Artist Opportunities

ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE LIST

• NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowship. Also see other Opportunities at this link, such as Queens Art Fund: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/

• Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant/NYFA https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants/rauschenberg-medicalemergency-grants/

• Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/individual-support-grant-1

• Gottlieb Emergency Grant – No deadlines; applications accepted on rolling basis https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency-grant

• Hyperallergic magazine – Monthly list of opportunities appears during first few days of each month. To access, type in browser: Hyperallergic Opportunities (plus month/year). Sample link to April 2023 Opportunities: https://hyperallergic.com/810586/opportunities-april-2023/

• Creative Capital https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

• Art in NYC Calls for Artists https://artinnewyorkcity.com/category/callforartists/

• Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts & Design (scroll down page for Opportunities) https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design

• EntryThingy Calls for Artists https://www.entrythingy.com/artists 

 FHG Calls for Work:

Eligibility: Open to active Fountain House Gallery members. To be an active member you are required to volunteer

for a total of two (2) hours per month for the two (2) consecutive months prior to the submission due date. You also

need to be active in your unit.

Outside Calls for Work:  

Deadline Monday, May 4 – OPEN CALL HELLO NEW YORK! 2026 

Our upcoming artist program in New York is a free-of-charge professional development and networking program that aims to assist resident and non-resident artists in getting to know the complex and vibrant art scene that exists in New York City. HNY 2026 will take place from June 15th to 27th, 2026. This project is realized with generous support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Citizens New York. Interviews: Week of Monday, May 11, 2026 Artist Notifications: Friday, May 15, 2026 Hello New York! (Brooklyn) OpenCall2026 — CPR

Deadline Friday, May 15 2027 – Workspace Residency Program 

Dieu Donné is pleased to offer its 2027 Workspace Residency to emerging New York metropolitan area-based visual artists. With a focus on experimentation and collaboration, the Workspace program provides three artists the opportunity to explore paper pulp as an artistic medium. Working with our master collaborators, residents are encouraged to explore the creative possibilities inherent in the hand papermaking process and to further develop this medium as a contemporary art form. Workspace 2027 Application — Dieu Donné

NEW: No deadline listed – Humans of NY is looking for NYC photoraphers who document their own communities to participate in an exhibition being hosted in one of NYC’s most iconic locations.  Special consideration will be given to portraiture.  Ten photographers

 will be chosen; each will receive $10,000 and will have with work spotlighted on Humans of New York.  Email a few exampples of your work to

dearnysubmissions@gmail.com.

  Please include your website, social media handles, the neighborhood where you live, and a little bit about yourself.  What’s your story? 

Deadline Rolling – Foundation For The Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in

 the U.S. and abroad. Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 15-20 grants in the range of $500 to $3,000 each. Applicants may request any amount in that range and, if granted, may receive full or partial

 funding. The average grant is currently $1,900. 

https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants/ 

Deadline Rolling – Gottlieb Emergency Grant is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that

 situation.  Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need. 

https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency-grant 

Deadline Rolling – Discounted Rehearsal Space Program Prioritizing BIPOC artists and performing arts entities from underserved and under-resourced communities, The Clemente’s Discounted Rehearsal Space Program will provide discounted rentals to artists

 and entities in New York City, for $15/hour at our 3rd Floor studio space, Room 309. 

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 Clemente's Subsidized Rehearsal Program — #TheClemente | The Clemente