Currently 30 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Worldwide. 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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Germany's flagship open, non-thematic federal project line, and one of the largest European funders that will back a festival, exhibition programme or multi-partner convening run by an organisation rather than an individual artist. It funds large innovative projects across all artistic fields, explicitly including New Media alongside visual and performing arts, music, film, photography and architecture. There is no published maximum, but the EUR 50,000 minimum total project cost sets the scale, and at least 20 percent co-financing is mandatory. Deadlines are twice yearly at 12:00 CET: 31 July 2026 and 31 January 2027. TIMING RULE: decisions are made by an external jury meeting in May and November, and no project may start before its jury date, so plan four to six months of lead time. Non-German organisations are genuinely eligible, which is unusual at this scale, provided the project is visible in Germany and has an international dimension. Two practical barriers: the application form must be completed in German, and project communications must include a German-language version.
TED (the global platform for ideas and storytelling) and POSCA (a creative brand by uni Brands Corporation) are launching a new kind of artist residency: a globally distributed cohort of artists working across different geographies, cultures, and communities, united by a shared drive to shape public life through art. Fine Acts, the external curatorial partner selected by TED & POSCA, leads the curation, creative direction, and coordination. There is no single location and no central studio: selected artists work within their own communities, following a shared creative constraint (a unifying conceptual framework around repair, hope, and beauty), with projects unfolding in public space, community participation as a key part of the work, and process mattering as much as outcome. 2026 THEME, VISIBLE MENDING: inspired in part by Kintsugi (the Japanese practice of repairing broken ceramics with gold), the theme explores repair as a creative and civic act, inviting artists to consider how wounds, ruptures, and imperfections can become sites of transformation, and to make processes of repair visible through public interventions that spark reflection, dialogue, and collective imagination. In 2026, four artists will be selected to develop community-rooted public interventions to be implemented in 2027. AWARD: each selected artist receives a total of USD 15,000 to cover artist fees, production costs/community activation, and documentation, plus a production budget and tools from POSCA, creative direction and storytelling support, and visibility through TED and Fine Acts' global platforms. While the residency term is one year, the initiative will run for multiple years (2027, 2028, 2029), expanding the cohort year by year and building an evolving global archive of civic artistic interventions. Apply by 31 July 2026.
The Prix Art & Environnement (4th edition), awarded by Lee Ufan Arles and Maison Guerlain, supports an artist working at the intersection of art and the natural environment. The prize winner receives a funded 6–8 week production residency in Arles in early 2027, including production space, accommodation, and mentorship from Lee Ufan Arles staff, culminating in a solo summer 2027 exhibition. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists of any discipline and nationality, with no age or degree requirements; candidates must demonstrate at least one solo exhibition and one or more group exhibitions. DEADLINE: 31 July 2026. APPLY via the Google Form linked from the Lee Ufan Arles website.
Funds organisations to reinstall permanent collections or mount temporary exhibitions drawn primarily from their own holdings, on condition the project broadens understandings of American art and pursues inclusive, expansive curatorial practice. Planning grants of USD 25,000 to 75,000 cover research, advisory committees and conservation; implementation grants up to USD 100,000 cover interpretation, exhibition design, conservation, public programmes and dissemination of research, so the public-programming layer of an exhibition is fundable here. TIMING: the 2026 cycle is two-stage, with a grant inquiry due 3 August 2026, a full proposal for shortlisted applicants due 13 October 2026, external panel review, decisions in April 2027 and projects starting after 1 May 2027. That is a nine-month decision lag, so this is planning-horizon money. International applicants are explicitly welcomed and need US 501(c)(3) status or the international equivalent. The Foundation will not fund acquisitions, equipment, exclusively online projects, or projects consisting primarily of loans. The American-art subject requirement is the main constraint for media-arts organisations.
The New Emergence Art Prize 2026 is an international open call for emerging artists, presented by New Emergence Art. There is no set theme and work may be submitted in any medium. AWARDS: a prize fund worth over GBP 5,000 across nine awards supporting artists through cash prizes, artist materials, mentoring, and a residency, including a GBP 1,000 Grand Prize, a two-week NG Art Creative Residency in Provence, France (worth EUR 2,000), a GBP 300 Founder's Prize cash award, and materials or subscription awards from Staedtler UK, Rosemary & Co, GreatArt, Michael Harding, and The Art Ladder. ELIGIBILITY: open internationally to emerging artists; entrants may submit up to three original artworks that represent the quality, originality and direction of their practice. Final selections are made by an independent judging panel considering concept, execution, originality and impact. Shortlisted artists are featured in an online exhibition running 11 August to 7 September 2026. NOTE: there is a paid entry fee (amount set at the entry step). DEADLINE: 3 August 2026, 23:59 BST. Apply via https://www.newemergenceart.com/apply.
