The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art.
Donor Name: The Andy Warhol Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/06/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles. As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply.
Writers are invited to apply in one of the following categories:
- Article
- Book
- Short-Form Writing
- Translation.
Funding Information
Grants Range from $15,000 to $50,000.
Project Eligibility
To be eligible for a translation grant, your proposed project must:
- Be a translation of a book into English;
- Be primarily about contemporary art;
- Include evidence of the ongoing or completed process to secure rights for the translation.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this grant, an arts writer must be:
- An individual;
- Applying for a project about contemporary visual art;
- An art historian, artist, critic, curator, journalist, or a writer in an outside field who is strongly engaged with the contemporary visual arts;
- A U.S. citizen, permanent resident of the United States, or holder of an O-1 visa (if your application advances to the final round, you will need to submit current documentation);
- At least twenty-five years old by Oct 1 in the application year;
- A published author (specific publication requirements vary depending on grant category; see the project-specific eligibility requirements).
Ineligibility
An arts writer is NOT eligible for this grant if they are
- Applying on behalf of an organization;
- Applying for a project in which their primary involvement will be as an editor;
- A full-time student in a degree-granting program (with the exception of those students who are simultaneously maintaining professional careers as arts writers);
- An artist, writer, or curator writing an interpretive essay on their own practice;
- Applying for a project that is primarily fiction, poetry (including ekphrasis), memoir, or screenwriting;
- Applying for a project based on a PhD dissertation or MA thesis;
- Applying to conduct a Q&A interview (or series of Q&A interviews);
- Applying to assemble an archive or database;
- Applying for a project on Andy Warhol;
- Applying for a project that will be published by a commercial gallery;
- Applying for a Creative Capital Award for any project in the same grant year (including as a collaborator);
- Applying with the same project for which they have received a Creative Capital Award (including as a collaborator);
- Applying with the same project for which they have received a curatorial research fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (including as a collaborator);
- A grantee of The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant;
- A recent juror of the program (evaluators are eligible to apply after one grant cycle; panelists are eligible after two grant cycles);
- A current employee, consultant, board member, or funder of Creative Capital or The Andy Warhol Foundation, or an immediate family member of such a person.
for more information, visit The Andy Warhol Foundation.
