7 Grants and Artist Opportunities to Apply for in January 2024
Written by: crEATe Staff
January 16, 2024
Happy New Year! We hope that this year brings you continued creative growth and plenty of new ideas to bring to life. In the spirit of creating, here are seven grants and artist opportunities to consider applying for this month.
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- Mid-Atlantic Arts – USArtists International Grant
- Fiber Art Now Magazine – Public Installation Grant
- National Public Housing Museum – Artist as Instigator Residency Program
- State & Local Arts Councils – Various Project and Artist Grants
- Martin House – Creative Residency Program
- Photocrowd – Photography Contests
- James Madison University – The Furious Flower Poetry Contest
Mid-Atlantic Arts
USArtists International Grant
Who’s this for?
Performing artists
Award
Up to $15,000
Deadline
March 27, 2024
Description from the Funder:
Mid Atlantic Arts is committed to the development and expansion of both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections to audiences, presenters, curators, and their peers through the USAI program. By elevating the voices that reflect a vibrant array of creative expression, we are able to celebrate and share the diversity and imagination of the United States.
Fiber Art Now Magazine
Public Installation Grant
Who is this for?
Fiber and textile artists
Award
$300
Deadline
March 15, 2024
Description from the Funder:
Engaging the public with fiber art and sharing the work of our artists with diverse audiences are important core values of Fiber Art Now. This grant supports the creation of temporary or permanent fiber art installations. Funds may be used toward materials, artist stipends, installation costs, or educational programming for the work. Artists must provide documentation of agreement for the work to be installed in a public space or at an institution accessible to the public.
National Public Housing Museum
Artist as Instigator Residency Program
Who is this for?
Artists (all art forms), activists, and cultural workers
Award
Varies
Deadline
TBD
Description from the Funder:
The National Public Housing Museum’s Artist as Instigator Residency leverages arts and culture to make creative public policy interventions around housing and related issues. The annual residency supports artists, activists, and cultural workers to incubate ideas and produce new work in conjunction with social justice organizing and equitable development initiatives.
State and Local Arts Councils
Artist and Project Grants
Who is this for?
All artists
Award
Varies
Deadline
Varying
Description:
Federally funded arts organizations such as arts councils and arts commission have a variety of funding opportunities available to artists every year. These type of grants may include: artists support grants, project support grants, mini grants, and many more opportunities. Many of these organizations also have resources like grant workshops to help you prepare your application.
Martin House
Creative Residency Program
Who is this for?
All Artists
Award
- $5,000 Residency Stipend (50% received upon arrival, 50% received upon project completion)
- $1000 Travel Stipend
Deadline
February 16, 2024
Description from the Funder:
The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency that provides creative individuals a designated time and space to develop new works of the imagination inspired by one of the great examples of 20th century architecture. The primary goals of the program are to:
- Nurture creativity by offering individuals from multiple disciplines a thought-provoking environment in which to produce works and present them to our community.
- Expand interpretation of our site through active solicitation of diverse perspectives and voices.
- Provide audiences across racial, ethnic, and economic lines an opportunity to discover and engage more fully with the Martin House and the creative arts.
- Strengthen the Martin House and the region as a center for architecture, art, design, and culture.
The residency is a competitive program that is open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Creative makers who are selected to participate will generally spend 2-4 weeks onsite either consecutively or incrementally within the specified residency term. Length of stay is project-based and determined by the needs of the applicant and in alignment with the Martin House schedule.
Residents are also expected to deliver a free public program, performance, exhibition, or other creative presentation in order to share their Martin House-inspired work with the larger public.
Photocrowd
Photography Competitions
Reflections:
Submitted images must show things that have been made using stone, rather than simply stone itself in nature When glass and water are at play, reflections become possible, and add a wonderful new dimension to our images. It might be a mountainous scene reflected in a still lake, or the photographer’s own reflection peering back at them in a shop window. Reflections can be fun, and whereas we often spend time trying to reduce them, maybe they can be worked creatively into your images.
Deadline
May 22, 2024
View all Photocrowd competitions here
James Madison University
The Furious Flower Poetry Contest
Who is this for?
Poets with at least one published book
Award
Winner – $1500
Honorable Mention – $750
Deadline
February 15, 2024
Description:
The Furious Flower Poetry Prize for emerging writers is open for submissions from December 15 to February 15 annually ($15 submission fee). Poets with no more than one published book are invited to submit up to three poems (no more than a total of 6 pages) for consideration. The winner and honorable mention receive $1500 and $750 respectively and will be invited to read at the decennial Furious Flower Poetry Conference, September 2024. The winner, honorable mention, and select finalists will also be published in Obsidian. Winners are announced in late March/early April.
We hope you find something that catches your attention! We will post new opportunities on our blog every month. 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.
