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Visual Arts Fellowships
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-06
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Deadline
- 6 November 2026
- Where
- United States
- Compensation
- Professional Individual: $8,000 Award; Professional Collaborative: $8,000 Award; Graduate (Individual Only): $6,000 Award; Undergraduate (Individual Only): $4,000 Award; Half-Year Student: $3,000 Award (Graduate) | $2,000 Award (Undergraduate)
- Disciplines
- Drawing, Film, Video, Digital, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Crafts, Mixed Media, New/Emerging Media, Art History
About this opportunity
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts offers Visual Arts Fellowships to support professional artists and art students in Virginia with funding ranging from $2,000 to $8,000. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with 12–24 months of Virginia residency and meet specific eligibility criteria based on category (Professional, Graduate, Undergraduate). The fellowship supports creative work across a broad range of visual arts disciplines.
Who can apply
- Professional artists living in Virginia with 24 months of residency; full-time art students with Virginia residency for 12–24 months; graduate art history students in Virginia.
- US citizens or permanent residents only.
- Must maintain Virginia residency during Fellowship period (May 2027–May 2028).
- Not eligible: VMFA employees, recipients of three or more Fellowships, recent VMFA fellows.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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