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!

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Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2024

February 1, 2024 60 days left

Art Vancouver 2024
Exhibition

  • Organization: Art Vancouver
  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 11, 2024 - April 14, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada
Description

February 1, 2024 60 days left

De-ateliers Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: Yearly stipend
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 1, 2024 60 days left

2024 Palm Beach Fine Craft Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 16, 2024 - February 18, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
  • Location: Palm Beach , Florida
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with Basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood.

February 1, 2024 60 days left

8th Annual Cityscapes Art Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 5, 2024 - March 4, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: choice of cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners.
  • 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

February 1, 2024 60 days left

2024 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $7
  • Award Info: $60,000 first place, $30,000 second place, $20,000 third place
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to Ceramic and Sculpture artists

February 1, 2024 60 days left

Fantastic Fibers 2024
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 26, 2024 - May 9, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Award Info: $1,200 will be awarded
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
  • Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to fiber artists

February 1, 2024 60 days left

Theater Mitu Hybrid Arts Lab
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
  • Award Info: $5,000 unrestricted stipend; six weeks of studio space, equipment, and technology at MITU580; mentorship and guidance from Founding Artistic Director Rubén Polendo; training and classes with guest artists modeling creative uses of hardware and software tools in art-making; and a series of in-process studio showings from the cohort of fellows.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York 11217, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

In person in New York

February 1, 2024 60 days left

Los Angeles Artadia Awards
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: three Awardees to receive unrestricted funds of $15,000
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Los Angeles, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists must reside in LA county

February 2, 2024 61 days left

National Sacred Art Exhibit - "Do This In Memory of ME"
Exhibition

  • Organization: St. Edmunds Sacred Art Institute
  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 20, 2024 - August 25, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 25
  • Award Info: over $3000 in Awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New Haven, CONNECTICUT 06511, United States
Description

February 2, 2024 61 days left

Tontitown Art Festival
Other

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Tontiltown, Arkansas
Description

February 2, 2024 61 days left

42nd National Juried Photography Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 9, 2024 - April 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Yakima, Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based photographers

February 4, 2024 63 days left

Evergreen Sculpture Walk 2024-2025
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 8, 2024 - June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Evergreen, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based sculpture artists

February 5, 2024 64 days left

Molten
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - May 2, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $800
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: St. Charles, Illinois
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based glass and metal artists

February 10, 2024 69 days left

MacDowell Residency Fall 2024-Winter 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $30.00,Any applicant experiencing a financial hardship may request a fee waiver
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 11, 2024 70 days left

Artists of Color Summer Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 11, 2024
  • Award Info: Developing teaching experience through running a workshop(s) Developing a solo show during your time at Mudflat Dedicating your time to creating a body of work
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Somerville, MA 02145, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Self-identifying ceramic artists of color at any stage in their career.

Applicants should have the ability to work independently with clay. Firing and technical support will be provided by the Mudflat staff

February 12, 2024 71 days left

The Other Art Fair
Exhibition

The Other Art Fair
  • Organization: The Other Art Fair
  • Submission Deadline: February 12, 2024
  • Event Dates: May 16, 2024 - May 19, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Sydney, NSW 2039, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 14, 2024 73 days left

CAA Annual Conference
Workshops & Classes

  • Submission Deadline: February 14, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 14, 2024 - February 17, 2024
  • Entry Fee: varies
  • Award Info: This year’s program boasts over 275 sessions, workshops, and events with content representing the breadth of our constituent fields of scholarship, approaches to pedagogy, and social justice issues.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chicago, IL 60605, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

All welcome.

February 15, 2024 74 days left

Salad Days Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Award Info: $4,000 stipend & free materials and firings
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Edgecomb, Maine
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists who are comfortable working independently in a clay studio

February 15, 2024 74 days left

Mother's Milk Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 25
  • Award Info: 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, designed to support three or four visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers, who are pursuing innovative work in their field.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newton, Kansas, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Residents cannot be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, must be at least 21 years old, and must reside on-site for the duration of the program. International applicants will need to show proof of English language skills and will be responsible for acquiring appropriate visas if accepted.

