Top Art Fellowships 2026
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Deadline
July 22, 2026
Information
Target Margin Theater Institute Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Architecture /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics /
Curatorial /
Music
Duration:
10 months
Theme: Disrupt and re-examine your existing practice
Grant
Space + Material resources
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
New York (US)
Fellows must be available in person in Brooklyn, NY (USA) for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
Deadline
July 24, 2026
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Contemporary Visual Arts Network London & Brent Council - Emerging Curators Programme
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
Duration:
1 year
Grant
Training programme
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
Greater London
Applicants must live, work or study in London with priority to the borough of Brent
Deadline
July 31, 2026
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MUUS Collection Research Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
/
Academic
Duration:
1 year
Theme: MUUS Collection
Grant
Travel costs to the archive
Eligibility conditions
Applicants should have a minimum of five years professional experience at museums, galleries, universities or similar cultural institutions
Deadline
July 31, 2026
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
10 months
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Grant
Eligibility conditions
Applicants must be currently residing in the UK or have plans to be residing in the UK during the Fellowship period
Deadline
Aug 1, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Sculpture
Duration:
1 year
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Grant
Exhibition
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Germany
Nationality:
German
The artistic education should not be longer than five years ago.
Deadline
Aug 3, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
Grant
5,000-12,000 $
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Delaware (US)
Deadline
Aug 7, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
Location
Nédelomt
Switzerland
Eligibility conditions
Born between 1989 (included) and 2008 (included)
Resident of
Jura (CH)
Deadline
Aug 9, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics /
Curatorial
/
Educators / Cultural producers
Duration:
9 months
Grant
Mentorship
Eligibility conditions
For early-career artists, educators, and cultural producers
Deadline
Aug 20, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Sculpture /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
Mentoring + Production budget + Group Exhibition
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
West Midlands
For artists who are currently living and making work in the Black Country (within the Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton boroughs)
Deadline
Aug 31, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Sculpture
/
Glass
Duration:
1 year
Theme: aslsG
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Germany
For artists who are mothers of children over one year old who are not yet of school age
Deadline
Aug 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
Obwalden (CH),
Nidwalden (CH)
Deadline
Sep 1, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
11 months
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Grant
Trainee/research programme in the workshops
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
Netherlands
Deadline
Sep 2, 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)
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