October 2026 Artist Opportunities: Grants, Residencies, and Open Calls with November Deadlines
Colossal's roundup for October 2026 highlights two key initiatives: Arch Enemy Arts is seeking global entries for an exhibition scheduled for January 2027, emphasizing representational and surrealist art, with submissions due by November 13, 2026. Additionally, the Hopper Prize offers a total of $13,000 in funding, including grants of $4,500 and $1,000, with a submission deadline of November 17, 2026. Other open calls include the PitchBLACK Forum by Black Public Media, the American Color Print Society's exhibition, and The Defiance Award. Furthermore, The Supporting Act Foundation is providing ten grants of €10,000, alongside various other funding opportunities. Notable residencies include Art Omi, Lighthouse Works, and the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship.
Key facts
- Arch Enemy Arts seeks submissions for a January 2027 group exhibition, deadline 11:59 p.m. EST on November 13, 2026
- The Hopper Prize awards two $4,500 grants and four $1,000 grants from a $13,000 pool, deadline 11:59 p.m. PST on November 17, 2026
- Black Public Media's open call feeds the 10th PitchBLACK Forum & Awards, deadline 11:59 p.m. PDT on October 1, 2026
- The Defiance Award winner receives a Defiance Gallery solo show, a two-week Giverny Artist Residency in Queenstown, New Zealand, return flights from an Australian capital city, and $5,000 cash
- The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, founded in 1882, sets 'winter rituals' as its 2026 optional theme, with fees of £22 per work or £14.50 for artists 35 and under
- The Supporting Act Foundation offers 10 unrestricted €10,000 grants paid in €1,000 monthly installments to artists in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, or the U.K.
- The 2027 ArtFields Festival runs April 9 to May 1, 2027, in Lake City, South Carolina, with over $100,000 in cash prizes and a $25 application fee
- The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship selects 30 fellows annually and provides $90,000 over two years for graduate study
Entities
Artists
- Roger Tory Peterson
- Adolf Gottlieb
- Esther Gottlieb
- Jackson Pollock
- Lee Krasner
- Paul Soros
- Daisy Soros
- Gigi Chen
Institutions
- Colossal
- Arch Enemy Arts
- The Hopper Prize
- Black Public Media
- PitchBLACK Forum & Awards
- American Color Print Society
- Defiance Gallery
- Giverny Artist Residency
- Nock Art Foundation
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- MAKE
- YICCA
- ArtFields Festival
- Beam Center
- Beam Camp
- Material Works
- The Supporting Act Foundation
- Jerome Foundation
- Printed Matter
- Printed Matter NY Art Book Fair
- Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair
- The Meridian Award
- Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
- Asian Cultural Council
- The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Art Omi
- Lighthouse Works
- Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
- Abrons Art Center
- Pedantic Arts
- Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
- The Center for Art & Advocacy
- The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship
- Vital Impacts
- Roger Tory Peterson Institute
- Quarantine
- Scenerium
- Artsy
- Hopper Prize
- SaveArtSpace
- CIFRA
- Cass Art Prize
- The Cass Group
- The Bomb Factory
- Sunshine Coast National Art Prize
- Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine
- Abbey Mural Prize
- National Academy
- Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize
- BEERS London
- Arte Laguna Prize
- Arsenale Nord
- Franklin Furnace
- Tulsa Artist Fellowship
- Serendipity Arts
- Fundación Botín
- Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
- Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants
- JGS Fellowship for Photography
- ArtPrize
- Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
- Martin House
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Quinn Emanuel
- Dieu Donné
- Women's Studio Workshop
- Monson Arts
- Center for Craft
- VIA Art Fund
- Grantham Foundation
- Oak Spring Garden Foundation
- Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence
- Headlands Center for the Arts
- Residencia Corazón
Locations
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Queenstown
- Lake City
- South Carolina
- Strafford
- New Hampshire
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Europe
- Asia
- New York City
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Fishers Island
- Wausau
- Wisconsin
- Pittsburgh
- Garfield
- Menorca
- Jamestown
- Canada
- Republic of Ireland
- London
- Marylebone
- Tulsa
- India
- Grand Rapids
- Michigan
- Buffalo-Niagara
- Los Angeles
- Greater Los Angeles
- New York City metro area
- Monson
- Maine
- Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham
- Québec
- Upperville
- Virginia
- Sausalito
- California
- La Plata
- Argentina
- American Samoa
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Venice