Anolic Family Awards
Deadline: June 1, 2025

Early Career Visual Arts
The Early Career Visual Arts award offers $1,000 towards the completion of a specific project in painting, drawing, sculpture, or mixed-media. Active early career Jewish visual artists between the ages of 25 and 35 may apply. 

Jewish Book Arts
The sum of $1,500 will be awarded towards the creation of a unique or limited-edition work in the field of Jewish book arts. All active, professional artists, working in the field of book arts, who have exhibited within the last five years are eligible to apply.

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Wassaic Project Opportunities
Wassaic, New York
Deadline: June 2, 2025

Wassaic Project 2025 Haunted Mill Open Call
Artists are invited to apply for a fully funded 1–5 week residency to create eerie, site-specific installations, outdoor works, or performances for the 2025 Wassaic Project Haunted Mill (Oct 24–26). Residents receive housing, studio space, and $500–$800 honorariums. Fee: $25.

Wassaic Project 2026 Residency Program
Open call for the Wassaic Project’s 2026 Winter (Jan–Apr) and Summer (June–Sept) residencies, open to individual artists, collaborative teams, and caregiving artists through our Family Residency program. Residents receive a private room, semi-private studio, access to shared facilities (wood shop, print shop, kiln), and participate in robust programming including studio visits, artist talks, and open studios. Residency fee: $900; Fee: $25.

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Headlands Center for the Arts Opportunities

Artist in Residence (AIR)
Deadline: June 2, 2025
The program offers fully sponsored residencies and studios to local, national, and international artists working in all disciplines.

The Chamberlain Award
Deadline: June 5, 2025
This fully sponsored artist residency and $10,000 prize will support an artist working in the social practice discipline. The award supports artists employing non-traditional media to creatively engage with social concerns of the day. 

The Chiaro Award
Deadline: June 5, 2025
This fully sponsored artist residency and $15,000 prize will support a mid-career painter residing in the United States. The residency includes a private studio, and inclusion in a dynamic network of Headlands’ creative practitioners and thinkers.

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Banff Centre Early Career Writers of Young Adult and Children’s Books
Banff, Alberta
Deadline: June 4, 2025

This self-directed writing residency supports new writers of young adult and children’s books at varying levels of accomplishment—from not-yet-published writers to those with one published book—to improve their writing skills and expand their practice, taking it to the next level. This two-week residency has a flexible format and caters to any new writer of young adult or children’s books interested in mentorship, public reading opportunities, and feedback from faculty and fellow participants.

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Jazz Road Tours
Deadline: June 4, 2025

Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours in communities across the country. Support is for small, 3- to 6-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.

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Great Meadows Foundation Artist Professional Development Grants
Kentucky and Indiana
Deadline: June 8, 2025

Applicants must reside in the Great Meadows Foundation region, which encompasses the 120 counties of Kentucky, and the Greater Louisville area of Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. Grants range between $500 and $6,000.

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Women in Watercolor
Deadline: June 8, 2025

This online-only competition encourages, supports, and promotes outstanding women who work in watercolor. Open to all female artists working in watercolor on paper, synthetic paper, watercolor board, Yupo, or other two-dimensional surfaces. Fee: $35.

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2026 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Fashion & Design and Fashion & Culture
Deadline: June 9, 2025

The Vilcek Foundation will award six Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the amount of $50,000 in two categories: Fashion & Design and Fashion & Culture. In each category, three young immigrant fashion professionals who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in their field will individually receive an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000.

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Banff Centre Artist in Residence – Winter 2026
Banff, Alberta
Deadline: June 11, 2025

Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) – Winter 2026 is designed for visual artists at any stage of their career to focus on their practice in a supportive learning environment. Over five weeks, participants are encouraged to self-direct their research and time, as well as cultivate new directions in their work. This residency is for individual artists and collaborative groups (of no more than two).

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Art Renewal Center
Deadline: June 12, 2025

Dedicated to 21st-century Realism, ARC offers over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition. Categories include Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens. Fee: $93.

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Prospect Art: Open Call – In Flux
Deadline: June 15, 2025

Prospect Art invites visual artists worldwide to apply for a $1,000 NEW WORK commission exploring the theme In Flux. This opportunity supports new conceptually driven, self-contained projects that examine the liminal space between analog and digital, physical and virtual, handmade and algorithmic. In addition to the commissioned artist, select applicants will be featured in the ONE WORK online publication series or the 2026 BROADCAST online events program curated by Julianna Heller.  Application fee: $10.

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Prairie Ronde Artist Residency
Vicksburg, Michigan
Deadline: June 15, 2025

Prairie Ronde Artist Residency offers 5–6 week residencies providing artists with a $2,000 stipend, $500 travel grant, private housing, and opportunities to engage with the historic 420,000-square-foot former Lee Paper Company mill and its 80-acre property. Three sessions are hosted annually, accepting 2–4 residents per session. Residents are encouraged to share their work with the community through exhibitions, workshops, or performances. Fee: $25.

