Resources & Grants for Creatives
Black Hippie Art "Building Community Through Creativity” Open Call
Are you ready to showcase your talent to the world? Black Hippie Art and The Arts League is thrilled to announce an open call for an exhibition specifically for drawing artists who work in any medium. Whether you're into charcoal, ink, pencil, or digital sketching, we want to see your unique creations.
This is your chance to shine and share your artistic vision with a broader audience. We believe in the power of art to inspire, provoke thought, and bring people together, and we can't wait to see what you've been working on. So, gather your best pieces and get ready to exhibit your talent!
The upcoming exhibition will honor the "Sketch Cub" series, a cherished part of the Black Hippie Art community since 2020. Whether you have pieces from past meetups or new creations you're eager to display, don't miss the opportunity to apply for this fantastic exhibition.
The application process is straightforward, and we encourage artists of all levels to apply.
Deadline: October 7th, 2024
Mark: Current Approaches to Drawing, Artlink Contemporary Gallery
For our juried exhibition MARK, Artlink Contemporary Gallery invites artists to submit works of drawing, encompassing any artistic style and any media related to the practice of drawing.
This exhibition will explore current approaches to drawing by contemporary artists in the United States. From traditional to exploratory, realism to abstract, all approaches to drawing are welcome. On display Oct 24 – Nov 17, 2024.
Submission Fee: $12 per entry, up to 10 entries.
Deadline: September 20, 2024
Foundwork – 2024 Foundwork Artist Prize
The honoree receives a $10,000 grant and studio visits with jurors Rachel Uffner, Lorraine Kiang, Monsieur Zohore, Mohamed Almusibli, and Olivia Aherne. Three artists will be shortlisted. Artists must be Foundwork members to be considered ($4/month with the option to cancel after the three-month prize selection period).
Deadline: September 26, 2024
The Image Centre – Photography Research Fellowships
In 2025, four fellowships ranging from $4,000 to $10,000 (CAD) will be offered for research related to The Image Centre’s photography collections. Scholars at
multiple levels as well as independent artists are welcome to apply.
Deadline: September 30, 2024 (5 pm EDT)
Royal Institute of Oil Painters Open Call 2024
ROI’s special theme this year is 'EAT,' with The ROI Themed Painting Prize awarded for the best interpretation. The theme is optional, and oil paintings of all subjects are welcome.
There’s over £9,000 in prizes and awards to win, including the new Roger Remington Award of £4,000 for an outstanding painting. Submission deadline: Friday 4 October 2024 at 12 noon.
What you get: Showcase your work alongside ROI members at Mall Galleries in London, and compete for over £9,000 in prizes and awards, including the new Roger Remington Award of £4,000 for an outstanding painting.
Deadline: 04 October 2024
The Bennett Prize – 2024/2025 Award Cycle
For women figurative realist painters. The grand prize is $50,000 and a solo show, with an additional finalist receiving $10,000. A four-person jury will select 10 finalists to be featured in a group exhibition that will travel the US. The application fee is $40.
Deadline: October 4, 2024
THE 16TH A.I.R. BIENNIAL, FIND THE BODY, CURATED BY PATRICIA M. HERNANDEZ
The 2025 A.I.R. Biennial, Find the Body, invites artists to engage with the nebulous boundary between performance and daily life, a line increasingly destabilized by the confusion inherent in our hallucinatory media landscape.
THIS IS AN ANONYMOUS REVIEW. None of the submitted materials may include the artist’s name; the artist's name may not appear in the file name body of images or any other submitted files. If a submitted file contains or is titled with the artist's name, the submission will be disqualified.
EXHIBITION DATES: January 11 - February 9, 2025
Submission Fee: SLIDING SCALE APPLICATION FEE: $10, $20, $30 (Fee waiver available upon request)
DEADLINE: October 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT
Artist Open Call - Color Burst
With the theme, COLORBURST, artists have the opportunity to play with color in intriguing ways. Using any medium or subject matter, let color tell the story or provide the emotion. Both realism and abstract art will be considered. Our gallery features contemporary art and the concept is considered in judging.
Overt Space Gallery + Gift is a vibrant and creative space for artists and makers, split between gallery and gift shop. Perfect for emerging and mid-career artists seeking places to share their work in a gallery setting.
Deadline: October 7, 2024
Open to any style, process, or subject matter, this annual prize offers €500, an exhibition in Rome, and a publication. Enter before June 10, 2024, for the early fee of €20.
Deadline: October 7, 2024.
The Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence Program for 2025
The program is hosted in Scarborough, Toronto at the Ontario Heritage Trust-owned Fool’s Paradise, which is the former home and studio of renowned Canadian landscape painter Doris McCarthy (1910-2010). At the heart of this residency is a belief that while the creative artistic process looks toward the future to make something new, heritage is a rich source of inspiration.
