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Grant
Public Art Learning Fund
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2026-10-13
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- NEFA
- Deadline
- 13 October 2026
- Where
- New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
- Compensation
- $500 to $3,000
- Disciplines
- public art
About this opportunity
The Public Art Learning Fund, organized by NEFA, offers grants of $500 to $3,000 to New England-based artists for professional development opportunities. This funding aims to strengthen public art practices and foster a more equitable, inclusive, and vibrant public art ecosystem in the region. The deadline for applications is October 13, 2026, for learning opportunities taking place in 2027.
Who can apply
- Applicant must be an artist who resides full-time and makes work in one of the six New England States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).
- Artist’s artistic practice must engage the public realm or demonstrate expansion towards public artmaking.
- Must have an active Creative Ground profile.
- Proposed professional development opportunity must relate to strengthening the applicant artist’s own public art practice and take place during the grant period (January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027).