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Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships
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Rhode Island School of Design – Movement Lab Fellowship
RISD’s Film/Animation/Video department seeks two postgraduate fellows for 10-month term appointments as Research Affiliates/Movement Lab Fellows, starting in Fall 2025. The program supports work exploring movement at the intersection of language, identity, cultures, ecosystems, and/or peoples.
Priority Deadline: December 13, 2024 | risd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
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Ucross – Fall 2025 Artist Residencies
Experience the majestic High Plains on a 20,000-acre ranch in Wyoming. Artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time and space, private studios, chef-prepared meals, and a $1,500 stipend. The application fee is $40.
Deadline: January 15, 2025 (11:59 pm MDT) | ucross.org
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University of Michigan – Roman J. Witt Artist Residency
This residency at the UM Stamps School partners with the UM Museum of Art to offer a $20,000 honorarium, housing, studio space, and up to $5,000 in funding support for project materials. The application fee is $15. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Deadline: December 15, 2024 | stamps.umich.edu
BolsterArts – Residency Program
Two jury-selected artists will receive a shared, rent-free, 360-square-foot studio in Manhattan’s Chinatown from January 1 to April 15, 2025, culminating in a two-person exhibition at All Street Gallery in the East Village. The application fee is $35.
Deadline: November 15, 2024 | bolsterarts.com
Smack Mellon – 2025–26 Artist Studio Program
Six NYC-based emerging visual artists will be granted a free private studio, access to Smack Mellon’s shared production facilities, coordinated studio visits and open studios, and a fellowship (dependent on funding) from September 5, 2025, through August 5, 2026.
Deadline: November 24, 2024 | smackmellon.org
Open Calls for Art & Writing
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Cavalier Gallery – New Vision: Call for Artists
Painters, sculptors, and photographers may apply for inclusion in a feature exhibition at this Chelsea gallery, which is meant to introduce new artists to the NYC art market and will take place from December 12 to January 8. The application fee is $50 and includes up to five images.
Deadline: November 22, 2024 | cavaliergallery-newvision.com
Louisiana State University (LSU), College of Music & Dramatic Arts – SciArts New Play Festival
LSU invites submissions of original plays centered on the intersection of science and art. Selected playwrights will receive $500 and transportation to Baton Rouge in April 2025 for a public reading at the festival.
Deadline: November 22, 2024 (5pm CDT) | lsu.edu
Monument Lab – Open Call for Artist Ideas: Gray 30th Street Station
Submit ideas for a “living memorial” to Congressman William H. Gray III in the great hall of Philadelphia’s Gray 30th Street Station. The budget for the selected project is $1,250,000 in addition to a $250,000 artist fee.
Deadline: December 4, 2024 | monumentlab.com
National Liberty Museum – Call for Artists: Winter 2025 Exhibition
The NLM in Philadelphia is looking for art that celebrates the power of language to connect, confront, and uplift communities. Artwork should relate to ideas of free speech, illuminating tensions between expression and censorship.
Deadline: December 1, 2024 | zealous.co/nationallibertymuseum
Visual AIDS – Postcards From the Edge
Donate an original, postcard-sized artwork to this benefit supporting artists living with HIV. Postcards will be featured anonymously in an exhibition at Berry Campbell Gallery in New York and sold online for $100 each starting January 25, 2025.
Deadline: November 22, 2024 | postcards.visualaids.org
Grants & Awards
Musicians Foundation Grant
These one-time grants provide financial assistance to professional musicians facing unexpected hardships, such as medical emergencies or natural disasters. Applicants must have at least five years of experience in the US and currently reside in the country.
musiciansfoundation.org
Queens Arts Fund
Queens-based artists, collectives, and small nonprofits can apply for $1,000–$5,000 grants to support the local production of artwork and cultural programs that highlight, engage, and bolster the borough’s communities.
Deadline: November 19, 2024 (5pm EST) | nyfa.org
Poetry Society of America – Anna Rabinowitz Prize
Poets and their collaborators are recognized for interdisciplinary work combining poetry with other art forms, produced or published in 2024. Judged by artist JJJJJerome Ellis, winners will receive a $1,000 honorarium. The application fee is $10.
Deadline: December 31, 2024 | poetrysociety.org
The Aftermath Project – 1492/1619 American Aftermaths Grant
Open to photographers globally, this opportunity seeks work that illuminates the aftermath of historic events and fosters public discourse. One winner will be awarded $25,000, with four finalists receiving $5,000 each.
Deadline: December 1, 2024 (12am PST) | theaftermathproject.org
Job Opportunities
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Rhode Island School of Design – Assistant or Associate Professor, Film/Animation/Video
RISD’s Film/Animation/Video department invites applications for a full-time faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to commence fall 2025. Rank will be dependent on professional status and teaching experience.
Deadline: December 2, 2024 | careers.risd.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor Positions in Art Education (Tenure-Track)
Seeking candidates to prepare students to become exemplary art teachers, museum educators, and socially engaged teaching artists committed to shaping vibrant communities and culturally responsive institutions.
Priority Deadline: January 8, 2025 | saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Ceramics (Tenure-Track)
Seeking candidates to teach in an interdisciplinary model where art, design, and craft drive innovation, engaging in a contemporary study of ceramics that draws from technical, cultural, and high-tech industrial applications.
Priority Deadline: January 13, 2025 | saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Contemporary Practices (Tenure-Track)
Contemporary Practices offers an intensive introduction to interdisciplinary art and design for first-year and transfer students, integrating critical thinking skills, cultural competency, anti-racism, and social engagement into a decolonized, studio-based curriculum.
Priority Deadline: January 15, 2025 | saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Smith-Buonanno Family Director of Contemporary Practices
Seeking candidates for a leadership position to collaborate with faculty on curricular and programmatic initiatives, emphasizing the “contemporary” in Contemporary Practices and the importance of fundamental skills and critical thinking in SAIC’s curriculum.
Priority Deadline: January 15, 2025 | saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Performance (Tenure-Track)
The Department of Performance at SAIC offers a unique performance and performance studies curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students, emphasizing experimentation and responsiveness to contemporary developments in the field.
Priority Deadline: January 13, 2025 | saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing, Comics Focus (Tenure-Track)
Comics faculty will develop and teach courses on comics, graphic novels, and visual storytelling, focusing on techniques, history, graphic narrative analysis, notable creators, and cultural significance.
Priority Deadline: January 21, 2025 | live-saic.pantheonsite.io
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing, Generalist (Tenure-Track)
The Department of Painting and Drawing is an open and pluralistic community of artists with a strong commitment to experimentation as well as the various discourses and histories of painting and drawing.
Priority Deadline: January 21, 2025 | saic.edu
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