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Resources for Artists

This page contains some of the top opportunities for artists in addition to our weekly blog listing upcoming deadlines for grants, residencies, open calls and more.

Grants for Artists

The following grants could be on your calendar for the fall when the deadlines for these grants are:

Grants with rolling deadlines-

Pollock Krasner – Rotating, No deadline – Information here.

Awesome foundation – No deadline – Information here.

One Grant Library for Research Online- Foundation Center.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants – Information here

2025 Deadlines –

NYSCA/NYFA Grant – TBA – Information here.

Rome Prize – TBA – Information here.

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb – TBA – Information here.

Guggenheim Grant – Next cycle begins August 2024 – Information here.

Upcoming grant deadlines

Harpo Foundation offers grants to under recognized artists. To submit you must be at least 21 years of age and there is a $15 fee for entry. Grants of up to $10,000 are awarded to multiple artists dependent on yearly budget. In order to receive further information about deadlines for submission, visit the website and sign up for email notifications.

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation supports representational artists emerging artists who demonstrate a commitment to a lifelong career in the arts. Grants are awarded on an ongoing basis in the amounts of $15,000 and $18,000 Canadian. For more information and to apply, visit the foundation website. Deadlines are rolling.

Open Calls

Residencies

The right residency can be so much more than just an opportunity to enrich your personal practice. Some residencies truly have the power to help launch your career as an artist. Here are a few:

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Whitney Museum of Art Independent Study Program

The MacDowell Colony

National Parks Arts Foundation

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Etc.

Part Airbnb, part artist residency, Artist Residency Swap offers the opportunity to work in far-flung places. Founded by artist Timo Wright and curator Anni Fahler, the aim was to create opportunities for artists who wish to benefit from residency periods in places other than their home studio but who may have familial responsibilities that keep them from traditional residencies. This site offers the chance to experience new and inspiring environments with the flexibility to bring the family.

Recommended Resources For Research on More Opportunities

e-artnow – Jobs, Grants, Competitions, Open Calls, Exhibitions, Residencies (Artists, Critics, Curators)

New York Foundation for the Arts – Jobs, Grants, Open Calls, Studio Listings

TransArtists – Worldwide Residency Search

Res Artis – Worldwide Residency Search

Call for….. – Worldwide Open Calls

Callforentry – Open calls with a management system for applying

Center for Emerging Visual Artists – Artist Services, Open Calls

Art Insight – Artist Services, Open Calls, Opportunities, Directory

How’s My Dealing? 2.0 – A website where artists can review galleries, art fairs, and mail scams that take advantage of artists by charging them or being an outright rip-off.

Art Rabbit – International Art Exhibitions & Events, Open Calls

Biennial Directory – Global art exhibitions

FAQs about Grants

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

Representational Art Only

Joan Mitchell Foundation – Painters, Sculptors

Harpo Foundation – Visual Artists

National Sculpture Society – Competitions, Programs, Awards

Puffin Foundation – Socially Conscious

Job Listings – The Art Newspaper

Worldwide – Art Jobs

Worldwide – Art Search