GUIDE TO THE BEST ARTIST GRANTS & OPPORTUNITIES IN 2023

Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2023!

This year, we added another new feature! You can now save the important deadlines for your favorite opportunities right in your Artwork Archive account.

When you find a call that interests you, simply click ‘Add to Schedule' and the call's deadline will be automatically added to your Schedule. You'll also receive weekly reminders to keep you on top of your game.

We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!

Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:

Western United States Guide

Midwestern United States Guide

Southwestern United States Guide

Southeastern United States Guide

Northeastern United States Guide


Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2023

June 5, 2023 Ends today

Utah Tech General Classroom—Utah Public Art

  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget of $166,000
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: International
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with Public Art

June 5, 2023 Ends today

Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award

Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award
  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 28, 2023 - October 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: Applicants may submit up to three drawings on payment of a single Entry Fee for the Working Drawing Award:Standard Entry: £15 Student Entry: £10
  • Award Info: The Working Drawing Award of £2,000
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing
Description

June 5, 2023 Ends today

Public Art Planning Consultant for Brewer Community Center - Wichita, KS

  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Award Info: Public Art Planning Consultant budget is $20,000, as part of $180,000 total budget.
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Public Art

June 5, 2023 Ends today

A to Z Wineworks, Artist In Residence Program 2023—2024

  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newberg, Oregon
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. based artists

June 5, 2023 Ends today

Artist In Residence Program 2023 - 2024

  • Organization: A to Z Wineworks
  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newberg, Oregon 97007
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

June 6, 2023 1 day left

NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant

  • Submission Deadline: June 6, 2023
  • Award Info: $1,000 unrestricted cash grants
  • Type: Grants & Fellowships
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Applicants must identify as disabled.
Applicants need to be actively creating in visual, media, music, performing, literary, or multidisciplinary arts. There should also be public engagement with the artist’s work such as exhibitions, shows, community-based programs, performances, or other public presentations of the artist’s work.
Applicants need to provide documentation of a sustained commitment to their artistic practice from any time over the past 4 years (2019 to date).
Applicants must be 21 years or older on or before Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
Applicants must be current New York State residents for at least the past twelve months.
Recipients of Cycle 1 or Cycle 2 of the NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant cannot apply. This is a one-time grant.
Applicants can be past recipients of any of NYFA’s other grant programs.
Applicants do not need to be U.S. citizens but must be able to provide a W-9 with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) or EIN (after selection).
NYFA employees, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above cannot apply.

June 6, 2023 1 day left

SculptFest23 Annual Spring Members’ Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 6, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 9, 2023 - July 9, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: West Rutland, Virginia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Carving Studio and Sculpture Center members, sculpture

June 6, 2023 1 day left

SculptFest23

  • Submission Deadline: June 6, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 9, 2023 - October 22, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: West Rutland, VT
Description
Eligibility Info

Local; Members only, artists of all levels

June 7, 2023 2 days left

Manitou Springs Art on the Avenue 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 7, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: Each artist will be provided a stipend of $1,800 for the two-year exhibition period. Each piece is also eligible to receive the following awards: Juror award ($1,000) and People’s Choice award ($1,000)
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Manitou Springs, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Public Art

June 7, 2023 2 days left

Rarefied Light 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 7, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Award Info: There will be a Best of Show selection with a $300 Award provided by APC. Additionally, the juror will select Honorable Mention Awards of $100.
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Alaska
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all Alaska-based Photographers

June 8, 2023 3 days left

Open Call for Artists: Texas State University System

  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget is $250000-$600000
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Texas
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based Sculpture artists

June 8, 2023 3 days left

In The Deep End

  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 6, 2023 - July 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Oregon
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Public Artists in the Portland area

June 8, 2023 3 days left

10x10x10xTieton

  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 5, 2023 - October 8, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Tieton, Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums. Works must be 10x10x10 inches in size

June 8, 2023 3 days left

Open Call for Artists

Open Call for Artists
  • Organization: Texas State University System
  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Award Info: 250000-600000
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based sculptors.

June 8, 2023 3 days left

Art Nine Disc Golf Course Public Art Project

  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Award Info: $126,000 total ($42,000 per artist x 3 artists)
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Shawnee, Kansas
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists in the Shawnee Kansas region

June 8, 2023 3 days left

4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 8, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $15
  • Award Info: $2,000 Best in show
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all female artists working with Watermedia.

June 10, 2023 5 days left

Celebrating Black Women: Call for Artists of African Diaspora

  • Submission Deadline: June 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
  • Award Info: £5000
  • Type: Other
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to UK Visual Artists from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora who identify as women or from marginalised genders

June 12, 2023 7 days left

Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Design

  • Submission Deadline: June 12, 2023
  • Award Info: Unrestricted cash prize of $50,000 is awarded to each prizewinner
  • Type: Grants & Fellowships
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Have been born outside the United States of America to non-American parents.
Not be more than 38 years old as of December 31, 2023 (born on or after January 1, 1985). ​​Exceptions will be made for applicants who were born between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1984 who experienced career interruptions due to caregiving, medical, military or parental leave.
Have lived in the United States for at least 4 years (or immigrated to the United States on or before December 31, 2019).
Be one of the following: a naturalized citizen or a permanent resident of the United States; an H-1B or O-1 visa holder with a valid visa stamp; a H-4 visa holder with a valid EAD card; a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) relief; an asylee or an asylum seeker who has applied for asylum and has a valid EAD card.
Have at least 5 years of professional experience in design.
Have completed at least 3 implemented, professional solo or collective design projects.
Not be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate degree program (Exceptions may apply for some doctoral students who will complete their program this year).
Intend to pursue a career in the United States.
Not be a past recipient of the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in any category.

June 12, 2023 7 days left

Norman Forward 1% For Art: Flood Street Roundabout

  • Submission Deadline: June 12, 2023
  • Award Info: Budget is $175,000
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to Public Artists

June 12, 2023 7 days left

Call for RFQ artist proposals

Call for RFQ artist proposals
  • Organization: Montana State University
  • Submission Deadline: June 12, 2023
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Bozeman, MT 59717
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 14, 2023 9 days left

The JGS Fellowship for Photography

  • Submission Deadline: June 14, 2023
  • Award Info: $7,000
  • Type: Grants & Fellowships
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Photographic artists, 25 and above, living in one of the following counties:
Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates

June 14, 2023 9 days left

Art Exhibitin: Penetrate

Art Exhibitin: Penetrate
  • Organization: LAST. Creative
  • Submission Deadline: June 14, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - September 3, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $5
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Apply for a Solo Show at Aplomb

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 9, 2023 - October 28, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00—$35.00
  • Award Info: Solo Exhibition
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Stoveworks Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10-20-30 staggered application fee
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chattanooga, TN 37408
Description
Eligibility Info

Anyone over 18

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Summer in Svalbard Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 27, 2023 - August 30, 2023
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with photography, painting, video, installation, mixed media, writing, dance

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Vermont Studio Center Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vermont
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all visual artists and writers.

June 15, 2023 10 days left

2nd Annual Peace Love Art: Showcase & Art Sale

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 9, 2023 - July 14, 2023
  • Type: Other
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

International; Artists are welcomed to submit any preexisting artwork or intended artwork designs for the event, with a minimum of (1) piece per artist. Pieces submitted for the event will be exclusively available to be sold during Peace Love Art: Showcase & Art Sale from July 9th-14th.

June 15, 2023 10 days left

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2023/24 – Gifts of Art at Michigan Medicine

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2023/24 – Gifts of Art at Michigan Medicine
  • Organization: Gifts of Art - Michigan Medicine
  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description

June 15, 2023 10 days left

The Narrative

The Narrative
  • Organization: The Chateau Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists except Sculptors

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Boathouse Autumn 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists, makers, photographers, designers, writers, musicians, researchers and any other creative artist or designer.

June 15, 2023 10 days left

Atlas

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 16, 2023 11 days left

Create Award Residency Application 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Denver, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S based artists who graduated in 2021 or later in a Fine Arts or Performing Arts Program

June 18, 2023 13 days left

Nuditas—2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 18, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 19, 2023 14 days left

SaveArtSpace: This Place Meant

  • Submission Deadline: June 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 21, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10 donation
  • Award Info: An opportunity for artists to display their art on a billboard in New York City.
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

The exhibition is open to all artists of any age, skill level or background.

June 19, 2023 14 days left

Small Works: 45th Harper College National Juried Exhibition

Small Works: 45th Harper College National Juried Exhibition
  • Organization: Harper College
  • Submission Deadline: June 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 5, 2023 - October 12, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: Purchase Awards
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Palatine, Illinois 60067
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists except those working with Film/Video/New Media

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