External Opportunities

Deadline Driven Opportunities

Creative Residency Program – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

April 24

The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency that provides creative individuals a designated time and space to develop new works of the imagination inspired by one of the great examples of 20th century architecture. The residency is a competitive program that is open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work.

 

The Trawick Prize – Bethesda Urban Partnership

April 24

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. & Virginia. Eight finalists will be selected for consideration for Trawick Prize. The exhibition of finalists will be held at Gallery B from Sept. 3 – 27, 2026, and the opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 4th from 6-8pm.

 

2027 Art Invitational: The Valley of Dry Bones | Museum of the Bible

Deadline: April 24

The Valley of Dry Bones art invitational seeks to inspire the creation of new artwork based on Ezekiel 37:1–14, the biblical vision in which God brings life, renewal, and restoration to a valley of dry bones. Museum of the Bible invites Christian and Jewish artists residing in the continental United States to create original pieces in a variety of media that show their personal and spiritual reflections on this powerful theme. The goal is to show how the Bible can shape modern art and give visitors a meaningful way to connect with biblical themes through creativity.

 

Suitland Water Tower Art Banners Project – Prince George’s County

Deadline: April 26

The Prince George’s County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is seeking an artist or artist team to lead a collaborative public art opportunity with a cohort of visual arts students from Suitland Creative Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) High School. Through mentorship with the selected artist or artist team, the 11-student cohort will design 8 prints that will be produced in a series of banners for installation on the Suitland Water Tower.

 

Suitland Water Tower Art Banners Project

April 26

The Prince George’s County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is seeking an artist or artist team to lead a collaborative public art opportunity with a cohort of visual arts students from Suitland Creative Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) High School. Through mentorship with the selected artist or artist team, the 11-student cohort will design 8 prints that will be produced in a series of banners for installation on the Suitland Water Tower.

 

Atlantic Gallery – Graphically Speaking: The Art of Comic Storytelling

April 26

Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea, invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried show, Graphically Speaking: The Art of Comic Storytelling. With less than a decade until the 100th anniversary of the publication of the very first comic book with original, non-reprinted content, Atlantic Gallery seeks to celebrate the art tradition and future of comic storytelling by inviting comic and graphic artists to submit works for consideration for inclusion in a juried exhibition, GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING.

 

20/92 Video Festival | Icebox Project Space

April 26

The 20/92 Video Festival is a rare opportunity to exhibit your work at an uncommon scale in a unique environment. Located in Philadelphia, PA, Icebox Project Space is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the city at nearly 3,700 sq ft. Within the gallery is a projection system which allows for a continuous image to be cast upon its walls, at a maximum size of 20’ x 92’ with a resolution of 5040 x 1020 pixels.

 

call for work /// MA/IN 10th Edition

April 26

LOXOS~ keeps attention focused on electroacoustic culture by offering, through its annual call, an important stimulus for composers and artists working in the field of digital arts. Each year, MA/IN welcomes artistic proposals through an OPEN CALL, with the aim of selecting works to be included in the 2026 edition of the festival.

 

3pts Artists & Makers Impact Fund

April 27

The 3pts Artists & Makers Impact Fund is a $3,500 award supporting U.S.-based artists and makers who create tangible objects or goods and are working to sustain and grow a business. Funding may be used for materials, equipment, workspace costs, professional development, production expenses, or other needs that strengthen an artist or maker’s practice.

 

What’s Going On? Art in Response

April 27

Contemporary, expressionistic, abstract, exploratory, and/or experimental entries encouraged. As the 21st century unfolds, we find ourselves in rapidly shifting territory. Political, Economic, Social, Technological and Environmental changes are swift and unstable. Many of the institutions, organizations and communities we have relied on to help us make sense of our world seem to be crumbling. Most of us are unsure of what is real. Art reflects the emotions, concerns, and aspirations of a people.  Through artistic expression, artists can communicate, provoke, and challenge injustices and give voice to insecurities and aspirations. Please submit your visual responses and perspectives related to the unsettling and confusing zeitgeist we find ourselves living in.

 

The City of Ocala Public Artist Roster

Deadline: April 27

The City of Ocala Public Artist Roster is a pre-qualified list of professional visual artists that serves as a resource for public art selection and commission at the City and as a reference for external organizations and private entities. The Roster may be used in combination with an open call, invitational or as the sole resource for identifying appropriate artists/teams for select projects based on an expedited selection process, need for specific skillset, or a curated opportunity. For each project, the qualifications of the artists will be reviewed by the Ocala Municipal Art Commission (OMAC) and recommended for final approval by City staff.

 

Open Air 2026 – UConn Avery Point, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery

Deadline: April 28

The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at the University of Connecticut Avery Point (AVS Gallery) seeks proposals for sculpture/installations, video works/projections, or light-based works for Open Air 2026. Our goal is to assemble a dynamic set of artworks—some visible by day, some after nightfall. Themes for proposals may include, but need not be limited to, marine life, maritime history and culture, the ecology and environment of Long Island Sound, and responses to our campus architecture and dramatic shoreline.

 

The Democracy Cycle | Perelman Performing Arts Center

Deadline: April 28

In January 2024, The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Civis Foundation partnered to launch The Democracy Cycle, a commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy. Over a five-year period, The Democracy Cycle will commission and develop 25 new performing arts works across the fields of theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. The commissioned works, to be selected over the course of three annual Rounds of Open Calls (2024, 2025, and 2026) will explore themes relating to the nature, practice, and experience of democracy.

 

Call Coal Prize 2026: The Night

Deadline: April 28

The COAL Prize 2026 is dedicated to the theme of night. The COAL Prize invites artists to defend the night as a common good, a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life, a refuge, a diversity of languages to be celebrated, a right to rest and to darkness. Inventing stories to relearn how to inhabit the shadows, creating art with the night, is to contribute to an ecology of rhythms…

 

Occurrence Open Call

Deadline: April 28

Occurrence invites artists to submit projects for its programming schedule from November 2026 to June 2028. The center is looking for proposals covering all horizons, whether exhibition projects or video projections. Occurrence wishes to have a diverse program that reflects current thinking on the arts.

 

America at 250: Be Revolutionary! Maryland Federation of Art

Deadline: April 29

“Be Revolutionary” is a dynamic exhibition created in honor of America at 250, celebrating two and a half centuries of bold ideas, cultural shifts, and transformative voices. We seek works that capture the essence of American history and cultural identity, challenge assumptions, and spark dialogue. We invite creative interpretations in all media that pay tribute to 250 years of struggle and triumph in the pursuit of a more perfect union. Artists are encouraged to explore how social, political, personal, and artistic revolution continues to shape the American story today. “Be Revolutionary” will call audiences to reflect on the past, confront the present, and imagine the next era of American possibility.

 

Call For Live Dance And Screen Dance – Fuoriformato Festival

Deadline: April 30

FuoriFormato, international dance and video dance festival, is looking for solo-duo-group contemporary dance shows and performances that represent the multiplicity of approaches, styles, research and poetics that animate contemporary dance and that are capable of inhabiting the proposed spaces with (structural) coherence and/or concept.

 

Traffic Box Wrap Art Project: Laurel Maryland

Deadline: April 30

On behalf of the City of Laurel, the Laurel Arts Council announces a Call for Artists’ designs to transform three traffic signal cabinets in Laurel into public artworks. Traffic signal cabinets, the stainless-steel boxes located at signalized intersections, are not only vulnerable to graffiti and vandalism but are also dull and generic. This project will help thwart graffiti while enhancing the visual landscape and contributing to neighborhood placemaking. Three designs will be selected to be printed on vinyl and wrapped around city-maintained signal box cabinets.

 

Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale Artist Residency

Deadline: April 30

Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale (NKD) is an Artist-in-Residence centre dedicated to long-term residencies for visual artists, architects, and designers. NKD is located in the village of Dale in Sunnfjord, on the west coast of Norway. We host up to five artists at a time, offering space for focused, independent work and artistic development.

 

Fridge Art Fair Chelsea NYC

Deadline: April 30

Fridge Art Fair has been running in New York since May 2013, intentionally timed to coincide with Frieze week in Chelsea. The fair positions itself as an open, artist-forward alternative to the major fairs: all styles and media are welcome, and LGBTQ+ artists and allies are especially encouraged to apply. The 2026 edition is the second year at the Hotel Alameda Highline Bar and Lobby at 518 West 27th Street, a central location within walking distance of the other fairs concentrated in the neighborhood. Public hours run May 13-17, with a VIP preview on the evening of May 13. Admission is free to the public.

 

The Black Lawrence Fellowship for New Immigrant Authors

Deadline: April 30

In keeping with our commitment to being a clear and consistent home for immigrant writing, we are proud to announce The Black Lawrence Fellowship for New Immigrant Authors. The fellowship is for immigrant authors at the start of their literary careers, who have published no more than one book in any genre at the time of application.

 

The Sten Malmquist Artist-in-Residence Grant

Deadline: April 30

The Sten Malmquist Grant is an international artist-in-residence programme in Tomelilla, Sweden. It provides professional artists with time, space, and resources to develop their work while connecting with the local community and art scene. The residency lasts 4–6 weeks and focuses on location-based artistic practice in south-east Skåne.

 

Camino Al Arte: Community Impact Residency

Deadline: April 30

With the support of Fomento Educacional A.C., this residency promotes cultural exchange between Mexico and the United States. The program is for four individuals that wish to investigate, document, and/or create art projects with socially relevant themes, including: water scarcity, gentrification, violence in the communities, migration, other to be proposed by applicants.

 

Public Art Opportunity: Housing Authority of Baltimore City

Deadline: April 30

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), Affordable Homes and Communities – Greater Baltimore (GBAHC), and Key’s Pointe 2A LP (the Michaels Organization) invite proposals from artists to create an art installation for the Key’s Pointe Phase 2A (KP2A) residential housing development. This housing project is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in the Winter of 2026. The development is located at 6320 and 6400 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD 21224.

 

Seeing Red: Modern Visual Arts Gallery Open Call

Deadline: April 30

The MVA Gallery (Modern Visual Arts) invites artists, photographers and sculptors of all levels (emerging to established) to submit original artwork to this exhibition. As an artist, how do you utilize Red? Does the color permeate your entire image or is it used in small sections? Does it appear in your artwork in objects or in nature or in abstract design? Is Red purely decorative or is it a defining or structural device? How does the color reveal your technical skill and emotional impact?

 

International Dance Festival New Orleans

Deadline: April 30

The International Dance Festival New Orleans (IDFNOLA) is excited to invite international (non-USA) dance artists and performance groups to apply for our upcoming festival, taking place September 10-13, 2026. We are seeking compelling contemporary dance works, 20-30 minutes in length, that embody artistic innovation and cross-cultural collaboration.

 

Carroll University: Call for Exhibition Proposals

Deadline: April 30

The Joyce Paddock Bliss Gallery serves as an educational resource for the Carroll University and Waukesha, WI communities. We welcome innovative proposals that contribute to a diverse cultural landscape. The selection committee will consider visual artists working in a variety of media including the traditional media, film/video, installation, social practice, and new media. Criteria for acceptance include comprehensive evidence that the artwork considers major concepts, themes, materials, and is formally produced and professionally prepared for installation. 

 

Journal Journal: Call for Submissions

Deadline: April 30

The guidelines are vague. A journal entry could be something as expected as a diary entry, or as abstracted as an accumulation of coffee cup stains on a table cloth. It could be something that makes you consider the passage of time. It might be a list of every time you’ve fed a cow, or an inventory of your dad’s garage.

 

Submissions | WNDX Festival of Moving Image

Deadline: April 30

Based in Winnipeg, Canada, the WNDX Festival of Moving Image is an experimental film festival held yearly in the fall, serving as a meeting ground for experimental film on the prairies.

