Deadline Driven Opportunities
Feminism 250: Woman Made America
Deadline: June 27
Woman Made Gallery (WMG) invites women and nonbinary artists to submit work for Feminism 250: Woman Made America. Anchored in America 250—the nationwide commemoration of the United States’ 250th anniversary—this exhibition reflects on the long arc of feminist history within a broader national moment of remembrance, reckoning, and re‑imagining. As one of the nation’s longest continually operating feminist art spaces, WMG enters this milestone with a history shaped by decades of cultural resistance, artist‑led advocacy, community care, and the ongoing fight to claim space for those long pushed to the margins
Evidence of Contact | Open Call
Deadline: June 28
P79 Project invites artists to apply for Evidence of Contact, a curated group exhibition at A Space Gallery in New York. We are seeking works that consider moments that have already passed, are currently unfolding, or are on the verge of disappearing, and explore how such moments remain as traces within materials, objects, spaces, bodies, and everyday experiences.
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival – FilmFreeway
Deadlines: June 28 & July 31
This year the festival will include multiple programs of International animated short films, a Baltimore Showcase, animator retrospectives, special screenings of independent feature films, workshops and more. For the Baltimore Showcase, submissions must be a film produced within 50 miles of Baltimore City to qualify. SEAF accepts animated shorts (under 20 minutes). We look for contemporary animated work from across the globe which best highlights the expressive potential of the medium, and pushes limits of what animation means. We are looking for work that is appropriate for any age range.
Just Tech Fellowship – Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Deadline: June 28
The Just Tech Fellowship supports rigorous, original, and community-grounded work that addresses pressing questions about how technology shapes society and public life. The program is designed for researchers, artists, and practitioners whose work advances thoughtful, practical, and imaginative approaches to how technology is designed, governed, and experienced in public life. The Just Tech Fellowship provides a one-year unrestricted award of up to $60,000 to support research, creative practice, or community-engaged work. The fellowship period runs from January 2027 through December 2027 and is designed to provide fellows with the resources and flexibility to advance ambitious projects at the intersection of technology and society.
Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: June 29
The AIR program is an opportunity for artists to begin their residency with a sense of curiosity and experimentation rather than a fully formed idea and to work in a co-creative manner with the Exploratorium. Applicants to the program should be inherently curious and deeply invested in inquiry as a part of their practice. Exploratorium AIRs receive a $15,000 annual stipend, support for travel, project management and financial support for residency projects, and access to Exploratorium facilities and staff expertise. The museum works with individuals and artist groups who are drawn to collaboration, interested in interdisciplinary dialogue, and open to developing new working methods. Projects have taken countless forms, such as multimedia performances, theatrical productions, animated filmmaking, immersive installations, walking tours, and online projects.
Choice Neighborhoods Resident Artist RFQ
Deadline: June 29
The City of Winston-Salem’s Public Art Commission (PAC) is launching the CNI Resident Artist Project, a one-time artist residency funded through the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Public Art Revitalization Program. The CNI Resident Artist will collaborate with the Public Art Commission to work with East Winston-Salem residents to develop an artistic project that is community focused. The selected artist will have an all-inclusive budget of $300,000 with an expected time commitment of 12 months that includes the initial immersion period, a proposal period, and then time to implement the artistic project.
Call for Artists: Southern University STEM Complex
Deadline: June 29
The Louisiana Percent for Art Program seeks qualifications from professional artists or artist teams for site-specific public artworks at the new STEM Complex at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA. The building will be a hub for students and faculty and will support the university’s mission of advancing science, innovation, and academic excellence.
This commission is intended for one artist or artist team, who will develop a cohesive series of three related artworks for key locations within and around the building. Potential locations include suspended and wall-mounted installations within the building’s main atrium, as well as an exterior sculptural work at the site.