The Eamonn McCabe Bursary, launched in 2024, commemorates the life of photojournalist Eamonn McCabe (1948-2022), who made his name as a sports photographer before moving to wider editorial work, mainly for The Observer and The Guardian, and who supported a generation of photographers from the 1980s to the 2020s. Run by the RPS in partnership with McCabe's family and The Guardian, this international bursary continues that legacy. AWARD: GBP 3,000 to a photographer aged 30 years or under to deliver a photography project responding to the theme of 'sporting endeavour', which can be interpreted as widely as the applicant wishes, though the general approach should be suitable for publication. The project should normally be new, not previously exhibited or published. As well as professional sports, the call particularly encourages projects covering grassroots and community activities (for example, addressing issues such as mental health or supporting displaced communities), and welcomes creative interpretations of the theme. The completed project will be published by The Guardian and the RPS. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be aged 30 years or under on the closing date. PROCESS: interviews via Zoom in September; recipient announced by the end of September; project completed within one year of award. Apply via the RPS application portal using RPS Account credentials. Closing date 3 August 2026.
Flickr and Black Women Photographers award a USD 10,000 grant to a Black female or non-binary photographer to invest in their practice. The 2026 edition centers on the theme Traces of Connection, chosen by 2025 recipient and guest judge Eleonore Menga. TO APPLY: be a member of the Black Women Photographers organization (free), join the BWP Flickr Community, submit one photograph inspired by the theme to the community, and share a brief description of how the image connects to it. The winner also receives a two-year Flickr Pro and a one-year SmugMug Pro membership, and is announced live at the first MODE by Flickr festival in Minneapolis (18-20 September 2026); ten additional recipients receive Flickr Pro and SmugMug Pro memberships. DEADLINE: 6 August 2026. No entry fee.
Web Residencies No. 22, 'Ignore All Previous Instructions,' is curated by !Mediengruppe Bitnik as part of Akademie Schloss Solitude's Web Residencies program, which since 2016 has supported young talents from the international digital scene as well as artists of all disciplines engaging with web-based practices. For the tenth anniversary of the program, this edition invites artists to create works that challenge extractive digital platforms and AI systems, exploring how to interrupt dominant technological logics, from ad-tech surveillance to prompt injection vulnerabilities, and imagine alternative structures and communication methods. The open call seeks proposals that hijack, glitch, and disrupt rather than comply with existing systems, drawing on strategies like Situationist detournement to map routes through and around the grids we are trapped within. Four to six proposals will be selected. BENEFITS: a four-week online residency; a grant of EUR 1,200; a web space (microsite) on which the project can be developed and published online; support from a web/UX designer and a programmer (in a supportive capacity only, not to build an entire website); and participation in individual and group online events with the curators and Solitude fellows. Offline or hybrid formats (a reading session, panel, exhibition, or curated program) may follow. ELIGIBILITY: artists of all disciplines may apply, with no age limit; submission is free of charge. The residency takes place exclusively online, and selected fellows agree to be available online during the four weeks. TIMELINE: the open call runs from July 7 to August 7, 2026.
Club Nothing is a global events series and USD 40,000 fund from the tech brand Nothing, supporting organisers, artists, and collectives creating new music experiences. The fund will award four individuals or collectives USD 10,000 each to throw a club event, series, or festival later this year, backing disruptors bringing new sounds and experiences to their communities through nightlife anywhere in the world. Applications are judged by a panel including DJ and producer Manuka Honey (Marissa Malik), Nothing Global Senior Community Manager and Madruga Festival co-founder Erica Travis, Nothing Global Head of Communications Shavone Charles, Dazed Music Editor Solomon Pace-McCarrick, A&R and music-publishing founder James Supreme, and music-industry professional Layla Mustafa Rock. Applications close 9 August 2026; winners announced late August 2026. Learn more and apply at nothing.tech/club-nothing (details also posted at https://nothing.community/d/59214-want-10000-to-throw-a-party). See full terms at nothing.tech/club-nothing/terms-and-conditions.
