Deadline Driven Opportunities
Tanzplattform Bern 2025 – International Dance Festival and Competition for Choreographers
Deadline: January 11
Submissions are open for the 10th edition Bern Ballett Call for Applications for Tanzplattform Bern – International Dance Festival and Competition for Choreographers. Performances should be 15 to 30 minutes and for 2 to 6 dancers. The chosen choreographers will obtain a performance fee, travel costs and accommodation.
Deadline: January 11
A Media Quilt Project @ 410 Lofts Gallery is seeking short video clips from Baltimore area residents. This large-scale participatory media project will utilize the concept of a traditional quilt through submissions and the lens of current video technology. Through this open call media artist Mandy Morrison and curator Aleem Allison will select a collection of short videos that explore themes commonly portrayed in traditional quilts, such as comfort, friendship, love, gratitude, history, family, inequality, emotional and physical scarring, and loss. Using video mapping, these individual short videos will be organized into a large projected time-based “Media Quilt” to be projected in Gallery 410, a Bromo Arts District gallery space with large street-facing windows. The installation is set to run from February 4 – April 6, 2025, with an opening on February 4, 6-8:30 PM.
Deadline: January 11
The Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) seeks work for an open call for the 2025 Month of Photography Denver Festival (MOP). CPAC will be digitally projecting selected work on to the Daniels & Fisher Tower on 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver as part of Night Lights Denver during the entire month of March 2025. We invite photographers of all skill levels to submit their work. The theme is open ended. This outdoor exhibition is meant to celebrate all types of the photographic medium and a means of expression for the festival.
2025 Anderson Center Residency
Deadline: January 14
Founded in 1995, the Anderson Center has renovated and restored Tower View’s historic buildings to support working artists and the creative process. A renovated barn serves as a performance and event venue, the historic main residence houses artists-in-residence, and fifteen acres support a sculpture garden. The Residency Program provides artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment with dedicated time and space to create, advance, or complete new work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization’s additional outreach programs create connections and integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships. There is a $30 application fee.
McGuffey Art Center Mid-Atlantic Show
Deadline: January 15
This theme-free competition is open for the following categories: painting, drawing, photography/printmaking, fiber, sculpture and mixed media. 2D Entries should not exceed 6 feet in any direction. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted. A non-refundable application fee of $35.00 covers up to three (3) submissions per artist.
Hambidge Center Composers Residency
Deadline: January 15
For its 2025 Summer Residency Session (June – Aug), the Hambidge Center is offering the Lee and Margaret Echols Distinguished Fellowship for Musicians which waives the fee for a two-week residency and provides a $700 stipend for an outstanding first-time Hambidge resident. There is a $30 application fee.
2026 Sculpture Space Artist Residency Program
Deadline: January 15
Sculpture Space in Utica, New York offers two-month residencies for sculpture artists from February to November 2026. You’ll have access to a 5,500 sq. ft. shared studio with specialized equipment, along with six semi-private studios. Housing is provided a block away in a renovated multi-level home with private bedrooms. The current stipend for this residency is $750 USD.
Deadline: January 15
The Jentel Artist Residency is located 20 miles southeast of Sheridan (Population nearing 20,000) nestled in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. A monthly stipend is distributed in three (3) installments of $100 at the end of each week in residence. Residents are responsible for their own personal living expenses and any expenses related to the production of work during the residency. Residencies are intended as professional development opportunities for visual artists in all creative disciplines, writers in non-fiction, fiction, and poetry as well as composers across musical genres. Proposals for self-directed, creative residencies must be compatible with available working studio spaces, facilities, and resources. Artistic merit and promise are the basis for selections. Mature as well as emerging artists are encouraged to apply. There is a $30 application fee.
Fluxus Museum for Experimental Video
Deadline: January 15
Fluxus Museum encourages applications across art forms, whether you’re a visual artist, dancer, performance artist, filmmaker, animator, writer, actor, musician or none of the above, we look forward to considering your proposals. We welcome all proposals which are in the experimental spirit of Fluxus, but not in any way bound by any particular understanding of Fluxus; proposals do not need to reference Fluxus directly in any way. 20-40 proposals will be selected from this initial application and those artists will be awarded €600 each to assist them in executing their proposal. We welcome works in progress as proposals for this new work. There are no submission fees.
Marvels of Media Festival for Autistic Media Artists
Deadline: January 15
Museum of the Moving Image’s Marvels of Media Festival is part of the Marvels of Media initiative, which showcases, celebrates, and supports autistic media makers of all ages and skill sets. This festival is an opportunity to recognize the outstanding and creative media work of autistic media-makers through film screenings and in-depth panel discussions.
