The Toyota Foundation celebrates its 50-year anniversary this year since it was founded in 1974\. Over the years, as laid out in its prospectus, the Foundation has been aiming to achieve the mission of "contributing to the realization of greater human happiness,” and has focused on issues that serve the needs of the times in wide-ranging fields such as people’s life, the natural environment, social welfare, education and culture, and has so far made grants to research activities and projects dealing with these issues.

  
Over the past 50 years, human society has seen tectonic shifts in every aspect from politics to economy, people’s life to culture. As the pace of change is expected to increase from now, the Toyota Foundation would like to conduct its grant-making activities going forward, with a view toward what human society will look like 50 years from today.

  
As its 50-year anniversary grant program, the Foundation will accept research project proposals on the theme of “Envisioning Human Society 50 Years Ahead.”

  
Human society is going through major upheavals and changes due to a variety of factors including technological innovation, demographic shift, global environmental change, and a changing international situation. Given stunning scientific and technological progress in domains such as artificial intelligence (AI) and genetic engineering, it may be worth considering whether we can assume human society as we know it will remain in existence in 50 years’ time.

  
Then, the question we need to ask ourselves is what human society should look like 50 years from now. Not only do we need to focus our attention on those issues that seem hard to resolve half a century later if things are left as they are, but we will also take notice of issues that are not yet surfaced today and explore what human society should be like from an innovative perspective.

  
As such, the Toyota Foundation looks forward to receiving project proposals that are ambitious, innovative, and unconventional in approach.

**For Joint Research Projects**: Up to 10 million yen (\~61.000€) per project (grants will likely be given to three to four projects). 

  
**For Individual Projects**: Up to 2 million yen (\~12.000€) per project (grants will likely be given to 15 to 20 projects).

Envisioning Human Society 50 Years Ahead

Dublin City Arts Office is a developmental unit within Dublin City Council. It supports quality access, participation, learning and innovation in the arts through collaboration and strategic partnership at local, regional and international levels.

  
The Purpose of the Arts Grants Programme of DCC is to support Arts Practice, Arts Participation, and Audience Development in the DCC Administrative Area through focusing the funding on requests for developmental projects, training and vocational support for Artists, community development outcomes through quality arts actions or process with an overarching emphasis on diversity and equality of opportunity.

Minimum Award €5,000, Maximum Award €10,000

Project Grants 2025

The Residency Program supports creative practitioners with work that requires studio space, and who are looking for time and space to experiment. The five-month program takes place from February to June and July to November 2025 in the artist studios at 421 Arts Campus, MiZa. Designed for the creative community at large, the residency is multidisciplinary in focus and is open to practices in visual arts and curation, design and technology, music, literary arts, culinary arts, performance and theater, and other creative disciplines. The residency program prioritizes free experimentation without the pressures of a final outcome, but rather a focus on rigorous process and studio use. The residency will bring together three successful applicants for each cohort of the program. 

Six resident artists will be chosen to participate in the program which takes two cohorts a year, one that starts in February and the other in June. Three artists participate in the program at a time. Successful applicants will be awarded with a production to be employed for any equipment or material required for the completion and realization of their projects.

  
**The residency includes:**

* Private studio space;
* Living space for accepted residents not based in Abu Dhabi;
* Round trip travel for accepted residents not based in Abu Dhabi;
* Travel expenses;
* Stipend/per diem;
* Production budget.

421 Residency Program 2025

**Hesketh Hubbard Bursaries 2025**

  
London's largest life drawing group, the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, is offering three free year-long membership bursaries to young artists aged between 18 and 30.

  
**Apply online, free of charge, before Friday 8 November 2024**

  
**The bursaries offer:**

• The opportunity to attend weekly life drawing sessions at Mall Galleries free of charge for a year, starting from January 2025.

• Untutored sessions take place on Friday evenings and selected Monday evenings, between 6pm and 8:15pm (understandably there might be times when artists are unable to attend sessions, however frequent absences may result in the bursary being withdrawn).

• Currently there are 44 sessions per year. Usually around 70 artists work from 3 models: the 'quick' 15 / 30 minute nude poses, the two-hour 'long' nude pose and the two-hour clothed portrait pose.

  
**Who is eligible?**

• The bursaries are for young artists aged between 18 and 30 at the close of submissions.

• The bursaries are intended for those who have had limited access to life and portrait drawing and painting, rather than artists who are already accomplished in this field.

• Artists can work in any medium or media, except those that cause damage or disruption to the galleries. For example, dip pens and ink are not allowed due to the risk of staining the gallery floor.

  
**How to Apply**

All applications must be submitted online, free of charge via Jotform, following which shortlisted artists will be invited for interview:

**Step One**

Upload up to four example images of your work, an artist statement and biography between Wednesday 9 October and Friday 8 November 2024.

Images must be in JPEG or PNG format, under 5MB, and represent the human figure.

Your artist statement should be up to 300 words and answer the question: How will the bursary help to develop your artistic practice?

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee formed of representatives from the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society and Mall Galleries.

**Step Two**

Submitting artists will be contacted via email as to the outcome of shortlisting at 12 noon on Friday 15 November.

Those shortlisted will be invited for interview at Mall Galleries with the selection committee on Wednesday 20 November.

Shortlisted artists will be asked to present a small portfolio to help with the discussion of their practice during the informal, face-to-face interview.

