Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Southeastern 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 Southeastern 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 Southeast.
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May 22, 2024 3 days left
Fall/Winter 2024-2025 Keyholder Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: May 22, 2024
- Event Dates: August 28, 2024 - February 28, 2025
- Entry Fee: $15 Application Fee, additional fees may apply please see website for further details.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Hyattsville, MD 20781, United States
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 8 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. Two artists are selected twice a year by the Pyramid Atlantic artistic staff. Keyholders work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists and are expected to abide by all studio policies. Housing is not provided, although, upon acceptance, artists will receive information on opportunities of nearby housing.
Spring/Summer 2025 Keyholder Residency
(Runs March–August, 2025)
Applications will be accepted starting in November 2025
Fall/Winter 2025 Keyholder Residency
(Runs September 2025–February 2026)
Applications will be accepted starting in May 2025
May 31, 2024 12 days left
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: May 31, 2024
- Award Info: The $10,000 individual grant
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Upperville, VA 20184
The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence is awarded annually to one outstanding, early-career artist who is developing new works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. This award is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a 2 - 5 week stay at Oak Spring. While at OSGF, the Fellow will be able to meet with staff, explore our 700-acre landscape and our efforts in sustainable land management, and visit our rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art.
OSGF intends to award the Fellowship to an exceptional artist whose works show remarkable promise to contribute to a deeper understanding of the natural world, and humankind’s place in it. The Fellow will be scheduled to visit when there are other Interdisciplinary Residents or Fellows on-site. This scheduling will allow the Fellow to join in communal meals, and optional activities and field trips with other artists, ecologists, researchers, or scholars working on projects related to OSGF’s mission. Beyond time devoted to their projects, a Fellow’s typical day at Oak Spring might include a walk to enjoy the landscape or birds; an appointment to visit the Oak Spring Library; and/or a morning spent volunteering at the BCCF or in the formal garden. These optional activities provide Fellows time to learn from, and interact with our staff. None of these activities are required, and we understand that some Fellows might want to spend most of their time in their writing or working independently. We support and enable Fellows to use their time as they best see fit.
May 31, 2024 12 days left
Artist Call: Virtual Exhibit at Elena Bulatova Fine Art Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 🌟🎨
Exhibition
- Organization: Elena Bulatova Fine Art
- Submission Deadline: May 31, 2024
- Event Dates: December 4, 2024 - December 8, 2024
- Entry Fee: $39 per artwork
- Award Info: Selected artworks will be showcased at Elena Bulatova Fine Art in Miami Beach during 2024 Art Basel Miami
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States
Attention artists! Elena Bulatova Fine Art Miami Beach is excited to invite you to submit your artwork for our virtual exhibit during Art Basel Miami Beach 2024.
Submission Guidelines:
Submit up to 3 works for consideration.
For each artwork, please include the following details:
Title
Size (dimensions in inches or cm)
Medium
Retail Price
Artist's Bio:
Please provide a brief artist biography highlighting your artistic journey, inspiration, and any notable achievements or exhibitions.
How to Apply:
Email your submission to [email protected] with the subject line "Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 Submission - [Your Name]."
Deadline for submissions: May 31, 2024.
Submission fee: $39 per artwork (paid via PayPal to [email protected] or Venmo @Elena-Bulatova).
Selected Participants:
Selected participants will be notified via email by July 31, 2024.
Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your art to a global audience during Art Basel Miami Beach 2024. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
June 1, 2024 13 days left
2024 Creekside Arts Fall Writers Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024
- Event Dates: September 8, 2024 - September 15, 2024
- Entry Fee: There is no entry fee, however residency fees apply if accepted. Please see website for further details.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Eureka, CA 95503, United States
CREEKSIDE ARTS is an Artist-in-Residence Program that is a unique opportunity to reflect, create, and explore in an inspiring setting among the Redwoods of Northern California. Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate a project focus on what is dear to our community: Land, place, community, nature, climate, education, and social and political consciousness.
We provide an inspiring natural setting among the coastal redwoods of Northern California for individuals as well as collaborative artistic work and expression. We welcome artists from a broad range of creative disciplines. We provide a unique opportunity to reflect, create and explore away from the hectic demands and constraints of daily life.
Our location in the heart of the redwoods and home of the Wiyot people provides a natural setting that guides our commitment to a healthy and sustainable environment. Our program facilitates an exchange of creative thought and expression between participants, the neighborhood, and the larger Northern California community with a focus on new work with a social and political consciousness.
Our one week Fall Writers residency provides each artist with fully equipped private living quarters and individual separate work/studio spaces. In addition to providing a space for solitary work, our program supports and encourages a collaborative atmosphere. Evening gatherings provide an opportunity to get to know the other resident artists as well as the permanent members of the Creekside Arts community.
Films, discussions, and exchanges with local Northern California writers are a part of these gatherings. Our residencies conclude with a creative interaction with the larger Humboldt County community.
