Artadia is now accepting applications for the 2026 Los Angeles Awards from all visual artists who have lived and worked throughout Los Angeles County for the last two consecutive years at minimum.
Donor Name: Artadia
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 02/01/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Individual artists and collaborative working in all visual media and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected through a two-tier jury in the winter of 2026.
Funding Information
The jurors will designate two artists to receive awards of $15,000 each, and one artist to receive an award of $25,000, in unrestricted funds.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible to apply for the 2026 Los Angeles Artadia Awards, artists must fulfill the following requirements:
- Be a contemporary visual artist (making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Please note that Artadia does not fund filmmakers making films for distribution in cinematic venues, or those working in choreography presented outside of a contemporary art context).
- Live and work within Los Angeles County.
- Have resided in Los Angeles County for a minimum of the last two consecutive years.
- Not currently be enrolled in an art-related degree program, nor be planning to attend an art-related degree program in the coming year.
- Not be related to Artadia staff or directors in any way.
- Have never received an award from Artadia or from The Art Council (Artadia’s former name) equal to or more than $10,000. Please note that former finalists are eligible to apply.
- Unless applying as a collaborative, you must be the sole conceptual author of the artwork submitted in the application; if there are collaborators that share authorship of the submitted work they must be clearly identified and credited.
For more information, visit Artadia.
