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Here are the upcoming opportunities for November 2023. Best of luck!
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to artists. In addition to unrestricted funds of $15,000, awardees can participate in the Artadia Network to receive structured opportunities for new connections and resource sharing as well as receive a dedicated webpage on Artadia’s online artist registry. Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts nonprofit, the public art realm, etc.
Houston, Texas
November 1, 2023
Researchers with long-term fellowships spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection. These fellowships support scholarship in any field relevant to the Newberry's collection.
United States [National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship]
Global [all other fellowships]
November 1, 2023
Submitting to ArtFields is submitting to an exhibition and competition that is strongly committed to celebrating Southern art and the stories that artists have to tell. Selected artworks will be exhibited throughout Lake City, South Carolina, and be in the running for cash prizes. There is a $25 submission fee.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
November 1, 2023
More Art's Engaging Artists Commission is an opportunity for early career artists focused on the incubation and commissioning of a public art project and carries an $8,000 award to realize the project, plus curatorial, conceptual, budgetary, and logistical mentorship. This year's program will focus on such interlinked issues facing New Yorkers such as: economic and racial inequality, the housing crisis, mass incarceration, and climate justice.
New York City
November 1, 2023
The American-Scandinavian Foundation offers year-long fellowships of up to $23,000 and short term (1-3 months) fellowships of up to $5,000 to graduate students and academic professionals interested in pursuing research or creative-arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sámpi, and Sweden).
United States
November 1, 2023
The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes twelve emerging writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine, journal, or cultural website. The winning writers each receive a $2,000 cash prize and will be published in an anthology. Eligible stories must be originally published in English.
Global
November 1, 2023
The Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosts emerging and distinguished who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press as part of its Shearing Fellowship. The fellowship includes compensation of $40,000 over a nine-month period, office space, and housing. There is no application fee.
Global
November 1, 2023
California Humanities’ California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program that supports documentary film, audio, and digital media productions that explore California in all its complexity and tell stories from every corner of the state. Funding is available in two categories this month: Research and Development grants up to $15,000 and Production grants up to $50,000. Nonprofit organizations, preferably based in California, or individuals being fiscally sponsored by a tax-exempt organization or municipal/state agency are eligible to apply.
California
November 1, 2023
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) invites applications for its fellowship program. Scholars from any discipline whose research engages the art, craft, and visual culture of the United States are encouraged to apply.
Global
November 1, 2023
The Ransom Center’s collections encourage and support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, performing arts, music, cultural history, and interdisciplinary studies.
Global
November 1, 2023
The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), provides grants to encourage and support the creation of digital, film, music, and live or online theater content that reflects the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.
New York City
November 1, 2023
The Thompson Gallery of Art at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, invites established artists to submit a proposal for solo and group exhibitions that explore themes related to public health or environmental consciousness and justice. Works in all media will be considered.
Global
November 1, 2023
Digitizing Hidden Collections is a grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for digitizing rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the U.S. and Canada. This program is for nonprofit, academic, independent, and community-based organizations in the U.S. and Canada that collect, preserve, and share rare and unique materials with the general public.
United States and Canada
November 1, 2023
The A.I.R. Fellowship program was established in order to support underrepresented and emerging women and nonbinary artists in New York City. Each year, six artists are awarded a year-long fellowship to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Gallery.
New York City, adjoining counties, or the Hudson Valley
November 1, 2023
Cornelia Magazine is looking for feature-length articles (1,500-2,000 words) on visual arts-related topics that have some connection to the Western New York and Southern Ontario region, current exhibitions in the region, or current events that impact visual arts in the region. Writers will be paid $375 per article.
Western New York and Southern Ontario region
November 2, 2023
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts’ Artist Entrepreneurial Grant 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.
New Hampshire
November 3, 2023
Squeaky Wheel's Workspace Residency is a project-based residency for artists and researchers working in media arts. The residency is open to applicants from Buffalo and across the United States who are seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work. The program offers $1,200 in artist fees and stipends, accommodations, $400 in travel support, and up to $900 in financial assistance for child care and/or disability support. There is no application fee.
