Grants, Residences and Call for Art
The Black Hippie Art Resource Hub is a curated collection of the best grants, workshops, residencies, and opportunities designed to support artists at every stage of their creative journey. Each listing is intentionally selected to help artists access funding, expand their practice, deepen their skills, and connect with communities that nurture growth. This hub reflects Black Hippie Art’s commitment to making opportunity accessible, transparent, and empowering—ensuring artists have what they need to thrive.
Workshops and Creative Cohorts
a high-level mentorship program that combines weekly seminar-workshops with bespoke monthly consulting sessions.
designed for creatives who desire to deconstruct every stage of their work– from ethical-energetic alignment to ideation and materialization.
we offer theoretical frameworks, design strategies, project management, and communal space in a time of overstimulation + distraction. this is an invitation to find your vision, voice, and rhythm.
interviews are taking place on a rolling basis until all of our spots are filled.
Grants / Opportunities on Rolling Basis
VICE is funding bold ideas from real creators. If that's you, let's talk.
Deadline: Rolling basis
Quarantine
Dubbed “purgatory for artists,” Quarantine is a week-long intensive art program on an 18th-century quarantine island off the coast of Menorca, Spain. The program is open to beginners and professionals alike and offers three 45-minute private mentorships throughout the week, with activities lasting 12+ hours per day. Phones are banned.
Deadline: Rolling.
Call to Artists: Kolaj Institute Solo Residencies
The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world.
Kolaj Institute’s solo residencies in New Orleans are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project.
Deadline: Rolling Basis
Prairie Ronde Artist Residency
We’re looking for individuals who are highly independent, engaged and curious. We do not limit our residency to any specific medium but rather are looking for diverse artists who can creatively interact with The Mill.
We host three sessions annually and accept 2 – 4 residents per session. Accepted residents receive a stipend of $2,000 for 5 – 6 weeks, a $500 travel grant and private housing. We work with residents to share their work with the community (a gallery show, public workshop or other).
Deadline: Rolling Submissions
Individual writers seeking freedom from distraction and hassle-free accommodations will find Prospect Street ideal.
Residencies include a private bedroom/studio with ensuite full bath, nightly dinners prepared by Chef Amy, and access to the library, and other spaces of the house, plus on-site laundry, wi-fi, and printer. Residents also enjoy access to the terraces, porches and gardens on the house grounds as well as the village, local trails, and the Bennington College campus all within walking distance.
Deadline: Rolling Basis
NEST Art Residency (ICA Yerevan) is developed as an open cross-functional network of people, ideas, and desires. Its Education, Project, and Theory Labs provide a comprehensive set of resources, facilities, and tools for understanding and operating in the contemporary art scene in Armenia and the wider global art contexts. Offering on-demand services in all stages of multiscale and multi-format project production Project Lab delivers consulting, guidance, creative management assistance, and production.
Deadline: Rolling Basis
Touch Magazine Open Call to Black Women Writers
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Whether you’re into Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Scripts (plays or screenplays), we’d love to read your work! Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis year-round—no deadline
Deadline: Rolling Basis
2026 Contributing Writer Naya Magazine
Naya Magazine is accepting submissions from writers for regular online contributions. Naya Magazine is committed to amplifying AAPI voices in literature, journalism, community, and the arts.
They are looking for complete works, works in progress and pitches! These include:
Personal Essays
Interviews
Features (Community/Historic/Academic included)
Reviews and Commentary (music, film, literature, art)
Experimental work
Email submissions to:
nicolenayamagazine@gmail.com
Residencia Corazón
Residencia Corazón is an independent, artist-run residency in La
Plata, Argentina—a home for artists since 2006. The program welcomes visual
artists, writers, curators, and creative researchers from around the
world for one- to three-month residencies. Each stay is fully personalized, and fees range from $800 to $1,500 per month.
Deadline: Rolling
Hangar / Center of Artistic Research
The Residency program at Hangar encourages dialogue, exchange and experimentation. The program is non-prescriptive and process-based, allowing visiting artists to develop projects in response to their new environment or to conduct research benefiting from Lisbon’s resources.
The Residencies Program is firmly established in the Lisbon arts scene, promoting diverse cultures and practices through international and experimental projects.
Hamilton Arts 2026 Open Call for Programs
Our 2026 Open Call for Programs invites proposals for artist-led workshops, gatherings, and activations. Selected applicants will have the opportunity to use Hamiltonian Artists’ gallery space, receive marketing support, access gallery inventory, and benefit from on-site assistance from Hamiltonian Artists staff.'
