Grant Opportunities for Artists
Opportunities from various arts funders and grant programs will be listed here and updated throughout the year. For grant eligibility and guidelines, please refer to the individual websites below and/or contact them directly.
Grants & Resources (various disciplines)
- Artwork Archive - 2022 Grants & Opportunities
- BANFF Centre for Arts & Creativity | Indigenous Arts Creation Lab, Residencies, Writers' Retreats
- Café Royal Cultural Foundation | Individual Grants
- Candid | Funding for Individual Artists
- Colossal | November 2022 Opportunities
- Creative Capital | Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact
- Creative Capital | Nov - Dec 2022 Artist Opportunities
- Creative Capital | Workshop Calendar
- Creatives Rebuild New York
- The David Prize
- First Peoples’ Fund | Fellowships, Grants, Space
- The Field | Grant opportunities
- Folger Institute Artist Research Fellowship
- Fractured Atlas | December 2022 Opportunities
- Huntington Arts Council | NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program
- Hyperallergic | Opportunities Listings (November 2022)
- Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) | ARTWorks Artist-in-Residence
- Jerome Foundation
- The Latinx Project at NYU | Artist in Residence
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation | LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists
- NDN Foundation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations
- New York Media Arts Map | Funding Opportunities
- NYFA/NYSCA Artists with Disabilities Grant
- NYFA | Canadian Women Artists' Award
- NYFA | Grants listings
- NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs | Artist Resources
- NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs | Cultural Development Fund
- NYSCA | Funding Opportunities
- Puffin Foundation
- Queens Council on the Arts
- Redline Art | Artist Grants
- Reis Studios | Artist Grants
- Right of Return | USA Fellowship
- Thoma Foundation | Art of the Spanish Americas Fellowships & Awards
- Women Arts | Funding Resources
- YoungArts | Grants & Awards
Emergency Grants
- Adolf & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts | Emergency Grant
- The Haven Foundation
- Humanities NY Sharp Recovery Grants
- NARS Studio Relief Residency
- Rauschenberg Emergency Medical Grants
Dance
- Dance/NYC | Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund
- Dance USA | Funding Opportunities
- ICONS | Funding for Choreographers
- Asian American Arts Alliance | Jadin Wong Fellowship
- New England Dance Fund
- NYSCA | Dance Program
- Rauschenberg/NYFA | Dancer Emergency Grants
Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary
International
- Asian Cultural Council | Fellowship & Grants
- Res Artist Residencies
- Residency Unlimited | Atelier Mondial Residency for New York City Artists
- DutchCulture | TransArtists | Residency Listings
Literary Arts / Writing
- Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
- Center for Book Arts | Book Artist-in-Residence
- Fondation Jan Michalski | Writers Residency
- Funds for Writers | Grants
- Literary Grants for Individuals | WomenArts
- NEA | Translation Projects
- Poets & Writers | Grants
- Velvetpark Writers' Residency
Media / New Media / Film
- Catapult Film Fund
- CultureHub
- Doc Society: Resources
- DocProject: Legal Services for Independent Filmmakers
- En Foco Media Arts Fund: Work in Progress Initiative 2023
- Frameline Completion Fund
- Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards
- JCAL 10 Minute Film Festival
- Kickstarter Forward Funds
- Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant
- NewFest | New Voices Filmmaker Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
- Sundance Inclusion Resource Map
- The Metrograph Fellowship
- Third World Newsreel | Grants and General Resources for Filmmakers
- Wave Farm | 2022 Media Arts Assistance Fund for Artists
Music
- ASCAP Foundation
- Associated Chamber Music Players | Chamber Music Workshop & Community Music Grants
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals | Young Performers Career Advancement
- Chamber Music America | Opportunities Listings
- Jazz Foundations’ Emergency Musicians' Fund
- New Music USA | Open Grants
- New Music USA | New Music Creator Development Fund
- Musician Foundation Emergency Fund
- NAMM | Emergency Funds for Artists
- Save the Music | Grants for Music Education
- South Arts | Jazz Road Tours
- Sweet Relief Musicians’ Fund
Performance Art
Photography
- Aperture Portfolio Prize
- Baxter Street Camera Club of NY
- Lens Scratch | Grants for Photographers
- Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers
- Word Press Photo | Resources, funding and grants for visual journalists and photographers
Residencies
- Corning Museum of Glass BIPOC Residency
- Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works
- Green Box Arts | Residencies
- Interlude Artist Residency
- LMCC | Arts Center Residency
- National Parts Arts Foundation
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Residency at ISCP
- Queens Museum | In Situ Artist Fellowship
- Res Artist Residencies
- Residency Unlimited | Atelier Mondial Residency for New York City Artists
- Rivet | Residency Listings
- SPACE on Ryder Farm | Residency Programs
- UAFS Art & Design Artist in Residence Program
- Wave Farm Residency Program
- Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild | Artist Residencies
Social Practice
- Asian Women Giving Circle
- Awesome Foundation
- Citizens' Committee for New York City
- Culture Push | Fellowship for Utopian Practice
- Foundation for Arts Initiatives
- Laundromat Project
- Mid-America Arts Alliance | Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant
- More Art | Engaging Artists Fellowship
- Teaching Artist Project
Theater
- 2022 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York | Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program)
- American Theater Wing | Grants
- A.R.T/New York | 2022 Strengthening NYC Theatres Grants (Formerly the Nancy Quinn Fund)
- A.R.T/New York | New York Small Theatres Fund
- Public Theater | Grants & Resources
- Theater Communications Group | Grant listings
Visual Arts
- Abrons Arts Center | Visual Artist Airspace Residency
- Alterworks | Open Call: DREAMLAND: The Art Pile
- Art in the Parks: Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Grant 2023 Application
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
- Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
- Hopper Prize
- The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant
- MTA Arts & Design | Open Calls
- Noguchi Open Call for Artist Banners
- Sustainable Arts Foundation
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Prospect Art | New Work Grant
- Queer | Art: The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
- Virginia Groot Foundation
- Women's Studio Workshop
Want to suggest a new resource for this page?
Email Dan Bamba, Director of Arts Services: dbamba@flushingtownhall.org, or ManSee Kong, Arts Services Associate: mkong@flushingtownhall.org.
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Last updated: Dec. 15, 2022