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2026 MoAD Emerging Artists Program — Applications due Oct. 31, 2025

Call for Artists: 2026 Emerging Artists Program (EAP)

Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

San Francisco, CA

The Emerging Artists Program (EAP) reflects the Museum of the African Diaspora’s commitment to supporting, exhibiting, and amplifying the work of Black artists living and working in the Bay Area. As a leading contemporary art museum focused on the global African Diaspora, MoAD is proud to incubate innovative practices and foster long-term artistic growth.

We are now accepting applications for the 2026 cycle. Four artists will be selected to present solo exhibitions in MoAD’s Salon space and will each receive a $10,000 award along with comprehensive institutional support.

Program Overview

Incubation

Selected artists will receive:

Direct mentorship and guidance from MoAD’s curatorial and exhibitions team

Writing and design support for wall text, labels, and marketing materials

Access to career-sustaining professional development workshops led by artists, curators, scholars, gallerists, and financial experts

Exhibition

Each artist will present a two-month solo exhibition in MoAD’s Salon, a multipurpose space used to showcase stellar artwork as well as for deep engagement through public programs, workshops, and community events

Artists will be given up to three days each for installation and deinstallation

All artists will work with the same set of institutional tools and resources provided by MoAD

Public Programming + Publicity

MoAD will organize and support at least one public program (e.g. artist talk, conversation, or workshop) for each exhibition

Artists will receive dedicated marketing and press support from MoAD’s communications team

Additional Award Opportunity

One of the four exhibiting artists will receive the EAP Excellence Award, a $25,000 grant awarded in recognition of outstanding work

Application + Selection Timeline

Application Deadline: October 31, 2025 Final Selections Made: December 15, 2025 Finalists Announced: January 5, 2026 First Exhibition Opens: March 20, 2026

Apply via SlideRoom: https://moadsf.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/84758

Terms & Conditions

Applications must be submitted through the official SlideRoom portal.

Submission does not guarantee selection.

MoAD will insure exhibited artworks up to a maximum of $15,000, from delivery through deinstallation.

Artists are responsible for shipping, delivery, and retrieval of artworks.

All non-installation-based works must arrive ready to hang.

Artists must be on-site for both installation and deinstallation, which may take up to three days each.

Artworks left at MoAD more than 30 days after exhibition close will be considered abandoned.

Artists release MoAD from liability for damage or injury during transportation.

Visitors may photograph artworks for non-commercial use. Artists grant MoAD permission to photograph and use images for marketing, publicity, and educational purposes.

Please note: The Salon is a multi-use space. Food and drink may be served, and the space may be rented for private events during or after museum hours.

For questions or additional information, please contact: exhibitions@moadsf.org

We look forward to reviewing your proposal and continuing to build a vibrant future for Black art in the Bay Area.

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This program contains:

  • Forms (1)
  • Media (up to 10)

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FEL: Dedalus Foundation – Senior Fellowship in Art History

Dedalus Foundation – Senior Fellowship in Art History
Accomplished writers and scholars seeking support for critical studies related to 20th-century painting, sculpture, and allied arts may apply for fellowships of up to $30,000. Applicants may not currently be students and must be US citizens.
Deadline: September 15, 2025 | dedalusfoundation.org

FEL: Archives Research Fellowship @ Driskell Center

Call for Applications
Archives Research Fellowship Program at The Driskell Center

The David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland invites applications for its 2025–2026 Archives Research Fellowship program. Designed to support original scholarship rooted in the Center’s rich archival holdings, the program offers two low-residency fellowships over the academic year. Each fellow will receive a $3,000 stipend, paid in two installments, along with travel and lodging support for a short-term residency of up to three weeks at the Center. We welcome applications from scholars, artists, and cultural workers whose work engages with Black art, art history, and visual culture.

About The Archives

The Driskell Center Archives houses a growing collection of primary source materials across thirteen distinct collections documenting the lives, work, and critical reception of African American artists, scholars, and cultural institutions. Notable holdings include the personal papers of artist and scholar David C. Driskell—featuring six decades of correspondence, lectures, exhibition planning documents, and ephemera—as well as archives from the Weusi Artist Collective, artists Alonzo Davis and robin holder, art historians Tritobia Hayes Benjamin and Michael D. Harris, and arts administrator Terrie Rouse-Rosario. The Center’s archives contain correspondence, photographs, audiovisual materials, press clippings, and ephemera related to the history of Black art. The Center also maintains a non-circulating research library of over 5,000 volumes, including many rare exhibition catalogs. Together with its permanent collection of artworks, these resources support interdisciplinary research in art history, African American studies, visual culture, and museum studies. Applicants are encouraged to consult the Driskell Center’s website for finding aids and additional information, or to contact staff with specific questions about the holdings.
Eligibility
The fellowship is open to scholars, artists, curators, and cultural workers at any career stage, including graduate students (ABD), early-career researchers, and independent scholars. Applicants must demonstrate a clear research interest in African American art and visual culture, with a specific plan for using the archival and/or special collections of The Driskell Center. While the fellowship is open to U.S. and international applicants, travel reimbursement is limited to domestic travel within the United States.

