Poets YesYes Books invites women, non-binary, and native poets to enter their full-length poetry books to its 2020 Pamet River Prize. Winner of the Pamet River Prize receives the following: publication with YesYes Books; 40 author copies; $1000 prize (not treated as advance toward royalties); 15%-25% royalties; $500 toward tour expenses. Learn more.
Deadline: January 15, 2020
Artists-in-Residence Program I-Park is now accepting applications for its fully-funded multi-disciplinary artists’ residencies. The residencies are open to artists and designers working in the visual arts, creative writing, music composition/sound art, moving image/new media and architecture/landscape design. Except for a 6-week residency in September/October, all sessions are 4-weeks in duration. Located within a 450-acre nature preserve in rural East Haddam, Connecticut (U.S.), I-Park provides residents with a quiet, retreat-type setting, private living quarters in a renovated 1840s farmhouse, a private studio, meals program, fully equipped workshop and modest library – as well as creative access to its expansive grounds. Residencies are self-directed, undisturbed and non-judgmental. Learn more
Deadline: January 15, 2020
Call to Artists The Artist Project is a collaboration between the MFA and twelve after-school community organizations in the Boston area. The Artist and the children create a collaborative work of art inspired by the Museum’s encyclopedic collection. Each year a new experienced artist with a passion for community arts plans and leads a project with children between the ages of six and twelve. The role of the Lead Artist is to guide the children and steer the work of art into its final exhibited shape. The MFA provides the selected artist with a stipend of $25,000 and a budget of $5,000 for materials. The Lead Artist works with MFA staff and collections and is recognized across all exhibition materials including postcards and the MFA website. Learn more.
Deadline: January 17, 2020
Sculptors SculptureNow is accepting applications from established and emerging sculptors for its twenty-second consecutive, juried, annual exhibition of large-scale, outdoor sculptures. The show will be presented for the eighth year at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, a historic site in Lenox, MA, from June 1 to October 31, 2020. A $1,000 honorarium will be provided for each artist in the exhibition. Existing and proposed sculptures may be submitted for consideration. There is no exhibition theme and no application fee. Up to 30 sculptures may be selected. The exhibition will include both invited and juried sculptors. Learn more.
Deadline: January 20, 2019
Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, Painting Fellowships The Mass Cultural Council is currently accepting fellowship applications from Massachusetts artists in the following categories: Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. The Artist Fellowships are $15,000 each and Finalist awards are $1,500. Read the guidelines and apply.
Deadline: January 27, 2020
National Park Residency Shenandoah National Park’s Artist-in-Residence program offers professional artists a chance to live and work in this exceptional environment. The works completed during the program will serve, through the creativity of the selected artists, to deepen the understanding and appreciation of Shenandoah National Park. Professional artists including writers, composers, craftsmen, painters, photographers, storytellers, and videographers are encouraged to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: January 30, 2020
Printmaking Residency Fellowship Zea Mays Printmaking is once again offering a subsidized fellowship for a 2-week residency in their printmaking studio to one printmaker who demonstrates a love of printmaking, artistic excellence and is dedicated to the advancement and evolution of safer and sustainable printmaking. Open to all printmakers who wish to pursue an independent project in their studio facilities. Learn more and apply.
Deadline: March 20, 2020
Image credit: Photograph of a male Northern Cardinal from Shenandoah National Park’s online gallery.
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