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# Opportunities for Artists in January 2020
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-for-artists-in-january-2020/
- Published: 2020-01-14T20:30:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:46:43.000Z
- Description: A list of opportunities for artists and creatives you can apply for this January.
- Author: Hyperallergic
- Tags: Opportunities, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2020/01/matthew-pratt-the-american-school.jpg)

Matthew Pratt, The American School” (1765) (courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

There’s a world of opportunities for those who know where to look. To get you started, Hyperallergic has launched this monthly resource for artists and creatives eager to get their work out there and challenge themselves to create something new.

- **A Poets’ Agora’s** residency program in Athens, Greece is seeking applicants for a two-week poetry residency, taking place May 16 to May 30\. Applications are due **January 31**. | [A Poets’ Agora](https://apoetsagora.com/residency-2020/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- The **2020 Black Art Futures Fund** is accepting applications of interest for its third cycle. Eligible candidates are “small Black arts not-for-profit organizations (organizations founded, led, and primarily serving Black communities) or fiscally sponsored entities (operating for more than 1 year with this relationship) with annual budgets $750,000.” The application, due **January 21**, is required for organizations that would like to submit a full applicaiton. | [Black Art Futures Fund](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejaB3EwtVb2lfSoLhl%5FvABkNssOAKKlXbXBCTZsseExpvltA/viewform?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Applications for **BRIC** ArtFP, an open call for Brooklyn artists to exhibit their work in BRIC’s Project Room and Hallway spaces, are open through **January 27**. | [BRIC](https://www.bricartsmedia.org/artist-opportunities/exhibition-open-calls/artfp?utm%5Fcontent=buffer9ceb3&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer)
- **The MacDowell Colony** is accepting applications for its Summer 2020 residency season. The application deadline is **January 15**. | [MacDowell Colony](https://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- The **Neon Museum** in Las Vegas is seeking candidates for its annual National Artist Residency. The submission deadline is **February 7**. | [Neon Museum](https://www.neonmuseum.org/images/Neon%5FMuseum%5FNational%5FAIR%5FApplication%5F2020.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- The **NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship** offers $7,000 unrestricted grants to artists who have lived in New York State or one of the Indian Nations located in the state for two or more consecutive years. Applications are due **January 22**. | [NYFA](https://www.nyfa.org/Content/Show/Artists'-Fellowships?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- The **New York Foundation for the Arts** is seeking applicants for its sixth Emerging Leaders Program for arts administrators. Applications are due **February 3**. | [NYFA](https://current.nyfa.org/post/189592689873/apply-now-emerging-leaders-program-2020?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- **The Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U)** is seeking Black candidates of African descent for three tenure-track positions within its Faculty of Design and design-related Graduate Studies. | [Arts Journal](https://www.artsjournal.com/2020/01/open-call-for-black-applicants-in-the-faculty-of-design-ocad-university.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- The **Politits Art Coalition** launched a call for artists to contribute to its *We Want As Much* exhibition. Applications are open through **January 20**. | [Politits Art Coalition](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciskr8TY%5FXfRd25J13FQOzf3HL86K4hV161sg2OjhgsZtYNg/viewform?ref=hyperallergic.com)

There’s still time to apply for opportunities that appeared in December’s “[Opportunities for Artists](https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-for-artists-in-december-2019/)”:

- The **Alys Foundation** is accepting applications for the 13th annual **Digital Graffiti Festival** at Alys Beach, Florida. Selected digital art will be showcased May 15–16, 2020\. Awards include Best of Show ($5,000), Curator’s Choice ($2,000), and three Special Recognition honors ($1,000 each). The deadline to submit is **February 1**. | [DG2020](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6h4a2UzhsO94kuZRd2RAPG05m9ae-Up3v1vwgDiqb%5F3o0Qg/viewform?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Independent publisher **A Public Space** has launched a nine-month **editorial fellowship** program, based in downtown Brooklyn. Applications are open through **January 15**. | [A Public Space](https://apublicspacedemo.submittable.com/submit/144659/the-2020-a-public-space-editorial-fellowships?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Check out even more opportunities at [hyperallergic.com/opportunities](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/opportunities/?SQS#2).