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Women’s Studio Workshop
Rosendale, New York
Deadline: June 15, 2025

Studio Workspace Residency
The Studio Workspace Residency is an opportunity for artists to create new work and fully immerse themselves in WSW’s supportive environment. We invite applications from artists at any stage of their careers. Artists may choose to work in any one or more studios: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, darkroom photography, or ceramics.

Art-in-Ed Workspace Residency
The Art-in-Education (AIE) Workspace Residency is for artists interested in working with local school students while creating their own work in WSW’s supportive and immersive environment. This is an opportunity for artists with a range of teaching experience, from seasoned teachers and professors, to those with minimal experience and an interest in gaining skills and knowledge.

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Stove Works Residency
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Deadline: June 15, 2025

This residency invites eight artists to live and work for one to three months at a time in Chattanooga, TN. Six of the studios are designed to accommodate artists who require significant space in their practice, while the remaining two accommodate non-object based practices, i.e. writers, curators, and academics. Fee: $20–$30.

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Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts
California
Deadline: June 18, 2025

The Gerbode Foundation’s 2025 Theater Production Awards offers $400,000 to support new theater works by California-based writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, and theater-makers. Bay Area nonprofit, artist-centered organizations with annual budgets between $60K and $3M can apply for $50,000 grants to commission and produce these works.

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Weather Photographer of the Year
Deadline: June 19, 2025

Hosted by the Royal Meteorological Society, this competition showcases the world’s most striking weather and climate photographs and provides an international platform to raise awareness about the environmental issues putting our planet at risk. Open to photographers of all ages and abilities, including professionals and amateurs, and is free to enter with a £5,000 cash prize.

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Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture Artist Residency
Sisters, Oregon
Deadline: June 20, 2025

Artists, ecological scientists, and scholars wanting to explore connections to nature, land conservation, historic preservation, agriculture and community building projects are invited to PMRCAA’s Residency Program, which offers a space where cultural practitioners, scientists, and creative thinkers can immerse themselves in their work and research through access to studios, open spaces, and beautiful scenery. Residency theme: Adaptation.

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Grants for Artists’ Progress (GAP)
Washington State
Deadline: June 23, 2025

Grants for Artists’ Progress (GAP) are unrestricted grants of $1,500 for artists working in all disciplines across Washington State.

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Banff Centre  Indigenous Fashion Runway Residency 2025
Banff, Alberta
Deadline: June 25, 2025

The three-week Indigenous Fashion Runway Residency offers four Indigenous fashion designers the opportunity to build their portfolios and showcase their runway work in a professional setting. Participants will be supported by the faculty and Banff Centre’s production team as they explore working with models, photography, and fashion show preparation.

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Midwest Open
Deadline: June 28, 2025

The Midwest Open is an annual exhibition at Woman Made Gallery that highlights the achievements of women and nonbinary artists living in the American Midwest. All media and subject matter will be considered. WMG is looking for work unique to the vision of each artist, work that needs the world to complete it, or work that sings a song from the heart(land). Fee: $35.

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Centrum 2026 Residency
Port Townsend, Washington
Deadline: June 30, 2025

This residency program is aimed at providing artists, writers, and creatives in all disciplines permission to relax, to focus, and/or re-invent their practice as needed. This application is for the Self-Directed, Emerging Artist (PNW-based only), and In the Making residencies. There is one application for all three programs.

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Nest Heritage Craft Prize
Deadline: June 30, 2025

Makers, artists, and craftspeople based in Texas are encouraged to enter a submission that demonstrates their technical mastery, as well as a thoughtful connection to cultural tradition through a singular, one-of-a-kind handcrafted piece. The winner will receive $25,000, and four finalists will also receive grant funding.

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Terrain 16
Spokane, Washington
Deadline: July 1, 2025

TERRAIN is an annual, juried multimedia art and music event celebrating artists in the Spokane area. From painting to poetry to interactive art and film, the event aims to showcase a little of everything that’s happening to make the Inland Empire a more vibrant, cultural and beautiful place.

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Center for Contemporary Printmaking Residency Program
Norwalk, Connecticut
Deadline: July 1, 2025

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking offers Artists-in-Residence the opportunity to live and work inside the specifically designed Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage. Within this space artists can produce a body of work in a supportive atmosphere that fosters creative growth and development, for traditional as well as innovative printmaking techniques. Fee: $35.

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Queer | Art Opportunities
Deadline: July 2, 2025

Illuminations Grant
This $10,000 grant, awarded to draw attention to an existing body of work, sheds light on the under-recognized contributions of Black trans women visual artists and provides critical support to their continuing work. Four distinguished finalists will also receive $1,250.

Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant
The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant is an annual grant awarded to lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. Work can be experimental animation, experimental documentary, experimental narrative, cross-genre, or solely experimental.

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Peters Valley School of Craft Residency
Layton, New Jersey
Deadline: July 2, 2025

Located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Peters Valley offers fully funded guest artist residencies. A limited number of artists will be selected to spend two weeks or one month each in fully equipped studios immersing themselves in time dedicated to their craft. Fee: $10.

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Penland School of Craft
Penland, North Carolina
Deadline: July 2, 2025

Penland’s Resident Artist Program is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career. The residency is an opportunity for them to pursue objectives that will have a lasting effect on their work and their lives. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s goals, there are two options: a one-year project-based residency, and a three-year career transition residency.

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Loghaven Artist Residency
Knoxville, Tennessee
Application Opens: June 1, 2025
Application Closes: July 15, 2025

Artists working in Writing, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater, Music Composition, Architecture, and Interdisciplinary Work can apply to receive room and board and an $850 weekly living stipend to support the creation of new work during a residency. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space.

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The Kyoto Retreat
Kyoto, Japan
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Founded by curator, Dexter Wimberly, The Kyoto Retreat offers artists, curators, and writers the opportunity to immerse themselves in various aspects of Japanese culture and to meet other creatives. Participants are not required to make new work during the retreat, which includes airfare and accommodations. The inaugural Kyoto Retreat will take place from October 16–November 13, 2025. Fee: $95.

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UCross Residency
Clearmont, Wyoming
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Ranging from two to six weeks in length, the residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field; both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply. There is no charge for a residency. 

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Artadia San Francisco
Deadline: July 15, 2025

The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose. Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context.

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AXS Film Fund
Deadline: July 31, 2025

This program is for creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. While AXS prefers that a person of color living with a disability is a key contributor to the project, the fund welcomes diverse teams to apply. Each year up to five creators receive grants of up to $10,000 each to assist in finishing their projects in any stage of production. 

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100 Voices of Florida
Deadline: July 31, 2025

Open to  writers, directors, and producers with a short film or script, this open call provides a $5,000 unrestricted prize.

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Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
Deadline: Rolling

The Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund provides support to creators during times of extraordinary hardship. If selected, you will receive $10,000 from the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund. 

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A.I.R. Studio Paducah Residencies
Paducah, Kentucky
Deadline: Rolling

These residencies are open to visual artists, composers, architects, improvisational dancers, poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Residents are provided with a private efficiency apartment and studio space, located in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky, six blocks from the Ohio River. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks and $1,000 per month. Admissions are made on a rolling basis.

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The Awesome Foundation
Deadline: Rolling

The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight.

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Stochastic Labs
Berkeley, CA
Deadline: Rolling

Stochastic Labs awards fully sponsored residencies to exceptional engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies are of variable length and include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access (laser cutter, 3D printer etc), a monthly stipend, and a budget for materials. Residents may apply as individuals or as teams.

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Alterwork Residency
Long Island City, NY
Deadline: Rolling

This residency allows emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice. The residency culminates in a solo closing reception that is promoted across an extensive network. Proposals should have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. The program is especially interested in projects that involve conceptual art, practice or theory, or involve the public in their creative process.

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Arts in California Parks Artist Directory
Deadline: Rolling

The California Department of Parks and Recreation invites artists interested in creating public art in California State and/or local parks to join the Arts in California Parks directory. The directory is a resource available to all State and local California Parks staff, as well as the general public, to be used to search for artists based on location, art medium, or other considerations, in order to explore opportunities for collaboration. 

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Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Deadline: Rolling

Emergency Grants is the only active, multidisciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Grants range from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $1,900.

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Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grants
Deadline: Rolling

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident. The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical.

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Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residency Program
Portland, ME
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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Innovate Artist Grants
Deadline: Rolling

Innovate Grant distributes two $1,800 grants each quarter, to one visual artist and one photographer. In addition, 12 honorable mentions (six in art and six in photo), will be featured on the website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Fee: $35.

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ART14 Residency
Patton, Pennsylvania
Deadline: Rolling

During their stay, artists’ objectives are self-prescribed. The program welcomes all types of artists, writers, musicians, etc. of all skill levels, welcomes creators to explore new media and techniques, and encourages collaboration but does not require it. Residents are encouraged to explore and engage with the local community. 

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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
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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Steel Yard Micro-Residencies
Providence, Rhode Island
Deadline: Rolling

This residency focuses on helping artists grow and strengthen their creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments of one to three months. Micro-residencies are an ideal opportunity to complete a specific project, commission, or prototype within a limited amount of time. One ceramics and one metals micro-resident are hosted at a time. 

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The Clemente’s Discounted Rehearsal Space Program
New York, New York
Deadline: Rolling

Designed to support BIPOC artists and performing arts organizations from underserved and under-resourced communities, this program offers affordable rehearsal space in The Clemente’s 3rd-floor studio, Room 309, at a discounted rate of $15/hour for artists and organizations in New York City.

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