Feb 2025 Grants for Artists & Creatives

🎨 Unlock Your Creative Potential: Grants Opportunities for Artists & Creatives 🌍✨

Creativity has the power to transform the world—it challenges perspectives, bridges cultures, and sparks movements. At AMOR Umbrella, we believe that every artist and creatives deserves the chance to bring their vision to life, to create with purpose, and to inspire change.

That’s why every month, we share curated opportunities designed to help creatives like you thrive. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your journey, these resources can open doors to new possibilities, amplify your voice, and fuel your artistic mission.

💡 What We Share:
🔹 Open Calls – Show your work to new audiences & gain recognition
🔹 Grants & Fellowships – Get the funding to bring your ideas to life
🔹 Residencies – Immerse yourself in creative environments that spark innovation
🔹 Competitions & Commissions – Push boundaries & make an impact

Your creativity is more than just expression—it’s a force for change. It shapes stories, heals communities, and inspires hope. Let’s ensure your talent gets the platform it deserves.

🌟 Stay connected. Stay inspired. Keep creating. 🌟

#CreateWithPurpose #ArtMatters #OpportunitiesForArtists

Grants

💖 Spring 2025 QEST Grants (U.K.)
QEST offers three grants to support makers and conservators at various career stages, supporting contemporary and traditional craft, as well as the exploration of innovative techniques. Three scholarships and grants range from £3k to £18k.
📅 Deadline: February 10, 2025.

💖LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund (Los Angeles)
Led by the J. Paul Getty Trust with support from a coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists, this fund is available to artists and arts workers in all disciplines impacted by the unprecedented wildfire crisis. Individuals may apply only once for up to $10K. Funds are unrestricted, do not count as taxable income, and can be used in any way that alleviates financial hardship.
📅 Deadline: 5:00 p.m. PST on February 18, 2025.

💖 Asian Women Giving Circle Grants (New York City)
The AWGC's request for proposals is open to both 501(c)(3) organizations and individual artists. Projects must highlight women and gender-expansive people’s leadership and/or central role and demonstrate a commitment to NYC-based communities. Six to eight project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum grant amount is $8K
📅 Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST on February 21, 2025.

💖 The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant (International)
This program provides one-time financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs resulted from an unforeseen catastrophic incident and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Awardees typically receive $5K, up to $15K
📅 Deadline: Rolling.

💖Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund (Ukraine)
This fund commissions visual artists to create company projects on a rolling basis. Awardees will receive between $500 and $5K.
📅 Deadline: Rolling.

💖 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (International)
The foundation welcomes applications from painters, sculptors, and artists working on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for one year and range up to $50K. The artist's circumstances determine the size of the grant, and professional exhibition history will be considered.
📅 Deadline: Rolling.

💖 Calling All Storytellers: Grants for Media on Love! 🎥📝

The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, is awarding $5K–$50K grants for nonfiction projects exploring love in all its forms—compassionate, familial, romantic & beyond.

📅 Deadline: Jan 7 – Mar 24, 2025

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