Grant For Artists: Education Assistance

Deadline: October 15, 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.    

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.

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Connections Through Culture Grants 2025

Deadline: 23 June 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Each application must comprise of at least one UK partner and one international partner from Malaysia. All art forms. Open to individuals or organisations.

About the Grant: The British Council’s Connections Through Culture (CTC) Grants support artistic collaboration between the UK and select countries in the Asia-Pacific and Europe. The grants of up to £10,000 support collaborative projects between artists, creative practitioners and arts organisations, fostering cross-cultural exchange and lasting relationships.

What you get: The grants of up to £10,000 support the development of new creative projects leading to collaborative activities that promote the exchange of skills, knowledge, and practice. Various approaches can be taken such as art residencies, exhibitions, performances, showcases, publications, webinars, and conferences, among others. Projects can be digital, face to face or a hybrid of both.

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The Ian Potter Cultural Trust: Emerging Artist Grants

Deadline: June 17, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

• Be a minimum of 18 years old by the project start date.

• Be an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia.

• Make a reasonable personal financial contribution to their project.

• Demonstrate exceptional talent, initiative, and passion for their work.

• Classify as an emerging or early-career artist*.

About the grant: The Ian Potter Cultural Trust runs funding rounds through which individual artists can apply for grants of up to $15,000. The Trust funds nationally and supports artists working across the spectrum of the arts, from traditional art forms through to experimental mediums.

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Early Career Development – Individuals, British Columbia Arts Council

Deadline: June 25, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: View Eligibility

Program Purpose: This program supports immersive and high-impact opportunities for Emerging and Early Arts Practitioners to develop their artistic or administrative practice, participate in learning opportunities and knowledge transfer, and expand their career experience.

Maximum funding amount: $30,000This program does not support the creation or development of new artistic projects.

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Grant for MFA Graduates in Visual Art

Deadline: August 1, 2025 – Developed by artists for artists, the I I I Artist Fund awards a $1000 grant to a recent MFA graduate in Visual Art.

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: This grant is open to US-based recent MFA graduates in Visual Art. Candidates must demonstrate a strong research-based practice that responds to contemporary contexts. Multidisciplinary and conceptual artists working in mediums including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textile, installation, performance, sound, and video are encouraged to apply.

About the grant: Founders Jamie Zimchek and Shannon Cleere met during graduate school, where their respective studio practices evolved around a shared appreciation for research coupled with a consideration of cultural and socio-political contexts. Given the current political climate, artists who challenge dominant narratives can face scrutiny, funding difficulties, or censorship. Zimchek and Cleere created the III Artist Fund to assist artists navigating their post-graduate practice in these uncertain times while reinforcing broader art community connections.

The use of the grant funds is not restricted; we only ask that the recipient give a short artist talk within six months of receiving the award, which will be recorded and posted to I I I Artist Fund’s website.

The first application cycle ends August 1, 2025, with grant monies awarded no later than September 15, 2025.
All submissions must include the following:

1. CV

2. Artist Bio (150 words)

3. Statement (350 words)

4. ​10 work samples​

​Applicants will be notified no later than September 15, and the award disbursed by September 30, 2025.

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The Dexter Jones Award

Deadline: June 23, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Applicants must have been born between 1984 – 2006. Applicants must be citizens of or residents in the United States with a social security number.

About the call: The National Sculpture Society is now accepting applications for The Dexter Jones Award of $5,000. The use of figurative or realist sculpture or sculpture that is inspired by nature, is of greatest interest.

The jury will determine the recipient based on an outstanding work of sculpture in bas-relief.

NSS welcomes applications from all sculptors regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, socioeconomic status, education or disability.

• Sculptors may submit images of 6 to 12 different works (up to 2 views each – maximum of 24 images total). Entries must include an image of at least one work in bas-relief.

• Sculptors should include a brief resume

Named in honor of Dexter Jones (1926-1986), a Fellow of NSS, the award was first presented in 2001. In addition to being an accomplished sculptor of portraits and works in the round, Jones created several outstanding bas-reliefs in his lifetime.

