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Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities: February 2024 Deadlines

Written by Geo Ong | January 2, 2024

Every month, Fractured Atlas provides a list of upcoming grants and opportunities for artists and arts-based projects so that you can discover more opportunities to get financial support and other resources for your work. As a fiscal sponsor of over 3,500 artistic projects, we provide access to grants for artists in every discipline.

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Here are the upcoming opportunities for February 2024. Best of luck!

 


Wave Farm Transmission Arts Programs

Wave Farm’s Transmission Arts activities support artistic projects that engage the electromagnetic spectrum, transmitted on the airwaves and through public presentation. The Wave Farm Artist Residency Program is a 10-day residency for artists to develop new transmission artworks, emphasizing live performance for an expanded studio audience. The Wave Farm Radio Art Fellowship will be a one-month engagement, commencing with a 10-day stay followed by remote participation.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 

 

Watershed Summer Residency

Watershed's summer residency sessions offer artists uninterrupted time to focus on their practices in Watershed's ceramics studio. Any artist who is comfortable working independently in a clay studio may apply. There is a $25 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


JMKAC Arts/Industry Residency

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Residency offers artists the time and space at the Kohler Co. factory to focus on the creation of new work. The 3-month program includes a weekly stipend of $160.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


Mophradat Open Calls

Mophradat announced two open calls for contemporary performance artists and writers from the Arab world. The Art Time Residency is a 3-week residency in Belgium for artists to finalize a new performance and premier their work at NEXT Festival. Writing Sabbaticals support emerging creative writers working in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with a stipend based on local livings costs in the writer’s country of residence.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP)

The HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) provides a commission, developmental support, career planning, and an opportunity for a full production to cross-genre artists within a collaborative environment of peers working across disparate art forms. Each HARP artist receives $125,000 and services over 2-3 years to tailor each residency to each artist’s individual needs.

 

Geographic Focus

New York metropolitan area

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


Fine Arts Work Center Visual Arts Fellowship

The Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship awards 7-month residencies to a group of emerging visual artists. Each fellow receives an apartment, a studio, and a monthly stipend of $1,250 plus an exit stipend of $1,000. There is a $65 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


NYSCA Stabilization Program for Small Arts Organizations

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON) have launched a new pilot, the NYSCA Stabilization Program for Small Arts Organizations, that is designed to help participants to identify and solve a significant concern that is impeding their growth or development. Organizations with operating budgets up to $1 million are eligible.

 

Geographic Focus

New York State (excl. New York City)

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


CLBS Indigenous Writer in Residence

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry launched a new program, the Cranberry Lake Biological Station (CLBS) Indigenous Writer in Residence, providing Indigenous writers with the space, time, and place to explore their creative endeavors. The residency, located in the heart of the Adirondack Park, includes a $1,000 travel stipend and is open to Indigenous writers who write poetry, plays/screenplays, fiction/short stories, and/or nonfiction. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


New America National Fellows Program

New America’s National Fellows Program invests in thinkers—journalists, scholars, filmmakers, and public policy analysts—who generate big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. Stipends generally fall between $15,000 and $30,000.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant

The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant was established so that ceramic sculpture artists or sculptors of diverse mediums may have the opportunity to devote a substantial period of time to the development of their work. The first place grant is $60,000; the second place grant is $30,000; the third place grant is $20,000. There is a $7 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 1, 2024

 


Artist Entrepreneurial Grant

The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts’ Artist Entrepreneurial Grant recognizes the importance of the creative workforce to New Hampshire’s economy. This program supports opportunities that will benefit artists’ careers, including the development of business skills, participation in programs to raise the level and quality of their art, and participation in programs that will bring their art to the widest possible markets. Funding requests may be made for $250 - $1,000.

 

Geographic Focus

New Hampshire

 

Deadline

February 2, 2024

 


Aviário Studio Large Format Printmaking Residency

The Aviário Studio Large Format Printmaking Residency aims to promote the production and dissemination of printmaking done in a large format. Artists can develop projects using a wide range of techniques, from relief to intaglio, screen printing, transfer, and monotype, among others.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 4, 2024

 


The Mudflat Cup Show: Call for Entries

The Mudflat Cup Show invites artists to submit functional mugs and cups. Artists may submit up to 5 entries with 1 image per entry. There is no entry fee to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

United States and Canada

 

Deadline

February 4, 2024

 


Café Royal Visual Grant

Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC will award an exhibition/project grant to New York City artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Artists in all genres of visual arts are eligible to apply. The award amount is up to $10,000.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

February 6, 2024

 

 

Cole Fellowship Program

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site offers a one-year residential fellowship. Cole Fellows participate in the research and interpretation of the work, home, and studios of the artist, Thomas Cole. Free on-site housing and a monthly $700 stipend is included.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 6, 2024

 

 

South Arts Opportunities

South Arts has two opportunities with deadlines in early February. The Southern Prize and State Fellowships is open to visual artists to support, expose, and celebrate the breadth, depth and diversity of artistic excellence in the American South. There is a $25 application fee. The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an individual artist's career that is likely to lead to substantial and significant career advancement. Grants of up to $2,000 are available to Southern-based artists in the following disciplines: visual arts, craft, traditional arts/folklife, photography, performing arts, literary arts, media arts, interdisciplinary arts or multimedia arts.

 

Geographic Focus

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

 

Deadline

February 9, 2024

 

 

Librarians-in-Residence Program

Library of Congress' Librarians-in-Residence Program will give early-career librarians the opportunity to gain work experience in at least one of the following tracks: Archives and Special Collections, Collection Preservation, Digital Services, and Reference and Instruction.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 9, 2024

 


MacDowell Fellowship

A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to six weeks. Applications are accepted from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theater, and visual arts. There is a $30 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 10, 2024

 


Mother’s Milk Residency

The Mother’s Milk Residency in Newton, Kansas, is open to creative practitioners—including emerging, mid-career, and established artists—who desire time and space to work on their projects. There is a $25 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 10, 2024

 


Mudflat Artists of Color Summer Residency

Mudflat Pottery School in Somerville, Massachusetts, invites artists of color at any career stage to apply for a short-term ceramic residency program. The program includes a $2,500/month stipend towards housing, materials, and expenses. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 11, 2024

 

 

Hybrid Arts Lab

Theater Mitu's Hybrid Arts Lab supports women, trans, and nonbinary artists working at the intersection of performance and technology. With a focus on early-career BIPOC artists, this program offers studio and creation space, technical resources, training, and mentorship. The program also includes a $5,000 unrestricted stipend.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

February 11, 2024

 

 

New Curators

New Curators is a paid twelve-month curatorial training program based in London for aspiring curators of contemporary art from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 11, 2024

 

 

Farm/Art DTour: Request for Proposals

Wormfarm Institute will commission original artworks for the Farm/Art DTour in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Proposals from artists who are interested in creating works that engage with the landscape, farmers, landowners, and surrounding rural communities are encouraged. Selected artists will receive a stipend ranging from $5,000 - $10,000. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 12, 2024

 

 

¡Sombra! The Celebration of Shade: Call for Temporary Public Art Proposals

The City of Phoenix Department of Arts and Culture seeks to commission nine temporary art installations as part of ¡Sombra! The Celebration of Shade. Each proposal must respond to the urban heat challenges in Phoenix.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 12, 2024

 


Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence

The National Endowment for the Humanities program, Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence, aims to support a more holistic understanding of artificial intelligence in the modern world through the creation of new humanities research centers on AI at eligible institutions. This program is for organizations that are establishing new centers.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 14, 2024

 


Teiger Foundation Grant

Teiger Foundation awards grants in four categories. Single project grants of up to $150,000 support public-facing visual art projects by US-based curators. Grants of up to $150,000 support three years of programming by US-based curators at organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3.5 million. Hosting grants of up to $75,000 support US-based curators or artistic directors presenting a contemporary visual art exhibition or project that originated elsewhere within the distinct context of their own institution and community. Grants of up to $50,000 are meant to offer support for curatorial research and development.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 14, 2024

 


Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards are aimed at breakthrough artists and independent filmmakers worldwide. The shortlisted filmmakers are flown to Los Angeles for a four-day event gaining insight into all aspects of the filmmaking process, followed by a four-day workshop program. There are six categories: fiction, nonfiction, environment, animation, student, and future format. There is no entry fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 

 

New-York Historical Society Fellowships

The New-York Historical Society offers several fellowship opportunities for scholars at all stages of their careers: the Helen and Robert Appel Fellowship in History and Technology, the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation / Mellon Foundation Fellowship, and the George Champion Research Fellowship.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 

 

Long Meadow Art Residency

The Long Meadow Art Residency was conceived to support artists who create using diverse mediums, studying a range of disciplines, from difference backgrounds, of all ages. The three-month program includes a monthly stipend of $3,000 and an art supply/transport budget of up to $2,500. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 

