Resources for Artist

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant (USA)
Grants for visual or performance artist.
“Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.”
Rolling basis, Apply here.
2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (NY)
$7,000 cash award for artist working in New York state.
“Artist Fellowships in Craft/Sculpture, Digital/Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry, and Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. … Awards are made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York.”
Deadline January 22nd, 2020, Apply here.
Sunny Art Centre Prize (London, UK)
Open call for 2020 Sunny Art Prize, artist will be awarded monetary compensation + exhibition. Open to artist worldwide.
“The Sunny Art Prize is an international art prize hosted by Sunny Art Centre, London. This fine art competition, based in the UK, is a global platform offering art opportunities for emerging and established artists to showcase their artworks internationally. The art contest also gives the art prize-winners the opportunity to be part of a one-month artist residency.”
Deadline June 30th, 2020, Apply here.
MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León Laboratorio 987 (Leon, Spain)
Grant program for artist to receive assistance with their production.
“For the year 2019, a total allocation of 50,000 euros will be committed to the program. Any physical person or group, of legal age, individually or collectively, regardless of their origin, whose work is linked to work in the arts, creation, culture, curatorship, research, and/or social movements and its different public manifestations, is invited to submit.”
Deadline ongoing, Apply here.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation (USA)
Grant available for painters, sculptures, printmaking, and works on paper.
“The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time.”
Deadline ongoing, Apply here.
Tokyo Biennale 2020 (Tokyo, Japan)
Artist are invited to spend time in a residency in Tokyo and create work to be shown in the biennale.
““Social Dive” involves artists diving into the different areas of Tokyo as part of an art project aimed at discovering both the unique traditions, as well as new values held by the people who live there. The project calls for artists whose practice deals with socially engaged art through a wide spectrum of ideas and methods of expression or action; whether it be fine art, design, performance, media art, film, architecture, academic research, social action, economic-related – all fields are welcome.”
Deadline December 15th, 2019, Apply here.
Unlisted Projects Art Residency, (Austin, Texas)
Residency opportunity fro artist and creatives in Austin, TX during the period of July through September.
“Welcoming and intentional community of artists and arts administrators, as well as a number of useful tools and facilities at our resident artists' disposal. Our building is equipped with a dark room, co-working space, 1000 sq ft gallery space, venue area with PA, vinyl record cutting lathe, VR headset, tool library and various audio/visual equipment.”
Deadline December 31st, 2019, Apply here.
Guild Hall Artist Residency, (East Hampton, NY)
Providing living and work space, and stipend for early to mid-career artist to research and concentrate on their work while engaging with the historical artist colony of East Hampton.
“Guild Hall is an arts, entertainment, and education center for the community. Its primary focus is to inform, inspire, and enrich our diverse audiences by presenting programs of the highest quality in the visual and performing arts…”
Deadline December 13th, 2019, Apply here.
Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) Experimental Projects Residency Programs, (Alfred, NY)
One or two weeks residencies offered to New York based artist providing travel support, artist stipend, lodging, and access to materials.
“Artists have access to a combination of emerging, contemporary and historical media arts tools and materials, many are unique and not ordinarily available in a studio setting. The resident artists have 24 hour dedicated access to the IEA studio and equipment.”
Deadline January 15th, 2020, Apply here.
SummerWorks 2020, (Toronto, Canada)
Festival in Toronto, Canada dedicated to performance works that push boundaries and explore new creative mediums. Different modalities to apply to, some offering artist fee.
“We are interested in continuously re-imagining and innovating the possibilities for performance- how it is created, presented and experienced.”
Deadline January 10th, 2020, Apply here.
SOUNDEST ZINE, (printed publication)
A6 digitally printed zine exploring sound art, notes, music, and/or adjacent fields.
“All contributors that are selected for publication will always receive a copy of the issue they are featured in as a thank you.”
Deadline December 15, 2019, Apply here.
Beam Camp, (Strafford, New Hampshire)
Creative residency looking for large scale projects. Allotting $12,500 USD for project and $3,000 USD stipend for artist, the camp has many different facilities for artist.
“Unique and spectacular large-scale projects that serve as the centerpiece for a 25-day session of camp, during which they are built and brought to life by 100 campers and staff.”
Deadline January 6th, 2020, Apply here.
ChaNorth Residency, (Hudson Valley, NY)
Artist in residency opportunity for emerging and mid-career artist; self directed month long residency.
