Mission Neighborhood Health Centers Call to Artists
Deadline: February 20, 2025

Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) invites talented local Black, Indigenous, Afro-Latin/x, and Latine/x artists to submit work for permanent display at their new Excelsior clinic, opening its doors in April 2025. MNHC has been rooted within the community of the Mission District of San Francisco since 1967. They are passionate about delivering equitable, compassionate, patient-centered care that is deeply intertwined with their rich Latino heritage. In their pursuit to create healing spaces that truly embody their values and culture, they are eager to acquire a collection of unique art objects that celebrate the heritage of their community and foster wellness and healing for both their dedicated staff and valued patients.

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LUX Center for the Arts Call for Artists: “Under the Influence”
Lincoln, Nebraska
Deadline: February 1, 2025

LUX Center invites artists to submit their work for our upcoming group show titled “Under the Influence,” which will explore the profound impact that artists have on one another.

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Wave Farm Transmission Art Residencies
Acra, New York
Deadline: February 1, 2025

This residency will emphasize “A Radio Art Hour.” During a 10-day residency at Wave Farm, artists will develop new transmission artworks informed by access to a research library, equipment, unique workspace resources, and on-site staff support. An artist fee of $1,000 will be provided to each resident artist.

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BalletCollective Commission for Developing Choreographers
Deadline: February 2, 2025

This opportunity offers choreographers the chance to partner closely with a composer and a “source artist” (any non-performative artist) to produce an original dance work and score. Two choreographers will be commissioned to make works that will premiere with live musical accompaniment during BalletCollective’s annual fall season in New York, NY in 2026, which also has the honor of being BalletCollective’s 15th Anniversary Season.

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2025-2026 Fine Arts Work Center Visual Arts Fellowship
Deadline: February 3, 2025

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown has supported emerging writers and artists for over 50 years, granting 10 annual fellowships to visual artists and 10 annual fellowships to writers for a seven-month residency that runs from October 1 – April 30. Fellows are selected through a rigorous jury process. Visual Arts Fellows are provided with a private furnished apartment and a separate work studio of approximately 400 sq ft. Fellows are awarded a $1250 monthly stipend plus a $1000 exit stipend to support relocation at the end of the Fellowship. Fee: $40.00

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MacDowell Fellowship
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Deadline: February 10, 2025

MacDowell encourages applications from artists of all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theater, and visual arts. About 300 artists in seven disciplines are awarded Fellowships each year, which consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for two to six weeks.

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Mother’s Milk International Artist Residency
Deadline: February 10, 2025

Mother’s Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency designed to support three or four visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers who are pursuing innovative work in their field. Work that is more experimental in nature without regard to commercial viability is of special interest. New travel scholarships and fellowships now available.

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Keyholder Residency Program
New York, New York
Deadline: February 15, 2025

This free, year-long residency program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. Printmaking skills are not required, but some familiarity with the medium is recommended.

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Furious Flower Poetry Prize
Deadline: February 15, 2025

Poets with no more than one published book are invited to submit up to three poems (no more than a total of 6 pages) for consideration for this prize. The winner and honorable mention receive $1500 and $750 respectively. Submission fee: $15.

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Long Meadow Art Residency
Deadline: February 15, 2025

This residency is a six week to three month solo residency in the Berkshires. The residency provides a $3,000 monthly living stipend, a $2,500 supply budget, as well as access to a vehicle for transportation.

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Tri-M Foundation Performing Arts Grant Program
Deadline: February 15, 2025

This program supports development and presentation of innovative, high-quality performing arts projects by regional non-profit arts organizations with grants from $3,000 – $10,000.

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At Louis Place Artist Cohort Open Call
Deadline: February 15, 2025

The Artist Publishing Cohort is a new online initiative offering personalized support for eight artists with publishing projects in progress. Selected artists receive a $1,000 stipend, coaching and staff support, optional weekly workshop, and access to aLP resources.

