Opportunities for Artists
Awarded annually by the Fairfield Cultural Alliance, the intent of the Cultural Trust Mini Grants are to promote and further develop art and culture within our community by offering financial support to individuals and organizations whose historic or artistic contributions offer to define Fairfield as a significant arts and culture hub in Southeast Iowa. FCA’s vision is to empower creators in Fairfield through connections, mentorship, and skills development.
Apply for the 2025 Cultural Trust Mini Grant here.
Submission deadline is September 30, 2025.
Review the 2025 Cultural Trust Fund Mini Grant Guidelines here.
Calling creative souls of all visual abilities! We’re currently looking for artists excited to join us in creating works facilitating a visually inclusive visual arts experience.
https://visualspectrums.org/pages/contact
Grants for artists in Eastern Iowa. The Big Field Fund (BFF) awards grants to artists and collectives to support publicly-engaged experimental, collaborative, and connective visual arts projects in eastern Iowa.
https://www.bigfieldfund.org/
Iowa Arts & Culture offers competitive funding to support the development of your community, organization or career in arts, film and media, and historic preservation.
https://opportunityiowa.gov/community/arts-culture/grants-programs
Arts Midwest advances creativity across our region, building unprecedented opportunity for everyone who calls this place home. We support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, the Native Nations that share this geography, and beyond.
https://artsmidwest.org/get-support/
A vibrant, wholly unique annual festival that celebrates adaptation, transforming one art form into another. The Iowa City based festival will take place primarily in FilmScene’s five theaters at the Chauncey and on the Ped Mall, with Opening Night at The Englert Theatre and additional programming in the downtown district.
2025 Refocus Performer/Artist Submission
Refocus Film Festival 2025 Video Installation RFP
https://refocusfilmfestival.org/
A grassroots public art festival that brings artists and neighbors together to put public art on the front lawns (and stoops, porches, windows and rooftops, too) of neighborhoods across the world.
https://terrainexhibitions.org/
The Foundation currently makes grants directly to artists to support their development. Applications are evaluated on the basis of the quality of the artist’s work, the potential to expand aesthetic inquiry, and the ability to fulfill the Foundation’s priority to provide support to visual artists who are under-recognized by the field. Additionally, The Impact Award focuses on amplifying the contributions of under-recognized Native American contemporary visual artists.
https://harpofoundation.submittable.com/submit
now funding original musical projects that explore critical social issues. Awardees can receive up to $5,000 for projects that tell marginalized histories, support underrepresented artists and engage diverse communities.
https://rapsoncollaborative.org/grants/
Craft Archive Fellowship: Six fellowships of $5,000 will be awarded to support archival research on underrepresented and non-dominant craft histories in the United States.
https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/craft-archive-fellowship
A new, intimate 3-day music festival and conference centered around the craft of songwriting, presented by The Englert Theatre across downtown Iowa City.
ICSF Scholarship Application
Midwest Nice Art is a collective cofounded by Epiphany Knedler and Tim Rickett in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Grounded in traditional Midwestern values, the collective integrates virtual and physical practices to support emerging and underrepresented artists. Open calls, grants, and various resources for artists.