CURATED LIST BY THE RRASP TEAM
Our monthly top picks of upcoming deadlines in March is curated by the RRASP Team for creatives from various industries.
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
SoMad is currently receiving applications for their fourth annual Mad World, an Earth Day event and exhibition combining experimental film, visual art, and live performance. Opening on April 18, 2026, this year’s theme is Intersectional Ecologies, and SoMad is looking for submissions that explore the ecological crises through an intersectional environmentalist lens.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
TEACHING ARTIST OPPORTUNITY
Washington Square Park Conservancy (WSPC) offers a unique opportunity for artists to share their practice with the public this summer. Now in its third year, the objective of WSPC’s Teaching Artist Residency is to support teaching artists and engage the public through accessible and inclusive weekly programming under the shade of Washington Square Park’s trees.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP
Prospect Art is looking for video works for their 2027 programming, “Change/Exchange.” Entries will be considered for physical exhibitions and screenings presented in Los Angeles, Lisbon, and Budapest, a series of online screenings on their BROADCAST program, as well as the publication of articles on their ONE WORK program.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
Anyone can submit a 500-word proposal describing a focused, idea-driven, and original group exhibition for a chance to have an Apexart exhibition.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
EMERGING ARTIST CRAFT PRIZE
The Spector Craft Prize is an annual initiative launched in 2025 to champion excellence in American craft. Founded by Abigail Klem Spector and Warren Spector through the Spector Family Foundation, the program supports craft artists at pivotal moments in their careers through awards, mentorship, and community-building.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
AWARDS FOR IRANIAN ARTISTS
The Ovissi Foundation is dedicated to supporting artists and programs created by individuals of Iranian descent and promoting Iranian art and culture. Details and applications for the three upcoming 2026 Award Grants can be found here.
DEADLINE: March 1st, 2026
COMMISSION
Sow True Seeds is calling artists to submnit their work to appear on their seed packets. Each year, they add 30 new art packets to their collection, and the winning artist will choose the 2027 Catalog Cover Artist
DEADLINE: March 1st. 2026
PUPPERTRY GRANT
The Jim Henson Foundation awards grants for the creation of innovative new works of contemporary puppet theater. There are three grants: workshop grants ($3,000), production grants ($7,000), and family grants ($4,000). Individual artists must apply through a fiscal sponsor.
DEADLINE: March 3rd, 2026
DANCE GRANT
Made possible by the support of the Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust, and other generous funders, the pilot iteration of the Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund directly supports individual freelance dancers through one-time $1,000 grants.
DEADLINE: March 3rd, 2026
LENS-BASED FELLOWSHIP
The En Foco Artist Fellowship Program is designed to support artists of color who utilize lens-based mediums and digital media technologies in their creative processes. This program merges the previous Photography Fellowship and Media Arts Fund, creating a unified opportunity for photographers and media-based artists in New York State.
DEADLINE: March 9th, 2026
PHOTOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITY
Baxter St is proud to announce an open call for mid-career lens-based artists. This new initiative supports those artists who fall in between the categories of emerging and established artists.
DEADLINE: March 9th, 2026
EMERGENCY GRANT
New York Foundation for the Arts‘ Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant 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: March 10th, 2026
CALL FOR SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
The Feminist Press is calling for Scholarly articles and Artistic works for a special issue of WSQ, which will consider the social, affective, and political consequences of living with chronic illness. WSQ is soliciting personal and researched essays that reflect this variety and map the critical and scholarly intersections of chronic illness with disability and critical race studies, notably in relation to lupus, but also related to health and healthcare issues.
DEADLINE: March 13th, 2026
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY
Schelfhaudt Gallery at University of Bridgeport is seeking art by or about immigrants to our country and work that depicts the immigrant experience in the US for a new exhibit: Immigrant Song: A hymn to immigrants in our country.
DEADLINE: March 15th, 2026
ARTS WRITERS FELLOWSHIP
The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is thrilled to announce the 3rd annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship. This year’s fellowship will award $5,000 unrestricted awards to two emerging writers of color who write critically about music.
DEADLINE: March 16th, 2026
CALL FOR EXHIBITION
Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to announce an Open Call for TWO Solo Exhibitions opening in January, 2027: one in the Main gallery space at OyG and one in The Skirt, OyG’s dedicated space for site-specific installations.
DEADLINE: March 18th, 2026
ARTIST AWARD
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program supports emerging Native artists through one-year awards to develop and realize new projects. These awards are a crucial investment in cultivating fresh voices and envisioning the future of our respective Native practices.
DEADLINE: March 19th, 2026
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, part of the Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs, is pleased to offer the Picture Collection Artist Fellowship. The Fellowship supports artists or scholars engaged in the research, development, and/or execution of a new creative or scholarly work based on the Collection’s holdings. Fellowship stipends are awarded on a sliding scale from $2,000 to $5,000.