The 2025 Processing Foundation Fellowship

Deadline: May 2, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: We invite individuals and collectives working across creative coding, interactive fiction, time-based media, and live performances to propose artistic or technical projects that explore innovative approaches to telling stories through data.

What you get: Fellows will receive support through a $10,000 stipend, mentorship, workshops, public programs, and community engagement opportunities.

About the call: The Processing Foundation Fellowship Program proudly announces its return for 2025, featuring an invigorating theme: Data Storytelling.

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Working Assumptions Project Grants

Deadline: May 15, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: This opportunity is for individuals and/or collaborations (not organizations) across multiple disciplines with a focus on visual storytelling and family. Residency: Applicants must be residents or citizens of the United States, have a U.S. tax ID number, and have a U.S. bank account. Age: Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Eligibility: Applicants cannot have been employees or grant recipients of Working Assumptions within the last two years.

About the grant: Each year, Working Assumptions awards six $10,000 Project Grants to support visual storytelling that inspires audiences and/or participants to look at family in new, meaningful ways. We invite proposals that employ photography and photo-based art for journalistic, artistic, therapeutic, educational, and research purposes. Our funding is unrestricted, allowing recipients complete creative freedom—provided that the project is intended for public consumption, and work on it began prior to the grant application deadline.

What you get: $10,000

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Fundación Botín - ART GRANTS 2025/2026

Submission Deadline: May 9, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Fundación Botín announces its new call for projects to award 6 Art Grants meant to support individual art projects that may consist of training (academic or not), research (non academic), and production. Artists of any nationality may apply.

One of these grants will be given in priority to a Spanish artist or resident at least five years prior to the application to this grant, under the age of 30 who have a concrete project of relocating abroad to carry out their project (training, research and production).

About the grant: Since 1993, Fundación Botín has awarded Art Grants each year, aimed at artists of any nationality. Each grant provides funding of 23,000€ and promotes and supports those artists who need resources to carry out a research project or training. The result of this process is displayed in the Itinerarios joint exhibition and in a catalogue.

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Larch Creative Fund Grants

Deadline: June 1, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

About the grant: The Larch Creative Fund, in conjunction with the Spruill Center for the Arts, is seeking project proposals for innovative projects that encourage creative and critical thinking through the arts, with a focus on having fun and encouraging community participation and related activities. A total of $50,000 will be awarded to artists or organizations. Grant funding will be awarded commensurate with the project scope and impact, in amounts determined at the discretion of the jury committee.

Individual artists, collaborations, and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to projects that:

• Engage or involve the broader public and encourage social engagement

• Are free and accessible to a diverse audience

• Are new projects to the artist or organization submitting the proposal.

These funds are intended to support innovative ideas, creative projects, community outreach, and creative thinking. Proposals for projects must be arts based and are eligible for funding for the project to take place in the state of Georgia.

GUIDELINES

• Projects should directly benefit individuals, audiences, or communities in the state of Georgia.

• Projects must be completed by April 1, 2026. Incomplete projects by the proposed fulfillment date will be subject to a revocation of funds.

• Collaborative projects are encouraged.

Project Funding:

• Up to 50% of the total project funds will be awarded upon completion of the project contract. The remaining funds will be distributed upon completion of the key milestones submitted in the project timeline.

• Upon completion of awarded grants, recipient will have the following grant fulfillment requirements:
  — Description of actual audience reached
  — How did the project meet the intended outcomes. Which goals were met. If goals were unmet, please explain why and what would be done differently in the future to reach these goals.
  — How did the project meet the metrics described in your project proposal?
  — What key accomplishments were achieved?

• Completion of a form detailing actual expenditures versus the proposed budget

• Photos/videos of the project

Larch Creative Fund Project Application Requirements

• A maximum 250 word overall project summary.

• A maximum 1,000 word project proposal describing your project in detail and answering at least the following questions:
  — Why is the project important?
  — Who is the audience for your project and how does your project impact that audience?
  — What is the intended outcome?
  — What metrics will be used to measure impact?
  — How does the project demonstrate or encourage critical thinking?

• 3-5 images showing proof of concept or previous relevant work

• OPTIONAL – A video (2 minute limit) that supports your project proposal

• Artist or organizational bio including contact information, website and social media channels

• Project timeline and key milestones (with deliverable dates)

• Project Budget

Project timelines and budgets should be as complete as possible, with the understanding that there is a certain amount of flexibility in both. The project budget should demonstrate how the funding will be utilized. The project timeline should illustrate a path to completion of the project. Download the budget form here.

DATES

• June 1, 2025: Application submission deadline

• June 15, 2025: Grantees determined by jury

• June 20, 2025: Grantees notified

• June 27, 2025: Initial funds distributed

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NEAC Scholarships 2025-26

Deadline: May 16, 2025

Submission Fee: Free

Eligibility: Great Britain Based - Early-career artists includes anyone who feels they are at the beginning stages of their professional artistic career, regardless of age (although applicants must be aged 18 and over and living in Great Britain)

About the scholarship: Early-career artists working in figurative painting, drawing or original printmaking are invited to apply for the NEAC Artist Scholarships 2025-26 worth £6,000. The three annual scholarships are aimed at individuals who have not historically benefited from many opportunities to engage with the NEAC and aim to support those who face financial barriers in pursuing the arts in a professional capacity.

What you get: Scholarship award of £5,000 (two runners-up awards of £500). All three Scholars have the opportunity to attend NEAC classes and workshops for free, and the chance to develop mentoring relationships with the talented members of the NEAC.

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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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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