Deadline Driven Opportunities
Deadline: September 10
The Base Residency is an immersive, two-week residency experience at Base in Seattle. The program encourages movement-based artists to explore new and risk-taking ideas, expand on existing ones, and/or take time to deepen their artistic practice or creative work. Artist fee of $2,000, travel and lodging for three artists (plus one collaborator each) located outside of the greater Seattle area, creative and/or professional development consultation and mentorship.
MacDowell Residency/Fellowship
Deadline: September 10
MacDowell provides time, space, and an inspiring residential environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks.
The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Deadline: September 10
The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program offers scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full academic year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard University. Fellows receive a stipend of $78,000 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses.
Deadline: September 10
Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a Black and White juried group photo show. There is often a classic, nostalgic and dynamic translation to black and white photography. Black and White has an important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery. Contemporary photographers are involved in this dialog of history and tradition, but with their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics of imagery.
Deadline: September 11
ATLFF is one of the largest and longest-running festivals in the country, welcoming an audience of over 28,000 to discover hundreds of new independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films, selected from 8000+ submissions from all over the world. ATLFF screenings often include in-person dialog with filmmakers, providing audiences, artists, and industry professionals with meaningful opportunities to network, interact and engage.
Deadline: September 11
PhotoVogue’s Global Open Call invites photographers and video makers from around the world to create images that resist indifference and reawaken how we see. Across all genres, from fashion to documentary, portraiture, fine art, and beyond.
Open Call: Firehouse Art Center
Deadline: September 11
The Firehouse Art Center is Longmont’s leading contemporary art center featuring national, regional, and local artists. As a cornerstone of the Creative District, we exhibit thought provoking work in all mediums, including installation, film and performance art.
Open Call: Finnish Death Studies Association
Deadline: September 11
The Finnish Death Studies Association is issuing an open call for short films and media art works that address death, the process of dying, or encountering death in some way. Artists are free to interpret how the theme relates to their work
Deadline: September 11
B26 provides a glimpse into the best and brightest living and working artists in the region. Featured artists work in painting, textiles, mixed media, photography, film, video, mixed media, and animation.The B26 Best of Baltimore exhibition is produced through a collaboration between Create Baltimore and Quid Nunc Gallery. Featured artists will be $1,000.00
Open Call: Bath Open Art Prize
Deadline: September 13
Organized by Fringe Arts Bath, this open call welcomes all Visual Artists, at any stage of their career, from across the globe. Selected works will be exhibited at 44AD artspace in central Bath, UK and an opportunity for a cash reward.
Deadline:September 13
“Dance of the Nipples” is an exhibition responding to Breast Cancer awareness month. This exhibition invites artists and individuals who have been personally affected by breast cancer—including survivors, those currently undergoing treatment, in recovery, in remission or survivors of breast cancer.
Edward F. Albee Foundation Artist Residency
Deadline: September 14
The Center operates nearly year-round and accommodates four creative people at a time. Residents are expected to work seriously and to support a respectful, focused environment for fellow artists. The environment is simple and communal.
Deadline: September 14
Art Omi: Artists invites artists, critics, and curators from around the world – representing a wide diversity of artistic styles and practices – to gather in rural New York to experiment, collaborate, and share ideas.
Villa Barr Art Park Artist In Residency
Deadline: September 14
The Villa Barr Art Park Artist Residency in Novi, MI, offers a unique retreat for artists to create and explore. With opportunities for local and visiting artists seeking inspiration and focus, the program fosters creative growth in peaceful environment rich with artistic history.
Deadline: September 15
For 100 years, Guggenheim Fellows have made world-changing contributions to more than 50 fields of study, reshaping our culture and society. The Guggenheim Fellowship is a mid-career award supporting the work of individuals who have made notable contributions to more than fifty fields across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and interdisciplinary areas.
Deadline: September 15
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers more than 380 awards in more than 120 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects around the world. College and university faculty, research and development professionals, as well as artists and professional practitioners from a wide range of fields can join nearly 450,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections, and greater mutual understanding. For the full list of our award offerings, visit the U.S. Scholars Awards Search. Location, activity type, and eligibility vary across awards. Some awards may be restricted to certain career profiles or disciplines. Awards range from a few months to a full year. Each award outlines the duration and potential start dates, and some offer a Flex option for multiple visits to the host country. All of this information and more is available in the award description.
