Research & Development

New artists have a hard time finding opportunities. This is a list of resources I add to regularly so I can help others find the opportunities they need to make their best work. Though originally created to help my students, I am happy to make this collection public to help contribute to the overall endeavor of artists to make work. I keep this list updated and current, but some relevant data may change. If you use this list and find an error, feel free to send me an email and let me know what’s out of date. Go team!

Residencies

Skowhegan Residency, Skowhegan, Maine = all creatives, 21+ eligibility, 3 month June to August stay, funding available on need, big deal
St. Elmo’s Arts Residency, Austin, Texas = recent MFA’s, national (USA) eligibility, 10 month August to May stay, well funded
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont = visual artists and writers, international eligibility, 2 to 12 week stay, funding available on need
Border Arts Residency, El Paso, Texas = visual artists, international eligibility, 10 month stay August to May, modest funding
Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency, Berlin, Germany = visual artists, Bexar county Texas resident, 3 month, well funded
Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency, Nebraska City, Nebraska = writers, visual artists, and composers, national eligibility, 2 to 8 week stay, modest funding
Arts in the Parks, National Park System locations = all creatives, other details depend on specific national park location as many are offered
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma = visual artists and writers, 21+ US resident, 12 month beginning in January, well funded
Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, Texas = visual artists, international eligibility, 11 month September to August, modest funding
Ox-Bow School of Arts Residency, Saugatuck, Michigan = artists and writers, other details depend on specific residency as many are offered
Teton Art Lab, Jackson Wyoming = visual artists, international 21+ non-students, 3 week sometime between December and October, modest funding
Artpace Residency, San Antonio, Texas = all creatives, international eligibility, 2 month stay, well funded
Centre Pompadour, Ercourt, France = all creatives, international eligibility for neo-feminist work, 2 week to 2 month stay, post-capitalist fee structure (variable)
In Sonora, Madrid, Spain = installation, event, video, sound, and interactive art, international eligibility
Spokane Public Library = a 1 to 6 month residency in Spokane, Washington that is open to all, but preferences artists from the local community
ResArtis = residency network platform to find other residency programs
CAA Residency Opportunities listings = residency, workshop, and exchange opportunities published by the College Art Association
Glasstire listings = various opportunities published by the organization, Texas focused

Exhibition Opportunities

Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas = arts center, yearly exhibition proposal open call
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea = museum, frequent international open calls
14x48, New York, New York = public art, occasional international open calls for work to be made visible on vacant billboards in NYC.
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Kentucky = university gallery, biennial open calls for solo exhibition proposals
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana = museum, yearly juried exhibition open call, importance varied by juror
Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado = arts center, yearly juried exhibition open call, importance varied by juror
Luis Leu, Karlsruhe, Germany = gallery, international gallery, contact for questions
Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas = museum, yearly juried exhibition, eligible for residents of TX, AR, LA, MS, MO, OK, TN, importance varied by juror
East Central College, Union, Missouri = university gallery, yearly exhibition open call
Rocky Mount Imperial Centre, Rocky Mount, North Carolina = arts center, yearly solo and group exhibition proposal acceptance, 2-3 year advance
The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont = arts center, yearly solo and group exhibition proposals
VisArts Center, Rockport, Maryland = arts center, yearly solo exhibition open call
New American Painting = regionally eligible international painting magazine
CAA Exhibition Opportunities listings = national and international exhibition opportunities published by the College Art Association
Glasstire listings = exhibition open calls in various formats
CAFE listings = open calls of all kinds with a range of quality

Grants

ArtsWA = Washington state arts grant agency
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation from Brown University = grant that rotates focus of eligibility
Artadia grant = city focused grants that change cities each cycle, unrestricted funds
Artist Foundation of San Antonio = all creatives, Bexar County (Texas) residents only, new project funding, substantial
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant = painting, drawing, and printmaking, students ineligible, no deadlines, amount variable
Harpo Foundation Grant = 21+ emerging visual artist, US citizenship required, students ineligible, cannot be awarded twice to same person
Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas = all media, Texas and Gulf Coast artists, 18+
SouthArts = regional grant organization for southern states
Tennessee Arts Commission = state wide grants for creatives, obviously state focused for Tennessee
CAA Grant Opportunities listings = awards, grants, and fellowship opportunities published by the College Art Association
Glasstire listings = various grants assembled by the publication

Paid Internships

Frist college internship = fairly paid internship at the Frist in Nashville, TN.

Job Listings

Higher Ed Jobs, teaching = job listings from university, secondary, and other similar institutional groups, typically tenure and lecturer positions.
College Art Association, teaching = job listings posted by member institutions typically for studio MFA and history PhD positions
Glasstire, art related openings = listings for positions relevant to art such as curatorial, museum internships, and museum fabricator jobs

Professional Organizations

CAA College Art Association = the largest non-profit educational association in the United States for teachers at the college and university level, membership fees, in-person conference every year usually in NYC.
SECAC (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference) = the second largest non-profit educational association in the United States for teachers at the college and university level, membership fees, in-person conference every year in the Southeast.
FATE Foundations in Art: Theory and Education = non-profit educational association for foundations art studio and history, membership fees, in-person conference every other year (odd years).
MACAA Mid-America College Art Association = non-profit educational association for educators in the Mid-America region, membership fees, online conference every year.
SPE Society for Photographic Education = non-profit educational association centered on photographic and greater lens-based art making at the college and university level. Membership fees, in-person conference every year.
AP College Board’s Advanced Placement, Reader Rater role = the national system that reviews high school student artwork for college credit. If you teach at a college or university, you can become an AP Art Reader Rater which is a one week, paid role that occurs in summer in Salt Lake City, Utah.