CURATED LIST BY THE RRASP TEAM
Our monthly top picks of upcoming deadlines in April is curated by the RRASP Team for creatives from various industries.
PERFORMANCE GRANT
Franklin Furnace awards grants annually to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance artworks in New York City. Fund grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by Franklin Furnace.
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2026
MICRO GRANT
The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art in Buffalo, NY offers The BICA Microgrant, a $300 good-faith grant for artists and curators who are realizing a project in the greater Buffalo area. This is no-strings-attached money that an artist or curator can use in whatever way they feel it’s needed
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2026
VISUAL ARTS AWARD
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure, and recognition to a contemporary visual artist who makes artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museums, galleries, arts non-profits, the public art realm, etc. The 15K awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2026
GRANT FOR PAINTERS
The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant is awarded annually to under-recognized American painters over the age of 45 who demonstrate financial need.
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2026
SMALL BUSINESS GRANT
Shophand Small Business Boost Grant offers small businesses a chance to solve a clear operational or technology bottleneck.
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2026
ARTS AWARD
Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms. The award provides unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multiyear period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities
DEADLINE: April 2nd, 2026
DOCUMENTARY FILM GRANT
The AFAC Documentary Film program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. The program welcomes submissions by Arab directors of feature-length documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases, as well as short and medium-length documentaries in production and post-production.
DEADLINE: April 2nd, 2026
ARTS GRANT
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding—up to $20,000 per project—to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
DEADLINE: April 7th, 2026
GRANT FOR WOMEN
The Makers Mindset Grant exists to fuel early-stage women founders building ambitious, thoughtfully crafted consumer brands. Throughout the year, Makers Mindset will award equity-free capital to founders who are navigating the realities of growth and need meaningful support to reach their next milestone.
DEADLINE: April 10th, 2026
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
SaveArtSpace is proud to present We Are Here, a public art exhibition on billboard ad space in New York, NY, opening May 29, 2026, curated by Camila Rosa. SaveArtSpace invites artists of all ages and talents to submit their artwork between March 2 and April 13, 2026 in order to be considered for the exhibition. This is an opportunity to have your work placed on billboard ad space in New York, NY.
DEADLINE: April 13th, 2026
HOUSING GRANT
The Woodman Family Foundation Housing Stability Grant for Artists (WFF HSG) provides grants of $30,000, distributed over three years, to NYC-based visual artists in need who are seeking support for stable housing. In its inaugural cycle, the WFF HSG will award grants to five artists.
DEADLINE: April 14th, 2026
PUBLIC PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITY
Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for projects at Flux IV, their new space in Hunter’s Point South. Projects can take the form of exhibitions, events, or research-driven work that helps shape Flux IV’s program as it develops. Flux Factory is interested in proposals that build relationships with our new neighborhood, its local communities and ecologies, and the Flux artist collective.
DEADLINE: April 15th, 2026
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
Common Things: Art and Objects in Public Life invites artists, designers, and architects working across media to reflect creatively on what thinker Hannah Arendt described as the “world of things,” those durable features of the physical world that “relate and separate men at the same time.” The show asks artists to consider what it means to share a world in common with others and how their work might be the basis for a shared world, bringing people together, setting them apart, and creating space for the difficult work of living together as humans who, by our very nature, think and act differently from one another.
DEADLINE: April 15th, 2026
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
The MACRO Project invites New York State artists to submit original artworks to be selected for display on billboards located on well-trafficked roads in the Finger Lakes region. Four to six artists will be selected to have their work displayed for a month in August or September 2026.
DEADLINE: April 19th, 2026
PERFORMANCE GRANT
Arts on the Block (AB) is a grassroots initiative designed to provide small grants of up to $1,500 specifically for artist fees for arts activities at block parties and single block festivals. (Examples include DJs, spoken word artists, musicians, singers, dancers, etc., or other artists whose activities will enhance block party attendance.) This initiative aims to support small local organizations and block associations to increase attendance at their events. Preference will be given to smaller organizations and those who have not applied for a grant from BCA in the past.
DEADLINE: April 24th, 2026
GRANT
The 3pts Artists & Makers Impact Fund is a $3,500 award supporting U.S.-based artists and makers who create tangible objects or goods and are working to sustain and grow a business. Funding may be used for materials, equipment, workspace costs, professional development, production expenses, or other needs that strengthen an artist or maker’s practice.
DEADLINE: April 27th, 2026
VISUAL ARTS GRANT
The Harpo Foundation Grant for Visual Artists award provides direct support to under-recognised artists 21 years or older. Must be a US Citizen.
DEADLINE: April 27th, 2026
COMMISSION PERFORMING ARTS
The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Galvan Initiatives (Galvan) launched The Democracy Cycle, a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy.