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Here are the upcoming opportunities for July 2025. Good luck!
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, Connecticut, will provide a dedicated studio to give resident artists the opportunity to produce a body of work in a supportive atmosphere for creative growth and development—using traditional as well as innovative printmaking techniques. There is a $35 application fee.
Global
July 1, 2025
The City of West Hollywood's Arts Grant Program consists of five categories. The Arts Project Grant is available to nonprofit arts organizations for the production, performance, or presentation of art projects that take place in West Hollywood. The Community Arts Grant supports nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists with a history of supporting LGBQ, BIPOC, and/or female artists and audiences. The Transgender, Gender Diverse, Intersex + Arts Grant supports and enhances the presentation of artworks by artists, collectives, and organizations that have demonstrated a significant commitment to the transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming community. The WeHo Artist Grant supports the long-term development of an artist's ideas by providing funds directly to individual artists. The Filmmakers Grant supports film artists with the finishing elements of their project.
West Hollywood, California
July 1, 2025
The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art will give out a $300 good-faith grant for artists and curators who are realizing a project in the greater Buffalo, New York area. The program funds exhibitions, performances, and other projects that contribute to the visual arts in Buffalo.
Buffalo, New York
July 1, 2025
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Choreographer Award is a national $50,000 award to a contemporary choreographer to stage an evening of work in Maine.
United States
July 1, 2025
Peters Valley School of Craft in Layton, New Jersey, offers fully funded artist residences for two weeks or one month in a fully equipped studio. Artists working in blacksmithing, ceramics, fibers, jewelry/fine metals, wood, or printmaking are eligible to apply. The program includes a $500 stipend for two-week residencies and $1,000 for month-long residencies. There is a $10 application fee.
Global
July 1, 2025
VisArts' Gibbs Street Residency provides an individual artist or collaborative artist team to experiment, create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a six-month residency in Rockville, Maryland. The program includes a free studio, stipend, and a culminating solo exhibition.
Global
July 2, 2025
Queer|Art|Awards is an initiative of grants, prizes, and residencies that include support for LGBTQ+ artists. There are currently two award cycles open. The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is a $10,000 grant awarded to provide support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. There is no application fee. The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant is a $5,000 grant awarded to lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. There is a $6 application fee.
United States
July 2, 2025
The Penland Resident Artist Program in Bakersville, North Carolina, is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career. The program offers two options: a one-year project-based residency and a 3-year career transition residency. There is a $30 application fee.
Global
July 2, 2025
The Latinx Project is organizing and hosting its second print media fair and is looking for interested exhibitors in or near New York City whose work includes independent publishing, zines, prints, or works on paper.
New York City
July 15, 2025
Women's Studio Workshop supports all women and trans, intersex, nonbinary and genderfluid people in residency opportunities. The Artist's Book Residency Grant is a six- to eight-week residency in Rosendale, New York, for artists to produce a limited edition book work. The grant includes a stipend of $350/week, up to $1,000 for materials, and up to $250 for travel within the continental United States.
Global
July 15, 2025
The Jim Henson Foundation Puppetry Residency is an annual residency at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, for an artist or company working towards the completion of a new piece of contemporary puppet theater. The program includes a $5,000 grant.
United States
July 15, 2025 [letter of intent]
The Kyoto Retreat offers artists, curators, and writers an opportunity to spend four weeks in Japan for research and exploration. There is a $95 application fee.
Global
July 15, 2025
The 21c Artadia Award provides $15,000 in unrestricted funds to one visual artist living and working in St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis, Missouri
July 15, 2025
Ucross residencies in Clearmont, Wyoming, range from two to six weeks and hosts up to ten individuals, typically four writers, four visual artists, and two composers. There is a $40 application fee. Additionally, contemporary Native American visual artists, writers, and performances can apply to the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists, which includes a four-week residency and a $2,000 award. There is no application fee.
Global
July 15, 2025
The Artist in Residence program at Grand Canyon National Park provides an opportunity for visitors to engage with the land, cultures, and histories of the region through contemporary art. Proposed projects must be interactive, immersive, or social engaged. There is a $25 application fee.
Global
July 15, 2025
Practicing artists of all backgrounds and at any stage of their career are eligible to apply for a Loghaven residency. Applicants may apply in the following disciplines: visual arts, dance, theater, music composition, architecture, and interdisciplinary work. The program includes an $850 weekly living stipend, along with a travel subsidy and reimbursements for materials shipping. There is a $25 application fee.
United States
July 15, 2025
CitizensNYC's Community Leaders Grant is a microgrant of up to $5,000 given out to New Yorkers for community-building projects carried out by resident-led groups to improve neighborhood life, strengthen local leadership, and scale community partnerships.
New York City
July 25, 2025
South Arts offers two opportunities with deadlines at the end of the month. Jazz Road Tours supports three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre. Professional jazz artists may apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000. The Cross-Sector Impact Grant supports "Arts &..." projects developed by partners—one arts organization or artist, and one non-arts organization—with grants of up to $15,000.
United States [Jazz Road Tours]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee [Cross-Sector Impact Grant]
July 30, 2025
AXS Film Fund supports documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media creators living with disabilities from a range of backgrounds, particularly those from historically underserved communities. Five creators will receive grants of up to $10,000 each to assist them in completing their projects in any stage of production.
Global
July 31, 2025
100 Voices of Florida invites Florida-based filmmakers to submit their short film or script for a chance to receive up to $5,000 in unrestricted funds. There is a $25 submission fee.
Florida
July 31, 2025