Prospect Art invites visual artists worldwide to apply for the 2027 NEW WORK commission, a USD 1,500 project grant supporting the creation of a new, conceptually driven work responding to the curatorial theme "We Come in Pieces," developed by 2026-2027 Curatorial Fellow Alma Sammel. Through a single application, artists are also considered for ONE WORK (an online series featuring an in-depth conversation centered on a single completed artwork) and BROADCAST (a curated online program of screenings, artist talks, and discussions). THEME: "We Come in Pieces" proposes the Alien as a method for shifting perspective, approaching alienness as a practice of estrangement to encounter the world beyond familiar human-centered narratives. It explores relationships between human and more-than-human worlds, speculative cosmologies, ecological systems, technologies, landscapes, histories, infrastructures, and nonhuman forms of intelligence (satellites and orbital debris, fungal networks, oceans, atmospheric systems, algorithmic intelligences), inviting works that displace the point of listening, seeing, sensing, or knowing. Research-based and conceptually driven practices are especially encouraged. WHAT'S OFFERED: NEW WORK, USD 1,500 to one artist plus a featured website section and social promotion (project completed within 12 months); ONE WORK, a published article and social promotion; BROADCAST, a USD 125 screening or speaking fee and inclusion in a themed program. ELIGIBILITY: professional visual artists working in any medium at any career stage, except those currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studio art programs; collectives may apply. Media welcomed include moving image, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, sound, digital media, social practice, and interdisciplinary forms. APPLICATION: submit via the official Google Form with contact information, a project description (250 words), a sketch/visualization (1-3 images), up to 3 links to completed work samples, a statement relating the project to the theme (200 words), a short bio and exhibition history (500 words), and a budget breakdown of the USD 1,500. A USD 10 administrative fee is paid via PayPal (include PayPal name and transaction ID); a fee waiver is available with no explanation by emailing submissions@prospectart.org before the deadline. Writers may email gioj@prospectart.org with samples. DEADLINE: 16 August 2026; results for the NEW WORK grant notified by end of September. INFO SESSION: 5 August 2026 at noon PST.
The Fondation Francois Schneider's Contemporary Talents competition, themed The Earth for this edition, awards EUR 15,000 per laureate (including acquisition of the work; EUR 8,000 for editioned works) plus an exhibition at the foundation's centre in Wattwiller. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists internationally, in SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION only (video or digital work alone does not qualify). NOTE: the 23 August 2026 deadline is from a listing site; the organizer page only states the call runs June to August, so verify the exact date before applying.
Brazil's longest-running artist residency, on the island of Itaparica across the bay from Salvador, hosting six to eight artists per session for roughly eight weeks. Open to all creative disciplines and, unusually for this region, to all nationalities, which makes it one of the few genuinely international residencies in Latin America. Sacatar provides full hosting (private room, three meals daily, individual studio, laundry, local logistics and connections) but explicitly does NOT provide a stipend, airfare to Salvador, art materials or discretionary local expenses, so applicants must fund their own travel. Individual artists only; group proposals are not accepted and former Sacatar Fellows may not reapply. COVID vaccination is required. NOTE: there is a USD 25 application fee. Apply through SlideRoom by 28 August 2026. Contact info@sacatar.org.
The Liu Shiming Art Foundation's annual Artist Grants (fourth edition) award up to five grants of USD 5,000 each to early-career visual artists to create new work exploring connections between traditional, cultural, or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists in the first decade of their career (two to ten years practicing professionally); applicants must have received a studio-arts degree between 2016 and 2024, or had their debut gallery or juried-exhibition show between 2016 and 2026. Open to artists of any country; the application and all supporting materials must be in English. TIMELINE: applications open 1 June 2026; close 31 August 2026; recipients notified by 2 December 2026. Apply via the Foundation's grants page.
The OIF Support for Artist Mobility and Circulation of Cultural Goods programme provides grants of up to EUR 5,000 for mobility (travel, accommodation, visa fees, logistics) and up to EUR 2,500 for circulation of cultural goods (excess baggage, freight, customs) within the Francophone zone; both can be combined. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists and established artistic collectives with a demonstrated connection to the Francophone space (by nationality, working language, or artistic collaborations), residing in an OIF member state, with minimum 2 years of experience in the cultural or artistic sector; must directly manage the project (not act as intermediaries); one application per individual per call. ELIGIBLE DISCIPLINES: live performance (music, theatre, dance, comedy, storytelling), cinema/audiovisual, literature/publishing, and visual arts. PRIORITY given to projects promoting gender equality, women artists, creators under 35, and South-South mobility. Projects must take place between 25 March and 30 November 2026. Multiple selection sessions throughout the year; call open until 31 August 2026. Information webinars: 11 March, 13 May, and 8 July 2026 at 3 PM Paris time. Contact: culture.dlc@francophonie.org. Apply at https://appelsaprojets.francophonie.org/fr/applications/soutien-a-la-circulation-des-biens-et-mobilite-des-artistes.
