Call for Applications: Curatorial Fellowship Program 2025

Deadline: 9 April, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

• Identify as a person of Black/African descent in Canada with lived experience shaped by this identity;

• Show a demonstrated participation in Black/African descent communities, including involvement in arts programming and cultural initiatives;

• Reside in the National Capital Region during the Fellowship (candidates will be required to work both virtually and onsite; regional travel may be required);

• Show a demonstrated interest in curatorial practice, art history, museum studies, visual culture, or related fields;

• Be an emerging professional with some experience in exhibition development, research, writing, community engagement, arts administration, and/or programming;

• Knowledge and appreciation of arts and culture in Canada.

About the fellowship: The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), and the Ottawa Black Art Kollective (OBAK) are pleased to announce an innovative partnership designed to enrich the national arts ecology and support the career growth of emerging Black Canadian curators.

At the heart of this collaboration is the Curatorial Fellowship Program, which offers mentorship, professional development, and hands-on curatorial experience across two institutions. This initiative began in 2021 with a collaboration between the OAG and the OBAK, and will now include the NGC’s national and international mandate. This Fellowship aims to enable the next generation of Black curators working in the National Capital Region to contribute directly to contemporary and historical art discourses to foster meaningful community engagement.

This fellowship marks a significant step forward towards broader representations of diverse art and artists. By providing dedicated support and meaningful development opportunities, it not only nurtures emerging curatorial talent but also helps to shape a more equitable and diverse future for Canada’s art ecosystems.

This opportunity is ideal for an emerging curator who is committed to the advancement of visual arts professionals of Black/African descent and expanding audiences.

About the Program

The Curatorial Fellowship is a one-year, paid, and part-time contract position, designed to support an emerging curator who identifies as being of Black/African descent. The fellowship is divided into two phases:

• Phase 1 Exhibition (21 April – 31 August, 2025): Ottawa Art Gallery

• Phase 2 Curatorial essay and Public Program development (1 September, 2025 – 28 February, 2026): National Gallery of Canada

The selected fellow will work in collaboration with OBAK, and under the guidance of curatorial leads at the institutions in respect to each phase. In Phase 1 at the OAG, they will first develop and launch an exhibition onsite in Gallery Annexe, focusing on artists of their choice, as well as researching the potential inclusion of one complementary loan from the NGC collection. In Phase 2 at the NGC, the candidate will then engage in collection research, and curatorial writing about their OAG exhibition, as well as co-develop a public programming event. Through this program, the candidate will gain comprehensive experience in curatorial practice at both a local and national level.

Fellowship Benefits

• $16,000 stipend ($8,000 per phase, distributed in two installments) for a total of 48 weeks. Note that candidates will work with their Curatorial Lead to distribute these hours to suit the project’s needs as well as their personal ability;

• Mentorship sessions with 1-2 professionals outside the partner institutions (1 opportunity per phase);

• At the OAG, exhibition development and public engagement opportunities

• At the NGC, collection research, curatorial writing, and public engagement opportunities;

• Professional networking and mentorship with leading curators and cross-departmental museum professionals;

• Local institutional visits.

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Call for Applications: 2025 Craft Archive Fellowship, HYPERALLERGIC

Deadline: May 20, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

About the call: The 2025 Craft Archive Fellowship will foster archival research on underrepresented and non-dominant craft histories in the United States, such as feminist, intersectional, queer, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities and approaches that may not be specifically listed here. The fellowship will support a range of scholars, including independent, artists, and emerging to established researchers. Up to 6 Center for Craft Archive Fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend to conduct research in an archive of their choosing. These Fellows may engage in both conventional and innovative approaches to archival research.

The Fellows have their research published in an article on Hyperallergic in September 2026, making their research accessible to national and international audiences. The Fellows will also participate in a virtual program presented by the Center for Craft in September 2026 to include a 5 to 7 minute verbal presentation of their research methods and findings and participation in group discussion.

Eligibility: Proposals are welcome from a range of emerging to established scholars, including artists researchers. Funding is intended to support independent research and is not intended to support research conducted on behalf of an institution, organization, or 501c3. 

Archives are repositories for and collections of primary source materials where people can conduct research. However, the histories preserved and stored within institutional libraries and archives often reflect the dominant cultural narratives, limiting the types of histories that can be told. Therefore, this fellowship takes an expansive understanding of what an archive is, to delimit what an archive can be. For the purpose of this grant, the Center for Craft understands archival craft research to be, but not limited to: 

• Digital and in-person archives: Recipients can direct their research towards a digital or site-specific archive, such as institutional archives that feature underrepresented craft communities. An in-person visit is not required.