McCarthy’s home has been lovingly conserved just as she lived in it and artists and their chosen projects are shaped by the house’s rich past, tranquil natural location, and the creative spirit imbued throughout. This residency offers an opportunity to live, work, and create in a landmark setting of Canadian art, from the property’s location at the very edge of the Scarborough Bluffs overlooking the vast expanse of Lake Ontario, to the house’s collection of unique visual art, artifacts and treasures collected by Doris herself throughout her life.
Deadline: October 11, 2024
Censorship Art Spots open call for submissions, Don't Delete Art
Have you experienced art censorship online or on social media? Don't Delete Art (DDA) invites you to submit an art video to us for consideration (10-40 seconds in length) that explores the issue of art censorship online. Inspired by MTV’s 1985 “Art Breaks” series, we will be posting videos submitted by the DDA community, artistically responding to the problem of online art censorship and drawing attention to the obstacles and frustrations that come with it. We are posting a curated collection of individual videos from artists to the DDA Instagram account, which will highlight your experience, your social media account, and your submission.
Deadline: October 15, 2024
Call For Entry: Letters, Numbers & Symbols, The Chateau Gallery
Letters, Numbers & Symbols explores the intersection of language, mathematics, and semiotics through the captured image. The fundamental building blocks of communication—letters, numbers, and symbols, often taken for granted, are reimagined and deconstructed in ways that challenge our perceptions and deepen our understanding of the visual and conceptual power of these basic units of meaning.
Letters, Numbers & Symbols is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative processes with a subjective analog or digital photographic base are welcome for submission.
Juror Notifications: October 27th, 2024
Submission Fee: $20
Deadline: October 15, 2024
At Rbhu, we believe that art plays a key role in lifting the human spirit; it ignites our imagination with possibilities, helps us process and express our feelings, and brings people together for a collective cause. We believe that monumental sculptures have the power to inspire creativity and can positively impact the health and well-being of those around them.
Eligibility: Any art piece that needs engineering services is eligible for this program. We want to get a good idea of your concept so that we understand how we can best help you. Please answer the questions as best as you can. If we need additional information, we will reach out and ask you.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Funding MFAs and all full-time graduate degrees, the $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is the premier graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States
Deadline: October 31, 2024 (2 pm EDT)
The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize open to all artists and art forms. We celebrate our chosen artists across our media, exhibiting their art online where it is viewed by artists and collectors in the United States and throughout the world. Homiens sponsors a platform for artists to network and collaborate, reach a global audience of buyers and collectors, gain institutional validation, and locate international professional opportunities.
Each round 6 Winning artists are exhibited by Homiens, receive an unrestricted cash award of $500, are published in our exhibition catalog, receive an optional interview, are featured in our prestigious annual publication The Homiens 60, and may request a letter of recommendation from our Jurors. 12 additional Finalists per round exhibit with Homiens and are published in our exhibition catalog. Up to 200 artists are Highly Commended and celebrated across our media. All entrants are considered for exhibition.
Submission Fee: There is a $20.00 fee to enter 1-3 artworks, and a $10.00 fee to enter each additional 1-3 artworks thereafter.
Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
The Henki Art Prize aims to create an accessible platform, recognize artists, and promote the development of art by exploring the relationship between artists and the element of water in their artwork. Submitted artwork must be related to the element of water, which includes but is not limited to the ocean, ice, steam, all forms of water, and any liquids formed by water, such as drinks, tears, and blood.
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Blurred Realities Exhibition with The MSU Museum CoLab Studio
The MSU Museum CoLab Studio invites bold and innovative proposals for our upcoming exhibition, “Blurred Realities.” This exhibition and public programming series will delve into contemporary questions that challenge our perception and understanding of what is authentic. In an era of new and evolving technology, “Blurred Realities” seeks to explore real and surrogate objects and media, authenticity and deception, and information and disinformation. With the rise of 3D-printed materials, generative AI, deep fakes, synthetic voices, and simulated realities, how do we distinguish between authentic information and deceptive fabrications?
Individuals, teams, and/or large collaborations. The individual or team project representative must be age 18 or older. There are no restrictions on education level, research background, country, citizenship status, etc. You do not need to be affiliated with Michigan State University at all.
Deadline: November 15, 2024
14th Annual National Juried Exhibition, School of Art & Design Art Galleries
Marshall University’s School of Art & Design is accepting entries for the 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition! This year’s juror, Rebecca Ness, is a painter currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Ness received her MFA from the Yale School of Art and her BFA from Boston University. She has held solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, Cologne, Germany, and Seoul, Korea and has participated in recent group exhibitions at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia and Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio.
Marshall University’s School of Art & Design is pleased to invite artists to submit entries for the 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Accepted works will be exhibited at the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery located in the Visual Arts Center in Huntington, West Virginia, from March 10 to April 10, 2025.