Art+Science Fellowships | DIEP
Deadline: June 30
How does complexity arise? How can simple ingredients, local interactions or microscopic rules give rise to worlds, structures, patterns, materials, behaviours and forms of collective life? How did space and time emerge in the first place? These are the kinds of questions explored in Emergence at All Scales (EAAS), a Dutch research consortium bringing together researchers across mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry and related fields funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Together with The Science & Cocktails Foundation, Stichting Paradiso and NWA Route Kunst, EAAS invites artists, makers and collectives to propose new works inspired by the theme of Emergence. Selected projects will be developed in dialogue with EAAS researchers and will premiere at the first Emergence Festival in June 2027. The festival is part of EAAS’s wider societal programme, which uses art, debate, film, music, performance and education to create a two-way conversation between research and society.
AIR Taipei 2027 Open Call: Taiwan Artist Residency
Deadline: June 30
The AIR Taipei 2027 Open Call is accepting applications from artists and cultural practitioners interested in residency opportunities in Taipei and through AIR Taipei’s international residency network. Depending on the residency category, participants may receive accommodation, studio space, administrative support, airfare support, and a NT$100,000 creative grant.
ARCAthens Athens Residency 2026
Deadline: June 30
ARCAthens three-month residency in Athens with a $3,000 fellowship prize, housing, airfare, and weekly stipend. The ARCAthens Athens Residency 2026 is now accepting applications from artists, curators, and scholars interested in spending three months in Athens, Greece. The fully funded residency runs from September 10 through November 30, 2026 and combines research, professional exchange, mentorship, and engagement with the contemporary cultural ecosystem of Athens.
Utility Box Art Program Guidelines – Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
Deadline: June 30
We are currently seeking artists for our Utility Box Art Program. Artists are invited to apply through the Call for Artists on Submittable. Chosen artwork designs will be featured in a catalog, allowing the community to select a design for their utility box when they decide to purchase a wrapped box.
Deadline: June 30
SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 3 – 26, 2026 and is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered. ($35 entry fee)
2026 8th Stray Birds Dance Platform Open Call
Deadline: June 30
The 8th Stray Birds Dance Platform (SBDP) will take place from December 17 to 20, 2026. Alongside the SELECTION works chosen through our Open Call, the festival will feature diverse programs, workshops, and lectures. Our SBDP partners will also present special invitations or awards to outstanding works from SELECTION. We welcome solo and duet performances (8-13 minutes) in all dance styles. Please carefully review the application guidelines before submitting.
Deadline: June 30
PLAYA’s Art/Sci Awarded Residency brings together artists and scientists to immerse in their inquiry, practice and research, while fostering exchange of ideas across disciplines. Residencies are awarded through an application process and open to the global community of scientists and artists. All artists and scientists are welcome to apply, including (but not limited to) naturalists, biologists, musicians, sound artists, new media artists, designers, sustainability leaders, social practitioners, Traditional Ecological Holders and culture bearers, musicians, visual artists, writers, journalists, poets, performing artists, and interdisciplinary artists. Individuals and teams whose work, project, or process will benefit from time on the land where PLAYA resides are encouraged to apply.
Prince George’s Film Festival – FilmFreeway
Deadline: June 30
The Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council and the Prince George’s Film Office come together again for the fifth annual Prince George’s Film Festival (PGFF – Take Five). This annual celebration of cinematic arts will take place September 2026, in the crown jewel of the DMV, Prince George’s County, Maryland. We’re on the lookout for films from diverse voices and backgrounds that showcase the rich journey of human experiences. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or an emerging talent, we welcome submissions from filmmakers of all levels.
City of Alexandria Mural Artist Roster
Deadline: June 30
City of Alexandria’s Public Art Program seeks artists to apply to join the City’s first Mural Artist Roster. The roster will be used to place artists with upcoming mural opportunities in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, beginning in Summer 2026. This call is open to all local and regional muralists living in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Professional and emerging muralists who engage with youth and communities to develop concepts and/or install projects are especially encouraged to apply. The roster will be used as a primary resource for the selection of muralists for City-commissioned projects to include interior and exterior wall murals; ground murals; street murals; and participatory mural projects. Additionally, the roster will be publicly available to businesses, property owners, and community groups wishing to commission projects. Once approved, the mural roster will remain valid for a 3-year period.
