Deadline: October 15, 2026
Applications are open for the Creative Catalyst Fellowship 2027. The Creative Catalyst Fellowship supports individual artists creating work centered on Belonging: a sense of community, home, agency, and the essential right for our communities to flourish.
Belonging is a counterweight to racism and violence and can advance a vision for the inclusion and recognition of the ways Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have shaped and contributed to this country. Art speaks to us, feels our pain, paints our dreams, and opens our minds in profound new ways. It has a way of breaking through. The goal is to give independent artists the resources and freedom to do their art, in a way that also lets us put that art to work in the world.
Benefits
- Up to eight artists will each receive $30,000 to produce work with the potential to break through to broader audiences and spark conversation around this year’s theme: Belonging.
Eligibility
- They are looking for artist-led work that connects with AAPI communities: projects grounded in life experiences, shaped by cultural perspectives, and built to break through to new audiences. They are drawn to work that’s portable and reproducible.
- Applicants must be 18 or older.
- There is no U.S. citizenship requirement. However, selected Fellows must submit either a W-9 (for U.S. citizens or resident aliens) or a W-8BEN (for applicants outside the United States).
- They fund:
- Visual art (printmaking, illustration, photography, modular installations)
- Digital and media-based work (short-form video, audio storytelling)
- Written and narrative forms (poetry, zines, narratives)
- Hybrid or interdisciplinary work built for public engagement
- They are unable to fund feature-length film, fully staged theater, dance works, community events requiring extended rehearsal infrastructure, or projects dependent on large-scale or fixed physical installations. If your practice touches these areas, they are still interested; show how the work can be adapted into something concise and shareable.
Application
The deadline to apply is Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:59 pm PT.
For more information, visit Creative Catalyst Fellowship.
