--- title: "Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities: May 2024 Deadlines" description: Upcoming grants and opportunities for artists for May 2024. --- [Inciter Art | Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org) # [Upcoming Artist Grants and Opportunities: May 2024 Deadlines](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/grants-opportunities-may-2024) Written by [Geo Ong](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/geo-ong) | April 2, 2024 Every month, Fractured Atlas provides a [list of upcoming grants and opportunities for artists and arts-based projects](https://media.fracturedatlas.org/grant-opportunities) so that you can discover more opportunities to get financial support and other resources for your work. As a [fiscal sponsor](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-is-fiscal-sponsorship-artists-d3753d8b29ca) of over 3,500 artistic projects, we provide access to grants for artists in every discipline. If you are new to grant-seeking, check out our [introduction to grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants-introduction-for-first-time-applicants)! If you’re not already fiscally-sponsored, fiscal sponsorship can give you access to a wider pool of grant opportunities as well as other tools and resources. [Learn more about our fiscal sponsorship program here](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/fiscal-sponsorship).  If you are fiscally sponsored, be sure to review our [grant application process](https://fracturedatlas.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001707774-Seeking-Grant-Funding?__hstc=220525575.2aeddc0f13cf206f1d9c5f7fc3e84439.1588616861263.1606842878493.1606854660288.420&__hssc=220525575.6.1606854660288&__hsfp=995137143) as you apply for these grants or any others. Here are the upcoming opportunities for May 2024. Best of luck!   ## [**Cleveland Arts Prize: Discipline Prize**](https://www.clevelandartsprize.org/nominate.html) [Cleveland Arts Prize](https://www.clevelandartsprize.org/index.html) promotes creativity in northeast Ohio by honoring artists for artistic excellence and recognizes community leaders who help regional arts flourish. Artists with a connection or contribution to the region are encouraged to apply for a Discipline Prize of $10,000.   ### **Geographic Focus** Northeast Ohio   ### **Deadline** May 1, 2024     ## [Constellations Folk Arts & Cultural Stewardship Grant](https://www.culturalpower.org/stories/2024-constellations-folk-arts-cultural-stewardship/) The [Center for Cultural Power](https://www.culturalpower.org/) invites California-based organizations who are led by cultural bearers and who are working through traditional and tradition-based forms and practices to apply for one-year, flexible, general operating support regrants. The anticipated grant award range is $25,000 to $150,000 for one year.   ### Geographic Focus California   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Curatorial Advancement Grant](https://www.tremainefoundation.org/curatorial-advancement-grants.html) The [Tremaine Foundation](https://www.tremainefoundation.org/)'s Curatorial Advancement Grant program is made up to two sections. Peer Network Grant requests support network opportunities that advance curatorial knowledge and strengthen US curatorial practices. Innovation Grant requests are designed to support a project, initiative, or opportunity not previously explored in the local curatorial space, or an emerging trend that is under-resourced. The Foundation's focus is contemporary art. Funding ranges from $500 to $10,000.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 1, 2024 \[Letter of Intent\]     ## [Cascade Canyon Artist in Residence](https://www.ohanloncenter.org/artists-in-residence/) The Cascade Canyon Artist in Residence program at [O'Hanlon Center for the Arts](https://www.ohanloncenter.org/) in Mill Valley, California, provides artists of all disciplines the opportunity to explore, create, and reflect on the creative process. There is a $45 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Visitor Center Artist Camp](https://www.visitorcenterartistcamp.org/apply) [Visitor Center Artist Camp](https://www.visitorcenterartistcamp.org/) in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is an annual residency session for independent art mediums, and immersive workshops in wild-clay harvesting and processing for pottery.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Bed-Stuy Create & Connect Fund](https://laundromatproject.org/what-we-do/artist-funding/create-and-connect/) The [Laundromat Project](https://laundromatproject.org/)'s Bed-Stuy Create & Connect Fund is a hyperlocal micro-grant program that seeds and supports the creative ideas or civic actions of artists, cultural practitioners, community organizers, activists, and neighbors whose proposals aim to enrich community life in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The Fund provides $1,000 grants toward each funded project.   ### Geographic Focus Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [OAC Grant Opportunities for Individual Artists](https://oac.ohio.gov/grants/10-grant-opportunities) The [Ohio Arts Council (OAC)](https://oac.ohio.gov/home) offers awards that recognize excellence, preserve cultural traditions, and offer development support. The [Artist Opportunities](https://oac.ohio.gov/grants/10-grant-opportunities/30-artist-opportunities) grants support Ohio artists who have opportunities that will significantly impact their professional growth or have projects that will contribute to the vitality of their community. The [Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP)](https://oac.ohio.gov/grants/10-grant-opportunities/40-artists-with-disabilities-access-program) provides funding that gives individual artists with disabilities the resources they need to further their artistic development.   ### Geographic Focus Ohio   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Braiding Seeds Fellowship](https://www.soulfirefarm.org/braiding-seeds-fellowship/) The Braiding Seeds Fellowship, a project of [Soul Fire Farm Institute](https://www.soulfirefarm.org/) in collaboration with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, provides beginning farmers with resources, professional development, and mentorship to support their livelihood on land. Fellows receive a $50,000 stipend. This program is for Black, Indigenous, and people of color farmers based in the northeast and southeast of the United States, including all states and territories that touch the Atlantic Ocean and its tidal arms.   ### Geographic Focus Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, District of Columbia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Vermont   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Lillstreet Art Center Residencies](https://lillstreet.com/applying-to-be-a-resident) [Lillstreet Art Center](https://lillstreet.com/) offers year-long residencies in the departments of ceramics and metasmithing, and 9-month residencies in textiles, drawing & painting, and printmaking & book arts. There is a $20 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Vanguard Arts Fund](https://www.olneytheatre.org/about-us/vanguard-arts-fund) [Olney Theatre Center](https://www.olneytheatre.org/)'s Vanguard Arts Fund provides developmental support to diverse teams of artists interested in creating theatrical works. A successful proposal for new work will bring together more than one generative artist in an interdisciplinary fashion to explore new and classic stories.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 1, 2024     ## [Processing Foundation Fellowship](https://processingfoundation.org/fellowships) The [Processing Foundation](https://processingfoundation.org/) Fellowship, themed "Sustaining Community: Expansion & Access," seeks to support innovative projects from artists, designers, activists, educators, engineers, researchers, coders, collectives, and many more, who are working at the intersection of creative technology, art, and open-source software. The program includes a $10,000 stipend.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 2, 2024     ## [NHSCA Grants](https://www.nh.gov/nharts/grants/index.htm) The [New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA)](https://www.nh.gov/nharts/index.html) offers two application opportunities in early May. The [Arts in Health Project Grant](https://www.nh.gov/nharts/grants/partners/artsinhealthcare.htm) supports arts experiences and artist residencies in health-based settings, or arts activities that deepen public health awareness and practice in New Hampshire communities. The [Artist Entrepreneurial Grant](https://www.nh.gov/nharts/grants/artists/artistentre.html) supports the development of business skills, increase the level and quality of work, and bring work to the widest possible markets.   ### Geographic Focus New Hampshire   ### Deadline May 3, 2024     ## [Tournesol Award](https://www.headlands.org/programs/) [Headlands Center for the Arts](https://www.headlands.org/)' Tournesol Award recognizes an emerging Bay Area painter in support of establishing and maintaining a career in the region. The award supports a full year of artistic development and includes a $10,000 stipend, a private studio, and a culminating exhibition or project of the artist's choice.   ### Geographic Focus Bay Area, California   ### Deadline May 3, 2024     ## [Fireline Fellowship](https://prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/opportunities/fireline-fellowship) The [Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) at Oregon State University](https://prax.oregonstate.edu/)'s Fireline Fellowship invites writers, artists, and thought leaders in the humanities to become part of a thinking community that will explore issues related to wildfire at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (the Andrews). Fellows will receive a stipend, opportunities to learn alongside scientists in the field, and up to four weeks of residency time at the Andrews.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 3, 2024     ## [Fundación Botín Art Grant](https://fundacionbotin.org/en/grants-and-calls-for-applications/plastic-arts-grants/) The [Fundación Botín](https://fundacionbotin.org/en/) offers six Art Grants to artists of any nationality with an expected duration of nine months and an endowment of 23,000 euros each, to aid both training and the development of personal and research projects directly linked to artistic creation.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 3, 2024     ## [The Sistas Uprising Fund](https://www.sistacreativesrising.com/the-sistas-uprising-fund) [Sista Creatives Rising](https://www.sistacreativesrising.com/)'s Sistas Uprising Fund is a charity project to help marginalized artists, primarily focusing on supporting marginalized women and femme-expressing visual artists of color through the distribution of $200 grants. There is a $10 suggested application fee.   ### Geographic Focus United States and Canada   ### Deadline May 5, 2024     ## [Beautifying the Park Row Connection to Chinatown](https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/dotart.shtml) [NYC DOT](https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml) Art is commissioning temporary site-responsive art for *Beautifying the Park Row Connection to Chinatown* to reinforce the connection between Lower Manhattan and Chinatown and reflect the rich cultural identity of the area. Selected artists will receive up to $20,000 towards direct project costs.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 5, 2024     ## [Café Royal Visual Arts Grant](https://caferoyalculturalfoundation.org/visual-page) [Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC](https://caferoyalculturalfoundation.org/) will award an exhibition/project grant to NYC artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Artists in all genres of visual arts are eligible to receive up to $10,000 in funding.   ### Geographic Focus New York City   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Howard County Rising Star Award](https://www.hocoarts.org/explore/opportunities-artists-arts-groups/grants/rising-star/) Emerging performing artists and ensembles, ages 18-35, with roots in Howard County, Maryland, are eligible to apply for the [Howard County Arts Council](https://www.hocoarts.org/)'s Rising Star Award. The winner receives a $5,000 prize, and finalists each receive a $500 honorarium.   ### Geographic Focus Howard County, Maryland   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Staten Island Arts Grant Cycle](https://statenislandarts.org/grants/) [Staten Island Arts](https://statenislandarts.org/)' grant cycle consists of two opportunities. The [Howard Gilman Performing Arts Residency Cohort](https://statenislandarts.org/grants/hgf-parc/) supports the creative practice of 10 performing artists living and working in Staten Island through a 6-month residency cohort. The [Mertz Gilmore Dance Research Grant](https://statenislandarts.org/grants/mertz-gilmore-dance-research-grants/) program supports the research and development of a new dance work by dance artists, dance collectives, or dance nonprofits at any stage of their careers.   ### Geographic Focus Staten Island, New York   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [CALI Catalyst](https://www.cciarts.org/cgi/page.cgi/cali_grants.htm) The [Center for Cultural Innovation](https://www.cciarts.org/)'s CALI Catalyst program provides unrestricted grants of up to $7,500 to California changemakers who are creating tangible impact within the arts and culture sector, shifting power and influence to historically underrepresented voices.   ### Geographic Focus California   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Wassaic Project Open Calls](https://www.wassaicproject.org/apply) The [Wassaic Project](https://www.wassaicproject.org/) is holding two open calls through early May. The Winter Residency offers studio space, accommodations, and access to the wood shop. The Haunted Mill is the Wassaic Project's annual Halloween event, accepting site-specific installations, outdoor installations, and performances. There is a $25 application fee for each open call.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Marble House Project Residency](https://www.marblehouseproject.org/applications) [Marble House Project](https://www.marblehouseproject.org/)'s residency project accommodates approximately eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative works to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond. Applications are accepted in all creative fields. There is a $35 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Performing Arts Technology Lab](https://www.dorisduke.org/funding-areas/performing-arts/technologies-lab/) The [Doris Duke Foundation](https://www.dorisduke.org/)'s Performing Arts Technologies Lab is both a grant and a support system designed to expand access to and nurture new methods for creating, sharing and experiencing the performing arts. The program seeks innovative ideas from individuals, partnerships, and organizations, in jazz, contemporary dance, and theater that make use of new digital tools and production methods.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 6, 2024     ## [Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant](https://www.southarts.org/grants-opportunities/individual-artist-career-opportunity-grants) [South Arts](https://www.southarts.org/)' Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an artist's career that will likely lead to substantial career advancement. Grants of up to $2,000 are available for opportunities taking place between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Artists working in the following disciplines are eligible to apply: 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 May 7, 2024     ## [Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Artists Residency](https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/hawaii) The [National Parks Art Foundation](https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/)'s Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Artists Residency is open to all artists, writers, musicians, or performance artists. The program includes a $4,000 stipend and is open to individual artists, couples, families, collectives, and troupes. There is a $60 application fee for individual artists.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 10, 2024     ## [National Book Foundation Capacity-Building Grant Program](https://www.nationalbook.org/programs/capacity-building-grant-program/) Through the [National Book Foundation](https://www.nationalbook.org/) Capacity-Building Grant Program, nonprofit literary arts organizations may apply for grants of $5,000 or $10,000 to support projects that aim to create a sustainable and effective organization.