Penland School of Craft | Penland, NC

• Penland’s Resident Artist Program is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career. The residency is an opportunity for them to pursue objectives that will have a lasting effect on their work and their lives. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s goals, there are two options: a one-year project-based residency, and a three-year career transition residency.

• Deadline: July 2, 2024

The VH AWARD

• The VH AWARD supports emerging media artists who engage with the context of Asia through an online residency program and exhibitions of commissioned works across various global platforms. The field of competition includes audiovisual screen-based artworks including video art, motion graphics, animation, games and films, etc. Open to artists from Asia, as well as individuals or collectives of Asian descent and diasporas from all over the world.

• Deadline: July 5, 2024

Terrain 15 | Spokane, WA

• TERRAIN is an annual, juried multimedia art and music event celebrating artists in the Spokane area. From painting to poetry to interactive art and film, the event aims to showcase a little of everything that’s happening to make the Inland Empire a more vibrant, cultural and beautiful place.

• Deadline: July 7, 2024

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Visual Arts Thematic Residency

• This residency is for visual artists—domestic and international—who have completed formal education or training at the post-secondary level, or who have acquired equivalent experience through traditional knowledge and practices, and who have received recognition from their peers. 

• Deadline: July 10, 2024

Politically Charged | Roseville, CA

• With the presidential election heating up, the U.S. is at a crossroads. This exhibition aims to spark important conversations about the country’s future. Artists of all backgrounds and skill levels are invited to explore the complexities of American politics through their art. This is a national exhibition open to all mediums.

• Deadline: July 12, 2024

Loghaven Artist Residency Call for Applications | Knoxville, Tennessee

• Loghaven invites emerging and established artists working in architecture, dance, interdisciplinary art, music, theater, visual art, and writing to apply. All resident artists receive a living stipend of $850 per week in addition to travel and freight reimbursement. Artists can find inspiration across Loghaven’s 90-acre campus, which includes rehabilitated depression-era log cabins and light-filled studio spaces. In 2021, the campus received the AIA Architecture Award in recognition of its design.

• Deadline: July 15, 2024

UCross Residency | Clearmont, WY

• Ranging from two to six weeks in length, the residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field; both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply.There is no charge for a residency. 

• Deadline: July 15, 2024

Biology in Abstract Challenge | Washington DC*

• The Biology in Abstract Challenge is an open call to emerging artists in the DC area to create an abstract work representing the science through which two cancer medicines work together to fight cancer. 

• The winner of the Biology in Abstract Challenge will receive a $3,000 cash prize, and AstraZeneca will donate $10,000 on behalf of the winning artist to a charitable organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support. 

• Deadline: July 15, 2024

Art for Change Prize

• Open to emerging artists around the world in the first five years of active practice. This year’s prize asks artists to creatively respond to the theme “Tomorrow’ing: Visions of a Better Future.” A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six winners, five to receive £2,000 and one overall winner to receive £10,000. Winning artists will exhibit their work at Saatchi Gallery in London.

• Deadline: July 17, 2024

VisArts’ Gibbs Street Residency | Rockville, MD*

• VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for one of two six-month residencies at our studios in Rockville, Maryland. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $3,000 stipend. Gibbs Street Artists in Residence present their work in culminating solo exhibitions.  

• Deadline: July 17, 2024

Lee Ufan Arles and Guerlain Art & Environment Prize | France

• Lee Ufan Arles and Guerlain aim to enable conceptual, semantic, and aesthetic bridges between the work of young designers and that of Lee Ufan. The winner receives a six- to eight-week support program, with a production space and accommodation in the heart of Arles. The residency is followed by a summer exhibition of the artist’s work. ‍Open to all artists, regardless of practice, with no age or degree limit, and to international artists.

• Deadline: July 30, 2024

AXS Film Fund

• This program is for creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. While AXS prefers that a person of color living with a disability is a key contributor to the project, the fund welcomes diverse teams to apply. Each year up to five creators receive grants of up to $10,000 each to assist in finishing their projects in any stage of production. 

• Deadline: July 31, 2024

Yaddo | Saratoga Springs, NY

• Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. 

• Deadline: August 1, 2024

Fountainhead Residency | Miami, Florida

• This residency seeks exceptional visual artists who are at a pivotal point in their career where connections and conversations are the catalyst needed to evolve their art practice. Open call applications will be accepted until 300 applications have been received.