Deadline: July 1
The 2026 Small File Media Festival invites creators to consider this larger-than-life provocation one pixel at a time. As always, we invite arthouse, video work, glitch aesthetics, punk, and sci-fi, and this year we especially welcome small-scale experiments with narrative and documentary. It’s all on the table! We want you to challenge our assumptions of what small-file filmmaking can be. Frame by frame, Small Files take risks in both politics and art, showing that cinema doesn’t have to be big to be beautiful.
The Outward Ensemble Call For Scores
Deadline: July 1
The Outward Collective invites you to submit works written in the last ten years to be performed and recorded at our new music ensemble’s fall season opening concert in Wilmington, Delaware September 5, 2026. Submissions may be written for the entire ensemble or any subset of each group including solo works. There are no duration requirements. Each composer may submit multiple entries, however a new application and “fee” is encouraged for each submission. We will select 4-8 winning works to fill the concert. Submissions that exceed 15 minutes in duration may be excerpted. Winning composers will receive video and audio recordings of the performance and will retain the right to publicly disseminate these recordings for their own professional and personal benefit.
Howard County Arts Council – General Exhibit Application
Deadline: July 1
The Howard County Arts Council (HoCo Arts) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 1,600 square feet of exhibit space. The HoCo Arts gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. HoCo Arts presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. HoCo Arts rarely exhibits solo shows.
Artist Residency | Vermont Center for Photography
Deadline: July 1
For the first time in its 28-year history, the Vermont Center for Photography will host an Artist in Residence in scenic downtown Brattleboro. This inaugural residency ushers in an exciting new chapter for VCP, offering photographers dedicated time, space, and resources to pursue ambitious creative work. The selected resident will receive 24/7 access to VCP’s facilities, including our darkroom, digital lab, and studio spaces, providing a rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in their creative process. During their stay, the artist will be provided with a fully funded accommodation at the historic Latchis Hotel, located just a four-minute walk from VCP, along with a $500 creation stipend to support necessary expenses and the development of new work.
Lightwork Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: July 1
Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects every year. Over 400 artists have participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program, and many of them have gone on to achieve international acclaim. The residency includes a $7,500 stipend, a furnished artist apartment, 24-hour access to our state-of-the-art facilities, and generous staff support. Work by each Artist-in-Residence is published in a special edition of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual, along with an essay commissioned by Light Work. Work by former Artists-in-Residence is also part of the Light Work Collection.
MUSLAB 2026 – KARMA: Cause – Effect
Deadline: July 1
The KARMA project invites artists and specialists from different fields and from around the world to submit proposals regarding the concept of “karma,” the law of cause and effect, paying special attention precisely to the visible causes and effects of the world and the current reality in which we live. Composers and visual artists of any age, gender, or nationality are invited to participate by submitting their electroacoustic music or video art works to the MUSLAB 2026 International Electroacoustic Music Showcase.
Invisible Force – Sound in Sculpture
Deadline: July 3
Sculpture Tucson invites artists to submit work for Invisible Force – Sound in Sculpture, a juried exhibition exploring the sculptural potential of sound. We invite artists working across sculpture, installation, and interdisciplinary practices to create work where sound is an essential element of the sculptural concept. Projects may be kinetic, acoustic, mechanical, electronic, digital, or interactive, and may respond to environmental or architectural conditions.
The Compound – Exhibition Proposal Open Call
Deadline: July 3
In 2026, The Compound wishes to expand its curatorial voice by inviting external curators/artists to produce their own exhibitions in our spaces. This year we will support two curated exhibition from an individual or group of artist(s) within two time slots. We will provide installation (curators are responsible for the installation with program manager’s assistance), promotion, and budget support in the amount of $800.
Deadline: July 3
The “Dance Box Resident Program 2026” is an artist-in-residence program for performing arts practitioners, taking place in Shin-Nagata, Kobe City. For our 2026 installment, we are seeking artists to undertake a one-month residency project under the theme “Archiving the Transformation of Art and Folk Performance in the Age of Cultural Mobility.” We welcome applications from all genres of artistic expression. The results of the residency are expected to be preserved in a tangible form, such as a zine.