United States
November 3, 2023
The Met offers several fellowships to junior scholars, postdoctoral and senior academics, and museum professionals for independent study or research: the Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture, the Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art, the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship, the Eugene V. Thaw Fellowship for Collections Cataloguing, and the Interdisciplinary Fellowship.
Global
November 3, 2023
Velvetpark Residency is a six-month live-work studio in the Crown and Prospect Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn, NY, open to LGBTQ+ writers in any creative genre to complete a proposed project. There is a $25 application fee.
United States
November 3, 2023
SFFILM Festival's regular deadline for all films, as well as the final deadline for short films, is this month. General entry fees for feature and mid-length films are $75, with a $10 discount available to Bay Area residents and college students; fees for short films and family films are $50, with a $5 discount for Bay Area residents and college students.
Bay Area, California
November 3, 2023
The Society of Arts + Crafts Jumpstarter consists of four grants of $3,000 each. The purpose of the grants is to support craft artists who reside in New England to pursue new directions or advance new ideas in their work.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
November 5, 2023
Beam Center seeks design proposals for ambitious public artworks that will be brought to life through collaborations between youth and creative big thinkers. Selected projects have approximately $15,000 fabrication budget and each selected project artist receives a $5,000 award.
Global
November 6, 2023
Art Jewelry Forum's Young Artist Award competition recognizes innovative work created by a jewelry artist early in their career. The winner receives an unrestricted cash award of $7,500, and four finalists each receive an unrestricted cash award of $1,000. Applicants must be 35 years of age or younger on December 31, 2023 to be eligible. There is a $35 entry fee.
Global
November 6, 2023
The Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant is a prize of $5,000 sponsored by the National Sculpture Society, awarded annually to a sculptor who has demonstrated outstanding ability as a sculptor and who has created a body of work inspired by nature which includes works of sculpture in the round and in bas-relief.
United States
November 6, 2023
Café Royal Cultural Foundation will award an exhibition/project grant to NYC artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. The award amount is up to $10,000. NYC artists in all genres of visual arts are eligible to apply.
New York City
November 6, 2023
The Bronx Council on the Arts is now accepting applications for its Community Engagement Grants cycle. New Work supports individual Bronx-based artists. Arts Fund supports Bronx-based individual artists, artist collectives, and 501(c)(3) arts organizations with an organizational budget below $100,000. For Community Arts, local nonprofit organizations may apply directly; individual artists or collectives may apply either through a Bronx-based fiscal sponsor or in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization based in the Bronx.
Bronx, New York
November 7, 2023
Banff Centre's Late Winter Writers Residency is a small cohort program that gives writers a chance to learn from each other and faculty, attend exclusive talks, ask questions, and develop their practice. The residency is a two-week online program, and writers in all creative genres are invited to apply.
Global
November 8, 2023
The Studios is MASS MoCA's artist and writers residency program situated within the museum's factory campus and surrounded by the Berkshire Mountains. There is no application fee.
Global
November 8, 2023
VIA Art Fund's Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 and $100,000. Artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in the field of contemporary art are eligible to apply.
Global
November 9, 2023 [letter of inquiry deadline]
The Brooklyn Editions (BKX) Winter Print Suite Sponsorship is geared towards proposals for exhibitions, portfolios, and other printed collections seeking to represent a body or suite of work. The collection of work can come from a single artist or collective group of artists, and is open to US-based individuals coming from all practices, industries, and backgrounds.
United States
November 9, 2023
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives Research Residency is an opportunity for researchers and scholars interested in visiting the Rauschenberg Foundation and its archives in New York City. The program provides partial financial support for costs related to travel expenses during the residency.
Global
November 10, 2023
Smack Mellon seeks proposals from emerging curators based in the greater New York area for the annual Emerging Artists Summer Group Exhibition. Smack Mellon offers a curatorial fee of $2,000.
Greater New York area
November 10, 2023
Artspace's Pathways: A Native Space Initiative is a 12-month, virtual, cohort-based pilot program designed to support Native arts and cultural organizations in accessing and developing arts and cultural space in their communities.
Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Southern California, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin
November 10, 2023
The En Foco Photography Fellowship is designed to support photographers of color, awarding each fellow with $1,500 and participation in a group exhibition. NYC and NY State-based photographers of Latino, African, Asian American heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific Islanders are eligible to apply.
New York State
November 11, 2023
The David Prize is a celebration of New Yorkers with ideas for extraordinary change and is open to any individual working in New York City's five boroughs. Five winners will receive $200,000 each for their audacious vision and plans to make it a reality.
New York City
November 13, 2023
The goal of the Lucid Art Residency program is to provide artists with a retreat-like natural environment in Inverness, California, for creative exploration and inquiry into art and consciousness. Eligible artists must have an MFA or equivalent in independent studio work with an exhibition history, working in the visual arts, video/new media, writing, music composition, or choreography.
United States and Canada
November 13, 2023
Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for artists in the DC area, intended to support a wide range of experimental and multidisciplinary practices, particularly those that emphasize collaboration and discourse. Project & Presentation Grants of $7,500 support ongoing or new projects that embrace unconventional or DIY values, and Research Grants of $5,000 are for DC-area artists to further their practices through ideation, research, and experimentation.
Washington, DC
November 14, 2023
The Hopper Prize provides unrestricted cash grants in the amount of $3,500 and $1,000 to artists around the globe. The Prize is open to all artists age 18 and older working in any media. There is a $40 submission fee.
Global
November 14, 2023
The National Gallery of Art's Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship program supports advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Application for this fellowship may be made only through nomination by the chair of a graduate department of art history or other appropriate department. The fellowship includes a $30,000/year stipend.
United States
November 15, 2023
Master Drawings' Ricciardi Prize offers $5,000 for the best new and unpublished article on a drawings topic of any period by a scholar under the age of 40. Prize winners will be invited to present their research at a symposium during Master Drawings Week in New York.
Global
November 15, 2023
The American Folk Art Museum seeks a curatorial fellow to collaborate on a range of ambitious projects relating to the Museum's upcoming exhibition programs and its collection. The two-year program includes an annual salary of $55-60K and benefits.
United States
November 15, 2023
The GALLIM Moving Artist Residency supports seven early career Black, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latina/e, and people of global majority who are women, nonbinary, or transgender movement artists in New York City. The GALLIM Parent Moving Artist Residency supports three movement artists who are parents.
New York City [Moving Artist Residency]
United States [Parent Moving Artist Residency]
November 15, 2023
The Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program is designed to build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. The program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
United States
November 15, 2023
The Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency supports Northern California artists actively exploring new aesthetic premises and pushing the boundaries of conventional art forms and media. The program provides early to mid-career artists free studio space and up-to-date equipment to create new work in the time-based arts such as theater/performance, dance/movement, music/sound art/instrument invention, as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary work. The program includes a production stipend of up to $1,500.
Northern California
November 15, 2023
The winning poet(s) of the Nightboat Poetry Prize receives a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 25 free copies of the published book. Any poet writing in English is eligible to apply. There is a $28 entry fee.
Global
November 15, 2023
Banff Centre's four-week Indigenous Haute Couture Fashion Residency will offer eight Indigenous textile-based artists the opportunity to incorporate upcycled and/or digital embellishments into their work and to develop their designs and pattern development skills. There is a $35 application fee.
Global
November 15, 2023
Women's Studio Workshop offers multiple grants this month. The Studio Residency Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to create new work in any of WSW's studio disciplines. The Anita Wetzel Residency Grant supports mature artists (45 years old and up) in creating new work. The Art-in-Education Artist's Book Residency Grant is awarded to two artists to create a new artist's book and teach young people in WSW's studios. The Artist's Book Residency Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to produce a limited edition book work. The BIMA Artist's Book Residency Grant for Indigenous Artists is a ten-week residency for North American Indigenous artists to produce a limited edition book work. The Research Publication Residency Grant is a six- to eight-week residency designed for individuals to work onsite on the completion of research titles that expand upon topics central to WSW's core mission.
