30 Grants and Artist Opportunities
to Apply for in March 2025
Written by: crEATe Staff
March 4, 2025
March has brought us our largest artist opportunities list yet! One new feature to this month’s list is that we’ve included some employment opportunities that we believe would be a great fit for some of the creatives in the community. You spoke and we listened. Here’s our list of grants and artist opportunities for March 2025:
Table of Contents
- Sundance Institute – The Sandbox Fund
- National Endowment for the Arts – Creative Writing Fellowship
- BRIC – BRIClab: Contemporary Art Residency
- Penington Friends House – Bayard Rustin Residency
- UpMarket Gallery – Call for Artists
- Prospect Art – 4th-WALL Open Call
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum – L+A+N+D Initiative Request for Proposals
- Asian American Arts Alliance – Jadin Wong Fellowship
- Asian American Arts Alliance – Van Lier Fellowship
- National Endowment for the Arts – Challenge America Grants
- NYC Cultural Affairs – SHE BUILT NYC OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
- The Decorative Arts Trust – Publishing Grants
- New York Public Library – Picture Collection Artist Fellowship
- Jerome Foundation – New York City Production Grant
- Jerome Foundation – Minnesota Film Production Grant
- Fire Island Artist Residency – Residencies for LGBTQ Artists
- Mudflat Studio – Artist Residency
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant – Artist Grants
- Creative Capital Awards
- Verizon – Behind the Lens
- University of Tennessee Knoxville – Assistant Professor of Photography
- Burberry – Product Develop, Soft Accessories
- Burberry – Video Post Producer, Beauty
- Burberry – Video Editor
- Coach – Design Assistant, Handbags & Special Projects
- Coach – Design Associate, Cut & Sew
- Lafayette 148 – Freelance Designer
- Jerome Jacques Marie Mage – Design Intern
- Pamella Roland – Intern
- Lingua Franca – Assistant Designer
Sundance Institute
The Sandbox Fund
Who is this for?
Documentary filmmakers
Award
Varies
Deadline
March 10, 2025
Description:
The Sandbox Fund offers grants, engagement events, and other opportunities for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative storytelling. The program is administered by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, in collaboration with Sandbox Films.
National Endowment for the Arts
Creative Writing Fellowship
Who is this for?
Creative Writers
Award
$50,000 grants
Deadline
March 12, 2025
Description:
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Writing Fellowships program offers $50,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process in which the primary criteria for review are the artistic excellence and artistic merit of the submitted writing sample. Through this program, the NEA seeks to strengthen the literary arts ecosystem by sustaining and nurturing a wide range of creative writers at various stages of their careers, and to continue to expand the portfolio of American art available to people from all backgrounds.
BRIC
BRIClab: Contemporary Art Residency
Who is this for?
Emerging and early-career artists, artist collectives, and collaboratives based in New York City
Award
24/7 access to a free, semi-private 150-square foot studio space in DUMBO
$2,500 stipend
Peer advisor
Other perks to help your artistic development
Deadline
March 14, 2025
Description:
BRIClab: Contemporary Art is an interdisciplinary, community-oriented residency program that provides emerging and early-career artists with studio space and professional support to develop and advance their practice.
Artist applications are received through an open call and reviewed by BRIC staff members, BRIClab: Contemporary Art alumni, and art professionals. Five artists will be selected for the 2025-26 BRIClab: Contemporary Art cohort.
Penington Friends House
Bayard Rustin Residency
Who is this for?
Various artists
Award
Room and board at the Penington House in New York City
Deadline
March 15, 2025
Description
Building on the social activist history of Penington’s founders, original board, and later residents, the Bayard Rustin Residency at Penington Friends House (PFH) is envisioned as an ongoing ladder to empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) working to end Systemic Racism and to create a culture of anti-Racism and intersectional equality in the United States of America. It is also intended to extend and strengthen the wider Quaker witness to equality.
Beginning in September of 2025, this residency will provide up to one year of room and board to a person who demonstrates a strong project that addresses ending Systemic Racism and who has a necessity to be in New York City for up to one year. They will reside at the Penington Friends House located in New York City’s Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Bayard Rustin Resident will demonstrate a need to live in Manhattan.
Areas of focus of their work can include activism in the arts, policy change, human rights, community organizing, and other areas of activism focusing on ending racism and strengthening equality. Residents will meet regularly with the Residency Manager and will be expected to share their progress with the New York City community in the form of presentations or workshops.
UpMarket Gallery
Call for Art – Tar Heel Art
Who is this for?
