Professional
Artist Relief
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Awesome Foundation
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
Creative Capital
Elizabeth Greenshields
Evolution Grant
Fulbright Program
Guggenheim
Harpo Foundation
Hopper Prize
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Puffin Foundation
Ruth & Harold Chenven
Sustainable Arts Foundation
Painting
Lillian Orlowsky & William Freed
Emergency Grants
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Gottlieb Foundation
Rauschenberg Foundation
Residency Based
Art & Change (Philadelphia artists)
Artadia (varies)
Berkshire Taconic (New England artists)
Betty Bowen Award (Northwest US artists)
Canadian Women Artists’ (NY, CT, NJ artists)
East London Art Prize (East London artists)
GAP Awards (WA artists)
Lower Manhattan Arts (Manhattan artists)
MA Cultural Council (MA artists)
MAAF for Artists (NY artists)
NY Foundation for the Arts (NY artists)
RI State Council (RI artists)
Prof Lieu’s Tips
The most important thing for applying to grants is doing the research to find out 1) which grants you are eligible for and 2) what each grant requires in the application.
It can be surprising that even though there are many grants listed, that there will be many you are not eligible to apply for.
What each grant apply requires is really different in terms of what they want, and how involved the preparation is for the materials.
Some grant applications are easy. When I applied for the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist grant, you fill out a form, send in 10 artwork images, that’s it.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Guggenheim grant is extremely time consuming to put together, requires references, a very long artist statement, and more.
More details
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation
Deadline: July 15
Eligibility: Artists living & working in the U.S.
Does not fund: film, video, performance art
Grant: $1500 USD
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Age 18+, international artists
Accepts: artwork in representational styles of drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture
Does not fund: abstract or non-objective art, commercial art, graphic design, illustration, photography, cartoons, animation, video, film, digital art, crafts
Grant: $15,000 CAD
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Deadline: ongoing
Accepts: painting, sculpture, works on paper, printmaking
Does not fund: video, performance art, film, or digital media
Grant: $5000-$30,000 USD
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Artist’s Resource Trust
Deadline: August
Eligibility: Ages 35+, New England residents
Grant: $2500-$10,000
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
Deadline: January
Eligibility: U.S. & Canadian citizens
Accepts: works by feminist women in the arts
Application Fee: $25
Grant: $500-$1500 USD
Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation
Deadline: April
Eligibility: Painters ages 45+, U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents
Accepts: painting (oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, tempera, watercolor, egg tempera, casein)
Does not fund: mixed media, encaustic, collage, pastels, digital paintings, prints, drawings
Grant: $5000-$30,000 USD
Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: “qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.” 20+ years professional experience. Students are not eligible.
Grant: $5000-$15,000 USD
Aaron Siskind Foundation
Deadline: July
Eligibility: Ages 21+, U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents. College students are not eligible
Accepts: Still photography
Grant: up to $10,000 USD
Application fee: $20 USD
State Cultural Councils
Most state cultural councils offer artist fellowships for state residents.
- Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Fellowships
- New York Foundation for the Artists’ Fellowships
- Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Artists’ Fellowships
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
United States & Canada Competition
Deadline: October
Eligibility: mid-career artists, students are not eligible
Grant: about $43,000 USD
Harpo Foundation
Deadline: April
Eligibility: Age 21+, U.S. Citizens
Grant: up to $10,000 USD
Application fee: $15
Artadia
Deadline: varies
Eligibility: Residents of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Grant: $5000 USD
Creative Capital
Deadline: varies, every 2-3 years
Eligibility: Ages 25+, U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents
Minimum 5 years of professional experience
Students are not eligible
Grant: $10,000 USD + follow up monetary support
Sustainable Arts Foundation
Deadline: Spring & Fall
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least 1 child younger than 18
Accepts: painting, sculpture, drawing/illustration, printmaking, mixed-media, photography,installation
Grant: $2000, $6000 USD
Application fee: $15
Puffin Foundation
Deadline: December
Eligibility: U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents
Accepts: fine arts and video/film. “Fine arts includes a broad range: painting, drawing, weaving, crafts, collage and sculpture.”
Does not fund: film, travel, books, education
Grant: $1250-$2500 USD
Gottlieb Foundation Individual Grant
Deadline: December
Eligibility: 20+ years professional experience
Students are not eligible
Does not fund: photography, film, video, crafts
Grant: $25,000 USD
Canadian Women Artists’ Award
Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11: 59PM
Eligibility: Ages 21-35, Female Canadian Citizens living in NY, NJ, or CT
Accepts: Crafts/Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Digital/Electronic Arts, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts,Video/Film
Grant: $5000 USD
The Awesome Foundation
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: international
Accepts: projects of any subject
Grant: $1000 USD
Sculpture Grants
Marilyn Newmark Memorial Grant
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: U.S. citizens
Accepts: sculptors specializing in animal sculpture
Grant: up to $7800 USD
Virginia A. Groot Foundation
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: Ages 21+. Students are not eligible
Accepts: ceramics, sculpture
Grant: up to $35,000, $10,000, $5,000 USD
Alex J. Ettl Grant
Deadline: varies
Eligibility: U.S. citizens
Accepts: figurative/realist sculpture
Grant: $7800 USD
