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Asian Community Development Corporation's Call for Artist - Designing for the Future: Hudson Street Stoop Public Art Installation (2026-2028)

ACDC seeks an artist to co-create a temporary public art installation with community members to activate an open greenspace in Boston’s Chinatown. This installation is planned to be on view from Spring 2026 to Fall 2027 (18–24 months). There is strong preference for applicants who have past partnership(s) with community-based organization(s) as HSS serves as a creative opportunity for residents to practice community self-efficacy. Chinatown residents will select an artist to co-create a temporary public art installation and activate this open greenspace in Boston’s Chinatown. Through this co-creation, residents are both heard and included in the public arts process. 

Application Deadline: July 18

The Guild of Boston Artists' Annual New England Regional Juried Exhibition

The Guild of Boston Artists, a nonprofit art gallery, invites artists who work in the realist tradition to submit their best paintings, drawings, or sculptures for the chance to be exhibited in our Annual New England Regional Juried Exhibition (Aug 30 - Sept 27). 

For the past 19 years, the exhibition has provided a significant opportunity for talented New England artists working in the realist tradition to exhibit their work and compete for prestigious awards. Bringing together the work of promising students, emerging and early career artists, as well as pieces from established professionals, the show is an annual celebration of the wealth of skill and breadth of vision in representational art across the region. 

Application Deadline: July 19

Community Foundation of Western Mass's Capacity-Building Grants

The Capacity Building Grant program pairs a $2,500 grant with coaching, workshops, business/career building, personal financial literacy resources, and artist community-building. After being accepted into the program, grantees complete a brief onboarding call to learn more about the resources available to them. 

Application Deadline: July 21 at 10:00 AM

Arts Midwest's Midwest Culture Bearer Awards

The Midwest Culture Bearers Award is a $5,000 unrestricted, non-matching award celebrating and supporting the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners.

Application Deadline: July 21

Boston University's Summer Arts Management Institute 

For more than thirty years, the Boston University Arts Administration Program has prepared arts professionals throughout Greater Boston, the region, and the nation to advance in their careers and assume leadership roles in the field. Through a new partnership with BU’s Center for Professional Education, we are offering early-career arts managers the opportunity to obtain a grounding in the fundamental practices and skills required to run a successful arts organization.

Happening: July 21-31

Vermont Community Foundation's Samara Fund Grants and Scholarships

The Samara Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation is a group of Queer and Trans Vermonters committed to a vision of transformational grants and scholarships to the people and groups throughout Vermont who demonstrate their dedication to the empowerment, health, and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV positive (LGBTQ+) people.

Application Deadline: July 31

Foodstories' Call to All Artists 

Submit your work for a digital - online exhibition of Foodstories focused on the intersection between food, memory, and storytelling.

Submission Deadline: July 31

Worcester Cultural Development Division and Downtown BID's Artist Call for Festival of Lights

The City of Worcester Cultural Development Division and the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District (BID) announced Monday a Call for Artists to submit proposals for the design and fabrication of temporary illuminated public art and lighting installations for the 2025–2026 Winter Lighting Program and the annual Festival of Lights, taking place Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

Artists are invited to propose 2D or 3D illuminated artworks that will transform the Worcester Common into a vibrant, festive space during the holiday season and beyond. Selected artworks will be revealed during the Festival of Lights celebration and remain on display throughout the winter season, through March 1, 2026. 

Application Deadline: August 1

Ellis-Beauregard Foundation's Project Grants

The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation offers five $10,000.00 grants for projects completed within the grant year 2026 by Maine-based artists. They support bold, compelling, risk-taking work in and outside of the standard exhibition venue. Successful projects value unconventional approaches to art making, critical dialogue, collaboration, and new models of community interface. Applications may address a distinct chapter, aspect, or component of a larger project.

