Artist Resources

CALL FOR ARTIST - Rhizome Magazine DC

• In search of weird and wild genre-defying writing and art, and hybrid whathaveyou, from anyone who calls the DMV home. Please send your work WITHOUT your name on it!

  Deadline: June 15, 2026

Rhizome DC Fall 2026 Film & Video Open Call

• Rhizome DC and Filament are accepting submissions for our third Film & Video Open Call. Artists and filmmakers from the DMV region are invited to submit short boundary-pushing, genre-defying, or experimental moving picture works for a screening in September 2026. Works shot or projected on film are encouraged to apply. In addition to digital projection, we will provide film projectors so that artists with Super 8 or 16mm prints have the opportunity to screen their work. We also encourage XR (extended reality) submissions but artists working in XR must bring their own playback devices. The maximum runtime for all submissions is 20 minutes.

  Deadline: June 15, 2026

Call to Artists, Arlington Arts Grant Program| Arlington, VA

• The Arlington Arts Grants Program is pleased to announce the opening of applications for Fiscal Year 2027 funding opportunities for Arlington, Virginia-based artists and arts organizations. Through this competitive program, Arlington County supports artists and arts organizations in creating vibrant, inclusive, and high-quality cultural experiences for the community. 

  Deadline: June 17, 2026

Spring 2026 Innovate Grant 

• Through ACF, 20 project-specific awards of $10,000 each are invested in a diverse group of artists to test ideas, explore collaborations and build skills in the process of generating innovative creative work. Projects in dance, theater, music, spoken word, performance art, traditional and folk arts, visual art (2D and 3D), film, literary arts, and/or any multi-disciplinary combination of the above are eligible to apply. 

  Deadline: June 18, 2026

Call to Fiber Artists, Fiber Iterations | New York, NY

• Textile Art Gallery NYC invites artists working in fiber and textile-based practices to submit work for an upcoming exhibition, juried by artist & curator Petra Fallaux, celebrating the versatility, innovation, and expressive potential of these mediums. This call is open to artists exploring traditional and contemporary approaches, including but not limited to weaving, embroidery, quilting, felting, tapestry, soft sculpture, mixed media, and experimental textile processes. 

  Deadline: June 20, 2026

Bunker Project Artist Residency | Pittsburgh, PA

• A residency at Bunker Projects provides time and space for artistic development while fostering a sense of community and collaboration. Residents are provided with free housing and studio space, participation in our public-facing monthly programming, and a variety of professional and artistic development opportunities during their stay. By participating in our residency program, artists gain the opportunity to immerse themselves in a vibrant cultural landscape, contributing to and benefiting from the dynamic creative energy that defines Bunker Projects. Residencies last two, four or six weeks.

  Deadline: June 21, 2026

Remuseum Vanguard Award 

• Remuseum announces The Vanguard, an award and accelerator for innovative leaders in the visual and performing arts, in partnership with the Doris Duke Foundation. The Vanguard’s $100,000 annual award will recognize up to ten leaders who are exploring new ways to strengthen arts institutions, and a year-long accelerator will help them refine, implement, and evaluate their ideas. The first award and accelerator of its kind, The Vanguard celebrates leaders who are ready to center the public in their work in new ways, building models for increased relevance and sustainability in the arts.

  Deadline: June 22, 2026

Call to Artists Sculpture NOW 2026, Washington Sculpture Group | Washington, DC

• This is a non-thematic exhibition of new works, finished within the last two years. Three-dimensional, free-standing sculpture, wall-hung and ceiling-hung sculpture, and installations as well as multimedia and performance-based works are welcome.

  Deadline: June 23, 2026  

Wassaic Project Artist Residencies | Wassaic, NY

• The Wassaic Project is a contemporary arts institution dedicated to supporting emerging artists and engaging communities through residencies, exhibitions, public programs, and arts education. More than 100 artists-in-residence pass through Wassaic each year. We welcome visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, writers, and everyone in between. We're also proud to host one of the largest year-round family residencies in the world and an invite-only print editions program. Housed in historic buildings in upstate New York, we offer artists the two things they need most early in their careers: time and space. Residents aren’t required to produce anything while they’re here. If they just need to spend a month reading, hanging out with the horses, and drawing, great. If they want to attempt their most ambitious piece yet, also great.

  Deadline: July 1, 2026

Grand Canyon Artist in Residence - Grand Canyon, AZ

• The Grand Canyon Artist in Residence Program elevates the cultural legacy of the park through innovative artwork and compelling programs that create emotional and intellectual ties between the public and this precious natural resource. 

  Deadline: July 15, 2026

​2026 JRACraft Chrysalis Award in Ceramics

• The Chrysalis Award was created by the James Renwick Alliance for Craft to support and inspire emerging craft artists in the United States. Eligible applicants are those who are in the early stages of their professional artistic careers—regardless of age—and who have completed their training within the past five years. This includes academic programs such as a BFA or MFA, as well as self-directed or alternative forms of study. Each year, the award focuses on a different medium. This year’s award will recognize an emerging artist working in ceramics. The recipient will receive a $5,000 unrestricted award, a one-year JRACraft membership, and the opportunity to present their work at a JRACraft event.

  Deadline: August 23, 2026

The Bennett Prize 

• The Bennett Prize, created in 2018, awards $75,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which then travels the country. The Prize propels the careers of women painters who have not yet realized full professional recognition, empowering new artists and those who have painted for many years. The Prize expands opportunities for the public, who may not be familiar with figurative realist painting, to learn more about the creative vision of talented women painters in this increasingly popular genre.

