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
December 15, 2023
New Orleans Jazz Fest Volunteer Photographer Program 2024
Other
- Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023
- Categories: Photography
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
The Volunteer Photographer Program is a community outreach project of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Archive. The mission of the program is to provide documentation of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the Foundation Archive. WATERMARKS ON YOUR IMAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED.
Festival Dates: April 25-28 and May 2-5, 2024
December 31, 2023
2024 Soiree Call for Artist & Artisans
Other
- Organization: Anderson Arts Center
- Submission Deadline: December 31, 2023
- Event Dates: April 26, 2024 - April 27, 2024
- Entry Fee: $10.00
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
The Soirée is a signature arts festival that electrifies the streets of downtown Anderson, South Carolina! The 2024 Soirée will continue the same standard of excellence with a focus on visual, culinary, and performing arts.
This community-led festival, hosted by the City of Anderson, will provide an entertaining two-day cultural experience attracting visitors from near and far.
Known for its hospitality, the Soirée Committee will provide participating artists with convenient set-up, parking, and security.
The Soirée is coordinated by the City of Anderson with artistic guidance from the Anderson Arts Center and support from community volunteers. Any proceeds realized will be used to subsidize production of this annual arts festival, as well as to provide funding for new art initiatives in Anderson.
Key Deadlines:
December 31, 2023: Deadline to submit application
February 5, 2024: Artist Notification
April 26 - 27, 2024: Soirée Dates
More information: www.AndersonArts.org
To Apply: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=11618
April 27, 2024
Projecting L.A. 2024
Other
- Submission Deadline: April 27, 2024
- Entry Fee: $20
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Photography
- Location: Los Angeles, California
A juried call for street, documentary, and news photography of and about the people within the county of Los Angeles (inclusive of L.A. City).
A larger-than-life display of photography that will take place in DTLA on April 27, 2024. The location is a football-field-sized parking lot in Chinatown.
Following a juried process, the selected photographers will have bodies of work edited into a video presentation with music, and projected 80 feet wide and three stories high in front of a live audience. Following the big event, the L.A. Public Libraries will screen this presentation once a month for a year in all parts of Los Angeles, with five photographers in attendance to talk with the public afterwards.
WHAT SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHERS RECEIVE
Participation in Projecting L.A. 2024
Opportunity to take part in additional monthly indoor screenings at a variety of Los Angeles Public Library Branches
Opportunity to be featured in press coverage for Projecting L.A.
Each photographer receives a free online profile page on www.thelaproject.org.
Photographer’s name, website, social media addresses and one photograph will be featured in the event catalog.
Street Photography magazine will feature a story on all the photographers involved in Projecting L.A. 2024, plus the publisher will also feature one photographer from the group.