• Objects as archives, the study of a new collection of materials, such as oral histories, community-created archives, site or place as an archive.

• Funding from this grant can be used to visit more than one archive, as funding and time permits. However, engagement with just one archive is all that is expected.

Applicants must be: 

• 21 years of age or older 

• Eligible to receive taxable income in the U.S. 

The Center encourages applications from historically underrepresented populations. The Center for Craft prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or perceived disability, age, marital status, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected category. Applying does not constitute a promise or guarantee of being awarded a grant.

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2026 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise

Deadline: June 9, 2025 

Submission Fee: Free

ELIGIBILITY

• Have been born outside the United States of America to non-American parents;

• Not be more than 38 years old as of December 31, 2025 (born on or after January 1, 1987), Exceptions will be made for applicants who were born on January 1, 1985, to December 31, 1986, and who experienced career interruptions due to caregiving, medical, military, or parental leave;

• Have lived in the United States for at least 4 years (or immigrated to the United States on or before December 31, 2021);

• Be one of the following: a naturalized citizen or a permanent resident of the United States; a H-1B or O-1 visa holder with a valid visa stamp; a H-4 visa holder with a valid EAD card; a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) relief; an asylee or an asylum seeker who has applied for asylum and has a valid EAD card. Please note that other types of visas including TN, F-1, J-1 visa holders are not eligible for the prize. Applicants may be required to submit a scanned copy of a valid immigration document if their application progresses in the review process. The staff at the Vilcek Foundation will reach out with instructions at the appropriate time;

• Have at least 5 years of professional experience in fields related to Fashion & Design or Fashion & Culture;

• Not be enrolled as a full-time student (Exceptions may apply for some doctoral students who will complete their program this year);

• Have completed at least 3 professional, implemented solo or collective projects;

• Intend to pursue a career in the United States;

• Not be a past recipient of the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in any category.

About the grant: 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.

ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES

Fashion & Design:

• Designers

• Environmental and Technology Designers

• Materials Innovators

• Makeup Artists / Hair Stylists

Fashion & Culture:

• Writers and Researchers

• Curators and Museum Professionals

• Stylists

• Image Makers

AWARDS
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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Abbey Mural Prize 2025

Deadline: May 2, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Applications are open to all artists, architects, and designers, as well as arts and community-based organizations and other nonprofits, with project leads eighteen years of age or older. Projects must be for public buildings or buildings owned by a charitable institution; otherwise, there are no restrictions. Applications are open to all artists, architects, designers, as well as arts organizations, community-based organizations, and nonprofits. Lead artist must be selected prior to application submission. Project location must be selected with necessary permissions/approvals procured from legal owners. Applications will be required to provide a letter of commitment from the organization on their letterhead. Projects must be for public buildings or buildings owned by a charitable institution. Project proposals must be for sites located within the United States, Tribal Nations, or U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Project Leads must be at least 18 years old.

About the grant: The 2025 Abbey Mural Prize is juried by members of the National Academy, including both artists and architects. The Abbey Mural Prize supports projects with grants typically ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. Grants are awarded to create or restore public murals, especially those that promote accessibility and serve local audiences. While murals are conventionally defined as paintings or mosaics on a wall, the prize also encourages proposals that broaden and challenge the definition of what a contemporary mural can be.

What you get: Between 10,000-40,000 USD

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WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists

Deadline: April 8, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Learn More Here

The WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists is offered in recognition of the increasing unaffordability of rental housing in New York City, and the housing insecurity it creates for artists. Its goal is to improve artists’ housing stability, through a $30,000 grant that is distributed over three years. The WFF HSG hopes that recipients will be able to remain in, or find, reliable and stable housing for at least three years, thereby allowing them to focus on their creative practice and build more sustainable careers. Recipients may use the funds for new housing which reduces their rent obligation, guarantees a stable rental obligation such as a lengthy lease in their existing or new housing, and/or provides greater access to live/work space.

Recipients will be provided with information and guidance for affordable housing in New York City through a partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund.

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2025 Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants

Deadline: April 15, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

• Identify as a woman and/or female, including trans women and people of variable gender identities who were designated female at birth

• Be 18 years or older on or before the grant deadline

• Be an individual artist who is the project lead of the proposed project

• Collaborative projects are eligible and encouraged to apply

• While partnerships with organizations are allowed, organizations themselves cannot apply or serve as the lead applicant

• Have residence in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline

• Not be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind during the grant term (August 2025 to August 2026)

• Not have received an AWAW EAG previously as the lead applicant

• Past recipients of other NYFA and AWAW grant programs are eligible to apply

• Not be a NYFA or AWAW employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above

About the Grant: The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.