• Deadline: August 4, 2024

City of Rochester City Mark Capital Art Project | Rochester, NY

• As part of the ROC the Riverway initiative to improve and revitalize public space on both sides of the Genesee River, the City of Rochester is seeking an artist for a capital art project to be located on the Sister Cities Bridge. The sculptural artwork will be a celebration of the iconic City Mark.

• Deadline: August 8, 2024

Rhizome DC Fall 2024 Film & Video Open Call | Washington DC*

• Rhizome DC invites local filmmakers to submit short moving picture works in any genre and format for a screening in September 2024. Experimental subjects and works shot on film are encouraged to submit.

• Deadline: August 15, 2024

Corning Museum of Glass Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Residency | Corning, NY

• Artists spend five weeks at The Studio exploring new directions in glassmaking or expanding on their current bodies of work while using the immense resources of the world’s leading glass museum. Applicants who identify as BIPOC artists are welcome to apply for this residency and for our other residencies.

• Deadline: August 31, 2024

Corning Museum of Glass Artists-in-Residence at The Studio | Corning, NY

• The Studio offers an extended residency period of up to eight weeks and year-round scheduling options. Artists spend focused time at The Studio exploring new directions in glassmaking or expanding on their current bodies of work while using the immense resources of the world’s leading glass museum.

• Deadline: August 31, 2024

Alterwork Residency | Long Island City, NY

• This residency allows emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice. The residency culminates in a solo closing reception that is promoted across an extensive network. Proposals should have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. The program is especially interested in projects that involve conceptual art, practice or theory, or involve the public in their creative process.

• Deadline: Rolling

ART14 Residency | Patton, Pennsylvania

• During their stay, artists’ objectives are self-prescribed. The program welcomes all types of artists, writers, musicians, etc. of all skill levels, welcomes creators to explore new media and techniques, and encourages collaboration but does not require it. Residents are encouraged to explore and engage with the local community. 

• Deadline: Rolling

Pollock-Krasner Foundation

• The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.

• Deadline: Rolling

Alper Initiative for Washington Art | Washington DC*

• We accept and review submissions on a rolling basis from Washington, DC, artists of all ages and backgrounds, exploring different mediums. By submitting, your proposal will be added to the AIWA database and available for review by the museum’s director and curator, and to guest curators for potential inclusion in future AIWA exhibitions. 

• Deadline: Rolling

DC Arts Center Call for Curators | Washington DC*

• Apply to curate and exhibition at the DC Arts Center, send your resume and cover letter/artist statement to info@dcartscenter.org

• Deadline: rolling basis, apply now!

DC Arts Center Job Openings | Washington DC*

• General Manager- reporting to the Executive Director, this is a mission-critical role that supports all organizational efforts, including operations and communications, personnel management, programming, finance, and development.

• Deadline: rolling basis, apply now!

• Development Manager- reporting to the Executive Director, this is a mission-critical role that supports all development efforts, including aggressive contributed revenue cultivation, generation, documentation, and application.

• Deadline: rolling basis, apply now!

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant

• The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident.

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

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

DC Arts Center Open Call For Artists | Washington DC*

• The DC Arts Center accepts applications to exhibit in their Main and Nano Galleries on a rolling basis.

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

MOCA Summer Positions | Arlington, VA*

• The Museum of Contemporary Art in Arlington is searching to fill four positions in their upcoming summer camp for kids and teens. The season runs from June 17- August 16.

• The positions available are Summer Education Assistant, Summer Ceramics Education Assistant, Art Instructor, ceramics Instructor.

• Deadline: rolling basis, apply now!

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

• 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. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $1,900.

• Deadline: Rolling basis

The Awesome Foundation

• The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight.

• Deadline: Rolling

Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund

• The Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund provides support to creators during times of extraordinary hardship. Current Fund efforts are focused on supporting creators who have been directly impacted by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. If selected, you will receive $10,000 from the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund. 

• Deadline: Rolling

Awesome Foundation on the Water Grant

• This grant awards $1,000 per month to a water-focused project that brings creativity, culture, and inclusion to the water or provides a new way of thinking about the water. Applicants can be based anywhere in the world.

• Deadline: rolling basis

Artist Communities Alliance Job Postings

• ACA is hiring for a wide variety of positions. Apply ASAP!