Opportunities for Artists, Writers, and Art Workers in August 2025

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Residencies, Workshops, & Fellowships

Corning Museum of Glass – Artists-in-Residence at The Studio
Artists are invited to apply for residencies lasting either five or eight weeks. Those selected will explore new directions in glassmaking or expand on their current bodies of work while using the immense resources of the museum. There is a $30 application fee.
Deadline: August 31, 2025 | glassmaking.cmog.org

Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University – Hodder Fellowships
Open to artists demonstrating “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts,” applicants are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Fellows receive a $93,000 stipend to pursue an independent project over the 2026–27 academic year, no teaching required.
Deadline: September 9, 2025 | arts.princeton.edu

Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University – Princeton Arts Fellowships
Open to early-career artists demonstrating extraordinary promise, fellows receive a $93,000 yearly stipend and benefits to spend the 2026–28 academic years at Princeton as active community members, with the expectation of teaching one course per semester.
Deadline: September 9, 2025 | arts.princeton.edu

Lower East Side Printshop – Keyholder Residency
This program offers emerging artists in the NYC area free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work. Keyholders receive a $1,000 stipend, storage space, and opportunities to show in exhibitions and other public events.
Deadline: August 15, 2025  | printshop.org

Open Calls for Art & Writing

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Gulf Coast – 2025 Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing
Writers can submit essays of 1,500 words or less to the journal’s annual Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing. Judged by writer, editor, and curator Natalie Hegert, the prize awards $3,000 to first place and $1,000 each to two runners-up.
Deadline: September 14, 2025 | gulfcoastajournalofliteratureandfinearts.submittable.com

Kickstarter x Tubi: FilmStream Collective Fund
This initiative empowers independent filmmakers with funding and distribution support. Their finalized film will then stream on Tubi, and chosen filmmakers will receive $10,000 from Kickstarter.
Deadline: August 31, 2025 | kickstarter.com/tubi

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund
This grant supports UK artists in creating semi-permanent or permanent public murals or site-specific works on walls, in any medium. Funding of up to £7,000 is available for an artist or organization producing a public mural in the country.
Deadline: October 10, 2025 | abbey.org.uk

Urban Archive – Open Call for Photos
In partnership with Melting Metropolis, Urban Archive is launching an open call for old photographs and personal histories that illustrate how New Yorkers have experienced the everyday heat of summer.
Deadline: September 30, 2025 | urbanarchive.nyc

Grants & Awards

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Foundwork – 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize
The honoree receives a $10,000 grant and studio visits with jurors Ebony Haynes, Carmen Hermo, Lauren Mackler, Antonia Marsh, and Hugo Vitrani. Three artists will be shortlisted. Artists must be Foundwork members to be considered ($6/month with the option to cancel after the three-month prize selection period).
Deadline: September 26, 2025 (5pm PT) | foundwork.art/artist-prize

1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
This prize awards $10,000 to an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of art in the American South. Artists from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia are eligible.
Deadline: September 7, 2025 | gibbesmuseum.org

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Manhattan Arts Grants
LMCC’s 2026 grants offer up to $16,000 to Manhattan-based artists and arts organizations for public projects and presentations across the borough.
Deadline: September 16, 2025 (5pm ET) | lmcc.net

Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Grants
One established photographer will receive a $20,000 grant, and six emerging photographers will receive $5,000 grants. These funds are earmarked for the development of documentary projects focusing on environmental stories.
Deadline: September 15, 2025 | vitalimpacts.org

Job Opportunities

Jewish Currents – Executive Editor
The Executive Editor is responsible for leading, along with the Editor-in-Chief, Jewish Currents’s editorial work. That includes commissioning and editing various kinds of pieces, serving as top editor or final reader, supervising staff, and more.
Deadline: August 11, 2025 | jewishcurrents.org

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor Positions in Fashion (Tenure-Track)
SAIC’s Department of Fashion invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track positions. Successful candidates will demonstrate experience teaching the full range of the curriculum, including courses in collection design, knitwear, sustainability, and digital advances in fashion technology.
Priority Deadline: September 15, 2025 | saic.edu

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Assistant Professor in Art History, Theory, and Criticism – History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture (Tenure-Track)
SAIC seeks a scholar of architecture or related fields in any geographic area. The ideal applicant will offer innovative approaches to introductory courses in global architecture and contribute to the school’s diversity with perspectives and/or experiences that expand the field.
Priority Deadline: September 15, 2025 | saic.edu

The Hammer Museum – Chief Curator
The Chief Curator will lead the Hammer’s artistic and curatorial direction — overseeing the stewardship of the collection, the exhibition program, and sustaining a culture of artistic innovation, excellence, and exploration.
Deadline: August 18, 2025 (8:59pm PT) | jobs.ucla.edu

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