Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Northeastern U.S.
The Artwork Archive team set out to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls for entry for visual artists in the Northeastern United States.
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, specifically in the Northeast.
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September 6, 2024 4 days left
Tenth Juried Art Show - Stover Mill Gallery
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: September 6, 2024
- Event Dates: October 12, 2024 - November 3, 2024
- Entry Fee: Please see website for any fees associated with this opportunity.
- Award Info: Over $3,500 in prize money will be awarded.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Erwinna, PA 18920, United States
In its 64th season, Bucks County's longest continually running art gallery will hold its 10th Juried Art Exhibition during four weekends beginning October 12th with a gala opening on Sunday, October 13th - 1:00 to 5:00pm.
September 6, 2024 4 days left
Open Call: Two-person Juried Exhibition at Peep
Exhibition
- Organization: Peep Projects
- Submission Deadline: September 6, 2024
- Event Dates: December 12, 2024 - January 18, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Peep Projects invites all interested artists to submit their work to our first juried open call after three and a half years of programming. All applications will be considered for a two-person exhibition opening in mid-December 2024. Please review and fill out all fields. The submission deadline is September 6, 2024, with jury results expected in early October.
All submissions will be considered for:
- The two-person exhibition
- Future solo and group exhibitions at Peep
- Spotlight feature on our social media
Jurors:
- Leah Triplett Harrington, Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
- Jacob Todd Broussard, Artist, previously exhibited at Peep Projects.
Eligibility & Terms
- Artists working in all mediums are welcome to apply.
- Artists must arrange drop-off and/or shipping their work to the gallery at their own cost.
- For artists working in new media, film, or video, you may be required to use your own equipment for exhibitions.
- Artists will submit up to 5 works that are either available for the exhibition or give a good example of what they will make for it (if the artists choose to make new work).
Submission Fee: $25
Deadline: September 6, 2024, 11:59 pm
About Exhibition:
- The theme of the show will come from the work submitted.
- Selected artists will be notified by early October 2024
- The exhibition opens on December 12, 2024
- Exhibition closes on January 18, 2025
- The exhibition will be open for a reception and Philadelphia’s citywide Second Thursdays programming at the Crane Arts Building.
- All artwork in the exhibition will be for sale, with artists receiving 50% of the final sale.
About Peep Projects
- Peep predominantly organizes solo, two-person, and thematic group exhibitions with national and international artists, focusing on site-specific installations.
- As an ode to Marcel Duchamp’s Étant Donnés (on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art), a peephole was installed in its former location—a renovated studio in Viking Mill—for viewers to peep into the exhibitions from the hallways. Now at Crane Arts in Olde Kensington, Philadelphia, visitors can view the exhibitions from a large window in the door.
- Peep was founded in December 2020 by artist Libby Rosa.
September 8, 2024 6 days left
The Last Breath: Death and Contemporary Art
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: September 8, 2024
- Event Dates: October 4, 2024 - November 24, 2024
- Entry Fee: $30 for up to three (3) works submitted, and $10 for each additional submission (maximum up to five (5) pieces per artist).
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, United States
WomensWork.Art announces 'The Last Breath,' an exhibition exploring Death, Momento Mori, and Honoring the Dead through Art at their Downtown Poughkeepsie, NY gallery. The call is open to women, femme-identifying, and non-binary artists living in the United States.
Entry fees are $30 for up to three works and $10 for each additional piece (maximum five). Submissions must be made through EntryThingy. Artwork dimensions are limited to 36 inches on the longest side or 2 feet diameter for 3D pieces. The exhibition will be featured in-person and online.
Artists retain 70% of sales. WomensWork.Art handles transactions and taxes, while artists are responsible for shipping. Due to COVID-19 logistical delays, international submissions are not accepted.
Artists must submit statements reflecting on their work's relevance to the theme. The gallery will promote the exhibition through various channels, encouraging artist participation in marketing efforts.
September 10, 2024 8 days left
Princeton Arts Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 10, 2024
- Award Info: $92,000 a year. Fellows are additionally funded $5,000 (per academic year) for research expenses and $2,000 (per academic year) for classroom expenses.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Princeton Arts Fellowships, funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, David E. Kelley Society of Fellows in the Arts, and the Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund, will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.
