Grants, Fellowships & Prizes
Jar of Love Fund 2025 (New York City)
ARTNOIR has partnered with Sotheby’s for the 2025 edition of the Jar of Love Fund, providing support to artists, designers, curators, and cultural producers of color through unrestricted $5,000 grants.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
About the fund: ARTNOIR has partnered with Sotheby’s for the 2025 edition of the Jar of Love Fund, providing support to artists, designers, curators, and cultural producers of color through unrestricted $5,000 grants.
Eligibility: Applicants must be 18 years or older, reside in New York State or adjacent Tribal Nations, and be actively working within the arts. We welcome applications from individuals across all disciplines—including visual art, performance, choreography, writing, design, curation, and other forms of cultural production. We strongly encourage submissions from practitioners across all gender identities, sexual orientations, disability statuses, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are committed to equity in arts funding and will continue to prioritize outreach to historically underserved communities.
Artadia Awards (Boston)
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to artists. Following initial 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.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to artists. Following initial 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.
MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowships with Early Career Artists
This fellowship’s aim is to support early-career visual artists who create innovative work and challenge conventional artistic forms. One selected artist receives $10,000 in unrestricted award funds, $1,000 for professional development, three studio visits from professional critics, and an exhibition at the MCAD Gallery from January to March 2027.'
Deadline: September 12, 2025
Deadline: September 12, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
About the fellowship: This fellowship’s aim is to support early-career visual artists who create innovative work and challenge conventional artistic forms. One selected artist receives $10,000 in unrestricted award funds, $1,000 for professional development, three studio visits from professional critics, and an exhibition at the MCAD Gallery from January to March 2027.
The MCAD-administered fellowship program uses an independent jury of three arts professionals to competitively award four fellowships. The fellowship runs from December 1, 2025–March 15, 2027 and includes:
$10,000 in unrestricted award funds.
$1,000 in professional development funds (reimbursement-based–receipts required). The funds may be used to purchase materials, cover production costs of artwork, and to supplement living or travel costs. Awards/ professional development funds are subject to state and federal income tax guidelines.
Three studio visits from professional critics (2 local, 1 national).
An exhibition at the MCAD Gallery in January–March 2027.
A catalog with a critical essay on each artist’s work.
The opportunity to partake in a public panel discussion.
Access to MCAD’s facilities (a link for detailed access info), library, and ½ off tuition forContinuing
Eligibility:
Application Guidelines (download here)
Howard Fellowships
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.
Deadline: November 1, 2025
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:
Can your current professional status appropriately be viewed as “early mid-career” as understood by the Howard Foundation?
Would a Howard Fellowship provide you with time off from other responsibilities to work on your proposed project?
Are you, regardless of your citizenship, currently living and working in the United States or U.S. Territories?
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.
$10,000 Grant for Artists: The 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize
Foundwork is pleased to announce the open call for the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize, our annual juried award recognising outstanding emerging and mid-career artists working across all media.
Deadline: September 26, 2025
Deadline: 26 September 2025
About the prize: Foundwork is pleased to announce the open call for the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize, our annual juried award recognising outstanding emerging and mid-career artists working across all media.
Meet the Jury
This year’s Prize will be decided by an international panel of acclaimed curators and cultural leaders from New York, Los Angeles, Boston, London, and Paris:
Carmen Hermo, Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA Boston, Boston
Ebony Haynes, Senior Director, David Zwirner and 52 Walker, New York
Lauren Mackler, Independent Curator, Writer, and Designer, Los Angeles
Antonia Marsh, Curator and Founder, Soft Opening, London
Hugo Vitrani, Curator, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Who can apply:
The Prize is open to artists worldwide (with limited exceptions). To be eligible, artists must register and maintain a profile on Foundwork with at least six artworks and an artist statement throughout the selection period: 5:00pm PT, 26 September – 5:00pm PT, 31 December 2025. See the FAQ and Prize Rules for instructions and terms. Email support@foundwork.art with questions.
What you get:
The winner will be awarded:
An unrestricted $10,000 USD grant
Studio visits with each juror, offering invaluable feedback and networking opportunities
A long-form interview in Foundwork’s Dialogues programme
In addition, three artists will be named to the 2025 Short List, gaining significant international visibility.
