Top Art Fellowships 2026
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Deadline
May 26, 2026
Information
Stipendium der Kunststiftung K52
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
Exhibition
Location
Berlin
Germany
Eligibility conditions
Born between 1951 (included) and 1981 (included)
Resident of
Germany
Deadline
May 29, 2026
Information
Stanley Picker Fellowships
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
/
Design
Duration:
Grant
Access to Kingston School of Art
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
United Kingdom
Deadline
May 31, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
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Grant
2 - 5 week stay at Oak Spring
Eligibility conditions
For early-career artists not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in 2027
Deadline
May 31, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Berlin (DE),
Brandenburg (DE)
Deadline
May 31, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
/
Scholar
Duration:
1 year
Grant
Mentoring + A one-week trip to the UK
Eligibility conditions
Open to PhD candidates and early postdocs or early career curators or art professionals working with Japanese arts
Deadline
May 31, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
Duration:
3 weeks
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Born between 1991 (included) and 2008 (included)
Resident of
France
Deadline
June 1, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
/
Scholar
Duration:
1 year
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Grant
travel and housing allowance up to 5,000 $
Eligibility conditions
PhD holding applicants working as professors, curators, art history professionals, etc. pursuing independent research are encouraged to apply
Deadline
June 1, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics /
Curatorial
Duration:
more than 2 years
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Applicants should have a Masters Degree in a relevant subject
Deadline
June 2, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
/
Moving image
Duration:
9 months
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Grant
Mentoring + 3,000 £ Production budget
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
United Kingdom
Deadline
June 5, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
3 months
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
Berlin (DE)
Deadline
June 7, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
Grant
Exhibition + Publication
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
Georgia (US)
For artists based in the following counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale.
Minimum of 5 years of exhibiting in museums or commercial galleries.
Deadline
June 8, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Architecture /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics /
Music
Duration:
6 months
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Sachsen-Anhalt (DE)
Deadline
June 28, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
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Grant
Mentoring
Eligibility conditions
If you want to develop your artistic practice without financial constraints hindering your creative process, then art fellowships are just what you need. They provide support and funding for artists to pursue their work. Explore our website to find art fellowships and get supported in your artistic development.
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Art fellowships are financial grants awarded to artists to support their artistic development. They serve to alleviate financial constraints, allowing artists to focus on their work. In fostering artistic growth and exploration, fellowships can be used for a variety of purposes, including covering the cost of materials, or living expenses.
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The presentation of the art fellowships on our website allows you to see in each case the specifics of any given fellowship that is offered.
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