The Arts Impact for Individuals grant program provides up to $5,000 for artistic projects in Minnesota led by individuals. Projects must be focused on creating access to the arts for Minnesotans, and/or engaging with Minnesota communities through artistic endeavors. Proposed projects could include:

* Connecting Minnesotans with participation in arts and cultural experiences; and/or
* Integrating artists and/or artistic engagement to accomplish a community’s non-arts goals; and/or
* Providing Minnesotans with opportunities for arts learning and passing along expressive cultural traditions.

Community members, rather than the applicant, must be the primary beneficiary of project activities. At least three Minnesotans other than the applicant must participate in the project. Projects primarily focused on developing the applicant’s own needs and creative interests are not a good fit with this program.

Arts Impact for Individuals

Submission Fee: $25 per artwork (non-refundable).

Open Call October 2024: “Specters of the Subconscious”

**Theme:** Explore the eerie and surreal aspects of the human mind, including dreamscapes, phobias, and unspoken fears.

**Opening Reception:** Thursday, October 17

**Submission Deadline:** October 8, 2024

  
Located in the vibrant heart of Brooklyn, New York, Bushwick Gallery is a premier destination for art enthusiasts. We champion innovative and diverse artistic expression, offering a personalized, appointment-only experience. This approach allows visitors to deeply engage with thought-provoking works.

  
Situated in Bushwick, the art capital of New York City and a neighborhood adjacent to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Bushwick Gallery is at the epicenter of NYC’s dynamic art scene. Bushwick boasts a fresh, cutting-edge artistic vibe with numerous studios but very few galleries. Artists live, dream, and work in our vibrant location, making it a hub for creativity.

  
Bushwick Gallery features a wide array of exhibitions showcasing both renowned and emerging artists from around the globe. Our program includes various media such as paintings, sculptures, and installations. Each exhibition inspires and challenges perceptions.

All submissions are reviewed by a panel of curators. Artists whose work is selected will be notified and asked to pay a participation fee of $395. Please note that while we encourage all artists to apply, selection is not guaranteed due to the high volume of submissions

 Open Call October 2024: “Specters of the Subconscious”

**Theme:** Explore the eerie and surreal aspects of the human mind, including dreamscapes, phobias, and unspoken fears.

**Opening Reception:** Thursday, October 17

**Submission Deadline:** October 8, 2024

  
Located in the vibrant heart of Brooklyn, New York, Bushwick Gallery is a premier destination for art enthusiasts. We champion innovative and diverse artistic expression, offering a personalized, appointment-only experience. This approach allows visitors to deeply engage with thought-provoking works.

  
Situated in Bushwick, the art capital of New York City and a neighborhood adjacent to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Bushwick Gallery is at the epicenter of NYC’s dynamic art scene. Bushwick boasts a fresh, cutting-edge artistic vibe with numerous studios but very few galleries. Artists live, dream, and work in our vibrant location, making it a hub for creativity.

  
Bushwick Gallery features a wide array of exhibitions showcasing both renowned and emerging artists from around the globe. Our program includes various media such as paintings, sculptures, and installations. Each exhibition inspires and challenges perceptions.

Bushwick Gallery: “Specters of the Subconscious”

Casa na Ilha is a retreat space to devote time and focus to your creative pursuits in an ecological paradise. Artists can intensely dedicate on their work in progress or develop new projects. The main goal is that artists are able to focus on their ideas and projects, enhancing creativity and inspiration and connect, between them, the local community and nature.

  
The Residency Program is 2 to 4 weeks long duration between 2 - 7 artists at a time. In case projects requires it, participants may apply for a longer period. 

  
Artists work on a self-directed residency: you will have uninterrupted, self-directed work time. We will not pressure you to deliver finished work; you can focus solely on research and development of ideas. We do not provide a set program or itinerary for artists to follow.

travel to and from the island residency, as well as living expenses and art supplies

Residency fee includes a basic breakfast (coffee, milk, fruits and bread) and weekday (Monday to Thursday) dinner prepared in the house every day and are shared every night between the group.

