or as a group of up to 5 persons.
May 31, 2023
Causeability Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Causability (Grantor) is one of the only nonprofit organizations in the county of Dallas County, Texas & Oklahoma County, Oklahoma providing grants (grantees) to artists, providing them the ability to collaborate with nonprofits (causes), to co-create programs while mutually benefiting both themselves and a community.
Causability grants are strictly meant to support the work and practice of artists currently not working with nonprofits, and are specifically for developing new programs with nonprofits (causes) through a mutual collaboration.
June 6, 2023
NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: June 6, 2023
- Award Info: $1,000 unrestricted cash grants
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
The NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant will distribute unrestricted cash grants of $1,000 to artists with a disability, who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis to cover art related expenses. The grant will be open to visual, media, music, performing, literary, and multidisciplinary artists who live in New York State, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.
June 14, 2023
The JGS Fellowship for Photography
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: June 14, 2023
- Award Info: $7,000
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Photography
The JGS Fellowship for Photography is a $7,000 cash grant open to New York State photography artists living and working outside of New York City.
The Fellowship is awarded to five artists working in traditional and experimental photography or any form in which photographic techniques are pivotal. The support for this funding is provided by The Joy of Giving Something (JGS).
June 30, 2023
Laura Patricia Calle Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
- Award Info: $20,000 all-inclusive grant
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Atlanta, GA, United States
The Laura Patricia Calle Grant is designed to honor our dear friend Laura Patricia Calle's life, hard work, and immeasurable passion for equality for all people and the manifestation of diverse cultural expression in our public spaces.
For the 6th annual grant, we invite artists and art collectives to present proposals for a mural to be painted in the Metro Atlanta region (as defined by Atlanta Regional Commission). The mural should inform and promote awareness on the subject(s) of:
Social Equality
Feminism
Immigrants' Rights
LGBTQIA+ Rights
Cultural Diversity
July 1, 2023
Transgender Arts Initiative Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
- Award Info: $6,500 Maximum award per artist/organization per calendar year
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: West Hollywood, California
The Transgender Arts Initiative Grant is a program that was initiated by the City Council to support and enhance artwork to be presented or exhibited in West Hollywood by transgender artists. Individual artist, artist collectives or groups, and nonprofit organizations with a history of supporting transgender artists are all welcome to apply.
This is a one-year grant award. Grantees who are awarded funding are also required to attend the West Hollywood Artist Bootcamp. The West Hollywood Artists Bootcamp is a highly sought-after program that provides grantees tools and resources essential to an artist’s professional growth.
July 1, 2023
The Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
- Award Info: $5,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
The Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant is a prize of $5,000 sponsored by the National Sculpture Society.
It is awarded annually to a sculptor who has demonstrated outstanding ability as a sculptor and who has created a body of work inspired by nature which includes works of sculpture in the round and in bas-relief.
The Bleifeld Grant is for a mature body of work; sculpture created in workshop or instructional settings should not be submitted.
July 1, 2023
INSITE Fund
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
- Award Info: $10,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Denver, CO, United States
The INSITE Fund awards grants of up to $10,000 to directly support independent artists and artist collectives working across all visual media in the Denver Metro and Front Range.
July 9, 2023
Nasher Artist Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 9, 2023
- Award Info: $2,000
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grants are small-sum awards offered to artists to further their personal or professional development. In 2003, Raymond Nasher chose to make a permanent home for the Nasher Collection in Dallas. Since then, the Nasher Sculpture Center has become an indelible part of the city’s cultural landscape and an important focal point of inspiration for artists and art lovers around the world. In this spirit, the Nasher Sculpture Center is pleased to offer a grant program that invests in the art community of North Texas. In presenting these grants, the Nasher recognizes the great artistic talent residing in North Texas and our privilege and responsibility to support it.
July 12, 2023
QUEER | ART Illuminations Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 12, 2023
- Award Info: $10,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
This annual $10,000 grant will support Black trans women visual artists, drawing attention to an existing body of work. Four finalists will also receive a $1,250 award. Winning artists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
July 16, 2023
The Oklahoma Curatorial Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 16, 2023
- Event Dates: October 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Oklahoma City, , Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition is excited to announce the return of the Oklahoma Curatorial Fellowship—previously the Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship—and is accepting applications beginning June 16, 2023, through July 16, 2023, at 11:59 pm.
The Oklahoma Curatorial Fellowship trains promising emerging curators by catalyzing long-term creative connections and art careers through mentorship, professional development, and hands-on training emphasizing curatorial practice and writing that culminates in an exhibition at prominent gallery spaces in Oklahoma. This 10-month fellowship begins in October 2023 and ends in August 2024, with exhibition programming occurring in Fall 2024. Up to 8 fellows are selected from a regional (OK, AK, KS, TX, NM, CO, MO) pool of applicants to form a cohort led by esteemed mentors who are leaders and professionals in the field.
Must be 21 years old by the start of the Fellowship.
Must have a permanent address in the region (OK, AK, KS, TX, NM, CO, MO) and be able to travel to Oklahoma City and Tulsa*. (Travel costs and accommodations are not provided.)
Applicants may either be individuals or co-curatorial teams of no more than three members with only one Lead Applicant and application per team.
Participate in all ten months of the Fellowship. (Virtual and in-person schedule.)
Attend six in-person panel discussions & workshops.
Read assigned texts monthly.
Prepare assigned written texts (200 – 1500 words) throughout the program.
Participate in small-group workshop sessions outside of the in-person meetings, as necessary. (Can be virtual.)
Visit art exhibitions at various museums and galleries.
Submit one prepared text (750 – 1500 words) and supporting images to the Lead Mentor/Art Focus Editor by the assigned deadline for the final project published in Art Focus Oklahoma.
Remain open to new ideas and criticism and treat Mentors, OVAC staff, and fellow participants with respect.
July 17, 2023
Art For Change Prize 2023
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 17, 2023
- Award Info: £20,000 split between six winners, exhibition opportunities
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
This free-to-enter prize is an international art initiative from M&C Saatchi Group and Saatchi Gallery. This year’s prize asks emerging artists to creatively respond to the theme of Regeneration. A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six winners, and winning artists will be able to exhibit their work at Saatchi Gallery in London. Entry is open to emerging artists based in: UK, Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia, Middle East & Africa. A winner from each location will be decided by the judging panel before a grand jury selects the overall winner.
July 20, 2023
Research & Development Grants for Artists
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023
- Award Info: minimum of $3,000 and a maximum of $5,000.
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is now accepting applications for 2024 Research & Development (R&D) Grants! R&D Grants provide up to $5,000 in funding support to Arizona artists as they work to advance their artistic practice, expand their creative horizons, and deepen the impact of their work.
Who’s it For?
Whether you’re just getting started or you have already experienced many career successes, the R&D Grant is available to help you take your artistic practice to the next level, including:
exploration of new techniques
experimentation with new materials or technologies
creation of new work
development of new strategies for engaging your community of practice
This grant is available to Arizona artists working in any discipline. Applicants must be individuals and may submit only one application per year. Organizations are not eligible to apply. At the time an application is submitted, and the grant is awarded, an applicant must be:
18 years of age or older;
not enrolled for more than three credit hours at a college or university;
and a resident of Arizona.
Recipients of the R&D Grant must wait 4 years to reapply and may receive a maximum of 4 awards in their lifetime.
July 28, 2023
Huntington Arts Council Community Impact Micro Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2023
- Award Info: $1,000
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York
Community Impact Micro Grants provide $1,000 in funding to non-profit organizations or individual artists for arts & cultural projects and activities that enable Nassau and Suffolk communities to experience and engage with the performing, literary, media, and visual arts on a bimonthly basis
August 1, 2023
Artist's Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund
Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2023
- Award Info: $1,000 to $10,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Photography, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
GRANT INFORMATION
Artist’s Resource Trust was established in 1996 to provide support to the creative work of mid-career (aged 35 and older) visual artists who have demonstrated substantial commitment, development, and quality in their work. A.R.T.'s focus is on visual artists who live in New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) and in the towns in NY that are part of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's catchment area as of 2015.
Since 1996, annual contributions to A.R.T. have made the grant awards possible. Now the A.R.T. Fund is building an endowment so that its work can continue in perpetuity. Make a tax-deductible contribution to the A.R.T. Endowment.
ELIGIBILITY
Applications for an unrestricted fellowship are invited from individual artists (painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, and artists using mixed media) who have demonstrated financial need. The fellowships may support any expense that enhances the artist's ability to create his/her work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc.
To apply an artist must:
Reside in the specified geographic area and have done so for at least two years prior to making the application.
Have let eight years lapse from receiving a prior ART fellowship.
Have an active art practice.
AWARDS
Grants awarded generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. They can be applied toward any expense that may enhance the artist’s ability to create his/her work. Awards are counted as income and artists are responsible for all applicable taxes. Berkshire Taconic will file a 1099 with the Internal Revenue Service in December recording each award.
August 1, 2023
Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2023
- Award Info: $25,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media
Northwest Film Forum’s Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant is a project-based award that provides $25,000 to an individual woman, nonbinary, and/or transgender US filmmaker, age 39 or older, who is working on their first narrative feature as a director.
This grant seeks to recognize a film director for their distinct vision, storytelling, and singularity.