PICE Movilidad is AC/E's collaboration scheme with foreign cultural institutions: a festival, biennial, museum, venue, gallery or platform OUTSIDE Spain applies for AC/E to cover the costs of programming Spanish or Spain-resident artists, collectives and cultural professionals in its own public programme. This is one of the clearest routes for a non-Spanish festival to have a foreign national fund pay for part of its programme. Ten thematic areas are covered including Artes visuales, Musica y creacion sonora, Podcast, Videojuego y animacion and Arquitectura y diseno, so tech-crossover, sound-art and media-art programming is squarely in scope. For visual arts and architecture/design, covered costs include production materials, purchase or rental of technical equipment, hiring of technicians, curators, coordinators and designers, reproduction and exhibition rights, logistics and transport of works, publications, documentation, accommodation, per diems, travel and insurance; for Musica y creacion sonora coverage is narrower (travel, accommodation, per diems, internal transport). Non-EU and UK organisations are fully eligible; there is no EU-membership requirement. Natural persons are barred. TIMING: Phase 3 closes 7 September 2026, provisional list 21 October, definitive award list 30 October, and Phase 3 projects may not begin before 1 November 2026, so this window cannot retro-fund an event already scheduled for autumn 2026.
PhotoVogue's global open call invites photographers and video makers to use image-making as a form of rebellion - to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions and expand visual storytelling. It asks not for a theme but for a position in relation to the world. Open to photography, video and multimedia projects across all genres (fashion, documentary, portraiture, fine art, experimental). Three artists share $12,000 in grants ($6,000 Outstanding Vision, $4,000 Vision, $2,000 Rising Voice for an emerging artist), with festival presentation, potential Vogue publication and portfolio reviews. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists worldwide aged 18+; submissions are free; previous PhotoVogue applicants may submit a new project. SUBMIT: a series of up to 15 images, or images plus video for multimedia, and/or a 60-second trailer, via Picter. IMPORTANT: AI-generated works are NOT eligible. Open 14 May to 11 September 2026 (11:59 PM CET).
Innovate Grant awards two unrestricted USD 1,800 grants every quarter, one to a visual artist and one to a photographer, along with up to 18 honorable mentions who are featured and promoted on the organization's website. The award is unrestricted, so recipients can apply the funds toward new projects, materials, studio rent, travel, or other needs. Grant cycles run four times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall). Visual artists and photographers aged 18 and older from anywhere in the world, both US and international, are eligible to apply. Applications require contact details, a grant category, and 3 to 10 images of work, plus a USD 35 application fee. The Spring 2026 cycle closed on June 18, 2026, and the Summer 2026 cycle follows on the regular quarterly schedule.
The Xposure International Photography Awards are free to enter and include a dedicated Drone Photography category alongside many others. Category winners receive cash, equipment, and a trip to the Sharjah festival for the ceremony and exhibition. Official deadline 5 September 2026, extended deadline 20 September 2026.
The Danish Arts Foundation's Production and Exhibitions programme funds the production, dissemination and exhibition of contemporary art in Denmark and abroad, and it is one of the few Nordic national schemes a foreign organisation can apply to directly. Eligible costs include creating new works where an exhibition agreement is in place, exhibition costs, exhibition programming featuring Danish or international artists, promotion tied to an exhibition, and honorariums covering artists' work and installation time, which lets a festival or biennial cover commission and artist-fee lines. THE KEY CONDITION for non-Danish applicants is that the exhibition must feature Danish artists; Danish artists and venues face no such restriction. No minimum or maximum grant is published since the committee decides case by case, and previous award levels are visible on the site. Two 2026 deadlines apply: 26 March 2026 (closed) and 24 September 2026 at 14:00, with the application form opening one month before each deadline. TIMING: applicants receive a response no later than twelve weeks after the deadline, so expect a decision by mid-December 2026. Applications must go through the Danish digital subsidy portal; submissions outside it are rejected except in very special circumstances. FLAG: earliest-start-date rules are not specified on the funder's page.
