Summer of Liberation: 15 Artist Opportunities to Ignite Your Creativity
- web4445
- Jun 25
- 2 min read
These grants, fellowships, and calls celebrate artistic freedom across various disciplines, from Pride celebrations to activist residencies.
🌞 Summer Opportunities
1. Stochastic Labs Residency (Berkeley, CA – Tech/Art Fusion)
Fully funded residencies for artists merging AI, robotics, or science with creative practice. Includes housing + $1,000 stipend.
📅 Deadline: Rolling🔗 Apply Here
2. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (Global – Visual Artists)
$5,000–$30,000 grants for painters, sculptors, and printmakers facing financial need. Prioritizes underrepresented voices.
📅 Deadline: Rolling🔗 Guidelines
3. Foundation House Activist Residency (CT – Social Justice Art)
Four-week retreat for artists addressing racial/gender liberation. Includes $2,000 stipend + studio space.
📅 Deadline: Rolling🔗 Submit Work
4. CUE Art Foundation’s Artist-Coach Mentorship (NYC – Emerging Artists)
Free career mentorship + exhibition opportunity for underrepresented artists. Includes $1,000 honorarium.
📅 Deadline: Rolling🔗 Learn More
🎨 Themed Calls & Contests
5. Sitar Arts Center Poster & T-Shirt Contest (DC – All Ages)
Design the 25th Anniversary Commemorative Artwork! Prizes: $400 (Grand Prize), $100 (Honorable Mentions).
📅 Deadline: July 15, 2025🔗 Submit
6. The Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity (Global – Multidisciplinary)
Juried exhibition for works interrogating identity, heritage, and liberation.
📅Deadline: August 1, 2025🔗 Details
7. Ucross Foundation Residency (WY – Spring 2026 Cohort)
Fully funded residency in the Wyoming wilderness for writers, visual artists, and composers.
📅 Deadline: July 15, 2025🔗 Apply
8. Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists (Global – $10,000)
Supports Black trans women creating bold, narrative-shifting work.
📅 Deadline: July 31, 2025🔗 Guidelines
💃 Performing Arts & Residencies
9. LAUNCH:LA – L.A. Dance Project Residency (CA – Choreographers)
Six-week residency with $5,000 stipend + performance opportunity.
📅 Deadline: August 15, 2025🔗 Learn More
10. Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize (Global – Figurative Art)
$10,000 prize for surreal, fantastical, or hyperrealist work.
📅 Deadline: July 31, 2025🔗 Enter
11. The Light from the Other Shore (NYC – International Art Competition)
Theme: "Migration and Belonging." Exhibition at WhiteLock Art Center.
📅 Deadline: July 20, 2025🔗 Submit
12. BIPOC Critics Lab (NYC – Arts Journalism)
Paid fellowship for BIPOC writers critiquing theater and performance art.
📅 Deadline: August 5, 2025🔗 Apply
🌍 Global & Multidisciplinary
13. The Connect International Residency (Portugal – All Disciplines)
Two-month coastal residency for artists exploring climate justice.
📅 Deadline: July 30, 2025🔗 Details
14. Ellis-Beauregard Choreographer Award (ME – $25,000)
For experimental dance artists pushing boundaries.
📅 Deadline: August 10, 2025🔗 Guidelines
15. Gibbs Street Residency (VA – Visual Artists)
Studio space + $3,000 stipend for artists engaging with community.
📅 Deadline: Rolling🔗 Apply
✨ Final Notes
Which opportunity speaks to you? Share in the comments!
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