Location: Muskegon, Michigan, US (national reach)

Award: $75,000 ($37,500/year over 2 years) + traveling solo exhibition; additional $10,000 for one finalist

Duration: 2 year award period

Deadline: 19 Sep 2026

$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.

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Location: Los Angeles, CA OR New York, NY (NY track includes international leg in Berlin / Montréal / Spoleto)

Award: $2,000 stipend (both tracks). NY track additionally covers international travel and housing for the partner-location week.

Duration: LA: 1 to 2 weeks at the LA studio. NY: 1 week at the NYC studio + 1 week at one of three international partner locations.

Deadline: 20 May 2026

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.

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Location: Cornell Tech, New York City, US

Award: $50,000 ($20K artist stipend + $20K materials + $10K collaborator) + studio space

Duration: 1 year Visiting Fellow appointment (academic year, starts September)

Deadline: 08 May 2026

$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.

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Location: New York City, USA (Fulton Transit Center, Grand Central Madison, Moynihan Train Hall)

Award: $1,000 honorarium for finalist proposals + project budget for selected artist(s) (TBD by project nature)

Duration: Up to 2-minute works on display ~3 months in 2027

Deadline: 28 May 2026

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.

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Location: Fishers Island, New York, USA

Award: $1,750 stipend + private bedroom, food, studio space, wood and metal fabrication shop and kiln access

Duration: 6 weeks (5 cycles per year)

Deadline: 15 Oct 2026

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.

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Location: Worldwide (recipients need not be in Los Angeles)

Award: Up to $50,000 per project + in-kind mentorship and tech access (Hyundai, Snap, Anthropic, MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, NASA JPL)

Duration: ~24 months (2-year cycles)

Deadline: Closed 22 Apr 2026

Rapid-prototyping grant for 3-5 artist-led projects (plus up to 2 invitational) exploring emerging technology and culture. Safe-to-fail environment, finished work deliberately deemphasized. Prior tech experience not required. Notifications by email in July 2026.

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Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

Award: No residency fee; need-based stipends and travel reimbursement available; ~300 fellowships/year

Duration: Up to 8 weeks (Spring/Summer 2027 cycle: 1 March to 31 August 2027)

Deadline: 10 Sep 2026

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.

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Location: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

Award: Room, board, private studio (residencies 2 weeks to 2 months); modest access grants available

Duration: 2 weeks to 2 months (residencies November to June)

Deadline: 01 Jul 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).

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Location: Sausalito, California, USA

Award: Studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses fully sponsored

Duration: 4 to 10 weeks (sessions in 2027)

Deadline: 01 Jun 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.

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