Weekly Resources for Artists

This page is updated weekly with highlighted opportunities for grants, residencies, open calls, and a few art news articles from around the world. In the resource list below you will see primary sources to do more research on a variety of topics that are of use to artists in all disciplines.

Grants for Artists

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

Fall 2017 Deadlines –

The Guggenheim Fellowship – Fall 2017 – Information here.

NYSCA/NYFA Grant – Fall 2017 – Information here.

Rome Prize – November 2017 – Information here.

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb – Fall 2017 – Information here.

Winter 2017 Deadlines –

STEP Travel Grants (not open to U.S. residents) – 12/31/17 Information here.

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.

Upcoming grant deadline

Phileas is currently accepting applications for its 2018 grant season. Applications support ambitious contemporary art by Austrian and international artists. Applications must be submitted through an institution though grants can fund exhibition of a solo artist. Deadline is July 21.

Open Calls, Residencies, News Digest and Research Sources

Open Call For Donation: D’art for Art is an annual event to benefit Crooked Tree Arts Center. Presently there is an open call for artists interested in donating a piece of art to this fundraising event. In exchange for donation, artists receive a listing in the D’art for Art full color catalog including contact info and up to three gallery listings where exhibits can be found. Donating artists also receive invitations to special events leading up to the gala. Deadline for entry is June 23.

Artists are invited to visually represent the man and the music of Fryderyk Chopin. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has run the annual contest since 1927. Artists may submit up to three drawings and cash prizes are awarded to first through third place winners. Deadline for submission is June 30.

Poster for Tomorrow has a call for entries to its 2017 Communication Poster project. The theme for this year’s competition is Freedom of Movement. 100 Designs will be selected for inclusion in an exhibition. A book will be made about the exhibit and each selected artist receives a copy. Deadline for submission is July 10.

Blooom Award invites artists around the world who are 18 years of age or older to apply for their year-long mentorship and arts prize. Winners are actively supported in their careers including mentorship under one of the jury members. Artists are also sent to Art Basel in Miami or Hong Kong and given a generous spending stipend. At the culmination of the year-long journey, all ten finalists are eligible to exhibit at the BLOOOM art show in Germany. Deadline for submissions is July 31.

Art World News Digest

Artist Mends Broken Sculptures Using Bees

via Vice

Artist Aganetha Dyke gives new life to broken sculptures in a most unusual way. The artist places the broken artwork in bee hives and lets nature take the lead. The bees construct elaborate combs around the fragmented pieces, mending and incorporating the art into their hives.

Art Basel Spotlights LGBT Causes

via The Art Newspaper

With Art Basel falling during a turbulent time for LGBT rights in the US and beyond, organizers have taken up the cause. Throughout the event there is a thread of Pride and a championing of LGBT issues.