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Current Artist Opportunities

Bronx Council on the Arts – Community Engagement Grants

BCA’s three Community Arts Grants close soon. New Work supports individual Bronx-based artists through a commissioning grant in the amount of $3,000 for the creation of a new work in a community setting. Arts Fund develops Bronx artists and small arts organizations through its support of high-quality arts projects that engage Bronx audiences in a diverse array of artistic works in all disciplines, genres, and styles. Community Arts supports local arts projects and activities that enable Bronx communities to experience and engage with the performing, literary, media, and visual arts.

Deadline: November 15, 2024 |  bronxarts.org/grants

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture – Summer 2025 Program

Skowhegan’s nine-week program in Maine offers international emerging artists working across disciplines the opportunity to engage within an experimental framework based on sharing knowledge and skills. The fee to apply starts at $20 (October 1–16), then increases to $50 (October 17–November 12) and $80 (November 12–15).

Deadline: November 15, 2024skowheganart.org

BolsterArts – Residency Program

Two jury-selected artists will receive a shared, rent-free, 360-square-foot studio in Manhattan’s Chinatown from January 1 to April 15, 2025, culminating in a two-person exhibition at All Street Gallery in the East Village. The application fee is $35.

Deadline: November 15, 2024 | bolsterarts.com

National Liberty Museum – Call for Artists: Winter 2025 Exhibition
The NLM in Philadelphia is looking for art that celebrates the power of words to connect, confront, and uplift communities. Artwork should relate to ideas of free speech, illuminating tensions between expression and censorship.

Deadline: November 17, 2024 | zealous.co/nationallibertymuseum

Queens Art Fund

Queens-based artists, collectives, and small nonprofits can apply for $1,000–$5,000 grants to support the local production of artwork and cultural programs that highlight, engage, and bolster the borough’s communities.

Deadline: November 19, 2024 | nyfa.org

Visual AIDS – Postcards From the Edge

Donate an original, postcard-sized artwork to this benefit supporting artists living with HIV. Postcards will be featured anonymously in an exhibition at Berry Campbell Gallery in New York and sold online for $100 each starting January 25, 2025.

Deadline: November 22, 2024 | postcards.visualaids.org

Smack Mellon – 2025-26 Artist Studio Program

Six NYC-based emerging visual artists will be granted a free private studio, access to Smack Mellon’s shared production facilities, coordinated studio visits and open studios, and a fellowship (dependent on funding) from September 5, 2025, through August 5, 2026.

Deadline: November 24, 2024 | smackmellon.org

National Liberty Museum – Call for Artists: Winter 2025 Exhibition

The NLM in Philadelphia is looking for art that celebrates the power of language to connect, confront, and uplift communities. Artwork should relate to ideas of free speech, illuminating tensions between expression and censorship.

Deadline: December 1, 2024 | zealous.co/nationallibertymuseum

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