A $92,000 a year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.
Past recipients of the Hodder Fellowship and individuals who have had a sustained and continuous relationship with Princeton University are not eligible to apply. Those who have had an occasional and sporadic relationship with Princeton may apply.
To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, contact information for three references (should the search committee choose to contact references, please do not request letters or have letters sent in advance of a request from the search committee), and work samples (i.e., a writing sample, images of your work, video links to performances, etc.). Please also submit a 750-word proposal that includes how you would hope to use the two years of the fellowship to develop your work, how you would contribute to Princeton’s arts community through teaching and/or production, and how you have encouraged diversity and inclusion and furthered accessibility in your artistic practice, teaching, and/or research.
Applicants can only apply for the Princeton Arts Fellowship twice in a lifetime.
September 10, 2024 8 days left
MacDowell Residency Spring/Summer 2025
Residency
- Submission Deadline: September 10, 2024
- Event Dates: March 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30.00, Any applicant experiencing a financial hardship may request a fee waiver
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458, United States
Since its founding in 1907, MacDowell has imbued its spaces with a deep and abiding respect for artists and their creative work. In the 21st century, this fundamental kindness is sustained by the curiosity, generosity, and goodwill circulating within the resident community.
While MacDowell may be thought of as a place apart from the world, the resident population will always be comprised of individuals who are of the world. MacDowell strives to offer ideal working conditions for artists within a joyful and mutually supportive environment. Consistent with that mission, all Fellows are obliged to adopt the community agreement as a condition of accepting a Fellowship. Doing so will help ensure that all Fellows may participate in the enriching exchange that has given rise to countless friendships and collaborations.
Artists interested in applying for a MacDowell Fellowship will complete an online application found via MacDowell’s website. The application includes informational forms as well as a place to upload work samples. All details and requirements are found within the application.
Duration of residency: up to six weeks; the average stay is 30 days
September 10, 2024 8 days left
LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 10, 2024
- Award Info: Technical support to applicants and awards of up to $16,000 to enable hundreds of arts projects in all disciplines, serving Manhattan communities from Inwood to The Battery.
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, NY 10038, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Since 1983, LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants have supported Manhattan-based artists, arts groups and community-focused organizations in accessing public funds for the presentation of rich arts activities with the public. These projects have been integral to the cultural vibrancy and arts-driven resiliency of Manhattan
With support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, LMCC’s Creative Engagement, Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement programs provide technical support to applicants and awards of up to $16,000 to enable hundreds of arts projects in all disciplines, serving Manhattan communities from Inwood to The Battery.
Our grants are often among the first awards an artist or group receives and can help recipients to leverage additional support from other sources. Recommendations for awards are made through a juried selection process comprising artists and arts leaders whose expertise reflects the cultural and creative diversity of Manhattan.
September 11, 2024 9 days left
20th Annual Small Works Show
Exhibition
- Organization: 440 Gallery
- Submission Deadline: September 11, 2024
- Event Dates: November 14, 2024 - December 20, 2024
- Entry Fee: 15
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
440 Gallery announces the Call for Entries for the 20th annual Small Works Show 2024. This national, juried exhibition celebrates the innovation of artists who create work on a small scale in a broad range of media and styles. The exhibition will be on display in the 440 Gallery, Park Slope, Brooklyn space from November 14 to December 20, 2024.
This opportunity is open to artists who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry and who have a US shipping address. Work must be no more than 12 inches (12”) in any direction, including the framing, mounting, or video monitors. The artwork may represent any subject matter. All media—including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, sculptures in any medium, collage, printmaking, photography, and digital media—will be considered.
September 15, 2024 13 days left
Boston Artadia Awards
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: September 15, 2024
- Award Info: three Awardees to receive unrestricted funds of $15,000
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Boston , Massachusetts
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.
Each year, an open-call application is made available in each of the seven active partner cities. Supporting artists equitably is a critical part of the Artadia Award process: we consider the unique populations of each community and are proud to reflect our country’s diversity with an Awardee pool that is over 50 percent female and over 40 percent persons of color.
