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2025 Booooooom Art & Photo Book AwardFeatured
Booooooom and Bookmobile are teaming up for this popular open call supporting artist publishing. Nine artists, illustrators, or photographers will be selected to create a book or zine featuring a cohesive body of work at no cost. Zine applications are free to all, while book applications are free to Booooooom members or $15.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on June 6, 2025.
Open Calls
Artadia Awards (New York)
Artists receive unrestricted funds of $15,000, and honorariums will also be provided to finalists.
Deadline: April 1, 2025.
Future Lions 2025 (International)
This global competition celebrating young creative talent (under age 25 or enrolled in university) is seeking applications for its 20th cycle. The prompt is to “connect an audience to a product or service from a brand you choose in a way that wasn’t possible three years ago.”
Deadline: 23:59 BST on April 13, 2025.
All About Photo Magazine Open Call (International)
For its 47th issue, AAP Magazine is accepting submissions of portfolios or bodies of work around the theme of shadows. Winners receive $1,000 cash, their work published in the magazine, and press coverage. There is a $35 entry fee.
Deadline: April 15, 2025.
YICCA Art Prize 2025 (International)
YICCA accepts all kinds of contemporary artworks and offers a first prize of€3,00 and a second prize of €1,000. Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit in a European art gallery.
Deadline: April 30, 2025.
Grants
Creative Capital Award and State of the Art Prize (International)
The 2026 open call seeks proposals for new artistic works in the visual arts, performing arts, film, and literature. The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of between $15,000 and $50,000 to individual artists to create new work, and the new State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.
Deadline: April 3, 2025.
WFF Housing Stability Grant (New York City)
This program offers five $30,000 grants distributed over three years to visual artists who need support for stable housing.
Deadline: 5 p.m. ET on April 8, 2025.
Prix Viviane Esders (Europe)
The Viviane Esders Endowment Fund welcomes applications for the fourth edition of the Prix Viviane Esders, recognizing European photographers over 60 years old who have developed photographic careers over several decades. One established photographer receives €50,000, and two finalists receive €5,000 each.
Deadline: April 13, 2025.
Anonymous Was a Woman Environmental Art Grants (U.S.)
Open to all disciplines, this grant program offers up to $20,000 for the creation of environmental art projects by women artists.
Deadline: 5 p.m. ET on April 15, 2025.
Vital Impacts Flash Grant (International)
Annie Griffiths, one of National Geographic’s first female photographers, is donating 50 percent of all proceeds from her newsletter to support a $2,000+ grant for photographers. Applicants should explain how they will document and uplift the natural world using the funds.
Deadline: April 22, 2025.
The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant (International)
This program provides one-time financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs resulted from an unforeseen catastrophic incident and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Awardees typically receive $5,000, up to $15,000.
Deadline: Rolling.
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund (Ukraine)
This fund commissions visual artists to create company projects on a rolling basis. Awardees will receive between $500 and $5,000.
Deadline: Rolling.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (International)
The foundation welcomes applications from painters, sculptors, and artists working on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for one year and range up to $50,000. The artist’s circumstances determine the size of the grant, and professional exhibition history will be considered.
Deadline: Rolling.
Residencies, Fellowships, & More
Red Lodge Clay Center Long-Term Residency (U.S.)
This residency is awarded with an initial one-year commitment with the option for a second-year renewal. Accepted residents will be provided numerous financial and professional benefits including a monthly stipend, annual material and firing budget, 24/7 access to a private studio space, furnished housing, and other opportunities. There is a $40 application fee.
Deadline: April 1, 2025.
W.A.R.P. 2025 at The Weaving Mill (U.S.)
This six-week residency offers one artist access to The Weaving Mill’s floor loom, knitting machine, sewing machine, other miscellaneous tools, and various fabrics, yarn, and buttons. There is a $400 stipend and teaching opportunities.
Deadline: April 1, 2025.
Al & Mickey Quinlan Artist Residency (Midwest)
Running from August 4 to September 28, this program is geared toward emerging and mid-career artists working in drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography. It is in partnership with the Miller Art Museum.
Deadline: April 7, 2025.
KODA Social Practice Residency (International)
Open to mid-career women and/or non-binary artists, this residency offers a $1,000 honorarium, studio space, an optional exhibition, and more. Peace-building is this year’s theme.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on April 10, 2025.
Velvetpark Visual Artist Residency (U.S.)
Open to LGBTQ+ artists, this program offers a live-work space for either six weeks or four months. There is a $25 application fee.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on April 13, 2025.
Mudflat Year-Long Residency (International)
Clay artists are eligible for this program, which offers, private studio space, a $75 monthly materials stipend, an $800 monthly housing stipend, opportunities to teach, and a solo exhibition.
Deadline: April 16, 2025.
The John O. Calmore Creative Activism Artist Residency (International)
Citizen artists working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, or interdisciplinary practices and dedicated to social justice are eligible for this program. Residents receive a $6,000 stipend, an exhibition in Toronto, lodging, and a private studio. There is a $35 application fee.
Deadline: April 21, 2025.
Martin House Creative Residency (U.S.)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House is the site of this two- to four-week residency that offers two tracks: the artist program supports the development of a new work, while the researcher program is geared toward projects that will result in published writing. Residents deliver a public program and are offered a $5,000 stipend and up to $1,000 in travel expenses.
Deadline: May 9, 2025.
2025 Thirdspace: Emerging Artist Summer Intensive Program (International)
This month-long residency at OCAD University brings together interdisciplinary emerging artists to develop a new body of work with mentorship from artist Van Maltese. There is a $4,600 CAD program fee.
Deadline: May 13, 2025.
Josephine Sculpture Park’s Artist-in-Residence (International)
Two artists will receive 10-week residencies to create a new large-scale, outdoor work. Stipends include $1,000 for a site visit stipend, $2,000 per week for the residency, $500 per week for lodging, and up to $2,500 for materials. Residents also receive studio space, mentorship, and an exhibition.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. MT on May 14, 2025.
The Studios of Key West Residencies (International)
Approximately 40 visual artists, writers, composers, musicians, media artists, performers, and interdisciplinary artists are accepted each year for these month-long residencies. Chosen applicants receive lodging.
Deadline: May 15, 2025.
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence (International)
This annual award offers one early-career artist developing new works addressing plants, gardens, or landscapes $10,000 and a two- to five-week stay at Oak Spring. Visual artists, writers, dancers, and musicians are eligible.
Deadline: May 31, 2025.
The Farm Margaret River Residency (International)
This five- to eight-week residency is geared toward site-responsive projects and engagement with the land. Residents receive a $7,500 stipend, studio space, accommodations, and travel assistance.
Deadline: 5 p.m. AWST on June 2, 2025.
The Kyoto Retreat (International)
Artists, curators, and writers are eligible for this four-week retreat in Kyoto for research, exploration, and inspiration. Chosen applicants receive a roundtrip flight, a private bedroom, and $800 to supplement meals and local transportation.
Deadline: July 15, 2025.
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