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The Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship at Morley College, London

Deadline: July 5, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

• You must be a figurative artist of promise and quality who needs this opportunity to develop.

• You are working primarily in 2D or 3D media.

• You must be aged 19 or over in September 2025

• You must be willing to commit to part-time. study over a year – three academic terms during which you will undertake a tailored programme of part-time courses each term, followed by a period of preparation with a view to holding an exhibition of your work in September 2026.

About the fellowship: The Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship is intended for a committed artist who have a developed artistic vision, but who need assistance or support with the next steps of their career.

What you get:

The Scholarship offers the recipient one year’s part-time programme of free classes at Morley College, London, personal tutoring and mentoring from a professional artist and teacher, and an opportunity to exhibit work in our Gallery at the end of the year.

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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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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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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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POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT

Deadline: Ongoing

Award Info: The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist's professional work and personal expenses and amounts range up to $30,000.

About the grant: The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses.

The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.

Ongoing application.

Requirements: Artists can apply to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation by submitting an online application. Requirements for consideration are the application form, a cover letter, a current resume including an exhibition record, and ten digital images of current work with a corresponding identification list. All applications will be promptly acknowledged and considered. Please do not send application forms by mail, fax or e-mail.

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Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

Deadline: Ongoing

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility:

What do we mean by eligibility?

• Eligibility refers to the rules on who can apply and what we can support through National Lottery Project Grants. These rules are based on our remit as a funding provider for creativity and culture, how we can responsibly distribute National Lottery money, and what we’re trying to achieve through Project Grants.

Who can apply?

Individuals and organisations can apply to National Lottery Project Grants for £1,000 or more.

Anyone who applies to Project Grants needs to:

• be based within (live in or have a business address in) England or the wider UK

• be at least 18 years old (organisations must have an accountable person who is at least 18)

Important information for individuals:

• if you’re applying in your capacity as an individual you will need a UK individual bank account in the exact

name you’re applying in

• if you’re applying as a sole trader on behalf of your business or company you will need a UK individual or

business bank account in the exact name you’re applying in

Important information for organisations:

• All organisations need to have a UK bank account in the exact name you’re applying in (the organisation’s

name), with two signatories. A signatory is someone that is authorised to make transactions and manage an

account, for example can sign cheques.

• Limited companies and registered charities need to have a registered office in the UK.

• We will accept applications from organisations working as a consortium, partnership, network or group.

• For non-constituted consortiums or groups, one organisation must act as the lead organisation and send us

the application. If the application goes on to be successful, this organisation would be accountable for the

grant.

By organisation we mean:

• a group of people working towards a common goal

• they must have a governing document that covers the type of project being applied for

• for example charities, limited companies or unincorporated groups

What is National Lottery Project Grants?
Project Grants can support individual practitioners, communities and cultural organisations
with projects that focus on:

• Combined Arts including festivals and carnivals

• Dance

• Libraries

• Literature

• Museums

• Music

• Theatre

• or Visual Arts

When we say ‘project’, we mean a series of activities or a piece of work. Your project will
have a start and an end date, and a set of measurable aims that you’d like to achieve in
that time.

• Before you apply to Project Grants you should read our ten year plan called Let’s Create.
  Our plan is made up of 3 Outcomes and 4 Investment Principles.
  Outcomes are what we want our plan to do.
  Investment Principles are what we believe in. We think about our principles before we
  give money to people or organisations.

Our 3 Outcomes are:
• We want creative people
• We want cultural communities
• We want a creative and cultural country
Our 4 Investment Principles are:
• We believe in ambition and quality
• We believe in being flexible, we call this dynamism
• We believe in being environmentally friendly
• We believe in being inclusive and relevant

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Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

The program does not consider requests for dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, or projects of any kind; nor can it consider situations resulting from general indebtedness or lack of employment.

The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical.

Applicants should be aware that this is a grant program, and that each application is considered on its merits within the criteria of the program. While we attempt to provide assistance to as many applicants as we can, the filing of an application is not, nor should it be perceived as, a guarantee of funding.

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for this program, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking. Each application will be reviewed by the Directors, who will exercise their discretion in considering it, and will determine the amount of each award. Applicants should note there is a set amount appropriated for these grants each fiscal year; once this budgetary limit has been reached, the Foundation will not be able to judge any additional requests on their merits.

Deadline: Ongoing

Submission Fee: Not Applicable

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Pop Culture Collaborative grants: PROGRAM AREA 1: ARTISTS ADVANCING CULTURE CHANGE

THE POP CULTURE COLLABORATIVE’S VISION AND PURPOSE
Throughout America’s history, the most transformative cultural shifts—from slavery abolition to Reconstruction, “I Have A Dream” to “Yes We Can,” #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM-ers, and Love Is Love—have been achieved by movements and leaders who have awakened people’s deep yearning to belong in a pluralist America. In each case, the tug-of-war between belonging and exclusion sparked a portal moment—a cracking open of the public imagination about what this nation is capable of becoming.

We believe our nation is on the precipice of another historic breakthrough: a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the American people to decisively choose to move in the direction of pluralism and justice. How will we respond to this call for transformation? Will we submit to authoritarian narratives that entice us to retreat back into the systems of exclusion and violence that stain our past, or will we step boldly through the portal and onto the path towards our pluralist future?

Americans have the opportunity to ask: What society do we yearn to create and who can we empower to lead the way? If, as civil rights scholar Vincent Harding once said, America is “a country that has yet to be born,” the pop culture for social change field can help prepare and guide millions of people through this process of becoming something new by clearing away the detritus of our nation’s past, replacing fetid, crumbling ideas and norms with ones rooted in justice, care, and connection.

Together, artists, organizers, strategists, and researchers can create the stories that help the American public understand and interpret the choices we face through the lens of our shared commitment to becoming a pluralist nation.

Over the long-term, the Collaborative is working to support the growth of a pop culture for social change field capable of building the yearning in most Americans (more than 150 million people) to actively co-create a just and pluralist society in which everyone is perceived to belong, inherently, and is treated as such. The Pop Culture Collaborative defines a pluralist society as a culture in which the majority of people in a community and nation are engaged in the hard and delicate work of belonging together in a just and equitable society.

GRANT ELIGIBILITY
Individuals/organizations with fiscal sponsorships as well as nonprofits and for-profits in the United States are eligible for Pop Culture Collaborative grants.

To be considered, proposals must engage, affect, center, and/or support at least one or all of our multi-community focus areas: people of color, immigrants, refugees, Indigenous peoples, and/or Muslims, particularly those who are women, queer, transgender, and/or disabled. Initiatives with an intersectional and intentional focus on gender justice, LGBTQIA rights, disability, democratic fairness, pluralist values, and economic justice are highly prioritized. The Collaborative seeks grantee partners working at the intersection of pop culture and social change who:

Are artists, activists, organizations, strategists, researchers, and/or others who identify culture change as a clear outcome of their work and pop culture strategies as a critical aspect of their culture change efforts.
The Pop Culture Collaborative provides grants to artists and organizations or companies that support artist cohorts, from various disciplines, locations, and industries to bring their artistic vision to mass audiences, while also contributing to field-wide efforts to build public yearning for a pluralist America.

We seek to create a large, networked community of artists who believe that their creative work and leadership have the power to inspire millions of Americans to actively co-create a pluralist society.

Areas of interest include:

Supporting artists and cultural organizations to conceptualize, develop, and produce creative works that can help build public yearning for pluralist culture in America.
Supporting artists to gather for shared learning, networking, community-knitting, and power-building, especially spaces that bring artists into direct and meaningful connection with frontline activists and culture change strategists.
Helping artists and organizations develop the methodology, networks, infrastructure, pipelines, and leadership skills needed to redistribute access and power in their respective industries to historically excluded communities.

