Notices and brief context around open calls, residencies, grants, and professional opportunities relevant to artists and cultural workers.
How Artists Build
The Serpentine x FLAG Prize introduces a long-term, high-stakes model for supporting emerging artists, pushing institutions, collectors, and practitioners to recalibrate ahead of the first selection in 2026.
How Artists Build
Emily Carr University launches a national Teen Art Contest tied to its centennial year, offering two full scholarships to its 2026 teen programs.
Field Notes
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft opens applications for its 2026–27 artist residency, offering stipends, 24/7 studio access, and deep public engagement. Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Field Notes
A new transatlantic art prize launches as Serpentine in London and the FLAG Art Foundation in New York commit £1 million to emerging artists — a major boost in the 2025 contemporary art landscape.
Field Notes
The University of Arkansas’s tuition-free MA in Art History, fueled by museums and open borders of creativity, is quietly redefining how the next generation studies — and shapes — American art.
Field Notes
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is now accepting applications for its 2025 fellowship program, with an October 15 deadline.
Field Notes
A leading London museum is opening its doors to select digital creators, signaling a bold shift in how institutions harness online influence to shape culture.
Field Notes
Apply for the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Fellowship—Teach at Washington University and Exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Latest Art News
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors—one in Fashion, one in Modern & Contemporary Architecture.
Latest Art News
Up to $16K in grants for Manhattan-based artists and orgs through LMCC’s 2026 programs—open to public art, education, and community projects.
Field Notes
Apply now for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art—$10,000 cash and a yearlong presentation of their work at the Gibbes Museum await the winning Southern artist.
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The City of Shaker Heights is commissioning two Ohio artists at $5,000 each to design printed murals reflecting local voices in Lomond and Moreland.