Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in March and April, 2021
The Woning Van Wassenhove house in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium. Photo courtesy of Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens.
Every month we compile a list of artist opportunities with open applications for artists in all disciplines. This month’s roundup includes fellowships for Native American visual artists, an opportunity for artists to explore the media of clay or cast metal, and a residency in Belgium for artists working in architecture.
We also created list of resources and ways to support Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist Residency Program
Houston, Texas
Deadline: March 1, 2021
Keyholder Residencies
New York, New York
Deadline: March 1, 2021
This residency program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. Artists receive a $1,000 stipend, group exhibition opportunities, and more.
Chicago Artadia Awards
Chicago, Illinois
Deadline: March 1, 2021
Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists
Clearmont, Wyoming
Deadline: March 1, 2021
Open to Native American visual artists at all stages in their professional careers, this fellowship offers a four-week residency in the fall, a stipend of $2,000, and a featured gallery exhibition at Ucross.
Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program
Chautauqua, New York
Deadline: March 2, 2021
The Chautauqua School of Art residency program welcomes artists working in all disciplines who have yet to receive wide recognition of their work to apply for this residency. Curriculum is designed to break typically siloed disciplines from each other, embracing a full range of studio and pragmatic studies including professional development for artists, the art of pedagogy, archiving, and more.
Joint Space Award
San Francisco, California
Deadline: March 5, 2021
Hosted by the Minnesota Street Project Foundation, this award grants $5,000, plus up to $5,000 in materials budget to make work at during a residency at The Space Program San Francisco. The award is open to a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individual artist or pair of collaborating artists.
Creative Capital Award Open Application
Deadline: March 8, 2021
The application for a Creative Capital Award opens starting February 1. Artists working in all disciplines are welcome to apply for $50,000 in project funding, networking opportunities, career development sessions, and more.
OneBeat Virtual Fellowship
Deadline: March 10, 2021
Musicians and sonic artists are invited to apply to this fellowship that comes with a $1,500 honorarium, a per diem for online work sessions, and, a small subsidy for technical support. Fellows will digitally convene with 70 musicians from up to 44 countries and territories in two separate virtual residencies.
Thoma Foundation Publication Grant
Deadline: March 11, 2021
Thoma Foundation’s publication grants are designed for university and museum presses advancing scholarship in select disciplines like digital and electronic art. The grants assist with production-related expenses.
Asian Women Giving Circle Request for Proposals
Deadline: March 12, 2021
Asian Women Giving Circle supports Asian American women-led organizations and individual artists in NYC who are using arts and culture to bring about progressive social transformation around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls and families. Their grant cycle awards 5–8 projects, with a maximum grant amount of $15,000.
Arts/Industry Residency
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Deadline: March 14, 2021
This John Michael Kohler Arts Center residency is open to artists in all disciplines. Up to twelve artists are selected for residencies in pottery or foundry—no experience with clay or cast metal is required, just an interest in pursuing a new body of work and being open to new ideas.
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Artist Residencies
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Deadline: March 14, 2021
Two residencies are available at the Woning Van Wassenhove house, open to Europe-based artists of any nationality—the FABA Artist Residency for practicing artists in any creative field, and the Art & Architecture Residency for practitioners in any creative discipline whose work is situated at the intersection of art and architecture.
Greg Grummer Poetry Prize
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Poets are welcome to submit multiple entries of their work to be published in Phoebe Journal’s “contest” issue. Winners receive $500.
Headlands Art Center Bay Area Fellowship
Bay Area, California
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Artists based in the Bay Area are welcome to apply for this two-year fellowship which comes with access to Headlands’ studios, meeting spaces, and staff expertise. It also comes with an annual stipend of $15,000 and additional financial resources to cover the tax burden of that stipend, health insurance, and more.
Cue Art Foundation Open Call for Exhibitions
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Emerging and under-recognized artists and curators can submit their ideas for a solo exhibition. Artists will receive mentor support, a studio visit and installation guidance in preparation for the exhibition, as well as a $5,000 honorarium and an accompanying exhibition catalogue.
Experimental Projects Residency
New York, New York
Deadline: March 15, 2021
New York-based artists working in visual arts or electronic media can apply for this residency at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. Artists receive a $1,000 stipend, travel support, lodging, technology access, materials, and technical assistance.
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
Roswell, New Mexico
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This residency program provides artists working in any medium a full year to focus on their creative endeavors in rural New Mexico. Accommodations include a studio with a woodshop, ceramics studio, litho and etching facilities, and a digital print room. Residents are given $1,100 a month, with an additional $100 for spouses and $200 for children.
Ucross Residency Program
Clearmont, Wyoming
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This two to six week residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists and collaborative teams. Ucross provides each artist with living accommodations, meals, work space, and uninterrupted time so that the artists can focus on their creative process.
Climate Justice Fellowship
New York, New York
Deadline: March 20, 2021
Culture Push has an open call for proposals for actions or critiques that speak to Environmental Racism and Climate Justice in direct relation to New York City’s shorelines and waterways. Selected fellows will receive a stipend of $1500, communal resources, and a full year of project support.
Jadin Wong Fellowship
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: March 21, 2021
This fellowship, open to early-career artists age 30 or younger, grants an emerging Asian American dance artist with a stipend and an eight-month fellowship to create new work.
Asian American Arts Alliance Van Lier Fellowship
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: March 21, 2021
This eight-month fellowship beginning in May 2021 will be awarded to a music artist for the creation of new work in music performance and composition. The artist receives a cash stipend of $6,000.