February 15, 2024 74 days left

Sonoma Ceramic's Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: Sliding Scale Application Fee: $15-$30
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Sonoma, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based potters and ceramic sculptors.

February 15, 2024 74 days left

Contemporary Indigeneity 2024
Exhibition

  • Organization: Great Plains Art Museum
  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Event Dates: September 6, 2024 - December 21, 2024
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
Description

February 16, 2024 75 days left

OPEN CALL: SCREEN YOUR FILM AT ROOFTOP FILMS SUMMER SERIES
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 16, 2024
  • Event Dates: May 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 15-30 No film will ever be turned away due to lack of funds. If you are unable to pay the submission fee for any reason email [email protected] to request a fee waiver.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to film artists

Ongoing

IaRex l'Atelier: International Artists Residency Exchange
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Saint Raphael 83700, France
Description
Eligibility Info

All are welcome.

February 23, 2024 82 days left

The Sustainable Arts Foundation Award Program
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: February 23, 2024
  • Entry Fee: First week fee is waived, $20 afterwards until deadline.
  • Award Info: 5,000
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: San Francisco, California 94122, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

We are looking for excellent work created by parents. The portfolio is the primary factor we consider in evaluating each application.

February 23, 2024 82 days left

Call for Art-HERE & NOW
Exhibition

  • Organization: Art Fluent
  • Submission Deadline: February 23, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 35.00
  • Award Info: All accepted artists will have their series displayed in our online gallery at www.art-fluent.com and will receive a cash prize of $250 each.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description

February 26, 2024 85 days left

The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 26, 2024
  • Event Dates: May 3, 2024 - June 27, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: Cash awards
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Description
Eligibility Info

open to artists of Korean heritage, age 18 years and older, and of any nationality.

February 26, 2024 85 days left

Off Center - An International Ceramic Competition: 2024
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 26, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 6, 2024 - May 18, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: 1st: $500
  • Eligibility: International
  • Location: Roseville, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to ceramic artists

February 26, 2024 85 days left

Forecast Open Call Ninth Edition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 26, 2024
  • Award Info: Forecast offers artists and creative thinkers from anywhere in the world the chance to work with accomplished mentors toward bringing their projects to fruition. As an international mentorship program with annual editions, Forecast transcends neatly defined disciplines and genres to provide insight into creative production processes, and carve out space for the questions on the minds of the next generation of trailblazers.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Anyone from anywhere who is working creatively in a field that they consider connected with one of the mentors in this year’s edition, or in related practices. We recommend looking at the mentors’ statements and familiarizing yourself with their work before deciding whether to apply, and with what project. After all, you and the mentor would work together for several months if you’re selected, so you should have an idea of what they would be able to provide in their mentorship role.

February 27, 2024 86 days left

NXTHVN Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: February 27, 2024
  • Award Info: Each fellow will receive studio or office space, a stipend, and subsidized housing during a paid 10-month intensive Fellowship Program
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newhaven, CT 60511, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Proof of Covid vaccination is required.

February 29, 2024 88 days left

Modern Day Monet
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Farmington, Connecticut
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 29, 2024 88 days left

All Things Considered- 2024
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 4, 2024 - April 26, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $31
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Laguna Beach , California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 29, 2024 88 days left

Powderhorn Art Fair
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
  • Event Dates: August 3, 2024 - August 4, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: Selected by jury to participate in the Art Fair. First, Second, Third Place, Honorable Mention, and Spirit of Powderhorn recipients will be invited back with the jury and booth fees waived. Twenty invitational award winners will be invited back with the jury fee waived but must pay a booth fee.
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Description

February 29, 2024 88 days left

Adams Square Mini Park Gas Statioin
Public Art & Proposals

  • Organization: City of Glendale | Library, Arts & Culture Department
  • Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Glendale, CA 91205, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Mixed-Media artists in the Glendale California area.

March 1, 2024 89 days left

Chicago Artadia Awards
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Award Info: three Awardees to receive unrestricted funds of $15,000
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chicago , Illinois
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists must reside in Cook County

March 1, 2024 89 days left

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 35
  • Award Info: offers a $100 weekly stipend, free housing, and a private studio.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Nebraska City,, Nebraska
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

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