Opportunity Archive 📁
The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize is a grant-making institution and digital archiving platform offering a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis totaling $26,000.00 USD.
The Philadelphia Activities Fund
The Philadelphia Activities Fund is a nonprofit corporation established by the Mayor and City Council to foster and promote educational values of sportsmanship, the arts, and health to individuals in the City of Philadelphia.
Artists for Artists Global Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Scholarship
Artists for Artists Global is a non-profit project dedicated to promoting the growth of art and artists of all kinds through donations of materials, development of shared exhibits and opportunities, offering of professional mentorship and guidance, and more.
Avenue of the Arts Live Performer
Ave, of the Arts vision is simple: to transform the Avenue of the Arts into an even greater destination—one that pulses with new life and energy.
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
The CEA program has seen great demand and impact since its launch in 2021. With implementation of Pennsylvania Creative Industries’ updated strategic framework, the agency is working to revise the CEA program design to ensure enhanced, strategic business development support for program participants.
Art on the Parkway
A juried open call organized by the Association for Public Art (aPA) in partnership with the Parkway Council and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR). It invites artists, designers, and other creatives to propose a temporary public art installation in Maja Park on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Civic Media Fellowship
A program empowering artists, creators, storytellers, innovators, organizers, strategists and others working at the intersections of media, technology and culture to further hone their practice through eight months of exploration and collaboration with a dynamic, diverse, and amazing cohort of Fellows.
PA Creative Asset Program
The Pennsylvania Creative Asset Program supports small- to mid-sized creative organizations that deliver services, products, and/or programs that align with one or more of Pennsylvania Creative Industries’ strategic plan focus areas.
Philadelphia Student Mediamaker Fund
Awards grants to Philadelphia area student media makers who want to produce a digital video or audio project. Undergraduate Student Award & Makers affiliated with a media-making training institution - awards up to $1,000. Graduate Student Award - awards up to $1,500 The Philadelphia Student Mediamaker Fund, a program of Scribe Video Center, is made possible with support from the Independence Public Media Foundation.
Watershed Artist Residency
Each resident will span three months and will include time for independent research, open access & public hours at The Water Shed, and community-facing programs. Artists may apply individually or as part of a collaborative team.
Creative Philadelphia Artist Opportunities Database
Creative Philadelphia supports artists and cultural organizations in Philadelphia by providing and promoting artist opportunities and resources year-round. Artists can search for funding and work while arts and cultural organizations can also benefit from searching this list for opportunities.
W. Eugene Smith Grant
Designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion. Special consideration will be given to work that promotes social change, that embraces new technologies and image distribution, and that seeks to integrate the tradition of photography and social change with contemporary practice.