North Carolina Artists
Award
Selection to the exhibit
Deadline
March 15, 2025
Description:
From the deep roots of the state’s industries – tar, pitch, and turpentine – to the grit and resilience that earned North Carolinians their name, we’re looking for artwork that explores the heritage, culture, and identity of our state. Whether through history, landscapes, personal narratives, or bold new interpretations, we encourage artists to reflect on what Tar Heel means to them.
UpMark Gallery, Asheville’s newest contemporary art destination, announces an all-North Carolina exhibition which will take place May 1st – June 15th in our gallery.
Prospect Art
4th-WALL Open Call
Who is this for?
Video artists
Award
Exhibition in the 4th-WALL exhibit
Artist fees in line with the W.A.G.E. guidelines
Deadline
March 22, 2025
Description:
4th-WALL is Prospect Art’s programming arm dedicated exclusively to video art. We are a network of international organizations, galleries, artist collectives, and not-for-profit artist spaces interested in showing and promoting international video artwork in the framework of a video art biennial.
We are looking for video works for our 2027 programming, “Change/Exchange.” Entries will be considered for physical exhibitions and screenings presented in Los Angeles, Lisbon, and Budapest, a series of online screenings on our BROADCAST program, as well as the publication of articles on our ONE WORK program that will provide critical context to the works included in the project. The organization of how the works will be presented and on what platform(s) will depend on the nature of the selected works and will be at the discretion of the curatorial team.
Bernheim Forest and Arboretum
L+A+N+D Initiative Request for Proposals
Who is this for?
Installation Artists
Award
Varies
Deadline
March 24, 2025
Description:
Bernheim’s Arts in Nature programs have been contributing to the organization’s mission since its founding. Through the 45-year-established Artist in Residence program, commissioned site-specific large-scale work, our annual summer art-centric CONNECT event, and new L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design) initiative, art has continued to elevate Bernheim to a regional, national, and international leader in nature arts programming.
Asian American Arts Alliance
Jadin Wong Fellowship
Who is this for?
Asian American dance artists/choreographers living in New York
Award
$7,500 unrestricted cash stipend
Eight-month fellowship tailored to the artist
Deadline
March 24, 2025
Description:
The Jadin Wong Fellowship recognizes an emerging Asian American dance artist/choreographer whose work shows strong potential for greater achievement and who hopes to make a significant impact on the Asian American and New York City artistic community as a whole. The fellowship aims to recognize exemplary work that will continue to inspire young artists and the Asian American community for years to come.
This award is a tribute to the life and work of renowned Chinese American actress, dancer, and comedienne Jadin Wong (1913–2010), a pioneer and innovator of Asian American performing arts. The award is made possible by the Jadin Wong Educational Fund at the New York Community Trust, established to continue her dream of supporting aspiring artists, musicians, and dancers of Asian descent.
Asian American Arts Alliance
Van Lier Fellowship
Who is this for?
Asian American musicians living in New York
Award
$7,500 unrestricted cash stipend
Eight-month fellowship tailored to the artist
Deadline
March 24, 2025
Description:
The Van Lier Fellowship aims to advance the careers and creative practice of Asian American artists living in New York City. This program supports early-career arts practitioners whose work shows outstanding promise in the fields of theater, music, and visual arts and who hope to make a significant impact on the Asian American and New York City artistic community as a whole.
The award is made possible by the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund through the New York Community Trust, established to continue the Van Lier’s legacy of arts appreciation by supporting arts groups and training programs.
National Endowment for the Arts
Challenge America Grants
Who is this for?
Projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved communities
Award
$10,000 grants
Deadline
March 28, 2025
Description:
The NEA Challenge America Grants offer $10,000 to support projects that extend the arts to underserved populations. These grants focus on small organizations, supporting projects that reach communities with limited access to the arts.
NYC Cultural Affairs
SHE BUILT NYC OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
Who is this for?
U.S. based professional visual artists or artists teams working in any and all media
Award
Finalists will receive $1,500 to complete a conception design
One artist will be selected to finalize their design, fabricate and install the artwork
Deadline
March 31, 2025
Description:
In 2018, She Built NYC was launched to address the underrepresentation of women in the City’s public art collection by commissioning public monuments to honor women and women’s history in New York City. She Built NYC builds on the recommendations of the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers to expand the stories, histories, and narratives currently represented on public property in New York City. These representations have historically failed to reflect the trailblazing women and non-binary individuals that have contributed to the City.
The Decorative Arts Trust
Publishing Grants
Who is this for?