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 10, 2024     ## [CLMP Capacity-Building Grant Program](https://www.clmp.org/capacity-building-grant-program/) Similar to the National Book Foundation's grant program, the [Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)](https://www.clmp.org/) Capacity-Building Grant Program is an opportunity for nonprofit literary magazines and presses to apply for grants to support projects that aim to create a sustainable and effective organization.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 10, 2024     ## [Berkeley FILM Foundation Grant](https://berkeleyfilmfoundation.org/annual-grant-cycle) The [Berkeley FILM Foundation](https://berkeleyfilmfoundation.org/) supports East-Bay based emerging and established independent filmmakers whose work combines intellectual clarity with creative use of the medium. This grant supports documentary works that have a social consciousness and addresses complex issues. Grants range between $2,500 and $15,000.   ### Geographic Focus East Bay area of California   ### Deadline May 13, 2024     ## [Call for Entries: "Vote for Democracy"](https://www.saveartspace.org/votefordemocracy) [SaveArtSpace](https://www.saveartspace.org/) invites artists of all ages and talents to submit their artwork to be placed on billboard ad space in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the Republican National Convention. The overarching theme of the exhibit is the "preservation of democracy." There is a $10 donation per image submission.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 13, 2024     ## [Nicholson Project Artist Residency](https://www.thenicholsonproject.org/residency-program) The [Nicholson Project](https://www.thenicholsonproject.org/)'s Artist Residency program explores the positive roles that art and design can play in strengthening the community. The 10-week program includes a $5,000 artist stipend and up to $2,000 to develop and implement a residency project. The program is open is all artists, with a focus on BIPOC artists and those who live in or have ties to Southeast Washington, D.C. There is a $15 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 13, 2024     ## [The Hopper Prize](https://hopperprize.org/about-hopper-prize/) [The Hopper Prize](https://hopperprize.org/) seeks to advance the careers of visual artists by providing unrestricted financial support in the form of individual artist grants. The award is open to all artists. There is a $40 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 14, 2024     ## [Kala Artist-in-Residence Program](http://www.kala.org/residencies/artist-in-residence-program-air/) Artists working in various printmaking techniques, photo processes, book arts, and digital media including video production can apply to become an artist-in-residence at [Kala Art Institute](http://www.kala.org/). Artists may apply for 1-, 2-, or 3-month residencies.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women's History](https://www.archivesfoundation.org/cokie-roberts-fellowship/) The [National Archives Foundation](https://www.archivesfoundation.org/)'s Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women's History will support up to three fellowships for emerging and established historians, journalists, authors, or graduate students who perform and publish new research to elevate women's history using the records held by the National Archives. The program awards up to $12,500.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Sawtooth Residencies](https://www.sawtooth.org/news/apply-today-for-2024-residencies-in-ceramics-and-woodworking/) [Sawtooth](https://www.sawtooth.org/) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, offers two year-long artist-in-residence programs. The [Ceramics Artist in Residence Program](https://www.sawtooth.org/all/artist-in-residence/) is designed to encourage and enhance the creative, intellectual, professional, and personal growth of emerging studio artists. The [Gondring Residency in Woodworking](https://www.sawtooth.org/studios/wood/artist-in-residence/) offers emerging woodworkers the opportunity to develop their skills and gain valuable teaching experience.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Self Organizations](https://mophradat.org/en/program/self-organizations/) [Mophradat](https://mophradat.org/en/)'s Self Organizations program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners take the initiative and join forces to define a mutual resource or interest that's important for their work and propose ways to share or develop it. The program supports projects across two different categories: informal co-ops and topical assemblies. Arts practitioners groups from all disciplines and stages of their careers are welcome to apply, with priority given to proposals taking place within the Arab world.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [VCCA Residencies and Fully-Funded Fellowships](https://www.vcca.com/apply/) The [Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)](https://www.vcca.com/) is accepting applications for two opportunities through mid-May. The [residency program at Mt. San Angelo](https://www.vcca.com/apply/residencies-at-vcca/) in Amherst, Virginia is open to emerging and established artists in the following disciplines: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting and screenwriting, performance, film and video, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, music composition, and cross-disciplinary art. There is a $30 application fee. The [Wachtmeister Award](https://www.vcca.com/apply/fully-funded-fellowships/wachtmeister-award/) is a fully-funded fellowship open to established composers/sound artists using acoustic sources. There is no application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Monson Arts Residency Program](https://monsonarts.org/residencies/overview/) [Monson Arts](https://monsonarts.org/)' residency program in Maine's North Woods supports emerging and established artists and writers by providing them time and space to devote to their creative practices. 