Artist Opportunities

Saatchi Group Art for Change Prize 2023 Regeneration: Artists in the first 5 years of their career using visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change . Deadline July 17, 2023 https://mcsaatchi.com/artforchangeprize

Society of American Graphic Artists Open Call for miniature prints ( 5 x 5 inches) for Mini Gems exhibition, Deadline July 14, 2023 https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=11804

FST StudioProjects Fund supports the studio practice of visual artists in New York City. Deadline July 1, 2023 https://www.fststudioprojectsfund.com

June 2023

LogHaven Residency, Knoxville TN for visual (including architecture), performing including composing with a living stipend and freight reimbursement for emerging and established artists. Deadline July 15, 2023 for residencies in 2024 and 2025. More info: Loghaven Residency

NYPL New Amsterdam branch 9 Murray St NYC Exhibition Opportunity actively seeking art for the walls of this open, airy, very accessible public space. Exhibits last about three months, shortened or lengthened depending on the show and the artist’s needs. For questions about submissions email karenloder@nypl.org

ON THE GROUND Storefront for Art and Architecture Open Call for artists, architects and researchers for proposals that reflect on the spatial dynamics of the NYC ground floor. This new body of work will be exhibited in January 2024 at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC Deadline: June 19, 2023 https://storefrontnews.org

WORTHLESSSTUDIOS launches its inaugural Artist in Residence program running from September to December 2023. The residency will be production focused, supporting underserved sculptors and installation artists at pivotal moments in their careers.Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIAP+, women, nonbinary, and disabled artists, to fulfill the urgent need for fabrication tools, financial support, technical assistance, and space that so many underrepresented artists seek. Deadline June 7, 2023 https://www.worthlessstudios.org/artist-in-residence

MAY 2023

Flora Fiction Literary Magazine is accepting submissions for its Summer 2023 issues the theme of festivals. Deadline May 31, 2023 Flora Fiction

BRICLab Residency offers emerging to mid-career artists in visual, film & TV and performing a $2,500 stipend, mentorship, skills-based learning and professional development, studio space and documentation of their work. Deadline May 8, 2023. BRICLab Residency 2023-2024

First Novel Prize 2023 In its eighth consecutive year, the First Novel Prize aims to discover an original new voice in fiction writing, across the English language world. Deadline May 31, 2023 https://www.firstnovel.co.uk

Boston Printmakers North American Biennial Call for Art. Long recognized as one of the most prestigious events in printmaking since 1947 the biennial showcases artwork ranging from traditional print processes and digital media to work in more expansive, interdisciplinary approaches. Deadline May 12, 2023. https://www.bostonprintmakers.org/biennials/biennial-2023/

APRIL 2023

American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship offers writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in the life of the American Library.A $5,000 stipend will be paid before start of a Fellowship period. Deadline April 1, 2023 https://americanlibraryinparis.org/visiting-fellowship/

International Studio and Curatorial Program’s open call for a new six-month artist residency sponsored by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. This fully-funded residency will take place from December 1, 2023–May 31, 2024. Visual artists eligible to work in the United States whose work in painting, drawing and/or printmaking is characterized by a spirit of innovation are invited to apply.
Deadline April 7, 2023. ISCP Helen Frankenthaler Residency

Long Meadow Arts Residency. Located in the Berkshires gives visual artists a $3,000 monthly stipend, art supply reimbursement of $2,500 for art supplies, a cabin, a studio, and more. Application details can be found online.
Deadline: April 30, 2023 | longmeadowartresidency.com

MARCH 2023

Reminiscence Art and Design Competition An international competition with work that addresses the theme Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle. First place wins $20,000 while up to 10 runners-up get $3,000 each.
Deadline: March 31, 2023 (midnight AESDT) | reminiscence-competition.com

Stoneleaf Retreat in the Catskills Accepting applications for an artist residency for artist-mothers. Deadline March 8, 2023. https://stoneleafretreat.com/art-mamas-residencies

Carter Burden Gallery Chelsea, NYC This open call for submission to a blindly juried group show of “SCRIBBLES” scheduled for June 1-June 28, 2023, will result in an interesting, informative, eye-opening survey of what contemporary artists are doing with their scribbles. Deadline March 7, 2023 https://www.carterburdengallery.org/juried-exhibition

Millay Arts Residencies. The fully subsidized Core Residencies and partially subsidized Steepletop Residency include private bedrooms and studios. Former house of Edna St Vincent Millay, The fee to apply is $45. Deadline: March 1, 2023 millayarts.submittable.com

FEBRUARY 2023

Mac Dowell Fellowship offers talented individuals an inspiring residential environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. Deadline February 10. 2023 Application

JANUARY- MARCH 2023

Hayama Artist Residency’s mission is to introduce visual artists to Japanese culture and have a gallery exhibition in Japan. Residency dates are June 1 – 30, 2023 in a small, coastal Japanese town in Honshū, Japan. Deadline January 15, 2023 Application.

