ROCKELLA SPACE OCTOBER OPPORTUNITIES:
CURATED LIST BY THE ROCKELLA TEAM
OUR CURATED LIST
Our monthly top picks of upcoming deadlines in October are curated by the Rockella Space Team for creatives from various industries.
CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Lenscratch is calling for a completed and thought-provoking body of work in Photography to be considered for a magazine feature.
DEADLINE: October 1st, 2024
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
The Exchange Place Alliance, in collaboration with the Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association, invites experienced sculptors to submit proposals for the installation of a large-scale sculpture at the Art Walk. This project seeks to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the area and contribute to the cultural and artistic vibrancy of Jersey City.
DEADLINE: October 1st, 2024
Medical Emergency Grant
The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
DEADLINE: October 1st, 2024
PAINTING PRIZE
The Bennett Prize is open only to women eighteen (18) years or older residing at least part time in the United States (50 States and Washington, D.C.) whose primary practice is the creation of original paintings in the genre of figurative realism, and who identifies as a woman, regardless of their assigned gender at birth.
DEADLINE: October 4th, 2024
CRAFT GRANT
The Craft Research Fund provides grants of up to $15,000 to support new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States.
DEADLINE: October 4th, 2024
SCULPTURE AWARD
The Alex J. Ettl Grant is a prize of $5,000 sponsored by the National Sculpture Society and is awarded annually to a figurative or realist sculptor who has demonstrated a commitment to sculpting and outstanding ability in his/her/their body of work.
DEADLINE: October 7th, 2024
FILM SUBMISSION
New York City’s Winter Film Festival (WFF) is a volunteer-run and operated celebration of the diversity of local and international film-making. We showcase creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, documentary, animation, horror, web series and music videos.
DEADLINE: October 18th, 2024
FELLOWSHIP
The Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes applications from scholars of the history of art and visual culture, archaeology, conservation and related sciences, as well as those in other disciplines whose projects relate to objects in The Met’s collection.
DEADLINE: October 18th, 2024
ENGINEERING SERVICES
The Rbhu Gives Back Grants offer $12,000 worth of free engineering services to artists in need. Any art piece that needs engineering services is eligible.
DEADLINE: October 28th, 2024
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program pairs immigrant artists with artist mentors who guide them to achieve specific goals and provide them with broader access to the New York cultural world through an exchange of ideas, resources, and experiences.
DEADLINE: October 21st, 2024
EXHIBITION OPEN CALL
PS122 Gallery’s 2025 Exhibition Open Call invites proposals for exhibitions that are interdisciplinary and inclusive, highlighting artistic practices and practitioners regardless of age, race, gender, ability, geographic and ethnic origin. The Gallery encourages audience participation through public programs and interactive exhibitions.
DEADLINE: October 31st, 2024
FELLOWSHIP
The NAC Artist Fellowship program, established in 2019, provides a select number of established young professional artists with one year of full membership to the historic club, with the goal of furthering their careers.
DEADLINE: October 31st, 2024
OPEN CALL FOR ARTWORKS
CreateCOP29 invites creatives of all nationalities, races, genders and faiths, aged 14-30 to submit work that generates conversations around the urgent need for climate action and raises awareness of the issues that must be considered at COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit.
DEADLINE: October 31st, 2024
EXHIBITION PROPOSALS
apexart‘s Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine our programming through an online jury process.
DEADLINE: October 31st, 2024