Who We Are: Working Assumptions is a cultural non-profit that explores the everyday give-and-take of family and care through visual storytelling, encouraging reflection and dialogue about the nature of family itself. About the Grants: We offer six $10,000 grants to support visual storytelling projects that inspire audiences and/or participants to look at family in new […]
SOZO Fellowship is a groundbreaking, 6-month (June-Dec 2025) 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. Using a holistic framework, Artists and Producers as Entrepreneurs and Changemakers (APEC), the program is facilitated in collaboration with a group of […]
Step into a world untethered from representation—Driven to Abstraction is a dynamic exhibition celebrating the expressive power of abstraction across two and three dimensions. Featuring a diverse range of artists, the show will explore color, form, texture, and movement as pure visual language, challenging perception and inviting emotional resonance. From bold, gestural paintings to intricate […]
Driven to Abstraction: Call for Art Step into a world untethered from representation—Driven to Abstraction is a dynamic exhibition celebrating the expressive power of abstraction across two and three dimensions. Featuring a diverse range of artists, the show will explore color, form, texture, and movement as pure visual language, challenging perception and inviting emotional resonance. […]
Contest Invitation ARTS FOR THE FUTURE is inviting student from all over the world to use their talents, imagination, and creativity to create original artwork. Calling Student Artists Group 1 (Age 5 and under) Group 2 (Age 6-9) Group 3 (Age 10-13) Group 4 (Age 14-18) Theme Art & Innovation Requirement Participants’ artwork must be […]
Submit your work for ”We Are Still Queer” an exhibition that aims to show off our local, Indigenous LGBTQIA2S+ community and their artistry. Show off what inspires your PRIDE! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Eligibility: -Indigenous/Native American Artists with ancestral ties to MN (includes most midwestern tribes in North/South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, and other north/western woodland nations) -Early […]
The PleinAir Salon $50,000 Art Competition is an online competition consisting of 12 monthly cycles of competitions and one annual competition. We award $50,000 in All Cash prizes each year for this competition. The Annual Grand Prize winner receives a check for $15,000 and is featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine. We award an […]
RONDO NEIGHBORHOOD BACKGROUND Gaining our name (Rondo CLT) from St. Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood, our origins and ethos are tethered to the widespread impacts of our communities’ mass displacement following the construction of I-94 from St. Paul to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Rondo neighborhood was a thriving and predominantly African American community in the mid-20th century, […]
Peripheral ARTeries is inviting entries for the competition to find the most interesting emerging worldwide artists in various fine arts disciplines. The contest, on its 20th edition, will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art. Artists at any career-stage can submit their works. Each artist may submit a maximum of […]
Community Mural Program NOW Art is actively seeking artists nationwide to design unique and original mural compositions for community-focused programs. These public facing projects are in partnership with corporations. Each mural is delivered as digital compositions or scanned high-resolution traditionally created artwork files. Approved artwork images will be printed on high quality vinyl, enlarged and […]
The Blake School in the Twin Cities, MN, welcomes proposals for its 2025-2026 McGuire Visiting Artist residency. Established in 1993 by Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire, the biennial program seeks a teaching artist to collaborate with faculty and students in grades Pre-K through 12. Our most successful McGuire visiting artists enrich Blake’s visual arts curriculum […]
The Other Art Fair Chicago is coming back to Artifact Events from March 27 – 30 and we can’t wait to present a new lineup of 110 game-changing artists in one of the most exciting growing markets for collecting contemporary art. The Other Art Fair is a global gathering of creative thinkers, game changers and […]
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 […]