2027 AIM Fellowship

About this call

The AIM Fellowship is The Bronx Museum's annual professional development and career accelerator program for rising visual artists based in New York City, United States, now in its 47th cycle. Fourteen Fellows are selected each year. They meet on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9 PM at the museum: a Career Foundations half from February to June 2027 (the art market, artist statements, financial literacy, funding, art law and more) and a Career Development half from September to December 2027 (studio visits, portfolio reviews, guest artists, exhibition preparation). In early 2028 the cohort organizes a public convening at the museum. AIM is not a studio program and provides no studio space; the museum seeks to highlight artists who completed the Fellowship through a dedicated biennial exhibition with a fully illustrated catalogue. Open to New York City residents who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

Who can apply

• United States only
• Medium: Painting / Drawing / Sculpture / Photography / Printmaking / Installation / Mixed Media / New Media / Video / Textile / Ceramics / Performance
• Free entry
• Applicants must be 21 or older and apply individually (no partnerships, collectives or groups). They must be emerging visual artists with 2 to 10 years of actively creating and presenting new and original work who have yet to be widely recognized, and must live in New York City at the time of application and throughout the program. Not eligible: anyone enrolled in a degree-granting program in any discipline or a professional development program during the Fellowship, current employees of The Bronx Museum (full-time, part-time or contract), immediate family members or employees of a Bronx Museum board member, and artists represented by a commercial gallery in or outside the U.S. Enrollment is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Fellows demonstrate interest in building a diverse community of peers, in line with the museum's mission to support artists of African, Asian and Latin American ancestry and artists for whom The Bronx has been formative or transformative. Apply on Submittable with 6 artworks no more than 3 years old; only complete applications are considered. Application fee $0; cost to participate $0. Semi-finalists must attend an in-person group interview at The Bronx Museum in Fall 2026. Fellows must be available for the program's meetings and activities for its 9 months: sessions are in person on Tuesdays 6 to 9 PM at the museum or at a planned offsite location, plus the mandatory public convening in winter/spring 2028. Not a studio program and not a program to develop new work; no studio space is provided.