2026 Sculpture Space Artist Residency Program
Deadline: January 15
SCULPTURE SPACE in Utica, New York offers two-month residencies for sculpture artists from February to November 2024. You’ll have access to a 5,500 sq. ft. shared studio with specialized equipment, along with six semi-private studios. We host Open Studio receptions and welcome visits from artists, curators, and writers. The current stipend for this residency is $750 USD.
Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra (OCCO) 2024-25 Call For Scores
Deadline: January 15
The Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra invites composers of all ages and nationalities to submit their work for programming consideration on OCCO’s Summer 2025 season. No travel or award money is available for this call. Audio recordings of the concerts will be made available to all programmed composers.
Life After Oil International Film Festival
Deadline: January 15
LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival is an environmental & human rights film festival. Submissions are free in all categories.
2025 Single Channel Video Festival: Call for Work “Resistance”
Deadline: January 15
Snake House VT is an artist-run collaborative based in Vermont dedicated to supporting underrepresented artists through exhibitions, performances, screenings, and other events and projects. We are looking for work that takes up the project of resistance, in the un/knowable breadth of what that may mean. There is a $15 entry fee.
2025-26 The Kenneth R. Trapp Craft Assistant/Curatorial Fellowship
Deadline: January 15
The Kenneth R. Trapp Craft Assistant /Curator Fellowship is designed to provide an early career curator, art researcher, or art historian with the opportunity, resources, and access to the collection to utilize and hone the skills they gained through their graduate education. The selected candidate will work closely with the Galleries & Collections Manager to identify the needs of Arrowmont to craft the fellowship. This is an eleven-month residency at Arrowmont. There is a $30,000 stipend, room and board in one of Arrowmont’s studio apartments, access to experts knowledgeable in the field of their particular project, and materials and supplies.
Verum Ultimum Gallery call for Art: “Tree”
Deadline: January 15
Verum Ultimum Gallery is thrilled to invite artists to explore, “TREE” for this first iteration of this compelling theme. Artists are encouraged to enter work that is any interpretation of the call. The intention of the call is not to drive the work, but to spark an impetus, and discover unique visions to showcase. All mediums are welcome.
Deadline: January 15
The Artist Residency Program is process-based, without the expectation or promise of a final exhibition of the work. The Watermill Center provides artists with the time, space, and freedom to develop their practice in a communal environment that encourages experimentation. Artists-in-Residence share their creative process with the community through open rehearsals, workshops, and artist talks. There is a $12 USD fee per application.
Ucross Foundation Residency Program
Deadline: January 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. Ucross is dedicated to fostering the creative spirit of working artists by providing uninterrupted time, studio space, living accommodations, and the experience of the majestic High Plains, while serving as a responsible steward of our historic 20,000-acre ranch in northern Wyoming. There is a $40 application fee for all Ucross General Studio Residency submissions.
Deadline: January 15
WS Workshop offers a variety of opportunities with a January 15 deadline. The Studio Residency Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to create new work in any of our studio disciplines: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, photography, or ceramics. The Anna Weitzel residency Artist may choose to work in any one or more of our studios: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screen printing, darkroom photography, or ceramics (facilities reopen 2025). This residency is fully subsidized. WSW provides housing and studio space at no cost. Additionally, the selected artist will receive a stipend of $350/week, up to $500 for materials used during the residency. The Artist’s Book Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to produce a limited edition book work. Working intensively in our studios, artists print and bind their own books. The grant includes a stipend of $350/week, up to $1000 for materials, up to $250 for travel within the Continental US, free onsite housing, and 24/7 studio access.
FILE 2025: Call for Art & Technology
Deadline: January 15
This is a unique opportunity to exhibit your work in São Paulo, from July 15 to September 7, 2025, at the renowned FIESP Cultural Center. We seek innovative and creative projects that integrate art and technology, both national and international, covering diverse areas such as installations, robotics, CGI, virtual and augmented realities, animations, mobile art, games, kinetic art, public art and much more. We value proposals that explore interaction with the public and the use of Artificial Intelligence, in various formats of artistic expression.
Fogler Short Term Scholarly Fellowships
Deadline: January 15
Short-term fellowships support scholars whose work would benefit from significant primary research for one, two, or three months, with a monthly stipend of $5,000 per month in residence and $4,000 per month for virtual. These fellowships are designed to support a concentrated period of full-time work on research projects that draw on the strengths of the Folger’s collections and programs. Additionally, these on-site, virtual, or hybrid fellowships provide researchers with the opportunity to engage in collections-based research within an interdisciplinary community as well as informal opportunities to discuss their research with and receive feedback from this community regularly.
