> ## 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 June 2021 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-june-2021/ - Published: 2021-06-02T20:53:39.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:15:49.000Z - Description: From grants to fellowships, residencies, and more, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for this 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://www.getrevue.co/profile/opportunities?ref=hyperallergic.com)**!** --- ## Grants & Awards **Featured Opportunity** **Foundwork** **2021 Foundwork Artist Prize** Two honorees will receive unrestricted $10,000 grants and studio visits with this year’s distinguished jurors: Vanessa Carlos, Qu Chang, Bridget Donahue, Cédric Fauq, Thomas Lawson, Thiago de Paula Souza. Application Fee: Foundwork Membership ($4/month, cancel any time) Deadline: October 10, 2021 | [foundwork.art/artist-prize](https://foundwork.art/artist-prize?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Apollo Theater** **Harlem Entrepreneurial Microgrant Initiative** The Apollo is partnering with 125th Street Business Improvement District and the Harlem Commonwealth Council to distribute 20 $1,000 micro-grants to local merchants and organizations that define the culture and vitality of Harlem. Deadline: June 30, 2021 | [apollotheaters.org](https://www.apollotheaters.org/event/harlem-entrepreneurial-micro-grant-initiative/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Artist Relief** Practicing artists living in the US and its territories who are facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19 can apply for $5,000 grants from Artist Relief. Deadline: June 23, 2021 | [artistrelief.org](https://www.artistrelief.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Canadian Women Artists' Award** **Visual Arts and Media & Design Awards** These two $5,000 awards are designed to provide financial support to emerging or early-career women-identifying artists who have Canadian citizenship and currently reside in New York State. Deadline: June 9, 2021 | [nyfa.org](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/canadian-women-artists-award/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Interchange Artist Grant** Interchange will award $20,000 in direct project support, plus professional development retreats and mentoring, to 16 artists with socially engaged creative practices in the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Deadline: July 5, 2021 | [interchangeartistgrant.art](https://interchangeartistgrant.art/apply/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Queer|Art** **Illuminations Grant** This $10,000 grant, awarded to draw attention to an existing body of work, supports visual artists who are self-identified Black trans women and trans femmes. Four selected finalists will receive $1,250. Deadline: June 30, 2021 | [queer-art.org](https://www.queer-art.org/illuminations-grant?ref=hyperallergic.com) **New York Foundation for the Arts** **The Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant for Artists with Disabilities** This program will provide unrestricted cash grants of $1,000 to visual, media, music, performing, and literary artists with a disability who live in NYC and have experienced financial hardship due to the pandemic. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/642213/nyfa-emergency-grants-for-nyc-artists-with-disabilities). Deadline: June 15, 2021 | [nyfa.org](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/the-barbara-and-carl-zydney-grant-for-artists-with-disabilities/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Job Opportunities **Featured Opportunity** **National Museum of the American Indian** **Museum Director** The prospective director must possess deep knowledge of Native Peoples’ histories and cultures and be able to frame those histories and experiences as part of the broader story that impacts America and the world in profound ways. Deadline: June 29, 2021 | [usajobs.gov](https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/603249100?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships **Featured Opportunity** **Loghaven Artist Residency** **2022 & 2023 Residencies** All resident artists at this retreat-model residency receive a living stipend as well as a travel and freight reimbursement. Sessions last between two and eight weeks. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/loghaven-is-accepting-applications-for-stipend-supported-residencies/). Application Fee: $20 Deadline: July 15, 2021 | [loghaven.org/apply](https://bit.ly/3frX9hk?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Common Field** **2021 Convening Open Call** Common Field seeks proposals for engaging and interactive sessions that include workshops, future-oriented strategizing, and field reports that facilitate value-driven discussions, tools, and skill sharing. Application Fee: Common Field Membership (free for 2021) Deadline: June 11, 2021 | [commonfield.org](https://www.commonfield.org/convenings/4496/4573/application-overview?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Firelight Media** **Documentary Lab** This 18-month fellowship supports filmmakers in the US from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities who are working on their first or second feature-length documentary film with a $15,000 grant and more. Deadline: June 15, 2021 | [firelightmedia.tv](http://www.firelightmedia.tv/doc-lab-open-call?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Flamboyan Foundation** **Letras Boricuas Fellowships** 30 Puerto Rican writers — 15 in 2021 and 15 in 2022 — will each be awarded $25,000 in unrestricted funds as part of a new opportunity developed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund. Deadline: June 20, 2021 | [flamboyanfoundation.org](https://flamboyanfoundation.org/letras-boricuas/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Hyperallergic** **Journalism Fellowships for Curators** Five curators will each receive a $5,000 grant to contribute two articles to Hyperallergic, participate in an online event, and produce an email exhibition based on research. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/hyperallergic-is-offering-five-journalism-fellowships-for-curators-2021/). Deadline: June 30, 2021 | [hyperallergic.com](https://hyperallergic.com/hyperallergic-is-offering-five-journalism-fellowships-for-curators-2021/) **New York City Department of Cultural Affairs** **Public Artists in Residence (PAIR)** PAIR is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in NYC government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges. Each of the three selected artists will receive $40,000. Deadline: June 27, 2021 | [nyc.gov](https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcla/publicart/pair.page?ref=hyperallergic.com) **The Joy of Giving Something** **JGS Fellowship for Photography** New York State-based photographers (and artists whose practice involves photographic techniques) who don’t live in NYC are invited to apply for this $7,000 unrestricted cash grant. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/a-grant-for-new-york-photographers-who-dont-live-in-nyc/). Deadline: June 30, 2021 | [nyfa.org](https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/the-jgs-fellowship-for-photography/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Exhibition & Writing Opportunities **Spring/Break Art Show** Spring/Break 2021 is accepting curatorial applications for its tenth NYC edition, which will take place this fall. The theme of the show is "Hearsay:Heresy." Application Fee: $100 Deadline: July 1, 2021 | [springbreakartshow.com](https://www.springbreakartshow.com/2021application/?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)*.* [**Sign up for our email newsletters!**](https://newsletters.hyperallergic.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)