> ## 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 September 2021 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-september-2021/ - Published: 2021-09-02T21:10:52.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:15:48.000Z - Description: From collaborative grants to open calls and experimental residencies, 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://hyperallergic.com/newsletters/)**!** --- ## 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, and 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) **Dance/NYC** **Dance Advancement Fund** Dance makers based in the NYC metropolitan area with operating budgets between $10,000 and $500,000 can request two years of support totaling up to $30,000 plus professional development through 2023\. Deadline: October 4, 2021 | [dance.nyc](https://www.dance.nyc/programs/funds/dance-advancement-fund/overview?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Fondation Carmignac** **Carmignac Photojournalism Award** This €50,000 (\~$59,000) award will provide support for a photojournalistic project documenting the volatile social crisis currently happening in Venezuela. Photographers of all nationalities are welcome to apply. Deadline: October 18, 2021 | [fondationcarmignac.com](https://www.fondationcarmignac.com/en/apply-12-edition-photojournalism/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Wherewithal Grants** Visual artists in the Washington, DC area can apply for $5,000 collaborative research or project grants for 2022, depending on what best supports their practice at this time. Up to 12 grants will be awarded. Deadline: October 18, 2021 | [wherewithalgrants.org](https://www.wherewithalgrants.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Job Opportunities **Featured Opportunity** **Biennale of Sydney** Do you have a vision for the 24th Biennale of Sydney? Expressions of Interest (EOI) are open for experienced curators to be the Biennale's Artistic Director in 2024.Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/do-you-have-a-vision-for-the-24th-biennale-of-sydney/). Deadline: September 26, 2021 (5pm September 27 AEST) | [biennaleofsydney.art/ad-eoi](https://bit.ly/3m8bC5R?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships **Featured Opportunity** **Smithsonian American Art Museum** ***American Art* Journal - *Toward Equity in Publishin*g** Scholars producing research on US-American art history and related visual culture topics can apply for this new professional development program focused on making academic publishing more equitable. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/smithsonian-american-art-journal-professional-development-program-intends-to-make-scholarly-publishing-more-equitable/). Deadline: September 15, 2021 | [americanart.si.edu](https://s.si.edu/3BxbiSL?ref=hyperallergic.com) **National Parks Arts Foundation** **Fort Union National Monument Artist in Residence Program** Located in the high plains of Mora County, New Mexico, this residency at a historic frontier army post is open to artists working in all media, including writing, music, and performance. Deadline: September 30, 2021 | [nationalparksartsfoundation.org](https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/fort-union?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Pioneer Works** **2022 Open Call for Music Residents** Musicians working outside of the existing models and “norms” of their field who can make use of Pioneer Works’s facilities and collaborative environment are invited to apply for this residency in Brooklyn, NY. Deadline: September 30, 2021 | [pioneerworks.org](https://pioneerworks.org/residency/music/apply/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Unstable Design Lab** **Experimental Weaving Residency** The Unstable Design Lab seeks applicants who are deeply knowledgeable about woven structures and their behaviors to work with researchers from the University of Colorado on co-evolving fiber arts and engineering practice. Deadline: September 15, 2021 | [unstable.design](https://unstable.design/experimental-weaving-residency/?ref=hyperallergic.com) --- ## Exhibition & Writing Opportunities **Featured Opportunity** **apexart** **New York City Open Call** apexart invites those interested in curating to submit a 500-word proposal for a group exhibition to be held in apexart’s New York City space. Curators, artists, and others are encouraged to apply starting October 1. Deadline: October 31, 2021 | [apexart.org](https://apexart.org/opencalls.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Featured Opportunity** **ArtFields 2022**Southeastern US artists can enterthis nine-day competition and exhibition where they will have the chance to compete for more than $100,000 in prizes. Read more on [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/artfields-offers-over-100000-in-prizes-for-southeastern-us-artists/). Application Fee: $25 Deadline: November 1, 2021 | [artfieldssc.org](https://bit.ly/3yIawRF?ref=hyperallergic.com) **The Noguchi Museum** **Open Call for Artist Banners** One Queens-based AAPI artist will win an honorarium of $1,000 to create designs that advocate anti-racism for the Noguchi Museum’s three outdoor banners. Two runners-up will also each receive $500. Deadline: September 24, 2021 | [noguchi.org](https://www.noguchi.org/artist-banners/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Wendy's Subway** **Carolyn Bush Award & Open Reading Period** Two opportunities are available for poets to author a publication with Wendy’s Subway. Both winners will receive honorariums of $1,000, standard royalty contracts, and 25 author copies. Carolyn Bush Award Application Fee: $15 Open Reading Period Application Fee: $20 Deadline for both: September 30, 2021 | [wendyssubway.com](https://wendyssubway.com/publishing/submit?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)*.*