Taken from the Arts News, please find various funding opportunities, artist residencies, and open calls below:
Last updated on: May 2nd, 2025
new May 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Colossal
Various
Open Calls
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA)
Various
Artist Opportunities: May and June 2025
Creative Capital
Various | May and June
Public Art Conservation Fund Application and Guidelines
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Deadline: Rolling, as long as funds remain, in order they are received.
Artist Residency
Wormfarm Institute
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis through Mid-March
America's Invitation | Share Your Story
America 250
Deadline: Before July 4, 2026
Springboard for the Arts Calendar of Events
Springboard for the Arts
Various
Are you raising impact capital for the creative economy?
UpStart Co-Lab
Deadline: Open
RJE Sprout Fund Invites Proposals From Artists Working With Underserved Communities
PND by Candid
Deadline: Rolling
Call for Artwork
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Monthly Review
Call for Vendors
Outpost Co-Op
Deadlines: Two weeks prior to event date
Event Dates: May 17, August 16, October 11
Spirit of the St. Croix Art Festival 2025
The Phipps Center for the Arts
Deadline: May 2
Sheboygan Film Festival Accepting Submissions
CBS 4 | Indianapolis
May 2 Early Bird Deadline
June 6 | Regular Deadline
July 25 | Late Submissions Deadline
The ArtSeed Re-Granting Program
Racine Arts Council
Deadline: May 2
Invitation to Artists | Public Art Opportunity
Department of Health and Human Services | Milwaukee County
Deadline: May 5
Also
County Wants Public Art For New Coggs Building
Urban Milwaukee
Deadline: May 5
Call for Artists | Inspired by La Crosse Art Competition
Pumphouse Regional Arts Center & Artspire
Deadline: May 5
Also
Pump House seeking inspired artists
WXOW
Deadline: May 5
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Application is Now Open
The Andy Warhol Foundation
Deadline: May 7
"Beyond O'Keeffe: Contemporary Artists in Wisconsin”
Monarch on Main, Sun Prairie
May 9 | Submission Deadline
June 9 – July 4 | Exhibition
June 20 | Artist Reception
June 27 | Curator Talk
New York Foundation for the Arts accepting applications for emergency medical grants
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 13
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts invites applications for fellowships
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 15
VIA Art Fund invites applications for fall 2025 Artistic Production Grants
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 15 (Letters of Inquiry)
Academy of American Poets invites applications for Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 15
Call for Entries: 63rd Annual Wall-to-Wall Juried Exhibit
The Hardy Gallery
Entries Due: May 16 & 17
NEW Apply Now! 2025 NFA: National Arts Partners
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
Application Deadline: May 30
May 16 | Application Support Webinar (Register Here)
May 23 | Cafecito Office Hour
Awakening the Senses: Art that Invites Interaction
RAM’s Wustum Museum
Entry Deadline: May 17
Submit Now for the 2025 Home & Design Awards!
Milwaukee Magazine
Deadline: May 18
2025 Call for Award Nominations
Association of Midwest Museums (AMM)
Deadline: May 23
2025 Stevens Point Sculpture Park Juried Call
The Stevens Point Sculpture Park
Deadline: May 23
2025 Stevens Point Sculpture Park Bench Call
The Stevens Point Sculpture Park
Deadline: May 23
Call for Artists | Hidden History Sculpture Trail
Pleasant Prairie Historical Society
Application Deadline: May 27
new 2025 Grant for Sculpture
The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation
Deadline: May 31
new PEN America invites applications for PEN/Bare Life Review Grants
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: June 1
new PEN America invites applications for Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: June 1
65th Arrowhead Regional Biennial
Duluth Art Institute
Deadline: June 2
6th annual USA Miniprints for Peace and Justice 2025
SOS ART
Deadline: June 2
Vilcek Foundation to Award $50,000 Prizes to Immigrants in Fashion Fields
Colossal
Deadline: June 9
new CERF+ Get Ready Grants Now Open
CERF+
Deadline: June 10
Call for Artists | Community Mosaic Project 2025
The Hardy Gallery
Canvases Due: June 22
July 11 - August 24 | Exhibition
new Bring Free Concerts to Your Community | Applications open for 2026-2028
Levitt Music Series Grants
Deadline: June 30
May 7, May 21 | Webinars
Vilcek Foundation invites applications for grants to support nonprofits working with immigrants in the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: June 30
NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes
National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: July 1
Also
Artists wanted for Trump's National Garden of American Heroes
Culture | NPR
Deadline: July 1
DNR Now Accepting Artwork For The 2026 Turkey, Pheasant And Waterfowl Stamp Contest
Urban Milwaukee, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Deadline: August 1
Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) Grants
Travel Wisconsin
Deadlines: August 1, November 1 | New Events, Existing Events, Sales Promotion, One Time/One-of-a-kind Event
Deadlines: September 1 | Destination Marketing
Fellowships and Grants | Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
Deadline: September 1
Beyond Words: the Dollar General School Library Relief Fund
Awards & Grants | American Library Association
Deadline: None. Monthly Review
Open Grant Solicitations
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | US Department of State
Various