Current Artist Opportunities

Galveston Artist Residency

For 10 months in Galveston, Texas artists receive 24/7 access to studio space, an apartment nearby, a monthly $1,100 stipend and more. The organization awards three residencies every year.

Deadline: March 23, 2024 at 11:59pm CST

Read guidelines and apply here: https://galvestonartistresidency.org/residency-program

 

New York Public Library – Picture Collection Artist Fellowship

Supports artists or scholars engaged in the research, development, and/or execution of a new creative or scholarly work based on the Collection’s holdings. Fellowship stipends are awarded on a sliding scale from $2,000 to $5,000.

Deadline: March 29, 2024 

Read guidelines and apply here: https://www.nypl.org/fellowships/picture-collection-artist

 

Bayard Rustin Residency

BIPOC artists and activists working on a project that addresses ending systematic racism can apply for this residency, which provides up to one year of room and board at Penington Friends House in Manhattan.

Deadline: April, 1, 2024

Read guidelines and apply here: https://www.penington.org/rustin-residency/

Visual Studies Workshop – Project Space Artist Residency

VVSW in Rochester, New York, provides time, space and resources for experimental photo and media artists to make work. Each four-week residency comes with a private studio, housing, an analog darkroom, a $1,750 stipend and more. The application fee is $10

Deadline: April 15, 2024

Read guidelines and apply here: https://www.vsw.org/exhibitions/projectspace/

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

Supports early career Minnesota and New York City based generative artists who take creative risks. This three-year fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service and responsibility. Fellows receive $60,000 over three consecutive years. 

Deadline: April 15, 2024 at 4:00 pm CT

Read guidelines and apply here: https://www.jeromefdn.org/jerome-hill-artist-fellowship

 

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) – Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Arts Grants

The AWAW EAG provides project grants of up to $20,000 to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and US Territories.

Deadline: April 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm ET*

Read guidelines and apply here: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/anonymous-was-a-woman-environmental-art-grants/?utm_source=hyperallergic&utm_medium=opportunities-mar-24

National Academy of Design – Abbey Mural Prize

Artists, architects, designers, arts and community-based organizations, and other nonprofits can apply for grants ranging from $10,000 to $40,000 to create or restore public murals in the United States.

Deadline: April 22, 2024

Read guidelines and apply here: https://nationalacademy.org/the-academy/grants-and-fellowships/abbey-mural-prize