BIPOC

Organizer Information Founded in 1972, the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is a multidisciplinary arts center based in Southeast Queens, New York. Its mission is to offer quality visual and performing arts programs while providing accessible community education. Operating from the Jamaica Arts Center and Jamaica Performing Arts Center, JCAL anchors local creative […]

Organizer Information The Banff International Curatorial Institute (BICI), organized through the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, provides research-based programs for curators, theorists, and academics. BICI serves as a platform to explore curatorial pedagogy, visual art criticism, and contemporary practice. Title & Description Curating While Black: A Research-based Residency for […]

We are currently accepting applications for our July 20 - August 3 session until May 15 or all spots are filled. Artists will be accepted on a rolling basis until all spots are filled.

Organizer Information: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). VCCA provides time and space for national and international writers, visual artists, and composers to bring forth their finest works in concentrated solitude, free from the distractions of day-to-day life. Title & Description: Applications are open for the Greater Opportunity Fellowships (Part of the Spring 2027 […]

Organizer Information: Mendocino Art Center (MAC). Located on coastal Pomo land, MAC is an emergent space responding to the times through performance, ritual, and body-based art. This residency is a collaborative step toward engaging public audiences and the natural landscape. Title & Description: Applications are open for the Moving Artist Residency 2026. This month-long program […]

Organizer Information: Zygote Press, a fine art printmaking studio in Cleveland, Ohio. The PROOF Fellowship is a six-month residency program inspired by Zygote’s 2021-2023 BIPOC Fellowship artists-in-residence. Title & Description: Applications are open for the P.R.O.O.F. Fellowship 2026 (Print Residency Of Ohio’s Future). This program offers non-printmaking artists an opportunity to learn a variety of […]

Organizer Information: The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) is a major community arts center in Richmond, Virginia. Funded in part by the NEA and the Windgate Foundation, VisArts features 17 professional art studios and is dedicated to supporting artists while they connect with a larger creative community. Title & Description: Applications are open for […]

Organizer Information: The Grange Projects hosts integrated artistic activity at The Grange in Great Cressingham, Norfolk. The Peut Guard Artist Award was established in 2023 by artist Eugene Macki MRSS to provide a supportive and enabling platform for artists. Title & Description: Applications are open for the 2026 Peut Guard Artist Award. The successful applicant […]

Organizer Information: The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) hosts this fellowship. Supported by Critical Minded, the fellowship honors Irene Yamamoto (1937–2020), a production artist and lifelong arts lover who was incarcerated during WWII. Title & Description: The 4th Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers […]