Citizen AI Arts & Technology Fellowship 2026-2027 ($3,000 stipend)

Deadline: September 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Citizen AI Arts & Technology Fellowship 2026-2027. The fellowship seeks to bring together multigenerational artists and creatives from diverse disciplines, backgrounds, and career stages to explore the relationship between art, AI and emerging technologies, democracy, community, and public life.

They encourage applications from creatives whose work, interests, or experience engage one or more of the following:

Community-engaged, socially engaged, participatory, or co-creative practice

Public art, placemaking, and creative work in public spaces

Arts-based research, storytelling, facilitation, or public dialogue

Democracy, civic participation, belonging, or community voice

Social, cultural, ethical, or political dimensions of technology

Critical, supportive, or questioning perspectives on AI and emerging technologies

Speculative, interdisciplinary, or experimental approaches to technology and society

Community organizing, education, advocacy, or other forms of public engagement

Benefits

Year 1: Fellows will receive a $3,000 stipend for participation in the fellowship’s inquiry, co-design, community engagement, and collaborative development process. Participation in designated Citizen AI workshops or activities beyond the core fellowship commitment will be compensated separately.

Year 2: The fellowship is envisioned to move into a more intensive implementation phase. Selected participants may have opportunities for deeper involvement in production, fabrication, facilitation, public programming, and implementation of ideas developed through the Year 1 process. Compensation for Year 2 will reflect the increased scope and level of engagement.

Eligibility

No academic degree or prior AI expertise is required. They welcome emerging, mid-career, and established creatives from diverse professional backgrounds and disciplines, with varying levels of familiarity with artificial intelligence. Applicants do not need to work directly with AI technologies.

Creative practices may include visual art, performance, socially engaged and public art, design, digital media, filmmaking, creative technology, music, movement fiber and textile arts, writing, storytelling, interdisciplinary practice, and other creative forms.

Applicants should demonstrate

An active creative practice or sustained engagement in a creative field.

Interest in the relationship between creativity, technology, community, democracy, and public life.

Experience with, or demonstrated interest in, collaborative, participatory, community-engaged, or public-facing work.

Curiosity about emerging technologies, including both their possibilities and challenges.

A commitment to respectful, inclusive, and ethical engagement.

The ability to participate consistently in fellowship bi-monthly meetings and collaborative activities.

Application

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For more information, visit Citizen AI Arts & Technology Fellowship.