Application Deadline: August 1 

The State of Vermont's 2025 Downtown and Village Center Tax Credit Program

In FY2026, at least $3 Million in state income tax credits will be available. Credits are awarded to projects that improve building safety, attract new business, and create jobs. Projects must be within a state-designated downtown, or village center. Funding supports general rehabilitation and code compliance work. The program also funds flood mitigation upgrades and exterior façade improvements. 

Application Deadline: August 1

LEF Moving Image Fund's Pre-production & Early Development Applications for 2025 Summer/Fall Grant Cycle 

These grants are for documentary filmmakers in New England. A maximum of (6) Pre-production grants of $5,000 each and (6) Early Development grants of $2,500 each will be awarded for the use of: research, travel, location scouting, script or storyboard development, experimentation with shooting picture and sound, distribution planning, fundraising, creating a trailer, schedule and budget development, or staffing (creative, technical, or otherwise).

Application Deadline: August 8

Assets for Artists' 2025 Capacity-Building Program for Boston Artists

Assets for Artists (A4A) provides professional development workshops, coaching, and creative community building for artists of all disciplines. They  define “artist” very broadly to include visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, theater practitioners, craftspeople, jewelers, fashion designers, puppeteers, fiber artists, drag performers, social practice and public artists, photographers, filmmakers, woodworkers, traditional artisans, and more.

Application Deadline: August 14

Northborough Arts Council's Call for Sculpture Artists

The Northborough Arts Council (NAC) of Massachusetts is accepting submissions for a large, iconic free-standing permanent sculpture that will serve as a focal point for Northborough’s placemaking efforts. As part of the “LOVE Northborough” public art campaign, we invite artists to submit proposals that reflect the unique spirit of our town. Our hope is to create
something as beloved and recognizable as Boston’s Ducklings — a landmark that residents and visitors alike can connect with. Both proposed work and finished pieces will be considered.

Application Deadline: September 1

Gallery 263's Call for Submissions, failed seriousness

From satirical irony to visual tricks, artists have long used humor in their practice to point towards layered intentions. Humor not only makes us crack a smile, but is a tool to challenge conventions and critique culture. Enlisting cheeky quips or juicy irony creates a different type of visual language, one which challenges perceptions of difficult topics and allows us to laugh in the face of it all. Gallery 263 invites artists from across the United States to submit their artwork that celebrates the subversive, satirical, and funny way of observing the world.

Artists will be notified of juror selections by September 19th.

Submission Deadline: September 7

Bank of America's Art Conservation Project

Art and objects of cultural heritage are vulnerable to the impacts of time and the conservation of these works calls attention to the rich diversity of the human experience. Through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project and our partnerships, we support this work because we believe in preserving this shared history for future generations. The 2025 Bank of America Art Conservation Project is funding 16 conservation projects around the world.

Application Deadline: September 12

Boston Artadia Awards

The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.

Application Deadline: September 15 

Arts Midwest's GIG Fund

Through this grant, Midwestern organizations can now request up to $15,000 to bring a professional artist into their community and host creative, engaging public activities.

Intent to Apply Due: September 15; Final Apps Due: September 29

Choral Arts New England's David Hoose Commissioning Grant

The David Hoose Grant is a biennial, $5,000 grant supporting the commission of meaningful new choral music with instrumental accompaniment. This grant supports new compositions that explore choral music’s unique capacity to help us understand our history, reflect on our present, and envision our future.

Application Deadline: October 31

Vermont Community Foundation's Hills and Hollows Fund

The Hills and Hollows Fund was established at the Vermont Community Foundation in 2003 to support educational opportunities, children and families, and efforts that foster the future sustainability of Poultney and its nearby communities.

Application Deadline: November 1

Efficiency Vermont's Enhanced Rebates for Nonprofits

501(c)(3) nonprofits that provide health, safety, or welfare services in Vermont can receive an enhanced incentive, covering 100% of costs up to $7,500, with a limit of 4 products, in addition to standard rebate offers.

Application Deadline: December 30

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