Paid artist opportunities in Atlanta & beyond
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Temporary Art Installations: Artists are invited to temporarily display original works and arts/cultural installations along the Beltline. These can include sculptures, light-based works, murals, photography installations, and more. All artworks must be completed and ready for installation.
Public Art Acquisitions: Artists, galleries, and organizations are invited to have their artworks acquired, purchased, and owned by the Atlanta Beltline for long-term outdoor exhibition. All pieces should be finished, original, and owned by the applicant. Eligible pieces include sculptures and other three-dimensional works that can be installed along the corridor, are durable, and are conducive to long-term exhibit
Deadline: March 6, 2026
Artist fee: TBD
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The South Arts State Fellowship (state fellowship) is a state-specific prize awarded to artists whose work reflects the best of the visual arts in the South. A national jury will select one awardee per eligible state, based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the region’s array of artistic expression. Each of the nine-state fellowship awardees will receive a $5,000 state fellowship and will compete for one of the two Southern Prizes. State fellowship recipients will be required to attend the awards ceremony in late summer 2026.
Deadline: March 18, 2026
Award: $5,000 -
The nine-state fellowship recipients will compete for the Southern Prize. The $25,000 Southern Prize will be awarded to the artist whose work demonstrates the highest artistic excellence, and a runner-up will be awarded a $10,000 Prize. Both Southern Prize recipients will also receive a two-week residency at The Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA. A separate national jury will convene to evaluate the body of work represented by the nine-state fellowship recipients and select the Prize winner and finalist. Winners of the Southern Prize will be announced at the awards ceremony.
State fellows for Visual Arts, including the Southern Prize winner and finalist, will have their work featured in a traveling exhibition that will tour throughout the region. All fellows are required to participate.
Deadline: March 18, 2026
Award: $25,000 & $10,000 -
The Artist Creative Practice Grant supports a variety of professional development opportunities including milestone activities in an artist's career that will likely lead to substantial career growth.
Deadline: April 30, 2026
Award: $500-$3,000
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Each year, A Blade of Grass distributes $25,000 to artists and creative practitioners working throughout the country with 50 grants of $500 each. Field Funds supports both the public components of a project and the often unseen work that makes collaborative creative practice possible, such as research and relationship building. This program supports specific needs common to socially engaged art including artist-led gatherings, accessibility & translation, and documentation & archiving.
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Award: $500 -
The State of the Art Prize aims to recognize and support one artist from every U.S. state and inhabited territory, with an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000. Through the 2027 Open Call for the Creative Capital Award, Creative Capital will also select recipients for the new State of the Art Prize.
Deadline: April 2, 2026
Award: $10,000
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The AWAW EAG will support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: April 7, 2026
Artist fee: $20,000
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The City of Saint Paul in partnership with Public Art Saint Paul is pleased to invite artists and artist teams to submit proposals for a site-specific public art installation at a new animal services shelter facility located at 1115 Beulah Lane. Proposals are encouraged to be welcoming, inspiring, and resonate with both the animal services shelter’s mission and the public. NOTE: you do not have to be a public artist to qualify other than being capable of pulling fabricators and contractors together to realize your vision.
Deadline: April 3, 2026
Budget: $50,000
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The Creative Capital Award provides individual artists with unrestricted project grants for the creation of innovative, original, and imaginative new artistic works. The Award provides unrestricted project grants from $15,000 up to $50,000, plus professional development support, industry connections, and community-building opportunities.
Deadline: April 2, 2026
Award: $15,000-$50,000 -
The State of the Art Prize aims to recognize and support one artist from every U.S. state and inhabited territory, with an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000. Through the 2027 Open Call for the Creative Capital Award, Creative Capital will also select recipients for the new State of the Art Prize.
Deadline: April 2, 2026
Award: $10,000
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A new City Fire Station is being constructed to serve the City of Laguna Beach, CA. With this, there is an exciting opportunity to include a significant installation of public art. The Artwork is to be a permanent installation. It should be large-scale, three-dimensional site-specific work which may be suspended, and may include landscaping and hardscaping as part of the unique design.
Deadline: May 31, 2026
Budget: $100,000
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Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who:
Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates
Deadline: Rolling
Artist fee: $500 - $3,000
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The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.
Deadline: Rolling
Artist fee: up to $15,000