Commitment 

Fellows are expected to complete a short-term research residency at The Driskell Center (up to three weeks) during the 2025–2026 academic year. The timing of the residency will be scheduled in coordination with the Center staff. Fellows will be asked to share their research in a public-facing format, such as a virtual presentation, blog post, or interview. A stipend of $3,000 will be paid in two installments: the first upon commencement of the fellowship on September 2, 2025, and the second upon completion of the residency and submission of a summary report by June 30, 2026.

Required Application Materials
Applicants should submit the following materials as a single PDF to archives-driskellcenter@umd.edu with “Archives Research Fellowship” in the subject line by Monday, June 30, 2025:
Research Proposal (max. 1,000 words) outlining the project’s goals, its relevance to the Driskell Center’s archival holdings, and the intended outcomes.
CV or Resume (max. 3 pages)
Proposed Residency Timeline indicating preferred dates for an on-site visit during the 2025–2026 academic year.
Contact information for one reference (name, title, affiliation, and email). Recommenders will be contacted directly after the application deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions

When will applicants be notified of their selection?
Applicants will be notified of fellowship decisions by July 31, 2025.

When can residencies take place?
Fellowship residencies must be completed during the 2025–2026 academic year (September 2, 2025 -May 8, 2026) . Specific dates will be scheduled in coordination with Center staff based on fellow availability and Center capacity.

Can international scholars apply?
Yes, international applicants are welcome; however, travel support is limited to domestic (U.S.) transportation and lodging expenses.

Is housing provided during the residency?
The fellowship includes funding to support short-term lodging near the University of Maryland, College Park. Fellows will receive assistance from staff in identifying accommodations but are responsible for making their own arrangements.

Do I need to submit a letter of reference with my application?
No. Please include the name, title, affiliation, and email address of one reference. Recommenders for finalists will be contacted directly after the application deadline.

Who can I contact with additional questions?
For inquiries about the fellowship, the application process, or the Driskell Center’s collections, please contact us at archives-driskellcenter@umd.edu with the subject line “Archives Research Fellowship.”

JOB: Curator, African art @ Neuberger Museum

The Neuberger Museum of Art is seeking a Harris Molnar (Rank TBD) Curator of the Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora to work with traditional objects in the Museum’s collection, and to create contemporary projects that explore the broad ways in which Africa is being thought about today. 

The history of this collection at the Neuberger extends back to the opening of the Museum in 1974 at Purchase College, SUNY. The collection totals approximately 350 objects. The capstone of our current work in the arts of Africa was NEU Conversations: African Art in American Museums, a fall 2024 two-day virtual convening in which speakers shared their work in moderated panels, offering models for how museums can address issues of what constitutes a traditional object, provenance and restitution, engage and collaborate with communities both locally and in Africa, reframe the institutional representation of African art, and bridge the historic past and the creative present. 

The Neuberger seeks scholar who is engaged in these conversations and is familiar with the creation of the best practices guidance being generated by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. The successful candidate will be able to review the categorization and provenance of objects of the extant collection so that the Neuberger’s display and conceptualization of the arts of Africa is in keeping with the highest and most contemporary standards and methodologies. 

The successful candidate will collaborate with source and descendant communities in their stewardship of the collection, with respect to the traditional arts as well as the contemporary program, to think historically in the present and to diversify and bring forth new narratives, particularly from Black communities. As an academic museum, the Neuberger is a space that supports consideration of the understanding, activation, and explication of the complex histories that can arise from work with arts of Africa and the legacy of Eurocentric colonialism and coloniality in museums. 

Primary responsibilities 
• Organize exhibitions in the area of the Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora including loan exhibitions and exhibitions of works from the Museum’s permanent collection 
• Assess and research on the permanent collection of the Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora (also add in note about restitution) 
• Publish researched scholarly publications associated with these projects. 
• Organize symposia in conjunction with these projects. 
• Work with leading artists from the Arts of Global Africa. Organize residencies and encourage the participation of Purchase College students in the making of new on-site works and activities.
• Coordinate the touring of exhibitions. 
• Cultivate a national and international network, engaging actively with scholars, institutions and museums working in the field of the Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora 
• Participate in the academic life of the College and promote connections between the Museum and the rest of the College. 

