Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Northeastern U.S.
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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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July 31, 2024 4 days left
A Show of Heads
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Event Dates: October 10, 2024 - November 2, 2024
- Entry Fee: $35
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Hudson, New York
Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, October 12 - November 4, 2023. Juror: Limner Gallery Director. This is a thematic group exhibition of work that includes and is based on the portrayal, interpretation and/or transformation of the human head. The exhibition is open for entry to all artists working in any media.
July 31, 2024 4 days left
The World Around: 2025 Young Climate Prize and Mentorship Programme (USA, Online)
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Award Info: Showcase at The World Around’s annual summit in April 2025 in New York City, USA.
- 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
- Online Only: Yes
Applications are open for the second cycle of The Young Climate Prize award and mentorship programme. The prize was conceived by New York-based non-profit organisation The World Around to support the generation of designers and activists who were born into the climate crisis and uniquely positioned to address it.
The selected 25 individuals under 25 years of age will be paired and mentored by a Design Champion, a group of world renown architects, urbanists and designers. Each mentee will have at least three hour-long sessions with their mentor to amplify their projects, come up with new ideas and get inspiration from a caring professional. In addition to the 1:1 mentorships, the cohort will also embark on a ‘Design Academy’, between September and December 2024. Every weekend, The World Around Young Climate Prize will hold virtual workshops to provide support on everything, from marketing and fundraising to graphic design, communications and filmmaking.
Anyone aged 13 to 25 can submit their work. Applications and the programme are free for all and three winners –Young Climate Designer, Young Climate Voice and Young Climate Visionary – will be selected by a jury to present their work at The World Around’s annual summit in April 2025 in New York City, USA.
We encourage young people from anywhere in the world to share their projects. If English is not your first language you will be able to indicate this during the application process.
July 31, 2024 4 days left
The Homiens Art Prize
Competition
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- Organization: Homiens
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Award Info: $500 unrestricted cash award
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, New York 10001, United States
- Online Only: Yes
The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize that is free to enter, and open to all artists. All art forms, mediums, and completion dates are eligible. We consider all art forms and practices equal, and are excited to welcome artworks of all dimensions, on any theme.
It is free to enter one artwork. There is a $5.00 fee to enter each additional artwork thereafter. You may enter as many times as you like. You will receive a confirmation email.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
For more details and to enter, visit the Homiens website.
6 Winning artists are exhibited by Homiens, receive an unrestricted cash award of $500, are published in our exhibition catalog, receive an optional interview, feature in our prestigious annual publication The Homiens 60, and may request a letter of recommendation from our Jurors. 12 additional Finalists per round exhibit with Homiens and are published in our exhibition catalog. Up to 200 artists are Highly Commended and celebrated across our media. All entrants are considered for exhibition and may apply to participate in our Meet the Artists initiative. Jurors’ feedback available.
July 31, 2024 4 days left
Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Event Dates: September 13, 2024 - September 15, 2024
- Entry Fee: Submission fees may apply, $10-$20
- Award Info: Screening Festival and optional Marketing Services.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media
- Location: Queens, NY, United States
Submissions are now open for Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival! Share your Off-Kilter (unusual, artful, independent of commercial causes)film. We are holding screenings of Live- action shorts (20 minutes or less) Animated shorts (2d, 3d, claymation, hand-drawn etc....20 minutes or less) Short Docs, Music Videos, and Narrative Features. Use the code roffnyfa for a 20% discount on submission.
Films must be submitted in English (or subtitled in English).
Short films must not exceed 20 minutes.
Feature films must be at least 60 minutes.
By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.
August 1, 2024 5 days left
Art and Change Grant
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
- Award Info: up to $2,500
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Art and Change Grant (ACG) provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia.
The grant is project-based and open to artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms.
We encourage you to apply if you are a woman, trans*, and/or or gender nonconforming artist who:
Has an art for social change project that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
Has a project supported by or in collaboration with a Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way).
Lives in Greater Philadelphia: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
For more information, eligibility, and how to apply, read the ACG guidelines here or below.
*Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, Two-Spirit people, and anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.
August 1, 2024 5 days left
Yaddo Visual Art Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
- Entry Fee: $40
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, United States
We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists apply individually. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. There is no fee to come to Yaddo, and we have modest access grants to help offset the costs of attending a residency.
All artists whose work falls within the five disciplines we serve are encouraged to apply. Generally, those who qualify for Yaddo residencies are either working at the professional level in their fields or are emerging artists whose work shows great professional promise. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged solely on the quality of the work. Yaddo places no publication, exhibition or performance requirements on artists in residence.
Not only is Yaddo an equal opportunity employer—we will not discriminate against any individual, employee, or application for residency based on race, color, marital status, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected status recognized by federal, state, or local law—we strongly encourage applicants from backgrounds underrepresented in arts and culture to apply.
Submit seven digital images of visual artwork. Note: The Admissions Committee views images on personal computer screens and a large screen via projection. Optional: Documentary or elemental video of an installation.
For artists whose finished works are predominantly visual images - including, but not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media and installation art.