The Guggenheim Fellowship
The Guggenheim Fellowship is an annual competition celebrating exceptional achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Roughly 190 Fellowships are awarded each year.
Deadline: September 16, 2025
Deadline: September 16, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
About the fellowship: The Guggenheim Fellowship is an annual competition celebrating exceptional achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Roughly 190 Fellowships are awarded each year.
Eligibility:
All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application.
Individuals who have already received a Guggenheim Fellowship are not eligible to reapply.
Guggenheim Fellowships are not open to students (undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate).
Our awards are intended for individuals only; they are not available to organizations, institutions, or groups.
What you get: The award funds can generally be used for any purpose related to the pursuit of the Fellow’s project – living expenses, materials, travel, equipment, etc.
KADIST Paris Curatorial Fellowship
This part-time, 18-month opportunity, starting in 2026, offers professional experience and the chance to join the KADIST Paris team and to work closely with guest curators, and advisors from KADIST’s international network as well as with partner organizations in Paris. Designed for a professional interested in working across disciplines, cultures, and scales, the fellowship encourages experimentation and critical reflection while offering meaningful engagement with KADIST’s team and evolving program.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Eligibility: Open to critics, writers, curators, artistic directors, researchers, and cultural practitioners; fluent in French and English
About the fellowship: This part-time, 18-month opportunity, starting in 2026, offers professional experience and the chance to join the KADIST Paris team and to work closely with guest curators, and advisors from KADIST’s international network as well as with partner organizations in Paris. Designed for a professional interested in working across disciplines, cultures, and scales, the fellowship encourages experimentation and critical reflection while offering meaningful engagement with KADIST’s team and evolving program.
What you get: €30,000 total stipend over 18 months, housing in Paris, annual budget of up to €15k for public events and €25k per exhibition
Princeton Arts Fellowship
The Princeton Arts Fellowship offers early-career artists a two-year appointment at Princeton University, where they are expected to teach or engage with students through creative practice. Fellows join a vibrant academic and artistic community and are supported with a generous salary, benefits, and research resources.
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Deadline: 09 September 2025
About the fellowship: The Princeton Arts Fellowship offers early-career artists a two-year appointment at Princeton University, where they are expected to teach or engage with students through creative practice. Fellows join a vibrant academic and artistic community and are supported with a generous salary, benefits, and research resources.
Eligibility: Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
What you get: $93,000/year stipend (for 2 years)
The Hodder Fellowship
The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects with Princeton University during the 2026-2027 academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, translators, writers, or other kinds of artists or humanists who are selected more "for promise than for performance" and have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts" as traditionally defined. Hodder Fellows spend an academic year with Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved.
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
About the Fellowship: The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects with Princeton University during the 2026-2027 academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, translators, writers, or other kinds of artists or humanists who are selected more "for promise than for performance" and have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts" as traditionally defined. Hodder Fellows spend an academic year with Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved.
What you get: A $93,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow. The Lewis Center is committed to fostering an academic environment that acknowledges and encourages community. The successful candidate will pursue academic excellence in University settings.
Grants for Artists: Professional Basics
Professional Basics grants fund up to $500 and are for the essentials of an art practice such as quality artwork samples, display/framing, shipping, travel to professional events, website development, etc. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of the proposed project, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible artists must be 21 years or older, not currently enrolled in a BFA or MFA program, Oklahoma residents, and must not have received grant funding from OVAC within the past year.
About the grant: Professional Basics grants fund up to $500 and are for the essentials of an art practice such as quality artwork samples, display/framing, shipping, travel to professional events, website development, etc. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of the proposed project, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.
Mural Fund Small Grants
The Abbey Harris Mural Fund makes grants to artists to create semi-permanent or permanent public murals or site specific works on walls, in any medium, in the United Kingdom.
Deadline: October 10, 2025
Deadline: 10 October 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Mural painters
About the call: The Abbey Harris Mural Fund makes grants to artists to create semi-permanent or permanent public murals or site specific works on walls, in any medium, in the United Kingdom.
What you get: Funding of up to £7000 is available for an artist or organisation producing a public mural in the UK.
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