North America [BIMA Artist's Book Residency Grant for Indigenous Artists]
Global [all other opportunities]
November 15, 2023
Philadelphia Stories' National Prize for Poetry celebrates risk, innovation, and emotional engagement. Poets from underrepresented groups and backgrounds are encouraged to send their work. The Prize features a first place $1,000 cash award, and three runners up will each receive a $250 cash award. There is a $5 submission fee for each poem.
United States
November 15, 2023
Data Through Design (DxD) is now accepting proposals for its exhibition, Aftermath. Artists, data professionals, designers, scientists, historians, activists, coders, policymakers, and other creative professionals are invited to submit their proposals for projects. A $900 stipend is included.
United States
November 15, 2023
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON) have launched a new pilot, supported by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), that provides organizations with a comprehensive organizational assessment and individualized consulting support to implement best practices. New York organizations based outside of New York City with a current operating budget of $1 million or less are eligible to apply.
Mid-Hudson, Long Island, Capital Region, Mohawk, and North Country sections of New York [NYFA program]
Central, Western, and Southern Tier of New York [NYCON program]
November 16, 2023
SFER IK Museion in Tulum, Mexico, invites artists from diverse disciplines to participate in an open call competition for the creation of art works using artificial intelligence to be placed at the natural environment of the Tulum Jungle. The themes are interspecies art, ancestral knowlege, and environmental symbiosis. The winning artist will receive a $100,000 grant and two-month art residency at AZULIK City of Arts.
Global
November 17, 2023
The Goethe-Institut Boston invites New England creatives from all fields of artistic practice to submit proposals for a Studio 170 | Residency. Selected artists receive an artist stipend of $1,000 and an additional budget for production costs up to $1,000.
New England
November 17, 2023
Postcards from the Edge is an opportunity for artists of all backgrounds to connect to the mission of Visual AIDS while sharing their work with new collectors. Offered on a first-come, first-served basis, each piece is exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist is revealed only after the work is purchased. There is no entry fee.
Global
November 17, 2023
New York Foundation for the Arts' Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant 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.
United States
November 17, 2023
Smack Mellon's Artist Studio Program provides six eligible artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space in Dumbo, Brooklyn, accessible 24/7, and a fellowship (dependent on funding). NYC-based emerging or early career artists are eligible to apply.
New York City
November 20, 2023
Since 2018, Dumbarton Oaks has pursued an initiative in the emerging interdisciplinary field of the Plant Humanities, which explores the significance of plants to human cultures. As part of the Plant Humanities team, the Post-Doctoral Fellow will focus on research, content creation, and editing. The one-year fellowship, with the possibility of renewal, carries a stipend of $65,000/year, with an additional $1,000 annual, taxable research allowance.
Global
November 20, 2023
The Bronx Council on the Arts' Bronx Dance Fund seeks to nurture the development of artists and organizations that comprise the field of dance in the Bronx. The program will support individual Bronx-based dancers, choreographers, and dance organizations with grants of up to $7,500 for general operating or project-based support, including capacity building, training, professional development, and/or production. Early career dance artists and BIPOC-led organizations will be prioritized.
Bronx, New York
November 20, 2023
The Bronx Council on the Arts is seeking teaching artists to staff 18 contact hour artist residencies for youth involved in the criminal justice system. Selected artists will receive a stipend of $3,000.
Bronx, New York
November 20, 2023
ACRE's summer residency takes place in rural Southwest Wisconsin. 16 to 18 artists are hosted per session, provided with room, board, and prepared meals. The application fee is $45 until November 10 and $55 from November 11 to the deadline.
Global
November 20, 2023
New York Foundation for the Arts' Queens Art Fund offers project-based grants to Queens-based artists, artists collectives, and small nonprofit organizations to support the local production of artwork and cultural programs that highlight, engage, and bolster the diverse communities of the Queens borough.
