The Free Artist Grant & Opportunity 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.
My Applications
4 activeCanada Council: Creation Grant
Due Mar 15 · Grant
Banff Centre Artist Residency
Submitted Feb 3 · Residency
Toronto Biennial Open Call
Under review · Exhibition
OAC Exhibition Assistance
Result received Jan 22
Acceptance rate this year
42%
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, opportunity type, and any notes.
Track deadlines and outcomes
Artsume surfaces upcoming deadlines automatically. When results come in, mark each application accepted, declined, or waitlisted.
Build your career insights
See your acceptance rate, application volume over time, and patterns across opportunity types. Understanding your history helps you apply smarter.
Your profile, CV, and portfolio are all included. Create your free profile.
Every application in one place.
Artsume or anywhere else, log them all.
Track every grant, residency, open call, and exhibition opportunity, whether you applied through Artsume or not. One place for your entire application history.
Deadline reminders.
Nothing slips.
Set a deadline for any opportunity and Artsume will remind you before it passes. No more missed submissions because a deadline slipped through your calendar.
One tap to your CV.
Accepted? It goes straight to the right section.
When you get accepted to a residency, exhibition, or grant, mark it accepted in your tracker and Artsume adds the entry to the right section of your CV automatically. Your career record stays current.
Career insights.
Acceptance rate, activity over time, trends.
See your application activity over time, track your acceptance rate across opportunity types, and identify patterns in what you're applying for and what you're winning. Data makes better careers.
Know what each opportunity needs before you start.
Every grant, residency, and open call lists exactly what you’ll need — CV, statement, image count, references, fees. Your Prep Requirements checklist shows you which are ready and which still need work.
Every accepted application grows your network of orgs.
The galleries that have exhibited your work, the funders who have supported it, the residencies that have hosted you — a living record of your relationships, side-by-side with the Tracker.
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 gives you visibility across all your applications.
How to track grant applications
For each grant application, record the opportunity 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: opportunity 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 opportunity types you win, which organizations respond to your practice, and how your application materials evolve. The data is only useful if you actually look at it.
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 opportunity type has different lead times and submission requirements, and a tracker makes those differences obvious.
Common questions.
Straight answers.
Stories from the community.
Interviewed by David Rozenfeld
Used by artists working with
Organizations already running open calls on Artsume
Part of your Artsume profile
Build your tracker, and the profile behind it.
It's free.
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