In 2020, The Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant was established by Northwest Film Forum alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, and with major support from COLOR and Eliza Flug, to honor Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton, who passed away on May 16th, 2020. Lynn Shelton often spoke of feeling inspired after seeing filmmaker Claire Denis speak at Northwest Film Forum and learning that Denis did not make her first feature until age 40. Shelton went on to make her own first feature film (We Go Way Back) at the age of 39. In the years since, she built a prolific canon of feature and television work and made an indelible mark on the landscape of American cinema.
August 4, 2023
Artist Entrepreneurial Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 4, 2023
- Award Info: $250-$1,000
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New Hampshire
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts’ Artist Entrepreneurial Grant program supports opportunities that will benefit artists’ careers, including the development of business skills, participation in programs to raise the level and quality of their art, and participation in programs that will bring their art to the widest possible markets.
August 8, 2023
Artists in Business Leadership Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 8, 2023
- Award Info: $7,500-$10,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
2024 ARTISTS IN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION
First Peoples Fund (FPF) supports culture bearers & artists to be self-determined. We recognize them as the threads that sustain the cultural fabric of a community. They are holistic leaders and knowledge carriers that seek and share knowledge and skills; inspire and motivate others; and support themselves and their families. FPF's fellowships support these goals and strengthen the Collective Spirit® of culture bearers and artists.
The program's purpose is to develop independent, satisfied, and credible Native artist entrepreneurs who are generous in spirit. Through the Artist in Business Leadership Program artists get the technical support, professional training, and working capital they need to pursue arts business development goals for themselves and their families as they seek to start or grow a thriving arts business.
This is a one-year program and we expect that your application clearly details your proposed project within a one-year timeframe.
August 9, 2023
McMillen Artist Community Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 9, 2023
- Award Info: $10,000 and $5,000
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Washington
The Robert B. McMillen Foundation Artist Community Fellowship program is designed to support visual artists of Washington State looking to transition from undiscovered to established, self-sustaining professionals.
August 14, 2023
Cultural Capital Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 14, 2023
- Award Info: $7,500 - $10,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
First Peoples Fund’s Cultural Capital Fellowship provides a $10,000 grant for Native artists interested in community outreach and cultural preservation. Additionally, fellows receive technical support and professional training to start or grow their arts business and continue their essential work in their communities.
August 15, 2023
Werner Fenz Grant for Art in Public Space
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 15, 2023
- Award Info: 17,000 €
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Graz, Austria
Interdisciplinary contemporary arts festival steirischer herbst and the city of Graz, Austria, have launched a 17,000 € grant for art in public space that targets national and international projects addressing the cultural and political context of Graz. Projects can deal with economic, political, social, ecological, architectural, or urban development issues.
September 1, 2023
The HMS Visiting Artists Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: Palm Beach State College
- Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023
- Award Info: $6000
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Lake Worth, Florida 33461, United States
The HMS Visiting Artists Fellowship is a new initiative at Palm Beach State College made possible by a generous grant from the Helen M Salzberg family. The fellowship aims to provide support for contemporary visual artists in Palm Beach County and works collaboratively with the Studio Art Program at Palm Beach State College.
The HMS Visiting Artists Fellowship will provide an endowment of $6,000 to one selected artist per year and facilitate exhibition and mentoring opportunities for this Visiting Artist. Click "learn more" to read about what selected artists would be responsible for.
September 1, 2023
WEHO ARTIST GRANT
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023
- Award Info: $6,000
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: West Hollywood, California
The WeHo Artist Grant aims to nurture and support the long-term development of an artist’s ideas by providing funds that increase the capacity for artists to realize work, advance the conditions of creation, and navigate the complexities of both making art and making a career. By directly providing funds to individual artists, the City hopes to keep artists in West Hollywood, attract new artists to the City, and contribute to the quality of our economic and social well-being. The grant may be used in any capacity to fulfill the proposed project within the calendar year. Proposed projects may take place in June but will not be included as part of the WeHo Pride Festival and should be considered as separate from both the WeHo Pride Weekend as well as the WeHo Pride Arts Festival. $18,000 Total amount of available funding in this category per year $ 6,000 Total award per artist
September 1, 2023
2023/2024 NAC Artist Fellowship Program
Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: The National Arts Club
- Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023
- Event Dates: October 2, 2023 - June 28, 2024
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, New York 10003, United States
The National Arts Club (NAC), currently celebrating its 125th anniversary, is a non-profit organization with the mission to stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts. The Club is situated in Gramercy Park in New York City.
The NAC Artist Fellowship program, established in 2019, provides a select number of established young professional artists (21 years of age or older) with one year of full membership to the historic club, with the goal of furthering their careers. The chosen Artist Fellows can be working in any one (or more) of the disciplines reflected in the NAC’s arts committees, adhering to the Club’s core values of championing all facets of the evolving American artistic landscape: Archeology, Architecture, Art and Technology, Culinary Arts, Dance, Decorative Arts, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Literature, Music, Photography, and Theater.
