Currently 3 active curatorial grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the US. 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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The Asian Cultural Council's Organization Grant funds arts and culture organisations to send participants on cultural exchange between the US and Asia or within Asia. SUPPORT: up to USD 50,000. ELIGIBILITY: nonprofit organisations, government-affiliated or sponsored arts and culture institutions, or academic institutions, legally registered and based in an ACC-eligible location (the US and countries across Asia) with at least five years of artistic or cultural programming. The activity lead and all participants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of an eligible location, though not necessarily the organisation's own. Eligible disciplines: architecture, archaeology, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, curation, dance, ethnomusicology, film, literature, museum studies, music, theater, visual art. ACC does not sponsor visas. Applicants may apply to only one ACC programme per cycle. HOW TO APPLY: via the GoApply portal with an Organization Account (https://goapply2.akoyago.com/acc/application/ORG2027). Recommendation letters due 16 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET. Questions: the ACC office matching your location (Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Taiwan have their own offices; all others application@accny.org). DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET.
VisArts, a nonprofit arts center in Rockville, Maryland, pairs one emerging curator with mentoring curator Fabiola R. Delgado for a year-long program culminating in an exhibition at the Kaplan Gallery. WHAT YOU GET: a USD 10,000 budget covering exhibition costs and curatorial fees, year-long mentorship, and staff support for printing, promotions and exhibition programming. The mentoring curator's exhibition runs 27 August to 10 October 2027; the Emerging Curator's exhibition runs 15 October 2027 to 9 January 2028. ELIGIBILITY: emerging curators or artists with an interest in exhibition-making or curating; international applicants must be eligible to work in the United States (VisArts cannot provide or assist with visas). APPLICATION: free, via Submittable; application form, CV, evidence of past curatorial projects (up to 10 images, up to 5 minutes of video/audio, image list and supporting PDFs) and a statement on goals, curatorial interests, audience enrichment and community engagement. TIMELINE: finalists notified 8 January 2027, interviews 13 to 15 January, selection announced 20 January 2027. DEADLINE: 18 December 2026, midnight.
apexart's Open Calls turn a curatorial idea into a funded apexart exhibition, selected by a crowdsourced international jury of more than 600 people in 70 countries. WHO CAN SUBMIT: anyone, from anywhere, with no fees at any level: trained and student curators, artists, writers and creative people regardless of experience, background or location. HOW: a 500-word proposal for a focused, idea-driven, original group exhibition, submitted through the online form during the proposal window. TWO ANNUAL WINDOWS: every October for exhibitions in apexart's NYC space, and every February (to early March) for exhibitions taking place anywhere in the world except NYC; for the international call you must propose a location you have actually visited, with the specific venue settled after selection. SELECTION: jurors vote anonymously online (each proposal gets an equal number of views, submitter names hidden); proposals are judged on the strength of the idea and how well it is communicated, not on connections or CV. WHAT WINNERS GET: a USD 10,000 budget (USD 8,000 for expenses, up to USD 2,000 curator honorarium, plus up to USD 1,000 venue-rental match outside NYC), with apexart covering insurance, publicity, the printed brochure, the opening reception and most logistics including loan agreements and shipping, and staff working closely with the guest curator. Winning proposals become part of apexart's next exhibition season. Check the site for the current window's exact dates; submission forms only go live during the proposal periods.