Opportunities in September 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Tate Papers, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships
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Harry Ransom Center – 2026–2027 Fellowships
The center will award 50 funded fellowships to support on-site archival projects across various disciplines at the University of Texas at Austin’s humanities research library and museum. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Deadline: November 3, 2025 (5pm CST) | ransom.center/fellowships
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Smithsonian American Art Museum – 2026–2027 Research Fellowships
Residential fellowships at SAAM support full-time, independent research on US art, craft, and visual culture. Appointments are available at graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior levels. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Deadline: October 15, 2025 | americanart.si.edu
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Vermont Studio Center – 2026 Residencies
Nestled in the Green Mountains, Vermont Studio Center hosts an inclusive, global community of artists and writers. Enjoy private studios and rooms, fresh meals, and access to an esteemed Visiting Artists & Writers Program. The application fee is $25.
Deadline: September 30, 2025 | vermontstudiocenter.org
ARTS Southeast – ON::View Artist Residency
This fully funded residency gives artists lodging and a high-visibility studio in historic Savannah, Georgia, to complete a new project, continue an in-progress endeavor, or conduct research. The fee to apply for residencies in January–May 2026 is $50.
Deadline: September 21, 2025 | artssoutheast.org
Casey Droege Cultural Productions – Pedantic Arts Residency
This residency provides each resident with a free bedroom, a $2,000 honorarium to be used at the resident’s discretion, and assistance with establishing relevant connections to individuals and organizations key to the research goals. Apply for free by September 15. Afterward, the application fee is $20.
Deadline: October 13, 2025 | pedanticarts.org
The Morgan Conservatory – Artist in Residence Program 2026
Explore papermaking, book arts, and letterpress printing at the nation’s largest center dedicated to these crafts. This residency supports both emerging and established artists with time, space, and a stipend funded by the Windgate Foundation.
Deadline: October 15, 2025 | morganconservatory.org
Tyler School of Art and Architecture – Edgar Heap of Birds Family Artist Residency
Open to artists whose work focuses on the history and lived experience of North American Indigenous people. Offered January–May 2026 at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. Artists receive a $3,500/month stipend, among other benefits.
Deadline: September 22, 2025 | tyler.temple.edu
Open Calls for Art & Writing
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apexart – 2026–27 NYC Open Call
Soliciting 500-word proposals for group exhibitions in apexart’s NYC space and online in 2026–27. Five winners receive up to $10,000 in budget. Curators, artists, and creative others with a compelling exhibition idea are encouraged to consider.
Application Period: October 1–31, 2025 | apexart.org
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Metro Art – Call to Artists (Los Angeles County)
Visual artists in Los Angeles County are invited to apply for 12 public Metro Art opportunities connected to transformative transit projects serving the communities of the San Fernando Valley. Contract awards are anticipated to range between $110,000 and $120,000.
September 22, 2025 | metro.net/art
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Tate – Call for Papers: Voice/s in the Museum
How might interpretation practice address the complex expectations placed on museums today? Tate Papers is seeking contributions exploring the role of art museum interpretation in serving audiences, artists, and institutions.
Deadline: October 13, 2025 | tate.org.uk
Charlotte Street – Exhibitions Open Call
The Kansas City foundation is seeking projects that are ambitious, timely, push boundaries, and utilize Charlotte Street’s space, staff, and resources. Proposals are evaluated using Charlotte Street’s four core values: Risk-taking, Openness, Collaboration, and Excellence.
Deadline: September 16, 2025 (1am CDT) | charlottestreet.org
Dairy Arts Center – Co-Production Program
This program in Boulder, Colorado, invites artists and organizations from across the US to co-produce performances in theater, dance, music, and film, offering free venue rental, a production stipend of up to $5,000, and an equitable revenue-sharing model.
Deadline: September 30, 2025 | thedairy.org
The New York Preservation Archive Project – Request for Proposals: Archival Assessment
Seeking an experienced archivist or archival team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of historical materials housed in the New York Amsterdam News Headquarters, this Harlem-based collection reflects over a century of Black history and journalism.
Deadline: September 15, 2025 | nypap.org
Grants & Awards
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Foundwork – 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize
The honoree receives a $10,000 grant and studio visits with jurors Ebony Haynes, Carmen Hermo, Lauren Mackler, Antonia Marsh, and Hugo Vitrani. Three artists will be shortlisted. Artists must be Foundwork members to be considered ($6/month with the option to cancel after the three-month prize selection period).
Deadline: September 26, 2025 (5pm PT) | foundwork.art/artist-prize
CAA Publication Grants
The Millard Meiss Fund and Wyeth Foundation for American Art Grant support the publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art, visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy.
Deadline: September 15, 2025 | collegeart.org
National Sculpture Society – Alex J. Ettl Grant
This $7,500 prize is awarded annually to a figurative or realist sculptor with a mature body of work.
Deadline: October 6, 2025 | nationalsculpture.org
Printed Matter – Publisher Work Grants
This grant will offer three unrestricted grants of $10,000 to independent presses with a history of artists’ book publishing. Printed Matter will also extend a featured exhibitor presence at a forthcoming Printed Matter NY or LA Art Book Fair to selected presses.
Deadline: September 21, 2025 | printedmatter.org
South Arts – Emerging Traditional Artists Program
This award provides $5,000 to financially support the continuation of traditional knowledge and artistic skills within cultural communities in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.
Deadline: September 30, 2025 | southarts.org
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