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Art Competition Odds: 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation received “nearly 3,000” applications for 188 Fellows in 52 fields in 2024.

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Selected applicants comprise roughly 1:15.9, or 6%, of applicants.

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Art Competition Odds: San Francisco Arts Commission’s Potrero Yard Modernization Public Art Project

The San Francisco Arts Commission’s Public Art Program received 225 total applications for the Potrero Yard Modernization Public Art Project Request for Qualifications, from which 6 artists were shortlisted for 2 glass art opportunities.

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Selected artists will comprise 1:112.5, or 0.8% of applicants.

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Art Competition Odds: Monument Lab Re:Generation 2024

Monument Lab’s Re:Generation 2024 initiative received over 760 initial applications, for 10 awards; less than 10% of applicants were selected to advance to the supplemental application process.


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Awarded groups will comprise 1:76, or 1.3% of applicants.

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Art Competition Odds: Haystack 2023 Open Studio Residency

Haystack’s 2023 Open Studio Residency received 601 applications for 52 artists.

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Selected artists comprise 1:11.5, or 8.6% of applicants.

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Art Competition Odds: San Francisco Arts Commission’s 2023 Art on Market St. Poster Series

The San Francisco Arts Commission’s 2023 Art on Market St. Poster Series RFQ received 61 applications for 4 available commissions.

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Selected artists will comprise 1:15, or 6.5% of applicants.

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Art Competition Odds: SFMOMA’s 2022 SECA Art Award

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s 2022 SECA Art Award program received over 230 applications for 5 awards.

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Awardees comprise 1:46, or 2% of applicants.

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Twelve Months in Art Competitions, 2019-2020

Stats on my art competition applications from July 2019 through June 2020.

Goals

My goals this past ‘goal-year’ included applying to:

  • 2 grants. 
  • 6 residencies or studio programs in NYC.
  • 4 exhibitions in NYC.
  • 2 residencies, commissions, or projects in the S.F. Bay Area. 

This adds up to 14 applications.

Progress

I submitted 13 applications.

Of course, this was an exceptional year. I had other extenuating circumstances, and COVID changed everything. Not only were health, safety, travel, and finances endangered, existing projects were postponed and extended. Open calls were sometimes paused by the organizations. Some programs were canceled when organizations restructured due to the recession. Given all this, I was surprised to learn that I nearly reached my goal of 14 applications.

Here’s how much progress I made:

  • Grants.
    • [√] [√] √  √ 
    • I set out to apply to 2 grants, and I did.
    • I also applied to a fellowship and an award whose primary benefits were funding. If you count these towards my grants goal, then I exceeded this goal.
  • Residencies or studio programs in NYC.
    • [√] [√] [√] [√] [√] [_]
    • I aimed to submit 6 applications, and I completed 5 (3 residencies, 2 studio programs).
  • Exhibitions in NYC.
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    • My goal was to apply to 4 exhibition opportunities. I completed 2 applications.
  • Residencies, commissions, or projects in the S.F. Bay Area.
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    • I submitted 1 application, though I aimed for 2. 
    • However, I was invited to do a project in the Bay Area, which leapfrogged the application goal to serve the greater goal.

Rejections

I received responses for 12 out of 13 applications. One program has been put on indefinite hold due to COVID.

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Of the 12 responses I received, all were rejections.

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Three of my 13 applications (23%) made it to a second round, or semi-finalist or finalist round.

I’ve enjoyed at least one or two successful applications each goal-year for the previous six years (the years most easy to look up), so garnering zero successful applications is a surprise. The sting of these ‘no’s’ is ameliorated by a more recent ‘yes,’ as well as invitations which arose from existing partnerships or past work.  

See my stats from 2018–2019, 2017-2018, 2015-2016, 2014, and 2013.

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Art Competition Odds: Women’s Studio Workshop 2019 Studio Workspace Residency

The Women’s Studio Workshop’s 2019 Studio Workspace Residency received 98 applications for 6 residencies.

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Selected artists comprise ~1:16, or 6.1% of applicants.

Note: WSW typically awards 5-9 Studio Workspace Residencies, depending on how events impact the maximum number of artists that they can accommodate in the studio.

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