ArtFundMe Summer 2026 Grant
Submit examples of your creative work along with your personal story or journey behind it for a quarterly grant review.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 17 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $1,000
- Location
- Online · organized from Online
- Applicants notified
- Sep 17, 2026
About
Overview
ArtFundMe is an independent creative award platform based in the UK, open to applicants worldwide. It runs a quarterly grant program for artists, makers, and creative storytellers. Submissions are reviewed by a panel against published judging criteria. One artist receives the main grant each cycle, and 18 additional applicants receive Honorable Mentions and may be featured across the platform's channels.
Eligibility
- Open worldwide to artists, makers, and creative people
- Applicants must be aged 18 or older
- Open to any medium, including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, performance, film and video, digital art, illustration, textiles, ceramics, sound, writing, design, street art, mixed media, community art, experimental practice, or any other creative medium
- Open to any career stage: emerging, self-taught, independent, mid-career, or established
- No formal training, gallery representation, or perfect CV required
- Multiple applications from the same person allowed (each must be submitted and paid for separately)
Categories
- Visual Arts
- Painting
- Photography
- Sculpture
- Video/Film
- Fiber/Textile Art
- Craft
- Sound/Music
- Writing
- Digital
- Illustration
- Installation
- Mixed Media
- Performance
- Design
- Street Art
- Multiple Disciplines
What to Submit
Applicants submit examples of their creative work along with the personal story or journey behind it. Applicants retain full copyright of their work; selected artists grant ArtFundMe permission to share submitted images, name, artist statement, and links for promotional, editorial, and winner-announcement purposes.
Awards
- Main grant: $1,000 (unrestricted)
- Feature on the ArtFundMe website
- Social and email announcement
- Optional interview/profile for the main grant winner
- 18 Honorable Mentions per cycle, who may also be featured on the website, email, or social channels
Judging Criteria
Judging is weighted by: strength of creative work (35%), story/journey/lived experience (25%), originality/personal voice (20%), clarity of purpose for how the grant may help (10%), and overall emotional, creative, or cultural impact (10%).
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 20 August 2026
- Review Period: 21 August 2026 – 16 September 2026
- Winner Announced: 17 September 2026
- Next Cycle Opens: 18 September 2026
Application & Fees
Applications are submitted online. The application fee is $35 USD per application (non-refundable). The organizer states the fee supports the grant award, application review, administration, selected-artist promotion, platform costs, and general running of ArtFundMe.
- Award
- $1,000 grant (unrestricted); feature on website; social and email announcement; optional interview/profile for winner; 18 Honorable Mentions also featured
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- The program centers on creative stories—the personal history, journey, or lived experience behind an applicant's work—rather than a specific subject matter theme.
- Eligibility
- Open worldwide to artists, makers, and creative people aged 18 or older; all mediums and career stages welcome (emerging, self-taught, independent, mid-career, established); no formal training or gallery representation required.
- Audience
- Artists, makers, and creative storytellers worldwide, 18 or older; all backgrounds and experience levels welcome
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.