The Pop Culture Collaborative accepts proposals by invitation only. However, we have created a simple process for potential grantees to self-evaluate whether they are a match with the Collaborative’s goals and guidelines, and if so, to submit an idea for our consideration. It is important to note that an idea submission is not a proposal. The Collaborative will respond only to idea submissions that the staff team has reviewed and deem a potential match.

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

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

• Location: New York, New York 10008, United States

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London Bronze Editions Fellowship

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

Our mission is to champion a contemporary approach to metal casting. It’s a mindset we share with the artists & designers we work with - having the courage to ignore, bend and push the rules associated with our craft.

We’re aware that for many artists, a major barrier to working in bronze is the access & cost of the process. In response, we created the London Bronze Fellowship - an opportunity for you to pitch a new work to us, which we will then share with potential sponsors who will select & jointly fund the fellowship with LBE.

When a sponsor (Gallery / Collector / Corporate) selects an artwork, the fellowship will be scheduled in, giving the artist access to the Foundry to learn from the production. A limited Edition of 3 artworks will be made, one free copy for the Artist, one for the Sponsor & one for London Bronze Editions.

We’re open to hearing ambitious, experimental & creative ideas. It can be made using traditional or digital processes, where the work is ready to be cast, or needs development through 3D modelling.

Key information:

• Open to all UK-based artists, designers & creatives at any stage of their career.

• There is no application fee. There will be no cost to the selected artist for production of the work.

• You do not need any prior experience with bronze casting to apply.

• The proposed artwork must have maximum dimensions of around 40cm H x 40cm W x 40cm D (Height, Width, Depth).

• The work must not have been made in bronze before.

• 3 castings will be made: one for the artist, one for London Bronze Editions & one for the London Bronze Fellowship Sponsor.

The editions will be made by the technicians at London Bronze Casting. The Fellow will be given 20 hours dedicated workshop time to join the foundry staff during the making process to learn & assist in the casting process.

This can take place in-person, remotely or a combination of both.

Copyright remains with the artist.

You are able to submit 2 proposals per application. However, If you submit more than one application, only your most recent one will be considered.

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

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Emergency Grants max’s kansas city project

Max’s Emergency Relief & Resource Fund is a one-time grant of between $500 and $1000 to assist self-employed artists who have a steady work history, but who are experiencing a temporary financial set back. MKCP assistance is designed to resolve this short term crisis, whatever it may be, and the applicant will again gain employment in the near future.

Individuals seeking assistance must be residents of New York State. Exceptions are made in some cases if applicant was affiliated with Max’s Kansas City. Applicants whose arrears are so serious that assistance will not allow them relief from their difficulties are not eligible for assistance. Please be specific as to what bill the grant is needed for. Grants of financial assistance do not go to the applicant. Payment goes directly to creditor/third party. Please note, although MKCP Emergency Grant does cover medical bills, it does not cover psychotherapy costs unless the psychotherapist is an MD. MKCP only covers housing, medical and legal aid. The application and support materials must be sent by snail mail!

To be included with application: This is your check list.

• A letter written by the applicant explaining specifically why assistance is needed and why the applicant cannot solve this problem without aid from MKC

• 5-10 work samples. Copies of artworks if applicant is a visual artist, published clippings if applicant is a writer, a CD/DVD if applicant is a composer or performer

• Copies of awards, reviews, etc. will be strongly considered

• A list of 3 names with physical addresses and telephone #s, (NO emails) of individuals MKCP can contact as character references on your behalf

• One recent letter of referral from a colleague or patron in your field who has known you for three years and who knows your work intimately. The letter must be made out to the Max’s Kansas City Project supporting your need and must be in addition to your three references that we call on your behalf.

