Featured Opportunities

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The National Arts Club Artist Fellowship program provides established young professional artists with one year of full membership to the historic club in Gramercy Park, New York City, with the goal of furthering their careers. Open to artists aged 21 or older working in any discipline including archaeology, architecture, art and technology, culinary arts, dance, decorative arts, fashion, film, fine arts, literature, music, photography, and theater. Applicants should reside within the NYC metro area to receive maximum benefit. Artist Fellows receive complimentary Club membership providing access to the historic clubhouse, over 150 arts programs throughout the year, discounted private overnight rooms, a $100 monthly allowance for the Club’s dining room/parlours/bar and lodging, networking opportunities, and opportunities to be featured in Club programming, exhibitions, and presentations. Applications require CV, cover letter (500 words max), five work samples/performances, and 2-3 references. Selected by a rotating jury of arts specialists, NAC Board members, and previous Artist Fellows.

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The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize celebrates outstanding work in contemporary craft, highlighting originality, technical skill, and strong artistic vision. Open to professional artisans aged 18 and over from anywhere in the world, applicants can apply individually or as a group. The submission should be an original, one-of-a-kind piece that is handmade or partly handmade, created within the last five years, and must not have won any previous prizes. The work should be innovative in the sense that it updates tradition and fall within an area of the applied arts such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc. The winner receives €50,000, and the work of all finalists will be featured in an exhibition in Singapore in spring 2026. Applications require 2-5 photographs of the work and a brief conceptual statement about the piece. 

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At The Library is seeking three women artists working in any discipline to help shape the 2026 Colour of Pomegranates programme, a relaxed creative space for sanctuary-seeking women to connect with each other and local women through conversation and creativity. Selected artists will work closely with sanctuary-seeking and longer-term residents of Bootle and Sefton over 12 months to develop creative, engaging projects in libraries and community spaces. Artists should be organised, dependable, confident supporting community workshops, sensitive to working with people who may have experienced displacement or trauma, comfortable working with adults in mixed-language groups with children present, and excited by co-creation and socially engaged practice. Artists receive £35 per hour plus £10 travel per session, with a guaranteed minimum of 8 paid workshops during 2026, plus quarterly collective meetings and training opportunities including reflection, trauma-aware practice and collaborative facilitation. Sessions take place on Saturday mornings and Wednesdays. Applications are especially welcomed from artists with experience of migration (personal or familial) and those based in Liverpool City Region (Halton, Wirral, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Knowsley), though all North West artists may apply.

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Matthew Burrows is inviting any artist, anywhere in the world, who feels they’ve lacked access to the networks or resources that help a practice grow to join him for a free six-month series of Studio Conversations. The opportunity includes four one-to-one Zoom sessions over six months, providing space to talk about artistic practice, questions, and next steps. Applications are informal – no CV or formal portfolio required. Artists should send one email, video, or voice note telling a little about their life and why these Studio Conversations would help them, attaching up to four images of artwork of their choice. The application should be written in the artist’s own voice and doesn’t need to be polished or perfect. This opportunity is about connection and possibility, not credentials, offering time, care, and dialogue to artists who might not usually have access to support.

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Multistory produces a yearly journal of art writing from Sandwell and the Black Country to support new experimental and creative writing outside academic contexts. Issue 3 focuses on the theme of “Materials,” drawing on the Black Country’s history of craft and industrial manufacturing to explore the relation between materials and place. Open to emerging artists currently based in Sandwell and the Black Country (including Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall), the call welcomes artists with contemporary arts practices who incorporate text/writing, or experimental writers and critics. Selected writers receive a £250 fee and editorial support, with co-editor and guest mentor Dr. Sylvia Theuri leading a writing masterclass and crit. The programme includes workshops in November 2025, group critique in December 2025, and editorial support through to final publication in March 2026. Applications require a proposal (max 300 words) outlining how the piece relates to the materials theme, CV, and examples of previous writing.

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The Rochdale Borough Culture Network offers grants of up to £800 to support individual artists, arts organisations, voluntary groups, faith and social enterprises that widen access to arts and culture in Rochdale borough. Applications are for creative projects or activities including theatre, music, dance performances, visual arts exhibitions/workshops, film/digital media, creative writing/spoken word, community or participatory workshops, interdisciplinary arts, and outdoor arts, festivals and events. Priority is given to projects that demonstrate strong connection to Rochdale borough, engage audiences across the borough or beyond, widen access to creativity for traditionally under-served communities (including those at risk of racial inequalities, disabled, LGBTQ+ and communities experiencing poverty), and are delivered by artists/organisations with limited access to other funds. RBCN is committed to ensuring artists are paid fairly and adequately for their work, supporting artists to be artists through adequate fees, development investment and materials.

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The Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award provides recent graduates from universities, colleges and alternative art education programmes (who graduated between 2022-2025) with a free studio space, mentorship programme and production support for 12 months. Started in 2010 by an artist-led cooperative to help recent graduates continue making art in London, the award includes a £500 studio stipend, £1000 for mentors, and £1000 for a final project. Award holders become part of the Arthouse community with access to peer learning, skill sharing and resources, and are invited to share outcomes of their residency through a public event such as an exhibition, workshop, performance, symposium or gig. The programme has welcomed 16 graduates to date and also offers use of public spaces and funding for projects by shortlisted graduates.