The Foundwork Artist Prize is an annual juried award supporting outstanding artistic practices. The 2026 honoree receives an unrestricted USD 10,000 grant, studio visits with each of the five jurors, and an interview for Foundwork's Dialogues program. In addition, three artists are named to the 2026 Short List, each receiving a USD 1,000 micro-grant in support of their practice. Submissions are made online through Foundwork. Application deadline 25 September 2026.
The most directly relevant Terra line for organisations running convenings rather than exhibitions: conversations, symposia and workshops that stimulate interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange. Covered costs are unusually broad and practical, including professional fees, artist honoraria, travel, AV support, interpretation and translation, catering, research dissemination, marketing, and administrative costs up to 20 percent. Awards run USD 10,000 to 25,000 and are made twice yearly. The process is two-stage: Round 1 has a grant inquiry due 28 September 2026 followed, if invited, by a full proposal due 30 November 2026, for programmes taking place after 1 May 2027. Round 2 has an inquiry due 16 February 2027 and proposal due 20 April 2027 for programmes after 1 November 2027. Invited proposals go to an external panel of curators and arts professionals. International applicants are explicitly eligible and need US 501(c)(3) status or a recognised non-profit equivalent in their own country. The binding constraint is topical rather than geographic: a European or Asian organisation can win this, but the convening must engage American or Indigenous North American visual art, which is a workable frame for art-and-technology or sound-art programming with a US axis.
The eidolon Grant is an international programme, presented annually, for projects that explore, promote and conserve vernacular photography. It is open to artists, academics, professionals, researchers, collectors and vernacular photography enthusiasts whose past work and proposed project is centred around the image heritage of everyday photography. The grant aims to identify phenomena, collections, histories, practices and trends within vernacular photography, offering new interpretations and analyses, and thematising both photographic heritages and contemporary photographic practices. Applications can be made under two categories, with a total of EUR 25,000 to be distributed. Each chosen project will contribute to the enrichment of eidolon's program in the coming year. The deadline for submission is 30 September 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Apply via https://everydayphotography.org/centre/grant-2026.
The Aesthetica Art Prize accepts work in any discipline and theme, with video, installation, digital, and photography regularly shortlisted; past shortlists frequently feature critical-tech and surveillance-adjacent work, making it a strong venue for media art. Main Prize GBP 10,000 plus a group exhibition at York Art Gallery and editorial coverage. Standard deadline 11 October 2026 (GBP 25 for two works); late entries 12-18 October 2026 (GBP 35).
Global art prize celebrating how art is made, open to artists worldwide working in any medium or art form. Instead of a traditional application form, artists submit a digital presence (website, portfolio or social profile) linked through a .ART domain that documents identity, process and work as one continuous record. PRIZES: Grand Prize (USD 15,000 cash); Artist Residency Award France (one month at Chateau du Fresne, near Paris); Artist Residency Award Spain (residency at Anfitrion, Marbella); Publication Award (editorial coverage in Whitewall Magazine, the campaign's media partner); .ART Domain Award (USD 10,000 premium .ART domain name). ELIGIBILITY: individual artists and artist collectives from all backgrounds (cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, abilities); 18 or older at time of submission; open to artists from all geographic regions with no restrictions on nationality or place of residence. Multiple entries permitted, as long as each submission (single artwork, series or overall practice) is presented on or linked to a SEPARATE .ART domain. NOTE: a .ART domain is required for submission; this is the de facto entry mechanism. ANNOUNCEMENT: winners revealed during Art Basel Miami on 3 December 2026. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026. APPLY via the .ART Award site.
Residency programme run by the Art Explora Foundation with the Cite internationale des arts at its Montmartre site, supporting work that engages scientific and technological exploration and the major social and environmental issues of the present. Residents receive a studio-apartment of around 50 sqm, a monthly living grant of EUR 1,000, a production grant of up to EUR 3,000, and a round-trip travel grant, plus access to production facilities and local networks. Two tracks are offered: a SOLO programme for artists and writers across visual arts, performance, digital practices, literary and other experimental disciplines, and a COLLECTIVE programme for duos or collectives working collaboratively on interdisciplinary, experimental or research-based projects, for which a single studio-apartment designed for collaborative work hosts two residents sharing a bed, and only one member should submit the application. Eligible artistic disciplines are visual arts, performance and live arts, digital arts, curatorial practices, and writing and literary practices; eligible research fields are humanities, social sciences, cultural studies and history, technological innovation, and ecology. No output is required at the end of the residency, but participation in the Open Studios is mandatory. ELIGIBILITY: artists, artist collectives, researchers, curators and writers of all nationalities, no age restriction, with a minimum of five years of professional activity and works or research exhibited at national or international level. The Cite lists 20 to 22 residencies per year on this programme. Deadline 6 November 2026, 23:59 Europe/Paris. Questions: residences@artexplora.org. FLAG: the grant figures above come from the open-call text supplied to the desk; neither the Cite nor Art Explora publishes amounts on the programme page, so confirm them, along with the exact deadline, before applying.
