Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Residency
Houston, Texas
Deadline: February 1, 2025
The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft residency program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in craft media, including clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media. Residents receive a monthly stipend, studio space, professional development opportunities, and chances to engage with the public through exhibitions, artist talks, and community outreach.
Georgia State University Call for MFA & MAT Applications
Atlanta, Georgia
Deadline: February 1, 2025 & April 1, 2025
The Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University, Atlanta, features an internationally-active faculty and a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for professional careers in art and design. The school’s NASAD-accredited graduate programs include an MAT in Art Education and an MFA in Studio Art with concentrations in Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography & Expanded Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Textiles. These full-time degree programs encourage excellence through experimentation, cross- disciplinary pursuits, and critical analysis of existing ideas about art, pedagogy, and art history.
This call has a $50 application fee.
Artists in Residence in Everglades 2025 / 2026 Residency
Miami, Florida
Deadline: February 3, 2025
The AIRIE Residency program is a fully immersive experience that revolves around the core principles of process, experimentation, and expanding one’s artistic practice. AIRIE requires participants to commit to the full month to encourage these principles. Participants are encouraged to embark on this journey without a preconceived agenda or rigid schedule, discouraging any focus on preparing for upcoming exhibitions. Instead, the program advocates for an open mindset, fostering meaningful conversations and connections. The program thrives on openness and responsiveness to the vibrant community of artists and the captivating Everglades environment and staff. While providing many local resources, AIRIE values each participant’s autonomy, allowing individuals to shape their creative path during their stay.
This call has a $20 application fee.
Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Exhibition
Lynchburg, Virginia
Deadline: February 10, 2025
The Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA, is hosting its 2025 National Juried Art Exhibition welcoming submissions in various media from U.S. artists aged 18 and older. With a $1,000 Best in Show prize, the exhibition will be juried by Jeffrey W. Allison of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
This call has a $35 application fee.
MacDowell Fellowship
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Deadline: February 10, 2025
MacDowell is accepting applications for its Fall-Winter 2025-2026 residency season (September 1, 2024 – February 28, 2025), offering fee-free fellowships to about 300 artists across seven disciplines, based solely on artistic excellence. Need-based travel grants and stipends are available to ensure accessibility for artists at any career stage, from any background or country. The residency provides a supportive environment for creative work in architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts.
This call has a $30 application fee.
Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts
American South
Deadline: February 12, 2025
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Jurors will make their selections based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the diversity of artistic expression of the region.
This call has a $25 application fee.
Tulane University Crossroads Cohort Advanced Graduate/Postdoctoral Fellowship
New Orleans, Louisiana
Deadline: February 17, 2025
Tulane University invites applications from advanced graduate students or postdoctoral scholars for an interdisciplinary fellowship in Africana studies and art history. The appointment is for one year and can be renewed for a 2nd year pending a successful annual review. The successful candidate will primarily support the inaugural class of the Crossroads Cohort, a unique new graduate program offering MA and MFA pathways for artists and historians whose work engages the intersection of Africana studies and art while continuing to pursue their own research projects.
School of The Alternative Faculty 2025 Application
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Deadline: February 21, 2025
School of the Alternative supports a collectively built and self-directed approach to learning which gives opportunity for all participants to learn and teach, where faculty and staff attend classes, and students teach pop-up classes. SotA is not only creating space for radical, communal learning, but also hosting a community that aims to be equitable and safe(r) for those most marginalized in institutional learning spaces. Faculty applications for the Spring 2025 session are now open, with the session taking place from May 17 to 25, 2025.
ON::View Artists Residency Program
Savannah, Georgia
Deadline: February 23, 2025
ON::View is hosted by Sulfur Studios and offers artists a free, high-visibility studio space, where the community can observe their creative process through large storefront windows. Artists are welcome to begin a new project, continue an endeavor, or conduct research for their practice.
This call has a $50 application fee.