In addition to financial support, Awardees can participate in the Artadia Network to receive structured opportunities for valuable new connections and resource sharing as well as receive a dedicated webpage on Artadia’s online Artist Registry. Connections fostered by Artadia have facilitated major steps in Awardees’ careers, such as inclusion in prominent exhibitions (e.g. five Awardees were featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and six in 2019).
September 15, 2024 13 days left
Center for Book Arts 2025 Artist-in-Residence
Residency
- Submission Deadline: September 15, 2024
- Award Info: stipend of $1500, tuition waiver for up to $6000 in courses offered at CBA during the residency period, and 24-hour access to CBA's printing and binding studios in Manhattan.
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: NY, NY 10001, United States
The Center for Book Arts offers a year-long residency program for early and mid-career artists living in New York City. The program aims to support artists in exploring book arts and expanding their artistic practice.
Four to six residencies are awarded annually, welcoming applicants with varying levels of experience in book arts. The residency includes a $1,500 stipend, up to $6,000 in course tuition waivers, and 24-hour access to CBA's Manhattan studios.
Residents are expected to spend 20-40 hours per week in the studios, attend public programs, participate in quarterly BookTalks, and contribute to a group exhibition. The program offers opportunities for public speaking, collaboration, and studio visits with curators and artists.
Applicants must submit an artist statement, CV, 10 work samples, and an image list. The residency runs from January to December 2025 and is open to individual artists only, with a focus on those living in the five boroughs of New York City.
September 16, 2024 14 days left
The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative - A Juried Exhibition.
Competition
- Organization: Wayne Art Center
- Submission Deadline: September 16, 2024
- Event Dates: October 13, 2024 - November 16, 2024
- Entry Fee: $50 for up to 2 artworks.
- Award Info: $3,000+ in cash prizes
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Wayne, PA 19087, United States
- Online Only: Yes
The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative - A Juried Exhibition
Thank you for your interest in applying to Wayne Art Center’s 2024 The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative - A Juried Exhibition. The exhibition runs from October 13 through November 16, 2024 in the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087.
2 Works Permitted per Application
Call for Entries for The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative - A Juried Exhibition: Wayne Art Center invites submissions in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and mixed media works that explore the overlapping territories of portraiture and visual storytelling.
Artists 18+ from PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, VA and Washington, D.C. are eligible to submit up to two original works created between 2022 and 2024. Artists are permitted to submit additional applications. The artist should use the same name and contact (including email) information for each application but must use a different username and password for additional applications.
Juror – Scott Noel
Scott Noel serves as juror for The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative – A Juried Exhibition.
After completing undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Noel moved to Philadelphia in 1978. His first important solo exhibition was in the Fleisher Challenge Series in 1980. Since that time, he has mounted over 40 major shows across the country. Noel is represented by Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia and his work is included in numerous private, public and corporate collections including the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy, the Woodmere Art Museum, the Arkansas Art Center and the Pennsylvania Convention Center. From 1996-2024, Noel taught drawing and painting in the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His legacy as an educator also includes teaching at The University of the Arts, Arcadia University and Community College of Philadelphia.
"Figure paintings have always wedded specific individuals with narrative roles. Think of Lorenzo de Medici, Hendrickje, Stoffels, Victorine Meurent and Leigh Bowery playing both themselves and characters in the pictorial fictions of Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet and Lucian Freud. Almost all figure paintings imply a question about the relationship between the model and the role they play even in boardroom portraits of captains of industry. Characterization, analysis, likeness and a sense of drama are entangled in visual art." Juror Scott Noel
Awards
Prizes in the amount of $3,000+ will be awarded and presented at the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 13, 2024 from 3-5 pm.
Works submitted must have been completed after January 1, 2022. All works must be for sale. Works previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center are not eligible.
Collaborative work is accepted. Please include all artists’ names on the online application.
Please contact Wayne Art Center if you have an excessively large and/or complex installation. Additional expense will be incurred by the artist if artwork requires carpentry, special surface treatment to gallery walls or a custom-built pedestal/armature or specific installation request.
All accepted work MUST BE HAND-DELIVERED to and RETRIEVED from Wayne Art Center. NO shipped work will be accepted. NO exceptions.
