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Artist Open Calls
New Jersey State Council on the Arts & TCNJ | Expression of Interest: Campus Quad Project | On behalf of The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), the New Jersey State Council on the Arts is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from prospective artists to design, fabricate, and install artwork on Forcina/West quad on the TCNJ campus in Ewing, NJ. TCNJ is interested in a sculptural work(s) that is/are interactive or functional for use of the campus community in the quad between the Roscoe West Hall and Forcina Hall buildings. These could be several related pieces that could be a gathering place for groups of students, serve as seating, or in other ways encourage interaction and use of the space. The quad has some small hills and there is lawn and plantings planned after neighboring building construction is completed. Since several different education programs use the adjacent buildings (including technology, science, education and inclusion programs), the works should be inviting to all and non-specific to any one field of study. | Deadline: December 16th, 2024 | More information and application.
Arch Enemy Arts | Open Call 2025 | Arch Enemy Arts is in search of new artists for our annual group showcase exhibition scheduled to open in March 2025. A CALL TO ARTISTS is now open for a new group exhibition scheduled to hang for the month of March in 2025. This show is our annual spotlight exhibition of new and emerging talent, as chosen and curated by Arch Enemy Arts, with no themes or direction in subject matter allowing applicants to focus on their best personal work. Before submitting your work, understand that Arch Enemy Arts is a gallery dedicated to new contemporary genres with a strong focus on representational, dark surrealism, magical realism, post-graffiti, pop-surreal, illustrative, representational, and figurative work across a range of artistic mediums. If you believe we are the right gallery venue for your work, then this may be the show for you! For examples of the kind of work we exhibit, all of our past exhibitions can be viewed at www.archenemyarts.com. | Deadline: Friday, January 10th, 2025, by 11:59pm | More open call information.
La Luz de Jesus | Open Call: Luck of the Draw 2025 | La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, California, showcases figurative and narrative drawings. Mediums accepted are ink, graphite, pencil, chalk, pastels and crayons. There is no theme for the show beyond the medium and showcasing something within or adjacent to the pop-surrealist and lowbrow genre. | Deadline: MARCH 15th, 2025, @ 11:59PM PST | Submission information.
Toms River Artist Community (TRAC) | Vendor Opportunities | Stay on TRAC! Vendor spaces available. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase and sell your art at the TRAC Gallery. | Call today: (732) 377-0290 | TRAC Website
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts | Open Calls | The RRCA in Millville, NJ, has several ongoing artist open calls and workshops available. Fore more information, visit RRCA.
Woman Made Gallery | Open Call: 26th International Open | Woman Made Gallery seeks entries in all media by women and non-binary artists worldwide for its 26th International Open, on view from March 1 to March 29, 2025. Juried by artist and educator, Savneet K Talwar, this open theme encourages entries that explore or challenge conceptual and material boundaries. The exhibition will be held at Woman Made Gallery, located at 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607. | Deadline: December 31st, 2024. | More information and submission guidelines.
Art Fluent | Open Call: Into The Light | Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to their online exhibit, INTO THE LIGHT. | THEME: What would art be without light? Light not only illuminates art but also directs focus, crafts the atmosphere, defines every detail, and ignites emotion within us. This open call seek to celebrate all the magical ways light transforms art, show us INTO THE LIGHT from your perspective. | CALENDAR: JPEGs due by Friday, January 10, 2025 at midnight MST. Notification of acceptance and online gallery opening by Friday, February 7, 2025. | More information and submission guidelines.
Fusion Art | Open Call: Into the Wild Art Competition | Fusion Art announces the 2025 Into the Wild Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists worldwide are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting wildlife. The wildlife theme includes any undomesticated animal species including any wild mammal, wild fish, wild bird, or wild reptile. All artists, regardless of location or experience are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. Entry Fees: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. | Deadline: February 5, 2025 | More information and submission form.
Fusion Art | Open Call: Black & White Art Competition | Fusion Art announces the Black & White 2025 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists worldwide are invited to submit their best art and photography using black & white & the nuanced shades in between. This is the 9th annual Black & White Art Competition. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. Entry Fees: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images |
Deadline: February 1, 2025. | More information and submission forms.