Squeaky Wheel Workspace Residency
Buffalo, New York
Deadline: March 26, 2021
Artists and researchers working in media arts from Buffalo or across the US can apply for this workspace residency. Artists receive a stipend worth up to $1,550, more resources, time, and studio space to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work.
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Residencies
Otis, Oregon
Deadline: March 30, 2021
Sitka Center offers residencies located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary on Oregon’s central coast. Artists of all disciplines whose practices are inspired by ecology can apply.
Artist Relief, Cycle X
Deadline: March 31, 2021
Artist Relief will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19.
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Deadline: March 31, 2021
Immigrant writers who have recently published a debut literary work of nonfiction are eligible to apply for this prize, worth $10,000.
Bayard Rustin Residency
New York, New York
Deadline: March 31, 2021
This residency, hosted by the Penington Friends House, provides up to one year of room and board to a person who demonstrates a strong project that addresses ending systemic racism and who has a necessity to be in New York City for up to one year.
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Fellowship
Providence, Rhode Island
Deadline: March 31, 2021
Artists, media makers, and writers whose work focuses on race, ethnicity, and/or indigeneity in the United States can apply to be a Practitioner Fellow for the Spring academic semester.
GLEAN 2021 Call for Artists
Portland, Oregon
Deadline: March 31, 2021
GLEAN is a juried program that gives five selected artists from the Portland area access to the Metro Central transfer station to glean materials to use to create art. The program provides virtual studio visits, marketing support, interviews, a stipend, and virtual group critiques, culminating in an exhibition.
Artis Curatorial Residency at ISCP
New York, New York
Deadline: March 31, 2021
New York-based curators or writers with curatorial experience can apply for a funded research residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program.
Franklin Furnace Fund Grant
New York, New York
Deadline: April 1, 2021
This grant supports early-career artists interested in producing major performance art works in New York City. Grants range from $2,000 to $10,000.
New York Artadia Grant
New York, New York
Deadline: April 1, 2021
Artadia identifies innovative visual artists through an open application and supports them with unrestricted financial awards worth between $10,000 and $25,000. The New York cycle is open to visual artists living and working within any eligible boroughs.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residencies
Omaha, Nebraska
Deadline: April 1, 2021
Bemis Center has several opportunities for artists and curator to participate in their residency. Residents have access to private live/work studios, installation and production spaces, a 9,000 square foot industrial space used for large-scale sculpture fabrication, a sound studio for rehearsing and recording, and more.
Marble House Project Artist Residency
Dorset, Vermont
Deadline: April 1, 2021
This residency integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Applications are accepted in all creative fields including but not limited to writing, dance and choreography, performance, music composition and sound, film and video, visual arts, and culinary arts.
Fire Island Artist Residency
Cherry Grove, New York
Deadline: April 2, 2021
This residency offers five emerging artists who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer a shared live/work space in the secluded community of the historic LGBTQ settlement of Fire Island. The four-week program includes studio visits with, and public lectures by, renowned leaders in contemporary art and curation.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Open Door Grant Contest
Deadline: April 2, 2021
This grant awards a $5,000 prize to five artists, working across disciplines, with projects that make an impact in their local communities. The program is open to residents of Washington, California, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Colorado, or Oregon who are 21 or older.
Recess Session Open Call
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: April 10, 2021
Session supports the creation of new work by giving artists a project stipend, artist’s fee, technical support, mentorship, and approximately two months to transform Recess into a hybrid of a productive studio space dynamic exhibition platform.
Bethany Arts Community Residencies
Ossining, New York
Deadline: April 15, 2021
This residency is open to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works in progress. Artists from most disciplines can apply, including visual artists, writers, playwrights, choreographers, musicians, composers, performance artists, filmmakers, and more.
Hambidge Center Creative Residency
Rabun Gap, Georgia
Deadline: April 15, 2021
This residency is open to visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, ceramicists, arts, cultural administrators, and creative thinkers of all kinds. Each resident has a private studio & living space, with socially distanced meals provided four nights a week.
MacDowell Fellowship
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Deadline: April 15, 2021
The MacDowell Fellowship is open to artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, working in architecture, film/video, multidisciplinary, literature, music composition, theater, and visual arts. The residency consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks.
Culturehub Residency
New York, New York, or Los Angeles, California
Deadline: April 18, 2021
Culturehub supports artists who critically examine technology from a diverse array of mediums and creative perspectives. Residencies come with a $2,500 stipend for the development of their project, access to a studio, equipment, and technical support, and more.
Studio Museum Artist Residency
New York, New York
Deadline: April 19, 2021
Studio Museum offers an eleven-month residency for three local, national, or international artists working in any media. Artists receive institutional guidance and professional development, research support, and a stipend.
Jerome Foundation Film, Video, and Digital Production Grants
Deadline: April 21, 2021
The Jerome Foundation offers three types of grants to early career artists based in Minnesota and New York City, who are working in film, digital production, and video. The grants offer $7,000 to $30,000 in support.
Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Deadline: April 30, 2021
The Cave Canem Poetry Prize is a first-book award dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent. The winner receives $1,000, publication by Graywolf Press, and more.
William Greaves Fund Open Call
Deadline: May 1, 2021
The William Greaves Fund is open to mid-career nonfiction filmmakers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities in the United States and filmmakers in Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia, with particular interest in those who identify as Indigenous and/or of African descent. It awards up to $40K to support research and development on feature-length nonfiction films.
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.
Residency Listings:
Resartis
Rivet
Artist Communities
Trans Artists
Funding, Grants and other Financial Opportunities:
Foundation Center
Women Arts
More Online Resources
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 May and June 2024.