Applications are now open for TourWest grants from Creative West. Applications are due September 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm MT.
Professional Opportunities
Arts Midwest has announced that applications are now open for the 2025–26 cycle of its GIG Fund, which provides grants of up to $15,000 for nonprofit organizations to offer public-facing arts projects and activities in Midwestern communities. A mandatory Intent to Apply is due September 15, 2025.
The host institution for this award will be the Department of Folklorists at the University of Iceland. The selected candidate is required to teach two courses in the department. Application deadline is September 15, 2025.
The Woody Guthrie Center has announced the call for proposals for its 2025 Phil Ochs Fellowship, which awards up to $5,000 for creative or scholarly projects about the life and work of songwriter and protest singer Phil Ochs, and his lasting legacy and influence on popular culture, politics, and music. Applications are due September 15, 2025.
AFS congratulates Maygan Barker, Touhidul Islam, Olivia Phillips, and Salma Valadez-Marquez on receiving the 2025 Graduate Fieldwork Grant.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2025 Midwest Culture Bearers Award, which celebrates and supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners. Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on July 21, 2025.
The Center for Cultural Innovation's Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment program will award grants of $1,000–$5,000 to individual craft artists to purchase artistic tools and equipment that support their ability to make object-based work. The application deadline is August 8 at 11:59 a.m. PT.
Scholars, educators, and specialists in diverse fields of study are invited to apply for the 2025 Berea College Media Archives Fellowship, an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of the College's Hutchins Library. The extended deadline is July 15.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) announced the opening of its 9th annual competition for Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2025.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2025 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, an award supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. This award application will close at 11:59 pm CDT on July 10, 2025, with awardees notified in August 2025.