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# Opportunities in January 2025
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-january-2025/
- Published: 2025-01-02T20:50:25.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:15:37.000Z
- Description: Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from NXTHVN, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
- Author: Hyperallergic
- Tags: Opportunities, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:41 (2025)

*Hyperallergic*’s monthly [Opportunities Listings](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/opportunities/) provide a resource to artists and creatives looking for funding and community support to further their work.

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## Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships

**Featured** 
**Haystack Mountain School of Crafts – 2025 Summer Programs**  
One- and two-week workshops in blacksmithing, ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics, metals, wood, and writing in coastal Maine. Open to adults 18+ of all skill levels. Also offering a new beginners-only session!  
Deadlines: January 24 or February 7, 2025 (depending on the program) | [haystack-mtn.org/programs](https://bit.ly/3ZPBYLU?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Featured** 
**John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Arts/Industry Residency**  
Focus on creating work using industrial materials and processes in studios at Kohler Co.’s factory in Wisconsin. Experience in clay and metal is not required. Twelve three-month residencies are open for 2026\. Read more on [*Hyperallergic*](https://hyperallergic.com/apply-for-the-2026-arts-industry-residency-at-the-john-michael-kohler-arts-center/).  
Deadline: February 28, 2025 | [jmkac.org](https://bit.ly/3PgxRDR?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Featured** 
**Millay Arts – Multidisciplinary Artist Residencies**  
Dive deep into your practice/process with fully funded and partially subsidized options at the historic estate of poet and activist Edna St. Vincent Millay. Core and Steepletop Residencies include chef-prepared communal suppers and groceries. The application fee is $45.  
Deadlines: March 1, 2025 (Core), Rolling (Steepletop) | [millayarts.org](https://bit.ly/41Wviyy?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Featured** 
**NXTHVN – Studio and Curatorial Fellowships**  
Up to seven artists and two curators participate in a paid, 10-month intensive mentorship-driven residency in New Haven, Connecticut. Fellows are paired with a high school apprentice for one-on-one mutual learning. Read more on [*Hyperallergic*](https://hyperallergic.com/971460/nxthvn-opens-applications-studio-curatorial-fellowships-2025-26/).  
Deadline: March 3, 2025 | [nxthvn.com](https://bit.ly/3OGmy7K?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**CPW –** **Woodstock AIR**  
This one-month residency in Woodstock, New York, supports US-based BIPOC and ALAANA photographers interested in exploring themes of diversity, race, and identity through their work, particularly within the context of social justice.  
Deadline: January 31, 2025 | [cpw.org](https://cpw.org/artist-residency/?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Long Meadow Art Residency**  
This solo residency offers artists studio space and housing in the Berkshires for six weeks to three months. It includes a $3,000 monthly living stipend, a $2,500 supply budget, and access to a vehicle for transportation.  
Deadline: February 15, 2025 | [longmeadowartresidency.com](https://bit.ly/4fDSftA?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Taft Museum of Art – 2026 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence**  
Seeking a painter and dynamic educator committed to social justice for a two-week residency in Cincinnati, Ohio. This initiative celebrates the 40th year of the Duncanson Program and the 175th anniversary of Taft’s renowned Duncanson Murals. It includes a $10,000 honorarium.  
Deadline: January 31, 2025 | [taftmuseum.org](https://bit.ly/4j0eYCL?ref=hyperallergic.com)

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## Open Calls for Art & Writing