The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.

For the 2025 cycle, the program will distribute over $520,000 in funding. This more than doubles the yearly funding since AWAW EAG’s inaugural year, offering more artists the opportunity to have their projects funded.

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The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant

Deadline: April 1, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

• You are 45-years old or older.

• You are a painter. For the purposes of this grant, painting is considered the application of various media (oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, tempera, watercolor, egg tempera, casein, enamel) on paper, canvas, fabric, or wood. This includes fresco. This excludes mixed media, encaustic, collage, dry pastels, chalk, digital paintings, prints, and work in graphite or drawings. The use of multiple paint mediums is allowed (ie mixing acrylics with oil paints). Do not submit images in ANY of these excluded mediums as they will not be reviewed. Only paintings will be considered.

• You are American. You must be either a citizen of the United States or have permanent residency in the United States, though you can be presently living abroad.

• A need for financial support must be clear and demonstrated.

• Applicants are encouraged to submit recent works of art as opposed to artworks spanning their entire career.

About the Grant: The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant is awarded annually to under-recognized American painters over the age of 45 who demonstrate financial need.

The mission of this grant is to promote public awareness of and a commitment to American art, and to encourage interest in painters who lack adequate recognition.

Recipients are selected by a diverse group of jurors—artists, curators, professors, writers—based on the strength of the materials submitted in this application as well as the perceived adherence to the spirit of the grant: to assist under recognized artists. Awards include a cash grant, ranging from $5,000 to $36,000 and an exhibition at PAAM.

The late Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed studied with Hans Hofmann in both New York and Provincetown. They were very active at PAAM as artist members and instructors in the summer school, and they served on a variety of committees throughout their 50 years on Cape Cod. Orlowsky, in particular, was sensitive to the challenges artists face, especially those working against the mainstream or outside of popular schools of art. Her desire to provide financial support to mature artists through this generous endowment gift speaks to her passionate commitment to art for art’s sake and art created regardless of the demands and whims of the marketplace.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: 10 images, artist statement, resume, essay, financial information

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Professional Development Grant, British Columbia Art Council

Deadline: April 10, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: See full eligibility list here

About the grant: Professional Development grants assist professional artists, cultural practitioners, production and technical personnel, and arts administrators with specific, short-term learning activities intended to advance their practice or career. Activities should lead to clearly articulated learning or career outcomes, goals, or objectives.

Grants are not intended to support the creation of new work, research (unless it is directly related to the learning activity), self-directed learning, full-time studies, or travel expenses that are associated with auditions, attending conferences, showcases or events focused on presentations.

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Creative Capital Award and State of the Art Prize

The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to individual artists to create new work. For the 2026 Creative Capital Open Call, Creative Capital invites professional artists to propose experimental, original, bold new works in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature from March 3–April 3, 2025. Multidisciplinary, technology, and/or socially engaged projects are welcome in all disciplinary categories.

Marking 25 years of groundbreaking artist support, Creative Capital is expanding our support of individual artists across the U.S. and its territories with the launch of a new two-year initiative—the State of the Art Prize—which aims to recognize one artist from each U.S. state and inhabited territory, with an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000.

Join our free Creative Capital Grant Info Session on February 28, 2025 at 1PM ET via Zoom!

More Information here

Deadline 31 March 2025

Innovate Grant:

WINTER 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 

Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Artist and one Photographer.

Deadline: 30 March 2025

More Information & Apply Here

CERF+’s Craft Emergency Relief Fund

Deadline: Ongoing

Submission Fee: Free

CERF is a national, nonprofit organization that offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster.

Eligibility: To qualify for an Emergency Relief Grant, applicants need to be craft artists who are 18 years of age or older. They must have been living and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the past two years. Additionally, they should not have received an Emergency Relief Grant in the previous year or exceeded the maximum lifetime limit of 4 grants.

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FLAMIN Productions Grant

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Applicants who have been making moving image work and practicing professionally within the art world for over five years since graduation or equivalent. (Applicants do not need to have engaged in higher education to be eligible for the programme). Applicants with a track record of producing moving image work that has been exhibited or distributed and reached significant audiences. Applicants whose main address is in England. Applicants cannot be students at the time of applying and not intending to be students during the development and production period (including full-time and part-time education and PhD research). Projects must be at concept stage or in development (the fund is not suitable for production-ready projects or projects part-way through production). Note: FLAMIN Productions supports visual artists, who have chosen film as their medium, to make new moving image artworks. Though these creative works may be shown in a variety of contexts, including cinemas, the scheme does not support mainstream or genre-led film-making. Film London delivers other commissioning and support schemes for feature film and short film and these may be more appropriate for some projects. Please speak to the FLAMIN Team for advice on eligibility.

About the grant: Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), FLAMIN Productions aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image projects with development and production finance. In 2025, FLAMIN Productions will be investing production funding through an award of £40,000 for one project.

What you get: £40,000 Production Funding for a new moving image work (inclusive of artist fees) £1,000 Development Fee towards artist time during the development phase £1,000 to cover development support or advice from external collaborators Support from FLAMIN team and other Film London staff for advice and guidance at all stages of development and production

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Fully Funded: Culture& x Sotheby’s Institute of Art Cultural Leaders Programme

In 2023, Culture& and Sotheby’s Institute of Art launched a new fully funded scholarship programme, designed to empower and nurture the next generation of diverse leaders in the contemporary art world. The Culture& x Sotheby’s Institute of Art Cultural Leaders Programme – the first of its kind in the contemporary UK art world - brings together the considerable experience and cultural networks of the two organisations.

Sotheby’s Institute of Art has committed to a 100% fee waiver for three scholarships a year over a three-year period (nine students in total) to enable the scholars to pursue one of the Institute’s prestigious one-year, full-time Master’s programmes:

• Fine and Decorative Art and Design

• Art Business or

• Contemporary Art

In addition, each scholar receives a £25,000 bursary to cover the cost of living in London so that those selected for the programme can fully focus on the educational experience and benefit from all this opportunity has to offer. These bursaries are funded through philanthropic donations.

Applying to the Cultural Leaders Programme

APPLY HERE

Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2025

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: The award is open to photographers who are either (i) UK citizens or (ii) currently full resident in the UK.

The award is for photographers at early-to-mid career stage. By this we mean a working professional photographer, probably trained, with some experience, but who does not yet earn a full living wage from their preferred style of photographic work.

There is no age limitation, and no requirement for art school or university education.

We warmly encourage photographers from culturally diverse backgrounds, those whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex, and those with disabilities.

Please note that we do not fund current undergraduates, or full-time students on any course. We also do not fund work that forms part of a postgraduate degree.

About the award: £2,000 to undertake a narrative photography project with a social or political context; mentorship; support from the Trust towards public and industry exposure of the work; mentorship from Shutter Hub.

Judges include: Caroline Hunter (Guardian), Emma Lynch (BBC) and Jennifer Thatcher (critic and curator)

What you get: £2000 grant to undertake a photograhy project.

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The Drawing Year: 1 year full-scholarship programme for artists

Deadline: 02 April 2025

Eligibility: Applicants will usually have completed a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art or a related subject, but this is not essential. Applicants are expected to show a strong portfolio of work demonstrating a commitment to drawing and a level of artistic professionalism appropriate for study at postgraduate level.

Submission Fee: Free

About the scholarship: The Drawing Year is a full-scholarship postgraduate-level course run by the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch, London. The course offers up to thirty students the opportunity to focus on drawing from observation for one year. There are no tuition fees and all students receive a free studio space.

Every course offered at the School is taught at postgraduate-level by a distinguished faculty of over 75 practicing artists. Students have three end of year exhibitions and international residency and teaching opportunities after graduation.

What you get: A full-scholarship postgraduate-level course in drawing, including free studio space

Find out more about our postgraduate programme, hear from faculty and alumni and ask any questions you may have during our online or in person Open Days, see here for more info.

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Grants for Artists: Education Assistance

Deadline: January 15, March 15th or October 15th, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Eligible artists must be 21 years or older, not currently enrolled in a BFA or MFA program, Oklahoma residents, and must not have received grant funding from OVAC within the past year.

APPLICATION COMPONENTS:

__Completed application form below

__Artist Resume or CV

__Artist/Writer/Curator Statement (250 words)

__5-10 Artwork samples or URL for video artwork. For video, include up to 3 minutes total

__Image list, and if applicable, include file name, medium, date, and dimensions

__Timeline identifying major milestones to completion

__Balanced Budget, meaning expenses are equal to income

About the grant:

The Grants for Artists program fosters Oklahoma’s visual artistic creative excellence. The grants committee supports the mission of OVAC and scores submissions based on the merit of each application according to the pertinent grant category and its associated criteria.Grants for Artists help individual Oklahoma artists create visual art for public presentation, develop their professional practices, and lead community projects.Grants are open to artists working in visual-based mediums, curation, and art writing.

Applications are reviewed three times throughout the year and are due by 11:59 pm on January 15th, or March 15th, or October 15th.

Education Assistance grants fund up to $500 and are for educational opportunities such as: conferences, residencies, studio workshops, or study trips and can includes travel fees. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of educational opportunity, potential impact on practice/career, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.

TIMELINE:

- Applications must be received by January 15th, March 15th, or October 15th

- Committee will review applications following the deadline

- You will be notified of our decision within 4 weeks of the deadline

- Accepted applicants will receive payment approximately 2 weeks after being notified and submitting paperwork

- Grant projects must occur after grant is awarded and within one year of receiving grant funds

QUESTIONS:

Questions are encouraged! Please contact ariana@ovac-ok.org.

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Henry Moore Institute Grants & Fellowships

Deadline: Quarterly Recurring

Submission Fee: Free

The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture. We host a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of sculpture. Each year we offer a number of Fellowships to enable artists and researchers to develop their work.

• New Projects and Commissions

• Awarding grants for exhibitions, exhibition catalogues and commissions that aim to encourage new thinking about sculpture.

• Research and Development

• Enabling both individuals and organisations to conduct extensive research projects where sculpture is the focus.

Artist Research Fellowships are intended for artists to develop their practice through research, using the Institute’s resources. The fellowships will support a range of visual arts practices and outcomes generated through research into sculpture and its histories.

Research Fellows will be given the opportunity to spend a month in Leeds. In addition we will support up to two six-week Senior Fellowships, which are intended to give established scholars time and space to develop a research project free from usual work commitments.

DEADLINES:

Winter

Applications now 1 February 2025, 9:00

Submissions close 1 March 2025, 23:00

For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 July 2025

Spring

Applications open 1 May 2025, 9:00

Submissions close 1 June 2025, 23:00

For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 October 2025

Summer

Applications open 1 August 2025, 9:00

Submissions close 1 September 2025, 23:00

For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 January 2026

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Sony Alpha Female+ Grant Program

Sony Alpha Female provides a platform for photographers and videographers to share their stories and inspire the world with their creativity, passion, and drive. We aim to make the world a more equal, more representative, and more open place. With you by our side, there’s nothing holding us back.

Sony Alpha Female provides a platform for photographers and videographers to share their stories and inspire the world with their creativity, passion, and drive. We aim to make the world a more equal, more representative, and more open place. With you by our side, there’s nothing holding us back.

GRANTS
We award one grant every month to a photographer or videographer with a project that aligns with our mission to further the female or minority perspective.

Unique to the grant program is that each grant application is considered for all remaining monthly grants, until the last grant is awarded. Also, applicants can apply once a month with a new project idea to increase chances of winning.

ELIGIBILITY
Program is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, D.C., and Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec) that are 18 years and older, regardless of gender identity.

You don’t need to own or use a Sony camera to apply. Winners will be expected to create their project with their new Sony camera and lens within five weeks of being notified that they have won.

JUDGING CRITERIA
All eligible entries for each Monthly Period will be judged by Sony, in its sole discretion, based on the following criteria.

• Project Theme – 30%

• Project Creativity – 30%

• Perceived Project Feasibility – 10%

• Ability to Convey Self Identity of Entrant (i.e. “who Entrant is”) in Personal Video – 10%

• Previous Work Samples as express in Photos or Video Submissions of Rule 2(C) – Quality – 20%

Deadline: Recurring Monthly

No Submission Fee

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Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant

Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:

-Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding

-Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. Our mission is to support experimental artistic practices.

Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary 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.

• Award Info: The grants range from $500-$3,000

• Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture

Deadline: Ongoing

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Yéigo Action Grant

Submission Deadline: May 5, 2025
The 10th of every month, starting with September 10, 2024, for the first round of grant awards. Determinations will be made every month, with the first announcement of grantees announced at the end of September 2024 through May 2025 (+/-).

Award Info: $100 - $5,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers

Eligibility:
– Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
– Applicants must be enrolled members of, or provide proof of lineal descendancy from, a U.S. federally recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe or be able to provide proof of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian.
– Applicant must be a practicing artist.
– Must not have previously received a Yéigo Action Grant.

About the grant:

The Yéigo Action Grant provides support for the growing landscape of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a professional development opportunity or towards a hardship that is hindering their creative practice. This program offers grants between $100 and $5,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers. First Peoples Fund (FPF) finds it essential to support artists in their times of need, especially when their work is impacted by sudden hardship. This grant’s name incorporates the Diné word yéigo, often used as a phrase of encouragement that can mean “keep going” or “don’t give up.”

While some requests related to a current artistic project may be eligible, please note that Yéigo Action Grants are not intended to assist with funding new artist projects or to provide general support for an existing project.

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