Arbor Day Mural Proposal
Cedar Park, Texas
Deadline: February 28, 2025
The City of Cedar Park seeks proposals for a mural inside its Recreation Center. The mural should celebrate the city’s commitment to the preservation of trees and green space for the community.
Artlab Editorial Fellowship
Deadline: March 3, 2025
The Artlab Editorial Fellowship seeks two art writers whose forward-thinking insights bridge cultural communities and spark meaningful dialogue. Open to writers worldwide at any career stage, the fellowship offers $10,000 per writer to produce three pieces for Artlab Editorial in 2025, alongside mentorship from leading art critics
Universal Access Artist in Residence
Raleigh, North Carolina
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Initiated in 2018, the Universal Access Artist Residency is for artists who identify as having a disability. This month-long residency provides funding, studio space, and professional support for a national artist to produce a solo exhibition immediately following the residency at Artspace. During the residency the artist works in the gallery where the work will be exhibited.
Bottoms Up: Contemporary Ceramics in the South, A Juried Cup Show
Raleigh, North Carolina
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Bottoms Up: Contemporary Ceramics in the South, A Juried Cup Show will be held at Artspace this spring 2025. This exhibition celebrates the outstanding achievements of contemporary ceramic artists in the Southeast while providing an accessible way for new and established collectors to engage with these artists and their works. Artists working in the Southeast are eligible to apply, with the Southeast being defined as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
This call has a $25 application fee.
Call for Exhibitions (2026-2027) at Artspace
Raleigh, North Carolina
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Artspace seeks exhibition proposals from visual artists and curators across the U.S. for the 2026 exhibition cycle through early 2027 in Gallery 1 and Gallery 2. Open to professional, mid-career and established artists and curators residing in the U.S. Two-person or group proposals by artists are also welcomed.
Open Experimental Studio Residency
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Deadline: March 15, 2025
The Open Experimental Studio Residency at LSU’s Glassell Gallery invites artists to transform the space into an open studio, facilitating hands-on creative experiences for the community while exploring their own practice. This month-long residency in June 2025 offers a $3,000 stipend, an $875 materials budget, and 24-hour access.
School of The Alternative Student 2025 Application
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Deadline: March 21, 2025
School of the Alternative supports a collectively built and self-directed approach to learning which gives opportunity for all participants to learn and teach, where faculty and staff attend classes, and students teach pop-up classes. SotA is not only creating space for radical, communal learning, but also hosting a community that aims to be equitable and safe(r) for those most marginalized in institutional learning spaces. Student applications for the Spring 2025 session are now open, with the session taking place from May 17 to 25, 2025.
L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design)
Clermont, Kentucky
Deadline: March 24, 2025
L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design) at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum invites artists to propose large-scale outdoor installations that inspire deeper connections with nature. Open to emerging and established artists, as well as multidisciplinary teams, the program offers awards of $15,000 and $30,000 to bring innovative, ecologically responsible projects to life.
The University of Tennessee – Knoxville: Assistant Professor of Photography Fall 2025
Knoxville, Tennessee
Deadline: Rolling
The University of Tennessee School of Art is hiring a full time, tenure track Assistant Professor of Photography. Responsibilities include teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, maintaining an active research agenda, and serving the university.
Azule Artist Residency Mountain Retreat
Hot Springs, NC
Deadline: Rolling
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.
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.
Call for Submissions to Hellmouth Magazine
Appalachia
Deadline: Rolling
Hellmouth Magazine is a non-profit dedicated to publishing quality cultural commentary, literature, personal essays, and art. They aim to foster meaningful dialogue between multiple spheres of influence, encouraging cultural exchange through engaging and provocative compositions. Some categories of work include: commentary, theory, philosophy, exhibition reviews, visual analysis of art, short stories, poetry, personal essays, op-eds, thoroughly researched investigative or academic inquiries, personal gripes, outlandish claims, unfounded opinions, tall tales, and ancient soliloquies.
