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
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
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
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
United States & Canada Competition
Deadline: October
Eligibility: mid-career artists, students are not eligible
Grant: about $43,000 USD
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
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
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Artist’s Resource Trust
Deadline: August
Eligibility: Ages 35+, New England residents
Grant: $2500-$10,000
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
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
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
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
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
William H. Johnson Prize
Deadline: November
Eligibility: Early career African American artists
Accepts: painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation
Grant: $25,000 USD
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Individual Support Grant
Deadline: December
Eligibility: 20+ years professional experience
Students are not eligible
Does not fund: photography, film, video, crafts
Grant: $25,000 USD
Adolph & Esther 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
Robert & Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: Rhode Island Residents, students are not eligible
Accepts: visual arts
Grant: $25,000 USD
Aaron Siskand Foundation Photography Fellowship
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
Canadian Women Artists’ Award
New York Foundation for the Arts
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
Application Guidelines
Sculpture Grants
National Sculpture Society, Marilyn Newmark Memorial Grant
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: U.S. citizens
Accepts: sculptors specializing in animal sculpture
Grant: up to $7800 USD
National Sculpture Society, Alex J. Ettl Grant
Deadline: varies
Eligibility: U.S. citizens
Accepts: figurative/realist sculpture
Grant: $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