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Queer|Art Mentorship (2027 Fellows)
Queer|Art
A year-long mentorship pairing early-career LGBTQ+ artists (visual, film, literature, performance) with established queer mentors.
July 31, 2026
United States
Year-long mentorship
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.
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Queer|Art
A year-long mentorship pairing early-career LGBTQ+ artists (visual, film, literature, performance) with established queer mentors.
Arts to Hearts Project
International open call recognizing outstanding women artists, with cash awards, publication, and a curated online exhibition.
Mendocino Art Center
Multidisciplinary residency on the Northern California coast offering studio space, housing, and community engagement.
Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts
Fully supported residency for professional artists to experiment with paints and materials at the Golden facility.
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.
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.
The Sharon Prize
An unrestricted prize recognizing outstanding women and non-binary artists; watch for the 2027 cycle opening.
Glad Day / Community Fund
Rapid financial assistance for LGBTQ2S+ artists covering essential survival needs like food, rent, and utilities.
Ballpitmag
Monthly no-strings-attached grants awarded to Black artists worldwide to support their practice.
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.
New York Foundation for the Arts
The largest US arts jobs board — curatorial, development, programming, and administration roles at mission-driven organizations.
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.
Leeway Foundation
Unrestricted award for women and trans artists in Greater Philadelphia with a sustained commitment to art for social change.
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.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Supports LGBTQI+ artists and cultural producers whose work advances social justice and challenges oppression worldwide.
Queer|Art
Awards celebrating outstanding work by LGBTQ+ artists across disciplines, including the Sustained Achievement and Recent Work prizes.
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.
Raw Femme Opportunities
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