Imagine spending a week nestled along the breathtaking Northern California Pacific Coast, surrounded by the majestic Redwood Forest and Wiyot land. At Creekside Arts, we believe in the power of the written and spoken word—storytelling. That’s why we’re excited to announce our Fall Writers Residency Program. We invite writers and storytellers to spend a week with us at Creekside Arts.
If you’re a writer or storyteller of any persuasion, this is the perfect opportunity for you to share your tale, whether it’s a fable, poem, fantasy, or autobiography. We’re looking for artists whose work aims to captivate and transport audiences through the power of their narratives.
During your stay, you will be supported by an environment that’s both nurturing and inspiring. Our symbiotic collaborative energy will encourage you to create, imagine, and practice your skills, surrounded by the stunning natural beauty of our surroundings. Join us for an unforgettable experience where you’ll have the freedom to write, explore, collaborate, and perform and bring your writing and storytelling to new heights.
June 1, 2024 13 days left
McColl Center Winter/Spring 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024
- Event Dates: January 7, 2025 - April 14, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: Stipend
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Charlotte, NC 28202, United States
The McColl Center's internationally acclaimed Artist-in-Residence program serves as a catalyst for growth for emerging and mid-career artists. McColl Center hosts three residency terms per year—fall, winter/spring, and summer, for four artists per term. An artist residency at McColl Center is a moment to think big, take risks in the creative process, and explore ideas within the context of Charlotte.
Artists-in-residence receive private housing adjacent to McColl Center, a large-scale private studio in our historic building in Uptown Charlotte, curatorial guidance, marketing and PR support, and a generous stipend. While in residency, our artists have the freedom to fully focus on artistic research, exploration, and creation while also engaging with McColl Center’s Igniters community and the local creative sector.
The Winter-Spring 2025 Artist-in-Residence program runs from January 7 - April 14, 2025.
June 7, 2024 19 days left
2024 RFP Open Call: Murals along Noonday Creek Trail
Public Art & Proposals
- Organization: Town Center Community
- Submission Deadline: June 7, 2024
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, United States
In 2015, the TCCID established the Town Center Community Alliance (Alliance), as a non-profit
creative placemaking partner, with the objective of enriching the CIDs integral infrastructure
projects with beautification and quality of life programs.
The Alliance takes a strategic look at creative placemaking elements that will help the CID
reach their Vision of being a dynamic region that fosters a thriving business, academic, and
residential community. While the CID primarily builds roads, multi-use trails, and sidewalks,
the Alliance finds ways to celebrate the unique character of Town Center. From public art and
aesthetic fixtures to small parks, the Alliance drives placemaking initiatives that strengthen our
connection to our environment and maximize shared public value.
By activating the physical and social environment in Town Center, the Alliance helps attract
businesses and residents, boost economic development, and shape a sense of community.
TCCID has invested over $3M in the Noonday Creek Trail. Final phases of the trail opened in
September 2014, and spans close to seven miles in length, beginning at the Kennesaw
Mountain Battlefield Park to the Bells Ferry Trailhead. Since 2019, trail counters have logged
over 1.1million visitors along the trail. TCCID recognizes that, although successful, the trail’s
potential hasn’t been fully realized. Strategies to activate the trail need to be implemented to
attract and retain users of all ages, demographics, and physical abilities. As the Town Center
CID strives to create a healthy environment for the surrounding commercial property owners
and its stakeholders, activation of the trail will increase safety, improve aesthetics, and
introduce new opportunities within the CID.
The purpose of this RFP is to gather creative, inspirational concepts for activation on Noonday
Creek Trail. Please familiarize yourself with the full Activation Plan completed in 2018 and the
Creative Placemaking Master Plan completed in 2023.
Please see Event link for further information about this opportunity.
Only email submissions accepted and should be sent to: [email protected]
June 15, 2024 27 days left
Stove Works Guest Curators Program 2026
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 15, 2024
- Entry Fee: Pay close attention to our tiered application fee: $10 - May 15 - May 31, 11:59 PM EST (First two weeks) $20 - June 1 - June 7th, 11:59 PM EST (Third week) $30 - June 8 - June 15, 11:59 PM (Last week)
- Award Info: The Guest Curators will be provided a Curator’s Fee, an exhibition budget, and support from Stove Works staff.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Chattanooga, TN 37408, United States
Stove Works and a panel of outside Jurors select two Guest Curators to curate shows in the main gallery space for their 2026 season. The Guest Curators will be provided a Curator’s Fee, an exhibition budget, and support from Stove Works staff.
Additionally, Guest Curators are invited to participate in the Stove Works Residency program for 1-3 months leading up to and during the exhibition. If they choose to participate in the residency, their stay must occur in the month of the exhibition opening at the very least.
Application Questions are listed at the bottom of this page.
BUDGET BREAKDOWN
$2,500 Curators Fee
$12,500 Exhibition budget (including artist fees, shipping, etc)
$2,000 Programming budget
WHAT IS EXPECTED (THE BASICS):
Follow all schedules provided by Stove Works within the Exhibition Timeline.
