Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Visual Artists

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation offers unrestricted grants of up to $50,000 USD to professional visual artists working in painting, sculpture, and works on paper (including printmaking). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis — there are no deadlines — and the Foundation welcomes applications from artists internationally, with grantees in more than 80 countries to date.

Grants can be used in any way that genuinely supports your practice: creating new work, buying supplies, paying studio rent, preparing for exhibitions, attending a residency, or covering living expenses. The size of each grant is determined by your individual circumstances, and grants are intended to support a one-year period of work.

To be eligible, you must be a professional visual artist who is actively exhibiting in gallery or museum spaces. The Foundation does not fund students, video art, generative or AI art, photography (except by nomination), commercial or graphic art, performance art, filmmaking, or craft (defined as objects with a functional purpose). Multidisciplinary artists whose primary practice falls within the guidelines are welcome to apply, even if some elements of their work extend beyond those categories.

Applications are made entirely online and require: a cover letter specifying how funds will be used; a current résumé with exhibition history; a one-page artist statement describing your submitted images; an image identification list; and ten JPEG images of work completed within the past ten years (formatted at exactly 2100 pixels on the longest dimension).

The review process is led by a panel of recognised specialists and typically takes nine to twelve months. Grants are awarded on artistic merit — financial need is not a consideration. Reapplicants who were declined must wait at least 12 months before reapplying; previous grantees must wait 12 months from the end of their grant period.

For questions, contact the Foundation directly before applying if you are a citizen or resident of a US Treasury-sanctioned country, or if you wish to apply as a two-person collaboration.