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McKinney International Art and Design Residency 2027, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
Deadline: February 16, 2025

The Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4–6-week residency between February 1–May 1, 2027. An established artist or designer will be selected whose primary country of residence is outside the United States. Applicants should be actively engaged in a contemporary artistic practice and show evidence of a national and international exhibition record. Applications from practitioners of studio disciplines, as well as criticism, are welcome.

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Anderson Ranch Artists-in-Residence Program
Deadline: February 18, 2025

This residency fosters creative, intellectual and professional growth for emerging and established visual artists. Residents have access to world-class facilities and studio time, free from everyday pressures. Residencies are offered in ceramics, new media, photography, furniture design, woodworking, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. A select group of the 32 residencies are fully funded fellowships awarded by the jury panel.

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Bethany Arts Community 2025 Emerging Artist Fellowship
Ossining, NY
Deadline: February 19, 2025

This fellowship is designed to offer a creative home to emerging artists as they transition and deepen their professional careers and artistic practice. Artists are provided room & board, a private studio, and a $250 stipend per week.

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CUNY Dance Initiative: 2025-26 Call For Applications
Deadline: February 20, 2025

NYC-based choreographers and dance companies in all styles are invited to apply for residencies at 13 CUNY colleges and four partner organizations. Residencies for this upcoming cycle will be offered from July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. Integrating New York City’s dance community with the public university system, CDI provides artists with rehearsal and performance space on CUNY campuses across the boroughs, plus teaching opportunities and a stipend.

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Pathways: A Native Space Initiative
Open: January 20, 2025
Deadline: February 21, 2025

Pathways is a pilot program designed to support Native American arts and cultural organizations in accessing and developing creative spaces in their communities. This 12-month, virtual cohort program utilizes Artspace’s decades of expertise as a creative real estate developer to assist Native organizations in exploring strategies that leverage existing assets or sustain a plan for a new space.

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ON::View Artist Residency Program
Savannah, Georgia
Deadline: February 23, 2025

Located in the heart of Savannah’s Starland District at Sulfur Studios, the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for an artist to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. The studio’s large windows look out onto Bull Street, the district’s main thoroughfare, allowing the artists’ work to be on view to the community at all times.

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Self as Universe: Mending Our Collective Ecosystem
Deadline: February 24, 2025

Open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental and cultural issues, this residency invites artists to explore the connections within our collective ecosystems and use the power of imagination to heal the wounds in the relationship between ourselves and our communities. Recipients will be provided $3,000 as a stipend and $2,000 towards materials.

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Mid Atlantic Arts USArtists International
Deadline: February 26, 2025

USArtists International® supports in-person performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals, global presenting arts markets, and other eligible engagements outside of the U.S. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. Grant support range: Matching grants of up to $11,000 toward eligible travel expenses.

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Curatorial Open Call
Deadline: February 28, 2025

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation seek applications from emerging researchers, curators, and cultural presenters to work with them to realize their pre-existing, and as-yet unrealized exhibition concept. The selected curator will be given an honorarium of $3,000 for their work on the exhibition and $2,000 for their essay in the accompanying catalog.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2025 Performing Artist in Residence Program
Deadline: February 28, 2025

The theme for the 2025 residency is Natural Connection, exploring the relationship between humans and nature and their dynamic and sometimes fraught interdependence. The selected resident will examine the human-nature relationship while spending four months with BBG, culminating in a final performance.

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Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Deadline: March 1, 2025

This residency offers a $175/week stipend and a private studio. Established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world are eligible to apply. Application fee: $35.

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NXTHVN Fellowship
New Haven, Connecticut
Deadline: March 3, 2025

Each year NXTHVN welcomes up to seven artists and two curators to participate in its paid 10-month intensive Fellowship Program. Each Fellow will receive studio or office space, a stipend, and subsidized housing.

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National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowships
Deadline: March 13, 2025

The (NEA) Literature Fellowships program awards grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.

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2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival First Poem Contest
Deadline: March 15, 2025

Mass Poetry wants poems from New England poets or poets with ties to New England to open the first headline event of the 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, held May 31 and June 1, 2025. The winner and two honorable mentions will be invited to read their poem in person at the Festival. The cash prize is $250 for the winner and $50 for honorable mentions. Fee: $10. There is a fee-free submission option for students and those for whom a submission fee would represent a barrier.

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Bayard Rustin Residency at Penington Friends House
Deadline: March 15, 2025

This residency is envisioned as an ongoing ladder to empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) working to end systemic racism and to create a culture of anti-Racism and intersectional equality in the U.S. The residency 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.

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Salad Days Artist Residency: 2025-26
Deadline: March 17, 2025

Watershed selects an artist annually to create 500 plates or shallow bowls for the following year’s Salad Days. Over the course of seven months – from September to April – the artist lives and works on campus making their Salad Days pieces and becoming integral member of the Watershed community. Fee: $25.

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Decorative Arts Trust Publishing Grants
Deadline: March 31, 2025

These two grants support book-length academic publications based on completed dissertations or by first-time authors seeking to publish a scholarly work, as well as book-length publications tied to collections, exhibitions, and conferences that increase the awareness and appreciation of important areas of research in the decorative arts including catalogues, and compilations of conference papers.

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PAC NYC The Democracy Cycle
Deadline: April 1, 2025

The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Galvan Initiatives (Galvan) launched The Democracy Cycle, a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy. Proposals are requested for new performing arts works following that theme from artists working in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. The Cycle will provide $60,000 in support to each awarded project, consisting of a $30,000 commission as well as an additional $30,000 towards each commissioned project’s development process (research, readings, workshops etc.).

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Jerome Foundation Film Production and Mentorship Grants
Deadline: April 3, 2025

Minnesota Filmmaker Mentorship Grant

Providing eligible Minnesota-based early career film directors up to $10,000 to engage in self-designed mentorship to strengthen their film directing craft and/or professional skills in connection with a specific film project.

Minnesota Film Production Grant

Supporting eligible Minnesota-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000.

New York City Film Production Grant

Supporting eligible New York City-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000.

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Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residency Program
Portland, Maine
Deadline: Rolling

This program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged (painting, sculpture, illustration, writing, dance, music, theater/performance, photography, fiber/textiles, etc). Currently accepting applications from the North Eastern region (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island).

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Breck Creek Artist-in-Residence Program
Breckenridge, Colorado
Deadline: Rolling

Open to regional and national artists of all disciplines, Artists-in-Residence spend 2-4 months in a live/work studio in cozy downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. Artists receive a biweekly stipend of $600

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Musicians Foundation
Deadline: Rolling

Application for one-time financial assistance is open to professional musicians across all genres. You must be a professional music performer, composer/arranger, or educator in a specific time of need caused by an unexpected hardship (e.g., medical or dental situation, natural disaster, or certain housing crises).

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Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Deadline: Rolling

The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.

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Employment Opportunities

Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Seasonal Positions
Edgecomb, ME
Deadline: February 10, 2025

Watershed Ceramics seeks enthusiastic, motivated individuals for the following seasonal roles: Studio Assistant, Residency Liaison, Hospitality Coordinator, Head Cook, Assistant Cook, and Dining Coordinator. Seasonal staff are essential to our team and the success of summer programs, including artist residencies, workshops, and special events. Work in a collaborative environment with creative growth opportunities, and access to free studio space, kiln firings (when not in use by residents), and stocked materials.

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The University of Tennessee – Knoxville: Assistant Professor of Photography Fall 2025
Deadline: Rolling

The University of Tennessee School of Art seeks candidates for a full-time, tenure-track position in Photography at the rank of Assistant Professor. Primary responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate instruction, an active creative research agenda, and service to the department, university, and profession.

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The Luminary: Deputy Director
Deadline: Rolling

The Luminary, an independent space based in St. Louis, MO, seeks an experienced and passionate Deputy Director to support the organization’s operations and programs. This role will focus on grants writing and management, overseeing financial systems, and fostering cross-team collaboration to support public programs.

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