Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

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 in 2024!

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We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!

Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:

Western United States Guide

Midwestern United States Guide

Southwestern United States Guide

Southeastern United States Guide

Northeastern United States Guide


Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2024

January 14, 2024 3 days left

Quinn Emanuel Artists-in-Residence Los Angeles
Residency

  • Organization: Quinn Emanuel
  • Submission Deadline: January 14, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 29, 2024 - May 31, 2024
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Los Angeles, California 90017, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

This residency is open to emerging and mid-career artists working in all disciplines across Greater Los Angeles.

January 15, 2024 4 days left

UCROSS FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: January 15, 2024
  • Award Info: Ucross provides each artist with living accommodations, meals, work space, and uninterrupted time so that the artists can focus on their creative process.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Clearmont, WY 82835, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

The residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field; both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply.

Ongoing

Tlaxcala 3 + Lab Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: The cost of the residency is $25,000 MXN or 1,700 USD and includes: -Mentoring from both, The Lab Program & Tlaxcala3 -Individual accommodation -Workspace/Studio -Presentation of processes and public presentation -Digital Zine & Printed Publication (short release 15 prints)
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Description
Eligibility Info

We invite all individuals interested in questioning by using art practice, spreading rumors, unfolding archives, to redefine the contemporary conception of the archive in spatial practices, and various materials, to share your application with us.

Ongoing

The Lab Program: spatial narratives, embodiment, public space, and site-specific artistic practices
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: Current fee for this residency is 12,000 MXN or its equivalent in dollars. Fee includes studio space, mentoring and personalized schedule, digital and printed publication, documentation, and public presentation. Production expenses, housing and travel expenses, must be covered separately.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Description
Eligibility Info

All researchers interested in developing their work in a non-conventional environment.

​-All researchers who are open to rethink their work in progress and test different formats than they used to.

-Art practitioners who are willing to negotiate and accept the cultural differences of a new context. That can embrace change and improvisation as a form of creating tools for their own practice.

-Creators that can build positive social relationships while making their investigations, able to express and request their needs in an open minded, kind and critical manner with our immediate community.

-Active or reflective listeners able to consider the context of production as a fundamental basis for their research. Creators that can accept and celebrate the challenge of a short and intensive immersion in a new culture.

-All researchers that want to explore intersectional, collaborative and unconventional methods in their production.

-All creatives interested in active engagement with Mexico City and its outskirts.

-If after reading this you feel The Lab Program is what you are looking for.

January 31, 2024 20 days left

Bighorn Canyon Artist-in-Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: January 31, 2024
  • Award Info: Residencies last for two weeks. Promotion and Sale of Artwork.
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lovell, WY 82431, United States
Description

February 1, 2024 21 days left

Belgrade PETIT Studio Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: A private small living/work space and much more.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Klemansoa, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
Description
Eligibility Info

Residency is open to all emerging and established artists, curators and researchers or couples over the age of 18 with no limitation on artistic discipline or nationality.

February 1, 2024 21 days left

Theater Mitu Hybrid Arts Lab
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
  • Award Info: $5,000 unrestricted stipend; six weeks of studio space, equipment, and technology at MITU580; mentorship and guidance from Founding Artistic Director Rubén Polendo; training and classes with guest artists modeling creative uses of hardware and software tools in art-making; and a series of in-process studio showings from the cohort of fellows.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York 11217, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

In person in New York

February 1, 2024 21 days left

Here Artist Residency Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: residents will receive $50,000 ($25,000 in cash and $25,000 in equipment, space, and services) over 1-2 years.
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New York , New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Eligible Artists must live and work in the NY metro area
-Completed their education within the last 8-15 years.
-Had at least a few significant residency or commissioning opportunities.
-Created a body of work over at least 5 years & at least one full evening-length work.
-Earns some income from their art practice.
-Never been selected as a HARP artist.

