Axis Mundi 3, oil on linen, 72 x 48 inches. Image Lui FerreyraMarch 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for ArtistsMarch 1, 2025OpportunitiesColossalThe Seattle PrizeFeaturedFor dedicated artists in classical, representational painting, behold the new Seattle Prize: a $100,000 stipend over two years, plus free studio space, models, supplies, and more. Receive expert mentorship from around the world, and instruction and collaboration on-site. Seattle is growing as an international haven for art, with a thriving and diverse community, and competition for the first 6 to 10 fellowships is heating up. Apply today.Deadline: March 15, 2025.Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. In addition, twelve applicants will receive honorable mentions, be featured on the website, and join a growing community. International artists and photographers working in any medium are eligible.Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on March 27, 2025.Open CallsSMACH Public Art Biennial Open Call(International)Creatives from all fields are invited to submit proposals for the outdoor SMACH Dolomites Biennial 2025. The 10 winning projects will be showcased at various Alpine locations in Val Badia from July to September. Artists are awarded 2,000 and a five-day residency.Deadline: 12 p.m. EST on March 2, 2025.SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award(International)San Francisco Center for the Book is offering two, five-day mentorships for mid-career and establishedartists from underrepresented communities outside of the SF Bay Area. Applicants should have a foundation in book arts. Mentees receive a $,3000 stipend.Deadline: March 2, 2025.Unpublished Photo Contest(International)Open to photographers born between 1995 and 2007, this contest is seeking 10 unpublished images with stylistic and thematic unity. Prizes reach 3,500 CHF.Deadline: March 3, 2025.Audubon Photography Awards(U.S., Canada, Chile, and Colombia)The Audubon Photography Awards celebrates the beauty and diversity of birds by honoring the best photos and videos of birdlife. The grand prize is $5,000, plus numerous other cash and in-kind prizes. There is a $15 fee per image or video submitted, except for entrants between 13 and 17 years old.Deadline: 12 p.m. EST on March 5, 2025.Art in Odd Places: Voice (International)Art in Odd Places 2025 is scheduled for July 25 to 27, 2025, and invites proposals for its twentieth annual outdoor public visual and performance art festival taking place in the City of West Hollywood at Plummer Park, West Hollywood Park, and Sunset Plaza.Deadline: March 16, 2025.Open to arts writers of color who write critically about music and have less than two years of publication experience, this opportunity grants two fellows a$5,000 unrestricted award.Deadline: March 17, 2025.Filter Photo Exhibition Open Call (International)This open call welcomes photography proposals of all types, whether traditional or experimental or coming from an emerging curator or a veteran artist. Selected proposals will be offered an exhibition slot at Filter Space sometime during 20262027, a stipend, an opening reception, exhibition materials, and one programmatic event.Deadline: March 19, 2025.L+A+N+D: an experience of discoveryBernheim Forest and Arboretum (International)Located outside Louisville, Bernheim Forest and Arboretums newest Arts in Nature experience, L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design) invites proposals for immersive outdoor installations. This innovative and timely initiative provides large-scale experiences with topics addressing humans connection to nature, beauty in the landscape, biodiversity, conservation, sustainability, and climate change, along with a stipend and a construction budget for fabrication and installation expenses.Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDTon March 24, 2025.Artadia Awards(New York)Artists receive unrestricted funds of $15,000, and honorariums will also be provided to finalists.Deadline: April 1, 2025.YICCA Art Prize 2025(International)YICCA accepts all kinds of contemporary artworks and offers a first prize of3,00 and a second prize of 1,000. Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit in a European art gallery.Deadline: April 30, 2025.GrantsAwarded annually for excellence in sculpture, the National Sculpture Society presents a $2,500 grant to a talented emerging sculptor who identifies as Black or African American. Works inspired by nature are preferred.Deadline: March 3, 2025.Creative Australia funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities. Grants are available from AUD$10,000 to $50,000.Deadline: 3:00 p.m. AEDT on March 4, 2025.Black Women Photographers x Nikon Inc. Grants (International)In its fourth year, this program offers one $10,000 grant and five $5,000 grants to fund the completion of a visual project. There are five additional $3,000 grants to help ease the burden of business expenses, plus more than $20,000 in Nikon gear. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on March 29, 2025.The NYPL fellowshipsupports artists or scholars engaged in the research, development, and/or execution of a new creative or scholarly work based on the collection. Fellowship stipends are awarded on a sliding scale from $2,000 to $5,000.Deadline: March 31, 2025.The 2026 open callseeks proposals for new artistic works in the visual arts, performing arts, film, and literature. The Creative Capital Awardprovides unrestricted project grants of between $15,000 and $50,000 to individual artists to create new work, and the newState of the Art Prizeprovides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.Deadline: April 3, 2025.Prix Viviane Esders(Europe)The Viviane Esders Endowment Fund welcomes applications for the fourth edition of the Prix Viviane Esders, recognizing European photographers over 60 years old who have developed photographic careers over several decades. One established photographer receives 50,000, and two finalists receive 5,000 each.Deadline: April 13, 2025.The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant (International)This program provides one-time financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs resulted from an unforeseen catastrophic incident and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Awardees typically receive $5,000, up to $15,000.Deadline: Rolling.This fund commissions visual artists to create company projects on a rolling basis. Awardees will receive between $500 and $5,000.Deadline: Rolling.Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (International)The foundation welcomes applications from painters, sculptors, and artists working on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for one year and range up to $50,000. The artists circumstances determine the size of the grant, and professional exhibition history will be considered.Deadline: Rolling.Residencies, Fellowships, & More 2025 Artlab Editorial Fellowship Open Call (International)This program is seeking two art writers whose forward-thinking insights connect across boundaries, bridging cultural communities in ways both big and small. Theres a $10,000 stipend.Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on March 3, 2025.NXTHVNFellowship (International)Each year, NXTHVN welcomes up to seven artists and two curators to participate in a 10-month intensive fellowship. Each fellow receives studio or office space, a stipend, and subsidized housing. Curatorial stipends are $45,000, and studio fellow stipends are $35,000.Deadline: 11 p.m. CT on March 3, 2025.Quinn Emanuel Artist-in-Residence Program (Greater Los Angeles)This residency is open to emerging and mid-career artists working in all disciplines. The artist-in-residence will be given a studio in the Quinn Emanuel Los Angeles office for four months to support their existing practice or a new project, plus $20,000 and an allowance of up to $1,500 for the purchase of materials.Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on March 3, 2025.BRIClab Residency (New York City)This multidisciplinary program supports NYC-based artists and media-makers acrosscontemporary art,film and TV, andvideo art, offering space, resources, and mentorship to develop new work. All BRIClab residents receive a $2,500 stipend, mentorship, skills-based learning, professional development, and documentation of their work.Deadline: March 14, 2025.Bemis Center Spring and Summer 2026 Residencies (International)Bemis residents enjoy private live-work studios and have 24-hour access to extensive installation and production spaces; the Okada Sculpture & Ceramics Facility, a 9,000-square-foot industrial workshop; and a sound studio. Selected U.S.-based artists-in-residence receive a $1,250 monthly stipend and an additional $750 travel stipend. There is a $40 application fee.Deadline: March 31, 2025.This residency is awarded with an initial one-year commitment with the option for a second-year renewal. Accepted residents will be provided numerous financial and professional benefits including a monthly stipend, annual material and firing budget, 24/7 access to a private studio space, furnished housing,and other opportunities. There is a $40 application fee.Deadline: April 1, 2025.This six-week residency offers one artist access to The Weaving Mills floor loom, knitting machine, sewing machine, other miscellaneous tools, and various fabrics, yarn, and buttons. There is a $400 stipend and teaching opportunities.Deadline: April 1, 2025.If youd like to list an opportunity, please contact[emailprotected].Next article