ARTIST RESOURCES
Resources & Opportunities for artists from throughout the contemporary art field.
Transformer is committed to connecting artists with information on resources and opportunities to support them.
On a rolling basis, we share helpful artist listings and links from colleagues throughout the contemporary art field. Please check back on our website & Instagram regularly for these updates.
List Updated: February 17, 2026
SUBMISSIONS
FLATFILE
Along with specific exhibition proposals, artists may submit samples of their work to be considered for inclusion in our FlatFile program - a growing collection of works on paper in a variety of two-dimensional mediums including photography, painting, drawing, and printmaking, approximately 16" x 20" in size and smaller, & priced under $500.
To submit to the FlatFile, please email your artist bio, website, and a small selection of images and corresponding artwork details to submissions@transformerdc.org. Artwork details to include for each piece: title, year made, medium, dimensions, price. Please format artwork file names as follows: LastName_ArtworkTitle.
EXHIBITIONS
With a unique store-front exhibition space at 1404 P Street, NW, Transformer’s Exhibition Series, consisting of six to seven exhibitions per season, encourages artists to be site-responsive, often producing a deeper and more thoughtful exploration of ideas and solutions to the presentation of their work. Exhibitions run five to six weeks and are organized by Transformer staff in conjunction with participating artists, guest curators, and advisors.
Artists are never charged fees for participating in Transformer’s exhibition series nor to have their work considered. We are not a commercial gallery, we do not offer artist representation, and only offer ONE solo exhibition per year - for which we do not accept applications.
To submit an exhibition proposal: please email a copy of your artist bio, CV, and proposal to submissions@transformerdc.org for consideration.
Include photos (proposed or representative pieces), an artist statement, and as much detail as possible in the proposal; What do you hope people will take away from your exhibition? Why is Transformer a good fit to exhibit your artwork?
If we have an opportunity for you, you will be contacted in 1-2 weeks. In the meantime, check out our artist resources page for additional local and national opportunities, and our upcoming events calendar for free and public Transformer programs.
Artist Resources
Bethany Arts Community: Emerging Artist Fellowship | Ossining, NY
"The Bethany Arts Community Emerging Artist Fellowship is designed to offer a creative home to emerging artists, ages 21+, as they transition and deepen their professional careers and artistic practice. With provided support from BAC, Emerging Artist Fellows will be able to devote uninhibited energy towards creativity. Emerging Artist Fellows will be in a community of artists and culture workers from a broad range of disciplines, including our Fall Multidisciplinary residents, local studio artists, BAC staff and board members, those presenting programs on campus and more! In addition, EA Fellows will be invited to participate in education and enrichment programs, curatorial planning, and peek into the “back-end” of art institutions. "
Deadline: February 20, 2026
Rabbit Island Residency is a platform to investigate, expand, and challenge creative practices in a remote environment. Residents engage directly with the landscape and respond to notions of conservation, ecology, sustainability, and resilience. The island, an unsettled and undivided space, enables residents to present commentary on these ideas, creating creative interpretations and solutions to issues of global importance such as climate change and loss of natural habitat and pristine watersheds.
Deadline: February 22, 2026
GATE44 Printmaking Residency | MILAN, ITALY
GATE44 invites artists and creatives to apply for a two-week, production-based printmaking residency in Milan. The program supports the development of a body of work with a focus on experimentation, mixed-media processes, and cross-disciplinary approaches, fostering dialogue between contemporary printmaking and contemporary art. The residency takes place at their Milan studio between April 2026 and April 2027 (specific dates to be determined in collaboration with the selected participant). The resident will have access to a private on-site apartment located next to the print studio.
Deadline: February 22, 2026
USArtists International (USAI)
Matching grants up to ~$11,000 for U.S. artists/ensembles performing internationally. (Mid Atlantic Arts)
Deadline: February 25, 2026
National Gallery of Art Open Call
Do you paint? Write poetry? Dance? Bake? Animate? Join the Open Call and make art come alive. Submit a written proposal for a 15- to 30-second social media video inspired by a work from our collection. If your video idea is selected, you’ll receive $3,000 to bring it to life. Your final video creation will be featured online and inside the museum.
Deadline: February 28, 2026
Kala Fellowship is an artist residency for international, national, and local artists producing innovative work in and across multiple media. For over 40 years, Kala Art Institute has provided artists with equipment, time, space, and financial support to develop their ideas and work. The Fellowship is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment. Each year, Kala provides fellowships to artists from various disciplines based on conceptual creativity, originality, and artistic excellence. Application Fee: $25
Deadline: March 1, 2026
Sarasvati Creative Space Residency | HOHENWALD, TN
Venture to the rural rolling hills of Appalachia in the Western Highland Rim—one of the best light-pollution-free zones in the region. Explore the flora and fauna of the biodiverse region of midsouth Tennessee. You'll have access to seventeen acres with a variety of habitat, furnished housing, space to work, and interactions with the camp donkeys, chickens and roosters, camp cats, two farm dogs, and a peafowl couple.
Deadline: Rolling
Belgrade Art Studio Residency is a nonprofit international art program designed to bring artists, creative practitioners, researchers, and writers from around the world to experience a unique cultural environment dedicated to art. Selected artists are invited to live and work in a specially designed studio for a period of up to six months. By bringing artists into a unique setting, the program aims to situate art at the very heart of historical Belgrade.
Deadline: Rolling
ECRAC Resiliency Grant for Individuals
ECRAC Resiliency Grant - Supporting Artists Through Change The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) offers the Resiliency Grant to help artists, culture bearers, and arts organizations respond to unexpected challenges or seize sudden opportunities.
Deadline: Rolling
Art Omi: Artists Residencies | Ghent, NY
Art Omi supports a wide variety of artistic disciplines through five distinct residency programs. Their residencies include: visual/studio art (via Art Omi: Artists), architecture (via Art Omi: Architecture), dance / choreography (via Art Omi: Dance), music and composition (via Art Omi: Music), and writing & translation (via Art Omi: Writers).
Deadline: Rolling
Emergency financial assistance for U.S. craft artists following a recent, career-threatening emergency or disaster.
Deadline: Rolling
My First Arquetopia Residency | Puebla, Mexico
Arquetopia’s My First Arquetopia Residency supports emerging artists ages 20–25 in defining or reframing their creative foundations through contextual immersion and guided observation. Held in Puebla, Mexico between March and July, participants engage closely with local museum collections, deepen critical reflection through weekly meetings, and take part in field visits that situate artistic practice within wider social, historical, and material contexts.
Deadline: Rolling
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency | Snowmass Village, CO
Anderson Ranch’s Artists-in-Residence Program fosters creative, intellectual and professional growth for emerging and established visual artists. Residents have access to world-class facilities and studio time, free from everyday pressures. Residents can pursue interdisciplinary projects among a community of working artists, and gain feedback from prominent Visiting Artists and Critics. $30 application fee applies.
Deadline: Rolling
Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants
The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.
Deadline: Rolling
Indigo Arts Alliance mentorship residency | Portland, ME
Indigo Arts Alliance fosters mentorship by pairing two artists together during a residency period of 1-2 months to cultivate rich conversation, collaboration, and exchange experiences, knowledge, art industry information and technical skills. Housing, stipend, and 24-hour access to community studio provided. For Black and Brown artists.
Deadline: Rolling
Alterwork Residency | Long Island City, NY
This residency allows emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice. The residency culminates in a solo closing reception that is promoted across an extensive network. Proposals should have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. The program is especially interested in projects that involve conceptual art, practice or theory, or involve the public in their creative process.
Deadline: Rolling
ART14 Residency | Patton, Pennsylvania
During their stay, artists’ objectives are self-prescribed. The program welcomes all types of artists, writers, musicians, etc. of all skill levels, welcomes creators to explore new media and techniques, and encourages collaboration but does not require it. Residents are encouraged to explore and engage with the local community.
Deadline: Rolling
DC Arts Center Call for Curators | Washington DC*
Apply to curate and exhibition at the DC Arts Center, send your resume and cover letter/artist statement to info@dcartscenter.org
Deadline: Rolling basis, apply now!
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident.
The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical.
Deadline: Rolling
DC Arts Center Open Call For Artists | Washington DC*
The DC Arts Center accepts applications to exhibit in their Main and Nano Galleries on a rolling basis.
Deadline: Rolling
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $1,900.
Deadline: Rolling
The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight.
Deadline: Rolling
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund
The Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund provides support to creators during times of extraordinary hardship. Current Fund efforts are focused on supporting creators who have been directly impacted by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. If selected, you will receive $10,000 from the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund.
Deadline: Rolling
Awesome Foundation on the Water Grant
This grant awards $1,000 per month to a water-focused project that brings creativity, culture, and inclusion to the water or provides a new way of thinking about the water. Applicants can be based anywhere in the world.
Deadline: Rolling
Creative Capital Artist Lab is a new online professional development curriculum designed to help artists build thriving practices at any career stage and in any discipline. Free for individual use, courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to help grow artists’ careers—including courses on crafting artist statements, grant proposals, managing multiple income streams, and more.
Deadline: Rolling
Artist Communities Alliance Job Postings
ACA is hiring for a wide variety of positions. Apply ASAP!