Top Art Fellowships 2025
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Deadline
Apr 30, 2025
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LACMA - Wallis Annenberg Curatorial Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
Duration:
2 years
Theme: Latin American Art
Grant
/ hour
Eligibility conditions
No students
At least 2 years of prior museum experience.
Proficiency in Spanish (especially reading) is required, with knowledge of Portuguese and French an asset
Deadline
Apr 30, 2025
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Tallichet Freedman Foundation - Micro Grants
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Graphic /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
New York (US)
For visual artists living and/or working in the 11385 zip code of Queens, NY
Deadline
May 1, 2025
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Nevada Arts Council - Fellowship Award
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Sound /
Literature /
Performance
/
Theatre, Music
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Born between 1950 (included) and 2004 (included)
Resident of
Nevada (US)
Deadline
May 2, 2025
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Processing Foundation Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Performance
/
Time-based Media / Creative Coding
Duration:
4 months
Theme: Data Storytelling
Grant
Mentoring + Workshops
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
May 10, 2025
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Yéigo Action Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Graphic /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
United States of America
Applicant must proof of lineal descendancy from, a U.S. federally recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe or be able to provide proof of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian
Deadline
May 16, 2025
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Northern Clay Center - McKnight Artist Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Ceramics
Duration:
1 year
Theme: Ceramic
Grant
Exhibition + Catalogue
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Minnesota (US)
Deadline
May 20, 2025
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Center for Craft - Archive Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
/
Craft Art
Duration:
1 year
Theme: Archival Research
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
United States of America
Deadline
May 31, 2025
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Da Vinci Fellowship Program
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Graphic /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Grant
Financial Stipend + Mentoring + Exhibition
Eligibility conditions
Resident of
United States of America
Applicants must be planning to live in the greater Philadelphia region during the full year of the program
Deadline
June 1, 2025
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Eliza Moore Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Graphic /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
Theme: Plants, gardens, or landscapes
Grant
2 - 5 week stay at Oak Spring
Eligibility conditions
For early-career artists not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in 2026
Deadline
June 8, 2025
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Great Meadows Foundation - Travel Grant
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Graphic /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Grant
Eligibility conditions
No students
Resident of
Kentucky (US),
Indiana (US)
Applicants must reside in the Great Meadows Foundation region which encompasses the 120 counties of Kentucky, and the Greater Louisville area of Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana.
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