Calls to Artists

The Consortium awards $15,000 and $7,500 grants to individual visual and media artists across five counties, and Monroe County artists are eligible. Attending one free workshop is required before you can apply.

Before you apply A workshop is required in order to apply, and the last one for this cycle is Saturday, August 22 at 12:00 pm. Register through the guidelines page before the deadline matters.

Closes

Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:59 pm

Award

$15,000 and $7,500

Fee

No application fee

Who can apply

Individual artists who have lived and worked in Monroe County for a full year before applying. Not open to organizations, to students in a degree program, or to employees of the participating county governments or their local arts agencies.

Covers the full $675 workshop fee, plus help toward four nights of lodging, for writers accepted into the January 2027 Writers Workshop Program in Key West. The priority deadline has passed but applications are still being accepted while funding lasts.

Before you apply The Seminar says spots often fill in the first round, so applying now is no guarantee. It is also all or nothing: if the application is declined you cannot then pay and attend.

Closes

Rolling, while funding lasts. The form closes January 3, 2027

Award

Full $675 workshop fee waiver, plus need-based lodging assistance

Fee

No application fee

Who can apply

Writers at all levels, no geographic restriction. Priority goes to those who have not received Seminar support before.

Original 2D and 3D work under 10 inches in any direction, including the frame. Selected pieces hang at Jag Gallery in Key West from December 5 through January 10, with trophies for Juror's Choice, Honorable Mentions and People's Choice.

Closes

See the call for the entry deadline

Award

Trophies, and winners are invited into a Jag Gallery group show in 2027

Fee

$18 per entry, and $18 for each additional image. Up to six pieces.

Who can apply

Open to all artists. No jewelry and no AI-generated work.

Open to Florida artists in all media, with selected work shown at the Court House Cultural Center in Stuart from January 8 through March 10, 2027. More than $1,000 in awards.

Closes

Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern

Award

First $500, second $200, third $100, plus up to four honorable mentions at $50

Fee

$40 for up to three entries, $5 less for MartinArts members

Who can apply

Florida artists, all media, up to three entries each.

A permanent commission for the University of Florida's Disability Resource Center, open to artists internationally and therefore to Keys artists. Preference may be given to disabled artists and to artists with lived experience of disability.

Closes

Stage 1 due Friday, August 28, 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern

Award

Budget from $76,250, plus a $1,250 honorarium to each finalist

Fee

The call states no application fee

Who can apply

Mid-career artists. Open internationally, so Monroe County artists qualify.

Grants to individual working artists with no deadline at all: applications are open year round and reviewed on a rolling basis. Awards go up to $50,000, with most around $35,000.

Closes

No deadline. Open year round

Award

Up to $50,000, most around $35,000

Fee

No application fee

Who can apply

Painters, sculptors and artists working on paper, anywhere in the world. Not open to photography, video or film, performance, graphic or commercial art, illustration, craft, or AI-generated work. One application every 24 months.