Queens, New York
November 21, 2023
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is inviting DC-area artists to imagine projects that will challenge us towards new unimagined directions for future project development in response to the question: "Where should we start?"The project budget will be up to $3,500, including a fee of $750 for the artist-organizer.
Washington, DC
November 21, 2023
The Wikimedia Research Fund provides support to individuals, groups, and organizations with research interests on or about Wikimedia projects. Funding requests must be over $2,000, with the maximum request being $50,000.
Global
November 25, 2023
Aviário Studio Ceramics Residency aims to promote the exploration and production in the ceramics field. The program is customized according to the participating artist's goals regarding duration, outcome, and focus.
Global
November 26, 2023
Up to four artists are selected for residencies at Bernheim on an annual basis, each with a stipend of $2,500. One residency is dedicated to a regional artist currently living in Kentucky or in Clark and Floyd counties of Southern Indiana. One residency is dedicated to an artist whose work addresses environmental issues and climate change. Visual artists of all mediums are encouraged to apply. There is no application fee.
Global
November 27, 2023
Marquis Studios' Teaching Artist Training Institute (TATI) provides free training in arts education best practices for individuals interested in working with students with disabilities.
Global
November 27, 2023
Code for Science & Society (CS&S) is accepting applications for their Event Fund. For this cohort, CS&S is seeking to support Black research software engineers looking to bring change to the spaces and places where they are. The program includes a participation stipend of $5,000 as well as $5,000 to the community of practice in which the research engineers are embedded.
Global
November 27, 2023
Smith College Special Collections offers a research support program of fellowships for visiting researchers. These fellowships are intended to help offset the travel expenses of researchers engaged in studies that will benefit from access to the holdings of Smith College Special Collections. Extended-term fellowships include a $2,500 award, and short-term fellowships include a $1,000 award.
Global
November 28, 2023
The National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Research supports scholarly research that advances knowledge and understanding of the humanities. Public Scholar awards for individuals encourage writing books for a wide readership. Collaborative Research supports projects by teams of scholars. Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations provides organizations with funding for time-intensive editing projects.
United States
November 29, 2023
The Actors’ Equity Foundation Theatre Grants are awarded to theaters which have a current 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, an established artistic and administrative track record, a history of fiscal responsibility, and have worked to improve the state of the theater.
United States
November 30, 2023
Artists in the Silver Art Projects Residency cohort can devote resources to creating without the economic pressures of NYC studio rent. Artists will receive a $1,200 stipend.
Global
November 30, 2023
South Arts is offering scholarship opportunities to attend the 2024 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit. Award levels range from $375 to $1,000. Individuals working in the arts, community development, local government or other sectors with a commitment to developing creative placemaking or implementing creative placemaking projects in their communities.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
November 30, 2023
Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to apply for the opportunity to access and the space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work. Selected artists receive curatorial guidance, a $5,000 max production budget, artist W.A.G.E. fee, documentation, and an opportunity to stay in the Locust Projects residency.
Global
November 30, 2023
Sundog Theatre's longtime series "The Originals" is seeking plays that actors will read, broadcast live on the web and be heard throughout New York City, the US, and worldwide. Sundog will pay a remuneration of $150 for each play that is used. There is no submission fee.
Global
November 30, 2023
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) has four distinct grant types to support immersive cultural exchange. The New York Fellowship is a six-month program that aims to foster grantees' understanding of New York City's many diverse cultures. The Individual Fellowship is for individuals who are self-direced and have a focused research project that enables and promotes cultural immersion, dialogue, relationship-building, collaboration, and/or exchange of knowledge among peers. The Graduate Fellowship gives a small number of scholarships to students admitted to a graduate degree program in the United States. The Organization Grant provides support to organizations that are engaging in projects that will benefit from cultural immersion, research, and increased access to artistic communities or cultural resources in a specific country.
Asia and the United States
November 30, 2023
Narratively is accepting entries of revealing and emotional first-person nonfiction narratives from unique and overlooked points of view. The winning submission will receive a $3,000 prize and publication on Narratively. There is a $20 entry fee.
Global
November 30, 2023
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