Top Art Fellowships 2025/2026
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Deadline
Nov 17, 2025
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Pillars Artist Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Video
/
Screenwriters / Directors
Duration:
10 months
Theme: Muslim communities
Grant
Mentorship
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Deadline
Nov 19, 2025
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Asian Cultural Council - New York Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Architecture /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
6 months
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Afghanistan,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
China,
India,
Indonesia,
Japan,
Korea, South,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Mongolia,
Myanmar (Burma),
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste (East Timor),
Vietnam,
Taiwan,
Hong Kong,
Macau
Applicants cannot be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Deadline
Nov 30, 2025
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Marco Castro Cosio Media Art and Technology Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
Grant
Residency at the Brown Institute
Eligibility conditions
Please note that applicants must be eligible to receive funding from a U.S.-based institution
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
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Jan 26, 2026
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Michael Hawley Artist Research Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Theme: Research at the Center for Creative Photograph
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Anytime
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Artists’ Fellowship - Financial Aid
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Sculpture
/
Illustration / Mixed Media
Duration:
Grant
variable
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
United States of America
Deadline
Anytime
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Artist protection fund
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture
Duration:
1 year
Grant
variable
Eligibility conditions
No students
Artists under threat of persecution or violence due to their artistic practise
Deadline
Anytime
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Max’s Emergency Relief & Resource Fund
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
500 $ - 1000 $
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
New York (US)
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