Secondary responsibilities 
• Supervise and co-organize exhibitions by students and guest curators. 
• Collaborate closely with Purchase College’s Global Black Studies department 
• Offer special tours of exhibitions to students to match the content of specific courses. 
• Stand on departmental committees and search committees. 

Requirements 
• M.A. in a relevant discipline, such as Anthropology or Art History; Ph.D. or equivalent experience preferred; 
• Expertise in African material culture; 
• 7+ years of progressively relevant experience, preferably in a museum setting 
• Demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion; 
• Track record of engagement with African communities; 
• Demonstrated writing, public speaking, research, and organizational skills; 
• Ability to travel as needed. 

To apply visit: https://jobs.purchase.edu/

Forgotten Histories of New Deal Art in Florida — Living New Deal Webinar (Mar. 25, 2025, 5PM PST/8PM EST)

Forgotten Histories of New Deal Art in Florida

Tuesday, March 25, 5:00PM PST/8:00PM EST

Here is the link to register for the webinar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-histories-of-new-deal-art-in-florida-tickets-1257489247189?aff=oddtdtcreator

Description:

As one of the largest and oldest states in the American South, Florida, the Sunshine State, is a powerhouse of industry, leisure, entertainment and politics in the twenty-first century. It is also crucial for understanding the diverse history of New Deal art and public works. This webinar describes how New Deal emergency relief and recovery programs impacted Florida, particularly programs that funded the construction of public space and public access to art.

Co-hosted by Dr. Mary Okin, Living New Deal’s Assistant Director and head of the Advocating for New Deal Art initiative, and Jeff Gold, Member of LND’s New York City Chapter, the webinar features Dr. Mary Ann Calo and Dr. Keri Watson in conversation with one another about their research into Florida’s New Deal history. The talks will center on confronting the complex legacies of New Deal public works and public art programs in Florida in the twenty-first century, and the challenges of researching this era of Floridian history, as both scholars reconstruct the regional diversity, range of local participants, and just how many of Florida’s New Deal projects survive.

Speakers:

Dr. Mary Ann Calo is the Batza Professor Emerita of Art and Art History at Colgate University where she taught courses on the art of the United states, Modern and Contemporary Art, and the Arts and Public Policy. She is the author of numerous publications on the critical and institutional contexts that shaped discourse on African American art in the interwar decades. Her recent book, African American Artists and the New Deal Art Projects (Penn State University Press, 2023), explores the African American community’s participation in the “projects” in terms of intersecting issues of race, access, and opportunity.  The book includes extensive archival research and new insights into the history of the Federal Art Project in Florida. 

Dr. Keri Watson is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Central Florida and a specialist in the history of American art. Her most recent book Florida’s New Deal Parks and Post Office Murals (History Press, 2024) introduces general audiences to the history of New Deal public works with a general audience, exploring the rich history of state parks and post offices built in Florida between 1931 and 1946 under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration, Civil Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, and Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture. Looking at Florida’s Depression-era parks and post offices in concert elucidates how the natural and built environments work together to constitute the cultural landscape and provides insight into the role of the federal government in Florida’s construction as an exotic and tropical paradise.

Jeff Gold, Living New Deal New York City Chapter 

Jeff Gold is an urbanist who has earned his living as an acquisitions editor, a partner at new media partnership JIA, and director of the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility (IRUM), an eco-transport nonprofit. He also chairs the steering committee of the Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign and serves on the board of the National Jobs for All Network. And he’s active in electoral politics at the local, state, and national level.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-histories-of-new-deal-art-in-florida-tickets-1257489247189?aff=oddtdtcreator

ACRAH will be at CAA2025!

The ACRAH/CAA2025 panel will be Critical Race Art History Roundtable: Doing the Work

The session will be in-person at the New York Hilton Midtown – 2nd Floor – Nassau West on February 14, 2025 at 2:30pm EST.

The ACRAH Business Meeting will also be held in the same room February 14, 2025 at 1:00pm EST.

Session Abstract:

What does it mean to do critical race art history? This session brings together scholars in a conversation about how a critical race art history approach can manifest in our work. Having proposed this line of inquiry twenty-five years ago, we want to reflect on the nature of the concept and how the field has evolved. What are the goals of critical race art history, and what are its methodologies and theoretical grounds? What are the conceptual parameters of this lens on art history–what does it mean to center an understanding that race structures how we see and shapes our reception of art? What tools and methods do we employ to make the operations of race visible? How do we move from American identity politics –that emphasizes a white/non-white binary and focuses on the identification of negative racial tropes and artistic rebuttals to the harm of such imagery–to a comprehensive unpacking of the systemic racialization in art? What do we gain when we foreground how race informs the construction of the visual cultures that we inhabit? How do the insights of critical race art history become integrated into art history at large?

Participants:

Kymberly Pinder, Yale University

Pinder is Professor of Art and History of Art and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the Yale School of Art. She is the editor of Race-ing Art History: Critical Reading in Race and Art History (Routledge, 2002).

Tatiana Flores, University of Virginia

Flores is the Edgar Shannon Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor in Art History at the University of Virginia. She is an editor of The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art History (2023).

Elizabeth Hutchinson, Barnard University

Hutchison is the Tow Associate Professor of Art History at Barnard College. She is the author of The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915 (Duke University Press, 2009).

Lily Cho, York University

Cho is Associate Professor of English at York University. She is the author of Mass Capture: Chinese Head Tax and the Making of Non-Citizens (McGill-Queens University Press, 2021).

JOB: PostDoc, Reparative Art Histories @ University of Pittsburgh

The Department of the History of Art & Architecture (HAA) in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applications for a Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Associate position on “Reparative Art Histories.” We invite candidates who have completed or will complete a Ph.D. in the history of art, architecture, or visual culture to apply for this two-year appointment, running August 1, 2025, through July 30, 2027, that is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation on the theme of social justice and disciplinary knowledge. 

Review of applications begins March 1, 2025. More details about the position and the link to apply can be found here: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=24009218

LECTURE SERIES: To Mind and to Mend/Collective for Anti-Racist Art History (CARAH), University of Zurich

ACRAH’s co-directors Jacqueline Francis and Camara Holloway will be presenting as a part of this series. See below.

https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/chairs/moderne/events/To-Mind-and-to-Mend–Antirassistische-Praktiken-in-der-Kunstgeschichte.html

REGISTER: https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/institut/registration.html

Focusing on Europe, where anti-racist initiatives and practices are still little established within universities and cultural institutions, this lecture series discusses how art history can assume a more self-critical stance to actively counter racism in all its forms. In what ways can anti-racist and decolonial efforts be fostered through art historical research and teaching, as well as the contextualisation of artworks or collections? What are necessary interventions or existing best practices within the discipline of art history in order to critically engage with racist representations or historical attributions? To what extent can the use of appropriate language prevent the entrenchment of stereotypes and prejudices? And how can debates on inclusion and diversity be sustainably incorporated within academia, museums and art academies? These and other questions will be addressed in the course of the lecture series by art historians, curators, art critics and art educators.

Programme: 

03.10.: Is Art History Racist?

Anne Lafont (Professor in art history and créolités, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)

[English]

10.10.: Working Towards a Critical Race Art History

Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH) – Jacqueline Francis (Dean, Humanities & Sciences Division, California College of the Arts, San Francisco) & Camara Dia Holloway (Project Manager, Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné, Wildenstein Plattner Institute, New York)

[English]

*Online

31.10.: «Gastarbeiter» aus der Türkei und die Immobilität der weissen Kunstgeschichte Westdeutschlands

Gürsoy Doğtaş (Kunsthistoriker und Kurator, Forschungsstipendiat 2024/25 für Curatorial Studies, Städelschule und Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a.M.)

[Deutsch]

07.11.: Cause and Effect: On the Audience of Andrea Fraser at Luma Westbau

Brit Barton (artist and art writer, Zürich/Chicago)

[English]

21.11.: Antirassistische Strategien in Museen und kulturellen Institutionen

Gespräch mit Tasnim Baghdadi (Co-Leiterin Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich), Eric Otieno Sumba (Autor und Forscher, Redakteur am Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin), Marilyn Umurungi (Kunst- und Kulturforscherin, Co-Kuratorin Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich)

[Deutsch]

*Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich

05.12.: Documenting Colonial Toxicity

Samia Henni (Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Director of Graduate Studies, McGill University, Montreal)

[English]

*Online

12.12.: Invisible Man. Race und Fototheorie

Christopher Nixon (Philosoph und Komparatist, Hamburg)

[Deutsch]