Deadline: September 15
American University and Hamiltonian Artists invite applications for the newly established Hamiltonian Teaching Artist Residency with American University for the Spring 2027. This residency is for practicing visual artists who are committed to artist mentorship and studio-driven pedagogy. It offers fully funded housing, studio space, and a paid graduate-level teaching appointment in the MFA Studio Art Program at American University.
Renversons Emerging Choreographer Commission
Deadline: September 15
As a company dedicated to intentional collaboration, conceptual contemporary ballet, and artist-centered process, this commission offers an opportunity for an emerging choreographer to create and premiere a new work on Renversons’ company dancers as part of our 2027 Spring Season in New York City.
Deadline: September 15
Jentel awards residencies to artists, writers, and composers who are focused and serious about their practices. Residencies are intended to be professional development opportunities for visual artists in any medium; writers in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry; and composers across musical genres. Each resident receives a $300 stipend distributed in weekly installments.
Monson Arts Photography Residency
Deadline: September 15
The Abbott Watts Residency for Photography at Monson Arts was established to support imagination, innovation and creative risk-taking for artists advancing the photographic medium.Each awarded Abbott Watts resident will receive a private bedroom in shared housing in Monson, all meals, and access to the photography studio, and a small stipend.
Monson Arts Winter Residencies
Deadline: September 15
Monson Arts’ residency program supports emerging and established artists and writers by providing them time and space to devote to their creative practices. During each of our 2-week and 4-week programs throughout the year, a cohort of 5 visual artists and 5 writers are invited to immerse themselves in small town life. They receive a private studio, private bedroom in shared housing, all meals, and stipend.
The Dedalus Foundation’s Senior Fellowship
Deadline: September 15
The Dedalus Foundation’s Senior Fellowship program is intended to encourage and support critical and historical studies related to painting, sculpture and allied arts from the twentieth century. Fellowship stipends vary according to the needs of the specific project, with a maximum of $30,000.
Deadline: September 15
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) provides time and space for national and international writers, visual artists, and composers of talent and promise to bring forth their finest works, because the arts are vital, diversity is a strength, and creativity is essential. Selected artists come for intense periods of creative work, free from the distractions of day-to-day life. During residencies lasting anywhere from a week to two months, VCCA Fellows enjoy private studios, private bedrooms, and meals.
The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Deadline: September 15
The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need* who are creating work in the visual arts, digital/electronic arts, video/film, and choreography.
Deadline: September 15
Grants for music organizations thats align with the mission of Les Paul. The Les Paul Foundation inspires innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through support of music education, recording, innovation and medical research related to finding a cure for tinnitus through the Hearing Health Foundation.
Deadline: September 15
The Guggenheim Fellowship is a mid-career award supporting the work of individuals who have made notable contributions to more than fifty fields across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and interdisciplinary areas.
Deadline: September 15
Voyage in Time Film Festival is a traveling international film festival, taking place each year in a different location around the world, dedicated to cinematic works that explore time, memory, and transformation.The festival invites filmmakers from around the world to present films that move beyond conventional storytelling — works that observe, drift, reflect, and unfold through image, rhythm, and presence.
Deadline: September 15
At GALLERY jENSEITS, we are dedicated to showcasing the works of both the renowned and the unknown, the alluring and the absurd, a lively fusion of fine art, culture, and uniqueness. We work closely with artists to create a space where the public can engage with and appreciate the space between art and creation.
Deadline: September 16
The SPIE International Day of Light Photo Contest is held annually to raise awareness about the International Day of Light and to demonstrate the impact that light has on cultural, economic, and societal aspects of our world. Amateur and professional photographers alike are encouraged to submit photos for a chance to win cash prizes.
Deadline: September 17
Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly $1,800.00 grants. A simple grant to apply for so you can dedicate more time to creating work.
Call for Artists: Functional Art at Sandy Spring Museum
Deadline: September 18
Sandy Spring Museum is creating a growing collection of permanent functional artworks that will shape the visitor experience across our campus for years to come.We are seeking artists who are excited to create highly visible functional artworks that invite interaction while celebrating the people and traditions of Montgomery County.
