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Massachusetts Cultural Council's Grants for Creative Individuals

Unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.

Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2026

RISCA's Arts and Climate Grant 

Funded by the EC4 AB and implemented by RISCA, this grant supports Rhode Island-based arts and culture projects that translate complex climate information into accessible, resonant visuals, stories and experiences. The grant is open to artists from all disciplines, with a goal of improving public access and understanding of climate change and building public support and participation in climate action in Rhode Island.

Application Deadline: Nov 2, 2026

Harvard Ed Portal's Call for Public Art Proposals

Harvard Ed Portal is commissioning a new spring 2027 mural for the Ed Portal’s front plaza on Spurr Street! They welcome new and seasoned muralists, street artists, mural fabricators and visual artists to propose bold, site-responsive ideas that spark connection, inspire joy, community, and wonder. Artists are also encouraged to experiment or add an interactive element. Priority for Allston-Brighton & Cambridge creatives; open to all local artists.

Selected artist(s) will receive a payment of $1000–$1500 which includes an honorarium as well as a materials budget. The fee variability is dependent on project complexity and the number of people involved. 

Application Deadline: Nov 5, 2026

Bristol Art Museum's Regional Juried Call for Art: Here & Now

Bristol Art Museum invites artists from the region to submit original work inspired by Rhode Island, the greater Narragansett Bay area, or the Southern New England region. Open to all artists that can hand deliver artwork if accepted. Artwork may emerge from daily experience, careful observation, memory, history, or personal connection. Whether representational or conceptual, submitted work should reflect the places, people, waterways, landscapes, architecture, working waterfronts, and communities that shape this region.

Application Deadline: Nov 8, 2026

Mosaic Lowell's Call for Proposals: Creative Voices, Collective Power

Proposals are invited for the 2027 Artists Thrive Summit in Lowell that explore the many ways artists and arts administrators use their voices, creativity, and influence to advocate for themselves, their communities, and the arts as an essential part of society. Arts advocacy takes many forms, from championing the value of creative work and expanding access to influencing policy, strengthening communities, and inspiring social change. Applicants are invited to explore how advocacy happens both for the arts and through the arts, and how our individual voices can become a powerful force for collective change.

Proposals Due: Nov 15, 2026

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants

The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need* who are creating work in the visual arts, digital/electronic arts, video/film, and choreography. 

Application Deadline: Nov 17, 2026

South Arts Journalism Grants

Grants of up to $10,000 for writers and media outlets in support of arts journalism and cultural coverage.

Application Deadline: Nov 20, 2026

Levitt Foundation's 2027 Festival Grants

Grants of up to $5,000 for U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits presenting free outdoor festivals in 2027. To be eligible for funding, festivals must take place outdoors in a public space, be free to attend, and feature programming with music and performances by professional musicians who are compensated.

Application Deadline: Nov 20, 2026

Bristol Art Museum's Call for Collage

The Bristol Art Museum announces a national call for collage for Torn Boundaries, a juried exhibit inviting artists to examine the boundaries that define, separate, connect and sometimes divide us. The exhibition will be on view from Sunday, Jan. 31, through Thursday, April 1, with an artist reception on Sunday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. Francine Weiss, Ph.D, will serve as juror for the exhibit.

Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2026

DeVos Institute Global Executive Arts Management Fellowship 

Led by DeVos Institute Chairman Michael M. Kaiser and President Brett Egan, the high-intensity program provides training and guidance in strategic planning, leadership, fundraising, marketing, board governance, human resources, and financial planning coupled with peer learning, networking, and time for personal reflection. It is designed as both a catalyst for leaders at critical points in their careers, as well as a high-touch, long-term investment in a generation of leaders who will support one another, and their fields of service, for a lifetime.

Application Deadline: Dec 3, 2026

Montgomery County, Maryland RFP: Organizations to Manage Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center

Montgomery County, Maryland (the County) seeks proposals from qualified, for-profit and non-profit organizations to manage and operate the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center (the Center), a multi-venue facility that will be located in the Wheaton Arts and Entertainment District in Wheaton, Maryland.

The County is managing the planning, design and construction of a new arts and cultural facility to address the longstanding need for accessible, community-centered arts infrastructure in the Wheaton area and beyond. The County-owned facility is to be co-located with an affordable housing project to be developed by Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP) at 11507 Georgia Avenue. The Center will be included on the ground floor of the multifamily building fronting on Georgia Avenue. The County-owned facility of approximately 45,000 square feet will include key spaces for arts activities including a flexible theatre for performing arts and community events, a studio space for event rehearsals and instruction, a visual art gallery, two classrooms, and administrative space for future users and the Operator, further described in the Request for Proposals (RFP).

Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2026

National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read: Read Like a Champion  

Applications are now open for the 2027-28 cycle of the Big Read, a national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, that offers organizations matching grants of up to $30,000 to support community-wide reading programs. This year’s Big Read will center around the theme “Read Like a Champion: Celebrating Great American Sports Stories.” The 18 books available for programming explore themes of competition and teamwork, perseverance and resilience, self-discovery and well-being, and the unique ways in which sports unite us.

Phase 1 Application Deadline (Eligibility Review): January 12, 2027, with final applications due January 26, 2027

Innovate Artist Grants for Artists and Photographers

Innovate Grant distributes (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (18) honorable mentions (9 in art and 9 in photo), will be featured on their platform with the option to join their creative community of artists

Application Deadline: Rolling

RISCA's Artist Open Studio Tour

Artist Open Studio Tour grants support marketing and administration for an artist-initiated open studio tour. The studio tour must consist of multiple artists within one studio building or several nearby buildings and be open to the public.

Application Deadline: Rolling

Tendrils call for submissions: Trauma and the Government

Tendrils, a trauma-focused art & literary journal, seeks visual art and short-form literature for their upcoming “Trauma and the Government” issue. This edition will explore the profound theme of trauma and the government—how policy, laws, and programs have rippled through communities, neighborhoods, and lives. Each selected artist and writer will be paid a $20 honorarium. 

Application Deadline: Rolling

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Hawaiʻi Theater People Project

Please join Seema Sueko-Low and the many community members who helped shape and test this survey in this volunteer-run, consensus organizing effort to identify, count, and build community across the multifaceted spectrum of "Hawaiʻi Theater People." This includes theater people not just on the islands, but also the Hawaiʻi Theater People in the diaspora who live and work outside Hawaiʻi; and not only the current makers, but students, supporters, ʻohana, and former theater makers as well.

Learn more about the Hawai'i Theater People Project
 

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