Resources

Use the links below to find your next gig, fellowship, residency, grant, collaborator, or read! Listings preceded by ">>" spotlight resources added within the past two weeks.

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2023 GRANT LISTS

>> FUNDING FRIDAYS: SEPTEMBER 2023 • Opportunities with application deadlines from September 8, 2023 to October 2, 2023.

FUNDING FRIDAYS: AUGUST 2023 • Opportunities with application deadlines from August 4, 2023 to September 8, 2023.

FUNDING FRIDAYS: JULY 2023 • Opportunities with application deadlines from July 12, 2023 to August 14, 2023.

FUNDING FRIDAYS: JUNE 2023 • Opportunities with application deadlines from June 3, 2023 to July 14, 2023.


To review past grant lists, visit our Funding Fridays Grant List archive.

RECOMMENDED READS

>> 2023 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS IN 10 WORDS 

ARRIVE IN MY HANDS • By Trinidad Escobar. Published by Black Josei Press.

BLACK WOMEN IN SEQUENCE: RE-INKING COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND ANIME • By Deborah Elizabeth Whaley. Published by the University of Washington Press.

FLAMER • By Mike Curato. Published by Godwin Books / Henry Holt Books for Young Readers / Macmillan.

GIOVANNI'S ROOM • By James Baldwin. Published by Penguin Books.

I'M A WILD SEED • By Sharon Lee De La Cruz. Published by Street Noise Books.

JACKIE ORMES: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST • By Nancy Goldstein. Published by the University of Michigan Press.

PIONEERING CARTOONISTS OF COLOR • By Tim Jackson. Published by University of Mississippi Press.

QUEENIE: GODMOTHER OF HARLEMBy Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy. Curated by Megascope. Published by Abrams ComicArts

DATABASES

ART CONNECT OPPORTUNITIES LIST • Maintained by Art Connect.

ARTISTS+ REGISTRYWorks by artists with HIV/AIDS. Created and maintained by Visual AIDS.

ARTWORK ARCHIVE CALLS FOR ENTRY RESOURCE • Maintained by Artwork Archive.

BLACK ARTIST DATABASE • Created and maintained by Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) 

BLACK CREATIVE DATABASE • Created and maintained by Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) 

CARTOONISTS OF COLOR DATABASE Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi. 

CREATIVE AF CAREERS • Maintained by The Creative Collective NYC.

CREATIVE CAPITAL'S ONLINE RESOURCES • Maintained by Creative Capital. 

CREATIVE WOMEN OF COLOR DATABASE • Maintained by Women Who Create.

DISABLED CARTOONISTS DATABASE • Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi. 

QUEER CARTOONISTS DATABASE • Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi.