Currently 4 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Canada. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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An archive-based residency in which the artist works with WVU Libraries' union records and oral histories on industry, labor and community. Digital media is eligible. ELIGIBILITY: US- and Canada-based artists aged 18 and over. OFFER: USD 1,000 honorarium, up to USD 1,000 for materials and up to USD 3,000 for travel and lodging; the residency ends with a display and a public talk. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026.
Four fellowships study vacancy as a cyclical condition: climate crisis, demolition and material cycles, vacancy planned through policy, and vacancy caused by pollution or extraction. ELIGIBILITY: practitioners with substantial experience (architects, planners, cultural producers, artists) or researchers with a doctorate. OFFER: CAD 5,000 per month, travel and visa support, a private office, access to the CCA Collection, seminars and a public work-in-progress presentation. Applicants must explain how their research helps specific actors (city governments, design practices, developers) act on vacancy. APPLY per the guidelines PDF on the call page; committee meets January 2027, results February 2027. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026.
Project grants for individual artists in visual arts and new media (new media explicitly included), covering creation, development, training and marketing. A parallel AFA Film and Video Individual Project Funding stream shares the same deadline and the same CAD 18,000 cap. ELIGIBILITY: Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Protected Person whose primary residence has been Alberta for at least one full year before applying. DEADLINE: 1 March 2027.
The Awesome Foundation is a network of volunteer giving circles: in each chapter about ten trustees pool their own money to give a USD 1,000 no-strings micro-grant, usually monthly, to a project that adds "awesome" to their area: art, public interventions, community tech, events, science and civic ideas. One application on the main site can be sent to the chapter for your location. ACTIVE CHAPTERS (made grants in 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026): US: Ann Arbor, Austin, Baltimore, Cass Clay, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Gainesville, Georgetown MA, Gloucester MA, Hamilton-Wenham MA, Ipswich MA, Los Angeles, Newburgh NY, Newburyport MA, New York City, Oahu, Orlando, Peekskill NY, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, Poughkeepsie NY, Rhode Island, Rockport MA, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, South Bend, St. Paul, State College PA, Washington DC, Westminster MD (Durham, Miami and Seattle each made one grant early in 2026). Canada: Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, Newmarket, Ottawa, Toronto. Australia: Adelaide, Fleurieu, Lake Mac, Lower Hunter, Newcastle, Sydney. UK: Glasgow. Netherlands: Utrecht (one grant in early 2026; Leiden and Rotterdam have been quiet since 2025 and 2024). Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tashkent, Yerevan. ELIGIBILITY: set per chapter, generally individuals or groups doing the project in that chapter's area. APPLY: free, short online form. DEADLINE: rolling. Worldwide themed chapters are listed separately (Disability, Conservation and Climate, On the Water).