Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in April and May, 2020
The Steel Yard in Providence, Rhode Island
Every month Creative Capital compiles a list of residencies, grants, and exhibition open calls to support in all disciplines. Despite the effects of COVID-19, many organizations are continuing to offer open applications, including the Arts Writers Grant Program. Their application, supporting visual arts writers with grants in articles, books, and short-form writing, is open now through May 20.
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The Watermill Center Artist Residency Program
Water Mill, New York
Deadline: April 3, 2020
Residents who participate in this two to six week program receive access to 20,000 square feet of rehearsal and design spaces and outdoor stages, a theater production archive, and more.
Korea Arts Foundation of America Award
Deadline: April 10, 2020
Artists who are either US citizens of Korean ancestry, or Koreans with permanent residency status in the US are welcome to apply for this award worth $15,000.
Deadline: April 10, 2020
Westmoreland Museum of American Art Open Call
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Deadline: April 10, 2020
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Knockdown Center
Maspeth, New York
Deadline: April 12, 2020
Through an open proposal process, the Knockdown Center offer artists, curators, and organizers the freedom to challenge traditional notions of presentation and reception.
Climate in Crisis Residencies at A Studio in the Woods
New Orleans, Louisiana
Deadline: April 13, 2020
These residencies invite artists of all disciplines to examine the severity of the climate crisis and be agents of change to guide our collective understanding, response, and vision. Rising Residencies provide artists with time, space, scholarship and staff support to foster critical thinking and creation of new works, including a $2,500 stipend and $2,000 materials budget.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Artists Residency
Omaha, Nebraska
Deadline: April 15, 2020
National and international artists are welcome to apply to this residency, featuring a generous sized, private live/work studios. Residents will also receive funding for travel, and a $1,000 stipend.
Rabun Gap, Georgia
The Steel Yard Residency Program
Providence, Rhode Island
Deadline: April 17, 2020
Open to emerging and mid-level artists working in metals, light metals, ceramics and foundry, this residency provides studio space, tools, and resources for forging, molding, and welding for a month or a year.
Deadline: April 19, 2020
North Dakota Museum of Art Open Call
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Deadline: April 20, 2020
In the Age of “social distancing” this open call invites artists to participate in an experimental exhibition entitled Art in Isolation.
Granite Falls City Artist in Residence
Granite Falls, Minnesota
Deadline: April 26, 2020
This residency fosters allows artists to be embedded in the city of Granite Falls for six to 12 months to design and implement arts and cultural strategies to increase civic participation and community engagement in city policy-making, planning and public processes.
Deadline: May 1, 2020
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
Deadline: May 6, 2020
This fellowship supports Minnesota or New York City-based artists, early in their careers with $50,000 over two consecutive years to support creation of new work, artistic development, and professional artistic career development.
Rose Fellowship
Deadline: May 10, 2020
AFIELD Mentorship Program
Deadline: May 12, 2020
Artists will be granted $1,500 of seed funding to develop their initiatives and will receive advice from a mentor, meant to encourage and support early initiatives in their initial development.
Deadline: May 18, 2020
This community-based, one month residency is open to visual artists, writers, composers, performers, and interdisciplinary artists. The program is built upon the hope that visiting artists will take inspiration from Key West’s people and rich artistic culture.
RedLine Artist Residency
Denver, Colorado
Deadline: May 29, 2020
This residency offers two-year residencies for emerging, contemporary artists. Residents receive mentorship, career development, and promotion, and all artists receive fully subsidized studio spaces.
Abrons Artist Residency
New York, New York
Deadline: May 22, 2020
This residency offers four New York City-based visual artists a nine-month residency, which includes a studio, visits with curators and arts workers, a $3,000 unrestricted stipend, a culminating group exhibition in Abrons’ galleries, and more.
The Burke Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2020
Museum of Art and Design’s Burke Prize, worth an unrestricted $50,000, is a contemporary art prize for a new generation of artists working in a world of expanded media with a foundation in glass, fiber, clay, metal, or wood.
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
Deadline: June 10, 2020
Immigrant directors, editors, screenwriters, producers and cinematographers working across a variety of genres including narrative, documentary, experimental or animation, are invited to apply for this prize.
Stochastic Labs Summer Residency
Berkeley, California
Deadline: rolling basis
The Stochastic Labs offers fully-sponsored residencies to engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access, a $1k monthly stipend and a budget for materials.
Rauschenberg Emergency Grant
Deadline: rolling basis
NYFA and the Rasuchenberg Foundation have teamed up to offer visual and media artists and choreographers in the US grants of up to $5,000 for medical related emergencies.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: rolling basis
Do you have an unanticipated opportunity to present your work? Did you incur an unexpected expense that you didn’t budget for? The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $200 and $2,500 for visual and performing artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors.
Joan Mitchell Emergency Grant
Deadline: rolling basis
The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides grants of up to $6,000 to US-based visual artists who have suffered significant physical losses after natural or man-made disasters.
Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program
Deadline: rolling basis
This emergency grant provides financial assistance to painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Rhizome Microgrant Program
Deadline: rolling basis
The microgrant program awards $500–$1,500 to proposals with a compelling vision for net art, which considers political radicalization and the internet.
Other Resources
Artists that have lost income, health-related expenses, or any other issues related to COVID-19 should check out our list of resources, updated daily.
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Every month, Creative Capital compiles a list of residencies, grant, and award opportunities as part of our commitment to sharing resources and opportunities for artists working in all creative disciplines. These opportunities have deadlines in October and November 2024.