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GRANTS * AWARDS * *

Grants and awards for visual artists in New York City are abundant, with numerous foundations, government agencies, and private organizations offering financial support. Notable grants include those from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Jerome Foundation, which provide funding for artistic projects, studio costs, and living stipends. Additionally, awards such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Artist Grants and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award offer recognition and monetary support to help artists advance their careers. These grants and awards are instrumental in fostering artistic growth and sustaining artists’ practices.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

  • Pollock-Krasner grants have enabled artists to create new work, purchase needed materials and pay for studio rent, as well as their personal expenses. Past recipients of Pollock-Krasner grants acknowledge their critical impact in allowing concentrated time for studio work, and in preparing for exhibitions and other professional opportunities such as accepting a residency.

  • Artists can apply to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation by submitting an online application. Requirements for consideration are the application form, a cover letter, a current resume including an exhibition record, and ten digital images of current work with a corresponding identification list. All applications will be promptly acknowledged and considered. Please do not send application forms by mail, fax or e-mail.

  • $5,000 to $50,000

Artadia Award

  • The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.

    • Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Artadia does not fund filmmakers making films for distribution in cinematic venues, or those working in choreography presented outside of a contemporary art context.

    • Applicants must be currently living and working within the city’s eligible counties and resided there for at least two years prior to the application deadline.

    • Not currently be enrolled in an art-related degree program, nor be planning to attend an art-related degree program in the coming year.

    • Not be related to Artadia staff or directors in any way.

    • Have never received an award from Artadia or from The Art Council (Artadia’s former name) for or above the sum of $10,000. Please note that former finalists are eligible to apply.

    • If you are enrolled in a long-term artist residency program, please note you are only eligible to apply in the Award city where you permanently reside. Additionally, you must make yourself available to meet with jurors for a 45 minute virtual studio visit should you be chosen as a Finalist.

    • Unless applying as a collaborative, you must be the sole conceptual author of the artwork submitted in the application; if there are collaborators that share authorship of submitted work they must be clearly identified and credited.

  • Following the studio visits, the second round jury will designate three Awardees to receive unrestricted funds of $15,000*, as well as access to the Artadia Network. Awardees are determined based on the sole discretion of the jury. *The Marciano Artadia Award gives unrestricted funds of $25,000 to one artist in Los Angeles.

New York Foundation for the Arts Grant

  • This grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period (five categories a year) and the application is free to complete. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.

    The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding is provided by the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deutsche Bank, and individual donors.

    • 25 years or older by the application deadline date

    • Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Tribal Nations located in New York State

    • Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Tribal Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2023 & 2024)

    • Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind

    • Are the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as dancers or actors

    • Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

    • Cannot submit any work samples that have been previously awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

    • While collaborating artists are eligible to apply, the total number of artists cannot exceed three individuals (this includes the submitter). Each artist applying  must all meet the eligibility criteria for this award. Artists applying as a collaboration cannot apply separately as an individual

    • Applicants can apply in a maximum of 2 categories each cycle

    • Are not a current NYFA employee or have been in the last 12 months, a member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, 2025 panelist, or an immediate family member of any of the above. 

    • Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award

  • $8,000

Creative Capital Award

  • Creative Capital awards approximately 50 artists each year to create innovative work that pushes formal, conceptual, or social boundaries. The Creative Capital Award provides individual artists with unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, as well as bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities. Applications are accepted via a national, open call, and awards are made via a democratic, external review process.

  • Artist Eligibility ● US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder ● At least 25 years old ● Working artist(s) with at least 5 years of professional artistic practice ● Applicant may not be a full-time student ● May not apply to the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant program in the same year ● May not have previously received a Creative Capital Award ● May not be an applicant or collaborator on more than one proposed project per year Projects are not eligible if the main purpose is: ● Promotional ● To fund ongoing operations of an existing business ● The curation or documentation of existing work

  • $50,000

Lower Manhattan Culture Council