Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Northeastern U.S.

The Artwork Archive team set out to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls for entry for visual artists in the Northeastern United States.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists, specifically in the Northeast.

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Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in the Northeastern U.S.

June 14, 2023 1 day left

The JGS Fellowship for Photography

  • Submission Deadline: June 14, 2023
  • Award Info: $7,000
  • Type: Grants & Fellowships
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Photographic artists, 25 and above, living in one of the following counties:
Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates

June 15, 2023 2 days left

Apply for a Solo Show at Aplomb

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 9, 2023 - October 28, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00—$35.00
  • Award Info: Solo Exhibition
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

June 15, 2023 2 days left

Vermont Studio Center Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Vermont
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all visual artists and writers.

June 16, 2023 3 days left

A Fine Line

  • Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 8, 2023 - August 3, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: over $500 in cash prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
  • Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists in any 2d media

June 17, 2023 4 days left

2023 Southern Tier Biennial

  • Submission Deadline: June 17, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 16, 2023 - November 4, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Award Info: each accepted artist with a $175 stipend; $3,000 to the Best of Show winner ($1,000 cash and $2000 stipend towards a solo show in 2024), a $750 Juror’s Choice Award, and $500 for three Honorable Mention winners..
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Olean, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to New York State visual artists residing the counties of Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins); All mediums

June 19, 2023 6 days left

TEMPOart Request for Qualifications

  • Submission Deadline: June 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 7, 2024 - June 13, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $25,000
  • Type: Public Art & Proposals
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Portland , Maine
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to residents of New England that work in Public Art

June 19, 2023 6 days left

SaveArtSpace: This Place Meant

  • Submission Deadline: June 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 21, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10 donation
  • Award Info: An opportunity for artists to display their art on a billboard in New York City.
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

The exhibition is open to all artists of any age, skill level or background.

June 23, 2023 10 days left

MAPPING THE ABSTRACT

MAPPING THE ABSTRACT
  • Organization: Pinkwater Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 16, 2023 - October 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Kingston, NY 12401
Description

June 24, 2023 11 days left

Under The Big Top

  • Submission Deadline: June 24, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 15, 2023 - August 20, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $28
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

"Under The Big Top" is open to any artists over age 18, within the United States and Canada.; All Mediums

June 25, 2023 12 days left

ARTISTS ON FIRE exhibition

ARTISTS ON FIRE exhibition
  • Organization: Juniper Rag
  • Submission Deadline: June 25, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 21, 2023 - August 12, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Photography, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Worcester, MA 01605
Description

June 26, 2023 13 days left

Visions in Clay

  • Submission Deadline: June 26, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 28, 2023 - September 21, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: Best of Show $800 | 2nd Place $600 | 3rd Place $400
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Stockton, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working primarily with clay.

June 26, 2023 13 days left

"Nocturne" - First Street Gallery 2023 National Juried Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 26, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 28, 2023 - August 26, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $40.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chelsea Art District, New York, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed-Media, Sculpture

June 29, 2023 16 days left

Westhampton Beach 2023 Drawing & Painting Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with Drawing and Painting

June 30, 2023 17 days left

CUE Open Call for Solo Exhibitions & Curatorial Projects

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: $5,000 honorarium
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: NYC, NY
Description
Eligibility Info

Practice any artistic discipline that can make use of exhibition space for a solo show

Have not had a solo exhibition in New York City within the last five years (small non-profit and artist run spaces are fine)

Do not have current, consistent commercial gallery representation in the United States

Are not currently enrolled in a degree program (with the exception of students who will have graduated by 2024)

Have maintained a consistent studio practice outside of an academic setting for three or more years

Currently live and work in the United States

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Elevate!

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 25, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: Each artist will receive a $250 stipend and acknowledgment with contact information at the site of the installation.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
  • Location: South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working in 2D mediums

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Call for Sculpture- Peterborough, NH

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists that live and work in New England working with Sculpture

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Strange Figurations

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 7, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Hudson, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all media, techniques, and styles. Artists 18 years old and above.

July 1, 2023 18 days left

Foundation Arts Festival 2023

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 8, 2023
  • Award Info: $25
  • Type: Other
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

July 1, 2023 18 days left

Interlines, Lifelines, Redlines: Social Markers of Race, Class, & Economics

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: $6000 in cash prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all photographers

July 1, 2023 18 days left

24th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 26, 2023 - September 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: more than $4000 in prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

July 7, 2023 24 days left

Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils

Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils
  • Organization: Oil Painters of America
  • Submission Deadline: July 7, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 8, 2023 - July 14, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $11,500 in cash & merchandise
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to painters in the Eastern region of the U.S.

July 8, 2023 25 days left

The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency Program

  • Submission Deadline: July 8, 2023
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
  • Type: Residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: North Adams, , Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 10, 2023 27 days left

HARTNETT GALLERY 2023-2024 CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS

HARTNETT GALLERY 2023-2024 CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS
  • Organization: University of Rochester
  • Submission Deadline: July 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - March 30, 2024
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based individual artists, groups, and curators

July 14, 2023 31 days left

2nd Annual Mini Gems

2nd Annual Mini Gems
  • Organization: Society of American Graphic Artists
  • Submission Deadline: July 14, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 8, 2023 - September 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $15 - $25
  • Award Info: $1000 in Awards
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
Description

July 15, 2023 32 days left

Art in the Heart of Main South

  • Submission Deadline: July 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 21, 2023 - June 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: The artist stipend is $1,500.00.
  • Type: Other
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Sculpture and Public Art

July 15, 2023 32 days left

2023 New England Watercolor Society Regional Open Juried Show

  • Submission Deadline: July 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 4, 2023 - November 2, 2023
  • Entry Fee: NEWS Members: $30/1; $35/2; $40/3. Non Members: $40/1; $45/2; $50/3.
  • Award Info: Over $5,000 in Award
  • Type: Competition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to watercolor artists 18 years of age or older who resides or has gallery representation in New England

July 16, 2023 33 days left

2023 Art Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital

  • Submission Deadline: July 16, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 28, 2023 - January 28, 2024
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Malvern, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities; All mediums

July 28, 2023 45 days left

Nor'Easter: The NBMAA 53rd Annual Juried Members Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: July 28, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 21, 2023 - October 8, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: First Prize: $1,000, Second Prize: $500, Third Prize: $250, Juror's Award: Upgraded Membership to Friend's Circle level, Visitor's Choice: Upgraded Membership to Friend's Circle level
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 29, 2023 46 days left

from Ordinary to Extraordinary

  • Submission Deadline: July 29, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 6, 2023 - November 5, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based photographers

August 1, 2023 49 days left

Quilts = Art = Quilts 2023

  • Submission Deadline: August 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 28, 2023 - January 7, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: Jurors select quilts based on overall quality of design, visual impact and originality. Prizes are awarded, including $1,000 for Best of Show.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
  • Location: Auburn, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to quilt-making artists

August 2, 2023 50 days left

2023 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: August 2, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 6, 2023 - January 15, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35 ($30 for BWS members using provided coupon code; $20 for art students meeting criteria using provided coupon code)
  • Award Info: Gold Medal $1,500; Silver Medal $1,200; Bronze Medal $1,000; Last year's awards totaled more than $15,000.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists living in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia or West Virginia. Artists must be 18 years of age or older; Watercolor

August 16, 2023 64 days left

Homes, Hamlets & Villages: Style and Lifestyle in Small Towns and Rural Communities

  • Submission Deadline: August 16, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 30, 2023 - October 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $800 in awards
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Spencertown , New York
Description
Eligibility Info

(Artists must be residents of Columbia County, NY or one of the following surrounding counties: Rensselaer, Albany, Schenectady, Ulster, Dutchess, Greene and Saratoga, NY; Hampshire and Berkshire in MA; and Litchfield and Fairfield in CT.) All mediums

September 1, 2023 80 days left

2023/2024 NAC Artist Fellowship Program

  • Organization: The National Arts Club
  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 2, 2023 - June 28, 2024
  • Type: Grants & Fellowships
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New York, New York 10003
Description

September 13, 2023 92 days left

CraftForms 2023 International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft

  • Submission Deadline: September 13, 2023
  • Event Dates: December 2, 2023 - January 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $45
  • Award Info: $10,000 in prize awards
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood.

September 15, 2023 94 days left

Artists & Collectors' Dinner & Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: October 10, 2023 - November 4, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: Each selected artist will be paid $500 for two works
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

open internationally to all artists

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