“Both solo shows and the group show are presented, the following year, at Chashama exhibition spaces in New York City. ChaNorth fosters a strong alumni community, offering artists various exhibition opportunities…”
Deadline January 15th, 2020, Apply here.
R.A.R.O. Artist Residency, (Barcelona, Spain)
Artist residency with a minimum of three weeks. Selected artist can apply to receive funding for residency. R.A.R.O. has many different workshop to accommodate diverse practices and projects.
“Barcelona Residency Program is currently accepting applications for the fall 2019 - spring 2020 residencies. We have an ongoing open call no deadlines to apply.”
Deadline ongoing, Apply here.
Space 42, (Jacksonville, Florida)
Open call for main gallery exhibition. Offering up to $5,000USD to propose and create an exhibition for the main gallery.
“We encourage artists to propose site-specific projects that are engaging and risk-taking that extend your practice in concept, scale, and/or scope. We encourage artists from all backgrounds and working in any medium to apply. Proposals should include an overall vision for the Main Gallery.”
Deadline December 29th, 2019, Apply here.
AADK Spain, (Murcia, Spain)
Artist in residency open call in Blanca, Murcia in Spain. Residency directed at artist working with concepts such as space/spatiality, the body and territory. Residency space can fund up to 60% of costs for selected artist.
“For this edition, priority will be given to those proposals that focus on a expanded vision of Architecture. Thinking about the spaces from listening and not from the imposition of ideas, experimenting with new forms of living and recovering the memory of places…”
Deadline December 15th, 2019, Apply here.
NYFA Artist Fellowship, (NY,NY)
$7,000USD cash grant for artist to use to fund their projects, awarded in 15 different disciplines.
“The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.”
Deadline January 22nd, 2020, Apply here.
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, (NY, NY)
Immigrant artist are encouraged to apply to be paired with a mentor for a little over a year.
“NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program pairs immigrant artists with artist mentors who provide one-on-one support for their mentees, guiding them to achieve specific goals and providing them with broader access to the New York cultural world through an exchange of ideas, resources, and experiences.”
Deadline December 16th, 2019, Apply here.
NOFLASH Video Show, (New Jersey, USA)
Open call for video art, short films, and time based media artist in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
“NOFLASH is highly selective yet noncompetitive. We provide a professional and social setting for work to be showcased and discussed with other artists and an enthusiastic public.”
Deadline December 15th, 2019, Apply here.
Art Residency at Bosque Pehuén de Fundación Mar Adentro, (Alto Palguin, Chile)
Interdisciplinary art residency in Chile with a focus on research, creation and development of innovative actions that work towards the care and restoration of nature and wild-life. Open to creatives of any field as well as professionals in science and other fields. Offering stipend and accommodations.
“Un espacio para la experimentación, que promueve investigaciones innovadoras sobre los bosques y sus diversas dimensiones: sonoras, visuales, biológicas, históricas, culturales y conceptuales, con el fin de aportar en la construcción de una mirada crítica y consciente sobre nuestra sociedad y su relación con la naturaleza.”
Deadline January 6th, 2020, Apply here.
TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE in Arts & Science Conference, (Vienna, Austria)
Open call for artist talk/conference on subjects such at the intersection of science and art. Subjects can be but not exclusive: biopolitics, chemistry of the mind, machines + humans….
“TTT2020 continues to focus (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and aesthetics of liminality as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.”
Deadline December 31st, 2019, Apply here.
FILE Electronic Language International Festival, (São Paulo, Brazil)
Open call for work that sits at the intersection of art and technology,
“FILE is a non-profit cultural organization that has been promoting exhibitions, workshops and gatherings that seek to investigate the appropriations of the technologic media in artistic accomplishments.”
Deadline January 14th, 2020, Apply here.
Fountainhead Residency, (Miami, USA)
Open call for artist born outside the USA and now working within. Airfare, communal living space, studio space and stipend given to selected artist.
“The Fountainhead Residency is seeking ambitious, open-minded artists at an inflection point in their career, excited to engage and connect with other artists and art professionals while delving into their own practice. Artists of all race, religion, gender, age (over 25), and working in any medium are invited to apply.”
Deadline December 31st, 2019, Apply here.
Strangelove A Queer Festival, (Antwerp, Belgium)
A festival celebrating the many diverse ways of queerness and breaking down binaries. Artist working in film, visual arts, music/sound, writing or performance are invited to apply.
“Strangelove Festival is an annual festival that focusses on celebrating queerness, breaking binaries and providing a safe place for expressing yourself in any kinda way.”
Deadline December 31st, 2019, Apply here.