Open Arms: June 2026
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This is our version of an “Editor’s Picks” list. Because Art Forearm is born from ongoing relationships with creative people and organizations, listings in Open Arms may possibly—and probably will—include projects by AF contributors, collaborators, and members of our extended community. We believe that supporting one another’s work is part of sustaining a healthy cultural ecosystem.
If you have an exhibition, project, publication, or opportunity you’d like us to know about and share with our readers, send submissions for future installments to artforearm@gmail.com with the subject OPEN ARMS.
GET PAID by Art Forearm
Exciting announcement, readers! Art Forearm has secured the funding to be able to offer honoraria to all contributors to the Fall/Winter Issue: METAL.
Are you interested in getting paid? Check out the call for pitches, and pitch us what you’ve got. We’ve also set up a matchmaking portal for potential contributors called The Reach. Go there to upload your stuff and see what happens.
Deadline for pitches: July 1
Draft deadline (if accepted): August
Publication window: September–January
Questions? Send to artforearm@gmail.com
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Grants + Fellowships
Just Tech Fellowship—provides a one-year unrestricted award of up to $60,000 to support research, creative practice, or community-engaged work in technology. Deadline June 28, 2026.
Sofia Coppola Short Film Award—recognizes an emerging filmmaker that projects a unique artistic perspective with a $20,000 award. Deadliine June 30, 2026.
EBF Visual Art Award—$50,000 for artists residing in the United States working in the visual arts. Deadline July 1, 2026.
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists—an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Deadline July 2, 2026.
2027 NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship—grants $20,000 each to three writers to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way. Deadline December 4, 2026 or first 500 applicants
Attention Grants —No cash, but each month this org picks Great Lakes artists, arts organizations, cultural projects, and community initiatives to feature in interviews, promotion, documentation, and discovery efforts across the GreatLakes.art network. Ongoing.
Residencies
Exploratorium’s Artist-in-Residence Program—$15,000 annual stipend, support for travel, project management and financial support for residency projects, and access to Exploratorium facilities and staff expertise. Deadline June 29, 2026, but the application fee is waived before June 10, 2026.
Marble House Project Residencies—five fully-funded residency programs for artists, chefs, families, scientists, journalist, and collaborative teams. Travel to Vermont is not included. Deadline June 14, 2026
Stove Works’ Artist Residency—selects one random day during the application period as a “FREE DAY” and announce it and the discount code on our Instagram (@stove_works). Fellowships available. Deadline June 15, 2026.
Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program—includes a $7,500 stipend, a furnished artist apartment in Syracuse, NY, 24-hour access to facilities, generous staff support, and publication in Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual, along with an essay commissioned by Light Work. Deadline June 30, 2026.
Exhibition Opportunities
Field of Play Open Call for two-person show—Apply to have a show in Brooklyn. Artists and collectives working in all mediums are invited to submit as individual applicants to be considered for a two-person exhibition. A panel will select two separate submissions and determine a theme for the exhibition. Dealine June 6, 2026.
Homelands Open Call—Storefront for Art and Architecture invites artists, architects, researchers, filmmakers, scholars, and multidisciplinary practitioners to submit a research proposal that will be presented at Storefront during the Homelands symposium in early 2027. Submissions will also be considered for print publication in the Homelands Reader. Deadline June 11, 2026.
Open Call: Sonic Pavilion 2026—Experimental Sound Studio seeks proposals for multichannel sound compositions for the overhead trellis loudspeaker array at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in the heart of downtown Chicago. Deadline June 14, 2026.
Open Call: Florasonic Multichannel Sound Installation—Experimental Sound Studio seeks proposals for four-channel sound compositions created for installation in the Lincoln Park Conservatory Fern Room in Chicago, IL. Deadline June 14.
FJORD Gallery 2026 Open Call—Apply to have a show in Philly. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply to exhibitions curated by FJORD members; no specified theme. Artists are responsible for shipping or delivering their work to and from the gallery. Deadline June 19, 2026.
Midnight Moment—Submit your work to the world’s largest and longest-running digital public art program. A new program is presented monthly on the electronic billboards of Times Square. Deadline: mysterious.
Do you have an exhibition, project, publication, or opportunity you’d like us to know about and share with our readers?
Send submissions for future installments to artforearm@gmail.com with the subject OPEN ARMS or comment below.