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CENTER Grants & Fellowships is sponsored by CENTER Santa Fe. CENTER Grants & Fellowships is sponsored by CENTER Santa Fe. Offers project funding grants, exhibitions, and professional development for artists, potentially including literary or interdisciplinary poetry projects.
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Awards & Grants — CENTER Santa Fe NM Explore CENTER’s Awards and Grants available to photographers and lens-based artists around the world. Applications open in January of each year. Thank you to everyone who shared their work with one or multiple awards and grants opportunities to have your work reviewed by our independent jurors in February 2024. Each year brings new exposure and career advancement package experiences. The 2025 Calls for Entry announcements are forthcoming, please check back for updates. Recipients in each category are provided opportunities for public exhibitions, featured publications, educational presentations, and expositions of the work in conjunction with the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium . We are adding to our database and archive of lens-based work from the last 30 years and invite you to contribute. All applicant work will remain in the CENTER archive, regardless of award status. Learn more about the 2024 Award and Grant jurors and winners below. Provides financial support and career advancement to a project near completion . JUROR • Jehan Jillani – Visuals Editor, The Atlantic WINNER • Austin Bryant - Where They Still Remain Project Development Grant Provides financial support and career advancement to a work-in-progress . JUROR • Gregory Harris – High Museum of Art, Atlanta WINNER • Sara Abbaspour - Transitional Realms Provides financial support and career advancement to a female or LGBTQIA2S+ photographer over 40 . JUROR • Eve Schillo – Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) WINNER • Anna Reed • Merging Dimensions Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award Honors a high school, college, or postgraduate photographic teacher’s dedication and commitment to their students and field. JUROR • Alanna Styer - Documentary Artist, Educator, Activist, Education Research Fellow, Photographer’s Green Book, & Program Manager of Media Arts Education & Mentoring, Venice Arts Los Angeles | 2023 Winner WINNER • Kathleen Sanker - Artist, Photographer, and Professor of Art, St. Charles Community College, St. Louis, Missouri Jay and Susie Tyrrell Excellence in Works By Hand Award Providing $2,500 annually to a Review Santa Fe invitee, recognizing the artist who, by their hand, works to make unique objects of art . The aim is to encourage the preservation of historical photographic processes, as well as works whose process may include collage, emulsion transfer, painting, sewing, and the use of sculpture and ceramics. Review Santa Fe reviewers will vote on works that have been juried into Review Santa Fe for the award. WINNER: Nancy E. Rivera for the series No Present To Remember Recognizes an outstanding storyteller using
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Awards & Grants — CENTER Santa Fe NM Explore CENTER’s Awards and Grants available to photographers and lens-based artists around the world. Applications open in January of each year. Thank you to everyone who shared their work with one or multiple awards and grants opportunities to have your work reviewed by our independent jurors in February 2024.
Each year brings new exposure and career advancement package experiences. The 2025 Calls for Entry announcements are forthcoming, please check back for updates. Recipients in each category are provided opportunities for public exhibitions, featured publications, educational presentations, and expositions of the work in conjunction with the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium .
We are adding to our database and archive of lens-based work from the last 30 years and invite you to contribute. All applicant work will remain in the CENTER archive, regardless of award status. Learn more about the 2024 Award and Grant jurors and winners below.
Provides financial support and career advancement to a project near completion . JUROR • Jehan Jillani – Visuals Editor, The Atlantic WINNER • Austin Bryant - Where They Still Remain Project Development Grant Provides financial support and career advancement to a work-in-progress .
JUROR • Gregory Harris – High Museum of Art, Atlanta WINNER • Sara Abbaspour - Transitional Realms Provides financial support and career advancement to a female or LGBTQIA2S+ photographer over 40 .
JUROR • Eve Schillo – Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) WINNER • Anna Reed • Merging Dimensions Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award Honors a high school, college, or postgraduate photographic teacher’s dedication and commitment to their students and field.
JUROR • Alanna Styer - Documentary Artist, Educator, Activist, Education Research Fellow, Photographer’s Green Book, & Program Manager of Media Arts Education & Mentoring, Venice Arts Los Angeles | 2023 Winner WINNER • Kathleen Sanker - Artist, Photographer, and Professor of Art, St. Charles Community College, St.
