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+ Discounts on workshops
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+ Discounted entry to our special events
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In other words, they
help you to fundraise like a non-profit without the administrative burden.
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Volunteer with Fresh Arts at WHAM!
by Fresh Arts
Deadline: November 12
Fresh Arts Winter Holiday Art Market
It's that time of year again where we host our annual Winter Holiday Art Market (Nov 16-18, 2018), affectionately known as WHAM! If you haven't heard, this year is our final year of WHAM, so we'd like to go out with a bang!
*But we can't do it without volunteers like YOU!*
Volunteers will help with various shifts & tasks, before, during, and after the WHAM festivities (November 16-18).
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Regional Touring Program
By Mid-America Arts Alliance
Deadline: Rolling
Artistic Innovations grants support the creation of innovative new work by artists working in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.The Regional Touring Program (RTP) provides support for regional presenting organizations to showcase the work of artists from outside their home states.
Touring artists must come from outside your state but within M-AAA's service region (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas). Organizations must be a 501(c)3 not-for-profit or a governmental or tribal entity. Presenters may book artists in any discipline and grants require a complementary arts activity (a class, performance, or other) that precedes a public performance.
Applications are accepted on a rolling deadline at any point during M-AAA's fiscal year, which is July 1-June 30. Grants are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, until the allocation for each state is gone.
Application Deadline: Rolling
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The Houston Artadia Fellowship
by Artadia
Deadline: December 9, 2018 // 6:00 PM CST
Artadia, a national visual arts non-profit organization that awards grants to individual artists across the country, announced recently the launch of its new Houston Artadia Fellowship, an award open to immigrant and refugee artists living and working in the Greater Houston area.
The award is designed to help connect these artists with the city and the country's larger art community: In addition to giving fellows a $2,000 unrestricted honorarium, the program will pair them with an artist mentor from the organization's pool of past Artadia awardees.
After working with their mentors, during which the fellows will meet with others in the community about their work, the fellows will give a presentation of their work "to Houston's art community, including artists, collectors, dealers, critics, curators and arts professionals."
Application Deadline: December 9, 2018 // 6:00 PM CST
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Krampus Karnival Group Art Show
by Thorn & Moon Magickal Market
Deadline: November 15
A curated, one-night group art show featuring the work of the theme of Krampus, or the darker side of the holidays (Krampus, Perchta, Grinch, Nightmare Before Christmas, etc) In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts.
The Thorn & Moon Magickal Market is very successful monthly pop-up event that has been happening every month since Dec 2017 and has grown to draw of 500+ patrons each month. Vendors always go home happy! This is a magnificent opportunity to have your artwork seen and sold within Houston's eclectic occult community.
Submission Deadline: November 15
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Call For Artists: Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2019
By Art Colony Association
Deadline: December 2, 2018 // 12:00 AM
ACA produces Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring and Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in the fall. Entering its 48th year in 2019, ACA has provided a venue for more than 20,000 artists to showcase their work to thousands of art lovers from all over the world.
Only 300 artists will be selected to exhibit at the 2019 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park. Cash prizes are awarded for "Best in Show", second and third place, as selected by on-site judges. Ribbons are awarded for "Best Booth" and all winners receive jury exempt status for two years as well as priority booth placement.
Deadline: December 2, 2018 // 12:00 AM
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GRANTS
The Hopper Prize
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Nov. 13
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Foundation for Contemporary Arts
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| Awesome Foundation Grant |
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| Pollock-Krasner |
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Rolling
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| Craft Emergency Relief Fund |
Emergency Grant |
Rolling
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| The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant |
Emergency Grant
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| Hearst Foundation |
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Japan Foundation
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CALLS
JOBS
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RESIDENCIES
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| The New Orleans Writers' Residency |
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