AAP Magazine | Travel Photography Awards | The 45th printed issue of AAP Magazine will feature the best projects showcasing the theme TRAVELS. AAP Magazine is looking for your travel photographs, near and far, to the edge of the earth and to the places perhaps known only to you. Whether you’re hauling around a view camera and a tripod or just pulling a mobile phone out of your back pocket, they want to see what you’ve captured and how you’re telling your story. There’s a world out there to explore. Open your eyes to its landscapes, people, cultures - on your doorstep or 10,000 miles away. Expand our horizons! | Deadline: December 10, 2024 | More information and submission forms.
Art Fluent | Call for Art: Impermanence | Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to their online exhibit, IMPERMANENCE. Let’s celebrate the beauty in the here-today-gone-tomorrow moments. Artists are invited to capture what it means to embrace the temporary and find beauty in what is destined to fade. It’s a chance to get into the passing of time, the fragility of the human experience, the relentless evolution of nature, and the ever-evolving world around us. Show IMPERMANENCE from your perspective. | Deadline: JPEGs due by Friday, February 21, 2025 at midnight MST. | More information and submission forms.
Ten Moir Gallery | Vibrant Colors Online Art Competition & Exhibition | Ten Moir Gallery invites artists and photographers enter the Vibrant Colors online art show. Submissions are open to artist from around the world. Best in show wins cash prizes, a solo exhibition, will have their artwork used as the poster of the contest and more. All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. $12 per submission. | Deadline: January 31st 2025. | More information and application.
Panopticon Gallery | Call for Art: First Look 2025 | Every photograph tells a story. When part of a body of work, the photograph takes on new meaning, becoming part of a bigger and more complete narrative. A portfolio allows the photographer to explore the complexities of their subject, and provide context that gives it richness and meaning that is more than the sum of its parts. Panopticon Gallery is pleased to announce a call for art for First Look 2025, their annual juried portfolio showcase, where several portfolios will be selected for the exhibition on view from February through April 2025. First Look has become a distinguished tradition at Panopticon Gallery, providing a platform for emerging and established photographers alike to connect with a global audience. Over the years, First Look has become their annual opportunity to meet and connect with hundreds of talented artists, many of whom have gone on to participate in future group or solo exhibitions at Panopticon Gallery. They can’t wait to see what remarkable stories this year will bring! | Deadline: December 27, 2024 | More information and application.
The Redwood Review | CALLING ALL WRITERS & ARTISTS: Submit to The Redwood Review's Second Issue, "Suggestions of Love." | The Redwood Review is a tri-annual international literary-arts journal publishing language and art that interrogates the anatomy of customary cogitations on class strata, racialized bodies, anthropogenic destruction, and queer identities. Any and all genres of art and writing are welcome. Make it strange, poignant, conniving—they love it all. Requirements: Submit to The Redwood Review’s second-ever issue, “Suggestions of Love!” They want to witness your experiences with sly yet obvious, quiet yet blaring suggestions of adoration. A dedicated ode to love in all its omnipresent renditions and shapes, share your declaration of honor to the stunning nature of community and care.
Like Baldwin valiantly said, “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle. Love is a war. Love is growing up.” | Deadline: Dec 31, 2024 | More information and application.
MVA Gallery | Open Call for Art: Flowers and Trees Art Exhibit | Experiencing joy from the beauty of flowers and trees -- in life and in art. The Gallery invites artists to share their favorite Nature images. Flowers and trees can appear in an expansive vista or in an intimate close-up. They can be viewed in bloom, in transition, or in decay. Images can include human figures, wildlife, or structures in a natural, artificial, or urban setting. No restrictions exist on style and technique for this exhibition. Artwork can be representational or abstract, lucid or enigmatic, muted or colorful, harmonious or chaotic, familiar or exotic, real or imagined.Mediums: The MVA Gallery accepts painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, digital, pastel, encaustic, sculpture, fiber, drawing and photography. | Deadline: December 22, 2024 | More information and application.
Limner Gallery | Open Call: Arte Natura Exhibition | SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, Arte Natura. This exhibition will focus on art inspired by the natural world and will be held at the Limner Gallery from May 15 - June 7, 2025. Eligible are all art forms relating to, or gaining inspiration from the world of nature. Landscapes, skyscapes, flowers, vegetables, fruits and animals are all eligible. The human figure is permitted only as a part of the natural environment. All artist interpretations of the natural world from the realist to the abstract and conceptual will be reviewed and considered. | Deadline: February 28, 2025 | More information and application.
St. Luke’s Metuchen | 3[three]: The Exhibit | Why 3? A triptych, the rule of thirds, 3-D: it is used in art. The Christian Trinity, Three Patriarchs in Judaism, Three Baskets in Buddhism: it is important in religion. 3 wishes for the genie, 3 spirits visit Scrooge, the Rule of Three in writing: it appears in literature. A hat trick in hockey, basketball’s 3-pointer, a baseball triple play: it is celebrated in sports. Triangles, pyramids, and tripods: it is seen in construction. Three dimensions humans can perceive, three types of cones in the retina, three quarks in physics: science has discovered threes. We invite you to explore the significance of “three” in your world. How does it affect your life? Where do you see and wonder about threes and thirds? We look forward to seeing your unique interpretation of this theme. | Deadline: Tues. Dec. 10, 2024 | More submission information.
Create! Magazine | Call for Art: International Women’s Issue 2025 | Create! Magazine is thrilled to announce the call for entries for our 2025 Women’s Issue. This annual print and digital publication celebrates the creativity, resilience, and brilliance of women artists around the world.
We warmly welcome submissions from women-identifying and gender non-conforming artists who resonate with the theme of celebrating women in art. This special edition is dedicated to increasing representation and visibility in the art world. Whether you’re an emerging or established artist, this is an opportunity to share your work with a global audience of curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts. | Deadline: February 1, 2025 | More information and application.
FilmFreeway | New Jersey International Film Festival | The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center proudly announces the 30th Annual New Jersey International Film Festival. The festival will be held between May 30- June 8, 2025 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey and will showcase the best in independent film by featuring premiere screenings, special guest appearances by film directors, screenwriters, cast and crew and more. For more information go to www.njfilmfest.com or e-mail us at NJMAC@aol.com or njmac12@gmail.com! | Deadline: Earlybird- Dec. 11th, 2024, Regular- Dec. 31st, 2024 | More information and application.
Artist Resources & Learning Opportunities
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development | SkillUp NJ: Free Online Learning | New Jersey workers – whether or not they are currently unemployed – can now access more than 5,000 free online Skillsoft courses via the SkillUp New Jersey training program. Courses are offered in a variety of high-demand industry sectors, including information technology, business analysis, customer service, project management, and digital literacy. Visit the website for more information. | SkillUp NJ Website
Creative Capital | Creative Capital Curriculum for Artists | The Creative Capital Curriculum combines evergreen elements of artist professional development with contemporary critical frameworks in cultural discourse. It offers exercises from working artists, educators, and art industry specialists to enhance artists’ professional development. The Curriculum is FREE for individual, personal use. | More information and registration.
Springboard for the Arts | Art-Train: Professional Development Opportunities for Artists and Organizations | Art-Train is a virtual technical assistance program for artists, municipal agencies, and community-focused organizations in all sectors, in communities of all sizes across the nation. Trainings are free for artists and for Native, Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led and focused community-based organizations. We have a sliding scale fee for other organizations and agencies. | More information here.
Springboard for the Arts | Upcoming Webinars | Springboard for the Arts has several upcoming webinars focusing on funding, grant writing, writing artist statements, and more. | More information here.
Hammonton Art Club | Life Drawing with Art Club | All skill levels and abilities are welcome to attend life drawing with the Hammonton Art Club. Offering an affordable and super fun evening of drawing from a live model! This is a great time for anyone whether you are a beginner or a seasoned artist. Our live models will strike poses of increasing length for approximately one hour. | Date & Time: Thursday, December 12 from 7:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m. | Location: Stockton University Kramer Hall, Hammonton | Registration here closer to event dates.
Stockton University Kramer Hall | Access to Art: Draw a Profile Portrait Class | All are welcome for these introductory artist-led workshops where participants are guided to create a finished piece each class. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this session will guide you through the essential techniques for capturing the likeness of a person precisely, yet loosely. What You’ll Learn: * Foundational Techniques: Discover the key principles of proportion, line, and shading that bring a profile to life. * Live Demonstrations: Watch as our experienced instructor demonstrates step-by-step methods to create depth and dimension in your drawings. * Hands-On Practice: Gain practical experience by drawing a live model in class and personalized feedback to help you improve. | Date & Time: December 12 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Location: Stockton University Kramer Hall, Hammonton | More information and RSVP.
Art Equity | Professional Development Opportunities | Art Equity has several upcoming professional development and workshop opportunities for 2025 focusing on antiracism, equity in the workplace, antiracist approaches to hiring in the workplace, and much more. | More information here.
Artwork Archive | Webinars, Upcoming and Already Available | Artwork Archive has several webinars on topics such as pricing your work, understanding copyright laws to protect your work, displaying your art to entice collectors, and more. | More information here.
Visionary Art Collective | Free Resources to Level Up Your Art Practice | The Visionary Artist Collective has free, downloadable resources to help artists on a variety of topics ranging from goal setting to writing artist statements and everything in between. Level up your art practice, and learn how to achieve your goals by studying these free and valuable resources. | Resources.
Artwork Archive | FREE eGuide on Finance and Taxes for Artists | Establish solid financial practices with this free eGuide download & worksheets. To get the eGuide, go to: Artwork Archive Guide to Finances and Taxes
New York Foundation for the Arts | Business of Art- Resources | Providing the best free information to artists of all disciplines is an essential part of NYFA’s mission. Here you’ll find a comprehensive archive pertaining to the practical side of artmaking — “The Business of Art” — created by NYFA staff. Click on the link below to access a wide variety of articles, interviews, and helpful links, which document our professional-development resources for artists. | More resources and information.
New York Foundation for the Arts | Professional Development and Career Advice Resources | Our Career Advice services—NYFA Coaching, Doctor’s Hours, and Work Sample Reviews—offer organizations, artists, creatives, students, and arts administrators online opportunities to receive practical and actionable career advice from industry professionals and specialized NYFA staff. Our roster of experts can assist with cover letter, resume, and art statement reviews and speak to you on topics related to finding a job in the arts, proposal writing, fundraising, marketing, and strategic planning. | More resources and information here.
Artist Networking Opportunities
Stories of AC | Artist-Activist Meetups | Join Stories of AC for the next to meetups focusing on interdisciplinary art critiques. Interdisciplinary means: visual art, performing art (dance, music, theater, etc.), multimedia art, poetry, prose (excerpts), etc. | Date: Saturday, December 14th (RSVP here) | More information here.
BrickNKulture & SJAC | Dr. Daisy Century Performs as Phillis Wheatley | Join us for this FREE Performance @bricknkulture featuring the amazing @daisyncentury. This event is brought to you by the South Jersey Artist Collective, the @gcculturalheritage. This program is made possible partly by funding from The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College of South Jersey, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the National Endowment for the Arts. | Date & Time: December 18th at 6:30pm | Location: 65 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096 (Parking ON SITE) | More information.
Downtown Hammonton | Winter Wonderland & Mistletoe Mart | Join us for the final Third Thursday of the year! Enjoy our Mistletoe Mart holiday art market on S. 2nd St., take a festive trolley ride to see holiday light displays, and hear carolers as you stroll the Downtown District to find new treasures and last-minute gifts at our unique downtown shops. RSVP to learn more as the date approaches. | Date & Time: December 19th, 5pm - 8pm | RSVP and info here.
Noyes Arts Garage | Noyes Holiday Market & Gingerbread Village | Enjoy the holidays at the Arts Garage in Atlantic City! | Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday - December 14 & 15, 2024 | 12 - 5 PM | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, 2200 Fairmount Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 | FREE ADMISSION | More information here.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Carrying On: Black Panther Artists Continue the Legacy | This exhibition brings together the legacy and current work of four former artists from the Black Panther Party to illuminate the role of art in cultivating a radical imagination and developing activist practices. These cultural pioneers are all dedicated to the belief that art motivates and inspires people to work for their own liberation. Curated by Colette Gaiter | Date: January 21 - March 15, 2025 | Location: 301 High Street Gallery | More information.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Sneaker Charm Party with Miko Beach | Ready to customize your kicks? Stop by Heart & Bone Studio for a Sneaker Charm Party during the Noyes Holiday Market and Gingerbread Village. $10 per person. Pick your favorite charms outside the studio, then head inside to create sneaker charms, earrings, zipper pulls, or bracelets. It’s a chill, creative vibe—perfect for the holiday season. | Date & Time: Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15 from 11:00 to 5:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City | More information and RSVP.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University & AC Ducktown | Ornament Painting and Decoupage Activity | During the Noyes Holiday Market and Gingerbread Village on December 14th & 15th decorate an ornament with us during this FREE craft activity! We will have a craft station set up to paint or decoupage ornaments. Bring your own family photos if would like to decoupage a family keepsake. | Date & Time: Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15 from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City | More information.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University & Rutgers Master Gardeners and Cooperative Extension | Christmas Cactus Propagation | Join Rutgers Master Gardeners and Cooperative Extension and staff from the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University for another FREE gardening workshop! Propagate your own Christmas cactus with Rutgers Master Gardeners and Cooperative Extension during the Noyes Holiday Market and Gingerbread Village! This activity will be first-come, first-served while supplies last. | Date & Time: Sunday, December 15 at 1:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City | More information and RSVP.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University & Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University | World Above Poetry Open Mic Featuring Writer Dillon Clark | Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University's open mic poetry program, World Above, is held every month at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. December's featured writer is Dillon Clark. For those attending virtually, there will be a synchronous live stream of the reading so that people can tune in if they are not able or comfortable attending in-person events. Questions or concerns can be forwarded to emari@murphywriting.com. | Date & Time: Wednesday, December 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City | More information and zoom link.
Stockton University Performing Arts Center | The Nutcracker by Atlantic City Ballet | Celebrate a long-cherished tradition of wondrous holiday performances from the Atlantic City Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”. This beloved ballet tells the story of a little girl named Clara who is given a magical nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. Embarking on a wonderous journey through the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of the Sweets, Clara encounters many unforgettable and timeless characters. Young and old alike will experience the magic of this marvelous Christmas tale that will create a lifetime of memories. | Date & Time: Saturday, Dec 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM (ET) | Location: Stockton Performing Arts Center | Tickets and information.
Stockton University Performing Arts Center | A Maccabeats Hannukah | Often travelling with little more than the shirts on their backs and the ties on their necks, the Maccabeats have entertained and inspired hundreds of audiences worldwide, from Alabama to (New) Zealand and everywhere in between. Using nothing more than the unadulterated human voice, a clean-cut presentation, and a little Jewish humor, this unique group of singers is able to connect with fans of all backgrounds and ages. | Date & Time: Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET) | Location: Stockton Performing Arts Center | Tickets and information.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Carrying On: Black Panther Artists Continue the Legacy | This exhibition brings together the legacy and current work of four former artists from the Black Panther Party to illuminate the role of art in cultivating a radical imagination and developing activist practices. These cultural pioneers are all dedicated to the belief that art motivates and inspires people to work for their own liberation. Curated by Colette Gaiter | Date: January 21 - March 15, 2025 | Location: 301 High Street Gallery | More information.
Art Club Hammonton | Podcast Series: Welcome to the Clubhouse | Hosted by Sam Seitles and Don Swenson, local artists from all different backgrounds are interviewed on what keeps them creating, how they view life through a creative lens, and a variety of other topics. | Artist Interviews.
Vineland Public Library | In The Skies Fantasy Book Club | Join VPL for a discussion on The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden! Books will be available at the Circulation Desk 3 weeks before the scheduled meeting. They are due on the day of the meeting, so no fines accrue. This book club is for adults. | Date & Time: Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 5:30PM to 6:30PM | Location: The Teen Room in the Vineland Public Library | Register here.
Vineland Public Library | Coloring Café Ages 18+ | Join VPL for a relaxing afternoon of tea and coloring. Supplies, tea, and coffee will be provided. This free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library. | Date & Time: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 2pm to 3pm | Location: Community Event Room in the Vineland Public Library | Register here.
Vineland Public Library | Museum Pass Program | The Vineland Public Library has a museum pass program. Museum passes are loaned for a week and allow enjoyment of a variety of venues in the region. | More information here.
Artist Funding Opportunities
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | New Jersey Heritage Fellowships Grant Program | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will award up to ten New Jersey Heritage Fellowships to exemplary folk and traditional artists. These Fellowships, which come with an award of $20,000 each, recognize lifetime achievement, artistic excellence, and contributions to our state's living traditional arts heritage. Online and In-Person Information Sessions Available November 2024 - January 2025 | Early Nomination Deadline: January 9, 2025 | Nomination Deadline: February 6, 2025 | More information and nomination form.
Furious Flower Poetry Center | Furious Flower Poetry Prize | Poets with no more than one published book are invited to submit up to three poems (no more than a total of 6 pages) for consideration for this prize. The winner and honorable mention receive $1500 and $750 respectively. Submission fee: $15 | Opens: December 15, 2024 | Deadline: February 15, 2024 | More information.
Poetry Society of America | Awards for Poets | The Poetry Society of America has several awards available with a December 31st, 2024, deadline. For more information, visit their website.
coLab Arts | Monthly Artist Grants | coLAB Arts' Monthly Artist Grant celebrates artists in New Jersey who use creative practice to support their local communities and create greater public good. Nominations are now being accepted for the month of November. | Application and information.
Creative Capital | Creative Capital Awards | Creative Capital awards approximately 50 artists each year to create innovative work that pushes formal, conceptual, or social boundaries. The Creative Capital Award provides individual artists with unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, as well as bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities. Applications are accepted via a national, open call, and awards are made via a democratic, external review process. The 2025 Creative Capital Awards will be announced in print in The New York Times on January 26, 2025 and on our website and other channels. | More information.
Fine Arts Work Center | 2025-2026 Writing Fellowship Application | The Fine Arts Work Center invites applications for its 2025-26 Writing Fellowship, which is open to writers in the emerging stages of their careers. The seven-month fellowship includes an apartment, a monthly stipend of $1,250, plus an exit stipend of $1,000. | Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024.
Innovate Grant | Innovate Artist Grant | FALL 2024 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce their newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on their website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. They’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself, and the application reflects that. | Deadline: December 12, 2024 | More information and application.
First Peoples Fund | Yéigo Action Grant | This program offers grants for individual Native artists and culture bearers who are in need of quick financial assistance for an artistic opportunity, emergency situation and/or sudden unanticipated expense related to their art practice or business. The Yéigo Action Grant provides support for the growing landscape of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a specific professional development opportunity or towards a hardship that is hindering their creative practice. | Deadline to Apply: the 10th of every month | More information and application.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation | The Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant | The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. Please note that these grants are available only to individual painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have worked in a mature phase of art for 20 years or more. | Deadline: January 15, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST | More information and application.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation | The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant | The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide 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. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need. This program has no deadlines. | More information and application.
MidAtlantic Arts | USArtists International Grants | USArtists International® supports in-person performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals, global presenting arts markets, and other eligible engagements outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. Mid Atlantic Arts is committed to the development and expansion of both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections to audiences, presenters, curators, and their peers through the USAI program. By elevating the voices that reflect a vibrant array of creative expression, we are able to celebrate and share the diversity and imagination of the United States. | Deadline: February 26th, 2025. | Application and information.
NewMusic | Reel Change Film Fund | In October 2020, New Music USA announced the launch of Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring, powered by SESAC and composer Christophe Beck, sponsored by Amazon Studios, and administered by New Music USA. Responding to the fact that the vast majority of films are scored by white men, Reel Change is a five-year grants and mentorship program for composers of diverse backgrounds who have been marginalized in film composition. | Rolling Deadline. | Application and information.
MidAtlantic Arts | Mid Atlantic Tours Performing Arts Grant | Mid Atlantic Tours brings exemplary performing arts ensembles to communities across the mid-Atlantic region. | More information on how to join the Tour.
Dramatists Guild Foundation | Emergency Grants | Dramatists (playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists in the theatrical genre) facing a financial crisis and needing financial assistance and/or support are eligible to apply for an emergency grant. | Deadline: Rolling | More information.
Musicians Foundation | Emergency Grants from Musicians Foundation | Application for one-time financial assistance is open to professional musicians across all genres. You must be a professional music performer, composer/arranger, or educator in a specific time of need caused by an unexpected hardship (e.g., medical or dental situation, natural disaster, or certain housing crises). | Deadline: Rolling | More information and application.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. | Deadline: Rolling | More information and application.