Deadline: July 3
Hypertextile 2027, the first edition of the Contemporary Art Biennial of the Alentejo, integrated into the official program of Évora_27 – European Capital of Culture, launches an international open call for artists and collectives developing performative projects. We are looking for performances that explore emotional, symbolic, political, or sensory relationships with the territory, proposing new ways of inhabiting, imagining, and interpreting it. Each performance may be presented up to two times during the biennial period, on dates to be defined by the organization in coordination with the artists and in accordance with the overall festival program.
Blue House Films Bodies Screening Call for Submissions
Deadline: July 4
We are holding a collaborative screening with our friends at Saint Jawn Cinema, an underground microcinema in the Riverwest neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We’re currently accepting submissions for our next screening, which will be held on September 11th and September 12th, 2026.
The XENO Prize – Franklin Furnace
Deadline: July 4
The XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books will be selected from submissions to receive $5000 to publish one artist’s book on the topic of book banning/burning in an edition of at least 100 copies.
Pier-2 Art Center Artist-in-Residence Program (PAIR)
Deadline: July 5
Kaohsiung is a port city in continuous formation. Its geographical environment, industrial trajectories, social conditions, and diverse cultures converge here, constantly generating new movements, exchanges, and transformations. We encourage artistic practices that move beyond merely revisiting history or collecting local materials, and instead engage with the city’s present perceptions and lived experiences. Through open-ended artistic approaches, artists are invited to respond to the ever-changing realities and imaginaries of Kaohsiung. PAIR approaches the residency as an open site of artistic production, supporting artists in developing works and methodologies that engage in dialogue with Kaohsiung through processes of research, exchange, and practice. Artists are invited to take Kaohsiung as a starting point and propose projects that emphasize public engagement, local sensibility, and experimental approaches.
Unearthing Foundations — Latinx/Latine Call for Art
Deadline: July 6
Montpelier Arts Center invites DC, Maryland, and Virginia based Latinx/Latine artists to submit artwork for the juried exhibition “Unearthing Foundations” on view September 11 – November 1, 2026. What came before influences what comes next, even if we can’t see it. These are our foundations, groundwork, bedrock. It has been built up, taken down, supported and added onto, over and over. Through time, space, and location. From the personal, familial, cultural, and more. We invite local artists (from DC, Maryland, Virginia) of Hispanic/Latine backgrounds to submit work exploring “Unearthing” and the layers upon layers that make up who we are.
Deadline: July 6 (earlybird)
The Slamdance Film Festival accepts films in every genre, on any topic, from every country around the world. We spotlight low-budget Narrative and Documentary Features by first-time directors, Breakout Features from non-first time directors, Unstoppable (shorts & features) highlighting filmmakers/films with/about disability, short films across genres, and episodes. Additionally we accept a vast variety of projects through our Digital, Interactive and Gaming category (DIG). We do not disqualify any films based on premiere status or date of completion. It is an Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Award qualifying competition.
Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture
Deadline: July 6
PMRCAA offers two and four week residencies from March to November with applicants at any stage of their careers eligible to apply. This program is open to regional and national artists, cultural workers, scientists, scholars and researchers in any discipline. PMRCAA supports individuals as well as collaborations. The 2027 theme of Process and Material invites artists and scientists to investigate the fundamentals of their practice on a working Ranch in Central Oregon. Whether working with substances drawn from the earth or found objects, all materials hold memory and meaning as the methods of the practitioner work to unfold their potential. In 2027, we encourage artists, conservationists, and scholars to think deeply about their own processes and materials, how they inform the works they create, and to explore new and imaginative opportunities.
ARTICA 2026: Anomaly Test Pattern(s)
Deadline: July 6
Artists, musicians, poets, performers, and creative citizens are invited to participate in the ARTICA Festival— a multidisciplinary outdoor arts festival. All are welcome to create, participate, and celebrate artistic expression! This application is required for artists seeking funding to support their project at ARTICA. Proposals submitted by the funding deadline will be reviewed by an independent jury. Artists who are not selected for funding will still be invited to participate in the festival. ARTICA is committed to maintaining an open and inclusive platform for creative expression, regardless of funding status.
