> ## 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 October 2020 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-october-2020/ - Published: 2020-10-05T19:41:29.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:46:37.000Z - Description: From residencies to grants and exhibition opportunities, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for this month. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Opportunities, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2012-41_web.jpg) Johann Georg Platzer, “The Artist’s Studio” (1740s–1750s), (courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art/Open Access) 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. **NEW! 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 **516 Arts** **Fulcrum Fund** Round Three of the Fulcrum Fund will award emergency relief grants of $1,000 to 91 independent, professional visual artists based in New Mexico who have lost income due to the pandemic. Deadline: October 15, 2020 | [516arts.org](http://516arts.org/opportunities/fulcrum-fund?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Artadia Awards** All visual artists and collaboratives at any stage in their career who have lived and worked within the greater Atlanta or Houston areas for a minimum of two years can apply for unrestricted funds of $10,000. Deadline: October 15 and November 1, 2020 | [artadia.org/awards](https://artadia.org/awards/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Queer|Art** **Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant** This annual $7,000 grant will be awarded to self-identified lesbians for visionary moving-image art. Work can be animation, documentary, narrative, or cross-genre, and it must be experimental. Application Fee: $6 Deadline: October 31, 2020 | [queer-art.org/hammer-grant](https://www.queer-art.org/hammer-grant?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships Featured Opportunity **University of Colorado Art Museum** **2021–2022 Artist-in-Residence** Starting November 1, artists are invited to CU Boulder to create new work or curate an exhibition during a four-to-six-week on-site (or remote) residency in the residency in the 2021–2022 academic year. The museum encourages interdisciplinary projects and welcomes applications from individual or collaborative teams. Compensation is $16,000 (or $10,500 if remote). Deadline: January 7, 2021 | [colorado.edu/cuartmuseum](https://www.colorado.edu/cuartmuseum/exhibitions/artist-residence/artist-residence-program-call-proposals?ref=hyperallergic.com) **A.I.R. Gallery2021–22 Fellowship Program** Six underrepresented and emerging NYC metropolitan area-based artists who self-identify as women or non-binary will each be awarded year-long fellowships to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Deadline: October 21, 2020 | [airgallery.org/fellowship-program](https://www.airgallery.org/fellowship-program?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Creative TimeThink Tank** Workers in the fields of art, organizing, theory, and cultural production can apply to join a group exploring methodologies to dismantle colonialist modes of creation and presentation. Members will each receive $10,000. Deadline: October 25, 2020 | [creativetime.org/think-tank](https://creativetime.org/think-tank/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Magazzino Italian ArtScholar-in-Residence Program** Emerging scholars beginning or continuing an independent project that contributes new research on postwar and contemporary Italian art can apply for this fellowship, which provides a salary, housing, and more. Deadline: December 1, 2020 | [magazzino.art](https://www.magazzino.art/scholar-in-residence/apply-here?ref=hyperallergic.com) **The Laundromat Project** **Create Change Fellowship** The collections-based research and educational institution offers fourteen long-This virtual residency is now open for applications from artists and cultural producers interested in developing a collaborative, community-based, and socially-engaged creative practice. Deadline: October 18, 2020 | [laundromatproject.org/create-change](https://www.laundromatproject.org/create-change/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Exhibition & Writing Opportunities Featured Opportunity **National Portrait Gallery** **Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition** Submissions from each finalist and prizewinner will form an exhibition at the Portrait Gallery. First place will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the museum’s collection. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/national-portrait-gallery-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/). Application Fee: $50 Deadline: January 29, 2021 | [portraitcompetition.si.edu](https://s.si.edu/36r1a1z?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Artists Sunday** Register to participate in the free nationwide movement and marketing campaign encouraging consumers to shop with original artists and craftspeople during the fall holiday season. [artistssunday.com/artists](https://artistssunday.com/artists/?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)*.*