Wassaic Project 2027 Residency Program
Wassaic, New York
Deadline: July 1, 2026
The Wassaic Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, uses art and arts education to foster positive social change. The Wassaic Project nurtures connections between its artists and its neighbors facilitating a mutual broadening of perspectives and respect across economic and cultural boundaries. Partnerships between artists and the community improve the reach and quality of the Wassaic Project’s work and inspire new ways of looking at art and the world. The organization accepts proposals for its 2027 Residency program, which includes the Winter Residency program (Jan – April 2027) and the Summer Residency program (June – September 2027). This call is for individual artists, collaborative teams, groups of two or more individual artists, and artists applying through the Family Residency program.
This call has a $25 application fee.
Call for Entries: Skyway 2027 – A Contemporary Collaboration
Tampa Bay, Florida
Deadline: July 1, 2026
Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration is a triennial exhibition that centers artists and artistic practices shaping contemporary life in the Tampa Bay region and beyond. Projects included in Skyway 2027 will be selected through an open call, by invitation, and through artist-centered curatorial approaches, including dialogue with artists, archival and community-based research, the commissioning of new work, site-responsive projects, and artist-led inquiry into institutional collections. Skyway 2027 seeks to support thoughtful, experimental, and rigorous artistic practices that reflect the complexity of contemporary life and honor multiple ways of knowing, making, and remembering. Artists working in all media, including oral history, performance, research-based, land-based, and socially engaged practices, are invited to apply.
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
National & Online
Deadline: July 2, 2026
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. In order to further recognize finalists for their artistic achievements, Queer|Art is pleased to announce that the grant will also provide a $1,250 award to four distinguished finalists. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program
Little Rock, Arkansas
Deadline: July 2, 2026
The Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program provides support for African American historic and historical preservation and public programming projects in Arkansas. The program accepts grant applications year round. Past projects include historical research, exhibits, workshops, publications, oral history interviews, documentary films and cemetery preservation and documentation.
The XENO PRIZE for Performance Art and Artists’ Books
National
Deadline: July 4, 2026
In pursuit of its mission to present, preserve, interpret, educate and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content, Franklin Furnace has since 2023 offered the annual XENO Prizes for Performance Art and Artists’ Books, named in honor of xenophiles, people who appreciate all people and cultures.
The XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books will be selected from submissions to a Call for Proposals issued March 1 2026, to receive $5000 to publish one artist’s book on the topic of book banning/burning in an edition of at least 100 copies. Independent artist jurors will make the selections and the award will be announced in September-October 2026.
Call for Entries: All American – Contemporary Perspectives from HBCU Artists
Raleigh, North Carolina & National
Deadline: July 10, 2026
Artspace’s All American: Contemporary Perspectives from HBCU Artists is a group exhibition celebrating current and former students connected to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This exhibition brings together perspectives across generations, exploring identity, culture, community, and the many ways HBCUs shape artistic practice, creative expression, and lived experience. This call is open to any current or former HBCU student displaying strong artistic merit. The exhibition will be juried by Alexandra Jane (Artist Programs Manager), Lamar Whidbee (2026 HBCU Artist in Residence), and John Blanco (Creative Director).
Florida Division of Arts and Culture: Specific Cultural Projects Grant
Tallahassee, Florida
Deadline: July 10, 2026
The Specific Cultural Project (SCP) grant is designed to fund a single cultural project, program, exhibition or series taking place within the grant period (July 1 – June 30). The grant activities must support the mission of the organization or artist and further the state’s cultural objectives. Organizations and individuals are both eligible to apply.
Pioneer Works 2027 Visual Arts and Music Residencies
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: July 13, 2026
Pioneer Works is deeply committed to providing emerging artists and musicians with a space to work, tools to create, and a platform to exchange ideas. The cultural center welcomes those whose work is technically-skilled, genre-defying, and visionary. Pioneer Works also embraces those whose work exists outside the models and “norms” of their field and who will benefit from our unique facilities and culture. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the interests and work of each new cohort of residents, from public education offerings to Second Sundays, a monthly forum of artistic experimentation through activations, open studios, and performance.