Casa na Ilha: The Residency Program

The Penland Core Fellowship Program is a two-year work-study fellowship for early career artists looking to expand technical skills and material fluency while working to support the day-to-day operations of a craft school. Artists of all backgrounds who want to advance their educational goals and explore their capacity to contribute to a thriving creative community are encouraged to apply. The goal of the program is to shape the future of contemporary craft by creating opportunity, connection, and immersive education for early career artists who bring a range of perspectives and goals to the school.

Penland core fellows fully engage with Penland by taking several workshops each year in familiar or new media, and performing integral jobs for the school. Penland’s ever-changing learning environment allows core fellows to study with world-class teaching artists from all over the US and abroad; this is a unique opportunity to create an educational path that responds to individual goals. The program can serve as preparation for careers in creative, non-profit, educational, and entrepreneurial sectors. A measure of the program’s success is the number of core fellows who have gone on to make a life in craft. To date over 200 people have participated in the program, and about 80% are practicing artists or professional contributors to the field of craft today.

The work that core fellows do for the school—jobs such as weekend cook, and entertainment coordinator—places them at the heart of Penland’s daily operations and gives them an opportunity to develop leadership skills and connect with artists from all over by working cooperatively towards a common goal. Core fellows are often a bridge between the staff and the studios and serve a unique role in helping others have a meaningful experience at Penland.

Core fellows live and work together and often learn as much from each other as they do from their instructors and mentors. In the process, they have a chance to form close friendships and often become part of each other’s lifelong creative and professional networks.

  
RESPONSIBILITIES

Core fellows work an average of 20-25 hours/week in various service positions. In addition to fulfilling their work responsibility to the school, they are considered fully participating students and are expected to be engaged, productive members of each class they take. Work responsibilities begin each year in late February and end just before Thanksgiving. There is no regular work obligation from late November until late February, so most core fellows take advantage of this time to dive deeply into studio work.

Penland provides housing throughout the year, tuition for classes, and meals while the school is in session (approximately 8 months of the year). Core fellows receive a stipend of $500 every two weeks. They are responsible for all personal expenses, studio fees, and art materials.

  

Penland Core Fellowship Program

The City of Regina is requesting mid-career or established artists to apply for an artist in residency at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre to transform the tree trunk from “Regina’s Oldest Tree” into an artwork(s) to be accessioned into the Civic Art Collection. In addition, this residency includes an opportunity to mentor an emerging artist to further the legacy of art, craft and woodworking at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre.

  
**Project Background**

Regina was first established in 1882 on a treeless grass prairie; today there are over 500,000 hand-planted trees throughout the City. Regina is one of nine Canadian cities to be recognized as a Tree City of the World by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Arbour Day Foundation. Regina’s Oldest Tree was an American Elm that saw 123 years of history in Regina unfold. The tree lived in Victoria Park where it observed the City of Regina incorporated in 1903, survived the Regina Cyclone in 1912, witnessed the Regina Riots in 1935, was present for the birth of Medicare in 1962, and stood tall as Victoria Park was designated a Heritage Conservation District in 1996\. Unfortunately, the tree had been slowly dying since 2020 and was ultimately felled in August 2023 as it had become a hazard to public safety and posed a risk of becoming a breeding ground for the insect vector of Dutch Elm Disease. 

  
This project will write a new chapter in the life story of this beloved tree, which has shared in so much of our City’s history. The branches have been donated to local Elders for Indigenous ceremonial uses and now the City looks to the artistic community to help repurpose the tree trunk into an artwork to live on for future generations to enjoy.

  
**The Artwork**

The City of Regina invites practicing artists to submit a proposal for the creation of an artwork using the tree trunk from Regina’s Oldest Tree. The winning proposal will honour the life of the tree and the century of history it witnessed, while expanding awareness of Regina’s Urban Forest and promoting discourse on woodworking and craftsmanship in fine art.

  
**Project Information**

* Since it’s felling in 2023, the tree has been debarked and stored within a temperature-controlled building. Due to the trunk of the tree still being intact, we are unable to determine the state of the interior of the wood.
* A viewing of the tree will be held at 1430 4th Avenue on Wednesday September 11 from 2:00 – 4:30 for all interested artists to view the tree.
* The artist will be provided with the raw material (trunk) from the Oldest Tree. The artist’s dominant material must be wood.
* The delivery deadline for this work is April 2025\. Installation (if applicable) is between May and June 2025.
* The artist will be required to dedicate 150 hours over four months
* The artist will be required to get insurance as part of the agreement.
* The selected artist will determine the terms and execution of the mentorship program including how they will select their mentee and the involvement of the mentee with the project, this can include but not limited to; being an artist assistant with the opportunity to create their own piece.
* Mentorship must meet the following criteria:
1. The mentor must set a budget for mentee material costs from the greater residency material budget.
2. The mentor and mentee must meet at least three times during the residency.
3. The mentor and mentee must set established goals at the beginning of mentorship.
* The selected artist will facilitate one public engagement session along with an artist talk near the end of the residency to showcase their work. Public engagement opportunities may include but are not limited to facilitating workshop(s), artist talk(s) or open studio hours.
* Reproductions of artwork may be used in City promotional material as part of the residency.
* As part of the residency, the City will be documenting the process and project in a video through third party production company including footage of the artist.
* This residency is to help facilitate the production of artwork(s) that will be accessioned into the Civic Art Collection at the end of the residency.

The proposed budget for this project is $15,000, which includes $10,000 for artist fees and $5,000 for all materials, artwork design, mentee material cost and insurance.

2025 Artist in Residency: Regina’s Oldest Tree

Denk-und Produktionsort Libken grants five two-month residency scholarships to artists from Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland who live and work in the countryside or mainly engage with rural environments in their artistic practice. The residency will take place from 1 March to 30 April 2025 in Libken, on the outskirts of the 80-inhabitant village of Böckenberg, around 100 km north-east of Berlin.

  
The aim of the residency programme is to engage in an exchange between artists with different disciplines, cultural backgrounds and artistic practices, to deepen one’s own work and to reflect on its specific conditions.

  
The two-month program ‘into the fields’ is accompanied and framed by a kick-off weekend, as well as by four group work meetings, moderated inputs and studio visits spread over the residency period. Next to supporting the individual working projects, the programme encourages the artists to use the international group as a space of resonance and a performative resource. In this way, the focus shifts to practicing forms of communal living, collaboration and sharing as a means to participation, indispensable in a time of political shift to the right and of economic uncertainty.

The residency program «into the fields» is supported by Culture Moves Europe, the permanent mobility scheme funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.

  
The residency provides a fee of 25 EUR/day per artist (1,550 EUR in total), **costs for travelling to and from Libken (350 EUR–700 EUR, air travel is not covered)**, top-ups (for family support and disability support), accommodation, and studio space.

‘Into the Fields’ Residency

AI HOKUSAI is an ArtTech Research Project, inspired by the methodology of Japanese artist and educator Katsushika Hokusai, which invites artists from all over the world to experiment with artificial intelligence.

  
The project takes place online in the form of a two-month residency (from mid-October until mid-December) which combines an intensive program of applied workshops with an open public program including discussions and masterclasses.

  
While the artists explore generative AI tools to create artworks for a final exhibition, the organizers will conduct a research study by observing and analyzing the process from cultural, technological, anthropological and philosophical points of view.

  
The results will be published in a paper that brings together the experience of artists, experts and organizers to produce a deeper understanding of the role of artificial intelligence in the context of art, culture, and human heritage.

During two months (from mid-October to mid-December), it will combine an intensive educational program of applied workshops with the preparation of individual and collective artworks for the final virtual exhibition.

  
The organizing committee will provide a stipend of $2,000 for each resident. The first payment will be 10% upon completion of the orientation meeting and 90% after the transfer of artworks produced for the final exhibition.

  
Residents will be provided with subscriptions to various AI tools used during the lab (Midjourney, Exactly.ai). Additional tools can be purchased independently, using their own fund.

Art & Tech Research Project

At the foot of iconic Pikes Peak, Green Box continues to establish itself as a leading arts incubator in Colorado’s Front Range. 

  
The Green Box Artist Residency Program offers artists of national and international stature, across diverse disciplines, and at any stage in their career the opportunity to create new works while living in and engaging with the community of Green Mountain Falls.