First-time authors of book-length publications
Award
Up to $5,000 for publication costs
Deadline
March 31, 2025
Description:
The Decorative Arts Trust established a new publishing grant program in December 2023, the latest expansion of the organization’s efforts to invigorate scholarship and broaden appreciation of material culture. The endeavor is structured to support publications tackling the broad context of the Americas and to encourage projects that advance diversity in the study of American decorative arts and material culture. The program will also respond to the changing needs of the field and will consider publishing efforts in both the print and digital sectors.
The Trust receives dozens of requests for funding for publishing related projects each year and recognizes the strong demand for and limited supply of resources focused on publishing in the art community. This new venture establishes a commitment to sharing important art historical research as broadly as possible. An advisory committee consisting of museum professionals and academics with broad experience in publishing stewards the program and oversees the selection of grant recipients.
New York Public Library
Picture Collection Artist Fellowship
Who is this for?
Visual artist, printmakers, photographers
*Does not need to be based in NYC*
Award
Varies ($2,000 to $5,000)
Deadline
March 31, 2025
Description:
The New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, part of the Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs, is pleased to offer the Picture Collection Artist Fellowship to support artists or scholars engaged in the research, development, and/or execution of a new creative or scholarly work based on the Collection’s holdings. Since 1915, the Picture Collection has been an essential resource for artists, designers, illustrators, filmmakers, and many others who have relied on its voluminous holdings for inspiration. The fellowship allows dedicated access to the Collection and guidance from its staff with the goal of highlighting the Collection’s distinctive attributes. The fellowship will also foster community connections with peers and experts allowing for collaborative exchange.
Jerome Foundation
New York City Film Production Grant
Who is this for?
NYC based early career film directors
Award
Up to $30,000 production grants
Deadline
April 3, 2025
Description:
This grant supports eligible New York City-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000. The Foundation seeks to fund filmmakers who take creative risks, seek innovative approaches, have a clarity of purpose and vision for imaginative storytelling, are engaged directly with those involved in their filmmaking, and work to build relationships with and impact their creative community and the field.
Jerome Foundation
Minnesota Film Production Grant
Who is this for?
Minnesota-based early career film directors
Award
Up to $30,000 production grants
Deadline
April 3, 2025
Description:
This grant supports eligible Minnesota-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000. The Foundation seeks to fund filmmakers who take creative risks, seek innovative approaches, have a clarity of purpose and vision for imaginative storytelling, are engaged directly with those involved in their filmmaking, and work to build relationships with and impact their creative community and the field.
Fire Island Artist Residency
Residencies for LGBTQ Artists
Who is this for?
Emerging LGBTQ Visual Artists
Award
3-week artist residency
Deadline
April 1, 2025
Description:
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the first residency in the United States exclusively for artists identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, intersex, two-spirit or queer, annually accepts applications for its prestigious and internationally recognized summer program. Now in its 15th season in the secluded beach community of Cherry Grove, NY, an historic LGBTQ settlement of Fire Island, emerging artists will share a live/work space for a four-week program marked by intimate studio visits with, and public lectures by, renowned leaders in contemporary art, scholarship, activism and curation.
Mudflat Studio
Artist Residency
Who is this for?
Clay artists
Award
24/7 access to a private 90 square ft studio space
Monthly stipends for housing and materials
Paid teaching opportunities
More perks
Deadline
April 16, 2025
Description:
In 1996 Mudflat began offering a one-year residency position to clay artists. This highly competitive program provides a private studio space at no cost with access to Mudflat’s facility, a monthly materials stipend, a monthly housing stipend, and opportunities to teach and sell work.
Creative Capital
Creative Capital Awards
Who is this For?
All artists
Award
Up to $50,000
Deadline
April 3, 2025
Description:
Creative Capital provides up to $50,000 in project funding for innovative and adventurous artists in all disciplines. In addition to financial support, they offer career development services and networking opportunities to help artists realize their visions.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grants for Artists
Who is this for?
Painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper.
Award
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Description from the Funder:
The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses and amounts range up to $50,000. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces
Verizon
Behind the Lens
Who is this for?
Photographers, videographers, video editors, social media content creators, production specialists
Award
– Practical experience capturing content in partnership with various sports leagues.
– Financial compensation
Deadline
Rolling
Description:
Behind the Lens will offer aspiring professionals practical experience capturing content in partnership with various sports leagues. This experience is meant to build participants’ portfolios and to serve as a launchpad for their career in sports content capture.The ideal candidate will have a passion for sports and knowledge / experience in the areas of photography, videography, editing, social media content capture and production during professional sporting events.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Assistant Professor of Photography Fall 2025
(Knoxville, TN)
The University of Tennessee School of Art seeks candidates for a full-time, tenure-track position in Photography at the rank of Assistant Professor. Primary responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate instruction, an active creative research agenda, and service to the department, university, and profession.