RAW Moves Short Film Fellowship
Deadline: January 15
Presented by RAW Moves in Singapore, RawGround is designed to present a curated mini film showcase that fosters dialogue and broadens our perception of social norms. Selected artist-collaborators will be offered artist fees from RAW Moves for the conceptualisation and creation of the two films, each ranging between 5 to 10 minute duration. In the staggered ten weeks creative process (From April 2025), each artist will be collaborating and supported by our Artistic Director and Resident Dramaturg to deliver two films. In addition to financial support, appointed artist-collaborators will be able to develop their portfolio, articulate ideas and enrich their creative processes through engaging diverse perspectives.
New Work Development Artist Residency
Deadline: January 16
The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University is excited to invite applications for its New Work Development Artist Residency program. The college is committed to inspiring our campus and community by incubating new works of art in an environment of creative reciprocity between scholars and artists that crosses, blurs and erases disciplinary lines. While this is a development residency, artists in residence will be expected to integrate their work into the life of the college, providing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to take part in their creative process and engaging with faculty and the wider campus community throughout the residency period.
SIGGRAPH 2025 Art Papers (Long & Short)
Deadline: January 16
Alongside the other Art venues, Art Papers at SIGGRAPH can serve as inspiration, early warning system, site of memory, and nexus for change. Building upon a recent Digital Arts Community online exhibition of the same name, this year’s Art Papers will focus on The Future of Reality: Post-Truths, Digital Twins, and Doppelgängers. Long papers have a word Count Maximum: 3,500. Short papers: Word Count Maximum: 2,500.
Deadline: January 17
The deadline to be considered for one of the 2025 Baker Artist Awards is January 17, 2025 at 5:00pm. All artists with an active portfolio at the deadline will be automatically considered for one of this year’s six awards totaling $90,000.
MFA Boston Artist Project Community Arts Residency
Deadline: January 17
The Artist Project is a collaboration between an experienced artist, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and twelve after-school community organizations in the Boston area. The program is designed to engage children in the art-making process under the guidance of an experienced artist. Drawing inspiration from the MFA’s collection the selected artist plans and leads an art project with children between the ages of six and twelve. The final product is a collaborative work of art, reflecting the voices and ideas of participating children, and is exhibited in the Edward H. Linde Gallery (168) in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art for up to six calendar months. The MFA provides a stipend of $50,000 to the selected artist and a budget of $5,000 for materials.
Deadline: January 17
The Maryland State Arts Council Grants for Artists program aims to provide artists with holistic support rather than support that focuses solely on a particular product or project-based needs. A primary goal of the program is to strengthen the creative workforce, which is a vital part of Maryland’s economy and culture. Applicants may not be enrolled in any matriculated undergraduate or graduate degree program.
The Institute for Choral Creativity: 5th Annual Composition Competition
Deadline: January 19
The first prize winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a Performance of the winning work. Works must be written either for 1) SATB choir a cappella or 2) SATB choir with accompaniment of up to two instruments. Submissions must be between 3 and 6 minutes in length.
Deadline: January 19
The artist retreat at the Montello Foundation is meant to be a retreat from the urban environment. It will provide a new perspective for residents’ work and give residents space and time for undisturbed experimentation and reflection for two weeks. There is no fee for artists to stay at the retreat, but artists are responsible for their travel expenses and for their meals. There is a $20 application fee.
International Dance Film Festival in Fukuoka, Japan
Deadline: January 20
You may submit up to three dance films for free. We are happy to receive long films too, but mostly we prefer to choose short films about 1-15 min.
Deadline: January 20
A4 Residency Art Center is an interdisciplinary, open, and collaborative platform that embraces the residency program as its method and perspective. We are committed to promoting the integration of diverse creative resources among communities, cities, and international partners by tapping into local culture and international cooperation opportunities.
Deadline: January 22
The exhibition is for artists who use paper as their primary medium or create artworks made on, of, or about paper including cut paper, folded paper, woven paper, glued paper, drawings, paintings, pastels, printmaking, photographs, paper sculpture, 3D, bound books, collage, or as the subject of a video and installation. There is a $30 application fee.
Loveland, CO – Willow Bend Adaptive Park RFQ
Deadline: January 25
Willow Bend will be the first universally accessible playground in the City of Loveland and one of only a few such specialized facilities in the Colorado Front Range area. Willow Bend Neighborhood Park, Playground, and Natural Area will encompass roughly 125 acres of property located southeast of downtown Loveland. Because of the combination of a playground within a larger nature area, there is a desire for artwork with a nature-based, whimsical, fantasy-like theme and/or a kinetic piece. The selected artists for the site should have demonstrated experience designing and/or fabricating creative elements suitable for a park and playground environment.
