Connecting Women & LGBTQ+ Artists with Resources to Grow
A curated resource hub featuring open calls, residencies, funding, and career opportunities — created to support and elevate women, trans, and gender non-conforming artists and creatives.
56 Opportunities
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
International residency for visual artists, writers, and composers, with monthly stipend, free accommodation, and studio.
Women United Art Movement
A global award and exhibition celebrating women artists across all mediums, with cash prizes and international visibility.
Harvestworks
Residency for artists working with technology and new media, providing studio time, engineering support, and a presentation.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
A fully funded residency for an LGBTQ+ writer working in any genre. Applications open October 1, 2026.
New York Foundation for the Arts
The largest US arts jobs board — curatorial, development, programming, and administration roles at mission-driven organizations.
South Arts
Supports artists and organizations in the Southern US presenting community-centered arts projects across disciplines.
National Endowment for the Arts
Project funding for arts organizations across all disciplines, including performing, visual, literary, and media arts.
Jerome Foundation
Multi-year fellowships for early-career artists across disciplines in Minnesota and New York City.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Urgent funding for artists across disciplines with unexpected opportunities to present work or emergency expenses.
Queer|Art
Pairs early-career LGBTQ+ artists in visual art, film, literature, and performance with established queer mentors.
Stowe Story Labs
Prioritizes women, trans, and nonbinary writer-directors, including LGBTQIA+ voices, developing narrative feature projects.
NewFest
Supports emerging LGBTQ+ directors creating documentary, narrative, or animated work.
Women in Film, Los Angeles
Fellowships supporting women and nonbinary screenwriters, directors, and producers advancing in film and television.
Breaking Through the Lens
Grants and market access for women and LGBTQ+ feature directors developing narrative and documentary films.
Frameline
Completion funding for emerging and established artists creating LGBTQ+ media that increases queer visibility.
Chicken & Egg Pictures
A year-long grant and mentorship program for first- and second-time women and gender-nonconforming nonfiction filmmakers.
PEN America
Grants and awards recognizing writers across poetry, fiction, translation, and nonfiction, including debut and diaspora narratives.
Lambda Literary
Awards and the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, supporting queer writers across fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Hedgebrook
Fully funded residencies supporting women-identified writers (including trans and nonbinary) across all genres.
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Paid bubble/creative residencies for dance and performing artists to develop new work, with performance opportunities.
Franklin Furnace Archive
Supports emerging artists creating experimental and live/performance art. Historically championing women and queer performance artists.
New Music USA
Funds the creation, performance, and documentation of new music projects by artists across genres and identities.
New England Foundation for the Arts
Supports the creation and national touring of new dance works by choreographers across the US.
American Theatre Wing
Recognizes emerging composers, lyricists, and book writers of musical theater, honoring the legacy of Jonathan Larson.
OPERA America
Supports the creation and development of new operatic works by female-identifying composers.
Women's Studio Workshop
Studio residencies and fellowships supporting women, trans, and nonbinary artists in printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, and book arts.
New York Foundation for the Arts
For women, trans, and gender-nonconforming visual artists over 40 creating environmentally engaged public and community art.
Clark County Public Arts Office
The program includes opportunities for artists to create new art projects and submit artworks to the County galleries, provide education to artists and the community, as well as initiate repairs and restoration of existing public art.
Nevada Arts Council
Open calls, professional development, proposals, fellowships, and competitions.
Glad Day / Community Fund
Glad Day Lit exists to amplify the power, freedom and imagination of 2SLGBTQ+ people through culture and story.
New England Foundation for the Arts
Regional listings for arts leadership, development, and program roles at New England cultural organizations.
American Alliance of Museums
Museum-sector job board listing curator, curatorial assistant, and collections roles at institutions nationwide.
Americans for the Arts
Searchable national job bank for arts nonprofits — remote, part-time, and full-time roles across curatorial and admin functions.
Open Call for Artists
International juried open call showcasing LGBTQ+ and ally artists, with online exhibition and promotional support.
Interlace Grant Fund
Small, unrestricted monthly grants for visual artists facing urgent needs such as housing, utilities, or medical costs.
The Bureau of Queer Art
Residency placements and professional support dedicated to LGBTQ+ visual artists developing new bodies of work.
Crafting the Future
Unrestricted micro-grants supporting BIPOC artists, plus residency and mentorship access to build sustainable creative careers.
International Women's Media Foundation
Funds ambitious projects and professional development for women, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming journalists worldwide.
Springboard for the Arts
Rolling emergency support for artists across disciplines facing loss of income or unexpected hardship.
PEN America
Emergency grants for professional writers — including poets, playwrights, and journalists — in acute financial crisis.
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / NYFA
One-time grants for visual and media artists facing medical, dental, or mental-health emergencies.
City of West Hollywood
Individual artist grants prioritizing LGBTQ+, BIPOC, women, and disabled artists creating work in or about West Hollywood.
Kentucky Foundation for Women
Supports feminist women and trans artists in Kentucky whose work promotes positive social change, plus Hopscotch House residency stays.
Third Wave Fund
A residency centering young women of color, trans, intersex, and queer youth activists working at the intersection of art and gender justice.
NYFA / Anonymous Was A Woman
Supports women, trans, and gender-nonconforming artists over 40 creating environmentally engaged public and community art.
Queer|Art
Awarded to a self-identified Black trans woman working in visual art in the US, with additional awards for finalists.
Frameline
Completion funding for emerging and established artists creating LGBTQ+ media that increases visibility of queer communities.
New York Foundation for the Arts
Arts administration role supporting artists and arts organizations through NYFA's fiscal sponsorship program. See NYFA jobs board for current openings.
Puffin Foundation
Supports artists whose work is often denied funding due to their race, gender, or social philosophy. Encourages emerging and socially engaged artists.
Rema Hort Mann Foundation
Unrestricted grants supporting emerging visual artists, with a dedicated commitment to artists of color and underrepresented communities.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Urgent funding for artists who have unanticipated opportunities to present their work or have incurred unexpected or emergency expenses.
Creative Capital
Project grants and career development for groundbreaking artists across all disciplines, with a strong commitment to equity and underrepresented voices.
Women's Studio Workshop
Studio residencies and fellowships supporting women, trans, and nonbinary artists working in printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, and book arts.
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
Grants to individual feminist women artists in the fields of visual art and writing whose work speaks for peace and social justice.
Leeway Foundation
Project-based grants for women and trans artists creating art for social change in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Anonymous Was A Woman
Unrestricted grants of $25,000 to women-identifying artists over 40 who have made significant contributions to the arts. By nomination.
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