Penland School of Craft Resident Artist Program
Penland, North Carolina
Deadline: July 2, 2024
Penland’s Resident Artist Program is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career. The residency is an opportunity for them to pursue objectives that will have a lasting effect on their work and their lives. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s goals, there are two options: a one-year project-based residency, and a three-year career transition residency.
This call has a fee of $30.
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
National and Online
Deadline: July 2, 2024
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Now in its 5th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
Loghaven Artist Residency
Knoxville, Tennessee
Deadline: July 15, 2025
Artists working in Writing, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater, Music Composition, Architecture, and Interdisciplinary Work can apply to receive room and board and an $850 weekly living stipend to support the creation of new work during a residency. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space.
Homegrown Criminals – Renegade Art Show
Knoxville, Tennessee
Deadline: July 19, 2025
Presented by KAANP x Hellmouth Mag and supported by Indivisible Tennessee, Homegrown Criminals is a one-night-only renegade art show in Knoxville, TN, calling for works that confront and resist the actions of the federal government. This open call invites artists to express dissent, frustration, and defiance through their art—whether it’s protesting neglected infrastructure, attacks on civil rights, or military aggression funded by taxpayer dollars. With no entry fee and a focus on raw, unapologetic expression, this show is a platform to exercise your First Amendment rights while you still can. The theme is resistance.
Locust Projects Project Room Open Call
Miami, Florida
Deadline: July 28, 2025
Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to propose ambitious, installation-based solo exhibitions for its 625 sq. ft. Project Room in Miami. Selected artists receive a $5,000 production budget, $3,100 artist fee, curatorial guidance, documentation, promotional support, and optional accommodations for out-of-town artists. Proposals must be for new work that pushes the artist’s practice forward and is uniquely suited to Locust’s experimental, non-commercial space. Applications are reviewed by a rotating jury of past exhibiting artists and a local curator.
Anchorlight Brightwork Program – Fellowship & New Artist Grants
North Carolina
Deadline: August 18, 2015
Anchorlight is thrilled to expand its Brightwork program, reaffirming our commitment to supporting artists across North Carolina. Beginning in 2026, in addition to the $50,000 Brightwork Fellowship—offering a yearlong studio residency, solo exhibition, and unrestricted funding—we will introduce two new grants for visual artists living in Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Lee, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Franklin, Granville, Vance, or Wilson counties. One artist will be selected for each grant. Applications for both the Fellowship and the new Brightwork Grants will be open from July 7 to August 18, 2025.
Azule Artist Residency Mountain Retreat
Hot Springs, North Carolina
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. Artists must be 18 years old or older to apply, with international applicants eligible to participate in the residency.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah Residencies
Paducah, Kentucky
Deadline: Rolling
These residencies are open to visual artists, composers, architects, improvisational dancers, poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Residents are provided with a private efficiency apartment and studio space, located in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky, six blocks from the Ohio River. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks and $1,000 per month. Admissions are made on a rolling basis.