Artist Fellows will be provided with complimentary Club membership, providing access to the historic clubhouse, public programs and discounted private overnight rooms. The Artist Fellowship provides opportunities for the recipient to be featured in Club programming and presentations.Artist Fellows are selected by a rotating jury comprised of arts specialists, NAC Board members, and previous Artist Fellows. To be considered for a National Arts Club Artist Fellowship, applications must be received by September 1, 2023. NAC Fellowship recipients will be informed of their selection in mid- to late September, with the Fellowship starting in October, 2023. The application process is open to all artists. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older. Applicants of all backgrounds, including BIPOC artists are highly encouraged to apply. There is no residency with this fellowship. Applicants should reside within the NYC metro area to receive the maximum benefit from the fellowship.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Please email your application as a single PDF titled “NAC Fellows-Last Name-First Name 2023.” Any links to work documentation should be in the pdf and may be included in the email as well. We ask that you submit:
• Curriculum Vitae;
• Cover letter: in 500 words or less, tell us about your current work and aspirations and how a Fellowship at the NAC would help further your artistic ambitions;
• Links to and/or files for five (5) samples of your work and/or performances;
• Names of two to three references with contact information (these will only be contacted if you are chosen as a finalist for the Artist Fellowship).
For any additional questions and to submit your application, please email [email protected].
September 12, 2023
Photo Urbanism Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 12, 2023
- Award Info: $15,000 stipend
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Photography
- Location: New York
The Design Trust for Public Space is looking for photographers to apply for its Photo Urbanism Fellowship. This year's fellow will work with the Green Space Connections project, documenting community-designed green space at NYC public housing developments. The fellowship includes a $15,000 stipend and a solo exhibition.
Program Overview:
We believe that photography is vital to understanding our shared environment and is a powerful tool for illuminating the city’s complex public realm. The Photo Urbanism Program was founded in 2001 to support the creation of new work that explores New York City’s public space. The 2023-2024 Photo Urbanism Fellow will create a self-driven photography project with NYCHA’s open spaces and the variety of ways residents use them. The role of the Photo Urbanism Fellow is to use artistic and journalistic photography/videography to capture the human, personal narratives that exist in these spaces.
Job Description:
The Photo Urbanism Fellow will dedicate 5% of their fellowship to administrative tasks such as attending meetings, invoicing, and tracking expenses; 20% of the fellowship to provide mentorship to young photographers; the remaining 75% will be to developing project work, including, but not limited to, photographing, editing images, developing programming, and exhibition planning.
September 15, 2023
Bothell Arts Commission's Creative Art Grant Program
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 15, 2023
- Award Info: awards are between $500 to $10,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Bothell, Washington
This grant program supports innovative projects by artists, and community and arts organizations that showcase artistic and cultural diversity, community building, and an appreciation for the creative spirit through arts activities. All projects must end in a culminating event that is accessible to Bothell residents and visitors of Bothell, Washington.
Application Requirements
Grant awards are between $500 to $10,000 and projects must be completed by December 1, 2024. All grant recipients will be required to produce a public benefit as a culminating event for their project and submit a final report in order to secure awarded funds.
October 1, 2023
Eyebeam Fellowship Open Call
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: October 1, 2023
- Event Dates: February 15, 2024 - August 15, 2024
- Award Info: $20,000 stipend
- Eligibility: International
This open call invites artists working within tech that focuses on decolonization, reframing history, language, care, the digital divide, and the future of tech to participate in a six-month program. Selected artists receive a $20,000 stipend.
October 16, 2023
Rbhu Engineering: Rbhu Gives Back Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: October 16, 2023
- Award Info: $12,000 worth of free engineering services
- Eligibility: National
Rbhu is a minority and women-owned business that specializes in engineering large-scale artwork and entertainment structures. The Rbhu Gives Back Grants offer $12,000 worth of free engineering services to artists in need. Any art piece that needs engineering services is eligible.
At Rbhu, we believe that art plays a key role in lifting the human spirit; it ignites our imagination with possibilities, helps us process and express our feelings, and brings people together for a collective cause. We believe that monumental sculptures have the power to inspire creativity and can positively impact the health and well-being of those around them.
Engineering large-scale art sculptures is our mission, and we are fortunate to play a part in bringing life-transformative experiences to the world. We exist because of our community and its vision, so we feel the need to do our part to support them. We are honored to announce that we are launching the 2023 Rbhu Gives Back grants, offering $12,000 worth of free engineering services to artists in need.
October 29, 2023
Queens Museum Open Call: QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: October 29, 2023
- Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
- Award Info: grant two visual artists $20,000 each
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York City , New York
This fellowship will grant two visual artists $20,000 each, individual studio space, professional development consultations, and close mentorship from Museum staff members working toward the artists’ projects. Fellows will have individual studio space from January 2024 through January 2025, as well as a solo-exhibition in 2025.