  
**2025 Residency Opportunities:**

* Art Installation Rooms: 1-2 residencies are available for artists to create immersive, interactive interior spaces. These residencies will take place before June 2025.
* Arts Journalism Residency: A unique opportunity combining a two-week spring residency with on-site presence during the 2025 Green Box Arts Festival (June 27 - July 12, 2025). The selected artist will create feature articles in advance of the Festival, write daily blog posts reviewing Festival events, and provide pre/post context conversations during Festival events.
* Dance Residency: 1-2 residencies between September and November 2025, utilizing the newly restored Sallie Bush Community Center in Green Mountain Falls as the primary studio space.
* Open Project Residencies: 1-2 additional residencies to be determined based on applications received.

  
Deliverables will be mutually agreed upon at the time of awarding residencies. Community engagement proposals are an important part of the application and the residency, reflecting Green Box's commitment to fostering connections between artists and the local community.

  
Artists should note that a vehicle is necessary for living in Green Mountain Falls; they may choose to rent or bring their own. Private housing will be provided at The Shed, Green Box’s dedicated Artist housing.

  

Private housing will be provided at The Shed, Green Box’s dedicated Artist housing.

  
**Resident artists are provided with a stipend. The stipend amounts are awarded as follows:**

* Individual Artists: $9,000
* Duo residencies: $12,000
* Trio or larger ensemble residencies: $15,000

  

Green Box Artist in Residency Program

Canadian artist Doris McCarthy (1910-2010) recognized that her home and studio in Toronto, Fool’s Paradise, nurtures the creative process. She wanted other artists to have the same opportunity to live and work at the site that had fostered so much of her own artistic expression.

  
To that end, the Ontario Heritage Trust has designed the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence Centre to be a unique, living and working incubator for visual artists, musicians, writers and dancers of all disciplines, offering privacy and opportunity for artists to concentrate on their work.

  
It is the vision for the Centre to contribute to the artistic and cultural legacy of Doris McCarthy by demonstrating the inspirational value of the landscape and promoting excellence in Canadian art, music, writing and dance.

  
Successful applicants will be provided with accommodation and studio space free of charge where they can concentrate on their creative work. At the conclusion of each residency, the artist will be asked to share something of their experience, practice, approach or work with the Trust, the Centre’s partners and/or the general public. These outcomes will vary, but may include an exhibit or show, a workshop, a recital of a completed work or a work in progress.

Resident is provided with accommodation and a studio space. 

Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence 2025

The Artist-in-Residency (AIR) program at Arkansas Tech University is an immersive experience within an art and educational community. AIR is a program intended to advance the careers of practicing artists, present the residents as role models for the ATU community, and to strengthen the public’s awareness toward the significance of making art and its effect on the surrounding community. The residency will take place over a five-month period, giving the artist time and space to focus on the creative process. The AIR program for Spring 2025 will select an artist who works two or three-dimensionally to create an outdoor artwork that will enhance the ATU campus.

  
The AIR program is supported by a generous grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation.

  
**EXPECTIONS:**

Residents must be artists with significant exhibition records, strong communication skills, sustained studio practice and a desire to engage with the larger campus community. This involvement may include guest lecturing classes, giving public talks, providing mentorship to students, participating in open studios and/or collaborating with faculty and students. The resident may also teach one course in 2D design, 3D Design, or Introduction to Drawing during the Spring academic semester. Artists are expected to commit as a full-time resident for the specific term of the residency, Spring academic term 2025.

  
**PROJECT: (To be completed Spring 2025)**

The resident artist will create a permanent public artwork such as a mural or free-standing sculpture to be installed on the ATU campus. Murals will be on marine plywood or other panels that will be installed on the exterior of a brick building. The artist will work with the ATU facility department for foundation

planning and building for sculptural works. Sculptural works must fit within a 10’ x 10’ area. Murals may range from approximately 250 – 500 square feet. Possible location images are available upon request. The final project must be completed and installed on campus by the end of the residency period.

  
**RESIDENCY TERM:**

* Start Date: January 1, 2025 - Housing will be available. The artist must arrive before the first day of the spring semester.
* End Date: May 31, 2025 for housing. Project deadline will be no later than Thursday, May 1, 2025.

* Stipend: $27,500 (minus fringes)
* Supplies: $15,000
* Housing: a 2 bed two bath campus apartment will be provided. We apologize, but children cannot be accommodated.
* Studio space: a large climate controlled, dedicated studio space off-campus will be provided
* Additional compensation will be awarded for teaching one course in the Art Department
* Meals: No meals will be provided

Artist-in-Residency 2025

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