engaging artists fellowship
More Art’s year-long Engaging Artists Fellowship is designed to help emerging NYC artists and community organizers develop and sustain a socially engaged and public art practice.
The Fellowship curriculum includes mentorship and structured opportunities for peer feedback and community building, cultivating the cohort as a collaborative and collective learning environment, alongside workshops and artist talks tailored to participants’ interests and needs, and access to programming opportunities in New York City.
The infrastructure and laboratory provided by More Art allow selected emerging and underrepresented artists to gain a deeper understanding of the history and vitality of public and socially engaged art. This fellowship encourages artists to not only expand and to develop their social practice but also to promote use of socially engaged art as a tool for change.
EA Fellows will finish with a culminating presentation at the end of the fellowship year. Many fellowship projects become multi-year initiatives, and, as such, the culminating presentation is not a conclusion of the fellows’ work but rather an opportunity to highlight their budding creative practice and project journey.
Timeline + selection information
May/June 2026: Shortlisted candidates will receive interviews.
June 2026: Selected Fellows will be notified.
August 2026: Fellowship year starts.
July 2027: Fellowship year ends.
Fellowship output + expectations
Over the course of the Fellowship year, Fellows are expected to:
Develop a Theory (or theories!) of Change, with help from the Fellowship Leader
Develop a set of individualized goals for the Fellowship year
Develop a culminating presentation (public, or otherwise), with assistance from More Art staff, of or about the work you’ve developed during the More Art Fellowship
Attend monthly 1-to-1 individualized mentorship meetings with More Art staff
Attend monthly in-person and virtual workshops/artist talks