In The Practice of Seeing – National Juried Photography Exhibition
Deadline: July 6
In the Practice of Seeing is a National Juried Photography Exhibition hosted at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. All mediums of photography are eligible.
Cámara Lúcida X – Call for Submissions
Deadline: July 7
This year, we proudly celebrate the tenth edition of the Camera Lucida International Film Festival, consolidating our role as an international platform dedicated to the promotion of contemporary cinematic proposals and auteur perspectives from around the world. The tenth edition of Camera Lucida will take place in person in the city of Cuenca, reaffirming our commitment to fostering encounters between filmmakers and diverse audiences.
Call for Resonance Artwork + Performance : Make Space To Resonate (Brooklyn)
Deadline: July 7
Gather Center (Brooklyn, NY) invites submissions for Resonance, Phase III of our annual Consciousness Spiral. Frequency is information and existence is vibration: this open call seeks visual and sonic works that have moved from recognition, through awakening, into a chosen state of held frequency. Share your materializations of resonance, your references, your meditative message. Selected works go on view July 17 through the end of August 2026, with an opening reception July 17. Hand delivery (July 15) and pickup required.
Open Call — Two-Artist Exhibition | Collective Z
Deadline: July 8
Collective Z is looking for two artists with a developed body of work and a serious, sustained practice. This is a curated open call. Two artists will be selected, each given dedicated wall space to present a single body of work in depth. Not a salon, not a group show: two concentrated presentations under one roof, built around the work itself. We are not looking for a response to a theme. We are looking for a practice with a clear point of view and the discipline to sustain it — a body of work that coheres across many pieces and rewards close, repeated looking. The exhibition will be titled and curated from the two bodies of work we select.
Deadline: July 8
Animation Love Affair is proud to announce that we have two opportunities for our community to submit artwork to be shown! We are once again hosting the Baltimore Edition of the Transfiguration International Film Festival and curating the Baltimore block, highlighting Baltimore-area filmmakers! We highly encourage queer, BIPOC & women filmmakers to apply! We are also curating the AREA 405 Sweaty Eyeballs show and invite folks to submit their animation, sculpture, 2D/3D work, illustrations, paintings, performances, etc to apply! We will prioritize proximity to Baltimore in most cases as artists are expected to install their own work.
Deadline: July 9
The estudiosix program prioritizes long-term research, experimentation, and independent production, emphasizing process over immediate outcomes so artists can develop ambitious work without constraints. Residents are selected through an open application process.
Applications are reviewed by a rotating committee of artists, curators, and cultural practitioners with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from artists working across disciplines who demonstrate strong commitment, curiosity, and engagement.
Myth as Cognitive Infrastructure – Call for Papers
Deadline: July 10
In part two of the Leonardo/ISAST × Zhuangshi Journal collaborative series, we move from artificial intelligence toward augmented wisdom, where a deeper question emerges: how do humans construct meaning in relation to the unseen, the uncertain, and the not yet fully knowable? While contemporary discourse around knowledge, reality, and the future often centers on technological and scientific systems, the frameworks through which humans interpret the world are far older and more pervasive. Myth is one of the most enduring of these structures. It operates not simply as a narrative, but as a form of cognitive infrastructure — organizing perception, knowledge, and belief across cultures and over time.
From Cybernetics to Co-Creation: The Promise and Limits of Systems Thinking – Call for papers
Deadline: July 17
We invite papers that critically examine how systems thinking has enabled and constrained forms of collaboration, authorship, governance, and care. How might contemporary practices move beyond control, optimization, or abstraction toward co-creation, relationality, and situated knowledge? What can transdisciplinary systems approaches contribute not only to health, well-being, and social resilience, but also to processes of repair and healing within fractured ecological and cultural systems?
2026 Honeywell Photography Competition
Deadline: July 11
Featuring work from students, amateurs, and professionals, this juried photography exhibit showcases standout images in three categories: Color, Black & White, and Altered Images. With a competitive acceptance rate and over $1,000 in prizes, being selected for this show is a meaningful achievement for photographers at any level.