Deadline: September 18
Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York and Transmitter Gallery are excited to announce TNT Residency, a 6-month, fully funded 430-square-foot studio adjacent to both galleries at 1329 Willoughby Avenue, culminating in a solo exhibition or open studio event within the studio space.
Marshall Craft Artist Residency
Deadline: September 20
Marshall Craft Associates, an architecture firm located in the historic Clipper Mill complex in Baltimore’s Woodberry neighborhood, is seeking a local artist(s) to exhibit their work in our office. The selected artist(s) will have the opportunity to use our office lobby space to host a public or private exhibition at no cost during their display period offering a chance to showcase their work in a professional venue while engaging directly with the local community.
Deadline: September 20
The Intersections Lab brings together Fashion, Movement, and Sound artists to explore this year’s 12.ance Festival theme: the Expanded Body through collective creation.For its inaugural edition, we invite artists to investigate garments and materials as active creative forces—to generate new physical vocabularies, relationships, and ways of experiencing the body, shaping movement, perception, and the performance.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Garage Art Project
Deadline: September 24
AIT was created to provide artworks and performances at the Authority’s transit facilities to enhance public spaces and provide high-quality arts experiences for transit customers and the public. AIT is committed to working with artists, other arts professionals, architects, engineers, community representatives, and jurisdictional arts councils to develop projects that reflect the spirit and vitality of the arts and communities in the Metro service area.
Open Call : New Bedford Art Museum
Deadline: September 24
Analog: An Antidote to AI Art celebrates the uniquely human qualities of making, including imagination, intuition, touch, experimentation, imperfection, memory, and lived experience. Rather than rejecting technology, Analog asks: What makes art unmistakably human?
Open Call: Design Baltimore: Gateways
Deadline: September 25
Design Baltimore: Gateways is an open competition calling on architects, designers, artists, engineers, students, and community voices to transform three major vehicular arrivals into the city.
Deadline: September 25
The Foundwork Artist Prize is our annual juried award to recognize outstanding emerging and mid-career artists working in any media. Honorees receive unrestricted $10,000 grants, interviews in our Dialogues program, and studio visits with our jurors who include esteemed curators, gallerists, and artists.
Deadline: September 26
The 16mm Film Festival was conceived with a view of re-connecting with the cinematic medium through it’s celluloid history. The festival is organised by Harkat, a film lab, alternative arts space and boutique film production company based in Mumbai.
Rolling Deadlines
Creativity Grants for Projects
Deadline: rolling through March 2027
Creativity Grants for Projects are available to independent artists and arts organizations. There are two options to choose from: the Planning & Development grant is intended to support the early stages of research and development for a proposed project; the Implementation grant is intended to support the execution of a specific arts projects/event/program. Applications are accepted through March 2027 with a monthly review period.
Arts in the Park – Towson Arts Collective
Deadline: rolling
Arts in the Park at the Historic Courthouse is a reimagined outdoor arts experience presented by the Towson Arts Collective. Held on three Thursday evenings this fall from 4:00–7:30 PM, the event transforms the historic courthouse gardens into a vibrant gathering place featuring juried artists, live music by The Music Space, local food and beverages provided by Charles Village Pub, and a welcoming community atmosphere. We invite artists and artisans to apply for this unique opportunity to build relationships with collectors, engage with the community, and sell their original artwork in one of Towson’s most recognizable and picturesque locations. Designed to attract professionals, residents, students, and visitors after work, the event celebrates creativity while supporting local artists and strengthening Towson’s vibrant arts community. With space for only 15–30 juried vendors each evening, artists will enjoy an intimate setting that encourages meaningful conversations, lasting connections, and quality sales.
Deadline: rolling
Arts in Education (AiE) grants are available to support arts learning in Maryland’s schools, libraries, community centers, detention centers, government entities, and nonprofit organizations with programs taught by artists on the Teaching Artist Roster.
Moving Art Exhibition – Supporting Local Artists
Deadline: rolling
Transforming NYC streets into a mobile gallery by showcasing local artists on our moving trucks.
The Galleries at CCBC: Curatorial Application
Deadline: rolling
The Exhibitions Subcommittee meets four times per year, and reviews submissions in the spring. Notifications of acceptance or rejection are sent once per year, in the summer. Exhibits submitted will be considered for the 2nd following calendar year (example: Submission in 2024 will be considered for inclusion in the 2026 roster)
Rolling Deadline
Our 2026 Open Call for Programs invites proposals for artist-led workshops, gatherings, and activations. Selected applicants will have the opportunity to use Hamiltonian Artists’ gallery space, receive marketing support, access gallery inventory, and benefit from on-site assistance from Hamiltonian Artists staff.
Emergency Grants Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Created in 1993 to further FCA’s mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding or incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Open Call: Lead a Public Program – BMA Lexington Market
BMA Lexington Market invites self-defined artists in recovery to lead public programming that explores the role of art in healing and personal growth. This open call for proposals seeks artists of all disciplines who wish to share their stories, practices, and creative tools in talks and workshops focused on how creative practice supported their recovery journey and how art can be a resource for resilience, reflection, and connection.
Le Petit Versailles Open Call for Proposals
No deadline
The urban botanical landscape is similar to country conditions in many ways. Soil replenishment, fertilization, weeding, and watering are essential to growth. Le Petit Versailles also grows culture. With recent changes in government we feel it more important than ever to continue our mission to unify art and social engagement. The call is made for projects and activities that have direct impact and relationship to the physical site in rebuilding and maintaining a green space for urban gardening. Be creative. Propose what it means for you to grow and develop vegetation and community. Investigate tools, architecture, and social interaction that support green, open, public space.
Maryland Hall – exhibition and residency opportunities
Rolling deadlines
Maryland Hall presents art exhibitions that engage audiences on many levels, from community exhibits to curated group and solo shows in several galleries: the Earl Gallery, the Martino Gallery, the Openshaw Balcony Gallery, and the Micro Gallery. The Openshaw Artist-In-Residence program provides accessible studio space and an opportunity to curate and exhibit their work at the Openshaw Balcony Gallery at the end of their residency.
Deadline: Rolling
The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. There are no limits on project types.
WorthlessStudios Photographer in Residence
Deadline: Rolling
The WorthlessStudios Photographer in Residence program is a unique 1 month long photography residency taking place inside a mobile darkroom Airstream trailer. Since 2019, the Airstream trailer has traveled the nation to serve as a darkroom and community resource for keeping analog photography alive and thriving. Unlike other residencies that require artists to travel to them, this residency brings the facilities to you! This residency expands on WorthlessStudios’ comprehensive approach to helping artists realize their creative visions while ensuring they have resources to advance their skills and careers. This program provides support for artists working in a photography based artistic practice that relies heavily on access to a darkroom facility. This residency also provides a $1,500 Artist Stipend.
Deadline: Rolling
Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel Indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Hotel Indigo, Baltimore Downtown is a boutique hotel located in Baltimore, MD. MAP has been working closely with the hotel since it opened, selecting and installing the hotel’s permanent artwork collection including works by Jared Ragland, Gary Kachadourian and Christos Palios. Hotel Indigo and MAP share the same vision of supporting working artists in the region, and both look forward to their continued partnership and the rotation of quarterly exhibitions. Fee is $10 for non-MAP members.
Deadline: rolling
The Clifton Arts Center is planning visual exhibits for the years 2026-2030. The Clifton Arts Center provides approximately 1800 square feet of modern well-lit and upgraded HVAC gallery exhibit space on the grounds of the Clifton Municipal Complex. There is a $10 application fee.
CCA Call for Exhibition Proposals 2025
Deadline: Rolling
CCA invites exhibition proposals from artists, curators, and cultural organizations for rolling review by the CCA Exhibitions Selection Committee. The Main Gallery hosts 3-4 major exhibitions annually, with a rotation of 4-6 exhibitions in the Project Gallery. Interdisciplinary proposals that include digital media or installation elements are encouraged. There is a $10 entry fee.
Arts on a Roll: Call for Teaching Artists
Deadline: Rolling
Arts on a Roll is a mobile, on demand program within the Community Arts team of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County, MD. We are seeking enthusiastic artists and arts educators to lead classes, design workshops, develop curriculum, and assist at events for visual and performing arts programs. Our instructors represent a range of artistic backgrounds and varied levels of expertise, and we invite applicants with no prior teaching experience who can assist at classes and events, to skilled educators who can develop curriculum and lead programs. As an Arts on a Roll Teaching Artist, you will interface with program participants