 

CUNY Dance Initiative

New York City choreographers and dance companies are invited to apply for residences via the CUNY Dance Initiative. The program provides local artists with rehearsal and performance space on 13 CUNY campuses across the five boroughs.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 


Furious Flower Poetry Prize

James Madison University’s Furious Flower Poetry Prize is for emerging writers with no more than one published book. Submissions that support the mission to preserve the history of Black poets for future generations are welcome. The winner and honorable mention receive $1,500 and $750 respectively. There is a $15 submission fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 


Roman J. Witt Residency

The Roman J. Witt Residency at Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan is an annual international competition that awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work. Residents receive an honorarium of $20,000, as well as up to $5,000 funding support for project materials. There is a $15 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 


CloudTop Commissioning Project

CloudTop Comedy Festival is commissioning an artist to design its stage(s) for the Spring 2024 festival. This project awards $4,000 for the selected artist, inclusive of materials. There is a $10 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

New Mexico

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 


NEA Grant for Arts Projects

The National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects provides expansive funding opportunities to strengthen the nation’s arts and cultural ecosystem. Grants are available for arts projects in a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the NEA’s goals.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 

 

Forge Project Fellowship

The Forge Project Fellowship is a cohort of six Indigenous individuals that represent a broad diversity of cultural practices, participatory research, organizing models, and geographical contexts that honor Indigenous pasts as well as build Native futures. Each fellow receives a total of $25,000 toward their practice.

 

Geographic Focus

United States and Canada

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 

 

Statewide Community Regrant Program

Arts Mid-Hudson's Statewide Community Regrant Program is a funding program with over $250,000 in funds to support the arts in the Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties of New York. This funding is available to individual artists creating new work in 2024 as well as nonprofit organizations, individual artists, libraries, and municipalities for arts and cultural activities in 2024.

 

Geographic Focus

Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties of New York

 

Deadline

February 15, 2024

 


Martin House Creative Residency Program

The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency in Buffalo, New York, open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Applications are accepted in two categories: artists and researchers. Residents will receive a stipend of $5,000. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 16, 2024

 

 

McKinney International Art and Design Residency

The Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6-week residency. An established artist or designer will be selected whose primary country of residence is outside the United States. Studio space, lodging, and a fellowship of $8,000 will be provided.

 

Geographic Focus

Global (excl. United States)

 

Deadline

February 16, 2024

 


Anderson Ranch Artists-in-Residence Program

Anderson Ranch’s Artists-in-Residence Program fosters creative, intellectual and professional growth for emerging and established visual artists. Residencies are offered in ceramics, new media, photography, furniture design, woodworking, painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. The Parent Artist-in-Residence program is available to artists who would like to bring a child or children and a partner or caretaker during their 5-week residency. There is a $30 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 19, 2024

 


Visual Arts Thematic Residency – Get LIT! Language, Image, Text

Banff Centre’s Visual Arts Thematic Residency invites visual artists working in all mediums to explore language, image, words, and text through self-directed studio practice and research-creation. 

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 21, 2024

 

 

New Voices Filmmaker Grant

NewFest's New Voices Filmmaker Grant is an ongoing initiative to support emerging LGBTQ+ directors with $25,000 in funding to create new work, in addition to mentorship, networking, and professional development opportunities.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 22, 2024

 

 

Edward T. Cone Composition Institute: Call for Scores

The New Jersey Symphony is accepting applications for the Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. This tuition-free institute is designed to promote contemporary orchestral music by enhancing the careers of four emerging composers. This program is open to university composition students and composers in the early stages of their professional careers. Composers will receive housing and meals in Princeton, as well as reimbursements of up to $250 for travel costs.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 23, 2024

 


NXTHVN Fellowship Program

The NXTHVN Fellowship Program catalyzes art careers and long-term creative connections through mentorship, professional development, and hands-on training. Fellows receive studio or office space, a stipend, and subsidized housing.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

February 26, 2024

 


Tulsa Artist Fellowship

Tulsa Artist Fellowship is a place-based, durational award focused on supporting independent arts practitioners. Ten fellows will receive $150,000 over three award years in addition to yearly housing, health, studio assistant, and relocation stipends. National and local artists and/or arts workings of any medium and/or discipline with a minimum of five-years of arts field experience are eligible to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

February 28, 2024

 


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