We are inviting emerging artists from all disciplines to showcase their work in our upcoming group exhibition. The theme is open, allowing artists to explore their creativity and present their unique visions. Whether it’s painting, sculpture, photography, or any other medium, we’re eager to see diverse artistic expressions.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ACF MCKNIGHT VISITING COMPOSER RESIDENCIES The intent of the McKnight Artist and Culture Programs is to recognize and support artists and culture bearers who are beyond emerging and have sustained experience in their area of practice. Visiting Composers demonstrate achievement, commitment, and high-level proficiency in artistic and/or culture-bearer practice. This program […]
The Yéigo Action Grant provides support for the growing landscape of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a professional development opportunity or towards a hardship that is hindering their creative practice. This program offers grants between $100 and $5,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers. First Peoples Fund (FPF) finds […]
The Native Performing Arts Production Grant (NPAP) supports Native-led performing arts productions that include multiple Native performers and artists. “Production” means the artist(s) are actively engaged in creating a live piece of work, either in person or virtual. Productions can include: theatrical plays, Indigenous fashion shows, touring for Native performance groups, performances in Native communities, […]
The Native Performing Arts Fellowship (NPA) supports Native performing artists, emerging and established, to develop and enhance their skills and knowledge of their craft. The FPF’s Native Performing Arts Fellowship provides grants of up to $10,000 for Native individuals who practice/work within the performing arts landscape (theater, dance, music, etc.). This is not a project-based […]
Midwest Memory, an initiative to fund new monuments that celebrate and preserve diverse stories and prioritize the inclusion of voices and experiences of BIPOC communities and support rural BIPOC and other practitioners in the rural Midwest. • Eight communities will be selected. These communities must have an existing monument or memorial project or challenge for […]
The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery and Music that Makes Community (MMC) are collaborating together on a community singing playlist project! The Coalition is a faith-based movement that seeks to respond to the call of Indigenous communities to the Christian Church to address the extraction, extinction and enslavement done in the name of […]
About Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities Please note that we acknowledge both identity first and person first framing of disability identity. When we use the phrase “disabled artists,” we intend to align with the Social Model of Disability understanding that people are disabled by environmental and societal barriers. Visual artists with disabilities, across many […]
This program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application, and live in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory. This program is made […]
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need* who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists are eligible—artists creating their own, independent work, with recent and ongoing opportunities for the public to experience that […]
Mysterious, magical, intense, timeless, sometimes nostalgic… mastering the shadows in photography is an art in itself. It is a story in its own right, a unique form of expression. Send us a cohesive body of work or portfolio – capturing the poetry and the power of shadows! The subject is totally up to you. Your […]
Strokes of Genius is an open application program that provides artists, curators, journalists and scholars with funding to develop new creative projects. (noun phrase): an outstandingly brilliant and original idea (TBGF remix): a genius creative project ABOUT: The Black Genius Foundation continues its mission to celebrate and invest in the genius of the Black Creative […]
In alignment with the values and mission of Designing Women, the ReadyLaunch Grant is our initiative to bridge the gender gap in the design industry. This grant is an extension of our commitment to elevate the voices of female-identifying, non-binary and other persons affected by gender-related issues in the realm of design, echoing the ethos […]
Calling all creatives, visionaries, and catalysts with a cause! Fortuna Major Press & Astral Cherry Healing Arts are proud to share that submissions for Ecstatic Resistance Magazine’s inaugural issue, Beyond Separation, are OPEN. In a world shaped by Empire, where separation is the prevailing narrative, we choose to believe in the power of connection, community, […]
Jazz artists from anywhere in the United States — take your music to places it’s never been with a grant from Jazz Road, a national initiative from South Arts. Jazz Road is an artist-centric touring and residency grants program to spread jazz throughout the country, strengthen work opportunities and compensation for jazz artists, and bolster […]
SOZO Fellowship Pilot is a 6-month coaching program designed to equip full time working, mid-career independent artists with sustainability and entrepreneurship training to reach new heights in their livelihood and creative endeavors. Our goal is to empower you with the guidance, tools, and community to cultivate self-efficacy, develop new work, and propel your career forward. […]
You Betcha! Farmer-Labor Solidarity is Possible Call for Community-Engaged Art Commission Farmer-Labor Education Committee Deadline: Friday, April 12th 11:59pm CST Information and Support Session: April 5th, 4pm CST via zoom: https://stthomas.zoom.us/j/94726062025 Budget: $25,000 Visual artists of all artistic mediums are invited to submit an application to be considered for this community-engaged art opportunity. One artist […]
Every other year, the LFC’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program welcomes a creator who wishes to develop an artistic project in a school setting. All artistic disciplines are welcome: architecture, visual arts, performing arts (music, theater, dance), digital arts, comics, film/animation, design, graphic design, literature, photography, murals/street art, etc. The next call for applications will open February […]
The American Composers Forum (ACF) champions composers and other creative music makers, and boosts their careers with professional opportunities. ACF | create is an evolution of the Jerome Fund for New Music (JFund), which started in 1979. Through this program, ACF has made hundreds of awards and has helped launch many careers. ACF | create […]
Reimagining Rural Cartographies: Mapping a Way Forward Barn Raiser, a nonprofit media outlet that publishes independent news, analysis and information to support diverse, civically engaged and dynamically connected rural and small town communities, is commissioning a series of arts and culture stories. Stories (including creative nonfiction, reported stories, and photo essays) will explore the work […]