 

Slow Art Productions: Digital Art, Collage and Assemblage IV

Deadline: April 30 

SlowArt Productions presents the group exhibition, Digital Art, Assemblage and Collage IV.  This exhibition will focus on the various forms of digital art, assemblage and collage. All digital and collage art forms including digital art, AI assited art, digital photography, digital collage, hand cut paper collage, combinations thereof and sculptural assemblages will all be reviewed and considered.

 

Paint the Town Project – Bethesda Urban Planning 

Deadline: April 30

“Paint the Town” is an initiative of the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District to bring more public art and new murals to downtown Bethesda. We are currently seeking artists for phase two of the Signal Box Public Art Project. The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is further fulfilling its commitment to promoting downtown Bethesda as an arts destination and providing opportunities to local artists. The Signal Box Public Art Project features the artwork of 15 artists whose original works of art have been printed onto vinyl and “wrapped” onto 15 signal boxes.

 

Norman Arts Council: Black History Plaza Art

Deadline: April 30

Norman Arts Council, on behalf of The City of Norman for a Black History Plaza along the Legacy Trail, is seeking an artist (or team of artists) to create a significant work of art for the plaza in downtown Norman, Oklahoma. The Black History Plaza will celebrate Norman’s Black community. The plaza will be located on Jones Ave in between Acers Ave and Robinson Ave on the Norman Legacy Trail.

 

Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens Call to Artists

Deadline: April 30

The Museum hosts several exhibitions each year featuring work in a variety of mediums by national and international artists, in addition to annual shows highlighting art by area students. Also on display is a rotating selection of spiritual oil paintings from the Malcolm Fraser Permanent Collection in the reception gallery, and a special installation of neo-pop art by John Wilton in the stairwell gallery. Each month, OMAM engages with their community by providing free art pop-ups and other outreach events, including programs designed for underserved children, families, and veterans, as well as patients, caregivers, and survivors.

 

New/Next Film Festival

Deadline: April 30

New/Next Film Festival is a 4-day festival held in Baltimore at the historic Charles Theatre. The festival is curated by creative director Eric Allen Hatch (Maryland Film Festival’s director of programming, 2007-2018) and produced by Baltimore Public Media. New/Next has built a public home-viewing guide of all the films screened in its previous editions at newnextfilmfest.com/archives. It provides free full-color PDF downloads of each year’s New/Next program guide, and indicates where each film screened is now available for viewing online, streaming, and/or on physical media.

 

Critical Writing Open Call

Deadline: April 30

Critical Writing at Recess initiates meaningful exchange between artists and writers and supports the mutual production of new work. Through a practice-led approach, the program brings together a cohort of writers to engage artists in the Recess community, develop new texts, and collectively produce a digital reader of contemporary art writing.

 

Ensemble Serenissima: International Composition Prize

Deadline: April 30

The Ensemble Serenissima Association of Sacile (Pordenone, Italy), in collaboration with the Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia Publishing House, announces the eleventh edition of the international symphonic composition competition «INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE – SEM 2026». The awarded composition will be performed by the Orchestra of the 30th FVG International Music Meeting during the final concert to be held in July 2026 and will be published by the Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia Publishing House.

 

 

Rolling Deadlines

 

Open Call: Lead a Public Program – BMA Lexington Market

Rolling Deadline

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.

 

 

The Awesome Foundation Grant

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.

 

MAP x Hotel Indigo

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.

 

Clifton Arts Center Exhibits

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.

 

Call for Artists: The Mulberry Network

Deadline: Rolling

The Crow’s Nest is seeking artists who would like to use their skills to support climate activists. Mulberry Network artists should be willing to meet with activists, learn about their direct action campaign priorities and objectives, and if commissioned, be willing to produce artwork in a relatively short time to support the protest actions. Art may include posters, banners, installations, animations, illustrations, and projections. Artists are not expected (but are welcome) to participate in the direct actions. Let us know if you’d like to make art for climate activists on a volunteer or commission basis & provide some basic information at the form on our website to be added to our directory.