Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Northeastern U.S.
The Artwork Archive team set out to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls for entry for visual artists in the Northeastern United States.
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, specifically in the Northeast.
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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!
October 25, 2026 Ends today
The Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: October 25, 2026
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, United States
Founded in 1980, the AIM Fellowship (formerly known as the “Artist in Marketplace”) is The Bronx Museum’s flagship incubator and career accelerator program for the most promising artists based in NYC. The Bronx Museum selects 14 artists for the program annually through a competitive open call application process. AIM Fellows are awarded a nine-month practicum led by a distinguished faculty of experts who cover finance, law, media management, and writing, among other subjects vital to maintaining and growing a successful career as an artist.
October 26, 2026 1 day left
Handmade / Site:Brooklyn
Exhibition
- Organization: Site:Brooklyn
- Submission Deadline: October 26, 2026
- Event Dates: November 14, 2026 - December 14, 2026
- Entry Fee: $26.00 for three (3) images, $10 for each additional image
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Online Only: Yes
Site:Brooklyn Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the current practice of contemporary artists. Site:Brooklyn is going online with a new series of interactive exhibitions. The human hand possesses a particular intelligence. From the earliest carved tools to the studio traditions of ceramics, glass, textile, and woodwork, artists have long understood that artistic creation comes from a synthesis of mental and physical labor. In an era increasingly shaped by mechanical and digital reproduction, the handmade object points towards something different: a focus on touch and the material process. For Handmade, SiteBrooklyn is looking for works, across all mediums, that foreground the artist’s hand as both process and subject — the point where thought becomes physical, direct, and irreversible action.
October 27, 2026 2 days left
Beginning Again: 2026 Yellow Studio Arts Center Juried Member Show
Exhibition
- Organization: Yellow Studio
- Submission Deadline: October 27, 2026
- Event Dates: December 5, 2026 - January 10, 2027
- Entry Fee: $25.00
Title: Beginning Again
Juror: Tina Villaveces, Founder & Executive Director, Yellow Studio
What does beginning again mean to you? Show us.
Juried by Tina Villaveces, Executive Director
November 6, 2026 12 days left
Call for Art: Deck the Walls 2026
Exhibition
- Organization: www.artsfoundation.org
- Submission Deadline: November 6, 2026
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
Deck the Walls is back! The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod's Annual Holiday Art Auction is open to artists near and far. Bid online or in person, with a buy-now option available. Free to enter. Proceeds support Cape Cod's arts and cultural community.
Original work only, all mediums welcome
No size limit, all work must be ready to hang
Submit up to 3 pieces (in most cases, one is chosen)
Art priced $300-$2,000 tends to do well
Donate 100% of the sale to AFCC, or keep 25% or 50%
The submission deadline is Friday, November 6 at 11:59 PM. Visit www.artsfoundation.org/call-for-art for more information.
November 6, 2026 12 days left
"THE POWERHOUSE CALLS: Past, Present & Future"
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: November 6, 2026
- Event Dates: December 12, 2026 - December 31, 2026
- Entry Fee: USD $25
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
A call for entries from Novado Gallery in Jersey City, presented with the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, for an exhibition tied to the campaign to save the historic Hudson Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse.
November 9, 2026 15 days left
Anything but...Plastic
Exhibition
- Organization: Riverside Arts Center
- Submission Deadline: November 9, 2026
- Event Dates: December 4, 2026 - January 10, 2027
- Eligibility: Regional
- Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, United States
Plas-tic; ‘pla-stik
1 : a plastic substance
specifically: any of numerous organic, synthetic or processed materials that are mostly thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers of high molecular weight and that can be made into objects, films, or filaments.
* If you can’t grow your own wool, purchased wool is acceptable. (You don’t need to make your materials; you can acquire them however you want, so long as they remain plastic-free.)
November 15, 2026 21 days left
Call for Proposals: Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship 2027
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Award Info: Up to $2,500, based on the proposed budget and demonstrated research needs
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, United States
The Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship supports the production of original, archives-based scholarship on Ming Fay (1943–2025), whose multidisciplinary practice bridged sculpture, drawing, installation, ecology, and transnational cultural histories. Proposals may address, but are not limited to: ecology and environmental thought; transnational identity and migration; Asian diasporic histories; material experimentation and sculptural practice; intersections of art, science, and spirituality; nature as mythology and cultural symbolism in art; Downtown New York art networks and artist collectives; and public art and site-specific installations.
November 15, 2026 21 days left
Open Call: Curated Group Exhibition (Spring 2027) - Seven House Gallery
Exhibition
- Organization: Seven House Gallery
- Submission Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Entry Fee: $20
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Brooklyn, NY 11206, United States
They invite artists to submit work for an upcoming group exhibition exploring the diverse realities of mental health and mental illness.
This show aims to create a supportive, reflective space where personal narratives, emotional landscapes, and unseen struggles can be expressed through visual art.
They welcome both emerging and established artists whose work sparks dialogue, fosters empathy, and challenges stigma around mental well-being.
What they are looking for:
- Photography, paintings, drawings, mixed media, video, poetry, sculpture.
- Creatives that reside in the United States. Due to potential shipping complications they are not considering work from outside the U.S.
- Work that comes from authentic self-exploration, no commercial or client based work
November 15, 2026 21 days left
Tomorrow, Imagined: 17th Annual Patricia Sitar Juried Exhibition
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Event Dates: February 8, 2027 - March 13, 2027
- Entry Fee: USD $25
- Award Info: USD $450 1st Place Adult, USD $250 2nd Place Adult, USD $250 1st Place Young Adult, USD $150 2nd Place Young Adult, USD $100 People's Choice Award
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Washington, DC 20009, United States
Sitar Arts Center invites artists to submit original artwork exploring the theme of imagining the future for its 17th annual juried exhibition. Open to a broad range of interpretations including hope, uncertainty, technology, community, and personal vision, the exhibition welcomes all mediums and perspectives. Selected works will be displayed in a juried gallery show, with cash prizes awarded across adult and young adult categories, plus a community-voted People's Choice Award. The exhibition offers artists a professional display opportunity and public recognition within a respected community arts organization.
November 15, 2026 21 days left
Fifteenth Annual Winter Film Festival - Call for Entries
Competition
- Submission Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media
- Location: New York, New York, United States
NYC’s 15th annual WINTER FILM FESTIVAL is now open for submissions! They seek creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, documentary, animation, horror, web series and music videos. Winter Film Festival is dedicated to helping emerging filmmakers get recognition and press – The festival includes a highly regarded filmmaker education series, all screenings include director Q&A sessions and they work to ensure their films get written articles, video promos and red carpet interviews. They create an SEO enhanced page on the website for each accepted film, written reviews for all films over 20 minutes and tons of on camera interviews.