Submission Fee:
General Public: $30 for up to three entries
Marshall University students: $15 for up to three entries
Deadline: December 7, 2024
Exhibition Opportunity with Climate Art Collection e.V.
The Climate Art Collection is continuously seeking new artworks that explore the theme of climate change. Our inclusive open-call concept welcomes contributions from artists of all backgrounds and disciplines. Whether you’re a painter, sculptor, photographer, digital artist, or work in any other medium, we invite you to submit your work to our global collection.
Deadline: December 31, 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2025 (International)
Open to photographers worldwide shooting on any device, this contest includes top prizes of $25,000, a solo exhibition in London, Sony digital imaging equipment, press and media coverage, and more.
Deadline: January 10, 2025.
NSMA International Painting Competition
Open to professionals and students, this competition focuses on contemporary realism in painting, and all subject matter is welcome. One winner will receive $25,000, and finalists will be exhibited at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST on January 15, 2025
OTHER OPPORTUNTIES
We publish an ever-expanding collection of original works from lesser-known and up-and-coming writers AND ARTISTS who seek to bring attention to urgent social justice issues around the world. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability, engagement, and celebration of diversity. HRAM Publishes has presented work from 50 countries and 30 U.S. States
Deadline: Ongoing
Barn Raiser – Call for Pitches: “Reimagining Rural Cartographies”
Barn Raiser seeks proposals for arts and culture stories about creativity and social change in Midwestern rural communities and small towns, with a focus on reimagined or nontraditional forms of cartography. Accepted projects receive $1,000.
MSCHF Fellowship
The MSCHF Fellowship awards up to $1,000 to students and recent graduates engaged in creating work about the “Spicy Present.” Pitch something ambitious, interesting, and original on a scale that you can execute in its entirety. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
The Wonder Market Vendor Application 2024
All Wonder Market events will be promoted by both the venue and The WonderMart via Instagram and newsletter, as well as through select partnerships with local outlets like Greenpointers, the North Brooklyn Chamber, Friend In Store, DoNYC and Patch.com. We highly encourage each confirmed vendor to also do their part in promoting the event(s) they are participating in. A promotional image will be provided to all participating vendors
Corporate Counsel Women of Color
The CCWC review committee will review submissions on a rolling basis, and grants will be awarded to winners and finalists in January 2024 and January 2025.
Hunter Moon Homestead Artist Residency
Artists and arts educators working across disciplines are invited to apply to this program in Palouse. Residents receive one- to three-week stays, with lodging and studio space included.
Printed Matter – Call for Submissions: Decolonization, Resistance & Solidarity
Printed Matter is soliciting artists’ books, zines, and print ephemera that engage with ideas of decolonization, resistance, and interconnected solidarity. Accepted submissions will be distributed online and in their Manhattan store.
Neighborhood Arts Programs Grants
The Office of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy’s (OACCE) Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP) provides funding to annually support more than 100 free, family-friendly arts activities or events in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. These neighborhood arts programs include theatrical and musical performances, film screenings, dance instruction, children’s art making workshops, and much more. Applications reviewed monthly.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Visual artists practicing painting, sculpture, and works on paper (including printmaking) can apply for funding of up to $50,000. The grant amount is determined by the artist’s individual circumstances.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts – Emergency Grants
Distributed on a monthly basis, grants ranging from $500 to $3,000 are intended to support project-based needs. Visual and performing artists with a US tax ID whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature can apply.
The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides one-time interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen catastrophic incident and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Awardees typically receive $5,000, up to $15,000.
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
Adobe’s Creative Residency Community Fund commissions visual artists to create company projects on a rolling basis. Awardees will receive between $500 and $5,000.
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
This program is designed to pair access to existing small business consulting services with financial resources up to $2,000 for creative entrepreneurs who aspire to start their own for-profit business or who operate an existing for-profit micro business.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $500 and $3,000 for experimental artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors.
Awesome Foundation On the Water Grant
This grant awards $1,000 per month to a water-focused project that brings creativity, culture, and inclusion to the water or provides a new way of thinking about the water. Applicants can be based anywhere in the world.
Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism
The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000.
Joan Mitchell Foundation: Career Documentation for the Visual Artist - Free Handbook
BUSINESS OF ART: AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO PROFITABLE SELF-EMPLOYMENT (3RD EDITION)
Not Real Art – 2024 Not Real Art Grant
US-based visual artists working in any 2D/3D medium can submit their work for free to this competition. Six applicants will receive a no-strings-attached cash award of $2,000, plus PR and marketing support.
Deadline: January 1, 2024 (11:59pm PST)
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – 2024 Visual Arts Residencies
Explore new directions in your work with national and international faculty while being inspired by our studio spaces and facilities in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The application fee is $65 ($35 for applicants who identify as Indigenous).
Deadlines: January 10, 2024 (Banff Artist in Residence)
February 7, 2024 (Banff International Curatorial Institute: Art, Writing, Practice)
