Installation Image from 2023/24 Working Artist Project Exhibition - José Ibarra Rizo: Depth Within A Gaze, Photo Credit Alvaro Santistevan

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA

(MOCA GA) 2025/2026 WORKING ARTIST PROJECT CALL 

The Working Artist Project (WAP) is a year-long fellowship program facilitated by The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA). The program was created by MOCA GA to champion established visual artists of merit who are based in the Atlanta Metropolitan Region (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties). Each year, a guest curator selects three of our best and brightest to receive a solo exhibition, promotion, a studio apprentice (in support of emerging artists in the Atlanta Community), a full-color catalogue, and a $15,000 stipend to create work over the course of the year.  Winners must commit to producing new work expressly for debut by MOCA GA for the exhibition dates identified, mentor at least 1 studio apprentice, and participate in education programming for the public. 

We are excited to announce David Brenneman as MOCA GA's guest curator for the 2025/2026 Working Artist Project.  The three WAP Fellow exhibitions will be hosted in our brand new facility in West Midtown!

WAP is supported through grants from the Charles Loridans Foundation, The Antinori Foundation, and the Molly Blank Fund.

The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2025 
Applications Reviewed: June 2 - 25, 2025 
Semifinalists Notified by: July 1, 2025 
Studio Visits: July 9 -11, 2025 
Winners Announced Evening of: July 11, 2025 

Eligibility

demonstrate recognition of quality of work through publication or review, and

• Applicants must both currently live in, and have studio space (within your home or commercial space) in the following counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale, and remain an Atlanta-based artist for the length of the grant period, until close of exhibition,
• demonstrate artistic merit, professionalism, and proven ability to complete the project,
• have participated in a minimum of 5 years of exhibiting in museums or commercial galleries of regional, national or international renown, including at least one solo exhibition that was not part of a degree or certificate program (artwork submitted for review must be from last two years),
• not have a solo exhibition in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area during the grant period, until after the close of your WAP exhibition,
• not apply as an artist team (individual artists only)
• provide a detailed list of all known exhibition commitments (confirmed and non-confirmed) in the metro Atlanta area that will take place during the grant period,
• be available July 9th – 11th for in person studio visits if selected as a finalist.

WAP Awardee Requirements

Winners must produce all new work expressly for debut at MOCA GA; provide a single work for the MOCA GA Permanent Collection; agree to the exhibition dates identified; mentor at least 1 studio apprentice; and participate in educational programming for the public.