This is an evolving guide that provides new and aspiring arts professionals with information about funding, jobs, residencies, workshops, and other useful "professional development" resources.
NY. Skowhegan, an intensive nine-week summer residency program for emerging visual artists established in 1946, seeks each year to bring together a gifted and diverse group of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to art-making and inquiry to create the most stimulating and rigorous environment possible for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction and growth.
NY. WSW houses fully equipped studios for etching, papermaking, screen-printing, clay, letterpress, and photography. During their stay at WSW, artists are provided with 24-hour access to the studios and on-site housing. Fellowship opportunities are partially subsidized (the visiting artist pays a weekly fee). Grant opportunities include a weekly stipend to the artist.
University of Arizona. Promoting new knowledge about photography, photographic history, and photographic theory through a program of internship and fellowship programs.
Haystack's two-week Open Studio Residency kicks off their summer season of programs. The residency is designed to foster artistic exploration at the highest level, and those selected attend for free.
The Center for Cartoon Studies Fellowship is awarded to an emerging cartoonist who has already achieved significant critical and/or professional stature. The program is designed to help the cartoonist enter the next phase of their career by providing access to CCS’s many resources.