February 1, 2024 21 days left

De Ateliers Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: Yearly stipend
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 5, 2024 25 days left

Young & Studio Artist Residencies
Residency

Young & Studio Artist Residencies
  • Organization: Salem Art Works
  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 3, 2024 - September 30, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Salem, NY 12865, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 10, 2024 30 days left

MacDowell Residency Fall 2024-Winter 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $30.00,Any applicant experiencing a financial hardship may request a fee waiver
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 11, 2024 31 days left

Artists of Color Summer Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 11, 2024
  • Award Info: Developing teaching experience through running a workshop(s) Developing a solo show during your time at Mudflat Dedicating your time to creating a body of work
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Somerville, MA 02145, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Self-identifying ceramic artists of color at any stage in their career.

Applicants should have the ability to work independently with clay. Firing and technical support will be provided by the Mudflat staff

February 15, 2024 35 days left

Sonoma Ceramic's Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: Sliding Scale Application Fee: $15-$30
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Sonoma, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based potters and ceramic sculptors.

February 15, 2024 35 days left

Salad Days Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Award Info: $4,000 stipend & free materials and firings
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Edgecomb, Maine
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists who are comfortable working independently in a clay studio

February 15, 2024 35 days left

Mother's Milk Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 25
  • Award Info: 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, designed to support three or four visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers, who are pursuing innovative work in their field.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Newton, Kansas, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Residents cannot be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, must be at least 21 years old, and must reside on-site for the duration of the program. International applicants will need to show proof of English language skills and will be responsible for acquiring appropriate visas if accepted.

February 15, 2024 35 days left

Kathmandu international artists in residency (KIAR 2025)
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024
  • Award Info: KIAR is an opportunity to travel back in time and to relive in history as well as experience natural beauty. We are going to organize a one-month-long residency (30 days) and two-month long residency (60 days). Each time max. 2 applicants will be selected. If participants are interested, KIAR will arrange 7 days of trekking during the residency program.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
Description
Eligibility Info

Working language(s):

English / French /Farsi / Hindi / Bengali /Nepali

Ongoing

IaRex l'Atelier: International Artists Residency Exchange
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Saint Raphael 83700, France
Description
Eligibility Info

All are welcome.

March 1, 2024 50 days left

SCG Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: August 3, 2024 - August 24, 2024
  • Award Info: Budget: $10,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Roseville, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 1, 2024 50 days left

c.r.e.t.a. Rome's Summer Residency 2024
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Rome, Italy
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to ceramicists visual artists and writers

March 1, 2024 50 days left

The Keyholder Residency Program
Residency

The Keyholder Residency Program
  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
  • Award Info: $1,000 stipend
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: New York, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based printmakers

March 1, 2024 50 days left

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 35
  • Award Info: offers a $175 weekly stipend, housing, and a private studio.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Nebraska City,, Nebraska
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

March 15, 2024 64 days left

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024
  • Award Info: gifted studio-based visual artists with the unique opportunity to concentrate on their work in a supportive, collegial environment for an entire year.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

March 15, 2024 64 days left

Deer Lake Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to visual artists, theater artists, musicians, land-based practitioners, poets, authors and more.

March 15, 2024 64 days left

Kala Fellowship Award
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024
  • Award Info: Kala will award six artists a $3,000 stipend, unlimited access to Kala’s facilities for up to nine months, one Kala class, and a culminating show in the Kala Gallery. The award is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment in printmaking and digital media.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Berkeley , California
Description
Eligibility Info

Students who will be enrolled in a degree granting program in the 2023-2024 academic year are not eligible for the award.

March 15, 2024 64 days left

Al & Mickey Quinlan Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2024 - September 25, 2024
  • Award Info: Artist in residence (AIR) will receive a $500 stipend to support creative endeavors while in residence at the Dome House Al & Mickey Quinlan Artist Residency. The stipend is to be used for professional supplies, shipping of supplies and artwork, and, if applicable, other residency-related expenses outside of the Miller’s stated obligations.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Whitefish Bay, WI, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Anyone is welcome to apply.

March 31, 2024 80 days left

Early Career Artist Residencies: BIPOC Studio Fellowship
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 31, 2024
  • Award Info: Each recipient will have a furnished studio space with 24/7 access to NCC’s facilities. In addition to the workspace, each fellowship includes an annual material and firing stipend as well as professional development and enrichment opportunities offered through NCC’s education, exhibitions, and sales gallery programs.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN 55406, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

BIPOC identifying artists only are welcome to apply. Eligibility is restricted to clay artists who have completed all formal academic training by the start of the grant period (September 1, 2021), who are not currently enrolled full- or part-time in a degree-granting institution (including BA, MFA, or a teaching certification program), and who are not employed full-time as a ceramics teacher at the college level.
Please note: a college degree is NOT required to apply for this or any NCC award. We encourage applicants who would like to make clay and creativity a continuing part of their lives, even if they do not or have not pursued it in a post-secondary institutional setting.

March 31, 2024 80 days left

Early Career Artist Residencies: Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship Award
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: March 31, 2024
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
  • Award Info: Each recipient will have a furnished studio space with 24/7 access to NCC’s facilities. In addition to the workspace, each fellowship includes an annual material and firing stipend as well as professional development and enrichment opportunities offered through NCC’s education, exhibitions, and sales gallery programs.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN 55406, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Eligibility is restricted to clay artists who have completed all formal academic training by the start of the grant period (September 1, 2021), who are not currently enrolled full- or part-time in a degree-granting institution (including BA, MFA, or a teaching certification program), and who are not employed full-time as a ceramics teacher at the college level.
Please note: a college degree is NOT required to apply for this or any NCC award. We encourage applicants who would like to make clay and creativity a continuing part of their lives, even if they do not or have not pursued it in a post-secondary institutional setting.

May 31, 2024 141 days left

Joshua Tree National Park Artist in Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: May 31, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Joshua Tree, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 5, 2024 146 days left

Headlands Artist in Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 5, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 35-45
  • Award Info: Residencies of four to ten weeks include studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands’ other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus. Paid roundtrip airfare, and up to $1,000 a month of either a stipend or reimbursed expenses
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Sausalito, CA 94965, United States
Description

September 10, 2024 243 days left

MacDowell Residency Spring/Summer 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $30.00, Any applicant experiencing a financial hardship may request a fee waiver
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

October 15, 2024 278 days left

2024 Art Omi Residency: Artists
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: October 15, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 20, 2025 - July 15, 2025
  • Award Info: $500 stipend Each session, two dozen international artists are invited to the program, along with two critics/curators who participate as Critic Emeritus and Critic/Curator-In-Residence. These two individuals play a pivotal role in the residency as they facilitate discussions, help connect the artists with art world professionals through the Visitors Program, and conduct individual studio visits with the artists in residence throughout the duration of the residency session.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Ghent, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists welcomes artists from all over the world who have been professionally active for at least the past 3 years. Disciplines include visual arts, sound art, performance, and social practice. Having studied art is not a requirement: we accept applications from self-taught professional artists.

Ongoing

Dual Program, Lab + Tlaxcala3
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Award Info: Mentoring from both, The Lab Program & Tlaxcala3 -Individual accommodation -Workspace/Studio -Presentation of processes and public presentation -Digital Zine & Printed Publication (short release 15 prints)
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Description

Ongoing

La Maison de Beaumont - Artist Residency Program
Residency

  • Organization: La Maison de Beaumont
  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: $45 (Free if you mention Artwork Archive)
  • Award Info: 2 week residency at La Maison de Beaumont => the residency is for a minimum of 2weeks and up to 2months
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

DEADLINE IS ONGOING

Ongoing

SPAO’s Artist Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Ottowa, Canada
Description
Eligibility Info

Candidates should have completed formal training in the field of photography, visual arts, or equivalent. SPAO welcomes all visual backgrounds, motivations, and styles

Ongoing

Jamestown Arts Artist in Residence Program
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: Ongoing
  • Entry Fee: Free to apply
  • Award Info: Artists receive hourly payment for teaching and free living quarters
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Jamestown , North Dakota
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists interested in teaching

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