Fellowship Opportunities - Art & Design
Fellowship Opportunities - Art & Design
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April 2025
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA) - The Core Program
Title
The Core Program
Sponsor
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA)
Funding Amount
$15,000 stipend, 24-hour access to a private studio or office, and borrowing privileges at the Museum’s Hirsch Library and Rice University’s Fondren Library.
Important Dates
April 1 (anticipated)
Brief Description
The Core Program awards residencies to exceptional, highly motivated visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice. Residents engage with a wide range of leading artists, critics, curators, and art historians who are invited to meet individually with the residents, lead seminars, and deliver public lectures.
Match Requirement
Link
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Aaron Siskind Foundation - Individual Photographer's Fellowship
Title
Individual Photographer's Fellowship
Sponsor
Aaron Siskind Foundation
Funding Amount
$10,000
Important Dates
May 18 (anticipated)
Brief Description
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of Individual Photographer's Fellowship grants of up to $10,000 each, for artists working in photography and photo-based art. Recipients will be determined by a panel of distinguished guest judges on the basis of artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium in its widest sense. The Foundation seeks to support artists/photographers who demonstrate a serious commitment to the field, who are professionally active or employed in the field. The entry fee for this grant is $20USD.
Match Requirement
Link
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September 2025
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Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study- Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Title
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Sponsor
Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study
Funding Amount
Stipends of up to $77,500 for one year with additional funds
Important Dates
September 14 (anticipated)
Brief Description
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study encourages you to explore the people, programs, and collections that make the Radcliffe Institute a home to big thinkers, new ideas, cutting-edge research, and thought-provoking events that are free and open to the public
Radcliffe Fellows are expected to devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, fellows are expected to reside in the Boston area the fellowship period and to have their primary office at the institute to participate fully in the life of the community.
Match Requirement
Link
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/how-apply
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A Blade of Grass - A Blade of Grass Artist Fellowships
Title
A Blade of Grass Artist Fellowships
Sponsor
A Blade of Grass
Funding Amount
N/A
Important Dates
September 18 (anticipated)
Brief Description
A Blade of Grass nurtures socially engaged art. We provide resources to artists who demonstrate artistic excellence and serve as innovative conduits for social change. We evaluate the quality of work in this evolving field by fostering an inclusive, practical discourse about the aesthetics, function, ethics and meaning of socially engaged art that resonates within and outside the contemporary art dialogue.
Match Requirement
Link
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Title
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Sponsor
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Funding Amount
TBA
Important Dates
September 19 (anticipated)
Brief Description
A Blade of Grass nurtures socially engaged art. We provide resources to artists who demonstrate artistic excellence and serve as innovative conduits for social change. We evaluate the quality of work in this evolving field by fostering an inclusive, practical discourse about the aesthetics, function, ethics and meaning of socially engaged art that resonates within and outside the contemporary art dialogue.
Match Requirement
Link
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