By opportunity
Money and time
34 of 220 pay the artist. 19 cost nothing to enter.
Closing soon
9 close inside a week. 43 never close at all.
By practice
14 practices tracked. 30 calls take any medium.
By place
35 countries represented. 121 take applicants from anywhere.
The index and the method
The global field desk
Open calls, grants, residencies, competitions and fellowships for visual artists, worldwide. Every record carries what it costs to enter, who pays, and the date its facts were last verified — including the calls that are free to enter.
Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation · India
Two grants of INR 500,000 for India-based photographers in staged or documentary work.
Creative Australia · Australia
Grants to support projects and professional development opportunities across all art forms, nationally and internationally, from $5,000 to $10,000.
Creative Australia · Australia
Up to $15,000 matched funding to support international professional development activities.
Creative Australia · Australia
Funding of any amount between $5,000 to $30,000 for reciprocal international exchange activities with confirmed partners.
Creative Australia · Australia
Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.
Illinois Arts Council Agency · United States
Unrestricted $10,000 awards for Illinois artists, selected by randomised lottery.
The Elephant Trust · United Kingdom
UK grants of £2,000 to £5,000 for making new work or mounting exhibitions.
Ontario Arts Council · Canada
Creation grants of CA$5,000 to CA$15,000 for Ontario-resident visual artists.
The Hopper Prize · Online
Biannual unrestricted artist grants of $4,500 and $1,000, open to any medium.
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation · Location not stated
Unrestricted $25,000 grants for long-practising painters, sculptors and printmakers.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation · Location not stated
Year-round unrestricted grants of up to $50,000 for professional painters and sculptors.
Artists' Fellowship, Inc. · United States
Rolling emergency aid for professional fine artists facing illness, disaster or bereavement.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts · United States
Year-round grants of $500 to $3,000 for urgent, unbudgeted project costs.
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation · Location not stated
No-deadline emergency relief for established artists hit by a specific catastrophe.
CERF+ The Artists Safety Net · United States
No-deadline $3,000 grants for US craft artists after a disaster — reopening 1 October 2026.