2-week residencies include a $500 stipend and 4-week residencies include a $1,000 stipend. Photographers can apply for the [Abbott Watts Residency for Photography](https://monsonarts.org/residencies/abbott-watts-residency/), which offers access to Monson's photography studio and darkroom.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [WSW Opportunities](https://wsworkshop.org/opportunity-calendar/) [Women's Studio Workshop](https://wsworkshop.org/) in Rosendale, NY, is accepting applications through mid-May for three opportunities. The [Studio Workspace Residency](https://wsworkshop.org/residencies/studio-workspace-residency/) invites artists to work in any one or more of WSW's studios: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, darkroom photography, and ceramics. The [Art-in-Education Workspace Residency](https://wsworkshop.org/residencies/art-in-ed-workspace-residency/) is for artists interested in working with local school students while creating their own work. The [Parent Residency Grant](https://wsworkshop.org/residencies/parent-residency-grant/) is a 4-week residency for an artist with at least one dependent child under the age of 18.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival](https://filmfreeway.com/NewFest) Submissions for the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, presented by [NewFest](https://newfest.org/), are now being accepted. Films should be inclusive of—and of interest to—the LGBTQ+ community. The festival is seeking narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated features and shorts. There is a regular deadline submission fee of $50 for feature films and $35 for shorts and episodic series.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest The [Ploughshares](https://www.pshares.org/) Emerging Writer's Contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who hae yet to publish or self-publish a book. The contest awards publication, $2,000, review from Aevitas Creative Management, and a 1-year subscription. There is a $30 submission fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant](https://www.artswriters.org/about/) The [Andy Warhol Foundation](https://www.artswriters.org/) Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [American Poets Prizes](https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes) The [Academy of American Poets](https://poets.org/academy-american-poets) is accepting submissions for two poetry prizes. The [James Laughlin Award](https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/james-laughlin-award) is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year. The winning poet receives $5,000 and a weeklong residency in Miami Beach, Florida. There is no submission fee. The [Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize](https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/lenore-marshall-poetry-prize) recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. There is a $75 submission fee.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Peyton Evans Artist Residency (PEAR) Program](https://tskw.org/pear-program/) The [Studios of Key West (TSKW)](https://tskw.org/) offers a residency program for emerging and established artists, writers, composers, musicians, media artists, performers, and interdisciplinary artists from around the world. There is a $45 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [Legacy Playwright Grant](https://ageinthearts.org/age-grants/) The [AGE](https://ageinthearts.org/) Legacy Playwright Grant invests in artists who have been underrepresented and underserved because of age, race and gender. The program awards individual unrestricted grants of $10,000 each to three BIPOC playwrights over the age of 40 that identify as a person of marginalized gender or gender-diverse.   ### Geographic Focus United States and Puerto Rico   ### Deadline May 15, 2024     ## [VIA Art Fund Artistic Production Grant](https://viaartfund.org/apply/) [VIA Art Fund](https://viaartfund.org/)'s Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 and $100,000. Artists and organizations are eligible to apply.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 16, 2024 \[Letter of Inquiry\]     ## [Rauschenberg Emergency Grants](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants/) [New York Foundation for the Arts](https://www.nyfa.org/), in partnership with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, offer two grant programs for artists in emergency situations. The [Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants/rauschenberg-medical-emergency-grants/) program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. The [Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants/rauschenberg-dancer-emergency-grants/) program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to dancers in need who have a dire financial emergency.