2026 Brooklyn Arts Fund

Deadline: November 7, 2025
Award $2,000-$5,000

About the fund: Brooklyn Arts Council gives grants, presents free and affordable arts events, trains artists and arts professionals, teaches students, incubates new projects and promotes artists and cultural groups across our borough. As Brooklyn’s cultural anchor since 1966, BAC has also been the catalyst helping the arts community grow. BAC continually evaluate and evolve to meet the changing times, and keep a commitment to community engagement, diversity and inclusion when it comes to the arts in the borough of Brooklyn.

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A.I.R. Fellowship Program 2026-2027

Deadline: November 7, 2025
Award: A stipend of $3,000
Eligibility:

• A woman or non-binary visual artist working in any media

• 18 years of age or older

• A resident of New York City, adjoining counties, or the Hudson Valley (Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster counties) from September 2026–August 2027

• Have not had a solo exhibition at a permanent venue in NYC in the last 10 years

• Not a student or enrolled in any degree-granting program at the time of the program (September 2026–August 2027)

• Not participating in a comparable development, fellowship, or residency program at the time of the program (September 2026–August 2027)

• Not currently a member, employee, or board member of A.I.R. Gallery, and have not previously had a solo show at A.I.R.

• Not a Fellowship Program alum

About the Fellowship: Established in 1993, the A.I.R. Fellowship Program for Emerging and Underrepresented Women and Non-Binary Artists has enabled more than 120 artists to realize their first solo exhibition in New York City with the support of the A.I.R. community. The Fellowship Program annually awards six local emerging artists with their first solo exhibition, professional development programming, curatorial support, and mentorship during a 12-month fellowship that runs September–August. Intended to support artists in building sustainable and enriching artistic practices, the program provides participants with career-changing, lifelong resources and community in a space that encourages creative risk-taking and intergenerational dialogue. Central to the program are a series of professional development workshops on subjects such as grant writing and exhibition design, close collaboration with an A.I.R. artist mentor, and scheduled studio visits throughout the year, including one with a selection panelist.

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Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grant Program

Deadline: December 30, 2025.
Submission Fee: Free
Eligible Media and Practices: This grant welcomes artists working in any medium or approach, including but not limited to:

• Visual Arts: Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, mixed media 

• Sculpture and Installation: Large-scale, intimate, indoor, outdoor, or site-specific works 

• Digital and New Media: Video, animation, virtual reality, interactive media, web-based projects 

• Performance and Time-Based Media: Live performance, dance, theater, sound art, music 

• Community and Social Practice: Participatory projects, community organizing through art, educational initiatives 

• Documentary and Narrative Media: Film, photography, storytelling, podcasting 

• Craft and Material Arts: Textile arts, ceramics, woodworking, metalwork, or other material practices 

• Interdisciplinary Practices: Any combination of the above or innovative hybrid approaches

About the grant: The Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation launches its inaugural grant program to support creatives and researchers whose work deepens dialogue on meditation, psychology, creativity, and collective engagement as vital pathways to harmony and health. The foundation will award two grants of $50,000 and three grants of $8,000.

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in-tangible: Curatorial Fellowship #2

Deadline: 01 November 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Who can apply:

• Living in Chiang Mai

• Undergraduate degree in the Arts (any field)

• Desire to work in the art and cultural industry of contemporary art

• Awareness of the Thai contemporary art scene (e.g. you attend the events of your local art community at the very least)

• Proficient in spoken and written English

• Able to assist in basic translation (THAI-ENG)

About the call: in-tangible institute is offering a 1-year part-time fellowship (1 December, 2025 – 1 December, 2026), for an aspiring Thai curator. During this fellowship, you will assist/contribute to the development and realization of in-tangible institute’s programs, particularly those that connect the Chiang Mai art community to a wider network of artists, curators, thinkers, and institutions through conversations and collaborations. You will learn the necessary skills of enquiry for research, writing, and facilitation of programs that contribute to in-tangible’s mission to nurture productive, critical and innovative relationships in the interest of building a diverse interdisciplinary ecology for the arts.

What you get: This fellowship offers THB 15,000 per month for 20 hours per week, working flexibly between community libraries, artist studios, and in-tangible institute’s office in Chiang Mai. This fellowship is led by Zoe Butt (Founder/Director at Large of in-tangible institute).

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Chobi Mela XI – International Festival of Photography

Deadline: 25 October 2025
Eligibility: Bangladeshi nationals currently residing in Bangladesh.
Submission Fee: Free

About the fellowship: Chobi Mela invites Bangladeshi new media artists to apply for the Fellowship Programme 2026 — an opportunity to explore, experiment, and expand your creative practice. This fellowship encourages artists from diverse backgrounds to push the boundaries of lens-based practice, engaging with photography through interdisciplinary approaches such as time-based media, performance, installation, sculpture, and research-driven work.