The Japan Foundation's flagship grant for organisations abroad mounting an exhibition introducing Japanese art and culture, explicitly covering overseas biennials and triennials that present Japanese artists. It is a partial-cost grant rather than a production budget: it pays toward shipping Japanese works, producing print or digital catalogues, and bringing Japanese artists, curators and specialists to the venue. That cost structure suits media arts, digital culture and art-and-science exhibitions well, where shipping technical work and hosting the artist for installation are the main cost drivers. It is explicitly designed for non-Japanese applicants: museums, galleries and comparable organisations outside Japan. Institutions only, so independent curators and artists cannot apply directly and must be hosted by an eligible institution. Exhibition content must introduce Japanese art and culture, so a Japanese artistic component is mandatory. Recent UK recipients include Tate Modern, the V&A and the Hayward Gallery, so the scheme skews toward established institutions. Applicants are asked to discuss eligibility with the relevant regional arts programme officer before applying. FLAG: full FY2027 guidelines were not yet published by Tokyo headquarters as of July 2026 and this deadline is the funder's own provisional date; reconfirm in autumn 2026.
Async Museum is an independent digital space dedicated to web art with a distinctive point of view, existing to discover artists who use the web as their primary medium and to recognise their work as a new aesthetic. Its core philosophy is that the web browser is a twenty-first century canvas. Async Museum is officially seeking submissions of web-based artworks, welcoming both established practitioners and emerging voices who are pushing the boundaries of what the next generation of art can be. NOTE: this is an exhibition opportunity for web-based art rather than a paid grant; no artist fee is stated. To share your practice and submit your work, visit https://asyncmuseum.com/submit. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant provides interim financial assistance to painters, sculptors, and printmakers facing an unforeseen, catastrophic event such as fire, flood, or a medical emergency. Applicants must have been engaged in a mature phase of their art for at least ten years and must have a current, urgent need that is beyond their means. The maximum award is USD 15,000, with USD 5,000 being typical, given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency. The program does not cover dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, projects, general indebtedness, or lack of employment. There is no deadline; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, usually within about four weeks, and within 24 to 48 hours in the most urgent cases.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation awards unrestricted grants to professional visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists working on paper, including printmakers. Grants range up to USD 50,000 over a one-year period and can be used for both professional and personal expenses such as art supplies, studio rent, and living costs. Applicants must demonstrate recognizable artistic merit and financial need, and must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional venues such as galleries and museums. The Foundation does not fund students, commercial or graphic art, video, performance, film, or generative and AI-generated work. Applications are accepted on a rolling, year-round basis with no deadline, and the review process typically takes nine months to a year. There is no application fee, and all applications must be submitted online.
PAID 12-week online mentorship program from Belgrade Art Studio: each artist works one-on-one with a dedicated artist-mentor through weekly 1-hour Zoom/Google Meet sessions, aimed at artists at a turning point in their practice (stuck, seeking new directions, experimenting with unfamiliar media including AI). Hybrid seminar/workshop format supporting both physical and online presentation, plus curatorial thinking, writing, interviews, and documentation. Closes with an online viewing and moderated discussion of the works produced. ELIGIBILITY: open worldwide to artists and creatives across visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, writing, design, photography, digital/interactive art, games, fashion, architecture, and curation. English-language program (ability to collaborate in English preferred but accommodations possible). EXPECTATIONS: artists must treat the program as they would an in-person residency (dedicated time for research/creation/reflection), submit in-progress material for social-media exposure, participate in an artist interview, and refrain from hate speech or discriminatory content. APPLY by emailing CV, summary, and portfolio (links accepted) to artlab@belgradeartstudio.com. Rolling intake (no deadline). Selected artists are announced and contacted by email. COST: EUR 675 to participate — this is a paid offering, not a funded residency.