Artist Opportunities: April and May 2022
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR) Resident Keioui Keijaun Thomas. Photo: Rikki Porter Photography.
Looking for grants, residencies, and open calls? You’re in the right place. Every month, Creative Capital compiles a list of opportunities for artists of all disciplines.
April’s list includes the Fire Island Artist Residency, exclusively for artists identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, intersex, two-spirit or queer; the NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication, which provides $5,000 per month to scholars pursuing interpretive research projects; and The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, open April 12-May 18, which provides $15,000 to $50,000 to writers who write about contemporary visual art! Discover more below.
Bemis Center Sound Art + Experimental Music Artists-in-Residence Open Call
Omaha, Nebraska
Deadline: April 1, 2022
This program offers two artists working in sound, composition, voice, and experimental genres and tools, a private live/work studio and access to the Bemis Center’s Sound Studio. Selected artists will also recieve a $2,000 USD monthly stipend, a $750 USD travel stipend, a $7,000 USD materials budget, and a $1,600 USD shipping budget. Application fee: $40
The Franklin Furnace Fund Grant
Deadline: April 1, 2022
The Franklin Furnace Fund supports early career artists interested in producing major performance art works in New York City. Grants range from $2,000 to $10,000 and will be allocated according to a peer reviewed panel.
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants
Deadline: April 1, 2022
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who have a dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Paris, France
Deadline: April 1, 2022
This opportunity is open to writers and researchers wishing to pursue a creative project for a month or longer while participating actively in the intellectual life of the American Library. Applicants should be working on a book project, fiction or non-fiction, or a feature-length documentary film, that contributes to cross-cultural discourse. Recipients will be provided with a $5,000 stipend.
Clay Studio Resident Artist Program
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deadline: April 1, 2022
The Clay Studio Resident Artist Program offers individuals the opportunity to further develop their work, to establish professional contacts and standards, and to work within a community of like-minded individuals in an urban environment for up to three years. Each resident will be given a personal studio space, a solo exhibition, teaching opportunities, and $250/month stipend.
New York Artadia Grant
New York, New York
Deadline: April 1, 2022
Artadia identifies innovative visual artists through an open application and supports them with unrestricted financial awards worth $10,000. The New York cycle is open to visual artists living and working within any eligible boroughs.
Bemis Center Artists-in-Residence Open Call
Omaha, Nebraska
Deadline: April 8, 2022
The Bemis Center offers artists-in-residence private live/work studios, a $1,000 USD monthly stipend, and access to installation and production spaces for sculpture and ceramics and a Sound Studio for rehearsing and recording. Application fee: $40
Changing Climate Residency
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Deadline: April 10, 2022
Santa Fe Art Institute’s thematic residency program is open to individual artists, Collaborations, and families of all artistic disciplines whose work addresses the global impact of climate change. Awards of $500 are also available to selected BIPOC artists residing in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas, or Oklahoma.
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation Artist in Residency Program
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: April 11, 2022
This program supports emerging and mid-career artists and curators working across all disciplines through three and six-month residencies. The program is open to both International and US-Based artists, creating a shared space for artistic dialogue and international cultural exchange for an extended period of time.
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR)
Cherry Grove, New York
Deadline: April 15, 2022
This residency exclusively for visual artists identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, intersex, two-spirit or queer, is accepting applications for its summer program. Artists will share a live/work space for four-weeks in the secluded beach community of Cherry Grove, NY, an historic LGBTQ settlement. Application fee: $40
Bethany Arts Community Multidisciplinary Residency
Ossining, New York
Deadline: April 15, 2022
Bethany Arts Community offers residencies to emerging and established artists across disciplines for the development of both new works and works in progress. The Multidisciplinary Residency includes room, board and $225 stipend per week.
Artis Curatorial Residency at ISCP
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: April 15, 2022
This two-month funded research residency is for a mid-career or established curator, or writer with curatorial experience, who is based in New York. The residency is an opportunity to expand the scope of a concrete research topic that brings the work of artists from Israel into dialogue with international artists. The curator-in-residence will work closely with the Artis staff to develop a curatorial project.
Nicholson Project’s Artist Residency Program
Washington, DC
Deadline: April 15, 2022
BIPOC visual artists & designers with ties to Southeast Washington, DC are eligible to apply for this ten-week residency. Residents are given a $5,000 stipend and up to $2,000 to develop and implement a project. Application fee: $15
NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication
Deadline: April 20, 2022
This fellowship supports individual scholars pursuing interpretive research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. The grant provides recipients with up to $5,000 per month.
CIRC ARTIST Grant
Deadline: April 20, 2022
The Circ Artist Grant provides unrestricted funding to artists with a demonstrated commitment to their art. Two artists per grant cycle are awarded $550 each to enhance and further their creative practice. Emerging, mid-career, and professional artists are eligible to apply in an international open call. Application fee: $25
Passepartout Photo Prize
Rome, Italy
Deadline: April 25, 2022
Passepartout Photo Prize supports talented photographers from all over the world by awarding a cash prize of €500, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, and providing opportunities for international exposure. Photographic works of any kind of artistic style, size and technique are accepted. Application fee: €18.
ACTA Apprenticeship Program
California
Deadline: April 26, 2022
The Apprenticeship Program contracts California-based mentor artists for $3,000 to offer intensive, one-on-one training in a specific traditional art form to an eligible apprentice for 6 to 12 months.
Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists
Deadline: April 29, 2022
The award provides direct support of up to $10,000 to under-recognized visual artists 21 years or older. Application fee: $15.
Al & Mickey Quinlan Residency
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Deadline: April 30, 2022
This residency is open to an artist residing in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota. The program gives artists working in drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography a stipend of $500 and space to create new work.