  Deadline: September 19, 2026

Fall 2026/Winter 2027 Pyramid Atlantic Studio Internship | Hyattsville, MD

• Pyramid Atlantic offers a paid internship opportunity for serious artists aged 18 and older. Interns are a vital part of the Pyramid team, gaining hands-on experience in printmaking, papermaking, and book arts. They work with a variety of communities, from the general public to professional artists, while learning the day-to-day operations of a non-profit art center and gallery.

  Deadline: September 22, 2026

CALL FOR ARTISTS - Athenaeum Solo or Group Show | Alexandria, Virginia

• The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences.  In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals.

  Deadline: September 30, 2026 

2027-28 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship | Virginia 

• The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program is a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia. VMFA is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline and, as such, has awarded more than $6.5 million in Fellowships to Virginians.

  Deadline: November 6, 2026 

LA NAVE / OPEN CALL 2026 | Buenos Aires

• In partnership with Gachi Prieto gallery in Buenos Aires, LA NAVE is launching its call for artistic production, research, and exploration residences for the period of April to December 2026. LA NAVE is the art studio of the argentinean artist Andrés Waissman. A space where a variety of art forms, intellectual and creative activities, artistic research and aesthetic experimentation are promoted and celebrated.

  Deadline: Rolling

The Studios at MASS MoCA Residencies | NORTH ADAMS, MA

• The Studios at MASS MoCA runs year-round, hosts up to 10 artists at a time for stays of 2 or 4 weeks, and primarily seeks applications from visual artists and writers in all literary disciplines. Artists from around the world are encouraged to apply. Financial aid and fully-funded fellowships are available for two or four-week residencies. Residency Fees apply, full-ride fellowship and/or need-based financial aid available.

  Deadline: Rolling

Creativity Grants for Projects – Maryland State Arts Council

• The Creativity Grant for Projects is available to independent artists and arts organizations. There are two options to choose from: the Planning & Development grant is intended to support the early stages of research and development for a proposed project; the Implementation grant is intended to support the execution of a specific arts projects/event/program.

  Deadline: Rolling

ECRAC Essential Artist Award

• The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) Essential Artist Award program is designed with McKnight Foundation funding to recognize, reward, and encourage outstanding professional artists and culture bearers. The Council will fund artists at various stages in their professional careers.

  Deadline: Rolling

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

• Emergency Grants is the only active, multidisciplinary 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 from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $2,300.

  Deadline: Rolling

Sarasvati Creative Space Residency | HOHENWALD, TN

• Venture to the rural rolling hills of Appalachia in the Western Highland Rim—one of the best light-pollution-free zones in the region. Explore the flora and fauna of the biodiverse region of midsouth Tennessee. You'll have access to seventeen acres with a variety of habitat, furnished housing, space to work, and interactions with the camp donkeys, chickens and roosters, camp cats, two farm dogs, and a peafowl couple.

  Deadline: Rolling

Belgrade Art Studio Residency

• Belgrade Art Studio Residency is a nonprofit international art program designed to bring artists, creative practitioners, researchers, and writers from around the world to experience a unique cultural environment dedicated to art. Selected artists are invited to live and work in a specially designed studio for a period of up to six months. By bringing artists into a unique setting, the program aims to situate art at the very heart of historical Belgrade.

  Deadline: Rolling

ECRAC Resiliency Grant for Individuals

• ECRAC Resiliency Grant - Supporting Artists Through Change The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) offers the Resiliency Grant to help artists, culture bearers, and arts organizations respond to unexpected challenges or seize sudden opportunities.

  Deadline: Rolling

Art Omi: Artists Residencies | Ghent, NY

• Art Omi supports a wide variety of artistic disciplines through five distinct residency programs. Their residencies include: visual/studio art (via Art Omi: Artists), architecture (via Art Omi: Architecture), dance / choreography (via Art Omi: Dance), music and composition (via Art Omi: Music), and writing & translation (via Art Omi: Writers).

  Deadline: Rolling

CERF+ Emergency Relief Grants

• Emergency financial assistance for U.S. craft artists following a recent, career-threatening emergency or disaster.

  Deadline: Rolling

My First Arquetopia Residency | Puebla, Mexico

• Arquetopia’s My First Arquetopia Residency supports emerging artists ages 20–25 in defining or reframing their creative foundations through contextual immersion and guided observation. Held in Puebla, Mexico between March and July, participants engage closely with local museum collections, deepen critical reflection through weekly meetings, and take part in field visits that situate artistic practice within wider social, historical, and material contexts.

  Deadline: Rolling

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency | Snowmass Village, CO

• Anderson Ranch’s Artists-in-Residence Program fosters creative, intellectual and professional growth for emerging and established visual artists. Residents have access to world-class facilities and studio time, free from everyday pressures. Residents can pursue interdisciplinary projects among a community of working artists, and gain feedback from prominent Visiting Artists and Critics. $30 application fee applies.

  Deadline: Rolling

Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants

• 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

Indigo Arts Alliance mentorship residency | Portland, ME

• Indigo Arts Alliance fosters mentorship by pairing two artists together during a residency period of 1-2 months to cultivate rich conversation, collaboration, and exchange experiences, knowledge, art industry information and technical skills. Housing, stipend, and 24-hour access to community studio provided. For Black and Brown artists.

  Deadline: Rolling

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Capital Artist Lab

• Creative Capital Artist Lab is a new online professional development curriculum designed to help artists build thriving practices at any career stage and in any discipline. Free for individual use, courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to help grow artists’ careers—including courses on crafting artist statements, grant proposals, managing multiple income streams, and more.

  Deadline: Rolling

Artist Communities Alliance Job Postings

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

  Deadline: Rolling