Opportunities

The Yale & Slavery Teachers Institute (YSTI) is looking for a dedicated and talented Yale student artist to create original artwork for the 2026 Institute on Indigenous New England
 
The artwork will play a crucial role in our visual identity and will be featured on program gear, marketing materials, digital publications, and printed booklets. We are specifically interested in pieces that resonate with themes such as Indigenous histories and sovereignties in New England, relationships to land, water, and place, memory, resilience, and community, connections between past, present, and future, and storytelling, teaching, and collaborative learning.
 
We welcome submissions in any visual medium, including digital illustration, painting, drawing, collage, photography, printmaking, or mixed media. We are looking for work that is thoughtful, respectful, and grounded in meaningful engagement with Indigenous New England histories and communities.
 
Here are the details of the submission requirements:
- One to three sample artworks that reflect the student’s style and connection to the Institute.
- A short statement (150–250 words) about their artistic approach and interest in this project.
- Availability for a brief conversation with the YSTI team if selected.
 
Submission deadline: January 16, 2025
Final decision by: January 24, 2025
The selected artist will receive a $550 honorarium, full credit wherever the artwork appears, and the option to be featured on YSTI’s website and social media. There may also be opportunities to connect with the Institute during summer 2026 if the artist is interested.

Submit here >

MFA and undergrads invited to submit to The Yale Layer

The art curators for The Yale Layer, a student run magazine that focuses on fostering dialogue, personal narratives, and creative expression about mental health, are starting to collect submissions for their first semester publication.

Graduate and undergraduate art students are invited to submit work surrounding their own experience with mental health. The Yale Layer accept any form of visual art including sketch, photography, digital, collage etc.

The submission deadline is December 1st, and works can be submitted through email to theyalelayer@gmail.com. 

Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science faculty seeks book collaborator 

Looking for a student interested in working with me on a book project - inspired by the format of McLuhan’s “Medium is the Massage.”  It’s about what I call “the fight to stay human.”  The book intends to make a statement about what we have at risk in the age of machine intelligence.  Topics like awe, practice, empathy, humor, and embodiment figured prominently.  I’m looking for someone who has visual design skills as expressed in graphic design and photo curation.  Experience with book design is a plus but not essential.

Reach out to John Kao directly for more details at john@johnkao.com.

Open Call for Yale Student Artists

The Schwarzman Center is looking for Yale undergraduate, graduate, and professional student artists to participate in a new exhibition opening in April 2026. We will be featuring student artwork from the multicultural communities that are represented by the Afro-American Cultural Center, Asian American Cultural Center, La Casa Cultural de Julia de Burgos, the Latino Cultural Center, Middle Eastern and North African Cultural Community, and the Native American Cultural Center. Each centers’ art liaisons will help select the artwork to be displayed.

The exhibition will be installed on the lower level of the Schwarzman Center in The Well Gallery, and the artwork will be printed on vinyl panels so it must be submitted digitally. Choose art that is representative of yourself and your community through photographs, drawings, graphic designs, etc.

Deadline: January 30, 2026. Full information & link to apply >

Gallery Exhibition Opportunity for Yale Artists

The David Swensen Gallery at Yale Investments is offering a unique opportunity for a Yale artist to exhibit work in a dynamic new space. Interested grad and undergrad artists are encouraged to submit a proposed curatorial statement and portfolio that reflects whatever inspires them. We are open to art in a wide variety of media and the exhibition may also feature work from multiple artists, but we kindly request that all pieces are appropriate for a public office space. The works, subject to approval by the gallery team, will be displayed at 265 Church St, beginning on or around January 1, 2026. The exhibition will conclude in December 2026, though the Swensen Gallery can be flexible with individual timeline needs.

In addition to a $3,000 stipend, the artist will have a budget for materials and gallery installation - at the artist’s discretion, subject to approval. The artist will meet with the gallery team every two weeks, and be responsible for the curation, planning, budgeting, and logistics of the work(s) shown, as well as writing any necessary texts (e.g. labels, brief curatorial statement). Assistance with the physical installation of the artworks will be provided, including production of gallery signage. Proposals are due Wednesday November 26, 2025, at 11:59pm EST.