• The following financial information must be submitted and labeled as such clearly in the top right corner of each page. Do not send originals. Send copies only:

• 1 current bank statement including account number, and balance

• 1 current rent or mortgage statement from landlord or bank

• 1 recent utility bill

• 1 recent phone bill

• 1 copy of any current loan statements

• 1 copy of most recent credit or debit card statement

The following income verification is required. Attach all that apply:

• 3 recent copies of invoices to arts clients

• 1 NYSDOL unemployment award letter if applicable

• 1 most recent pay stub ; indicate clearly on pay stub if this is a “day job” that helps further your work or an arts job in your field most recent copy of social security, worker’s compensation, pensions, tax dividends, rental income, lottery winnings, stocks, bonds, military benefits, child support, or any other benefits                                                         

If you are selected as an awardee:

• Visual artists may be asked to donate one sellable, signed piece for possible fundraising use

• Non visual art disciplines, if selected, will need to provide a paragraph of intent explaining how their expertise can support the MKC mission

• Grant recipients might be asked to provide a written testimonial for promotional use

Deadline: Ongoing

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Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

Eligibility: UK residents only. Eligibility varies based on amount applying for - Guidelines Here

About the grant:

What is National Lottery Project Grants?

• Project Grants can support individual practitioners, communities and cultural organisations
  with projects that focus on:
  Combined Arts including festivals and carnivals
  Dance
  Libraries
  Literature
  Museums
  Music
  Theatre
  or Visual Arts

When we say ‘project’, we mean a series of activities or a piece of work. Your project will
have a start and an end date, and a set of measurable aims that you’d like to achieve in
that time.
Before you apply to Project Grants you should read our ten year plan called Let’s Create.
Our plan is made up of 3 Outcomes and 4 Investment Principles.
Outcomes are what we want our plan to do.
Investment Principles are what we believe in. We think about our principles before we
give money to people or organisations.

Our 3 Outcomes are:
• We want creative people
• We want cultural communities
• We want a creative and cultural country
Our 4 Investment Principles are:
• We believe in ambition and quality
• We believe in being flexible, we call this dynamism
• We believe in being environmentally friendly
• We believe in being inclusive and relevant

Learn More Here

The Artadia Awards

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.

Each year, an open-call application is made available in each of the six active partner cities. Supporting artists equitably is a critical part of the Artadia Award process: we consider the unique populations of each community and are proud to reflect our country’s diversity with an Awardee pool that is over 50 percent female and over 40 percent persons of color.

In addition to financial support, Awardees can participate in the Artadia Network to receive structured opportunities for valuable new connections and resource sharing as well as receive a dedicated webpage on Artadia’s online Artist Registry. Connections fostered by Artadia have facilitated major steps in Awardees’ careers, such as inclusion in prominent exhibitions (e.g. five Awardees were featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and six in 2019).

Beyond Artadia’s anchored program cities, we offer periodic awards with partners such as NADA, EXPO, Prospect New Orleans, and 21c Museum Hotels.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Artadia does not fund filmmakers making films for distribution in cinematic venues, or those working in choreography presented outside of a contemporary art context.

Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Artadia does not fund filmmakers making films for distribution in cinematic venues, or those working in choreography presented outside of a contemporary art context.

APPLICATIONS
The Artadia application is open for one month in each program city, is free to apply and open-call.

ACTIVE AWARD CITIES
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Houston
Los Angeles
New York City
San Francisco Bay Area

Artadia chooses to fund artists in cities that demonstrate a commitment to contemporary art. These cities are notable for the active presence of local artists in the community, art institutions recognized for innovative contemporary programming, a commercial art market that offers artists opportunities to show their work locally and at art fairs, and exemplary schools that prepare artists through undergraduate and graduate programs.

SELECTIONS
A jury of three curators assembled by Artadia, including one locally based curator, reviews all applications and determines a short list of six Finalists. A second jury, assembled by Artadia, made up of one juror from the application review and one new juror conducts virtual studio visits with each Finalist for 45 minutes.*

AWARDS
Following the studio visits, the second round jury will designate three Awardees to receive unrestricted funds of $15,000*, as well as access to the Artadia Network. Awardees are determined based on the sole discretion of the jury. *Marciano Artadia Awardee receives unrestricted funds of $25,000.

For their time and labor in the application process, Artadia provides stipends to each Finalist ultimately not chosen as an Awardee.

No Fee

Deadline: Varies for each location

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