The Free Artist Grant & Program Tracker
Every grant, residency, and open call you apply to. Every win synced straight to your CV. Your track record, building itself.
No credit card required
Every win, on the record.
Every grant, residency, and open call you apply to, tracked in one place. When you're accepted, one tap adds the win to your CV. Your track record builds itself.
What you get:
- Log an application from anywhere you submitted it.
- See every deadline before it passes.
- Follow each application from draft to decision.
- Accept a credit an organization sends to your CV.
- See how many applications you start and send.
My Applications
4 applications2026 Holiday Art Competition
The Delaplaine Arts Center · Prize/award
40th Annual Sears Art Museum Invitational Show & Sale
Sears Art Museum at Utah Tech University · Exhibition
62nd Annual Open Juried Art Competition
Anaheim Art Association · Exhibition
3rd Open Call 2026 — ´ace/PIRAR Artist in Residence International Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proyecto'ace · Residency
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Three steps to get set up.
Log your applications
Add every grant, residency, exhibition, and open call you apply to, whether from Artsume or anywhere else. Record the deadline, program type, and any notes.
Track deadlines and outcomes
Artsume surfaces upcoming deadlines. When results come in, mark each application accepted, not selected, or waitlisted.
See your whole history at once
Artsume groups every application you have logged: what is still in progress, what is submitted, and what came back. Your record sits in one view, not scattered across email.
Your profile, CV, and portfolio are all included. Create your Artsume.
Every application in one place. Artsume or anywhere else, log them all.
Track every grant, residency, open call, and exhibition program, whether you applied through Artsume or not.
Deadline reminders. Nothing slips.
Set a deadline for any program and Artsume reminds you before it passes.
One tap to your CV. The organization sends the credit. You accept it.
An organization you worked with can propose a grant, residency, or show to your CV. It arrives as a pending proposal. Accept it and the credit keeps that organization's confirmation.
Programs activity. What you viewed, started, and submitted.
Insights counts your program activity alongside your profile numbers: how many programs you opened, how many applications you started, how many you sent.
Know what each program needs before you start.
Every grant, residency, and open call lists what you need: CV, statement, image count, references, fees. Your Prep Requirements checklist shows you which are ready and which still need work.
The organizations you follow, beside the ones you apply to.
The galleries, funders and residencies you follow on Artsume sit beside the Tracker. When one of them publishes a new program it lands in your feed, so the next thing worth applying to finds you.
Common questions. Straight answers.
What is an artist application tracker?
An artist application tracker is a tool for logging and managing your grant, residency, exhibition, and open call applications. It keeps your deadlines, outcomes, and application history in one place so you miss nothing.
How do I keep track of grant applications?
Log each application as you submit it: program name, organization, deadline, and outcome. Artsume's tracker holds all of this and connects your applications to your CV, so an accepted grant automatically updates your artist record.
Can I track programs from outside Artsume?
Yes. Log any application in Artsume's tracker, regardless of where you submitted it. The tracker holds your entire application history.
What happens when I get accepted?
When you mark an application as accepted, Artsume can add the credit directly to the appropriate section of your CV: exhibitions to exhibitions, grants to awards, residencies to residencies. Your career record updates automatically.
Does Artsume remind me of deadlines?
Yes. Set a deadline for any program and Artsume surfaces it before it passes. Upcoming deadlines appear in your dashboard so you always know what's coming.
Is the application tracker free?
Yes. Artsume is free for artists. The application tracker, CV builder, portfolio, and live profile are all included.
Can I see how my past applications went?
Yes. Artsume records the outcome of every application you log (accepted, not selected, waitlisted) and groups them under Decisions, so your full history sits in one view. Review which program types and organizations have come back positive, then focus your energy where your practice fits.
Why artists need an application tracker
Why artists need an application tracker
Most artists manage their applications across email threads, spreadsheets, and memory. That works until it doesn't: a deadline missed, an outcome forgotten, a CV not updated. A dedicated tracker shows you every application at once.
How to track grant applications
For each grant application, record the program name, organization, deadline, amount requested, and outcome. Track your CV submission alongside it, since the version you submitted may differ from your current one. Artsume connects the application directly to your live CV.
What to record for each application
At minimum: program name, organization, deadline, type (grant, residency, exhibition, open call), and outcome. Useful additions: the amount requested, which CV version you submitted, and notes on the jurors or selection criteria.
How to improve your grant acceptance rate
Acceptance rate improves when you understand patterns: which program types you win, which organizations respond to your practice, and how your application materials evolve. Your own log is the only place that record exists.
Tracking residencies, exhibitions, and open calls
Grants aren't the only thing worth tracking. Residencies have deadlines and multi-step processes. Exhibition open calls require specific materials. Each program type has different lead times and submission requirements, and a tracker makes those differences obvious.
“When an open call for a local exhibition came up, I framed a couple of pieces and put them forward, and sold two. That was the turning point.”
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Artsume has programs from arts organizations around the world
Part of your Artsume profile
And the profile behind it.
What you get:
- Present your work and career in your professional art resume.
- Keep your CV current as your career develops.
- Find opportunities matched to your work and experience.
- See how often your profile and works are opened.
- Keep every opportunity, deadline and application in one place.
- Message organizations and peers without leaving Artsume.
Build your tracker, and the profile behind it. It's free.
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