The Artadia is now accepting applications for its 21c Northwest Arkansas Artadia Award.
Donor Name: Artadia
State: Arkansas
County: Benton County (AR), Washington County (AR)
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 07/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
21c Museum Hotels, a multi-venue contemporary art museum and award-winning hospitality company, and Artadia, a nonprofit grantmaker and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, are thrilled for the fourth annual 21c Artadia Award.
The 21c Artadia Award will annually provide $15,000 in unrestricted funds to one artist living and working in the unique creative communities where 21c Museum Hotels are located. The 21c Artadia Award is designed to provide essential funding and recognition to artists at pivotal points in their careers, strengthen arts communities, and spur new levels of career achievement.
21c Northwest Arkansas Artadia Award application is available to visual artists currently living and working within the Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas for the last two consecutive years at minimum. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all visual media and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for the 2026 21c Northwest Arkansas Artadia Award, 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 Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas 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.
