> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Opportunities in December 2021 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-december-2021/ - Published: 2021-12-02T22:10:13.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:15:47.000Z - Description: From commissions to residencies and fellowships for artists, curators, and teachers, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for each month. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Opportunities, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1) Hyperallergic’s monthly [Opportunities Listings](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/opportunities/) provide a resource to artists and creatives looking for grants and paid gigs to further their work. As the arts sector navigates the coronavirus pandemic, these paid opportunities for independent artists and cultural organizations are more important now than ever. **Subscribe to receive this list of opportunities in your inbox each month.** [**Sign up here**](https://hyperallergic.com/newsletters/)**!** --- ## Grants & Awards **Capricious** **Capricious Photo Award** One photographer will receive the resources and editorial support to produce a limited edition book. Resources include access to Capricious’s in-house design and editing team, plus international distribution. Deadline: January 1, 2022 | [contests.picter.com](https://contests.picter.com/capricious-photo-award-2021?ref=hyperallergic.com) **South Arts** **Southern Prize and State Fellowships** Several prizes are available for individual artists living in one of nine eligible states in the US South. One winner per state will receive $5,000 and the chance to compete for the $25,000 and $10,000 Southern Prizes. Application Fee: $25 Deadline: January 10, 2022 | [southarts.org](https://www.southarts.org/artist-grants-fellowships/southern-prize-state-fellowships?ref=hyperallergic.com) **The Portland Museum of Art and the Climate Initiative** **Tidal Shift Award** Young artists between the ages of 14 and 22 who live in New England can win $2,500–$5,000 for a work of art contemplating an issue and/or a solution to a climate change crisis facing their community. Deadline: January 20, 2022 | [tidalshiftaward.com](https://www.tidalshiftaward.com/about?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Residencies & Workshops **Featured Opportunity** **Sculpture Space** **2023 Artist Residency Program** Located in a historic industrial manufacturing facility in Utica, New York, this sculpture-centric program provides 20 artists a year with free housing, private studio space, and a stipend (dependent on funding). Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/sculpture-space-opens-applications-2023-artist-residencies/). Application Fee: $35 Deadline: January 15, 2022 | [sculpturespace.org](https://bit.ly/3rjCPVH?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Elsewhere Studios** **Funded Parent Creative Residency** Accepted artists to the residency in Colorado can bring their partner and children or come on their own. Residents are provided with living and studio space, and are awarded a stipend of $1,000 for a 10 day residency in July 2022. Deadline: December 17, 2021 | [elsewherestudios.org](https://www.elsewherestudios.org/family-residencies?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Mattress Factory** **International Open Call** The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania produces site-specific installations created by artists working in residence. Artists receive a $5,000 honorarium, a materials and production budget, and more. Deadline: December 10, 2021 (4:59pm EST) | [mfioc2021.artcall.org](https://mfioc2021.artcall.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Fellowships **Featured Opportunity** **Center for Craft** **Curatorial Fellowship** As part of this yearlong program for emerging craft curators, three fellows will each receive $5,000 to develop and mount an exhibition at the Center for Craft in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2023\. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/emerging-curators-apply-center-for-craft-2023-curatorial-fellowship/). Application Fee: $5 Deadline: February 14, 2022 | [centerforcraft.org](https://bit.ly/3lwZTfQ?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Featured Opportunity** **Washington University in St. Louis / Saint Louis Art Museum** **2022-23 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship** Promising visual artists are invited to apply for the Freund Teaching Fellowship. The fellow will teach in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and mount a solo exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/applications-open-for-2022-2023-freund-teaching-fellowship-with-washington-university-in-st-louis-saint-louis-art-museum/). Deadline: February 4, 2022 | [samfoxschool.wustl.edu](https://bit.ly/3qsQOIm?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Kresge Arts in Detroit** **Kresge Artist Fellowships** Metro Detroit artists at any stage in their career can apply for fellowships in Live Arts and Film & Music. Twenty people will win no-strings-attached awards of $25,000 plus professional development programming. Deadline: January 20, 2022 | [kresgeartsindetroit.org](http://www.kresgeartsindetroit.org/apply?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Exhibition & Writing Opportunities **Featured Opportunity** **Davidson College** **Commemorative Site for Enslaved and Exploited People** Davidson is accepting qualifications to create an interactive space and artwork on campus. Three finalists will receive $10,000 honorariums for pre-proposals; the total project budget is between $3,000,000–$4,000,000\. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/davidson-college-commissions-artwork-site-to-honor-enslaved-exploited-people/). Deadline: January 7, 2021 | [davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org](https://bit.ly/31nwpKv?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Featured Opportunity** ***Unlikely Journal for Creative Arts* *Unlikely*** seeks guest editors for themed issues, books, and more. Email [info@unlikely.net.au](mailto:info@unlikely.net.au) to get involved. Artists and scholars have until December 15 to submit proposals for Issue 8, “Birds & Language.” Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/unlikely-journal-for-creative-arts-releases-issue-7-seeks-guest-editors-submissions/). Deadline: December 15, 2021 (8am EST) | [unlikely.net.au](https://bit.ly/2ZHMqtZ?ref=hyperallergic.com) **White Wave Dance** **2022 Virtual DUMBO Dance Festival - Call for Choreographers** White Wave Dance seeks choreographers for the upcoming VDDF in June 2022\. Permitted works are group performances of up to eight minutes and solos of up to five minutes in length. Application Fee: $50–75;fee increases as deadline approaches Deadline: January 3, 2022 | [whitewavedance.org](https://www.whitewavedance.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Job Opportunities **Featured Opportunity** **Tufts University** **School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts** SMFA at Tufts is seeking applications for at least four full-time Professor of the Practice positions in Sound/Sound Installation, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Drawing to begin September 1, 2022\. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/open-faculty-positions-smfa-at-tufts-professor-of-practice-2022/). Deadline: January 1, 2022 | [apply.interfolio.com](https://bit.ly/3EiLMSV?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Oberlin College - Studio Art and Africana Studies** **Assistant Professor of Design and Black Visual Cultures** Practicing artists with MFAs are invited to apply for this tenure-track position. All courses will be art practice courses that count towards the Studio Art major as well as the Africana Studies major. Deadline: February 4, 2022 | [jobs.oberlin.edu](https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/11272?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- **Check out even more opportunities at** [**hyperallergic.com/tag/opportunities**](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/opportunities/)**.** *To feature an opportunity from your organization on Hyperallergic, get in touch at* [*nectarads.com*](https://nectarads.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*