Hyperallergic Lists June 2026 Art Opportunities

Hyperallergic's monthly opportunities roundup for June 2026 features residencies, open calls, and grants. Residencies include Exploratorium's Artist-in-Residence Program (deadline June 29, $15,000 stipend, $35 fee), Loghaven Artist Residency in Knoxville, Tennessee (deadline July 15), and Peters Valley School of Craft Residency (deadline July 31, $600-$900 stipend, $10 fee). Open calls include The Bennett Prize for women figurative realist painters (deadline September 19, $75,000 grand prize, $50 fee), Remuseum and Doris Duke Foundation's Vanguard Award (deadline June 22, $100,000 for up to 10 leaders, accelerator with MIT), Franklin Furnace's XENO PRIZE for artists' books on book banning (deadline July 4, $5,000), and NCECA's open call for exhibitions at the 2027 conference in Baltimore (deadline July 8). Grants include Hyundai Motor Group's 7th VH Award for emerging media artists engaging with Asia (deadline July 21, includes residency with Ars Electronica), Asian Americans Art Alliance's A4 Arts Fund (deadline July 13, $10,000-$15,000 for AAPI organizations with budgets under $500,000), James Renwick Alliance for Craft's Chrysalis Award for emerging ceramic artists (deadline August 23, $5,000), and Queer|Art's Illuminations Grant for Black trans women visual artists (deadline July 2, $10,000, plus $1,250 for four finalists).