7 Grants and Artist Opportunities
to Apply for in July 2024
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Written by: crEATe Staff
July 4, 2024
Welcome back! We hope everyone’s enjoying the start of the summer. Shout out to all of the teachers and educators who are finally getting some much deserved time off. We’re excited to bring a fresh list of great artist opportunities for you to consider. This month there’s a funding opportunity for documentary filmmakers who identify as disabled, a rejuvenating creative retreat to Saratoga, NY, and a couple of art calls for the visual artists out there. Hopefully one of these opportunities can help fund your next masterpiece or can help progress your creative career. Here are seven grants and artists opportunities to apply for in July
Table of Contents
- M&C Saachi Group – Art for Change Prize 2024
- Exhibizone – Call for Art – Creative Minds 2024
- AXS Film Fund – Film Funding
- Buckham Gallery – Call for Art – 42nd Season Exhibit
- Yaddo – Artist Retreat
- Fountainhead Residency – Artist in Residency
- Musicians Foundation – Grants for Professional Musicians
M&C Saachi Group x Saatchi Gallery
Art for Change Prize 2024
Who’s this for?
VIsual Artists
Award
£10,000 – Winner
£2,000 – Runner Up (5)
Deadline
July 17, 2024
Description from the Funder:
Open to emerging artists around the world in the first five years of active practice. This year’s prize asks artists to creatively respond to the theme ‘Tomorrow’ing: Visions of a better future’.A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six winners, five to receive £2,000 and one overall winner to receive £10,000. Winning artists will exhibit their work at Saatchi Gallery in London.
Exhibizone
Call for Art – Creative Minds 2024
Who is this for?
Various artists
Award
Various exhibition, marketing, and networking opportunities
Deadline
July 30, 2024
Description from the Funder:
Exhibizone proudly presents Creative Minds, a unique smart online international group exhibition to express creativity through brilliant artworks.The purpose of this exhibition is to encourage talented artists to visualize their creative minds through their brilliant artworks and extend the borders of visitor’s imaginations.
Artists are invited to submit their application from anywhere in the world.
Winners awards include showcasing in the group exhibition, receiving marketing materials such as exhibition catalogue, artwork badges, and certificates, providing intensive exposure for selected artists to promote and sell artworks, getting published in an international art publication and receiving valuable written feedback and comments from art lovers, experts, and potential buyers.
AXS Film Fund
Film Funding
Who is this for?
Documentary Filmmakers of Color living with Disability
Award
$10,000 (5)
Deadline
July 31, 2024
Description from the Funder
This program is for creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. We seek to bring visibility to creators who are oftentimes overlooked. While we prefer that a person of color living with a disability is a key contributor to the project, we welcome diverse teams to apply. Each year we award up to five creators with grants of up to $10,000 each to assist them in finishing their projects in any stage of production.
Buckham Gallery
Call for Art – 42nd Season Exhibit
Who is this for?
Visual Artists
Award
Work exhibition, opportunity to sell artwork in gallery
Deadline
July 31, 2024
Description from the Funder:
It is the mission of Buckham Gallery to enrich the cultural life of its surrounding communities by presenting a broad range of innovative contemporary art, both visual and nonvisual, of the highest quality and standard.
Buckham Gallery, also known as Buckham Fine Arts Project, is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1984. It is Buckham Fine Arts Project’s vision to actively encourage and support artists who are making unique and significant statements in their chosen disciplines, providing opportunities for our greater community to engage with and think about sometimes challenging works of art.
We are currently accepting applications for Buckham’s 42nd Exhibition Season, October 2025 – September 2026. The museum-quality gallery is located in downtown Flint, Michigan. Our exhibitions are open to the public four days a week. The Buckham Fine Arts Project is pleased to announce partial shipping reimbursements available for artists selected to exhibit during our 42nd Exhibition Season!
Yaddo
Artist Retreat
Who is this for?
Visual artists, filmmakers, printmakers, performing artists, writers, composers
Award
Room & board, studio space
Deadline
August 1, 2024
Description:
We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists apply individually. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. There is no fee to come to Yaddo, and we have modest access grants to help offset the costs of attending a residency.
Fountainhead Residency
Artist in Residency
Who is this for?
Visual Arists
Award
– Living/working accommodations
– Roundtrip airfare
– $1,000 honorarium
– $500 local transport stipend
Deadline
August 4, 2024
Description from the Funder:
The Fountainhead Residency, based in Miami, FL, seeks visual artists who are at a pivotal point in their career where connections and conversations with art professionals and an immersive and nurturing environment is just the catalyst needed to expand and evolve their art practice. Artists living in South Florida are NOT eligible to apply.
Musicians Foundation
Grants for Professional Musicians
Who is this for?
Professional Musicians, Composers
Award
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Description:
Our application for one-time financial assistance grants is open to professional musicians across all genres. If you are a professional musician in a specific time of need, please explore below to see if you might qualify for a financial grant to pay an essential bill.
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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