Artist Application Resources
Apply for an exhibition, residency, public art, membership, or other kind of artist opportunity may feel challenging. Here are some helpful resources and best practices.
Studio Residency and Artist Pro Tem Opportunities
2024 Open Call For Artists: Resident Artists & Artists Pro Tem
Torpedo Factory Art Center is accepting applications for Resident Artists — individuals or groups of up to four — who will earn three-year studio leases and Artists Pro Tem — individuals who will earn the ability to sublease and participate in the Art Center programming.
Now Open
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2024 Post-Graduation Residency
Application Due March 24 by 11:59 PM
The Torpedo Factory Art Center Post-Graduation Residency is a competitive juried program that provides meaningful support and a three-month term studio space in the nation’s longest continually operated community of publicly accessible artists’ studios in a converted industrial space. FREE TO APPLY.
The 2024 Post-Graduation Residency offers three term opportunities:
- May – July 2024
- August – October 2024
- November 2024 – January 2025
To Apply, each artist shall:
- Upload 10 images (or video) of their most recent body of work. Image should be high-resolution (300 DPI).
- Each artist shall provide a short Biography of 150 words or less.
- Provide a short Artist Statement of 200 words or less.
- Provide a short Statement of Interest of 200 words or less.
- Provide a short stamen on Community Engagement (goals of the residency related to engaging with visitors to the Art Center) of 200 words or less.
- Provide a short Artist Process statement of 200 words or less.
- Provide a short Artist Process statement of 200 words or less.
- Upload an Artist Resume or CV.
- Have an email address for a letter of recommendation/reference from a previous professor on letterhead.
Download the Open Call Information Packet
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities
The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists.