OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS
Department of Art & Art Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education, and Human Development, NYU listing of art opportunities
OCTOBER 2014
The Opportunities for Artists include scholarships, residencies, grants, fellowships, awards,
exhibitions, for art students, visual artists and other arts-related professions. All information is subject to
change and must be verified by the individual seeking each opportunity.
AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Individual Grants and Organization Grants, The Asian Culture Council,
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/apply/
Monthly Grants of $1,000, The Awesome Foundation, http://www.awesomefoundation.org/
BAC Community Arts Grants, Brooklyn Arts Council, Deadline for Community Arts Fund September 23,
2014, http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/files/downloads/2015_Grants_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf, For General
Information on BAC, http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/grants
Fellowship for Visual Artists, California Community Foundation, http://my.calfund.org/artist-gallery/apply/
Grants for Freelance Artists and Writers, The Haven Foundation,
http://www.thehavenfdn.org/application
Grants for Artists, Joan Mitchell Foundation, http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/artist-programs/artist-grants
Multiple Fellowship Opportunities, Vermont Studio Center, https://vsc.slideroom.com/#/Login
Visual Arts Fellowships, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
http://vmfa.museum/programs/college/visual-arts-fellowships/
Artist Grants, Kurt Weill Foundation Grant Program, http://www.kwf.org/grants-a-prizes/grant-program
Mid-Career Artists Grants, James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation,
http://fitchfoundation.org/filter/Grants
Professional Artists Grants, Clark Hulings Fund, http://www.clarkhulings.com/fund/grants/guidelines
Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art, A Blade of Grass, http://www.abladeofgrass.org/application/guidelines/
Multiple Grants, Awards and Fellowships (Must be a Resident of Queens, NY), Queens Council on the
Arts, http://queenscouncilarts.org/grantsfellowshipsawards/
Mulitple Grants (Must be a Resident of Staten Island, NY) Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten
Island, http://statenislandarts.org/
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence Program, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, http://www.kala.org/air/air.html
Artist Residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY,
http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program/apply/
Master Artist-Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyra Beach, FL,
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/master-artist-residence-program
Banff Artist In Residence, Deadline September 24, 2014, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada,
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1441
Summer Artist Residency Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME,
http://www.skowheganart.org/index.php?page=application
Artist Residency, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY,
http://www.fluxfactory.org/news/residency-opportunities-2014-2015/
Artist Resource Room Residency, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR,
http://pica.org/programs/submissions/
Multiple Artist Residencies, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY and Sibiu, Romania,
http://www.daciagallery.com/artistresidency.php
360 XOCHI QUETZAL: Winter 2014 Artist Residency, Jalisco, Mexico,
http://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/360-xochi-quetzal-free-winter-2014-artists-and-writer%C2
%B4s-residency
Death Valley National Park Artists-in-Residence, National Parks Arts Foundation, Death Valley National
Park, CA,
http://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/urgent-oct-1-deadline-death-valley-national-park-artist-resi
dence-national-parks-arts-fo
Glass-making Artists Residency, Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center,
Millville, NJ, http://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/wheaton-arts-and-cultural-center
Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY,
http://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies/omi-international-artists-residency-art-omi
Visual & Media Arts Residency, Various International Cities (See Eligible list of Countries and Regions on
Website) http://www.cecartslink.org/grants/artslink_residencies/
PLEASE NOTE: Multiple residencies and their corresponding institutions can be found under the Alliance of
Artists Communities’ Residencies at http://www.artistcommunities.org/residencies
EXHIBITIONS, COMMISSIONS AND COMPETITIONS
The Rome Prize Competition, American Academy in Rome,
http://www.aarome.org/apply/rome-prize/procedure-requirements
9th Seminannual Competition, Dave Bown Projects, http://davebownprojects.com/
International Juried Exhibition and Christmas Public Art Project, Crossing Art, New York, NY, www.crossingart.com/news Open Call to Artists, Williamsburg Center Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, DEADLINES: SEPTEMBER 22 & 26, http://www.wahcenter.net/ Call for Entires, Mono No Aware, Brooklyn, NY, http://mononoawarefilm.com/entries/
Abstracts Art Competition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery,
http://www.lightspacetime.com/current-juried-art-competition/
7th National Juried Competition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY,
http://www.princestreetgallery.com/juriedshows.html
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES
AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation www.pkf.org/grant.html Grant, General Program, The Jerome Foundation www.jeromefdn.org/apply
Investment Program for Artists, The Artist Pension Trust (APT) www.artistpensiontrust.org Emergency Assistance Program, Adolph and Esther Gotlieb Foundation, Inc.
www.gottliebfoundation.org/grants/emergency-grant/ RESIDENCIES
Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
http://www.mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/submit-materials-for-residency-programs
Artist Residency, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
www.studioforcreativeinquiry.org/residencies Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, http://www.lightwork.org/air/
Wendover Residence Program, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, UT
www.clui.org/page/how-apply-wendover-residence-program Artist Residency. The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, http://wassaicartistresidency.org/apply/apply/ Multiple Artist Residencies, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, http://18thstreet.org/residency­program The Addison’s Artist­in­Residence Program, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, http://www.andover.edu/Museums/Addison/Exhibitions/Elson/Pages/default.aspx EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITIONS
Call for Exhibitions, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN, http://www.franconia.org/Exhibition.html Open Call for Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY, http://www.daciagallery.com/submissions.php