**Step Three**

The three winners will be announced on the Mall Galleries website at 12 noon on Friday 22 November, before the bursaries begin in January 2025\. 

  
Key Dates

Submissions open: **Wednesday 9 October 2024**, 12 noon

Submissions close: **Friday 8 November**, 12 noon

Notification of shortlisted artists: **Friday 15 November**, 12 noon

Interviews with shortlisted artists: **Wednesday 20 November** at Mall Galleries, London

Winners announced: **Friday 22 November**, 12 noon

Bursaries begin: **January 2025**

  
**Read more about this opportunity and apply via our website:** 

https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/hesketh-hubbard-bursaries

London's largest life drawing group, the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, is offering three free year-long membership bursaries to young artists aged between 18 and 30.

Hesketh Hubbard Art Society | Bursaries

The Art Explora foundation, in collaboration with the Cité internationale des arts, welcomes every year about twenty residents, artists and researchers from all over the world. This programme offers the possibility for artists and artist collectives to carry out research and creation work in the heart of Paris, in connection with the French artistic and professional scene.

  
The programme invites residents to develop a project that addresses contemporary issues, including new technologies, the links between art and science, environmental, political and social issues. The residency programmes are designed to accompany a project in its entirety or only one stage of it: no rendering is required at the end of the residency.

  
The programme encourages creation in all its forms while facilitating its distribution to the general public, in line with Art Explora’s global mission. Meetings with artists, studio visits, workshops, performances, film screenings, etc. are thus organized. In this respect, the residency open its doors to the general public in July for the Open Studios: les rencontres de Montmartre. The previous editions welcomed each time more than 2500 visitors to meet and discover the work of the artists around a collective exhibition, performances, workshops, concerts and conferences.

Each resident benefits from:

  
* A **3-month or** **6-month** residency at the Cité internationale des arts – site of Montmartre
* A 50m2 **studio apartment** (single double bed), fully equipped and furnished.
* A **grant of 1,000 euros per month**
* A **production grant of up to 3,000 euros**,
* A **round trip to the residence**

  
**NB:** For the Artists Collective program, only one studio-apartment (a bedroom with a double bed, a workspace, a kitchen and a bathroom) can be made available for one artist from a collective. The workspace may be shared with the other members of the collective. The living grant will be paid only to the resident housed at the Cité internationale des arts de Montmartre and a common production grant will be allocated to the project.

Art Explora – Cité Internationale des Arts Programme

The New Art Center, on behalf of Chestnut Hill Square, **_seeks an artist or artist team to develop and install a_ BOLD, and SITE-SPECIFIC _work of temporary public installation_** to enhance the visitor experience. The work is to be installed in Spring 2025 and on view through December 2025\. The project can be structured as an individual work or through multiple site-specific components and should be designed to withstand the elements with limited maintenance. 

  

Artwork exhibited in Chestnut Hill, MA. 

  
$11,000 for an artist/artist team, inclusive of all project development, material, supplies, building, installation and maintenance.
  
  

Chestnut Hill Square 2025 Public Art

The Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund honors the legacy of Brooklyn Arts Council’s founder, Charlene Victor, and former president, Ella J. Weiss, a passionate advocate for the cultural life of the borough. Victor and Weiss paved new paths for generations of Brooklyn-based women artists and arts leaders. 

  
The Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund is designed to support the professional development of Brooklyn's emerging and mid-career women artists and arts administrators. This annual grant will provide awardees with the necessary support to leverage their creative passions with the entrepreneurial skills necessary to maintain sustainable creative careers. Every year, two individuals receive an award of $2,500 each.

  
**What is the grant term?**

* All funded professional development activities must take place between January 1 and December 31, 2024\. Final report must be completed by January 15, 2025.

  

Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund

Since 1982, the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) has offered Community Engagement Grants (CEG) to enrich the cultural life of the borough by supporting high-quality community-based arts projects in all disciplines, genres, and styles.

  
For this grants program, “community” is defined as:

* A geographic area;
* A cultural, social, racial, or socio-economic demographic;
* An artistic community.

  

We fund projects via three Funds. Our new process allows you to apply for all three Funds at once:

* **Arts Fund (AF)**, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). (AF) grants of up to $5,000 are open to individual artists, unincorporated artist collectives or ensembles, and nonprofit organizations with an annual budget under $100,000.
* **Community Arts (CA)**, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) program. CA grants of up to $5,000 are open to individual artists with a fiscal sponsor, unincorporated artist collectives or ensembles with a fiscal sponsor, and nonprofit organizations.
* **New Work (NW)**, also supported by the NYSCA SCR program. NW grants of up to $3,000 are open to individual artists who generate new work.

  

2025 Community Engagement Grants

Brooklyn Arts Council Grants strive to support local artists and small arts organizations whose work enhances the cultural climate of our borough, city, state, and nation. These awards encourage professional development, community growth, and fellowship among artists.

  
**Funding priorities**

Competitive projects will:

* Demonstrate the ability to identify the BK community it strives to engage
* Include a clear, realistic timeline that demonstrates the ability to complete the project to scope within the calendar year 2025
* Detail engagement of experienced and appropriate personnel, including appropriateness of nonprofit partner
* Share plans to promote the project

\*BAC strongly supports the payment of artist fees that are field and project appropriate. 
  
  

2025 Brooklyn Arts Fund

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