Deadline: November 26, 2025. Full information & link to apply >

Public Humanities Oral History Micro-Credential with Mary Marshall Clark

Applications for the Public Humanities Oral History Micro-Credential with Mary Marshall Clark due November 12th — open to Yale graduate students from any program or department

Description: Over four meetings, Mary Marshall Clark will lead a public humanities micro-credential on the uses of oral history in a multidisciplinary framework as a form of living research and testimony. She will lead the class in exploring multidisciplinary methods, including oral history interviewing, analysis and public forms of dissemination. Class members will conduct at least one interview, based on in-class fieldwork training and co-interviewing. The class will also cover the evaluation of interviews for public and academic use, and ethical protocols for interviewing people in vulnerable situations.  Mutual listening, with embodiment in mind, will be a strong methodological focus. 

Mary Marshall Clark is the Director of the Columbia University Center for Oral History Research. She is co-founding director of Columbia’s Master of Arts degree in Oral History. She has been involved with the oral history movement since 1991 and was president of the United States Oral History Association in 2001-2002.

All meetings will take place on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30pm. The dates of the Four In-Person Meetings are: December 11 (lunch provided); January 15; January 29; February 19. Only students who can attend all four meetings should apply. Limited to 8 graduate students.

Deadline: November 12, 2025. Click here to view the application >

SAGE Magazine: Call for Submissions, “ancient future”
 
Yale School of the Environment’s SAGE Magazine seeks any combination of provocative, critical, beautiful, captivating work from emerging and established environmental writers and artists. We welcome pieces ranging from playful to pensive. Our throughline is to strengthen and explore the relationship between humanity and the environment.

SAGE welcomes environmentally related pieces, including personal essays, narrative journalism, poems, short stories, photo essays​, and visual art. There is a maximum word count (see below). Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please withdraw your submission if it is accepted elsewhere. Note that SAGE is not able to pay authors for their submissions except for the category & grand prize winners.

Annual print edition submissions are open until December 19, 2025. Full information & link to submit >

CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS: NOIR FEST ‘25

We’re seeking submissions for a group art exhibition presented in conjunction with NOIR FEST 2025 at the Yale University Afro-American Cultural Center. Curated by Olori Lolade Siyonbola and Jasmine Marshall, this exhibition will showcase visual artworks during the festival weekend. 

NOIR FEST is a radical film and media experience highlighting visionary creators across the diaspora—artists, technologists, and storytellers working at the intersections of liberation and imagination. This year’s theme is Art as Cultural Software. We believe that stories are not just reflections of our world—they are the
operating systems that shape it. Through film, visual art, sound, design, and technology, we can rewrite the code of culture itself.

We’re seeking visual artists whose work speaks to this year’s theme. The exhibition will take place during Harvard-Yale Weekend (11/21-23), one of the most high-profile cultural moments in the Northeast with 50,000+ attendees. 

Please note: this call is for visual art submissions, not film entries (the film submission deadline has closed). All submissions are due by November 7, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. Selected artists will be contacted by November 10. Artists are responsible for delivery and pickup of their artwork. Apply here >

MENACC Art Exhibition Submissions

Submit your artwork to our MENACC Art Exhibition titled “Traces of Ourselves.” We are excited to reimagine our salon space as a creative hub featuring student artwork under the theme “What Does It Mean to Be MENA?” This exhibition invites MENA-identifying students to share their voices, visions, and creativity through transforming the salon into a space of dialogue, reflection, and celebration.

As part of the ongoing beautification of the MENACC salon, selected student artwork will be hung up in the space, turning it into a vibrant reflection of our community’s identity and creativity.

Rather than offering a single definition, this showcase highlights the many ways MENA identity can be experienced and expressed: through heritage, memory, humor, resilience, tradition, or reinvention. We welcome a wide range of submissions, from paintings and photographs to textiles, digital art, and poetry, with each one adding a new perspective to the ongoing conversation of identity.

Each student may submit one piece, with the title, medium, artist’s name, and frame dimensions included. Please note that we will only be accepting 14 submissions for this exhibition. The selected pieces will remain on display throughout the entire semester, so we kindly ask that you submit artwork you’re comfortable lending for that duration.

