Call for Applications – Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists

Deadline: July 2, 2025 The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists, a $10,000 grant, supports visual artists who are Black trans women. This grant is made possible entirely through support provided by visual artist Mariette Pathy Allen, whose body of photographic work over the last forty years has been squarely focused on expanding […]

Open call for Black trans filmmakers – QUEER|ART

Deadline for entries: May 28, 2025 QUEER|ART is a non-profit arts organization serving a diverse and vibrant community of LGBTQ+ artists across generations and disciplines. Queer|Art was born out of the recognition of a generation of artists and audiences lost to the ongoing AIDS Crisis, and in a profound understanding that one of the many repercussions […]

Call for Applications – Obodo Artist Fund (OAF)

Deadline: 30th May 2025 Notification of Results: 30th June 2025 The Obodo Artist Fund (OAF) is a year-long funding and capacity-building initiative supporting artists and cultural producers interrogating issues of class, visibility, access, and power within African art ecosystems through a queer lens. Rooted in expansive and decolonial artistic practice, OAF encourages bold, radical ways […]