Deadline: Rolling Basis
My Big Idea Scholarships for Women
These Scholarships are designed for women who have a BIG IDEA and need seed funding to develop, test, or validate it. It is known how hard it is to get a new business or social enterprise off the ground. Often, what makes the difference is having the time, resources, and support to bring an idea to life. Global Sisters wants to back you at this pivotal moment — the moment that can make or break a brilliant idea. At the end of 2026, all Scholars will have the opportunity to showcase their BIG IDEAS to Global Sisters funders and corporate partners — opening doors to further support, investment, and visibility. An untied $10,000 grant to use in any way that helps bring your idea to life will be awarded.
Deadline: Rolling
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster.
The CERF+ emergency relief grant focuses on materials-based craft and folk/traditional artists who have experienced a recent, career or practice threatening emergency, such as an illness, injury, theft, fire or climate related disaster and/or incurred significant medical expenses related to treatment and recovery from COVID-19.
Due to the high demand for emergency relief assistance and limited funding, cases based solely on economic losses due to COVID-19 are not eligible.
Musicares Disaster Relief Support
MusiCares is a resource to the music community impacted by recent natural disasters, including the fires in the Los Angeles area. MusiCares provides disaster relief intended to cover short-term costs from evacuating (hotel, food, supplies). MusiCares is also able to provide additional support for individuals with considerable impact, including medical issues, damaged music equipment or longer-term relocation needs.
Requirements
Individuals are eligible for MusiCares disaster relief support after three years employment in music in any capacity or credit on six commercially released recordings.
Application Instructions
If you would like to request support from MusiCares, please reach out to help@musicares.org.
Open Call: Casa-Taller Residency
Soroche de los Andes is a multidisciplinary studio–home in the Ecuadorian Andes where craft, nature, daily life, and artistic practice coexist as part of the same ecosystem. We invite artists, makers, designers, researchers, and creatives interested in developing independent projects within a space for reflection, experimentation, and shared learning. Residents have access to ceramics, printmaking, and woodworking workshops, private accommodation, gardens and orchards, and the possibility of organizing workshops or a final exhibition during their stay.
Call for Artists: Artist Interview with ArtVanguard
As a platform dedicated to contemporary artistic expression, ArtVanguard publishes in-depth artist interviews that highlight creative practices, personal visions, and the ideas behind each body of work. Selected artists will be invited to participate in a written interview and have their work featured alongside the published conversation on the ArtVanguard website.
Deadline: Currently Open
2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists with Deadlines
2027 Erie Canal Artists in Residence — Erie Canal Museum & New York State Canal Corporation
Seeking projects that reflect on the Erie Canal’s past, contemplate its present, and consider its future. All visual mediums welcome. Local and Indigenous artists preferred. Two selected artists will each receive a $10,000 stipend.
Deadline: September 6, 2026
Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.
Deadline: September 8th, 2026
The Jennifer Weiner Fellowship
The Jennifer Weiner Fellowship is a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to nurturing and empowering woman-identified emerging prose writers in the United States. Established through the generous support of acclaimed author Jennifer Weiner in partnership with Blue Stoop, this fellowship aims to elevate voices that often go unheard in the literary world.
Deadline: September 8th, 2026
The 2027 Emerging Curators Fellowship
The 2027 Emerging Curators Fellowship application is now open! This is a year-long funded opportunity, where one fellow will produce and mount two exhibitions (each on view for 4 months) with the support of a curatorial mentor. This program is intended to provide an opportunity to those interested in the visual arts curatorial field, but may not have easy access to funding, locations, or other resources. Only open to curators in Sacramento, California.
Deadline: September 9th, 2026
Hiding in Plain Site: International Public Art Short Film Festival (International)
HPS invites filmmakers, artists, and creative practitioners to submit short works between two and 20 minutes for consideration in this screening program, which will premiere on October 25 in Minneapolis. HPS seeks to bring together film, video art, experimental media, XR (extended reality), and other works that expand how public art is experienced and represented.
Deadline: September 10, 2026
MacDowell Fellowships for Spring/Summer 2027
Located in Peterborough, New Hampshire, MacDowell encourages applications from artists of all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. A Fellowship consists of exclusive use of a private studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for two to eight weeks.
Deadline: September 10, 2026.
Dezi Art Prize
This global juried art grant is geared toward emerging and early-career visual artists. Two winners each receive a $1,000 unrestricted grant, plus a featured profile. Ten finalists are named and featured. Open worldwide, all visual media is welcome, with entries scored on merit by an independent jury. There is a $30 application fee.
Deadline: September 10, 2026.
Prize for Contemporary Southern Art — The Gibbes Museum and Society 1858
Awarded to an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of art in the South. The winner will receive a $10,000 unrestricted prize, an artwork exhibited at the museum for one year, and a three-day series of events honoring the artist in Charleston. Artists must reside in, work in, or be from one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia. $35 non-refundable entry fee
Deadline: September 14, 2026
The exhibition will explore the garden as both a place and a possibility through themes of creation, paradise, desire, belonging, loss and transformation. Artists are invited to interpret Eden beyond its traditional symbolism and consider what we inherit, what we protect and what we choose to grow.
Deadline: September 14th, 2026
Jentel Artist Residency — Winter/Spring 2027 Residencies
Jentel Artist Residency offers 3-week residencies in the foothills of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, which include a $300 stipend, a private bedroom, shared living spaces, and a separate studio. The application fee is $30.
Deadline: September 15, 2026
This exhibition, with a working title, Queering Wood Craft, will highlight the work of queer-identified makers working in wood, and be both exploration and celebration of the dynamic intersections between contemporary work in wood and the multiple meanings of queer. We’ll explore the history of this craft through a queer lens, making us visible to ourselves and rendering more complex our understanding of queer lives, labor, and communal and familial relationships.
Deadline: September 15, 2026
The Jentel Artist Residency offers dedicated individuals a supportive environment to further their creative development. Nestled in the foothills of the Bighorn mountains, artists, writers, and composers experience unfettered time to allow for thoughtful reflection and meditation on the creative process.
Deadline: September 15th at 12pm MST
Summer 2026 $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art & Photo
Innovate Grant awards two $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, 18 honorable mentions (nine in art and nine in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. Application fee $35
Deadline: September 17th, 2026
HerAgenda The Breakthrough Grant: Vol III
The Breakthrough Grant: Volume III is here to give one founder $5,000 in funding to support the growth of her business and bring her vision to the next level. There is an application fee.
Deadline: September 18th, 2026
The Bennett Prize – 2026/2027 Award Cycle
For women figurative realist painters. The grand prize winner receives $75,000 and a solo exhibition. The first runner-up receives $10,000. A five-person jury will select 10 finalists to be featured in a group exhibition that will travel the US. The application fee is $50.
Deadline: September 19th, 2026
The Hue Gallery presents COMMUNE, an exhibition exploring the ways we make space for one another and the traditions that turn gathering into belonging. We’re looking for work that explores gathering, family, friendship, culture, tradition, food, celebration, ritual, and the many ways we find connection with one another.
Deadline: September 21st, 2026
Regional Curatorial Fellows Programme
Our inaugural Regional Curatorial Fellows Programme supports early-career curators and cultural practitioners working across photography, visual culture, and gender justice—building the next generation of voices shaping how gender is seen, understood, represented, and acted upon. We welcome applications from curators, critics, writers, researchers, artistic directors, photographers, organisers, and cultural practitioners from global majority countries and historically underrepresented communities — including across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Oceania, and diasporic communities worldwide.
Deadline: September 22nd, 2026
Studio Museum in Harlem’s 2026 Museum Education Practicum Program
Apply to be a participant in the Studio Museum in Harlem’s 2026 Museum Education Practicum program!
Over the course of ten weeks, the Museum Education Practicum 2026 Fall program will allow participants to attend seminars, professional talks, presentations, and have opportunities to learn about the Museum’s education programs.
Participants will also facilitate and develop strategies for adult, school, youth, and family audiences, explore both theory and practice, and engage in conversations around artists of African descent, contemporary art practices, and strategic programming.
To apply, please submit your application materials in one PDF by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
Deadline: September 23rd, 2026
2026 Foundwork Artist Prize — Foundwork
The honoree will receive a $10,000 grant and studio visits with jurors Stefan Benchoam, François Ghebaly, Manuela Moscoso, Gabi Ngcobo, Esther Schipper. Three shortlisted artists will receive $1,000 grants.
Deadline: September 25, 2026
Philly Fiber Fest - Artist Application
This application is open to fiber artists interested in exhibiting their work in the gallery and/or donating a piece to the Philly Fiber Fest Silent Auction, which supports Pennsylvania Fibershed's mission to strengthen the Commonwealth's regional fiber and textile economy. Whether this is your first exhibition or you are an established artist, we encourage you to apply. The exhibition will celebrate the creativity, craftsmanship, and stories of artists across our regional fibershed while highlighting the beauty and diversity of fiber as a medium. From traditional techniques to contemporary works, the gallery aims to showcase the people, materials, and traditions that are helping shape a more connected, regenerative, and regionally rooted fiber and textile community.
