Vera List Center Fellowships 2025-2027 (up to $25,000)

Vera List Center Fellowships support the development and presentation of ambitious art and research projects by national and international early or mid-career artists, writers, scholars, and activists, especially those who are members of underrepresented communities in the art world and those who struggle to find support because of the experimental, political, and/or research-intensive nature of their practice.

The VLC Fellowship appointment is one of reciprocity and mutual benefits: VLC Fellows draw from the curatorial, academic, and professional resources of the Vera List Center and The New School, including faculty and students, as they contribute to the intellectual foundation of the Center. As commissions, the resulting VLC Fellowship projects are presented to the public through the Vera List Center’s interdisciplinary public programs and institutional networks.

Benefits of Vera List Center

• The Vera List Center Fellowship is part-time and non-residential, lasting two years. Along with the $25,000 in financial support, the VLC provides extensive curatorial and professional development services to support the fellowship project from conception through production and presentation.
• In addition to these financial and professional resources, fellows receive a budget for travel, project production, and presentation, allocated in consultation with and at the discretion of the VLC. Each fellowship is highly individualized, depending on the research, project feasibility, and intended outcomes.

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Eligibility for Vera List Center

• Journalists, scholars, activists, visual and performing artists, critics, public intellectuals, curators, and cultural practitioners working in any field where they engage art and politics are encouraged to apply.
• They strongly encourage applications from diverse candidates worldwide, especially those who have not yet received significant institutional support and for whom the opportunity to research, experiment, and make new work in a university setting would be impactful.
• Fellowship candidates must demonstrate experience in conceiving, researching, and executing work and projects. Applicants may not be enrolled in a degree-granting program. Projects primarily focused on promotion, funding ongoing business operations, or curating and documenting existing work are not eligible.

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Assessment Criteria

In addition to the artistic and/or scholarly excellence of the proposed fellowship project, applications will be assessed for:

• The critical and creative ways the proposal expands on and interrogates the VLC Focus Theme as it explores diverse approaches to intelligence.
• The significance of the VLC Fellowship and proposed project to the candidate’s long-term practice.
• The candidate’s ability to translate research interests to practical and viable work or project within the fellowship timeframe.
• How well do VLC and New School resources align with the project’s needs and feasibility?
• Whether the proposed project advances diverse insights into the field of politically engaged art, the Vera List Center and The New School.

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