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 17, 2024     ## [McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Artists](https://northernclaycenter.org/artist-services/grants-for-artists/mcknight-fellowships/) [Northern Clay Center](https://northernclaycenter.org/)'s McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Artists supports outstanding Minnesota ceramic artists who identify with any methodology—whether it be functional, sculptural, or relational—all techniques are welcome. The program includes a $25,000 grant. There is no application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Minnesota   ### Deadline May 17, 2024     ## [Mentoring Artist-in-Residence](https://atlanticcenterforthearts.org/residencies/mair-program/) [Atlantic Center for the Arts](https://atlanticcenterforthearts.org/)' Mentoring Artist-in-Residence is a three-week, process-based interdisciplinary residency program that provides artists with an opportunity to be mentored by, work, and collaborate with distinguished artists in literary, performing, visual arts, environmental arts, and social practice. This cycle's mentors are composter/musician Andy C, critic/poet Kwame Dawes, and visual artist Bob Faust.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 19, 2024     ## [Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency](https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/residency/) The [Adirondack Center for Writing](https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/) offers a free, two-week residency in autumn to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. There is a $30 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 19, 2024     ## [Creation Fund](https://npnweb.org/programs/cdf/) [National Performance Network](https://npnweb.org/)'s Creation & Development Fund supports the creation, development, and mobility of new artistic work that advances racial and cultural justice and results in live experiential exchange between artists and community. Artists apply for the Creation phase of the Fund with a team consisting of at least two arts organizations (co-commissioners) led by an NPN National Partner.   ### Geographic Focus United States and Mexico   ### Deadline May 20, 2024     ## [JGS Fellowship for Photography](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/the-jgs-fellowship-for-photography/) [New York Foundation for the Arts](https://www.nyfa.org/)' JGS Fellowship for Photography is a $8,000 cash grant open to New York State photography artists living and working outside of New York City.   ### Geographic Focus New York State (excl. New York City)   ### Deadline May 21, 2024     ## [Pyramid Atlantic Keyholder Residency](https://pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/artist-opportunities/keyholder-residency/) [Pyramid Atlantic Art Center](https://pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/)'s Keyholder Residency is an opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 8 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. There is a $12 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 22, 2024     ## [Independent Projects Grant](https://archleague.org/competition/2024-independent-projects-grants/) The [Architectural League of New York](https://archleague.org/)'s Independent Projects grant program awards grants of $10,000 for New York State-based individuals and teams to explore a design topic through creation or research.   ### Geographic Focus New York State   ### Deadline May 22, 2024     ## [The Lumen Prize](https://www.lumenprize.com/) The Lumen Prize champions the innovative possibilities of technology-driven creativity. Nine artists will receive cash awards ranging from $1,500 to $7,500. There is a $35 submission fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 25, 2024     ## [Art in Odd Places – CARE](https://artinoddplaces.org/care/) *[Art in Odd Places](https://artinoddplaces.org/) – CARE* invites artists, performers, agitators, and caretakers to enact notions of care along 14th Street New York City. Proposals are requested for this annual outdoor public visual and performance art festival. There is no submission fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 26, 2024     ## [ON::VIEW Artist Residency](https://artssoutheast.org/onview-residency-app) Located in Savannah, Georgia's Starland District at [ARTS Southeast's Sulfur Studios](https://artssoutheast.org/), the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for an artist to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. The program supports artists working in all media. There is a $50 application fee.   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 28, 2024     ## [PLAYA Residency](https://playasummerlake.org/apply-for-residency/) The [PLAYA](https://playasummerlake.org/) 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 May 30, 2024     ## [Grant for Writing on Sculpture](https://jonathanandbarbarasilverfoundation.org/2024-writers-grant-about/) The [Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation](https://jonathanandbarbarasilverfoundation.org/) Grant for Writing on Sculpture seeks to encourage and support writers who generate fresh writing and thinking on the history, aesthetics, purposes, imagination, or situation of sculpture. The grant is $20,000.   ### Geographic Focus United States   ### Deadline May 31, 2024     ## [Oak Spring Garden Foundation Fellowships & Residencies](https://www.osgf.org/) Oak Spring Garden Foundation offers various [fellowships](https://www.osgf.org/fellowships) and [residencies](https://www.osgf.org/residencies), including the [Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence](https://www.osgf.org/fellowships/eliza-moore-artistic-excellence), the [Stacy B. Lloyd III Fellowship for Bibliographic Studies](https://www.osgf.org/fellowships/stacy-lloyd-bibliographic-study), the [Interdisciplinary Residency](https://www.osgf.org/residencies/interdisciplinary-residency), and the [Botanical Artist in Residency Program](https://www.osgf.org/residencies/botanical-art-residency).   ### Geographic Focus Global   ### Deadline May 31, 2024   Good luck! 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