Provide Stove Works with a fully developed curatorial statement/Exhibition narrative.
Follow W.A.G.E Floor fees.
Available to attend opening reception event, speak with the press, and participate in regular Exhibition planning meetings—by phone, Zoom, or in person.
The curator is responsible for providing additional application questions and reviewing all applications for open-call submissions.
Select no more than (15) Artists for the Exhibition unless otherwise agreed upon with Stove Works.
Make every attempt to ensure equitable representation of Artists across demographics and geographies, specifically including one artist within the Thrive Regional Partnership’s covered counties.
Available to work with Stove Works staff to design exhibition layout, limited to an additional 40 feet of wall space, as required and indicated in the Exhibition Timeline.
Provide content for any Stove Works-approved artwork labels and the exhibition booklet.
Agree to participate in at least one public program, such as an Exhibition walk-through or Artist panel, in coordination with Stove Works’ Programs Director.
Initiate conversation between participating Artists and Stove Works staff about shipping/transportation of artwork with each Artist.
The above list is not comprehensive and is subject to change.
NOTE: A strong applicant is one who is clear about their intentions for their proposal, who writes a thoughtful and clear response to the “listening” question, and whose proposal can realistically be accomplished within the 12.5 K project budget and Stove Works' capacity as an organization. Keeping in mind that Stove Works has a small staff, and unless you budget for additional temporary labor, we will do everything in-house, soup-to-nuts, and definitely appreciate a Curator who can roll up their sleeves and get dirty with us (although not a requirement).
June 17, 2024 29 days left
NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: June 17, 2024
- Event Dates: September 4, 2024 - October 12, 2024
- Entry Fee: $40 for 5 artwork submissions in your application
- Award Info: As the GRAND PRIZE, one jury-winning artist is awarded a solo exhibition at FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY to take place the following year.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130, United States
FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY proudly hosts the 28th iteration of our annual call for artists - NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. The call is open through 17 JUNE 2024 and the exhibition participants are selected by an ever-changing group of three prestigious arts professionals. The exhibition itself is installed in the gallery for the entire month of September and first-half of October with an opening reception in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’ First Saturday Gallery Openings in September 2024 from 5-9 pm.
The exhibition was created in 1995 to give a voice to emerging artists. NO DEAD ARTISTS has become an exhibition that has time and again discovered new and emerging talent and is one of the most celebrated art exhibitions in the South. The exhibition’s name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. In the ’90s, the exhibition was open only to New Orleans artists and subsequently grew to include artists of Louisiana. In 2010, the exhibition expanded to become a national juried exhibition open to artists from the entire United States and the call went international in 2014.
The exhibition has been a springboard for numerous artists leading to national press coverage, recognition, gallery representation and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections. Each year the gallery invites a panel of renowned arts professionals and collectors to select the newest creative talents.
NO DEAD ARTISTS is an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS, open to living artists of all ages, emerging and established, working throughout the world. All mediums are accepted including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, design, glass, metalwork, photography, video, performance, mixed media and installation art.
A single application may contain up to FIVE artworks for consideration. Each submission is allowed up to three additional detail images per artwork. All images must be in .jpg format and videos in .mov format - high resolution files around 1MB are preferred. All works must be for sale to be included in the exhibition.
Any winning entry will be subject to a standard 50% gallery sales commission in the event that it is sold and should be priced accordingly.
The artist is responsible for ALL shipping costs including return shipping of all unsold work and import/export duties and taxes.
June 19, 2024 31 days left
2024 Eastern Regional Exhibition
Exhibition
- Organization: Oil Painters of America
- Submission Deadline: June 19, 2024
- Event Dates: October 11, 2024 - November 8, 2024
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: $11,500 in cash & merchandise with $4,000 best in show
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Raleigh, NC 27615, United States
Oil Painters of America’s 2024 Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Representational Oils, October 11 through November 8, 2024, at The Centerpiece Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Awards approximately $11,500 in cash & merchandise, including a $4,000 cash best-in-show award. The juror will be Elizabeth Pollie OPA. Artists eligible to compete are citizens - both natural born or otherwise - of the continent of North America who are 2024 OPA members. Submissions are accepted through 6/19/2024. The entry fee is $35 for one, $50 for two & $60 for three; only one may be accepted. Maximum size limitation 1,200 sq in. The acceptance list will be announced on 7/9/2024.
July 1, 2024 43 days left
2025 Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibition
Exhibition
- Organization: Embracing Our Differences
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2024
- Event Dates: January 19, 2025 - April 13, 2025
- Award Info: Adult winners each receive $2,000; students receive $2,000 with $1,000 to be directed to the student and $1,000 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Embracing Our Differences is seeking submissions for an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images created by local, national and international artists. The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme " embracing our differences." The exhibit will be on display January 19 through April 13, 2025 in two locations in Sarasota and St. Petersburg Florida. The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by exhibit visitors to each location.