While artists are encouraged to join us in the salon to represent their work, attendance is not required.

Deadline for submissions: October 27, 2025. Submit here >

TEDxProspect Hill
 
TEDxProspect Hill is an independently organized TEDx event licensed under the global TEDx platform. Rooted in the Prospect Hill neighborhood of New Haven, this event brings together voices from community, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and academia to foster dialogue, build connections, and create opportunities for meaningful partnerships. ​​The event will take place on Sunday, December 14, at the Foote School in New Haven, CT. For more event information, visit tedxprospecthill.com. 

The TEDxProspect Hill Organizing Board is looking for collaborators to help bring this event to life! If you’re passionate about marketing, design, or event photography and videography, we’d love to work with you. Reach out to us at hello@tedxprospecthill.com or katelyn.kostakis@yale.edu — we can’t wait to connect!

Beaumont Medical Club seeks a Logo Designer & Web Developer

The Beaumont Medical Club at Yale School of Medicine seeks a graduate student designer/developer to create our club logo and build our website. You’ll collaborate closely with club officers throughout the project. Responsibilities include: Design club logo in collaboration with officers; Plan and design website architecture and user experience; Create and/or organize website content; Develop, test, and deploy the website; Provide brief training to officers and administrative staff on site management. Project duration anticioated to be 12 weeks at 10 hours per week, at a rate of $18/hour.

Search “logo designer” on the Yale student employment portal for full information & the link to apply >

Yale-China Arts Lab

The Yale-China Arts Lab is a unique opportunity for emerging professional artists at Yale’s four graduate arts schools to create original work engaging Chinese culture. The residency supports the creation of new intercultural work that – in process and presentation – brings together students, artists, and audiences from New Haven, Yale, and the world.

The residency provides the selected artist team with a minimum of $12,000 to use towards artist fees and materials for executing their project. Resident Artist teams also receive mentorship from IFAI and Yale-China staff as well as marketing and ticketing support through the festival’s platforms.

Monday, December 1 at 11:59p ET with info sessions in November. Learn more and apply >

Apply to be a 2025-26 Law, Environment & Animals Program Student Fellow!
 
The Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School (law.yale.edu/animals) is inviting applications for its 2025-26 LEAP Student Fellows Program. Applications are due on Monday, September 22. 
 
About LEAP:
Launched in 2019, the Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is a multidisciplinary “think-and-do tank” dedicated to developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts on the living world, and to drawing attention to the questions of conscience and law raised by humanity’s treatment of animals. To this end, LEAP leads and coordinates a diverse program of activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and that contribute to defining, expanding, and advancing the field of animal law and policy. LEAP’s programming includes academic and experiential courses; legal work on climate change and animal agriculture and other research initiatives; active support for student research projects and publications; and regular lectures, panels, and events. Learn more at our website: law.yale.edu/animals. 
 
About the LEAP Student Fellows Program: 
Each academic year, LEAP selects a group of Student Fellows, including both Yale Law School students and other Yale graduate and professional school students. The goal of the Student Fellows Program is to support the academic and professional goals of Yale students interested in helping animals, to further empower these students to do impactful work while at Yale, and to build a robust and fun community of students and scholars interested in animal law and policy on campus.
 
During the academic year, LEAP Student Fellows receive support from LEAP faculty and staff to work on a project related to animal law, policy, and ethics. The projects can take a myriad of forms, such as academic research (either with LEAP or independently); a policy proposal; submission of comments on proposed regulations; an op-ed or popular press article; or another research or creative project of the Fellow’s choosing. Credit or pay is available for some projects. LEAP Fellows shape and participate in the life of the LEAP program in a variety of ways, including helping to envision, organize, and advertise the events that LEAP hosts during the academic year. LEAP Fellows are asked, at minimum, to work on one project of their own choosing, to attend two LEAP events per semester, and to help spread the word about LEAP events and initiatives on campus. 
 
We welcome applications from all Yale graduate and professional school students. No past experience or expertise in animal law is necessary.
 
To apply, please complete this form with a resume and brief statement of interest by MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. If you have questions about the fellowship or application process, please contact LEAP Litigation and Program Fellow Naomi Jennings (naomi.jennings@yale.edu).

YCBA seeks bilingual family programs teacher

The Yale Center for British Art seeks a dynamic, creative, and engaging bilingual family programs teacher to assist bilingual educational programs for our English- and Spanish-speaking visitors. 

The Yale Center for British Art’s (YCBA) permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper spans more than five centuries and is the foundation for a museum uniquely focused on the complex histories, legacies, and shifting contexts of British art. The Education Department designs and facilitates programs and learning experiences for visitors of all ages and abilities including curricular integration opportunities for preK-undergraduate students, tours and in-gallery programs for children, youth, and families, artmaking programs, and access programs for visitors with disabilities.  

The ideal candidate will be passionate about engaging children and families through interactive, inclusive, accessible educational programming.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assist YCBA Educators in facilitating interactive gallery experiences and exhibition-related workshops in both English and Spanish. 
• Assist in the creation of bilingual educational materials and resources. 
• Record attendance numbers, distribute and collect surveys, and occasionally take photographic documentation to support program evaluations. 

Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience working with children in an educational setting. 
• Fluent in English and Spanish, with excellent verbal and written communication skills in both languages.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with diverse audiences. 
• Availability for evening and weekend work. Must be available to work on key Saturdays, including a Community Day on October 25, 2025. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate work or degree (Bachelor’s) in Art History, Education, Fine Art, Museum Studies, Latin American Studies, or a related fieldinvolving analysis, interpretation, and discussion of visual and material culture. 
• Knowledge of art education best practices and familiarity with museum processes and standards. 
• Hours: It is anticipated that the teacher will work an average of 10 hours per month. 

To Apply: Please ensure to upload your resume, cover letter (in English and Spanish), and contact information for two references to this application. We will begin to review applications on September 11. Apply here >

Student ecology / birding project “Taking Flight” seeks volunteer mentors

Two Yale undergrads, Erica Yu and Karinne Tennenbaum, of Taking Flight—an educational initiative that aims to inspire a new generation of climate leaders through birding—are applying for a Saybrook College Creative Performing Arts (CPA) grant ($500) for a visual arts project called Tetraglass (name tentative).

Birds are unique in that they have tetrachromatic vision, allowing them to see ultraviolet light. Unfortunately, seeing more does not aid them in avoiding windows. The United States Geological Service (USGS) estimates that up to two billion birds are killed annually in window collisions. With Tetraglass, they aim to raise awareness of this issue by designing a tetrahedron-shaped, glass mosaic sculpture that memorializes bird mortalities.

Erica and Karinne are searching for 1-2 enthusiastic graduate student volunteer mentors from the Yale School of Art to advise them in this endeavor. Please reach out to Erica via email (erica.yu@yale.edu) directly and cc Karinne (karinne.tennenbaum@yale.edu) by Sept. 3 with interest!

The Center for Collaborative Arts and Media CCAM Studio Fellowship (2025–2026)

The CCAM Studio Fellowship invites creators to produce an original project based at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM).
 
CCAM offers each project: 

• funding for project materials,
• meetings with the group of fellows and our team for project mentorship,
• access to the center’s spaces and Equipment Checkout, and
• an opportunity to present their work in the Studio Fellowship Exhibition.

The application is open to everyone. Please note that the fellowship involves regular in-person engagement at CCAM. The call for proposals is now open! Proposals will be due by Sunday, September 21 at 11:59pm.

Full information & link to apply here >>

Figure Models for High School Drawing Classes

The Visual Arts Department at ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) is looking for figure models to pose for high school students ages 14–18. Models will be clothed and do a mix of short and long poses to help students practice drawing form, gesture, and proportion. Classes meet Monday through Thursday in the early afternoon (1–4 PM), and we have a heater if you need it.

If you’re interested, please reach out to ECA’s drawing instructor, Rebecca Gilbert at rgilbert@aces.org to connect, talk about availability, and hourly rates.

Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office: Spring ‘26 internships
 
The Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State seeks interns with a passion for educating voters and encouraging participation in the democratic process. The Office of the Secretary of the State works to provide a wide range of services for the people and businesses of Connecticut and is committed to promoting the importance of civic education and civic engagement across the state. Undergraduate or graduate candidates are eligible, as long as they are enrolled in their program during the course of the internship. 

Opportunities available include a Graphic Design Intern and a Video Production Intern, among others. Full information & link to apply >

America 250th New Haven Commission, Call for Proposals - Textile Art

The America 250th New Haven Commission seeks textile artist (s) or artist team for a commemorative project honoring the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The project should reflect the commission’s theme “America 250 in New Haven: Elevating Local History, Understanding Democracy, Practicing Civics- Out of Many, One”. Additionally, the project should engage various populations within the City of New Haven. Bilingual/multi-lingual artists or artist teams are encouraged to apply.

Proposal deadline: December 1, 2025. Full information here >

New Haven Chalk Art Festival!

Enjoy a day of music, art and family entertainment in celebration of the local community in the heart of downtown New Haven and Yale University. The Shops at Yale invites all professional and amateur artists, students, and artist groups to participate in the 8th New Haven Chalk Art Festival.

Bring the whole family — stroll the Broadway District to view and vote on elaborate chalk art designs by more than 60 talented artists at a new expanded location in the Broadway District that includes an Elm Street closure (between Park and Broadway), The Civil War Monument Park and Broadway Island (56 Broadway). Enjoy a Family Fun Zone with free chalk, exclusive offers to retailers and restaurants, a raffle and more! This event is free and open to the public, with free parking available at the 150 York Street Garage from 11am-6pm with a validation stamp at The Shops at Yale tent during the event.

Artists compete for bragging rights and gift cards to The Shops at Yale

⊕ 1st Place: $1,000 to Hull’s Art Supply
⊕ 2nd Place: $500 to Sneaker Junkies
⊕ 3rd Place: $250 to Hull’s Art Supply & Framing
⊕ Best Amateur/Beginner: $250 Sneaker Junkies

Winners in each People’s Choice Awards category (Teen, Adult and Group) will receive a $100 gift card for 1st Place and $75 gift card for 2nd Place. Winners for Best New Haven Theme, Best Use of Color and Best Photo Rendition will receive $100 each. Everyone who votes will automatically be entered to win one of five $50 gift cards to local restaurants!

Sign up by October 10 to participate!
Full info > | Sign up >

Mural Opportunity!

Town Green District is excited to announce the opening of our 2025 Straight Up Art mural program! Submit past pieces of your artwork in this Request for Qualifications round. If you are selected to move onto the next round, Request for Proposals, you will be asked to create a site-specific proposal for the mural location. 
 
Please check out our website for more information on the program and feel free to reach out with any questions.
 
RFQs are due May 9th at 12pm. Submit here >

Nasty Women Open Call 2025:
Hill Blocks View: Coming Together when Things Fall Apart

This is an uncensored unjuried show, and submission is free and open to all. To participate, complete this form by Thursday, February 27, 2025, indicating how you’d like to participate, and what you’d like to contribute. We’re salivating at the mouth to hear your ideas, so dream big. The exhibition will take place at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT (80 Audubon St.) from March 8-22, 2025. Should you have any questions, email nastywomenct@gmail.com.

Deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2025. Submit here >

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians!

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians in strings, horn, and percussion for the Orchestra’s 20th season.

The group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30PM. Email info@newhavenorchestra.com if you’re interested in joining!

Call for submissions: Vassar Review’s Issue 11, “Temper & Testimony”

For our eleventh edition, the Vassar Review seeks to address an era of bearing witness. We live in an economy of believability, where testimonies are not taken at face value—they must be maintained through labor. A testimony can voice experiences of injustice; testimonial narrative can, as Cuban author Miguel Barnet articulates in his theory of the testimonio, reveal the urgency to make an event or a situation of oppression public. However, the believability of one’s testimony can also reflect their power and resources; it can reflect the ability to wield affect and emotion in one’s favor. Can one’s temper strengthen their testimony, or render it obsolete? How are temper and emotions facets of writing that can distort, establish, or influence the truth? 

We accept a range of work including poetry, prose, sculpture, soundscapes, performance, scripts, digital media, and beyond that relates to this year’s theme.  Bilingual texts and excerpts from longer dramatic works such as  screenplays and graphic novels are also considered. We do not accept  works previously published in print but will consider previously exhibited  visual work. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but require that artists  notify editors if the work has been accepted elsewhere. All contributors retain copyright over their individual works.

The submission deadline is January 15, 2026. Full information & link to apply >

Call for Applications: Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris

the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship, which allows American artists to spend a full year living and creating at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. The FEU is an Art Deco residence on the campus of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, home to an international community of students, researchers, and artists.
 
For decades, it has welcomed creators looking for time, space, and a supportive environment to deepen their work. The scholarship hosts artists from a wide range of disciplines: visual arts, design, photography, film, architecture, fashion, music (composition and performance), dance, crafts, digital arts, and interdisciplinary practices. Scholars live on the FEU’s fifth floor, which houses 17 studio-apartments designed specifically for artistic work. It’s a simple but inspiring setup: bright studios, shared spaces, and a small community of peers who encourage one another.

Deadline: January 31, 2026. Full information & link to apply >

Call for Applications: Royal Academy Schools Starr Fellowship 2025-26

We are delighted to announce this year’s call for applications at the Royal Academy Schools (London, UK): The year-long Starr Fellowship Programme.

The Starr Fellowship Programme is a one-year artist residency for professional artists who are U.S. citizens at the Royal Academy Schools in London. The fellow becomes part of the Royal Academy Schools community, engaging with and contributing to the academic programme, accessing the facilities, workshops and wider RA.

• Relocation to the UK is required, and visa and travel costs are supported.
• Inclusive and accessible application options are available.
• The artist receives a stipend of at least £26,000 for the year (this includes the cost of accommodation in central London)
• The residency is based in London, UK.

Deadline: December 8, 2025. Full information & link to apply >

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships

For centuries, the contributions of immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees have made our nation stronger. Since 1998, we have awarded 805 Fellows from 103 countries more than $80 million to pursue the graduate degrees of their choosing across a breadth of areas from screenwriting to medicine; from physics to painting; from law to neuroscience and from opera to mechanical engineering.

The Fellowship supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. The Fellowship involves taking part in two Fall Conferences in New York City (all expenses paid) and meeting with the Fellowship director on your campus. 

To apply for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships, you’ll need to create an account and start the online application. You’ll fill out eligibility and demographic questions, share information about your educational and New American background, and then you will have to submit relevant transcripts, a resume or CV, two essays, and then register three to five recommendations.

The application for the 2026 Fellowship is now open and due on October 30, 2025 at 2 pm ET. Full information & link to apply >

Apply for the Winter 2025 Laura Bassi Scholarship

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in Winter 2025:
 
Winter 2025
Application deadline: 28 November 2025
Results: 8 December 2025

All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, including previous winners, and the application portal can be found here >

Don Bachardy Fellowship 2026
Residency dates: 27 April – 4 July 2026
 
The Don Bachardy Fellowship offers one gifted and dedicated post-graduate international artist the opportunity to join the Royal Drawing School in London for one term. The Fellow will spend 3 full days a week for ten weeks drawing alongside students on the school’s Drawing Year as well as students on the public programme courses. Artists are also provided with a shared studio space, mentoring sessions, tutorials and the opportunity to attend the school’s lecture series. To assist with travel and accommodation costs the artist is awarded a stipend of $5,000.
 
The Don Bachardy Fellowship is open to international artists who have studied at MA level. Applications are open to artists who have not studied or lived in the UK before. 
 
Application deadline: Thursday 20th November. Full information & link to apply >

New Art School Modality begins October 10!

The New Art School Modality explores and brings to life new forms of teaching, learning, art production, and impact. The school is grounded in an ethos of collaboration, experimentation, and improvisation. 

The New Art School Modality offers a revised version of the art school model, methods, and procedures. It is conceived as a different take on, or an alternative approach to, art school education, one that has fewer guard rails and institutional protocols. There’s intentionally less hand-holding and the apparatus is reduced, all of this as a nod to prior historical moments when making art and being an artist were less reliant on costly infrastructures.

The New Art School Modality will instantiate courses at various “perches” worldwide. Courses are hybrid, online and in-person. Unlike other art schools, it is not place based or centric.

Apply by THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1. Learn more and apply >

Calling all students to the 2025 Historic New England Summit!

The Summit is New England’s largest gathering of cultural leaders, preservationists, and innovators, convening in New Haven to explore how history, design, and community shape our shared future.

Register today & take the next step on your career path! Historic New England is pleased to offer a student discount to attend the Historic New England Summit on November 13 & 14 in New Haven, CT. Two days of inspiration, ideas, solutions, and connections—all for $50, with breakfast and lunch included.

Learn more and register here >

Public Art Learning Fund: Grant applications open!

NEFA’s Public Art Learning Fund (PALF) is accepting applications. The Public Art Learning Fund provides grants of $500 to $3,000 to support professional development opportunities for New England artists to strengthen their public art practices. Through the Public Art Learning Fund, NEFA intends to foster the continued development of more equitable, inclusive, and vibrant public spaces and public life throughout New England. This opportunity is available to artists across New England (VT, NH, ME, MA, CT, RI).

Info Session is NEXT TUESDAY September 30, 2025, from 5-6PM ET. Click this link to register >

Applications are due by October 14, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. For questions contact NEFA at publicart@nefa.org. Full information >

Peabody Museum seeks a Head of Visual Design
 

Working at Yale means contributing to a better tomorrow. Whether you are a current resident of our New Haven-based community- eligible for opportunities through the New Haven Hiring Initiative or a newcomer, interested in exploring all that Yale has to offer, your talents and contributions are welcome. Discover your opportunities at Yale!

Salary Range: $68,000.00 - $120,500.00

The Head of Visual Design will lead design and graphic production for the Peabody across exhibitions, marketing, website, programming, and other areas. Reporting to the Associate Director of Exhibitions, this position will maintain, refine, template, apply, and build upon the visual approach established for the museum’s 2024 reopening. Clear, accessible, and engaging visuals are essential to the Peabody’s storytelling strategy, whether in a social media post or an exhibition’s environmental graphics. This position manages a staff member, oversees vendors, and may instruct and manage students.

Essential Duties

• Provide creative direction, design, and cohesion for the Peabody’s visual material needs, including those for exhibitions, marketing, social media, website, programming, visitor experience, internal communications, and other collateral.

• Follow, refine, systematize, and build upon existing visual standards for the Peabody, including templates and style guides.

• Engage in an iterative review process from design concept sketches through proofing that is flexible and responsive to the needs of stakeholders.

• Ensure visual products meet or exceed industry accessibility standards.

• Produce visual materials for fabrication in-house and oversee production of materials fabricated externally, including budgeting, bidding and contracting, production files, sampling and proofing, fabrication, and delivery. Provide advice and guidance on the most effective approach to be adopted.

• Manage 3D exhibition designer and ensure cohesion of design direction throughout each project.

• Instruct students in the visual design process and techniques and oversee student participation in exhibitions, communications, and other museum activities.

• Create and oversee annual and project-based graphic design budgets.

• Operate and maintain all pertinent production equipment. Maintain, share, and archive graphic resources.

• Other duties as assigned.

Please submit a cover letter and resume with link(s) to a portfolio of your visual design work, particularly in exhibitions and displays, as part of your application. Portfolio should include concept sketches and examples of installed work(s).

Full information and link to apply >

2026-2027 Cullman Center Fellowship
 

The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers is an international fellowship program open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building—including academics, independent scholars, and creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets). Visual artists at work on a book project are also welcome to apply. The Center appoints 15 Fellows a year for a nine-month term at the Library, from September through May. In addition to working on their own projects, the Fellows engage in an ongoing exchange of ideas within the Center and in public forums throughout the Library.

A Cullman Center Fellow receives the use of an office with a computer, full access to the Library’s physical and electronic resources, and a stipend of $90,000.

Learn more and apply here >

• The Hopper Prize: Offers a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis.

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