Top Art Fellowships 2025/2026

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Deadline

Dec 14, 2025

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AI Fellowship

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital
Duration:
Theme: Art about AI and society

Grant

1,000 €

Location

Stuttgart
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Deadline

Dec 15, 2025

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Folger Institute - Long-term Public Humanities Fellowships

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Literature / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics / Curatorial / Scholars
Duration: 9 months
Theme: Humanities project implementation related to the histories, concepts, art, and objects of the early modern world (ca. 1400-1800) and its legacies

Grant

70,000 $

Location

SE Washington
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Deadline

Dec 15, 2025

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CatchLight Global Fellowship

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Photography
Duration: 1 year

Grant

30,000 $
Paid travel and accommodations for the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco

Location

San Francisco
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

No students

Deadline

Dec 15, 2025

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Curatorial
Duration: 9 months
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Grant

5,100 $ per month

Location

Kneyorw
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of United States of America

Deadline

Dec 18, 2025

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Drawing / Comics / Illustration
Duration: 6 months

Grant

Online workshops

Location

Erbnli
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Deadline

Dec 31, 2025

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Photography
Duration: 1 year
Theme: emope nlevL stnti’ne id

Grant

8,000 €

Location

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France

Eligibility conditions

Resident of France

Deadline

Dec 31, 2025

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 3 months
Theme: jtesrretoconsekue desPy aiBRtclrrnWhiaone peEn

Grant

5,000 €

Location

Rpsai
France

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo
Excellent knowledge of English language

Deadline

Dec 31, 2025

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Curatorial
Duration: 2 years
Theme: otPrgpayohh

Grant

10,000 €
Travel costs

Location

N amfiant muafrkr
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
For mid-career curator with at least 4 years of professional experience in curating contemporary photography exhibitions in museums, galleries or cultural institutions

Deadline

Jan 3, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Literature / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 month

Grant

3,000 $

Location

Cgihoca
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Deadline

Jan 5, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Architecture / Drawing / Literature / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Theme: duaigni npnn ireIv tollerhtrmvebtatuon nma

Grant

Studio space in the ArtLab building + research support + networking

Location

Gbadrceim
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

For people in mid-career, with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience

Deadline

Jan 8, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 year

Grant

1,000 € per month
Coaching

Location

Nebrli
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Berlin (DE)
For young people with no support experience, individuals with disabilities, those with migration or refugee backgrounds, and those without formal education.

Deadline

Jan 13, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Sound
Duration: 6 months

Grant

12,000 €

Location

Rnblei
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Berlin (DE)

Deadline

Jan 15, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 6 months

Grant

18,000 €

Location

Onnb
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Germany

Deadline

Jan 15, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration:

Grant

25,000 CHF

Location

Rdfeualfne
Switzerland

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Thurgau (CH)

Deadline

Jan 15, 2026

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Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Video / Sound and moving image art
Duration: 8 months

Grant

7,500 $

Location

Ecaar
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of New York (US)

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