The August 1 deadline is for residencies starting November of the same year through June of the following year. Applicants receive results by email in early October.
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August 1, 2024 5 days left
Yaddo Film & Video Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
- Entry Fee: $36
- Award Info: Residencies vary in length, from two weeks to two months.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media
- Location: Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, United States
Film & Video
Filmmakers
Submit both a preview work sample and a full-length sample of the same work. For the preview, offer a two-minute continuous excerpt of your work. The longer sample includes a video or film segment, no more than 10 minutes total. Optional: Brief description of the samples. Work sample requirements are available here.
Screenwriters
Submit two writing samples of your screenplay. One longer sample of no more than 10,000 words or 30 pages and a second two-page excerpt of the same work. Optional: May include a brief synopsis if necessary.
The August 1 deadline is for residencies starting November of the same year through June of the following year. Applicants receive results by email in early October.
Please see website for further application details.
August 1, 2024 5 days left
Performing Artist-In-Residence Program
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
- Event Dates: October 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
- Award Info: $3,000 honorarium
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: New York, New York 10013, United States
RESIDENCY DESCRIPTION
The Museum of Chinese in America’s Performing-Artist-in-Residence Program will invite a cohort of 5 performing artists to individually generate ONE theme-based new project, by utilizing the resources and collections at MOCA. Throughout the residency, artists will be invited to participate in artist-led workshops and will be required to give 2 work-in-progress presentations to the public, one in December 2024, and the other in February 2025.
PERFORMING-ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Provide space and support for performing artists to generate a new work
Create space for organic artistic sharing and collaboration
Incubate discourse and community engagement around new ideas and artistic expression
Encourage artists to take creative risks, while nurturing a safe space for constructive feedback
Celebrate diversity in artistic expression
THEME
Heteroglossia 眾聲喧嘩
Since the 1980s, publications like A. Magazine, Giant Robot, Yolk and Hyphen have attempted to (re)define Asian American identity and to capture diverse lifestyles shared by Asian American communities. What is the narrative that you’ll build if given the editorial power of a publication (think beyond print and more performing arts)? What lifestyle or culture would you try to capture? In the age of digital, tribalized society, what is it about you that you’d want to represent/create?
RESIDENCY DATES
October 1st, 2024 – February 28th, 2025
AWARD
Each selected artist will receive $3,000 honorarium
Access to available rehearsal spaces at MOCA
Access to MOCA’s archive and collection
Consultation with MOCA’s staff
Additional financial support to the work-in-progress presentations
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all Performing Artists
Disciplines include but not limited to dance, music, theatre, performance art, spoken words and film
Artists self-identify as Asian/Chinese American or Asian/Chinese immigrant with a goal of continuing their career in the United States
Artists must be a resident in New York City metropolitan area
Artists must be 25 or over and cannot enroll in any degree program of any kind
Both traditional and contemporary performing arts are welcome
Artists must be available for all the required dates to apply (see program requirements)
TIMELINE
Submissions are due by August 1st, 2024 at 11:59 P.M. EST. All applicants will be notified by mid-September. Residencies will begin in October, 2024.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Selected artists are required to create a new project at MOCA during the agreed upon residency timeframe. The new project does not have to be fully developed at the end of the residency.
Selected artists are required to participate in the workshops and to lead a workshop session on the subject of their choice. Workshop dates are Friday, November 15th, 2024 & Friday, January 17th, 2025.
Selected artists are required to meet at least once per month for a check-in session with the director of performance, storytelling & community during residency.
Selected artists are required to present their work-in-progress project to public twice during residency, one in December 2024 (week of December 9th) and the other in February 2025 (week of February 17th). A talkback session will be scheduled following the presentation.
August 1, 2024 5 days left
Yaddo Performance Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: Residencies vary in length, from two weeks to two months.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, United States
Submit both a preview work sample and a full-length work sample. For the preview, submit a two-minute continuous excerpt of one of your performance works. For the longer excerpt, include video documentation of up to three excerpts, totaling no more than 10 minutes in length. Include title, year, performers, any major collaborators, performance space/ location, and a brief description.
The August 1 deadline is for residencies starting November of the same year through June of the following year. Applicants receive results by email in early October.
August 2, 2024 6 days left
American Craft Made Baltimore
Exhibition
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- Organization: American Craft Council
- Submission Deadline: August 2, 2024
- Event Dates: February 21, 2025 - February 23, 2025
- Entry Fee: $45 application fee. Exhibition fees may also apply if accepted, please see website for further details.
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
Showcase and sell your work at the largest juried craft show on the East Coast. American Craft Made Baltimore features more than 350 artists and makers as well as demonstrations, talks, and hands-on experiences. In 2024, participating artists made a combined $3.4 million in sales. Now entering its 48th year, this immersive annual event attracts more than 10,000 dedicated collectors and enthusiasts.
Key Dates:
Application Open: June 11, 2024
Application Deadline: August 2, 2024
Acceptance Notification: September 18, 2024
Waitlist Invitations Begin: Early October
Move-In Dates: February 19–20, 2025
Show: February 21–23, 2025