Successful candidates will join the School of Art’s internationally recognized faculty and be expected to pursue and advance high-quality creative activity and/or scholarship in photography and related fields commensurate with the research expectations of a land-grant, R1, flagship institution. We seek candidates who can teach foundational concepts in both analog and digital processes and possess comprehensive knowledge of theoretical, historical, and political issues in contemporary art. Related fields of creative research and scholarship can include but are not limited to critical theory, new media, performance, emerging technologies, film, video, imaging, and cameraless or experimental processes.
Burberry
Product Developer, Soft Accessories
(London, UK)
We are seeking an experienced Soft Accessories Product Developer to join our London based Team. In this role, you will deliver end to end product development process in the soft accessories categories within our Product Development function. Acting as an ambassador for Burberry, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation and collaboration and operate as true technical specialists with internal teams and vendors.
Burberry
Video Post Producer, Beauty
(London, UK)
Burberry is looking for a talented Video Post Producer to join the Marketing team. Reporting to the Senior Video Post Producer, in this position you will ensure the successful planning, workflow and delivery of our creative video post-production within the Creative Media department retaining our high level of creative and technical expectations on every project for multi-channel execution.
This role involves collaborating with Marketing stakeholders to guarantee smooth project execution. You will work with CMD Project Leads to understand project requirements and timelines, schedule resources, and organise workflows. By aligning with Producers and Project Managers on shoot and launch dates, you’ll ensure efficient post-production planning. Additionally, you will coordinate with Art Directors to brief editors, colourists, and VFX compositors on creative and technical needs. You will ensure the delivery of Videos to relevant stakeholders on time and on budget.
Burberry
Video Editor
(London, UK)
Burberry is looking for a skilled Film Editor to join the Creative Production team. Within this role you will work closely with the creative teams to develop ideas and execute video campaigns of the highest quality. Working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to create industry leading content. You will work on a range of creative edits varying from Campaign, Runway Show, Commerce, Social and Internal Communication films. You will be responsible for seeing projects through the post production process including versioning the content for our various digital platforms quality checking the work to the highest standard.
Coach
Design Assistant, Handbags & Special Projects
(New York, NY)
The Design Assistant, Special Projects, Collaborations & Lifestyle will partner closely with the Design team to develop and design product for special projects and collaborations that support unique merchandising, brand and marketing needs. The Design Assistant will collaborate on concepts each season that are fashion driven and reflective of the creative vision and Coach aesthetic. You will be a part of a dynamic, creative environment where you will collaborate with talented designers and cross-functional partners in the business.
Coach
Design Associate, Cut & Sew
(New York, NY)
The Design Assistant, Special Projects, Collaborations & Lifestyle will partner closely with the Design team to develop and design products for special projects and collaborations that support unique merchandising, brand and marketing needs. The Design Assistant will collaborate on concepts each season that are fashion driven and reflective of the creative vision and Coach aesthetic. You will be a part of a dynamic, creative environment where you will collaborate with talented designers and cross-functional partners in the business.
Lafayette 148
Freelance Designer
(Brooklyn, NY)
The Freelance Designer will concentrate on soft piece woven products under the direction of the Design Director. This role will be responsible for understanding and translating the DNA of Lafayette 148 through their design approach each season in collaboration with the full design team. This is an in-office position.
Jerome Jacques Marie Mage
Design Intern
(Los Angeles, CA)
The Design Intern (3 Month) will support our design team in various creative and organizational tasks. This role is an excellent opportunity for a design student or recent graduate to gain hands-on experience in the eyewear industry, working closely with experienced designers.
Pamella Roland
Intern
(New York, NY)
Pamella Roland is a High-End Eveningwear Fashion Company looking for a paid intern to assist the Design Team. We are looking for someone who is creatively driven, punctual and very organized. A knowledge of embroidery/beading layouts is preferred but not required. Must be proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator. We are looking for someone to start ASAP and able to work 3 days per week from 10am-6pm. This position is in person only, no option for remote.
Lingua Franca
Assistant Designer
(New York, NY)
Lingua Franca is a fast-growing luxury fashion brand dedicated to fair trade, ethical labor practices, and the highest environmental standards.
We are looking for a part-time Assistant Designer to support the design department’s daily operations and assist in the development of the product line from concept to completion, all while providing support to the Head of Design and Founder. This position offers the potential to transition into a full-time role.