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s Artist-in-Residence Program
New York, New York
Deadline: April 30, 2022
This opportunity offers visual artists of African and Afro-Latinx descent, working in any media, institutional guidance and professional development, research support, studio space, and a stipend of $25,000.
Cleveland Arts Prize
Cleveland, Ohio
Deadline: May 1, 2022
Cleveland Arts Prize is open to artists who currently or have previously lived or worked in Northeast Ohio. Five unrestricted $10,000 prizes are awarded to applicants in the disciplines of Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Theatre/Dance, and Design.
Culturehub Residency
New York, New York, or Los Angeles, California
Deadline: May 1, 2022
Culturehub supports artists who critically examine technology from a diverse array of mediums and creative perspectives. One-week residencies come with a $1,000 stipend for the development of a project, a $500 budget to go towards the public presentation, access to a studio, equipment, and technical support, and more.
Mirante Xique-Xique Research Residency
Chapada Diamantina, Brazil
Deadline: May 1, 2022
The residency program is geared toward visual artists, curators, writers, architects, designers, chefs, environmentalists, and scholars who are interested in living, creating or being immersed in the environment of the Chapada Diamantina. The program is research-oriented, and anyone who can determine their own working conditions is welcome.
Innovator in Residence Program
Washington, DC
Deadline: May 2, 2022
This program supports innovative and creative uses of the Library of Congress collections to showcase how the Library relates to and enriches the work, life, and imagination of the American people. Selected artists receive up to $80,000 each year for a maximum of two years to do research with the collections, produce a creative and transformative digital work for the American people, and serve as an ambassador for the Library.
ACTA Living Cultures Grant Program
Bay Area, California
Deadline: May 3, 2022
The Living Cultures Grant Program seeks to sustain and strengthen traditional arts with project-based grants up to $5,000 for nonprofits, tribal entities, and other organizations who work with fiscal sponsors in the Bay Area.
The Latinx Project Artist-In-Residence Program
New York, New York
Deadline: May 5, 2022
NYU’s Latinx Project Artist-In-Residence Program provides artists with an honorarium of up to $10,000, a $5,000 budget for developing a solo presentation at NYU with a curator of the artist’s choice, opportunities to develop related public programming, press materials, and PR support.
The Latinx Project Open Call for Curatorial Proposals
New York, New York
Deadline: May 5, 2022
NYU’s Latinx Project is looking for curatorial proposals for group exhibitions. The winning proposal will receive an exhibition budget of $10,000, an honorarium of $5,000, a three month exhibition, curatorial support, opportunities to develop related public programming, press materials, and PR support.
Lillstreet Art Center Artist-in-Residence
Chicago, Illinois
Deadline: May 9, 2022
Lillstreet Art Center is seeking artists who are highly skilled in ceramics or metalsmithing residencies September 1, 2022–August 31, 2023. Artists will be given personal workspaces in a group studio, 24-hour access to facilities and equipment, free classes, paid opportunities to teach, and a monthly $400 stipend. Application fee: $20
Residencias Rhizomaticas
Portland, Oregon
Deadline: May 11, 2022
Rhizomatica is an in-person, experimental, nomadic, performance residency lab, led by Creative Capital Awardee Estrellx Supernova. The performance lab is open to BIQTPOC and allied creatives and centers the healing arts, choreographic excavation, and ritualistic cartographies.
Velvetpark LGBTQ+ Visual Artist Residency
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: May 13, 2022
Velvetpark’s Visual Arts Residency awards an LGBTQ+ artist with six months of workspace in Brooklyn to explore and complete a project or body of work.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
Mt. San Angelo, Virginia
Deadline: May 15, 2022
Writers, visual artists, composers are eligible to apply for this residency nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Marble House Project Artist Residency
Dorset, Vermont
Deadline: May 15, 2022
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 visual arts, writing, choreography, music composition and performance. Application fee: $35.
Emerging Writer’s Contest
Deadline: May 15, 2022
The Emerging Writer’s Contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to publish or self-publish a book. The winner will receive $2,000 and be published in the Winter 2022-23 issue of Ploughshares. Application fee: $24
Dance Research Fellowship
Deadline: May 15, 2022
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division invites applications from scholars and practitioners interested in investigating dance and ecology, highlighting the work of dance practitioners who engage(d) with ecosystems and the biological interdependence of the natural world. Fellows receive a $10,000 stipend, and the research period is July 1 – December 31, 2022.
Creative Time Open Call
New York, New York
Deadline: May 17, 2022
Creative Time is looking for proposals for bold, ambitious public art projects that speak to a pressing social issue, and spark public dialogue and debate. Artists residing in the US, at any stage of their career, are eligible. The selected artist will receive $10,000 and support to them realize their project in New York City.
Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant 2022
Deadline: May 18, 2022
This grant, administered by Creative Capital, awards arts writers with prizes ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books and short-form writing. The application opens April 12, 2022.
MAP Fund Grant
Deadline: May 27, 2022
Artists working on a new, live performance project are invited to apply for the MAP Fund Grant. 85 grantees will receive a $25,000 grant for the creation and development their projects and a $5,000 unrestricted general operating grant.
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 $1,000 monthly stipend and a budget for materials.
NARS Studio Relief Program
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: rolling basis
NARS offers a program for artists who are in need of a temporary studio space and unable to afford it. The subsidized studio space is available for 3 months, and is a work-space only.
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 $3,000 for visual and performing artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors.
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.
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.
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
Deadline: rolling basis
The Adobe Creative Residency program supports creators of visual digital work, offering grants of $500–$5,000 for either a portfolio project or a paid Adobe project commission.
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:
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Rivet
Residency Unlimited
Artist Communities
Trans Artists
Funding, Grants and other Financial Opportunities:
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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 January and February 2025.