United States

Organizer Information: Northern Clay Center (NCC) is a renowned ceramic arts organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota, dedicated to advancing the ceramic arts through education, exhibitions, and artist services. The Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award was founded in 2014 to honor the legacy of Warren MacKenzie and his commitment to ceramic education. Title & Description: Warren MacKenzie Advancement […]

Organizer Information: Northern Clay Center (NCC) is a premier ceramic arts organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NCC is dedicated to the advancement of the ceramic arts through education, exhibitions, and artist services, providing resources to artists at all stages of their careers. Title & Description: 2026 Early Career Artist Residencies This program encompasses two unique […]

Organizer Information: The Luminarts Cultural Foundation is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to supporting exemplary young artists through performance, visual arts, and creative writing fellowships. They provide financial awards and opportunities to help bridge the gap between education and a professional career in the arts. Title & Description: 2026 Luminarts Creative Writing Fellowship This fellowship creates […]

Organizer Information: The Luminarts Cultural Foundation supports exemplary visual artists through its annual fellowship program. Based in Chicago, the foundation offers significant financial awards and long-term professional development to help artists launch and sustain their careers. Title & Description: Applications are open for the 2026 Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship. The fellowship awards excellence in visual […]

Organizer Information: Long Meadow Art Residency (LMAR) is situated in the scenic Berkshire Mountains (USA). The residency is designed to offer artists a secluded and supportive environment to immerse themselves fully in their practice. LMAR prioritizes the artist’s need for time and space, backed by substantial financial and logistical support. The program connects artists with […]

Organizer Information: The Rabbit Island Residency provides a unique platform to challenge creative practices within a remote, wilderness environment. Situated on an unsettled and undivided island, the program is grounded in the belief that the intelligent organization of wild spaces is one of the most civilized things society can pursue. The residency fosters direct engagement […]

Collective Z invites submissions for In the Heat of Becoming, our inaugural group exhibition opening March 2026 at our new gallery space on Broome Street in New York City. We are seeking works that carry heat — emotional, personal, or formal. Artworks that vibrate, simmer, rupture, transform, or hold tension between states: identity, material, feeling, memory, or form. This exhibition launches a new artist-forward gallery and project space in the Lower East Side — a home for work that refuses to be polite, restrained, or still.

Collective Z is a contemporary gallery and project space on Broome Street dedicated to artists working in states of transition, tension, and becoming. Our exhibitions center work that carries emotional, political, or formal heat — art that refuses to behave politely. We champion emerging and mid-career artists whose practices are alive, restless, and reaching toward […]

Organizer Information The Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art is supported by Jerome Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and biennially by the SHS Foundation in honor of Ruth Hardinger. FUND grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by […]