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Early-career visual artists may apply for the Emerging Artist Program, which provides exhibition support, professional development, and community during East Bay Open Studios.
Apply for a fully-funded three-week residency at Art Omi in Ghent, New York, plus a $500 stipend.
Submit small artworks 8 by 8 inches for a grid exhibition displayed during the holiday season.
Submit a CV + portfolio (5-10 selected works/projects in a single PDF, max 15 pages, under 10 MB) and a cover letter or introduction video (2 pages or under 5 minutes) describing your planned project and how this residency could benefit your artistic journey.
Minnesota artists are commissioned to create work packaged and sold as art subscription shares to local collectors.
Nordic Culture Point promotes sustainable cultural production and development across the Nordic Region through funding programmes and public activities, emphasizing social, ecological, and economic sustainability aligned with the Nordic Council of Ministers' vision for a sustainable and integrated region by 2030.
Submit up to 3 cardboard artworks (2D or 3D) for a juried summer show open to all ages.
Submit up to three 2D or 3D artworks, each no larger than 12″ x 12″ x 12", for a juried group exhibition.
Artists are invited to apply for a residential exchange in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, either as a 4-week project-based exchange or a 2-14 day self-directed DIY exchange.
Hire local artists to lead workshops or bring mobile art activities to your community events.
An Instagram-based visual conversation exploring location, place, collective memory, and social justice, featuring two artists—one based in the Bronx and one in Athens—responding to contemporary events and their local contexts.
Visual art institutions presenting contemporary visual art are invited to apply for multi-year grants (2025-2028) to support innovative or experimental programmes lasting 2-4 years.
Museums seeking structural purchases of contemporary art and/or design created after 1945 to add to their permanent collections.
Dutch museums and cultural heritage institutions apply for grants to acquire special items or partial collections to enrich the Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage.
Artists may apply for rolling art and sound commissions, a nano-neon small-scale luminary installation commission, or a yearly spatial intervention commission to transform the BAC's central hall.
Apply for a full-time Assistant Curator position supporting exhibition planning, research, curation, and editorial work at an international contemporary art institution.
Artist-in-residence fellowship for an interdisciplinary media artist to conduct research on the supernormal stimulus and its effects on human behavior, art, and art education.
Contemporary visual arts organisations without a collection may apply for grants to support their publicly accessible art venue programme across four categories (Start, Basic, Pro, Broad).
Organizations and initiatives seeking to connect new audiences to visual art through a one-off contemporary visual art project or program.
Submit a creative arts or culture project proposal for Downtown San Francisco that attracts families, students, and young professionals.
Artists and researchers may apply for artistic research residencies in wet biology practices at SymbioticA, gaining specialist training, equipment access, and collaboration with university academics.
Submit artwork for an illumination-themed exhibition and auction to support mental health awareness and access.
Philadelphia cultural organizations are invited to submit proposals to exhibit art in display cases on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors of City Hall.
A fair dedicated to zines and print art, celebrating DIY, experimental, and independent creative practices.
Research into the role of plants in art exhibitions and the relationship between art and plants, examining how houseplants were displayed in museums like MoMA and the Stedelijk Museum.
Apply for an 11-month rent-free studio residency at fab workshop in Adelaide, Australia, providing studio space, equipment access, mentoring, and a public presentation opportunity during Adelaide Fringe.
Cow House Studios invites artists and cultural practitioners of any discipline to apply for residency time to think, research, and make new work in a shared studio environment.
A 4-week spring residency for visual artists and creative practitioners to explore attitudes and discourses around the rural, climate change, economic systems, and connection and belonging in County Wexford, Ireland.