Currently 8 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the US. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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$50,000 fellowship supporting an established practicing artist to create a significant new work engaging bleeding-edge digital research and technology, with sustained teamwork from a dedicated technical PhD or faculty collaborator at Cornell Tech. Fellow receives a one-year Visiting Fellow appointment (individual, not studio-contractual), $20,000 artist stipend, $20,000 project materials budget, $10,000 to support the collaborator, on-campus studio space, and badged campus access. 'Established' means a sustained professional practice with institutional recognition (major exhibitions, significant grants/fellowships, published critical coverage, distinct developed practice). Three-stage selection: written project proposal (2 to 4 pages) reviewed by Backslash Team and potential collaborators, then an interview with the candidate collaborator and a Backslash Team member to confirm technical fit, then a single Fellow is selected. Research areas open for collaboration include computational/digital fabrication and accessibility, public interaction with autonomous systems and robotics/HRI, computer vision and graphics (controllable generation, 2D/3D), AI algorithmic fairness and statistics, urban planning + AI fairness, and AI interpretability and human-AI interfaces (with named labs and faculty listed on the call). Fellow responsibilities: collaborate deeply with the assigned collaborator, show the resulting work (Cornell Tech and via the artist's own channels), contribute culturally to campus via a public-facing event and an intimate mentorship/dialogue session, and document the work. Backslash explicitly favours nonlinear, unconventional and exceptional approaches to emerging tech.
Two-track residency program for artists experimenting with emerging technologies (telepresence, VR/AR, AI, robotics, creative coding, live web, game design, etc.) in search of new artistic forms. One application form; pick one track. LA TRACK: 3 residents get 1 to 2 weeks at the LA studio (5.1 Kalio audio surround, modular configuration, flexible exhibition space). LA proposals favoured: immersive audio environments, installations, experimental spatial design, tech-infused textiles/sculpture, sensory/physical exploration. Themes of particular interest: ecological responsibility, tech ethics, integration of old and new tech, localised networks, human connection, sustainability. Applicants must be based in LA. NY TRACK: 3 residents (one per international partner) get 1 week at the NYC studio + 1 week at the international partner with a thematic focus: Space + Algorithms at DOCKdigital (Berlin); Hybridization of Spaces & Telematic Installation at Société des arts technologiques (Montréal); Data, Narrative, and Performance at La MaMa Umbria (Spoleto). Applicants must be based in NY. Both tracks: $2,000 stipend, public offering during residency (work-in-progress showing, talk, workshop, etc.), marketing and documentation support, access to the residency cohort and network of past residents. Application closes 20 May 2026, 11:59 PM PT.
Open call for digital and new-media artists to submit existing works for consideration on transit-center screens (video, film, animation, augmented reality, net art, game engines, generative art). Multi-channel installation experience encouraged. Finalists develop site-specific proposals with a $1,000 honorarium; selected artists oversee production and installation with project management from MTA Arts & Design. Sites have no audio. Valid U.S. Taxpayer ID required. Submit up to 5 works (.mov/.mp4) and 10 stills (.jpg/.png) plus bio, CV and artist statement. Deadline 23:59 EST Thursday 28 May 2026.
Residency welcoming local, national and international artists at all career stages and disciplines (visual arts, writing, music, dance, interdisciplinary). Approximately 50 artists selected annually. Applications open 1 April 2026.
Residency for working artists in choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and visual arts. Applications open 1 June. Application fee $35 (waivers available). Two cycles per year (winter deadline ~20 December for May to March residencies; summer deadline ~1 July for November to June residencies).
Residency for artists across seven disciplines (architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary, literature, music composition, theatre, visual arts). Sole selection criterion is artistic excellence. Applications open 15 August 2026. February deadline of the following year covers the Fall/Winter cycle.
$75,000 prize for women figurative realist painters, awarded by a five-member jury. The winner receives $37,500 each year for two years to create a solo exhibition that travels nationally; one finalist additionally receives $10,000. Open to emerging artists who have not yet achieved full professional recognition.
Six-week fellowship for cultural producers at any career stage working in the vanguard of their creative fields. Five cycles run March to December. Fellows commit to an Artist Talk and Open Studio bookending the residency. 2026 application window has closed (Sep 15 to Oct 15, 2025); 2027 round expected Sep 15 to Oct 15, 2026 via Slideroom. Selection notifications mid-January.