7 Grants and Artist Opportunities
to Apply for in August 2024
Written by: crEATe Staff
August 6, 2024
We’re excited to bring a new list of various artist opportunities for you to consider. This month we’ve got some interesting opportunities such as a call for curators, residency in the Pacific Northwest, and more. Surely there’s an opportunity in the list for you or someone you know! Here are seven grants and artists opportunities to apply for in August.
Table of Contents
- Mark Arts – 2024 National Watercolor exhibit
- Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County – Call for Curators
- Susquehanna University – Lore Degenstein Gallery’s 15th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition
- Deines Cultural Center – Mystery, Magic, & the Macabre 2024
- Willapa Bay AiR– Residency
- South Arts – Jazz Road Tours Grant
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant– Grants for Artists
Mark Arts
2024 National Watercolor Exhibition
Who’s this for?
Watercolor Artists
Award
$3000 in Cash Prizes ($1500 awarded to the winner)
Deadline
August 16, 2024
Description from the Funder:
The 2024 National Watercolor Exhibition is open to all artists living and working in the United States, both amateur and professional. We are happy to announce Baltimore Artist Matthew Bird as this year’s exhibition juror. The exhibition will be on view from October 4-December 21, in the Gladys and Karl T. Wiedemann Gallery at Mark Arts in Wichita, KS.
Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County
Call for Curators
Who is this for?
North Carolina artists
Award
Exhibit curator opportunity
$2,500 stipend
Deadline
Open until filled
Description from the Funder:
The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County seeks emerging or established Curators for its Main Gallery Exhibition Space located at 301 Hay Street in Downtown Fayetteville. Curators will work in partnership with our staff to create their vision for one of the Main Gallery’s Cultural Exhibitions in FY25.
Susquehanna University
Lore Degenstein Gallery’s 15th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition
Who is this for?
Visual artists
Award
$2000 (Best of Show)
Deadline
August 18, 2024
Description from the Funder
This is a juried visual art competition and exhibition that is open to two-dimensional figurative artists (referencing the human figure), who are over the age of 18, working in painting, drawing, printmaking, or fiber.
Deines Cultural Center
Mystery, Magic, & the Macabre 2024
Who is this for?
Visual Artists
Award
More than $1500 in prizes
Deadline
August 28, 2024
Description from the Funder:
The Deines Cultural Center is excited to open submissions for the fourth annual Mystery, Magic & Macabre Juried Exhibition. We welcome artists who infuse thoughtfulness and creativity into their work, offering unique perspectives on the surreal, the mysterious, and the supernatural. Please note that artworks depicting graphic violence will not be considered.
Submissions will be accepted from artists across all mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media.
The exhibition aims to provoke thought, spark curiosity, and transport viewers to a dark and mystical realm.
Willapa Bay AiR
Residency
Deadline
August 31, 2024
Description:
We offer month-long, self-directed residencies to emerging and established artists, filmmakers, writers, playwrights, scholars, singer/songwriters, and musical composers. The Residency provides lodging, meals, and work space, at no cost, to six residents each month from April 1 through October 28 of the year. Applications are evaluated by selection committees comprised of working artists and professionals in the applicants’ respective fields of discipline.
South Arts
Jazz Road Tours Grants
Who is this for?
Jazz Artists
Award
$5,000-$15,000
Deadline
September 3, 2024
Description from the Funder:
Jazz Road Tours supports three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Who is this for?
Painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper.
Award
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Description:
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
We hope you find something that catches your attention! We will keep post new opportunities on our blog every month. As a reminder – just reach out if you would like to see more grants/opportunities for a specific art form.
New to applying for grants? Need help with your application? Check out our post on grant writing.
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