Artist Opportunities

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, Creative Capital expands its support of individual artists with the 2026 Open Call for the Creative Capital Award and the launch of the new State of the Art Prize. The 2026 Open Call seeks proposals for new artistic works in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature. The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to individual artists to create new work. The new State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.

Deadline: April 3rd 2025 @ 3pm ET

This grant supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. For the 2025 cycle, the program will distribute over $520,000 in funding.

Deadline: April 15th 2025

Franklin Furnace annually awards grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City. FUND grants range between $2,000 and $10,000.

Deadline: April 1st 2025

Application for one-time financial assistance is open to professional musicians across all genres. You must be a professional music performer, composer/arranger, or educator in a specific time of need caused by an unexpected hardship (e.g., medical or dental situation, natural disaster, or certain housing crises).

Deadline: Rolling