Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Southeastern U.S.

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The Artwork Archive team set out to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls for entry for visual artists in the Southeastern United States.

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, specifically in the Southeast.

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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!


Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Southeastern U.S.

MORE COMING SOON: Our team is currently hard at work searching for opportunities in this region!

January 15, 2024 4 days left

Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: January 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: Monthly stipend, shared housing
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

January 15, 2024 4 days left

38th Annual All Florida Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: January 15, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 1, 2024 - March 30, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: $1000 cash for Best in Show, 2nd Place- $300 Gift Certificate to Blick Art Materials, 3rd Place-$150 cash
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Fort Meyers, Florida
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists residing in Florida

January 15, 2024 4 days left

Soroptimist International of Joplin Request for Proposals
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: January 15, 2024
  • Award Info: Public Sculpture
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Joplin , Missouri, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artist Eligibility
Southeast Kansas-, northeast Oklahoma-, northwest Arkansas- and statewide Missouri-based female artists
with proven experience in sculpture and the creation of art for public spaces are encouraged to apply.

January 19, 2024 8 days left

The Moon and Beyond - Arkansas K-12 Student Space Art
Competition

The Moon and Beyond - Arkansas K-12 Student Space Art
  • Organization: Windgate Museum of Art @ Hendrix College
  • Submission Deadline: January 19, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 3, 2024 - April 13, 2024
  • Award Info: Exhibiting students will receive an award certificate and a limited-edition eclipse poster.
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Conway, AR 72032, United States
Description

January 31, 2024 20 days left

Girl Power
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: January 31, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 10, 2024 - March 16, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all North and South Carolina artists

February 1, 2024 21 days left

2024 Palm Beach Fine Craft Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 16, 2024 - February 18, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
  • Location: Palm Beach , Florida
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with Basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood.

February 1, 2024 21 days left

Fantastic Fibers 2024
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 26, 2024 - May 9, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Award Info: $1,200 will be awarded
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
  • Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to fiber artists

February 2, 2024 22 days left

Tontitown Art Festival
Other

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Tontiltown, Arkansas
Description

March 29, 2024 78 days left

Bentonville Art Festival
Other

  • Submission Deadline: March 29, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 1, 2024 - June 2, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: $1,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Bentonville , Arkansas
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

May 15, 2024 125 days left

Arts Access Mini-Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: May 15, 2024
  • Award Info: up to $2,000
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Description
Eligibility Info

This grants category is especially designed for new organizations that are not currently receiving TN Arts Commission funding. An organization is eligible to apply for funding if it is a nonprofit organization legally chartered in Tennessee, governmental (local or regional), and/or nongovernmental entity in possession of a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

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