Echoing Green – Artist Open Call
Deadline: July 12
The Nakanojo Biennale is an international contemporary art festival held every two years in Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture. Surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery, Ramsar wetlands, hot spring villages with deep histories, sericulture, festivals, and traditional folk events, Nakanojo Town offers visitors the unique opportunity to experience beautiful satoyama culture that cannot be found anywhere else. Artists stay and work in this unique mountain village community and present their creations during the Nakanojo Biennale. For the 11th Nakanojo Biennale 2027, we are calling for a wide range of artists from Japan and abroad with innovative ideas and projects from various fields.
Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence 2027
Deadline: July 12
The Artist-in-Residence Program at Zion National Park offers professional artists of various mediums the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the park’s inspiring landscape. The Program offers free housing and a $500 travel reimbursement for the selected artists. A donation piece is required. This application period will be used to select three artists for the three month-long residencies offered in 2027.
Deadline: July 12
Creative Philadelphia announces a call to commission a series of permanent interpretive panels with integrated augmented reality (AR) components at the Municipal Services Building in Center City Philadelphia. This commission will provide an opportunity for an artist team to design and fabricate four (4) permanent, sculptural interpretive panels. These panels will incorporate augmented reality (AR) elements to expand storytelling beyond the physical surface of the artwork.
Deadline: July 13
Each September, we select residents through an open call. Aided by a jury of experts and Alumni Residents, Pioneer Works welcomes those whose work is technically-skilled, genre-defying, and visionary. We also embrace those whose work exists outside the models and “norms” of their field and who will benefit from our unique facilities and culture. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the interests and work of each new cohort of residents, from public education offerings to Second Sundays, a monthly forum of artistic experimentation through activations, open studios, and performance. The 2027 Open Call for the Visual Arts and Music residencies is now open.
2026 Artist Travel Prize – Call for Artists
Deadline: July 14
On behalf of The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (The Society), Create Baltimore is proud to announce the annual awarding of the Artist Travel Prize. This year, The Society will award $8,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators, living or working in Baltimore City. The successful proposal selected by The Society’s Board of Directors must clearly articulate the artist’s reason for travel to a specific destination and how this travel is essential to their studio practice. The Society’s focus will be on emerging artists. Applicants must live or have a studio in Baltimore City during the time of application and during the granting period and may not be full-time students or be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of application or during the granting period.
Public Art Across Maryland – call for panelists
Deadline: July 15
Applications are being accepted to serve as panelists for the Public Art Across Maryland (PAAM) program, which supports the planning, creation, and conservation of public artworks throughout the state. PAAM panelists review applications annually, reviewing as many as 50 applications. Compensation is up to $750, depending on the number of completed reviews. This includes compensation for attending a panel meeting and two training sessions.
Deadline: July 15
The Kyoto retreat offers artists, curators, and writers an opportunity to spend TIME in Japan for research and exploration. We select artists, curators, and writers at all career stages, working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, interdisciplinary, and social practice. Individuals must be over 21 years old to apply. Our application requires you to submit a CV or resume, a brief statement about your creative interests and a description of how you anticipate using the time if selected for The Kyoto Retreat. You can also provide up to 10 work samples.
26th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art
Deadline: July 15
The Will’s Creek Exhibition of Fine Art—one of the Allegany Arts Council’s premier events—is accepting submissions through July 15th. Now in its 26th year, this juried contemporary art exhibition invites artists working in all media to engage with the issues shaping our world. The exhibition will run August 29–September 6, 2026, at the Allegany Museum in Cumberland, MD.
July 15
The Ucross Residency Program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, and performance artists, as well as collaborative teams. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field; both mature and emerging artists of promise are welcome to apply. We do not accept applications from students at any level. The open call for applications for Spring 2027 (February through early June) is open May 1, 2026, with a deadline of July 15.
Rhizome DC – Film/Video Open Call
Deadline: July 15
Rhizome DC and Filament are accepting submissions for our third Film & Video Open Call. Artists and filmmakers from the DMV region are invited to submit short boundary-pushing, genre-defying, or experimental moving picture works for a screening in September 2026. Works shot or projected on film are encouraged to apply. In addition to digital projection, we will provide film projectors so that artists with Super 8 or 16mm prints have the opportunity to screen their work. We also encourage XR (extended reality) submissions but artists working in XR must bring their own playback devices. The maximum runtime is 20 minutes.
Light Work Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: July 15
Apply for Light Work’s renowned Artist-in-Residence program. Selected artists will receive a $7,500 stipend, a furnished artist apartment, 24-hour access to our state-of-the-art facilities, and generous staff support. Applications are open to all artists working in photography or image-based media.
2027 Grand Canyon Artist in Residence
Deadline: July 15
Grand Canyon Conservancy seeks contemporary artists whose work is human-centered and experiential to live on-site at the South Rim of Grand Canyon and deliver experiences that deepen the public’s relationship with place. Three artists will be selected by a peer-review panel for a 4–8-week residency in 2027. Selected artists will receive free accommodations, an $800/week stipend, plus a travel subsidy, money for project supplies, marketing exposure, staff support, and more. Artist proposals are selected for the maturity of the artist’s work, demonstrable success with the public, and the potential impact an artist’s project can have on the interpretation, preservation, and celebration of Grand Canyon, both during and after their residency.
Deadline: July 15
Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space. All Loghaven Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency.
Deadline: July 15
Sonic Connections – Villa Filanda
Deadline: July 19
Villa Filanda Antonini launches the Spring Open Call to select up to 4 artists and professionals for a one-month residency in March 2027. The Open Call aims to collect proposals and art projects relevant to the theme ”Sonic Connections” a one-month residency focused on experimental music, sound art and performances hosted at Villa Filanda Antonini, a former silk mill in Villorba, Italy. The project brings together four international artists and professionists to examine the relationship between architecture, landscape, and collective sonic experience.
OUTsider 2027: Dream Us into Being
Deadline: July 20
For OUTsider 2027 we hope to center the power of queer and trans creatives who are inspired by–and who inspire–radical acts of worldbuilding. Our hope is that our time together yields possibilities for a queer futurity grounded in ancestral knowledge rather than technological optimism. We seek creative work that speaks towards envisioning more liveable futures for all of US. OUTsider welcomes LGBTQ+ art of ALL forms and content and especially encourages submissions that speak to the 2027 theme Dreaming US into Being. OUTsider invites submissions from all artistic media, but our capacity is limited to time-based arts. In all instances, strong consideration will be given to works from marginalized subjectivities, including those related to differences of race, gender, sexuality, ability, size, generation, migratory status, and nation.
Open Call to Baltimore Photographers
Deadline: July 26
Concurrent with the 2026 exhibition Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography, the Baltimore Museum of Art invites photographers to submit work for the Flashback Open Call, a rotating presentation celebrating diverse photographic perspectives on Baltimore life. This open call seeks to amplify voices and visions that capture the complexity, beauty, and lived experience of Baltimore—particularly from photographers who have not had extensive professional exhibition opportunities. Up to twenty (20) selected photographers will have their work featured in a rotating presentation within with the Flashback exhibition at the BMA’s Main Branch and Lexington Market Branch from October 2026 through February 2027. Please note that selected work will likely be projected or displayed on a screen, not printed.
Before We Know What to Call It | Open Call
Deadline: July 27
Before We Know What to Call It is a group exhibition exploring moments when old frameworks no longer fully hold, and new ways of seeing have just begun to emerge. We invite artists whose work engages uncertainty, transition, altered perception, technological change, ecological transformation, or shifting social realities.
Deadline: July 27
The Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship is a two-year program for emerging visual artists seeking to establish and sustain a professional art career. The Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship distinguishes itself as the only program in the area to offer artists two years of in-depth formal career development alongside support for artistic production. We provide fellows and the broader public invaluable opportunities to better understand the art world at large, and develop a deeper appreciation for contemporary art.
Rolling Deadlines
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