Queer|Art Awards and Grants
Queer|Art
Apply for one of several grants and awards supporting LGBTQ+ artists across visual art, film, design, dance, and photography.
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- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- $6,000
About
Overview
Queer|Art|Awards is an initiative of grants, prizes, and residencies providing monetary and other support for LGBTQ+ artists across visual art, film, design, dance, and photography.
Active Grants and Awards
- Illuminations Grant: $10,000 annual grant for Black trans women visual artists, including professional development resources
- Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant: $6,000 for lesbians making visionary moving-image art, awarded every other year
- Queer|Art Design Grant: Two $10,000 grants for emerging LGBTQ+ designers exploring queer histories, legacies, and futures
- Queer|Art|Prize: Two $10,000 awards (Sustained Achievement and Recent Work) for LGBTQ+ artists based in the United States
- Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant: $7,000 annual grant for queer women and nonbinary dance artists making cutting-edge dance and movement-based performance work
- Robert Giard Grant: $10,000 international grant supporting emerging LGBTQ+ photographers whose projects address sexuality, gender, or LGBTQ+ identity
- Pamela Sneed Award: $10,000 annual award for Black QAM Mentors and Fellows upholding intergenerational exchange, collective care, and Black queer legacies
Temporarily Paused Grants
Some grants are currently on temporary hiatus. Queer|Art is actively seeking new funders and partners to help sustain them.
Eligibility
Open to LGBTQ+ artists. Specific grants have additional eligibility criteria by gender identity, race, discipline, and career stage.
- Who this is for
- Black trans women · Queer women and nonbinary artists · Black queer artists
- Award
- Multiple grants ranging from $6,000 to $10,000; Illuminations Grant $10,000 (Black trans women visual artists); Barbara Hammer Grant $6,000 (lesbians); Queer|Art Design Grant two awards of $10,000 each (emerging LGBTQ+ designers); Queer|Art|Prize two awards of $10,000 each (Sustained Achievement and Recent Work); Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant $7,000 (queer women and nonbinary dance artists); Robert Giard Grant $10,000 (emerging LGBTQ+ photographers); Pamela Sneed Award $10,000 (Black QAM Mentors and Fellows)
- Theme
- Grants and awards supporting LGBTQ+ artists across multiple disciplines, with particular focus on under-recognized communities including Black trans women, lesbians, queer women and nonbinary dance artists, and emerging LGBTQ+ photographers.
- Eligibility
- Open to LGBTQ+ artists; specific grants have additional restrictions by gender identity, race, discipline, and career stage.
- Audience
- LGBTQ+ artists
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.