Loghaven Artist Residency
Knoxville, Tennessee
Deadline: July 15, 2026
Loghaven invites emerging and established artists working in architecture, dance, interdisciplinary art, music, theater, visual art, and writing to apply. All resident artists receive a living stipend of $850 per week in addition to travel and freight reimbursement.
This call has a $25 application fee.
Call for Public Art: Memorial Art
Athens, Georgia
Deadline: July 24, 2026
The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (ACCGov) invites professional artists to submit qualifications to create a sculpture for Memorial Park in Athens, Georgia. The selected artist(s) will work with stakeholders and government staff to create a public artwork that enhances the user experience and complements the selected site. The site for public art will be the lower pond area. Art can be placed in or around the lower pond, one large sculpture or a series of smaller sculptures.
First Peoples Fund: Cultural Capital Fellowship
National
Deadline: July 29, 2026
The Cultural Capital (CC) Fellowship is a yearlong program that strengthens the Collective Spirit of artists who perpetuate generosity, wisdom and integrity within their communities as they further their important cultural work. Cultural Capital Fellowships provide $10,000 grants intended for Native artists who have strong community ties and are dedicated to preserving and transmitting ancestral traditions. This fellowship is open to artists at any stage of their career.
Peters Valley School of Craft Fall Guest Artist Residency Program
Sandyston, New Jersey
Deadline: July 31, 2026
Peters Valley School of Craft is seeking artists who work in blacksmithing, ceramics, fibers, jewelry/fine metals, wood or printmaking to spend either two or three weeks each in its fully-equipped studios. Two week residencies will take place November 2-16, 2026 and three week residencies will run November 2-23, 2026. This program is open to all artists, from emerging to professional, however artists must have experience with the tools and equipment and be able to work independently.
A private room in a fully furnished shared house and unlimited access to a fully equipped studio (all utilities included) will be provided at no cost to the artist. This residency opportunity also pays the artist a stipend of $600 for two-week long residencies and $900 for three-week residencies to help off-set the costs of materials and travel.
This call has a $10 application fee.
Crosstown Arts Residency Program
Memphis, Tennessee
Deadline: July 31, 2026
Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators working in any creative discipline including visual arts, music, film, and writing in all genres. Three-month residency sessions are offered in 2027 during the spring (February 11-May 11), fall (September 9-December 7) and summer (June 3-August 3). All residencies include a private studio workspace and housing, and participants are asked to participate in a limited number of public engagement activities while in residence.
Call for Entries: 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Collective | Spartanburg
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Deadline: July 31, 2026
Artists in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Virginia are invited to apply to Artists Collective | Spartanburg’s eighth annual juried exhibition. Artists can submit up to three original artworks in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital art, textile, jewelry, printmaking, and mixed media. First place winners receive a $2,500 prize, while second place winners receive a $1,000 prize and third place winners receive a $500 prize.
This call has a $40 application fee.
Oolite Arts 2027 Studio Residency Program
Miami Beach, Florida
Deadline: July 31, 2026
The Oolite Arts Studio Residency program provides artists with the time, space, resources, and community needed to advance their practices and reach new levels of excellence. Studio Residents receive free studio space for one year at Oolite Arts’ Miami Beach headquarters, along with access to critical connections with art leaders, exhibition opportunities, professional development, and financial resources that can open pathways to career-changing opportunities. Applicants must be current residents of South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, or Monroe counties).
Call for Entries: Coined in the South: 2027
Charlotte, North Carolina
Deadline: August 2, 2026
The Mint Museum, in collaboration with Young Affiliates of the Mint, invite artists living or working in the Southern United States to submit works for consideration in the upcoming exhibition Coined in the South: 2027. The juried exhibition bridges the gap between museums, galleries, and studios by showcasing thought-provoking works by emerging artists at the heart of the Southern arts community. Artists who were born/raised in, work in, or currently reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia are eligible to apply. Coined in the South: 2027 will be on view March 12–May 16, 2027 at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This call has a $40 application fee.
