Cups of Contemplation Juried Exhibition Call
Deadline: August 1, 2024
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art is pleased to announce Cups of Contemplation, an exhibition celebrating the rich variety of well-crafted contemporary ceramic cup forms being made by artists and potters from across the U.S. Whether you are enjoying a warm cup of coffee or tea, or sipping your favorite libation, drinking from a well-crafted, hand-made ceramic cup can elevate your experience. Cup forms are the most intimate of ceramic art objects offering both a visual and tactile experience. Held carefully in the hands, you feel their weight, their volume, their size, their texture. They are personal forms of art that connect you to the maker. Drinking from a thoughtfully hand-made cup can transform a mundane moment into a meaningful experience of pause, reflection, and contemplation. This exhibition will be shown in tandem with the Southern Miss Ceramics National, 2024.
Penland School of Craft 2025 Winter Residencies
Deadline: August 1, 2024
Penland, North Carolina
Penland’s Winter Residency program is a short-term residency opportunity for artists seeking to work independently in one of our 16 studios during Penland’s quiet season. Practicing artists of all backgrounds and at any stage of their career are encouraged to apply for a 2-week or 4-week session. Shared studio access is provided to a small number of artists each session; we invite enough people to encourage conversation and creative camaraderie, but not so many that focused time in the studio is compromised. Residents’ time is their own; there are no workshops, critiques, or required activities. Penland’s goal is to support creative experimentation by offering artists the time, space, and equipment they need to advance creative development.
Broward Cultural Division’s 2025 Artist Innovation Grant
Deadline: August 1, 2024
Broward County, Florida
The Broward Cultural Division’s Artist Innovation Grant provides direct funds to professional and established artists of all disciplines for new and/or experimental art projects. The program is designed to encourage risk-taking, exploration of artistic pursuits, career advancement, interactivity, and sustained commitment to artistic work. Applicants must be a professional and established artist with at least three (3) years in their field as evidenced by their resume and work samples, and a current resident of Broward County and intends to maintain primary residence in Broward County for the duration of the grant term (exception for Artist Support Regional grantees).
Broward Cultural Division’s 2025 Artist Support and Regional Support Grants
Deadline: August 2, 2024
Broward County, Florida
The Artist Support Grant provides direct funds to individual artists of all disciplines for projects that include a public event. The Artist Support Grant is designed to be flexible and accessible to encourage career advancement through creativity, innovation, and sustained commitment to artistic work. The Artist Support Grant category is for artists who are Broward County residents.
The Artist Support Regional Grant provides funding to artists who live in either Miami-Dade or Palm Beach Counties for programming that takes place in Broward County. The purpose of the program is to expose the Broward County residents to artistic programming that is being implemented in other areas of South Florida.
Gwinnett County Public Library Photo Annual Exhibition 2024
Deadline: August 9, 2024
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Gwinnett County Public Library invites photographers to submit to the GCPL Photo Annual. Selected photographers will have their work exhibited at the Duluth branch and published in a handmade exhibition guide during the month of October. Additionally, selected entries may be displayed at the Norcross or Grayson Branch and, optionally, on a virtual web exhibit. This year’s theme is “Fortitude.”with broad interpretations of the theme, including fictional narratives, emotional landscapes, literal translations, altered timelines, alternative processes, and more welcomed. This year’s entries are juried by Makeda Lewis. She is an artist, emerging independent curator, and program coordinator living and working out of Atlanta. She has been the Program and Outreach Coordinator for the Atlanta Center for Photography for the past 2.5 years. She has curated for MINT Gallery, Dashboard, and Swan Coach House Gallery and exhibited her work across the southeast.
Trillium Arts Winter 2024 Residency
Deadline: August 16, 2024
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Trillium Arts is an artist residency center where artists of many disciplines can find a creative home away from home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its facilities are best suited to the disciplines of literary arts, photography, visual arts, and arts administration. ndividual artists who do not require a rehearsal studio (such as writers and photographers) are encouraged to apply for a one week residency. Performing artists (such as choreographers and theater artists) are also welcome to apply, with the understanding that the Red Barn Studio is seasonal and will not be available during November or December.
2024 AICA International Open Call: Incentive Prize for Young Art Critics
International and Online
Deadline: August 18, 2024
AICA International’s Incentive Prize for Young Art Critics invites early to mid-career critics (commentators, curators, educators) to submit essays for the 2024 Congress Becoming Machine, Resisting the Artificial. Art in the Present Tense. The first place cash prize is $1,000; second place $500; third place $250. Only the three winners will be notified by email, announced at the Congress; their essays will be posted on the AICA-Int. website. First place winner will be invited to read their essay via Zoom at the Congress. Essays do not have to follow Congress theme and previously published essays, or essays sent to other contests, are eligible.