**Featured** 
**apexart – 2025–26 International Open Call**  
Soliciting 500-word proposals for group exhibitions presented online and anywhere in the world in 2025–26\. Five winners receive up to $11,000 in budget. Curators, artists, and creative others with a compelling exhibition idea are encouraged to consider.  
Application Period: February 1–March 1, 2025 | [apexart.org](https://bit.ly/4iVeCgS?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art – *Tikkun Olam: An Exhibition on Healing Our World***  
Artists are invited to reflect upon and give expression to the theme of “Tikkun Olam” — our duty to confront the challenges of repairing our world. All works must be for sale and artists will retain 60% of the selling price of all pieces.  
Deadline: February 1, 2025 | [rodephshalom.org](https://rodephshalom.org/philadelphia-museum-of-jewish-art/?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Museum of the Moving Image – Marvels of Media Festival**  
The Marvels of Media Festival highlights the work of autistic media-makers through exhibitions, film screenings, and panel discussions. It will be held at the museum in Queens, New York, in March 2025.  
Deadline: January 31, 2025 | [movingimage.org](https://movingimage.org/about/marvels-of-media/?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Union Square Partnership – 14th Street Busway Mural**  
Seeking proposals for a temporary mural spanning nearly 7,500 square feet of pedestrian space. The selected artist will receive $10,000 and additional budget for materials and support, and will install their work in mid-May 2025 with community volunteers.  
Deadline: February 3, 2025 | [unionsquarenyc.org](https://www.unionsquarenyc.org/muralrfp?ref=hyperallergic.com)

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## Grants & Awards

**Featured** 
**Bader+Simon Empowerment Grant**  
Cincinnati’s Bader + Simon gallery is offering a one-time $7,500 stipend to support work by an emerging artist without higher education and extensive exhibition experience. The winner will be announced in April 2025.  
Deadline: February 25, 2025 (8pm EST) | [baderandsimon.com](https://bit.ly/3ZWuhns?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) – What Can We Do?**  
Fifteen NYC artists will receive $1,500 to develop projects supporting the Asian New Yorker community, focusing on Chinatown, Manhattan; Flushing, Queens; and/or social justice initiatives for NYC-based Palestinian creators and their communities.  
Deadline: January 7, 2025 | [aaartsalliance.org](https://www.aaartsalliance.org/opportunities/what-can-we-do-7cc5b7fb-d937-4aad-a69d-dbe004c3424a?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Thoma Foundation – Exploratory Travel Award**  
PhD students receive $5,000 to travel to Latin America for one to two months to visit archives, museums, and art collections while connecting with local scholars in preparation for future research.  
Deadline: January 15, 2025 | [grants.thomafoundation.org](https://grants.thomafoundation.org/fellowships-awards-for-individuals/art-of-the-spanish-americas-fellowships-awards/?ref=hyperallergic.com)

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## Job Opportunities

**Featured** 
**Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut** **– Executive Director**  
MoCA CT seeks a transformational and charismatic leader to chart a strategic path that prioritizes curatorial and operational excellence, a healthy revenue mix, and a marketing strategy to raise the museum’s profile and increase attendance.  
[mocact.org/careers](https://bit.ly/4iYuM99?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Bronx River Art Center – Executive Director**  
Seeking an Executive Director to direct and advance all elements of BRAC’s multi-arts, non-profit mission, strategy, programming, and operations. This position will serve as the face of the organization to invigorate and guide BRAC’s future vision.  
Deadline: March 1, 2025 | [bronxriverart.org](https://bit.ly/40gNHov?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut – Chief Curator**  
The Chief Curator will lead an innovative exhibition and programming schedule, requiring expertise in modern and contemporary art and a commitment to equity and inclusion. The role collaborates with leadership to advance the museum’s mission.  
[mocact.org/careers](https://bit.ly/3PmMxBi?ref=hyperallergic.com)  
  
**Purchase College – Assistant or Associate Professor of Illustration (Tenure-Track)**  
The faculty member will play a key role in developing and teaching courses for a new Illustration Concentration within the Graphic Design major. The ideal candidate will be a practicing illustrator/graphic designer. Strong engagement with typography is essential.  
Deadline: January 30, 2025 | [jobs.purchase.edu](https://jobs.purchase.edu/postings/1420?ref=hyperallergic.com)

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**Other opportunities closing soon:**

- [Banff Centre Visual Arts Residency – Kapishkum: Métis Gathering](https://hyperallergic.com/965921/visual-arts-residency-banff-centre-2025/)
- [Tulane University – Crossroads Cohort](https://hyperallergic.com/952865/study-intersection-art-africana-studies-crossroads-cohort-tulane-university/)

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