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.
2025 Post-Graduation Residency at Torpedo Factory Art Center
Free, Three-Month Residencies with Stipend
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.
The 2025 Post-Graduation Residency offers four term opportunities:
- February – April 2025
- May – July 2025
- August – October 2025
- November 2025 – January 2026
Click To Download The 2025 Post-Graduation Call Information Packet
Click For More Information & To Apply
Applications due Thursday, October 31 by 12:00pm (noon)
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.
This application has closed. Next Open Call scheduled for winter 2025.
Click For All 2024 Open Call Information
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities
The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists.