Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants for Artists

About this call

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation provides unrestricted grants to professional visual artists working primarily in painting, sculpture and works on paper, including printmaking, to support the continued development of their work. Applications are accepted year-round on a rolling basis and are reviewed by a panel of art professionals; the process typically takes 9 to 12 months. Grants are based on artistic merit, not financial need, and artists throughout the world are encouraged to apply.

Who can apply

• Open to applicants of any nationality
• Medium: Painting / Sculpture / Drawing / Printmaking
• Entry fee: See official site
• For professional visual artists working primarily in painting, sculpture or works on paper (including printmaking), with an established professional exhibition and award history, actively exhibiting current work in professional gallery and museum settings, and with a minimum of 10 exhibitions within the past 10 years at professional galleries, museums or recognized exhibition spaces. Work submitted must be completed within the past 10 years. Not eligible: students or artists seeking funding for academic study (PhD candidates are not considered students), and artists working primarily in photography, video or film, performance, graphic or commercial art, illustration, craft, or generative or AI-generated art; a small video or photography component within painting, sculpture, installation or printmaking is accepted. Artists of any nationality, anywhere in the world, may apply. Separately, the foundation asks anyone holding citizenship of, or living in, a country on the US Department of the Treasury's sanctioned country list to contact it before filling out the application form. Two-person collaborations may apply after emailing the foundation; collaborations of more than two people cannot. The application, all in English, requires a one-page cover letter (purpose, amount requested and how the funds will be used), a one-page artist statement describing the 10 images, a CV, 10 JPEG images of work from the past 10 years (at most 2 may show details or alternate or installation views), an image identification list and contact details for three professional references. Incomplete or incorrect applications are disqualified. One application per 24 months; previous grantees wait 2 years after their grant period ends, declined artists 2 years from their last submission, and reapplications need new images. The page does not mention an application fee.