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, Creative Cohorts and Fellowships
Wovēn is a 6–8-week mastermind for artists, storytellers, and creative entrepreneurs who are ready to align their gifts with purpose, flow, and impact. The name itself carries the essence: just as threads interlace to create a tapestry, Wovēn is where creativity, spirituality, business, and storytelling come together. It’s not about separating the parts of you — it’s about weaving them into a life and practice that feels whole, abundant, and serendipitous.
Deadline:
The National Arts Club (NAC) offers fellowships to young professional artists of all disciplines looking to further their careers and make valuable connections in their industries. The NAC covers disciplines such as archeology, architecture, art and technology, culinary arts, dance, decorative arts, fashion, film, fine arts, literature, music, photography, and theater. The fellowship privileges include a one-year full membership to the National Arts Club, including the historic clubhouse, public programming and workshops, and featured Club presentations. Based in New York.
Deadline: October 31, 2026
The Asian Cultural Council 2027 Fellowships and Grants
The Asian Cultural Council supports US- and Asia-based artists, scholars, arts professionals, and organizations with grants that contribute towards cultural exchange between the two regions. Four types of grants (the New York Fellowship, Individual Fellowship, Graduate Fellowship, and Organization Grant) are available to applicants.
Deadline: November 10th, 2026
Choose your own flexible schedule of 8 workshops to explore mediums like paint, ceramics, textiles, writing, and more. Meet new friends, pick your classes, see each other regularly, then show-and-tell! Come experience the Cohort Program at Drawing Room.
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
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
El Anatsui Visiting Artist Fellowships
The El Anatsui Fellowships for Africa-Born, US-Based Artists will further the artistic, professional, and personal development of African artists who exhibit talent and are committed to a career as a visual artist. BWA and Anatsui are particularly focused on serving the needs of artists who are looking to advance their practice and are disadvantaged by socioeconomic factors and/or have limited access to the art market, gallery representation, and institutional support. The annual, month-long El Anatsui Fellowships take place from January 11, 2027 through February 12, 2027. Awardees will be selected by a panel composed of artists and curators based in Africa and the United States. During the artists’ concurrent residencies, they will visit artist studios and art museums in Philadelphia, PA, New York City, NY, Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC.
Deadline: November 1st, 2027
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.
Black Is Magazine Issue 02. Open Call
Viewings in Black: Image, Object, and the Expanded Frame is a print issue dedicated to emerging image-makers across the global African diaspora who are expanding the boundaries of photography through assemblage, collage, photomontage, textile, and sculptural form.
This issue is rooted in the understanding that the image has never been a passive object in Black artistic tradition. We are looking for artists who are working at the intersection of photography and other mediums, for whom the image is not the final destination but a starting point.
The open call is free and open to all emerging artists across the African diaspora, regardless of location.
Deadline: November 1st, 2026
The BADG x Haystack Fellowship program is an educational opportunity provided by BADG Education to support Black-identifying creatives to enhance their studio practice. The program involves exploring different media and experimenting with new ideas at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, Maine. The Fellowship program is open to artists, designers, and makers at all levels and disciplines. BADG will select four individuals to attend a fully funded Haystack Open Studio Residency or Summer Workshop.
Deadline: November 2nd, 2026
Mattress Factory Studio Residency 2027
Mattress Factory announces the launch of a new studio residency program. This call is specifically focused on providing space, resources, and support for two Pittsburgh area artists in 2027. These residencies are self-led, non-prescriptive, and process based. They are about enabling artists to research and develop work, engage with our community, and build their networks. While there is no exhibition component of these residencies, artists are given opportunities to share their practice with the Mattress Factory community.
Deadline: November 9th, 2026
Our gallery features local artists & artisans who make material reuse and/or environmental themes an integral part of their creative process, inspiring visitors to make meaningful connections between what they buy, make, and do in their everyday lives, and how those choices impact the environment we all share. If your creative process involves using reclaimed, upcycled, or sustainable materials, we invite you to apply!
Deadline: November 10th, 2026
The Water Shed PHL 2027 Resident Artist Program
As of October 15th, applications are open for two Resident Artists: one artist residency in Winter and one in Summer 2027. Each selected artist will receive a $4,000 stipend and an additional supply budget for a four-month Residency focused on independent environmental research, public engagement, and participatory artmaking at the WaterShed’s storefront or other community-based locations. Each Resident will host 2-3 community-facing programs as well as a culminating presentation at the WaterShed. Individuals and collaborative teams are welcome to apply.