Creative Capital Grant Cycle 2023 – 2024. Artists are invited to propose innovative new projects for the Creative Capital Awards Grant cycle for Visual Artists beginning March 1, 2023. Creative Capital will provide up to $5 million in grants to help realize 100 artists’ projects with awards of varying amounts up to $50,000 with additional advisory services per project.https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency Artists selected for this program are at all stages of their careers and work in all media, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and non fiction writing, interdisciplinary, social practice and architecture. Deadline Jan 10 2023. https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9124

NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2022

On View::Artist Residency Located in the heart of Savannah, the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for an artist to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. Deadline Dec 10, 2022. https://sulfurstudios.org/onview-residency-app

MOZAIK Philanthropy – Future Art Awards: WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM. Artists who wish to express support for Iran’s protestors can submit work. Those selected will receive honorariums and be featured in a virtual exhibition. Deadline: November 15, 2022 | mozaikphilanthropy.org

Baxter Street Camera Club offers lens-based artists free use of workspace and a monthly stipend towards proceeding a solo exhibition. Deadline Nov 15, 2022. https://cameraclubofny.submittable.com/submit

Atlantic Gallery Call for Art “Tenuous Threads” seeking innovative artworks that utilize textiles, fibers, threads (natural and synthetic) in sculpture, collage, 3D, and 2D mixed media that communicates the strength and fragility of what binds all life. Deadline Dec 10, 2022 https://atlanticgallery.org/tenuous-threads/

SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2022

Creative Capital summary of residencies, grants and fellowships. Creative Capital

JULY – AUGUST 2022

The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is a $5,000 cash grant open to Canadian women artists ages 25-40 in New York State.The CWAA is an unrestricted cash grant and can be used in any manner the recipient deems necessary to further their artistic goals. Deadline Sept 13, 2022. https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/canadian-women-artists-award/

Queens Museum – In situ Artist Fellowship a two-year fellowship provides a rent-free studio space, salary at $45,000/year, and a solo exhibition in Spring 2024 to New York based artists. Deadline: August 14, 2022 https://queensmuseum.org/in-situ-artist-fellowship-2022

Lower East Side Printshop Keyhold Residency offering a free year long studio residency , free workshops, and a $1000 stipend. Deadline: September 1, 2022 https://www.printshop.org/keyholder-residencies/

Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): Applications are open for $2 million in finishing grants for the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre. Deadline: November 1, 2022. www.nyfa.org/nycwomensfund.

Residency Unlimited – 2023 Atelier Mondial Residency for NYC visual and performance-based artists. 6 month residency/exchange program with Atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland, a monthly allowance of $1,200, a live-in studio, and more.
Deadline: July 31, 2022 | residencyunlimited.org

CitiBike Design Contest. Call for art for bike stations. Win $500. Deadline July 31, 2022. href=”https://citibikenyc.com/adcontest”>https://citibikenyc.com/adcontest

The Sunroom Project Space is a venue for New York-area emerging artists to develop a site-specific project as a solo exhibition at Wave Hill Bronx NY. Projects in any media will be considered. Four artists will be selected for solo exhibitions indoors. Selected artists will receive an honorarium of $2000, exhibition support, and professional development. Artists will have 6 to 12 months to develop their ideas and create new work. https://wavehill.slideroom.com/#/login/program/66629

Sculpture Center Open Call artists who have not yet had an institutional exhibition in New York City are invited to submit proposals for solo exhibitions which will be presented in a designated gallery space at Sculpture Center. Deadline August 31, 2022. https://www.sculpture-center.org/in_practice

The Anita Wetzel Residency Grant focuses on women artists (45 years old and up) to create new work in residencies of 4-6 weeks.Artists may choose to work in any one or more of our studios: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screen printing, darkroom photography, or ceramics. Deadline Aug 1, 2022. Womens Studio Workshop

ISSUE Project Room – 2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship supports an emerging, New York-based curator with a $3,000 stipend, a dedicated ISSUE-funded budget to produce three public programs, free access to rehearsal space. Deadline: July 8, 2022 nyfa.org

JUNE – JULY 2022

Bennett Prize created in 2018, awards $20,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which then travels the country. Deadline October 7, 2023 Bennett Prize Call for Entries

Call to Artists for Hispanic Heritage Month NYC Parks’ Latino Society invites artists to propose work that explores their interpretation of Latinx culture using imagery of native flora from countries or territories of their choice for an exhibition entitled Las Flores de mi País in the Arsenal Gallery
Deadline July 1, 2022. NYC Parks Latino Society

Loghaven Artist Residency practicing artists in Dance, Theater, Music Composition, Architecture, and Interdisciplianry Work are invited to apply for residency in studios located in 5 historic log cabins in wooded acreage in Knoxville Tn. . A living stipend is also given. Deadline July 15, 2022. Loghaven Artist Residency

Mozaik Future Art Awards an open call to U.S. artists from all creative expressions wishing to use their art to reimagine what a high-tech, highly connected future metaverse could look that is also deeply human. Up to $5000 in grants, Deadline July 8, 2022. Mozaik Future Art Awards

Revelation Gallery St Johns in the Village Open Call for a salon-style group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photography depicting Greenwich Village and the East Village (or reflecting the artist’s impressions and feelings about the neighborhoods). Deadline June 30, 2022. More Information: Revelation Gallery NYC

Rauchenberg Emergency Medical Grants provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need.
Deadline June 7 for medical emergencies that happened after Oct 2021, and August 2 for medical emergencies that happened after December 2021. https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-medical-emergency-grants/

MAY – JUNE 2022

Epicenter.submit a poem, short story, artwork or any shareable experience. If your work is selected, you will receive a $100 stipend and be featured online on their site. https://epicenter-nyc.com/artists/

The Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund: New York State Edition Dance/NYC invites individual dance makers and small-budget dance organizations residing in New York State who are experiencing financial losses due to the spread of COVID-19 to submit proposals for financial relief support. Deadline for individual dancers is April 20 2022, Deadlline for small- organizations is May 4, 2022. Corona virus Dance Relief Fund

Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Grant. provides up to $20,000 for projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. Deadline June 14, 2022 at 5pm Anonymous Was A Woman

APRIL – MAY 2022

the cell residency program is a competitive annual cycle that commissions and aids in the development of new works from artists across all disciplines. Selected applicants receive up to $2,500 free rehearsal space, staffing and developmental resources. Deadline June 30, 2022. http://www.thecelltheatre.org/residencyapplication

MARCH – APRIL 2022

Hyperallergic Grants, awards, and residencies in all disciplines. Deadlines March – May 2022. More info at: https://hyperallergic.com/714060/opportunities-march-2022/

The Artist Lives.org website is dedicated to discovering and showcasing the work of deceased visual artists, musicians and writers who left this world unrecognized. More info at https://www.theartistlives.org

Artadia Awards for artists provides financial support, exposure and recognition and a $10,000 unrestricted grant, Application requires a studio visit. Apply Now: March 1 to the April 1, 2022 deadline.
https://artadia.org/awards/

FEBRUARY -APRIL 2022

Tree of Life Artists: Welcomes applications from visual artists age 60 and over. Applicants must have a specific project; and demonstrable financial need. Deadline: April 13, 2022. More info: https://www.treeoflifeartists.org/grant-program

Creatives Rebuild New York: funding an Artist Employment Program (AEP), a 2-year program that will fund 300 artists working in collaboration with community-based organizations across New York State. Participating artists will receive an annual salary of $65,000 plus benefits. Deadline March 25, 2022. More Info: https://www.creativesrebuildny.org

BRIClab: Performing Arts Residency is for New York City-based performing artists, visual artists, and media makers to explore and expand the possibilities of their work. Deadline March 10, 2022. More Info: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/artist-opportunities/briclab?utm_source=hyperallergic&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=briclab-2022-23-residencies

Applications for the 2022/2023 BRIClab: Performing Arts residency are now open. Applications are due on March 10, 2022.
Meatpacking District Call for Submissions to create “The Supper Brief ” an outdoor installation that speaks to the need to gather, to find comfort in each other’s company. Submit Notice of Interest by Feb 18, 2022, Submit Proposal Deadline Feb 28, 2022. More Info Meatpacking Prop Supper-Brief_FINAL

RedCat New Original Works FestivalL: Artists are invited to submit short interdisciplinary projects to be developed for the REDCAT stage.
The Festival will take place on the REDCAT stage in Summer 2022 and artists are given development support through rehearsal space, technical assistance, access to equipment and an honorarium. info at Red Cat

Franklin Furnace call for submissions from early career performance artists who create original work. Deadline April 1, 2022. More info at Franklin Furnace.

