Grant Opportunities for Artists
Visit this page throughout the year for the latest opportunities from a variety of arts funders and grant programs. For grant eligibility and guidelines, please refer to the individual websites below 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 | September 2022 Opportunities
- Creative Capital | Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact
- Creative Capital | Sept - Oct 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 | October 2022 Opportunities
- Huntington Arts Council | NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program
- Hyperallergic | Opportunities Listings (September 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
- Frameline Completion Fund
- Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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: Sep. 14, 2022