Deadline: November 15th, 2026
Foundation House Artist Residency Program
Foundation House, located in backcountry Greenwich, CT, will open its doors for 10 days to six residents, allowing residents the time and space for concentrated creation in beautiful and inspiring surroundings. Foundation House’s mission as a nonprofit center for learning is to focus on mental health, environmental, and social justice issues. To that end, we host residencies, workshops, lectures, and other meaningful gatherings on these topics.
At Foundation House, we believe that conversations about these critical topics are not complete without the input of creatives, and it is our privilege to be able to offer space for artists of all disciplines to work and therefore be a part of those conversations.
Deadline: November 15th, 2026
Chulitna Lodge Summer 2027 Creative Residency Program
Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat provides writers, visual artists, performers, and musicians with accommodations and facilities to reflect on and further their practice. Artists can participate in the program as fellows, resident artists, or honorary residents. Based in Lake Clark, AZ
Entry Fee: $35
Deadline: November 18, 2026
Liquitex Residency Open Call Winter 2027
The Just Imagine Residency is landing at Industry City in Brooklyn, and the open call is on. We’re looking for artists who like to experiment, push boundaries, and play with the unexpected. If that’s you, show us what you’ve got. For this residency, the selected artist will be given a $1500 product stipend to use on Liquitex paints, mediums, tools, and surfaces to support their practice.
The residency takes place over eight weeks, from January 19th - March 16th, in a bright and airy studio situated within the vibrant community at Industry City. Liquitex will provide professional development coaching and technical support for any questions about the materials.
Deadline: November 22nd, 2026
Nia Centre Artist in Residence
The Artist in Residence program is a unique opportunity for Black artists in Toronto to access a dedicated studio space (Monday to Friday (10AM-6PM), a stipend of $1,000, mentorship and professional development opportunities in order to develop their art practice at the Nia Centre for the Arts (524 Oakwood Ave.). We are currently inviting 2 dancers & 2 visual artists.
Deadline: November 23rd, 2026
Open to a wide range of creatives, including Philadelphia artists & organizations with no connection to the space, current Village of Industry & Art tenants, and former University of the Arts students and faculty. Submit a short description of your idea (500 words or less or video/audio submission) – no detailed budget or full application required. Submissions will be reviewed by a jury of local artists. Semi-finalists will be asked for additional detail. $50,000 in total funding for individual artists, artist collectives, organizations, companies, and small businesses
Deadline: November 30th, 2026
Through the Creative Visionary Grant, the Black Artists & Designers Guild is providing two $5,000 awards to advanced Black makers in craft with 10–25 years of active studio practice, with special attention and focus on the decolonization of the field and work that affirms Black Diasporic culture.
The grant is designed to move makers toward actualizing all phases of a creative project — from research to fabrication to presentation. Recipients may use the award toward endeavors that advance their creative practice, including fabricating objects, creating work for exhibitions, designing installations, producing products, or engaging in public art.
Be creative. Think BIG and outside the box. Think about what you want someone looking at your work a century from now to feel.
Deadline: November 30th, 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
This Memory: Textiles Competition
The Responsa Foundation is dedicated to championing projects that create meaningful social impact and foster public engagement. For this open call, we are specifically seeking textile artists to submit work for This Memory, a group exhibition taking place in September 2027 at Burgh House in Hampstead.
Textiles hold memories. Through touch, making and use, fabric can carry our thoughts, emotions and personal histories. It is woven into everyday life – from the clothes we wear and the beds we sleep in, to the objects we keep and pass on to the next generation. Textiles can hold traces of people, places, rituals and experiences.
We invite you to explore how cloth carries these stories, often linking us to previous generations. Whether your practice is rooted in traditional craftsmanship or experimental textiles mixed media, we welcome your application.
Deadline: December 4th, 2026
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency
The Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency provides artists with the opportunity to create artworks within the Joshua Tree National Park and engage with the local artistic community and natural environment. At the end of the residency, artists are required to donate one artwork to the program. Seven weeks between May–June 2027, August–October 2027, or January–March 2028, artists receive a $15,000 scholarship for art supplies, transportation, meals, and more. Entry fee $45
Deadline: December 15, 2026
Clearline Magazine Call for Art
Submissions may explore this theme through sourcing, crafting and sharing. We ask that you submit pieces created through collaboration or sourced from the community. Are you making dye from flowers in your friend's garden? Are you processing fibers from a local farm? Sometimes this collaboration is a defined part of the work, but sometimes it's a silent part of the process. Issue 007 hopes to give it a voice.
The Mediums: Textiles – quilts, clothes, weavings, and sculptures which offer a deeper look into the cycle of reuse and sustainability. Other mediums – poems, stories, photography, or any other practice that is a reflection on fashion and textiles in community.
Deadline: December 18th, 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