2024 Friendsgiving Sarasvati Creative Space Residency
Waynesboro, Tennessee
Deadline: August 23, 2024
Inspired by ideologies of historical paths emphasizing the benefits of nature and walking for creative spirit, the Sarasvati Creative Space Residency program was established and continues to be an organic entity that is thriving with the ebb and flow of life with the seasons and people coming and going. Val, as your host and fellow creative practitioner, has created a place to disconnect from the fast-paced world for creative pursuit to nourish oneself to focus on projects at any stage from seed to germination within a rich natural rural environment. All participants become part of the ecosystem as a homestead in which they give of themselves in various ways and receive the gifts of inspiration and joy. Friendsgiving Thanksgiving in 2024 is in the final week of November. Options include that one week, two weeks (arrive the week before or stay a week later), or 3 weeks in some configuration. The new moon is November 30. The air is fresh this time of year and the sun sets early allowing you to hunker down. Be inspired by the natural world and the possibly starry skies, this is a prime time to coordinate your creative intentions. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, so if this time is ideal for you then don’t wait until the posted deadline of August 23rd. Applications will be accepted until all spots are filled or no later than November 1.
This call has a $20.24 application fee.
2024 Current Art Fund & Project-Based Grants
Tennessee
Deadline: August 31, 2024
The Current Art Fund granting program is organized and administered by Tri-Star Arts as a partner in the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Current Art Fund seeks to support visual artists and artist collectives in creating independent, non-traditional, public-facing projects that contribute to the rich dialogue within contemporary visual art scenes across the state of Tennessee. The fund annually disburses grants totaling $60,000 to Tennessee-based artists 21 years of age and older in support of project expenses. Grantees will be selected by a jury panel composed of internationally recognized artists, collectors, and arts professionals. The Current Art Fund program tangibly illustrates the Tri-Star Arts mission of cultivating and spotlighting contemporary visual art in Tennessee, championing innovation within our local art communities, and supporting artists across the state. BIPOC and AAPI applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Toni Beauchamp 2024 Prize in Critical Art Writing
National & Online
Deadline: August 31, 2024
The Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing seeks to address this lacuna by bringing exposure to writers who are dealing with the spirit of the age and unafraid to ask difficult questions. Judged this year by Leslie Moody Castro, the Beauchamp Prize will consider submissions of work that have been written (or published) within the last year. A variety of creative approaches and formats to writing on the visual arts are encouraged, and can include thematic essays, exhibition reviews, and scholarly essays. There will be one first place prize of $3,000 dollars, and two runners up, awarded $1,000 each. The winning essay will be featured in GC’s printed journal, and the two runners-up will be considered for publication.
Corsicana Funded 2025 Artist and Writer Residency
Deadline: September 1, 2024
Corsicana, Texas
Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency offers the application below for fully-funded accommodations in live-work studio residencies at 100 West in historic downtown Corsicana, Texas. Two-month residency terms take place in Winter, Spring and Fall 2025. Applicants are notified by October 1, 2024 if their application has been accepted, waitlisted, or not accepted. Selected applicants who commit to a residency term in 2025 are responsible for a $200 program fee to the residency by November 1, 2024. Travel and meal stipends are not available. Residents are expected to participate in the following public and education programs: 1) Open Studio: hosted on the final Saturday of residency term from 12 – 4 PM. 2) Presentation: 20-minutes, artists deliver projected image / video / slideshow of past, current work. Writers deliver readings. Private artist studios at 100 West are 2,400 square feet and include complete living accommodations with personal bathroom sink and lavatory. The kitchen, dining, living room and shower room are shared between three residents on the second-floor.
This call has a $30 application fee.
Azule Artist Residency Mountain Retreat
Deadline: Rolling
Hot Springs, North Carolina
As an emerging community-based organization, Azule has developed a residency program for performers, writers, architects, builders, musicians, and artists of all types. Located on 35 rural acres in Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Azule’s facility is the result of decades of work by local craftsmen, using predominantly locally harvested or reused materials and constructed with traditional techniques. Artists must be 18 years old or older to apply, with international applicants eligible to participate in the residency.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: Rolling
These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work has a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply.
Nancy Norton Tomasko Scholarship
Deadline: Rolling
The Nancy Norton Tomasko Scholarship fund is dedicated to providing financial support for individuals wishing to learn more about the book arts. The Center will award scholarships covering the full tuition and materials for one course per individual. Awardees are selected based on financial need and proof of having satisfied the prerequisites for the desired course. Please fill out and submit the following form at least three weeks before the start date of the workshop to be considered for financial assistance.