This Is Colossal: January – April 2022 Opportunities for grants, residencies and open calls. Apply Now

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, announced it will suspend the requirement that applicants supply reference letters as part of the application. The next application deadline is February 10, 2022, for residencies September of 2022 through February of 2023. Apply Now.

The Stamps School of Art and Design seeks proposals for 2023 Witt Residency. Open to both established and emerging artists and designers, the Roman Witt Residency Program is designed to support the creation of new work in collaboration with students and faculty of the Stamps School and the larger university community. Deadline February 20, 2022 Apply Now

JANUARY 2022

The Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant program annually awards $25,000 to visual artists who have been in a mature phase of their art for at least 20 years and who have demonstrated financial need. Deadline January 14, 2022. Apply Now

DECEMBER 2021

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 2021

Creative Capital offers workshops for artists, including archiving and grant writing. Register now.

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2021

Pioneer Works is pleased to announce its 2022 Open Call for Music Residents. The application portal will be open September 1 through September 30, 2021. Alumni Music Residents Luke Stewart and TYGAPAW will jury to select Music Residents who demonstrate artistic excellence in work outside the existing models and “norms” of their field, whose practice can make use of our unique facilities and collaborative environment, and those with an interdisciplinary practice. Selected residents will be notified by December 1, 2021.Pioneer Music Residency

Creative Capital offers a list of residencies, grants, and open calls. This month’s list includes a $50,000 grant for organizations that use arts and culture based practices to aid projects that intersect climate and racial justice work, an Alaska residency for women writers, and a $20,000 fellowship for artists to support craft practices.
Creative Capital

AUGUST 2021

Billboard Contest: On September 15th, a panel of judges will review all of the finalists and pick twenty winning images to appear on billboards throughout the United States during the fall and winter. All billboards will be located near major metropolitan areas (e.g. Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, etc.) Deadline for submissions August 31, 2021.
Billboard Contest

The inaugural CMA Artist-Educator Residency. Starting in September 2021, four individuals per year will be invited to design, implement, and reflect on the efficacy of arts education through intensive-studio, community-based, and online exposure.
Artists at any point in their careers, from emerging to established. Deadline : August 20, 2021.
CMA Artist Residency

JULY 2021

Open Calls, Residencies and Grants listing provided by Colossal.
This Is Colossal

JUNE 2021

YOUNG ARTS
The National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists is offering visual, literary and performing artists between the ages of 15-18 cash awards, mentorship and a lifetime of creative and professional support.
Deadline October 15, 2021
More info: https://mailchi.mp/youngarts/2022-application-now-open-304388?e=981721ad37

CREATIVES REBUILD New York
CRNY’s guaranteed income program will provide monthly, no-strings-attached payments to up to 2,400 artists with financial need.

CRNY’s employment program will provide funding for 300 artists to be employed by dozens of small-to-midsize community arts organizations statewide. Three days per week, artists will bring their creativity to bear in service of the organization; on the other two workdays, they will be free to pursue their own creative practice. Participating artists will receive a full-time base salary expected to be commensurate with New York State median income data plus benefits. Participating organizations will receive overhead relief and opportunities for capacity-building support.

These programs and funding will be dedicated solely to artists whose primary residence is in New York State.

More information HERE

MAY 2021

Hyperallergic.com May 2021 list
Info on grants, fellowships, residencies and more:
https://hyperallergic.com/643616/opportunities-may-2021/

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Artworks Archives List of May, June and July deadlines for submissions, resources and grants.
Info Here

APRIL 2021
WITH OUR HANDS
R & Company Announces a Grassroots Campaign to Unite Object Makers in America to rally object makers across the country to claim their medium, find community, and help enrich the fabric of America. The call to action is for glassblowers, ceramicists, wood carvers, weavers, metalworkers, and those exploring new materials to submit 15-second videos of their hands in action, showing what they make and sharing why they make it.
Submit your video to: With Our Hands