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Here are the upcoming opportunities for November 2024. Best of luck!
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to artists. Awardees receive unrestricted funds of $15,000. Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context.
Houston, Texas
November 1, 2024
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Arts Center Residency at Governors Island offers an eight-month studio-based residency to artists and creative practitioners working in any discipline whose work is concerned with the broader themes of climate justice, the environment, sustainability, and urban ecology. There is no application fee.
New York City
November 1, 2024
Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes Station, California, welcomes both experienced and emerging writers and activists who are addressing pressing issues of our time. There is a $50 application fee.
Global
November 1, 2024
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts's Artist Entrepreneurial Grant 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 1, 2024
Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, offers four residency programs: Artists in Residence, Emerging Artists in Residence, the Innovation in Image Residency, and the Better Together Residency.
Global
November 1, 2024
Black Mountain Institute's Shearing Fellowship is a working fellowship in Las Vegas, Nevada, open to emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press. The nine-month program includes a compensation of $46,500. There is no application fee.
Global
November 1, 2024
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, and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers.
Global
November 1, 2024
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.
United States
November 1, 2024
The Dumbarton Oaks fellowship program offers a variety of fellowships: Research Fellowships, the I Tatti-Dumbarton Oaks Joint Fellowship, and the Mellon Fellowship in Democracy and Landscape Studies. Project Grants are also available to cover direct costs of scholarly projects.
Global
November 1, 2024
The A.I.R. Fellowship program supports emerging and underrepresented 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
November 3, 2024
California Humanities' California Documentary Project (CDP) grants support nonfiction 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: Research & Development and Production.
California
November 4, 2024
New York Foundation for the Arts' Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency.
United States
November 4, 2024
Through an open call, Museums Moving Forward (MMF) seeks pitches for articles written by museum workers, activists, scholars, and leaders from underrepresented perspectives. Authors will be compensated a flat fee within the range of $1,500 to $3,000.
Global
November 4, 2024
The Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant, sponsored by the National Sculpture Society, is a prize of $5,000 awarded to a sculptor who has demonstrated outstanding ability and who has created a body of work inspired by nature which includes works of sculpture in the round and in bas-relief. There is no submission fee.
United States
November 4, 2024
The University of Texas at Austin's Ransom Center encourages and supports research in all areas of the humanities. Fellowships range from one-to-two month fellowships, travel stipends, and dissertation fellowships.
Global
November 4, 2024
VIA Art Fund's Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 – $100,000. These grants are awarded to projects that best exemplify VIA Art Fund's three core values of Artistic Production, Thought Leadership, and Public Engagement.
Global
November 4, 2024 [Letter of Inquiry]
Puppet Showplace's Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers seeks to diversity representation on stage and in the field by investing in creative research and early-stage production development by Black puppeteers with $1,000 grants.
United States
November 6, 2024
The Huntington Arts Council's Community Impact Micro Grant provides 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.
Nassau and Suffolk counties of New York
November 8, 2024
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Grants strive to support local artists and small arts organizations whose work enhances the cultural climate of its borough, city, state, and nation. Opportunities include the Brooklyn Arts Fund, Local Arts Support, the Creative Equations Fund, the Social Innovation Fellowship, and the Charlene Victor and Ella J, Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund.
Brooklyn, New York
November 8, 2024
The Studios is MASS MoCA's artist and writers residency program situated within the museum's factory campus in North Adams, Massachusetts. The program welcomes applications from visual artists and writers at all career stages, income levels and geographic locations.
Global
November 8, 2024
The Bronx Council on the Arts' Community Engagement Grants are divided into three grants. 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. Community Arts supports local nonprofit organizations.
Bronx, New York
November 8, 2024
The David Prize awards $200,000 each to five New Yorkers with ideas for extraordinary change. The Prize welcomes those with the vision and conviction to change our communities, our culture, and our future for good.
New York City
November 11, 2024
Summer residents at the Wassaic Project work out of 200-300 square foot studios in the Luther Barn, a historic livestock barn in the heart of Wassaic, New York. Individual artists, collaborative teams, groups of two or more individual artists, and artists applying through the Family Residency program are eligible to apply.
Global
November 12, 2024
Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for artists in the Washington, D.C. area, intended to support a wide range of experimental and multidisciplinary practices, particularly those that emphasize collaboration and discourse. The two grants offered are $7,500 Project & Presentation Grants and $5,000 Research Grants.
Washington, D.C.
November 12, 2024
The Conservation Fellowship and Scientific Research Fellowship, as part of the Met Fellowship Program, are divided into junior and senior programs. Recent master's graduates, PhD candidates, postdoctoral scholars, and senior scientists and researchers are eligible to apply. Junior fellows receive a stipend of $47,000, and senior fellows receive a stipend of $57,000.
Global
November 13, 2024
The San Francisco International Film (SFFILM) Festival features a range of marquee premieres, international competitions, compelling documentaries, and short and mid-length films. General entry fees are $75 for features, $50 for mid-length, short films, and family films, with discounts available for Bay Area residents and college students.
California
November 14, 2024 [Regular Deadline]
Master Drawings' Ricciardi Prize awards $5,000 for the best new and unpublished article on a drawings topic (of any period) by a scholar under the age of 40.
Global
November 15, 2024
Six scholarships are awarded annually through the ACES Education Fund. Five scholarships are awarded to students who excel in critical thinking about written materials in any field and aspire to a career involving editing. The Bill Walsh Scholarship goes to a student who demonstrates excellence in the editing of news.
United States
November 15, 2024
During the nine-week Skowhegan Program, artists working across all disciplines have the opportunity to live as a community of peers in rural Maine. There is an application fee based on date of application submission.
Global
November 15, 2024
Trillium Arts' "Miss Sarah" Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful North Carolina environment conducive to reflection and writing. This year's fellowship program will focus on the genre of Poetry. There is no application fee.
Global
November 15, 2024
Combos Press has an open call for Nearest and Dearest: an anthology of dyke domesticity, comprised of art and writing celebrating and archiving the experiences of domesticity amongst lesbians. Every contributor will be paid $75.
Global
November 15, 2024
The Artemis Rising Foundation Filmmaker Fellows (ARFFF) Program at the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard College is now accepting fellowship applications from established film/video makers. Fellows receive a competitive salary as well as a travel and accommodation stipend.
United States
November 15, 2024
The National Gallery of Art's Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts. Fellows receive $30,000 per year.
United States
November 15, 2024
The Institute of Museum and Library Services offers multiple grant programs for eligible museums, libraries, and staff: the 21st Century Museum Professionals Program, Inspire! Grants for Small Museums, Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture, Museums Empowered, Museums for America, National Leadership Grants for Museums, and Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services.
United States
November 15, 2024
Kinsman Quarterly is looking for holiday scripts for its upcoming collection, "Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide." Submissions should include one-act shorts with themes of holidays, especially from BIPOC and underrepresented cultures. Winning scripts receive up to $500 and publication. There is no submission fee.
Global
November 15, 2024
The Nightboat Books Poetry Prize awards one winning poet with a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 25 free copies of the published book. Any poet writing in English is eligible to submit. There is a $28 entry fee.
Global
November 15, 2024
The Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency (D.E.A.R.) supports Northern California artists actively exploring new aesthetic premises and pushing the boundaries of conventional art forms and media. The program provides free studio space to create new work in time-based arts such as theater/performance, dance/movement, music/sound art/instrument invention, and collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
Northern California
November 15, 2024
SaveArtSpace, in collaboration with the UNM-Taos Art Department and See You Next Thursday, presents the New/New Initiative, an open call inviting artists living in New York and New Mexico to explore the theme of "Transcendental Landscapes." The theme is open to any creative expression and encourages submissions from all mediums and disciplines. There is a $10.99 donation per image submission to participate.
New York and New Mexico
November 18, 2024
Tendrils, a new art and literature journal focused on trauma, is seeking submissions of visual art and short-form literature for its premiere issue. Each selected artist and writer will be paid a predetermined flat fee. There is no submission fee.
United States
November 18, 2024
The New York Foundation for the Arts' Queens Arts Fund offers project-based grants to Queens-based artists, artist 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 19, 2024
To the End, edited by Morty Diamond, aims to explore the full depth and breadth of divorce narratives from queer, trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, genderfluid, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and intersex writers. Contributors will be paid for their work and will receive copies of the book.
Global
November 20, 2024
Banff Centre's Leighton Artist Studios program is geared to professional artists working on major research-creation projects or new bodies of work in the following disciplines: writing for stage and screen, composing and songwriting, literary arts, visual arts, critical and curatorial writing, and interdisciplinary practices not requiring technical support or equipment rental. There is a $65 application fee.
Global
November 20, 2024
The National Endowment for the Humanities' Collaborative Research program aims to advance humanistic knowledge by supporting teams of scholars working on a joint endeavor leading to a manuscript for print publication or to a digital product.
United States
November 20, 2024
The LSU School of Theatre is inviting playwrights to submit an original work that explores the intersections of science and art. Selected playwrights will receive $500.
Global
November 22, 2024
Visual AIDS welcomes artists of all backgrounds and career-levels to submit postcard-sized artwork for Postcards from the Edge, an affordable art exhibition and sale.
Global
November 22, 2024
Writers, directors, and producers are invited to submit a short film screenplay about their personal connection to the state of Florida. Selected filmmakers receive an unrestricted $1,000 grant. There is a $20 submission fee.
United States
November 24, 2024
Smack Mellon's Artist Studio Program provides six eligible artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space in the Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO, accessible 24/7 and a fellowship.
New York City
November 24, 2024
The Society of Arts + Crafts Jumpstarter program aims to support craft artists who reside in the United States to pursue new directions or advance new ideas in their work through the issuing of $3,000 grants. There is a $30 application fee.
United States
November 25, 2024
The Bronx Council on the Arts and its Longwood Arts Project are accepting submissions for three opportunities. Bronx Dance Fund seeks to nurture the development of artists and organizations that comprise the field of dance in the Bronx with grants of up to $7,500. The Longwood Curatorial Fellowship offers an opportunity to assist with the implementation of three exhibitions. The Longwood Youth Journalist will write three articles related to the exhibitions, specific artists and artworks, and/or topical essays.
Bronx, New York
November 25, 2024
The 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 26, 2024
Logic(s) Magazine's Palestinian Journalist Fellowship aims to support community-led storytelling on Palestine and its relationship to technology, to strengthen the magazine's contributions to Palestine reporting, and to redistribute resources to Palestinian journalists. Fellows will receive a $20,000 over the course of one year.
Global
November 27, 2024
Mark DeGarmo Dance is seeking 10-second long video submissions from anyone (artists of any discipline, non-artists, dancers or non-dancers) who wants to move and share their expression. All submissions will be compiled into one final video and shared on social media. The theme is "celebration."
Global
November 30, 2024
The Yale Committee for Art Recognizing Enslavement will work with members of the campus and New Haven communities to commission works of art and related programming to address Yale's historical roles and associations with slavery and the slave trade as well as the legacy of that history. The Committee is collecting proposals for art – permanent or ephemeral – and related programming. The program includes an artist stipend, residencies for long-term or permanent works, and project grants ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 in the next 3-5 years.
Global
November 30, 2024
The Actors' Equity Foundation's 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, 2024
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