Artwork must remain on display throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Entry Information
All images should be at least 300 dpi resolution. File Format: JPEG or JPG only. File Size under 5mb. Please name each jpeg/jpg file with the TITLE of the work and specify multiple views with "full" or "detail" view.
The entry fee is $50 for up to 2 artworks. Entry fee is non-refundable.
Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or PayPal will be accepted for entry fee payment. The application will not be finalized until the entry fee has been paid. Entries must be complete and submitted by midnight, September 16, 2024.
For 3D works, a detail image may be submitted along with the overall image- therefore up to two views per piece for 3D works is allowed for up to two pieces. All images should be at least 300 dpi resolution. Artists are permitted to submit additional applications. The artist should use the same name and contact (including email) information for each application but must use a different username and password for additional applications. A$50 fee is applied to each application.
Exhibition inventory for works invited to this exhibit will be created from your submission listings. Updates, edits and changes to any part of listings for title/medium/size/price of work after entry and for the in-gallery exhibition can be made only by contacting WAC. A $25 administrative fee applies to any requested changes. Artists are asked to carefully review submission info before completing entry.
Calendar of Events
Online Entries Accepted
July 23, 2024 - September 16, 2024
Final Deadline for Entries
Monday, September 16, 2024- Midnight EST
Notification of Accepted/Declined Work
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Hand Delivery of Work
Tuesday, October 8, 10am-5pm
Exhibition
October 13 through November 16, 2024
Opening Reception and Awards
Sunday, October 13, 2024
3-5pm
Exhibition Closes
Saturday, November 16, 2024
4pm
Retrieval of Work
Saturday, November 16, 2024 4-5pm (no earlier pickups) AND
Monday, November 18, 2024 10am-5pm
Communications
Notification to artists will be shared via e-mail. An e-mail will be sent for EACH image submitted. Please read each result e-mail carefully, to understand the status of each submission. The artist contact email provided on the online application must remain active during the submission and exhibition process. The artist is responsible for checking email (and SPAM) for acceptance and/or decline and other information regarding Wayne Art Center’s The Figure: Portraiture & Narrative - A Juried Exhibition. Notifications will be shared via email on September 25. Please do not contact Wayne Art Center for updates regarding notifications until after notifications are emailed on September 25 and after checking SPAM/Junk Files.
Insurance and Liability
While all precautions will be taken to ensure the protection of selected work upon receipt, Wayne Art Center cannot assume liability for any loss or damage to artwork in transit. Wayne Art Center provides insurance coverage only while work is on our premises. All work will be insured for 60% of its retail value.
Submission of work to this exhibition constitutes an agreement on the part of the artist to all terms and conditions of this entire prospectus, which includes, but is not limited to, the right of Wayne Art Center to use entries images for publicity purposes. Wayne Art Center will not be responsible for works not claimed by Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Work not retrieved by November 27, 2024 will become the property of Wayne Art Center and available for sale at 100% commission to WAC.
Installation
All work should be submitted installation ready. Framed work should arrive wired and ready to hang and 3D work should be stable enough to sit securely on a pedestal or come with a base that provides stability. If artwork installation is overly complex, Wayne Art Center will contact the artist to request assistance with the installation process. An artist may be required to assume financial responsibility for any alternations (painted walls, site-specific pedestals, armatures, lighting, electrical, etc.) that are requested or required by a particular installation. The artist is welcome to install their complex artworks if necessary. Installation requests must be requested in advance and approved by Wayne Art Center.
Sales Policy
All work must be for sale and the price identified on the entry application must remain constant throughout the duration of the exhibition. Wayne Art Center processes all sales and will retain 40% commission of the sale price, or on any sale that results from mediation by Wayne Art Center staff. Wayne Art Center processes all resulting commissions of work that occur as a result of this exhibition at the same rate of 60/40 Artist/WAC.
Contact Information
Pam McLean-Parker, Exhibition Coordinator, [email protected]
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
610.688.3553 x211
wayneart.org
Questions
For questions regarding prospectus and exhibition, please contact Pam McLean-Parker Exhibition Coordinator at [email protected] or 610-688-3553, ext. 211. For online submission support, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].