grants for visual artists

The visual arts serve as a starting point for aesthetic inquiry. A powerful form of expression, they help us understand our place in the world, provide us with an historical record of culture and civilization, and communicate a wide range of values and beliefs.

Description: Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC will award an exhibition/project grant to NYC artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs.

Submissions: To ensure that each submission receives the attention it deserves we will be only accepting 40 applications for each of our categories.

Deadlines: Our Summer 2026 Grant cycle opens on June 2nd, 2026 and will close on August 3rd, 2026 or if we reach our limit of 40 applications, which ever comes first.