Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in December, 2020, and January, 2021
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As the pandemic continues, arts organizations must continue to adapt to uncertain conditions by closing temporarily, or remaining open with restrictions. Across the country, some institutions offer open applications for 2021 residencies, grants, fellowships, and prizes. We are monitoring these situations, and will update this post through January.
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Mesa Refuge Residency
Point Reyes Station, California
Deadline: December 1, 2020
Mesa Refuge supports writers and other creatives, mostly focused on “ideas at the edge” of nature, human economy and social equity. The program offers artists time, space and support to develop ideas and present them to the public.
Joan Mitchell Foundation Residency
New Orleans, Louisianna
Deadline: December 1, 2020
New Orleans artists can apply for Joan Mitchell Center’s residency program. Artists will receive private studio space for five months, a $600 monthly stipend, virtual professional development opportunities, and more.
4Culture Arc Artist Fellowship
Deadline: December 2, 2020
This fellowship is open to Seattle’s King County artists between the ages of 18 and 25 creating artwork that examines and challenges structures of power in the fight for social justice. It provides $12,000 awards and modest promotional support through the 4Culture website.
Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship & Exhibition
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: December 4, 2020
Selected artists will receive support to realize an ambitious public art projects for dedicated exhibition in the Socrates Sculpture Park’s landscape. The fellowship comes with a $6,000 production grant to support their project, a $1,500 honorarium, technical assistance, and more.
CERN Collide Residency
Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: December 7, 2020
Collide invites artists of any nationality to apply with a proposal for a research-led residency. The residency comes with 15,000 Swiss Francs, personal allowance, travel costs and accommodation, and more.
KMAC Couture
Louisville, Kentucky
Deadline: December 11, 2020
Artists in the Louisville area are eligible to submit their fashion designs to be featured in KMAC’s Couture runway event. Artists selected for this year’s film and event can apply for an artist stipend based on the cost of materials.
Abrons Art Center Performance AIRspace Residency
New York, New York
Deadline: December 13, 2020
This one year residency offers early career movement-based performing artists the opportunity to develop and present a new work as part of Abrons’ presenting season. Selected residents receive a $5,000 commission for a new work, studio space, and more.
Trillium Arts Artist Residencies
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Deadline: December 15, 2020
The Trillium Arts Artist Residency offers artists a creative home for a week in the remote setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The facilities and areas of expertise emphasize the disciplines of dance, theatre, literary arts, photography and arts administration.
MDOCS Storytellers’ Visiting Fellowship
Saratoga Springs, New York
Deadline: December 15, 2020
This hybrid artistic-academic experience combines the freedom and space to work on independent projects with the fulfillment of mentoring the next generation of practitioners in the beautiful setting of Saratoga Springs. Artists with a nonfiction-based practice or project with an interest in teaching are welcome to apply.
Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting Prize
Pelham, New York
Deadline: December 18, 2020
Pelham Art Center’s juried competition is open to US-based artists aged 19 and older. The winner is awarded a $7,500 cash prize, a solo exhibition and printed catalog at the center.
Amant Foundation Studio Residency
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: December 18, 2020
This inaugural residency program hosts artists at all stages of their careers and across a wide array of disciplines from the visual arts, literature, performance, filmmaking, and cultural theory.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: December 31, 2020
Foundation for Contemporary Arts is accepting applications from experimental artists who have lost income from canceled or postponed events due to COVID-19 any time from March 2020 to present. Apply to this special emergency grant to receive a one-time $2,000 grant.
McColl Center for Art + Innovation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Deadline: December 31, 2020
Artists working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, design, or interdisciplinary practices are welcome to apply for this residency, which comes with a $6,000 living, materials, and travel stipend, studio and living space, and more.
A Studio in the Woods
New Orleans, Louisiana
Deadline: January 9, 2021
The Studio in the Woods seeks Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, people of color speculative fiction writers working in prose, poetry, and stage or screenwriting. Writers will receive a stipend of $5,000, a 6-week residency at over 18 months, Tulane University library access, and staff support from the presenting partners.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Deadline: January 15, 2021
Grounded in social change, this fellowship provides an equitable environment for a diverse community of artists in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The fellowship comes with $40,000 stipend over two years, a fully subsidized private studio space in Tulsa, and more.
Hambidge Center Creative Residency
Rabun Gap, Georgia
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This residency is open to visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, ceramicists, arts, cultural administrators, and creative thinkers of all kinds. Located on 600 acres in the north Georgia mountains, each resident has a private studio & living space, with socially distanced meals provided four nights a week.
Bernheim Artist in Residency
Clermont, Kentucky
Deadline: January 18, 2021
This artist residency at Bernheim Arbortetum gives artists the opportunity to live and create site specific work inspired by their total immersion experience in the natural environment. Artists receive rustic housing, access to studio space, financial and staff support for the development of new, site-specific work.
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.
Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism
Deadline: Rolling Basis
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.
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 December 2024 and January 2025.