Merge: Nation's Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities

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The VSA Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States.

Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Prize Summary: 
Win up to $20,000
Prizes Details: 

Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Deadline: 
28/April/2021

Entry Fee:

Contact & Links: 
Call for Artists

Stiftung Villa Sonnenberg

Lenzburg

In Motion

31/May/2025

Residency

Fundación ArteSumapaz

San Bernardo Cundinamarca

June 2025 - Residency Available in Colombia

24/May/2025

Call for Artists

FIRST STREET GALLERY

New York

Call for New Artist Members

30/June/2025

Call for Submissions

Kathryn Chapman

#international #Global #online

DREAMING

15/June/2025

Residency

Tracy Mackenna

COLLEMACCHIA

Group Residency Programme, Italy: Place, People and Time: PUBLISHING AS AN ARTISTIC PRACTICE

09/June/2025

Call for Entries

The Clara M. Eagle Gallery

Murray

2025 Magic SIlver Show

26/June/2025

Call for Artists

COMEL Award

Latina

COMEL Award 2025 'The Silent Strenght'

22/June/2025

Call for Submissions

Superpresent Magazine

Superpresent Vol 5, No2 - Summer 2025

01/June/2025

Call for Artists

Moho Gallery

Venice

CONTRASTS Art Contest

30/June/2025

Call for Entries

Viridian Artists

New York city

Viridian Artists Annual International Juried Exhibition

10/June/2025

Call for Artists

Alla Kudziieva

Úbeda

FAIL PROUDLY - Artistic call-out for residency Isla de Crear

31/May/2025

Call for Artists

Culturally Arts Collective

London, New York, International

Open Call for Art: Through the Eyes of a Child

31/May/2025

Call for Artists

TRA Collective

London

undercurrent ESEA Sound and Performance Art Festival 2025

31/May/2025

Call for Entries

MALDITO FESTIVAL de Videopoesía

Albacete (Spain) online (FILMIN)

IV INTERNATIONAL POETIC FILM SHOWCASE MALDITO FESTIVAL

30/June/2025

Call for Entries

L'Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival

BARCELONA

L'Alternativa, Independent Film Festival of Barcelona

08/July/2025

Funding & Grants

ArtFund.ME

usa

$1,000 GRANT + 10 HONORABLE MENTIONS

15/June/2025

Residency

Fundación ArteSumapaz

San Bernardo Cundinamarca

October 2025 - Residency Available in Colombia

24/May/2025

Call for Artists

GENIUS LOCI WEIMAR

Weimar

GENIUS LOCI WEIMAR | VIDEOMAPPING AND LIGHT ART COMPETITION

15/June/2025

Call for Artists

Collect Art

Tbilisi

The Sea of Emotions

16/June/2025