Top Art Fellowships 2024

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Deadline

Sep 17, 2024

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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

Grant

variable

Location

New York
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Canada, United States of America
Nationality: American, Canadian

Deadline

Oct 1, 2024

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Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants

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

Grant

5,000 $

Location

Brooklyn
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of United States of America

Deadline

Oct 1, 2024

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Forecast - Midwest Memory Grant

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

Grant

Grants in total of 100,000 $

Location

St. Paul
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Minnesota (US), North Dakota (US), South Dakota (US), Wisconsin (US), Michigan (US), Missouri (US), Iowa (US), Ohio (US), Nebraska (US), Kansas (US), Indiana (US), Illinois (US)
Forecast invites applications from non-profit organizations located in rural Midwest communities with populations under 25,000, situated more than 40 miles from a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Teams must be multi-racial and/or multi-ethnic.

Deadline

Oct 15, 2024

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum - Fellowship Program

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Curatorial
Duration: 1 year
Theme: Independent Research and Study Related to Smithsonian Collections

Grant

45,000 $
Research allowance: 5.000 $

Location

Washington
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of United States of America
Applicants must identify a member of SAAM’s research staff to serve as primary fellowship advisor in order to hold a residency at this museum.

Deadline

Oct 21, 2024

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Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Literature / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture
Theme: Creating positive social change

Grant

6,000 $

Location

Boston
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Massachusetts (US)
For teams of Massachusetts-based creatives and community members

Deadline

Oct 31, 2024

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Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 2 years

Grant

90,000 $

Location

New York
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Born between 1993 (included) and 2006 (included)
Resident of United States of America
Applicants must have a New American Status. You should be planning to be enrolled full time in an eligible, accredited, professional or graduate degree program at a US university for the full 2025-26 academic year.

Deadline

Nov 3, 2024

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A.I.R. Fellowship

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

Grant

Solo Exhibition + Mentorship

Location

Brooklyn
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of New York (US)
Woman or non-binary artists. Artist must live in the greater New York City metropolitan area for the duration of the program. Have not had a solo exhibition at a permanent venue in NYC in the last 5 years

Deadline

Nov 4, 2024

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VIA Art Fund- Artistic Production Grants

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

Grant

max. 100.000 $

Location

Boston
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Resident of United States of America
Nationality: American

Deadline

Anytime

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Pollock-Krasner Grant

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Painting / Drawing / Graphic / Sculpture
Duration: 1 year

Grant

10 000 $ max.

Location

New York
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

Deadline

Anytime

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Artists’ Fellowship - Financial Aid

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Painting / Drawing / Photography / Graphic / Installation / Sculpture / Illustration / Mixed Media
Duration:

Grant

variable

Location

New York
United States of America

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of United States of America

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