Under the mentorship of Shohrab Jahan — interdisciplinary artist, curator, and Assistant Professor at the University of Chittagong — selected fellows will develop new projects that will be exhibited as part of Chobi Mela XI.

What you get: Professional development, a partial production support will be provided to the participants and exhibition opportunity.

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The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2026

Deadline : 16 December 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Who can apply: Anyone

About the award: The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is a major program providing exceptional opportunities for creators and filmmakers.

What you get: The shortlisted filmmakers are flown to Los Angeles for an exclusive four-day event to gain unparalleled insight into all aspects of the filmmaking process to advance their careers. After the workshop program the filmmakers will attend an awards ceremony at Sony Pictures Studios.

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The 2026 AIM Fellowship

Deadline: 26 October 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Who can apply:

• Must be 21 years of age or older.

• Must apply individually—applications from partnerships, collectives, and other groups are not accepted.

• Must be an artist with 2-10 years of actively creating and presenting new and original work in the field of visual arts who has yet to be widely recognized within their field, the media, or the public at large.

• Must be an NYC resident at time of application and throughout the program term.

• Cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program in any discipline concurrent to the Fellowship.

• Cannot be enrolled in a professional development program concurrent to the Fellowship.

• Cannot be a current employee of The Bronx Museum or an immediate family member or employee of a Bronx Museum board member.

• Cannot be represented by a commercial gallery (either in or outside of the U.S.)

• Due to regulations governing the distribution of stipend, honoraria, and wage payments, enrollment is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.

  
  About the fellowship: Founded in 1980, the AIM Fellowship (formerly known as the “Artist in Marketplace ©” Fellowship) is The Bronx Museum’s flagship incubator and career accelerator program for the most promising artists based in NYC.

  • 14 artists are selected for the program annually through a competitive application process. AIM Fellows are awarded a nine-month practicum led by a distinguished faculty of experts who cover finance, law, media management, and writing, among other subjects vital to maintaining and growing a successful career as an artist.

What you get: Professional development and exhibition opportunity.

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Hopper Prize, $4,500 Artist Grants

Deadline: November 11, 2025

Submission Fee: $40

About the prize: The Hopper Prize is accepting submissions for $4,500 and $1,000 artist grants. For this open call, they have increased awards to $4,500. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an international open call. All media is eligible. This open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators. Additional exposure is available via a 30 artist shortlist, online journal, & Instagram reaching over 150k.

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The Homiens Art Prize ($12,000 Awarded Annually)

Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission Fee: There is a $25 USD fee to enter 1 artwork, and a $15 USD fee to enter each additional artwork thereafter.
Eligibility: All artists throughout the world may enter.

About the prize: The Homiens Art Prize, which awards over $12,000 USD annually to artists, is an internationally celebrated event that elevates art careers to new heights. Open to all art forms and artists internationally. Artworks completed in any year are eligible, and there are no theme or size restrictions. This round, 3 winners (3 x $1,000) and 12 finalists exhibit with Homiens, 200 artists highly commended. Winners receive optional interview and letter of recommendation. All entrants may also apply to our competitive, merit-based Meet the Artists initiative, and to become a Homiens Promoted Artist.

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Howard Fellowships

Deadline: November 1, 2025 

Submission Fee: Free

About the Fellowship: The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation is an independent foundation administered at Brown University. The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields, targeting its support specifically to early mid-career individuals, who have completed at least one major project and demonstrate potential to be future leaders in their fields.

Artists and scholars supported by the Howard Foundation are expected to devote a substantial portion of time during the fellowship year to advancing new work. It is an unrestricted, non-residency fellowship for the sole purpose of aiding the intellectual and artistic development of the recipients. Fellowship funds may be used in combination with sabbatical leaves or other sources of support, but this is not a requirement.

The Howard Foundation was officially established in 1952 and offered its first fellowships in 1954.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicant must be living and working in the United States. Candidates should be able to answer “yes” to each of the following questions:

1. Can your current professional status appropriately be viewed as “early mid-career” as understood by the Howard Foundation?

2. Would a Howard Fellowship provide you with time off from other responsibilities to work on your proposed project?

3. Are you, regardless of your citizenship, currently living and working in the United States or U.S. Territories?

4. Does your proposed project fall within one of the fields established for this year’s round of applications?

AWARDS
It is an unrestricted, non-residency fellowship for the sole purpose of aiding the intellectual and artistic development of the recipients. Fellowship funds may be used in combination with sabbatical leaves or other sources of support, but this is not a requirement.

A total of 14 fellowships of $40,000 will be awarded in April 2026 for 2025-26 in the fields of: Fiction and Poetry, Literary Studies.

The fellowships funds will be awarded for use beginning 7/1/2026.

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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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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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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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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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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