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Application opens February 1st

Key Dates

• Application Opens: February 1, 2025
• Application Deadline: April 11, 2025
• Finalist Studio Visits (Online): April 21 – April 25, 2025
• Notifications: Early May

The NEA is committed to supporting excellent arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

For eligibility, application, and more details, click here. 

The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.

The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.

Applications for the 2025 program cycle will open on Tuesday, February 25  at 10:00 AM ET.

For more information and to apply, visit this link.

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) is proud to announce the return of its significant biennial award program, the BRAVA Awards (BIMA Recognizes Achievement in the Visual Arts). The awards will honor four exceptional contemporary artists, craftspeople, or makers whose work demonstrates artistic excellence, technical mastery, and meaningful contributions to the arts community. The awards will be presented in four categories, recognizing individual achievement and the broader impact these artists have had on the arts landscape.

The award was inspired by the values and vision of museum founder Cynthia Sears, who has been a passionate advocate for a world that supports, respects, and honors artists, craftspeople, and creative makers. The awards are designed to make a direct and significant difference in the lives of contemporary working artists and craftspeople, as well as a lasting impact on the arts landscape of our region and beyond.

Each artist selected in one of four categories will receive an unrestricted award of $15,000, and recognition of their achievement through a short video, promotion, and live award program. Each BRAVA awardee is selected through a unique competitive process from one of four independent Jury Committees, composed of working artists, educators, and art sector leaders and thinkers. The BRAVAs will be awarded every two years through a dedicated Award reserve, seeded by a restricted gift to the museum and maintained by BIMA.

Applications open April 1, 2025.

For more information, visit this link.

LIC Arts Open 12
May 14 - 18, 2025
Kickoff Party on Wednesday, May 14, 6-9pm

• Sign Up for LIC Arts Open Studios 2025!

Click below to register as a participating artist in LIC Arts Open Studios 2025:

Submission Link - LIC Open Studios 2025

• ​​Feature Your Event in the Festival Brochure & Online Map! Would you like to list your event in the LIC Arts Open 2025 Festival Brochure & Online Map or serve as an information hub? Sign up here:

Event Signup Link - LIC Arts Open Exhibition Listing 2025

• ​​Curate an Exhibition at LIC Arts Open 2025!

Submit your proposal for a chance to curate an exhibition in a donated space during LIC Arts Open 2025:

LIC Arts Open Curatorial Proposals - LIC Arts Open 2025 Curator application

• ​Submit your proposal to showcase your performance art at the kickoff event or one of the other venues during the LIC Arts Open!

​LIC Arts Open Performance Art Proposals:

LIC Arts Open 2025 Performance Art Application

For more info, visit here.

Past Residents

Application deadline: April 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET

KODA offers an artist residency program for two mid-career, female-identifying and/or non-binary artists who create conceptual and socially engaged work. The Fall 2025 residency will span from August 1-October 31, 2025. The program is placed under the theme of Peace-Building. KODA is a Brooklyn-founded nomadic social practice nonprofit arts organization focusing on conceptual mid-career artists ingrained in social justice. KODA offers survey exhibitions as well as tailor-made and community-based artist residencies, through dedicated collaborations with socially engaged partners. The nonprofit serves the community with contemporary art events and outreach to strengthen arts education. In its overall mission to support the artistic and professional growth of artists, KODA acts as a laboratory for creative concepts, reflecting its core values of curiosity and collaboration.

Selected artists receive:

• Studio space from August 1-October 31, 2025 on Governors Island, NY
• Optional residency exhibition on Governors Island, NY
• Honorarium in the amount of $1,000
• Studio visits with art world professionals such as curators and art historians
• Public engagement opportunities, with an additional honorarium of $250
• Professional development credit of $200
• Monthly curatorial and production consultancy with KODA team
• Networking and collaboration opportunities
• Access to Materials for the Arts

Application: The Open Call for KODA Fall 2025 Social Practice Residency program placed under the theme of Peace-Building opens on March 10, 2025. Proposals will be accepted between March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET and April 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Two selected artists will be notified of the residency offer by May 25, 2025.

Eligibility:

• KODA’s residency program is targeted to mid-career artists working in all media and creating conceptual and socially engaged work. While the term “mid-career” is up to interpretation, we consider artists aged 30 years old or older, having a significant body of works spanning several years, with minimum 10 years of experience as professional artist, and minimum two solo exhibitions, as “mid-career”. They are often without current gallery representation.
• Artists must be 30 years old or older.
• We invite female-identifying and/or non-binary artists to apply.
• Our 2025 residency theme is Peace-Building.
• KODA does not provide housing, transportation, or visa sponsorship.
• We do not accept applications from students currently enrolled in school.
• We do not require a BA, MA, BFA, or MFA.
• We do not yet accept applications from collectives/collaborative groups.
• We require the artist to devote a minimum of 20 hours per month to the Artist Residency.
• We require Artists-in-Residence to participate in open studios at least once during their residency term.
• We require Artists-in-Residence to attend monthly residency meetings.

Selection process: We will be accepting two Artists-in-Residence for the Fall 2025 Peace-Building season. A jury of experts in the field, and KODA staff and board will take part in the selection process. Short-listed candidates will be notified by May 15, 2025. Accepted candidates will be notified by May 25, 2025, and announced on May 31, 2025.

To apply, visit this link. 

Mellon Foundation and Flamboyan Foundation are excited to announce that applications for the 2025 Letras Boricuas Fellowship are now open.

Entering its fourth year, this fellowship will provide 24 Puerto Rican writers, both in the archipelago and in the diaspora, with an unrestricted $25,000 grant to support their creative endeavors.

🗓 The deadline to apply is April 30, 2025.

Visit letrasboricuas.org for more details.