Grants, Fellowships & Prizes
Fluxus Museum Prize for Experimental Video 2026
FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video is now in its third year. Over the duration of this year’s prize, €45,000 will be given to participants, with a portion used to support the development of their projects, a fee provided to selected artists for their participation in the exhibition, and the remainder awarded as prizes at the exhibition’s end.
Deadline: January 16, 2025
Deadline: 16 January 2026
Eligibility: Open to anyone who lives and works anywhere in the world. There are no age restrictions.
About the prize: FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video is now in its third year. Over the duration of this year’s prize, €45,000 will be given to participants, with a portion used to support the development of their projects, a fee provided to selected artists for their participation in the exhibition, and the remainder awarded as prizes at the exhibition’s end.
What you get: Selected proposals will be commissioned for screening to FMTV users at a fee of €100. 10 finalists will be commissioned €1000 to develop their work for the exhibition. The completed films will then be exhibited within the gallery space throughout summer 2026 and prize winners announced in September.
Artflow Prize 2026
The Artflow Prize is a biannual initiative designed to provide emerging artists with international exposure and opportunities to showcase their work. This prestigious award includes a £200 cash prize and aims to support promising new talent by facilitating collaborations with Artflow Studio and our partners, JustArt Collective,The Hechyeomoyeo, HelloArt, IOAEA (Insights of an Eco Artist). Our mission is to encourage artistic creation and reassure emerging artists that we are here to support them.
Deadline: February 10, 2026
Deadline: 10 February 2026
Eligibility: 18+, any medium, NO AI
About the Prize: The Artflow Prize is a biannual initiative designed to provide emerging artists with international exposure and opportunities to showcase their work. This prestigious award includes a £200 cash prize and aims to support promising new talent by facilitating collaborations with Artflow Studio and our partners, JustArt Collective,The Hechyeomoyeo, HelloArt, IOAEA (Insights of an Eco Artist). Our mission is to encourage artistic creation and reassure emerging artists that we are here to support them.
What you get: £200 prize from Artflow Studio and A space for the winning artist to enter for free into one of the group shows with Artflow Studio ; An exclusive interview in The JustArt Newspaper Club publication; A space for the winning artist to enter for free into one of the group shows with The Hechyeomoyeo; An exclusive interview with IOAEA; Social media feature post with HelloArt - 1 artist Emerging Artist Award: An online exhibition hosted by Artflow Studio - 10 artists JustArt Spotlight Award: An exclusive interview in The JustArt Newspaper Club publication; - 2 artists.
The Margins Fellowship
The Margins is our award-winning online magazine of arts and ideas. We seek to bridge literary thought, social justice, pop culture, and critical theory while engaging with immigration, race, and transnationalism.
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Deadline: 01 December 2025
Eligibility: The Margins fellowship is open to emerging Asian American, Muslim, and Arab creative writers who reside in New York City.
About the fellowship: The Margins is our award-winning online magazine of arts and ideas. We seek to bridge literary thought, social justice, pop culture, and critical theory while engaging with immigration, race, and transnationalism.
What you get: The Margins Fellowship grants a $5,000 fellowship, mentorship, work space, career guidance, and publishing opportunities to four Asian diasporic creative writers based in NYC for a full year. Fellows are also awarded residency time at Millay Arts—an innovative seven-acre artists retreat space at the former house and gardens of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in Austerlitz, NY.
Accent Sisters Work-Study Fellowship Program
Accent Sisters is excited to offer a fellowship program for individuals passionate about literature, visual arts, and community engagement. The fellowship provides hands-on experience in a bookstore and a hybrid event space, where exhibitions, book launches, film screenings, educational programs, and other forms of public programming take place.
Deadline: November 26, 2025
Deadline: 26 November 2025
About the fellowship: Accent Sisters is excited to offer a fellowship program for individuals passionate about literature, visual arts, and community engagement. The fellowship provides hands-on experience in a bookstore and a hybrid event space, where exhibitions, book launches, film screenings, educational programs, and other forms of public programming take place.
Eligibility:
Background in Language and Literature, Creative Writing, or equivalent (recent graduate, or current student going into senior year/second year graduate program).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and preferably with knowledge of a second language.
What you get:
Opportunities to work closely with some of the best writers, artists, and creators;
A chance to pitch projects, events, and develop programs for a thriving and diverse community;
Be part of the most exciting happenings in New York’s art and cultural scene;
Free passes to attend all in-person events and classes held at Accent Sisters;
Towards the end of the fellowship, we will work with you to develop a special showcase of your personal project and/or your work at Accent Sisters.
One-on-one mentorship with Accent team;
A stipend of $600 dollars.
2026 International Sculpture Award of the China Medical University - Asia University System
Among its most significant landmarks is the CMU MoFA, the only project in East Asia designed by Frank Gehry, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ahead of the museum’s official inauguration, and in alignment with CMU’s mission to advance contemporary art, support original and visionary practices, and embody “University/Education, Hospital/Health, Art/Sustainability” which are the three core themes of the China Medical University–Asia University System, the “2026 International Sculpture Award of the China Medical University–Asia University System” has been launched.
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Deadline: 19 December 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Individual artists or art groups at home or abroad are eligible. The entries can be original or existing pieces, created independently under the name of the individual or group. A maximum of two entries per individual/group is allowed for submission. 3-dimensional or spatial installation art; must use weather-resistant materials for permanent outdoor display. Minimum one dimension (L, W, or H) must be 300cm.
About the call: Among its most significant landmarks is the CMU MoFA, the only project in East Asia designed by Frank Gehry, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ahead of the museum’s official inauguration, and in alignment with CMU’s mission to advance contemporary art, support original and visionary practices, and embody “University/Education, Hospital/Health, Art/Sustainability” which are the three core themes of the China Medical University–Asia University System, the “2026 International Sculpture Award of the China Medical University–Asia University System” has been launched.
What You Get: The Award consists of one Gold Award, one Silver Award, and one Bronze Award, along with nine Honorable Mentions. The 12 finalists selected in the preliminary review for the final review automatically agree to permanent collection of their works by China Medical University. The final allocation of awards shall be determined by the results of the final review. Details of the awards and prizes are as follows. The total Prize Reward exceeds NT$ 20,000,000. Gold Award: 1 winner, with a cash prize of NT$1,800,000 and an acquisition fee of NT$1,400,000, totaling NT$3,200,000. Silver Award: 1 winner, with a cash prize of NT$1,000,000 and an acquisition fee of NT$1,400,000, totaling NT$2,400,000. Bronze Award: 1 winner, with a cash prize of NT$500,000 and an acquisition fee of NT$1,400,000, totaling NT$1,900,000 Honorable Mention: 9 winners, with an acquisition fee of NT$1,400,000.
Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grant Program
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.
Deadline: December 30, 2025
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.
Learn More Here
The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2026
The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is a major program providing exceptional opportunities for creators and filmmakers.
Deadline: December 16, 2025
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.
CERF+’s Craft Emergency Relief Fund
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.
Deadline: Ongoing
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.
Grants for Artists: Education Assistance
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.
Deadline: January 15, March 15, October 15
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.
Henry Moore Institute Grants & Fellowships
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.
Deadline: Quarterly Reoccurring
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
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.
Deadline: Recurring Monthly
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
POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 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.'
Deadline: Ongoing
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.
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
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
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.
Deadline: Ongoing
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
Pop Culture Collaborative grants: PROGRAM AREA 1: ARTISTS ADVANCING CULTURE CHANGE
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?
Deadline: Ongoing
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
London Bronze Editions 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.
Deadline: Ongoing
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
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.
Deadline: Ongoing
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
JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture
The Japan Foundation, New York office (JFNY) accepts applications from non-profit organizations for projects that take place within the 37 states east of the Rocky Mountains, plus Washington D.C., listed below for the JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture on a rolling basis throughout the year. This grant aims to support projects that will further understanding of Japanese arts and culture. Successful projects are granted up to $5,000. This grant also supports online projects related to Arts & Cultural Exchange that incorporate issues pertaining to the COVID-19 global pandemic such as virtual exhibitions, virtual performances, film streaming, online conference as well as webinar.
Deadline: Ongoing
The Japan Foundation, New York office (JFNY) accepts applications from non-profit organizations for projects that take place within the 37 states east of the Rocky Mountains, plus Washington D.C., listed below for the JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture on a rolling basis throughout the year. This grant aims to support projects that will further understanding of Japanese arts and culture. Successful projects are granted up to $5,000. This grant also supports online projects related to Arts & Cultural Exchange that incorporate issues pertaining to the COVID-19 global pandemic such as virtual exhibitions, virtual performances, film streaming, online conference as well as webinar. Priority will be given to those projects that have secured additional funding from sources other than the Japan Foundation, as well as projects that take place in areas where access to Japanese cultural events are relatively limited.
Deadline: Ongoing
Award Info: $5,000 (average: US$2,000)
Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Arts Council 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 willhave a start and an end date, and a set of measurable aims that you’d like to achieve in that time.
Deadline: Ongoing
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
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.
Deadline: Varies depending on location
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