Deadline: September 25th, 2026
RAIR has 2 residency programs: THE STANDARD RESIDENCY and THE BIGGIE SHORTIE. Both are given access to Revolution Recovery’s waste stream as well as access to RAIR’s staff- who work closely with all residents.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO REGISTER FOR A IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE SITE BEFORE APPLYING AND CRAFTING A PROPOSAL. It is important to understand the nature and operation of the recycling facility to craft a feasible project proposal. Q&A’s will occur at the end of each tour provided. If you cannot make the scheduled tour dates, you can still watch a recording of a previous tour here.
Deadline: September 27th, 2026
New Voices is Print Center New York’s annual open call program that provides opportunities for a small, curator-selected cohort of U.S.–based emerging artists. Artists present their work and develop their practices through a group exhibition, artist-led public programming, focused conversation and community-building, and individualized resources for artistic and professional development.
Deadline: September 30th, 2026
Open Call 2027 | Art Omi Residencies
Through a competitive jury process, residents are invited to attend Art Omi's residencies at no cost to themselves, except travel expenses. Art Omi offers residents the time and space to hone their own craft while cultivating a vibrant community of artists from around the globe.
Comfortable, beautiful lodgings and dedicated workspaces are nestled among the rolling meadowlands and woodlands of Art Omi’s 300-acre campus, located in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley, two-and-a-half hours north of New York City. Residents are nourished with fresh, prepared meals and immersed in a dynamic creative ecosystem flourishing at the intersection of nature, art, and architecture in our Sculpture & Architecture Park. Application Fee: $15
Art Omi: Artists Application Deadline: Monday, September 14, 2026
Art Omi: Architecture Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant
Now in its third year, Printed Matter’s Publisher Work Grant program offers funding to independent presses with a history of artists’ book publishing, acknowledging awardees’ accomplishments in past work and providing the capacity-building funds to enable future book projects and publisher sustainability. In 2026, three unrestricted grants of $10,000 will be awarded to three independent artists’ book publishers. Printed Matter will also extend a featured exhibitor presence at a forthcoming Printed Matter NY or LA Art Book Fair to selected presses.
Deadline: October 4, 2026.
The MAD House Open Call Residency
We're thrilled that you're interested in joining our vibrant community of makers, designers, and artists. MAD House offers a unique residency experience in the heart of Porto, Portugal, where creativity blossoms and connections flourish.
Deadline: October 15th, 2026
2027 Creative Catalyst Fellowship Open Call
The Creative Catalyst Fellowship supports individual artists whose work engages the public on critical issues facing Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and can serve as a catalyst for civic participation. Selected artists join a cohort convened for peer sharing and learning, with access to communications consultation and promotion of their final work.
Deadline: October 15th, 2026
The Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art |Smithsonian American Art Museum
One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a 12-month residency for a scholar at the predoctoral level or a 9-month appointment for a postdoctoral or senior-level researcher. Residencies must take place between June 1, 2027, and August 31, 2028. Housing is not provided.
Deadline: October 15th, 2026
Paul & Daisy Soros — Fellowships for New Americans 2027
Up to $90,000 for immigrant & New American visual artists, architects & designers pursuing MFA, MA, PhD & other graduate degrees in any field at any accredited US institution.
Deadline: October 29, 2026
Every artist who applies builds a working archive in the process: their bio, their work, the story behind it, gathered in one place on a .ART domain. The total prize value for the .ART Award exceeds $50,000, including a $15,000 Grand Prize, residencies at Château du Fresne in France and Anfitrion in Spain, an editorial feature in Whitewall Magazine, and a premium .ART domain valued at $10,000.
Deadline: November 1, 2026.
PHL Open Call 2027: Daylight. Savings. Time
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia (TSA Philadelphia) is pleased to invite submissions for our annual Open Call Exhibition: Daylight. Savings. Time. A curated group exhibition which will run from January 9th - February 13th, 2027, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia. In addition to the Open Call Exhibition, members review submissions from the Open Call throughout the year in consideration of future curatorial projects.
TSA Philadelphia invites visual artists to submit work for an opportunity to be featured in a curated exhibition that reimagines, questions, and/or explores any of the themes or related themes in our non-exhaustive list.
Deadline: November 30th, 2026
Each year, Orchid Gallery holds an Open Call for Submissions, from which artists are selected on a rolling basis for a series of thematic group exhibitions, programming opportunities, and semi-permanent installations. CT-based artists of color are invited to apply.
Each exhibition launches with an Opening Reception, featuring an artist talk, that is free and open to the public. Exhibitions run for 12 weeks, and are accessible to the general public, ConnCORP staff, and those participating in special events at Orchid Hall.
Deadline: December 31st, 2027
