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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June 1, 2024 12 days left
CIAR’s Fall Residency Program
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024
- Event Dates: September 3, 2024 - September 10, 2024
- Entry Fee: There is no application fee, however residency fees may apply. Please see website for further details.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Cuttyhunk Island, MA 02713, United States
In an inspirational setting removed from the distractions of daily life, CIAR’s Fall Residency Program offers visual artists focused time and a uniquely supportive environment to develop their work. On a small island off the coast of Massachusetts, CIAR hosts a group of twelve artists, who are invited to use the island itself as their studio. Living together in the historic Avalon Inn, the residents have uninterrupted time to become immersed in their creative process. Many use the time to reflect, learn from one another, and find inspiration from their costal surroundings. Residents build insight and camaraderie as they sit down to meals together, cooked by CIAR's wonderful chef.
In 2024, Duke Riley will deliver the Visiting Artist talk and Dr. Katie Castagno will join as our first Visiting Scientist, to create interdisciplinary dialogue and to explore Cuttyhunk through an ecological and climate-based lens.
Participants can select two options for their time on Cuttyhunk, with cost based on room choice:
Shared room for $1,950
Single room for $2,400 - $2,600
CIAR program costs include:
accommodation at the Avalon Inn (including all linens and towel). Read more here.
three daily meals prepared by our chef
visiting artist talk
access to Cuttyhunk Island, including use of golf carts at the Avalon
Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from the residency, including their ferry tickets and luggage from New Bedford, MA. Participants may need to spend the night in New Bedford to catch the morning ferry. Please take these costs into account when budgeting for the experience.
Participants can select two options for their time on Cuttyhunk, with cost based on room choice:
Shared room for $1,950
Single room for $2,400 - $2,600
CIAR program costs include:
accommodation at the Avalon Inn (including all linens and towel). Read more here.
three daily meals prepared by our chef
visiting artist talk
access to Cuttyhunk Island, including use of golf carts at the Avalon
Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from the residency, including their ferry tickets and luggage from New Bedford, MA. Participants may need to spend the night in New Bedford to catch the morning ferry. Please take these costs into account when budgeting for the experience.
June 1, 2024 12 days left
Grand Central Atelier, Direct Portrait Painting Workshop
Workshops & Classes
- Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024
- Event Dates: July 15, 2024 - July 19, 2024
- Entry Fee: There is no registration fee, but tuition fees apply. Please see website for further details.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Drawing, Painting
- Location: Ridgewood, NY 11385, United States
Course Description
This workshop will focus on Portrait Painting Fundamentals. The instructor will demonstrate on day one how to Block-in directly on the canvas with the brush. No previous drawing or transfer is necessary. The painting will be developed in 4 Layer: Block-in, Underpainting, Form Pass and Over Passes. Diana will explain each step with demos and lectures, including the structure of the head, comparative measurements, color properties, Light and form. Students begin working on day one in the afternoon session after Diana’s morning demo. A long pose will serve the student to slow down and learn how to work from observation and achieve likeness and naturalism.
A fundamental part of the workshop will focus on understanding our palette and characteristics of color: Hue, Value and Chroma. Diana will lecture and demo at the beginning of the class, followed by individual critiques.
See detail schedule below:
Day 1: Direct Block in with Raw Umber on the canvas. Lecture on the Structure of the Head and Comparative Measurements in the morning. Students work in the afternoon, individual critiques.
Day 2: Diluted and abbreviated Underpainting using Raw umber and White. Demo in the morning. Students continue working on their block-in of necessary or begin the underpainting. Individual critiques.
Day 3: Form Pass with Color. Demo and Lecture on Color and Form in the morning. Students begin working in the afternoon. Individual critiques.
Day 4: Form rendering continues. Diana demoes alongside the students while they work in their paintings. Students work all day. Individual Critiques all day.
Day 5: Final day. Diana will explain how to come back to a painting to do the revision passes, including the Oil out technique, Palette knife scrapping, and sand paper technique. During the revision passes, the Over Passes are made as well, such as Glazings, Stumbling and Impasto. Diana will explain the differences of each one and their applications. Lecture and demo in part of the morning, students begin to work after the demo. Individual critiques.
Diana recommends using the Apelles or Limited palette and work on linen. Please see the the supply list.
This workshop is open to all levels of painting, however, a previous knowledge of drawing is strongly recommended.
June 3, 2024 14 days left
Colony Emerging Design Studio Residency
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 3, 2024
- Award Info: Colony will also fund up to $1,700 worth of studio fees for residents.
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, NY 10013, United States
A newly envisioned design program, The Colony Residency works to introduce the international design market to emerging American talent. Through an 8 month incubator program resulting in an exclusive collection, The Residency ushers forth a new generation of designers, artists and makers into the contemporary design vernacular of today. Working from a rich foundation of curation, exhibit design, design education and collaborative design development, Colony works with a tightly curated selection of young designers guiding them through a vigorous curriculum of product development and design entrepreneurship. Each curriculum culminates in an exclusive collection, exhibit and a moment of true discovery for the greater design community.
June 5, 2024 16 days left
IMAGINATION - JURIED NATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: June 5, 2024
- Event Dates: July 13, 2024 - August 11, 2024
- Entry Fee: $45 for up to 3 entries. $35 for STAC artist level members (valid through Aug.2024 Artists may join at time of entry.
- Award Info: $800 Best in Show, $500 Second Place, $300 Third Place
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: SAINT JAMES, NY 11780, United States
Dreams, humor, fantasy, creativity are pursuits that keep the human spirit alive. Imagination makes possible our thinking about what is and what might be. We are looking for art that ignites curiosity and delights the senses, encouraging us to take some time away from the world as we know it and enjoy the creative power of Imagination! Submit your art that offers a unique glimpse into your imagination and allows viewers to see today’s world through your eyes, inspiring meaningful dialogue, spur thinking or simply allow us to dream! 2D Painting, Drawing or Illustration in any style created in acrylic, watercolor, oil, pencil, gouache, pastel, ink, charcoal, or mixed media. No photography, no digital art. About our juror DAVID H. REUSS: “Strength is what appeals mostly to me in art. The work can be any medium, style, subject or size, however in the end the work must have power.” David Reuss is a proud New York City native with over thirty years’ experience in illustration and fine art. His work encompasses an array of subjects, mediums and clients. He is an award-winning member of the Salmagundi Club where he also teaches painting and drawing. An Executive member of the Society of Illustrators, he currently serves as Membership Chair and Treasurer. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and earned his Master’s Degree in Arts and Cultural Management at Pratt Institute. More Info about David Reuss: https://www.blackwolfstudio.com/
June 8, 2024 19 days left
January - June 2025 Residencies at MASS MoCA
Residency
- Submission Deadline: June 8, 2024
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: North Adams, MA 01247, United States
The Studios is a unique residency housed in MASS MoCA - one of the world's largest contemporary art museums. The Studios residency hosts artist and writers within the museum’s factory campus and is surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. Operated by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, the residency runs year-round and hosts up to 10 artists at a time. Artists of any nationality can apply for stays of 2 or 4 weeks.
We offer 24/7 studio space on MASS MoCA's campus, housing across the street (private rooms in shared apartments), one group meal per day, member-access to MASS MoCA's galleries, access to professional development webinars though our "Assets for Artists" program, and opportunities to share your work with an international cohort of peers as well as museum staff and community members.
The residency program has several different fellowship programs including General Fellowships, and fellowships specifically for Massachusetts-based Artists or Writers, Oregon-Based Visual Artists, Puerto Rican Artists, Black or Indigenous Visual Artists or Writers, and more. For more information, read below.
June 8, 2024 19 days left
SEEING THE SEA - COASTAL AND MARINE PAINTING
Workshops & Classes
- Submission Deadline: June 8, 2024
- Event Dates: June 8, 2024 - June 9, 2024
- Entry Fee: LAA Member: $350 ; Non-LAA Members: $375
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Old Lyme, CT 06371
This workshop is for the painter looking to enhance their skills while depicting coastal scenery, be it the marshes of Southeastern Connecticut, or the crashing surf of Down East Maine. An inspirational and encouraging environment will be fostered through critique and advice. Individual attention and demonstration will be emphasized, as well as the importance of subject choice and personal inspiration. Although oil colors will be the demonstration focus, all media are welcome for working and practice. The prevailing goal will be to approach painting as a fulfilling and enjoyable experience…a learning process that allows us to grow as artists and creators with any subject matter we choose.
June 10, 2024 21 days left
Call for Entries: ABSTRACTION
Competition
- Organization: PhotoPlace Gallery
- Submission Deadline: June 10, 2024
- Event Dates: August 2, 2024 - August 23, 2024
- Entry Fee: Submission: $39 for the first 5 images, $6 each additional
- Award Info: 35 images for the Exhibition Gallery, and 40 more for our Online Gallery. Distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, and Honorable Mention
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
- Location: Middlebury, VT 05445, United States
Abstraction
Deadline for submissions: Jun 10, 2024
Juror: Janet Jeffers
Prints due: Jul 19, 2024
Exhibition: August 2 - August 23, 2024
Abstract images combine shapes, color, pattern, texture and imagination to create an image that is largely independent of visual reality. For this exhibition we seek abstract lens-based images made and modified in whatever way you choose.
We are very pleased that Janet Jeffers will jury the exhibit. She will select approximately 35 images for exhibition in the Middlebury gallery, and 40 for our Online gallery. All 75 selected images will be promoted on social media, reproduced in the exhibition print catalog, and remain permanently on our website, with links to photographer’s URL.
Image: Lawrence Matthews @LawrenceAnthonyPhoto
Lmatthewsphoto.smugmug.com
June 10, 2024 21 days left
2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and Curatorial Work
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: June 10, 2024
- Award Info: $50,000
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, NY 10021, United States
- Online Only: Yes
The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant visual artists and three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant curators who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in their field.
Who Should Apply:
You were born outside the United States to non-American parents
You are not more than 38 years old
You have 5 years of professional experience in visual arts or curatorial work and possess a strong track record of creative and high-caliber work
June 13, 2024 24 days left
17th International ARC Salon Competition
Competition
- Submission Deadline: June 13, 2024
- Entry Fee: First entry: $93.00 (includes free copy of the 17th/18th ARC Salon book if shipping is paid at checkout. This book is an approximate 500 page hard bound book that will retail between $65 - $75) Additional entries: $73.00 Entering the same work in an additional category is $53.00 per additional category.
- Award Info: Over $130,000 in cash awards
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Port Reading, NJ 07064, United States
- Online Only: Yes
When talking about competitions dedicated to 21st Century Realism, the International ARC Salon is the largest in the world. With over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition through partnerships with prestigious magazines, galleries, museums, and more, don’t miss your chance to compete. Categories include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens.
June 15, 2024 26 days left
Call for Art - Queering Democracy: Art, Identity, and Politics in 2024
Exhibition
- Organization: Rochester Contemporary Art Center
- Submission Deadline: June 15, 2024
- Event Dates: October 4, 2024 - November 16, 2024
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Rochester, New York 14604, United States
Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) and ImageOut Art seek artist submissions for a juried exhibition opening in Rochester, NY in October 2024. Queer art has achieved greater prominence in recent years, yet the LGBTQIA+ community's struggle for freedom and equality persists. We hope this exhibition will serve as a reflection of our current moment, and as a poignant response to the alarming rise of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sweeping the nation.
Artist submissions are due on June 15, 2024 by 5pm. We welcome 2D, 3D, and electronic media that showcases experiences, emotions, and thoughts on the evolving struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights and representation. Artists located in the United States of all backgrounds, identities, and those exploring all narratives of genderqueerness are invited to apply.
Accepted artists will receive a stipend to help offset the cost of production or transport of their work. This exhibition will be juried by a diverse panel of arts professionals who identify as LGBTQIA+. The exhibition is a project of the ImageOut Art Committee in partnership with Rochester Contemporary Art Center.