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Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities: July 2024 Deadlines

Written by Geo Ong | June 4, 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 July 2024. Best of luck!

 


BICA Microgrant

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) is awarding $300 good-faith microgrants for artists and curators who are realizing a project in the greater Buffalo, NY area. Exhibitions, performances, and other projects that contribute to the visual arts in Buffalo are eligible for funding.

 

Geographic Focus

Buffalo, New York

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

PLAYA Residency

The PLAYA Residency in Summer Lake, Oregon, is awarded to people actively working to promote dialogue and positive environmental change. Applicants may choose a 12- or 26-day session. There is a $30 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Cultural Space Subsidy Program

Two Trees' Cultural Space Subsidy Program awards below-market rent to applicants that best demonstrate their capabilities and intent to provide a social benefit to the DUMBO neighborhood and the broader Brooklyn community. Emerging and mid-career artists with a strong exhibition history or community-focused practice, along with organizations that concentrate on arts, education, or community advocacy and programming, are eligible to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

CCP Residency Program

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking's Residency Program provides a dedicated studio for artists to produce a body of work using traditional as well as innovative printmaking techniques. There is a $35 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Embracing Our Differences

The Embracing Our Differences exhibit features 50 billboard-size images, each created by local, national, and international artists reflecting their interpretation of the theme "embracing our differences." There is no submission or entry fee and there is no limit on the number of submissions.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

West Hollywood Arts Grant Program

The City of West Hollywood, California, invites and encourages artists and organizations representing diverse populations and diverse artistic disciplines to apply for its Arts Grant Program. The categories are: the Arts Project Grant; the Community Arts Grant; the Transgender, Gender Diverse, Intersex + Arts Grant; and the WeHo Artist Grant.

 

Geographic Focus

West Hollywood, California

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Choreographer Award

The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is pleased to announce a national $50,000 award to a contemporary choreographer. This award is an effort to bolster the field, incubate new ideas, and bring more dance to the state of Maine.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Don't Ask, Just Manifest

SaveArtSpace and Paradice Palase is proud to present Don't Ask, Just Manifest, a public art exhibition on billboard ad space in New York City. The open call seeks artworks that respond to the theme of "real-topia." There is a $10 donation per image submission to participate.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Peters Valley Artist Residency

Peters Valley School of Craft in the Delaware Water Gap is offering fully-funded guest artist residencies. The program currently seeks artists who work in blacksmithing, ceramics, fibers, jewelry/fine metals, wood, painting/collage, or printmaking. The program includes a $500 stipend for two-week stays and a $1,000 stipend for month-long stays. There is a $10 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 1, 2024

 

 

Penland Resident Artist Program

Penland's Resident Artist Program is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career. Interested candidates can choose between a one-year project-based residency and a 3-year career transition residency. All media taught at Penland are considered appropriate for the program: books, clay, drawing/painting, glass, letterpress, iron, metals, papermaking, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood. There is a $30 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 2, 2024

 

 

Sight/Geist

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is holding an open call for Sight/Geist, a series that supports emerging NYC-based film and performance artists. Participating artists are awarded $300 for a one-night group screening and $1,000 for a one-night solo performance.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

July 2, 2024

 

 

XENO Prize for Artists' Books

Franklin Furnace's XENO Prize for Artists' Books awards $5,000 to publish one artist's book on the topic of book banning/burning in an edition of at least 100 copies.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 4, 2024

 

 

The VH Award

The VH Award supports emerging media artists who engage with the context of Asia through an online residency program and exhibitions of commissioned works across various global platforms. Artists from the Asian region, as well as individuals or collectives of Asian descent and diasporas from all over the world, working in audiovisual screen-based art are eligible to apply. The award includes a $25,000 grant.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 5, 2024

 

 

Sound & Scene

NewFest and Concord Originals invites QTBIPOC filmmakers to select an eligible song and creatively amplify the music in an original short film. Final recipients will receive $20,000 to make their short film and have it premiere at NewFest Pride 2025.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 5, 2024

 

 

Terrain 15

Terrain is an annual multimedia art and music event celebrating artists in the Spokane, Washington area. Artists can submit up to 5 artworks for free.

 

Geographic Focus

Spokane, Washington

 

Deadline

July 7, 2024

 

 

Americana Foundation Grant

Through financial grants that typically range between $10,000 and $25,000, the Americana Foundation supports projects and partner nonprofit organizations that positively impact people's lives by creating systematic and/or structural change.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 8, 2024

 

 

Zoo Labs

Zoo Labs, in partnership with Center for Cultural Innovation and Intersection for the Arts, empowers Black, Indigenous, and people of color to own and amplify their music businesses through entrepreneurial training, resource exchange, focused mentorship, and community building. Bay Area BIPOC and BIPOC-led artist teams are eligible to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

Bay Area, California

 

Deadline

July 10, 2024

 

 

Visual Arts Thematic Residency - The System and Other Universes

Banff Centre's Visual Arts Thematic Residency - The System and Other Universes welcomes participants to consider new, unique, or radical paradigms for being an artist in shifting, uncertain times. There is a $65 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 10, 2024

 

 

Grants for Arts Projects

The National Endowment for the Arts' Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) program provides expansive funding opportunities for arts projects in a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Applicants may request cost share/matching grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. Nonprofit organizations, units of state or local government, and federally recognized tribal communities or tribes are eligible to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 11, 2024 [Grants.gov deadline]

 

 

Artadia Awards: 21c Cincinnati

The Artadia Awards, in partnership with 21c Museum Hotels, will hold an open call for Cincinnati-based contemporary visual artists, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context. Awardees will receive unrestricted funds of $15,000.

 

Geographic Focus

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Watershed Winter Residency

Watershed invites artists to apply for its first winter season residency program. While its equipment and space is designed for ceramic practices, any artists are welcome to apply. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

FST StudioProjects Fund

FST StudioProjects Fund was created to fund studio rents for visual artists in New York City. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Kahn | Mason Studio Immersion Project (SIP) Fellowship

EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop's Kahn | Mason Studio Immersion Project (SIP) Fellowship is designed to introduce artists from multiple disciplines to printmaking. Selected artists are each provided access to a community and professional printmaking workspace, a $2,000 stipend, three printmaking workshops, and assistance from EFA staff. There is no application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

New York State

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Ucross Residency & Fellowships

Ucross provides residencies that range from two weeks to six weeks in length. The program is open to visual artists, writers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams. There is a $40 application fee. Ucross also offers two fellowships, one for Native American visual artists and one for Native American writers. There is no application fee for these fellowships.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Loghaven Artist Residency

Loghaven Artist Residency's mission is to serve artists by providing them with a residency experience and continued post-residency support. Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency, which takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is a $20 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Grand Canyon Artist in Residence

The Grand Canyon Artist in Residence program offers artists the opportunity to practice and share their discipline with park visitors. Contemporary artists focused on site-specific community engagement, social practice, and immersive or interactive artworks are encouraged to apply.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Erotic Nature - Wild Joy

SaveArtSpace and Alphachanneling presents Erotic Nature - Wild Joy, a public art exhibition on billboard ad spaces throughout the US. This open call is an invitation for artists to submit their wildest works that explore the deep, primal connection between erotic desire and the natural world. There is a $10 donation per image submission to participate.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 15, 2024

 

 

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

The NEH's Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program advances scholarship, education, and public engagement in the humanities by helping libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country steward important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects. This is a funding opportunity for organizations.

 

Geographic Focus

United States

 

Deadline

July 16, 2024

 

 

Banff Centre Literary Arts Programs

Banff Centre offers two opportunities for writers this month. The Mountain Writers Intensive is a three-week residency for nine writers working in any genre (fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry), on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, stories of adventure, or projects with a theme of the human relationship to landscape. The Literary Journalism residency encourages the explorations of new ideas in literary journalism and experimentation in writing. There is a $65 application fee for each opportunity.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 17, 2024

 

 

Crosstown Arts Residency

Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary residencies in Memphis, Tennessee, to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators working in any creative discipline including visual arts, music, film, and writing in all genres. There is a $20 application fee.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 20, 2024

 

 

Sunroom Project Space

The Sunroom Project Space provides an opportunity for New York City-area artists at the early stages of their career to develop and present a site-specific solo project at Wave Hill. Five artists will be selected for solo exhibitions and will receive an honorarium of $2,000 each. One artist will be selected to present a site-specific project or a series of performances with an honorarium of $6,000.

 

Geographic Focus

Bronx, New York

 

Deadline

July 21, 2024

 

 

Community Impact Micro Grant

Huntington Arts Council's Community Impact Micro Grant program provides year-long funding opportunities to arts-centered programs and projects that have a demonstrable impact on their community. All chosen grants will be funded at $1,000.

 

Geographic Focus

Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York

 

Deadline

July 26, 2024

 

 

Art & Environment Prize

Lee Ufan Arles and Maison Guerlain present the Art & Environment Prize in support of artistic productions that are resolutely altruistic and responsible, opening up new dialogues with nature. The winner with receive a six- to eight-week residency in Arles, France, followed by a summer exhibition.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 30, 2024

 

 

Virginia Humanities Grant

Virginia Humanities grants support projects that explore the stories of Virginia—its history, people, communities, and cultural traditions—as well as issues and questions that impact the lives of Virginians in the present day. Regular grants range from $5,000 to $20,000. Rapid grants award up to $5,000.

 

Geographic Focus

Virginia

 

Deadline

July 31, 2024

 

 

Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program San Antonio, TX

With the support of San Antonio Area Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts presents the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program to San Antonio-based artists from all disciplines. Accepted participants receive a $200 stipend and have the opportunity to participate in an exhibition.

 

Geographic Focus

San Antonio, Texas

 

Deadline

July 31, 2024

 

 

Shift Residency

EFA Project Space's SHIFT Residency provides peer support, mentoring, and studio space for artists who work in arts organizations in New York City to advance the artists' creative practices in balance with their careers.

 

Geographic Focus

New York City

 

Deadline

July 31, 2024

 

 

AXS Film Fund

AXS Film Fund supports documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media creators of color with disabilities. Five creators will be awarded with grants of up to $10,000 to assist them in finishing their projects in any stage of production.

 

Geographic Focus

Global

 

Deadline

July 31, 2024

 


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