Louis, Missouri Jay and Susie Tyrrell Excellence in Works By Hand Award Providing $2,500 annually to a Review Santa Fe invitee, recognizing the artist who, by their hand, works to make unique objects of art . The aim is to encourage the preservation of historical photographic processes, as well as works whose process may include collage, emulsion transfer, painting, sewing, and the use of sculpture and ceramics.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Individual artists 18+ worldwide Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $5,000 grants and exhibitions Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is February 28, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Art Meets Activism (AMA) Grant is sponsored by Kentucky Foundation for Women. Supports feminist artists and organizations leading community members in participatory art-making to advance positive social change in Kentucky. Application snapshot: target deadline February 23, 2026; published funding information $1,000 - $7,500; eligibility guidance Individual women or gender non-conforming artists and feminist organizations residing in Kentucky. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
USArtists International is sponsored by Mid Atlantic Arts. Supports U. S. performing artists and ensembles in dance, music, and theater invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets abroad. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: USArtists International - Mid Atlantic Arts Opportunities Outside of Mid Atlantic Arts CALT Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships CALT Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship CALT Community Anchors Initiative CALT Emerging Traditional Artists Program Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Folk and Traditional Arts Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects Grants Mid Atlantic Presenter Initiatives New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Performing Arts Global Exchange Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color Strategic Plan / Imagine Next Opportunities Outside of Mid Atlantic Arts CALT Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships CALT Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship CALT Community Anchors Initiative CALT Emerging Traditional Artists Program Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Folk and Traditional Arts Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects Grants Mid Atlantic Presenter Initiatives New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Performing Arts Global Exchange Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color Strategic Plan / Imagine Next Deadline: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Image: Zoe & Cloyd performing in Holy Trinity Church in Westport, Ireland. Credit: Michael Reynolds. International Touring Impact Stories Grant Matching Requirement USArtists International® supports in-person performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals, global presenting arts markets, and other eligible engagements outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. Mid Atlantic Arts is committed to the development and expansion of both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections to audiences, presenters, curators, and their peers through the USAI program. By elevating the voices that reflect a vibrant array of creative expression, we are able to celebrate and share the diversity and imagination of the United States. Grant support range: Grants of up to $11,000 toward eligible expenses. Grants require a one-to-one cost share (or match). Applications to USAI must meet eligibility criteria in each of the following three areas to be eligible for the program: International Tour Eligibility Please see the Guidelines below for the full list of eligibility requirements. Deadline: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 by 11:59 PM Eastern For projects taking place between June 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027. Letters of invitation are due by Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Guidelines and Application Program Guidelines have been refreshed. There is one deadline for USAI this program year. Be sure to review artist eligibility as Fiscal Sponsorship is no longer allowed. To learn more, read the Application snapshot: target deadline February 25, 2026; published funding information Up to $11,000; eligibility guidance U. S. -based individual performing artists and ensembles; applicants must have a letter of invitation from an eligible international festival. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Application snapshot: target deadline February 28, 2026; published funding information $5,000 grants and exhibitions; eligibility guidance Individual artists 18+ worldwide
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Review Santa Fe reviewers will vote on works that have been juried into Review Santa Fe for the award. WINNER: Nancy E. Rivera for the series No Present To Remember Recognizes an outstanding storyteller using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects.
JUROR • David Barreda – National Geographic WINNER • Robert Pluma - Hidden Histories of San Antonio Recognizes outstanding images, singular or part of a series, in three categories: Personal, Socially Engaged, and Environmental . PERSONAL AWARD JUROR • Kristen Gresh, Ph.
D - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) WINNER • Matthew Finley - An Impossibly Normal Life SOCIALLY ENGAGED AWARD JUROR • Noelle Flores Théard - The New Yorker WINNER • Sofie Hecht - Downwind ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD JUROR • Sabine Meyer – National Audubon Society WINNER • John Trotter - No Agua, No Vida: The Human Alteration of the Colorado River “Being a part of CENTER has not only been the highlight of my year, but one of my career.
” - Brandy Trigueros, CENTER Award Winner Thank you to our Award and Grant package, publication, and exhibition supporters. MISSION • Founded in 1994 in Santa Fe, NM, CENTER is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization supporting lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships. TUESDAY - FRIDAY, FROM 10 AM - 5 PM • 1570 PACHECO ST.
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