***

Konzept und Organisation / Concept and organization

CARAH – Collective for Anti-Racist Art History

Daniel Berndt, Nadine Helm, Nadine Jirka, Charlotte Matter, Rosa Sancarlo

Weitere informationen / Further information

www.khist.uzh.ch/de/research/projects/carah.html

Die Vortragsreihe ist kostenlos und öffentlich zugänglich. Die einzelnen Vorträge werden auf Deutsch oder Englisch gehalten (siehe Programm). Einige Sitzungen finden virtuell statt. Alle Vorträge werden online mit Untertitelung übertragen. Für Fragen und Bedürfnisse zur Barrierefreiheit, sowie für die Anmeldung zur Online-Teilnahme schreiben Sie bitte an CARAH: antirassismus@khist.uzh.ch

The lecture series is free and open to the public. Individual sessions will be held in German or English (see program). Some sessions will take place online. All lectures will be streamed online with subtitles. For questions and accessibility needs, and to register for online participation, please write to CARAH: antirassismus@khist.uzh.ch

Mit der Unterstützung von / With the support of:

  • Kunsthistorisches Institut UZH
  • Lehrstuhl für Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst und Lehrstuhl Geschichte der bildenden Kunst
  • Graduate Campus UZH
  • Graduiertenschule der Philosophischen Fakultät UZH
  • Dr. Carlo Fleischmann Stiftung

JOB: Asst Prof, Black art and design @ School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in August of 2025. This full-time appointment
is for a historian of Black art and design. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the department’s continued diversification of intellectual conversations about art and design history. Salary is competitive with peer institutions and commensurate with level of practice, scholarship, and current academic research, extent of teaching experience, and current professional standing.

Program Profile
The Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, one of 21 departments at the school, is composed of fourteen full-time art historians specializing in modern and contemporary art and design. Together with 50 part-
time faculty, the department currently offers 225 courses, and mentors 30 dedicated MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History students, undergraduate students pursuing a dedicated BA in Art History, and dual-
degree graduate students earning an MA in Arts Administration and Policy in conjunction with their MA in Art History.

Further information about the department can be found at: https://www.saic.edu/art-history-theory-criticism

Responsibilities
Full-time faculty in Art History, Theory, and Criticism teach and advise undergraduate and graduate students within the interdisciplinary art and design school environment of SAIC. The successful candidate will expand the full-time curricular coverage of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism’s MA and BA programs in Art History, providing undergraduate courses, graduate seminars, and master’s thesis supervision. The candidate will also be an active participant in the education of studio artists, designers, architects, and arts professionals at the MFA, MA and BFA levels and will contribute to the vibrant and creative culture of a research-oriented department in a prestigious school of art and design. The successful candidate must be interested in contributing to the department’s self-governance and administration, and participate in the SAIC community through ongoing
curricular development, departmental administration, school governance, and service.

Qualifications
Ph.D. or ABD is required. For ABD candidates, a clear path to Ph.D completion prior to joining the School must be evident. Some teaching experience preferred for junior candidates. Senior candidates must show evidence of substantial teaching experience. Evidence of ongoing research and continued publication trajectory expected. Preference will be given to candidates who relate modern and/or contemporary art and design to histories of Black culture. The ideal candidate will contribute to the diversity of the School by bringing a perspective, way of thinking, and/or a unique set of experiences that expand the field. We seek candidates with the knowledge and aptitude to teach and mentor students from diverse backgrounds. Candidates should demonstrate their experience with, or aptitude for, departmental administration as service will be expected.

Call for Applications from Recent MFAs and PhDs: Future Faculty Program at RIT (Deadline: May 15, 2019)

The Rochester Institute of Technology’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program (FFCEP) is currently accepting applications for the class of 2019. This program is design for historically underrepresented minority scholars to explore potential faculty careers.

Participants will:

network with faculty, chairs, deans, and administration;

hold a job talk presentation on their research; and

learn more about the culture and values of the institution straight from RIT’s diverse faculty and students; and so much more.

The application deadline is Wed, May 15, 2019.

Please remember that you will need to upload four documents with your application:

  • CV
  • Cover letter that includes your diversity statement
  • Research statement (MFA scholars submit an artistic statement)
  • Teaching statement

The Future Faculty Career Exploration Program provides an opportunity to find out what it is like to be a faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology. This all-expenses paid program is an opportunity for historically underrepresented minority scholars, artists, and researchers to visit RIT for a prospective look at a faculty career. The program will take place September 25-28, 2019.

RIT has seen nearly 300 scholars participate in the program since its inception 15 years ago.  The feedback is amazing – the program helped to prepare them for the rigors of the job search, and also enlightened them to opportunities at RIT.

To learn more about the program and to apply click here.