Ortega y Gasset Projects: Curatorial Open Call
Deadline: January 26
Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to announce our Curatorial Open Call in the Main gallery! OyG co-directors may select multiple curatorial proposals with exhibitions opening between October-December of 2025. Perks of this opportunity include an opening event, public programming (an artist/curator talk or a closing event), promotion on all OyG social media outlets, professional exhibition photography, and a total budget/honorarium of $1000 ($500 exhibition budget + $500 curator honorarium). There is a $25 application fee.
Deadline: January 28
Nature has long been a source of inspiration, creativity, and healing, providing profound insights that shape human expression. In an era defined by technological advancement, the connections between the environment, artistic innovation, and interactive experiences are more vital than ever. SIGGRAPH 2025 explores how artists and technologists draw upon nature’s beauty, complexity, and rhythms to inspire new forms of immersive and interactive experiences. We are looking for artworks in the following categories: art that creates interactive, viewer-engaged experiences inspired by nature’s forms, processes, or phenomena. Art that utilizes technology to explore themes of environmental sustainability and awareness. Art that utilizes immersive technologies such as AR or VR to evoke a deep connection to the natural world. Art that incorporates elements of biomimicry or sustainable design principles in innovative ways. Or art that reflects the interconnected and harmonious relationship between humans, nature, and technology.
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2025
Deadline: January 28
The University of Louisville School of Music is pleased to announce the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2025. The University will offer an international prize in recognition of outstanding achievement by a living composer in a large musical genre: choral, orchestral, chamber, electronic, song cycle, dance, opera, musical theater, extended solo work, etc. The award will be granted for a work premiered during the five-year period between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024. The amount of the award to the composer will be a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). There is a $50 application fee.
RFQ: Forest Green Branch Library Public Art Project
Deadline: January 30
Help us create a playful, welcoming, happy environment that sparks curiosity and learning in families from our urban yet quiet, green and well-established Highland Lakes neighborhood. The Public Art Program of the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture invites submissions for this request for qualifications from professional artists to design, fabricate and install an outdoor public art piece.
Brooks International Fellowships 2025 in Tate St Ives
Deadline: January 30
Tate, in collaboration with Delfina Foundation, invites applications for the Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2025. Tate welcomes applications for a Fellow to work with Tate St Ives, located in an artistically important coastal town in the far southwest of England, at a significant moment of change. The Fellow will contribute to the development of its artist residency programme, known as the Artists Programme. Tate also welcomes applications for a Fellow to focus on developments in ink art across East and Southeast Asia from the modern period (20th century), as Asian artists encountered Western styles and ideas and began to innovate, while still holding on to the key principles of ink practice. This research Fellowship will respond to Tate’s commitment to expand its ink collection and will contribute to forthcoming exhibitions and displays.
2025 Weir Farm Artist-In-Residence Program
Deadline: January 31
Weir Farm’s AIR Program fosters contemporary artistic expression on site and prioritizes experimental and thought-provoking approaches to examining and interpreting our world through the medium of contemporary visual art practice. Applicants may apply in any of the following visual art media: Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Fiber Art, andMixed Media. There is a $35 entry fee.
The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery
Deadline: January 31
The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery presents 8 exhibitions annually by national, regional, emerging and established contemporary visual artists who work in all media. The Mission of our gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities to emerging and professional artists, with preference given to work created within the last two years, and to experimental or non-traditional work. There is no application fee.
2025 Month of Photography Denver Festival
Deadline: January 31
The Curtis Center for the Arts invites photographers to submit work for an upcoming exhibition as part of the 2025 Month of Photography Denver Festival. This juried show will explore the dynamic world of The Urban Landscape, capturing the essence of city life through architecture, street scenes, and abstract interpretations of urban environments. Submission Fee: $15.
Ensemble_Codec Call for Scores
Deadline: January 31
Ensemble_Codec is pleased to publish its first international call for new scores. The call is open to all composers and artists who pursue experimentation through sounds, with no limit of aesthetics, nationality or age. The entry fee for participation is 10 euros.
Emily Harvey Foundation Venice Residency
Deadline: January 31
The Emily Harvey Foundation offers residencies in Venice, Italy, for innovative international artists, writers, musicians, videographers, dancers and other creative thinkers with preference given to those 40 years or older. Each resident will have a conveniently located apartment with a fully equipped kitchen.
Visual Artist Fellowship 2025-27
Deadline: January 31
The Visual Artist Fellowship is designed to help artists in the Philadelphia Region reach new levels in their career. Artists will be asked to demonstrate a vision for the next stage of their professional or artistic practice and a clear plan for CFEVA’s proposed role in reaching it. Artists will be selected by an independent Board of Artistic Advisors based on the merit of their artwork and a demonstrated ability to reach stated goals. Four artists will be selected to receive a full range of career support during the two-year Fellowship period. In addition, selected artists will receive a $1,000 award and up to $3,000 to cover expenses related to the proposed activity. We invite all artists to apply with their current needs and ideas. Artists within 150 miles of Philadelphia are eligible to apply (Baltimore is approximately 100 miles from the city). There is a $25 application fee.
RFQ Bus Shelter Beautification/Art Project Howard County
Deadline: January 31
Art design concepts should be forward thinking, vibrant, and upbeat. Themes of transit can be included in the art but are not a requirement to be selected. The artwork design should be affirming and inspirational, evoking positivity. The artwork may relate to the location in design and content. For example, art could connect visually to the site or interpret historical, environmental, decorative, architectural, scientific, or cultural aspects of the site. Artwork should be designed to last at least five years. Artwork may be open to the weather, and any permanent damage to the artwork may result in its early removal.
Rolling Deadlines
MSAC Professional Development Grants
Deadline: Rolling
The Professional Development Opportunity Grant assists artists and arts organizations in implementing best practices by embracing growth, learning, and discovery for economic sustainability. The Professional Development Opportunity Grant will open for FY25 applications starting July 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Artists and orgs can be awarded up to $2,000.
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.
Arts on Broadway call for Solo Shows
Deadline: Rolling
Arts on Broadway invites you to apply for a juried exhibition in our distinct space in Midtown Kansas City, MO. This is a national art exhibition open to emerging, mid-career, or established artists. All media is welcome in our 2500 sq/ft space. Exhibitions are for one month. All work should be original and for sale.
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 of all ages at a variety of events, from individual client parties to Girls and Boys Scouts meetings, summer camps, after school programs, and county and city-wide festivals. You will collaborate with our roster of 20-25 teaching artists to provide high quality programming and prompt and courteous customer service, and to co-foster a respectful and inspiring work environment.
WCAC Call for Artist Proposals
Deadline: Rolling
The Washington County Arts Council is currently accepting show proposals for 2026. Proposals may be for the main (significant body of work) or hall gallery (smaller body of work).
Dorchester Center for the Arts Exhibition Proposal
Deadline: Rolling
Dorchester Center for the Arts (DCA) seeks applications from artists for exhibitions at Dorchester Center for the Arts, located at 321 High Street, Cambridge, MD. The selected artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in a portion of the Gallery Space at DCA. This is an open call to artists residing within 100 miles of Dorchester County. Residents of Dorchester County are encouraged to apply.
Meeting House Gallery Call for Work
Deadline: Rolling
The Meeting House Gallery has been privileged to promote the work of regional artists while beautifying the public areas of The Meeting House—a multi-use facility that is home to an interfaith center, a school and a special event venue. We thank you for your interest in contributing to the Gallery’s mission. There is a $30 application fee.
Groundworks: General Call for Proposals
Deadline: Rolling
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) issues a call for submissions to its online peer-reviewed collection of interdisciplinary arts projects, Ground Works. We welcome submissions that integrate research and practice in the fine, performing, and applied arts and design with other disciplines. We seek a wide range of interdisciplinary works that pose a challenge to traditional peer review methods by inviting examination from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Eligible projects have achieved some initial recognition; they may be collaborative or sole-author, but should demonstrably advance multiple fields within and beyond the arts. Submissions may take traditional forms—performances, exhibitions, compositions, publications, or designed and built projects—that also contribute to fields for which such forms are not typical. Equally, contributions that demonstrate experimental, non-traditional, or atypical approaches are welcomed.
Call for Exhibit Proposals at the Peale
Deadline: Rolling
Calling all curators, artists, and art collectives of Baltimore and surrounding areas! The Peale Community Museum of Baltimore, Maryland invites exhibitors to apply for the opportunity to exhibit in our gallery spaces and create ambitious works. We welcome new and traveling exhibitions.
Ovation Studios: Call for Ballet Teachers
Deadline: Rolling
Ovations Studios in Bethesda, MD is hiring for the 2024-2025 season (September-June)! We are searching for passionate individuals with experience teaching all levels/ages of ballet and at least one other genre up to an advanced level. Schedule is Monday-Thursday for evening classes and Saturday 8:30am-1:00pm. Please email your resume, cover letter and performance/choreography reels to Contact@OvationsStudios.com if you think you might be a good fit for our studio!
Plexus Project: VITRINE SERIES Open Call
Deadline: Rolling
Plexus Projects is accepting submissions of artworks for a series of online solo exhibitions. Artworks of any media will be considered including drawing, painting, photography, video, animation, and sculpture, as well as video documentation of ephemeral, performance, kinetic, web-based, extended reality, interactive or multimedia installation projects. Exhibitions will be curated from the submitted materials as well as artworks on the artist’s website. The artist will have final approval on the proposed curatorial selection for the exhibition. Each solo exhibition will be featured on the Plexus Projects website for one month. There is a $20 submission fee.
Contemporary Art Observatorium: Exhibition Season 2024-2025
Deadline: rolling
Contemporary gallery in Lavagna, Italy. Accepts: 2D artwork, wall installed, including video art and small objects with some limitations. This is an open call for solo or group exhibits, no application fee.
Washington County Arts Council 2024 Exhibits – Call for Artists
Deadline: Rolling
The Washington County Arts Council is currently accepting show proposals for 2024. There are options for the Main Gallery (Estimate of 50 works) and the Hall Gallery (Estimate of 30 works– suggested small group or solo show.). There is no submission fee.
Somerset County Artist in Residence Program
Deadline: Rolling
The Artist in Residence Program allows for an artist have a semi-private studio within the larger, shared space of the West Main Street Gallery. This program is offered to any visual artist, writer, or musician member of the Somerset County Arts Council. All, Artist in Residence (AIR) participants must be a current member of Somerset County Arts Council. Residencies will be offered for a period of 6 months and can renewed. There is no cost for the residency itself, however artists are expected to acquire their own materials and consumables. The studio is an open space where the general public is invited to visit and learn more about your process and work.
Deadline: Rolling
Digital America is interested in pushing the boundaries of online publishing. We publish an array of digital art, internet art, design, and critical essays that question, analyze, and/or hack the tools of digital culture. We are looking for Multi-media, film, audio, and new media pieces that engage digital art and/or culture with an eye toward the American experience. We encourage creative responses to these parameters as we understand the complexities of engaging “America” in a global, networked world. Our journal seeks to promote student and post-student work as a creative and critical process. You are free to publish your work in any other venue you choose, despite it being featured on our site.
Arts Letters & Numbers Residency
Deadline: Rolling
Arts Letters & Numbers facilities are a collection of buildings once part of the former textile complex Faith Mills along Burden Lake Road in Averill Park, NY: the House on the Hill, the Twins, the Barn, the Studios and the Shop. With a variety of different sized studio spaces (socially distanced areas in both large and smaller rooms), a wooden barn and the outdoor grounds, we welcome artists to think of these spaces at sites they can work with and within. We’ll help you choose one that best suits your practice. The Shop is equipped with basic woodworking tools and an assortment of power and hand tools. Additional equipment are digital media, musical instruments including a 9’ concert grand piano, a 5’ baby grand and upright piano all available for artists to use. Artists are expected to pursue their own creative endeavors and many times this calls for leading a workshop, giving a lecture, sharing a film, partake in critique, exhibiting/performing work etc. These are optional but has proven to be an integral tool for artists to find inspiration and to allow others to experience the works in progress or previous works. The artist will be encouraged to propose any form of sharing suitable for their work.
Deadline: Rolling
The City of Ocala seeks unique, thought-provoking exhibits that are appropriate for a public City space, where work will be viewed by citizens and guests of all ages. Only complete applications will be reviewed. Viewer engagement, artist intent, originality of ideas, and use of media and technique are all considered when an application is being reviewed for approval. The City of Ocala recommends that artist(s) plan on delivering a minimum of 20 works to be exhibited. The gallery selection for displaying accepted works will be determined by the City based on the works submitted, space available, and needs of each gallery space. The City of Ocala will work with artists on the layout of the exhibit, however the City reserves the right to adjust the layout as appropriate for the space and based on past experience in the gallery space.
Deadline: Rolling
Exhibition Opportunities: Art Gotham is dedicated to promoting exceptional contemporary art and provides opportunities for artists to exhibit their work in our Soho and online galleries. They are primarily interested in 2D work, painting and drawing.
Ground Works: General Call for Submissions
Deadline: Rolling
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) issues a call for submissions to its online peer-reviewed collection of interdisciplinary arts projects, Ground Works. We welcome submissions that integrate research and practice in the fine, performing, and applied arts and design with other disciplines. Submissions may take traditional forms—performances, exhibitions, compositions, publications, or designed and built projects—that also contribute to fields for which such forms are not typical. Equally, contributions that demonstrate experimental, non-traditional, or atypical approaches are welcomed. Irrespective of mediums and approaches, successful submissions will reveal the integrative processes behind their work. These projects will be included in an online, open-access showcase of exemplar projects that contribute to understanding of the practices that underlie arts-integrative interdisciplinary work.
Artists Side Jobs Open Call for Essays
Deadline: rolling
Are you a professional artist who also works other jobs to pay the bills? What jobs do you work? What does your day to day life look like? How do your “side jobs” influence your artwork? Submit a minimum one page written response along with 3-5 images of your artwork and/or side jobs. Entries are open to interpretation and creativity is encouraged!
Maryland Art Place Impact at Indigo Hotel – Call for proposals
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.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Deadline: rolling
Since its inception in 1963, the mission of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations. FCA depends on artists to fund its programs; to date, over 1,000 artists have contributed paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, performances, and videos to help fund grant programs that directly support individual artists working in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. FCA remains the only institution of its kind: created and sustained by artists to benefit artists. Created in 1993 to further FCA’s mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Etant Donnes Contemporary Art Curatorial Fellowship
Deadline: rolling
Etant donnés offers grants to American curators wishing to conduct research on the French art scene. These grants are intended to expand the opportunities of American curators, to encourage in-depth explorations of French cultural resources, and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge among artists, professionals, researchers, and institutions.
Maryland State Arts Council Professional Development Opportunity Grant
Deadline: rolling
The Professional Development Opportunity Grant program encourages and supports relevant professional development opportunities for artists and arts organizations throughout Maryland. The grant assists artists and arts organizations to implement best practices by embracing growth, learning, and discovery for economic sustainability.
Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster
Deadline: rolling
The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) advances the arts in our state by providing leadership that champions creative expression, diverse programming, equitable access, lifelong learning, and the arts as a celebrated contributor to the quality of life for all the people of Maryland and uses the roster to promote artistic collaboration between Maryland touring artists and Maryland presenters with the goal of increasing touring engagements for Maryland professional performing artists.
Deadline: Rolling
NSA Artist and Writer Residency is a fully funded six month residence program. Currently we only accept submissions from women, BIPOC, and BAME in the USA. Benefits include fully funded invitation to a panel/artist chat and exhibition at the annual Ibom International Art and Book Festival; Visa fees for international recipients; Studio space; and Monthly Living allowance throughout residency duration.
Busboys and Poets: Call for art
Deadline: rolling
As a space where art, culture and politics intentionally collide, both visual and performing arts are a constant and daily part of the Busboys and Poets environment and experience. Sharing a meal with family, friends and co-workers is further enhanced by art that is at once beautiful and challenging. Throughout the year, we receive many qualified submissions for artwork to be displayed in our locations in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. We typically rotate artwork twice annually at each venue, and we seek to exhibit artists whose work is thoughtfully crafted, professionally executed, and those artists whose visions reflect our Tribal Statement. Additionally, we often give preference to large format works and artists who have significantly large bodies of work to exhibit. Busboys and Poets supports the creative economy and celebrates art in its spaces by offering a unique platform for visual artists. Unless otherwise noted, all art is available for purchase, with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of work going directly to the artists.
Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery Call for Exhibitions
Deadline: rolling
Hamilton Gallery is a cooperative gallery, artist operated, with monthly shows featuring the works of members as well as monthly guest artists. The Hamilton Gallery exhibits and supports fine art and fine crafts. The gallery maintains an active membership of a number of local artists, and screens for new members on an ongoing basis. We are looking for both artists with a developed body of work, and emerging artists seeking to foster their artistic practice and to begin their careers. Hamilton Gallery artist members enjoy the right to guide gallery policies and control their own exhibitions. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: rolling
Innovate grants support artists and photographers. Our $550.00 grants act as sparks of financial support that ignite your creative development. Our grant cycles are open 4 times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter) giving you more opportunities to access the support you need. Our process is simple so you spend less time on the application and more time making your important work.
Journal of Artistic Research (JAR)
Deadline: rolling
Journal of Artistic Research (JAR) currently publishes three issues each year. From 2020, publications in JAR as well as in the JAR Network space will be covered by the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Please make sure that you are happy with this before proceeding. We accept and review submissions on a rolling basis. The editorial review process typically takes six months from submission to publication. JAR invites submissions from all fields and disciplines in which artistic research may be relevant, including areas that are not usually conceived of as artistic. We welcome submissions from practitioners with or without academic affiliations. JAR’s format for publishing artistic research, the exposition, invites authors to combine text, image, film, and audio material on expandable web pages, challenging the dominance of writing in traditional academic research. The languages currently accepted are English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Submissions in other languages are accepted, if accompanied by an English translation, which will act as master version. Multilingual expositions are also welcome as long as translations are provided. JAR does not charge any fees. Authors retain copyright to their submission.
Gormley Gallery Exhibition Proposal
Deadline: rolling
As an integral element of the liberal arts tradition at Notre Dame of Maryland University, the Art Department is a dynamic learning environment. Art moves beyond the classroom at Notre Dame. Gormley Gallery, through the Art Department, provides a space for emerging and established artists that engages students and reaches the community through visual art. The Gormley Gallery accepts proposals for solo or group exhibits on a rolling basis. Artists from Baltimore and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region are especially encouraged to apply. Two exhibits are scheduled each year for a four- to six-week show. Artists attend the reception and give an informal gallery talk. We are currently accepting proposals for the 2023-24 academic year.
Leonardo Journal Open Call: Special Sections on Diverse Perspectives
Deadline: rolling through 2024
Published by The MIT Press, Leonardo journal has become the leading international peer-reviewed journal on the use of contemporary science and technology in the arts and music and the application and influence of the arts and humanities on science and technology. We’re interested in a broad expansion of ideation and research that activates creativity to push the boundaries of today and unleash the possibilities of tomorrow. This is a moment to curate your vision and expand the field of art and science beyond what we could imagine. We seek proposals from interested Guest Editors to craft and shepherd themed special sections that invite diverse and intersectional perspectives. The ideal Guest Editor can help to grow and decolonize Leonardo’s contributor network by attracting authors from historically underrepresented demographics including Brown, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; people of marginalized gender; geographically underrepresented practitioners; and additional marginalized groups.
Deadline: rolling
The City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program makes art accessible and visible throughout our city, one of the world’s cultural capitals. Public art serves as an expression of the community, as well as a landmark. These public sites provide an important venue for all New Yorkers and visitors to appreciate artwork outside the traditional museum or gallery setting. Percent for Art projects are site-specific and engage a variety of media-painting, mosaic, glass, textiles, sculpture, and works that are integrated into infrastructure, or architecture. The Program commissions artists of all races and backgrounds that reflect the diversity of New York City. These projects demonstrate how art that is integrated into its site enhances civic architecture and a wide range of public spaces.
Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring
Deadline: rolling
Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring is a five-year grant and mentorship program for film composers of diverse ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and abilities that are historically underrepresented in film composition. The fund assists projects currently in production where additional support and/or mentoring would be beneficial to film composers who are at a pivotal point in their career in which the project will help them break through to the next stage of their profession. The aim of this fund is to support costs that will enhance and help deliver the music score for a narrative or documentary film which is already in production in the US. With each of the grants we award, we hope to: strengthen the composer’s ability to highlight their project as a springboard for the next step in their career; improve composers’ working conditions to maximize creativity and inspiration; help improve the production values of the film as a whole. It is envisaged that grants averaging $20,000 will be given to 4 to 6 film composers per year.
Deadline: rolling
Fountain Street has created a public viewing gallery for video and other digital media art. Exhibitions of short, silent, experimental work are displayed year-round, 24/7, on two 50” monitors facing out from gallery windows at sidewalk level. The programming is intended to promote diversity and include a broad array of artists, styles, thematic content, and levels of experience. In addition to open calls for work, there will be numerous opportunities for guest artists and guest curators, as well as partnerships with local educational and community-focused arts organizations interested in exhibiting digital work in this new public venue.
Deadline: rolling
Stochastic Labs awards fully sponsored residencies to exceptional engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies are of variable length and include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access (laser cutter, 3D printer etc), a $1k monthly stipend and a budget for materials. Residents become part of Stochastic’s creative community, participating in weekly dinners and invitation events. Residents may apply as individuals or as teams. While applicants may be at any stage in their career, the selection is highly competitive.
The Woven Tale Press Call for Submissions
Deadline: rolling
The cornerstone of The Woven Tale Press is our magazine—a rare breed, at once a literary journal and an art publication. We take pride in the careful balance of the writing and the visual arts in each issue; distinctly different but equally resonant fine art forms that are perhaps best appreciated when one is complementing the other. We are happy to consider submissions to our magazine and for features on our site. For our magazine, we welcome fiction and creative nonfiction prose writing, poetry, and all mediums in the visual arts, including installation works. Galleries, you are welcome to submit the work of artists you represent. For our site, we seek posts by both visual artists and writers, on any aspect of your creative process.
Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023
Deadline: Rolling
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the DMV region and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences. In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. Entry fee is 40$.
Alper Initiative for Washington Art (AIWA)
Deadline: Rolling
We accept and review submissions on a rolling basis from Washington DC artists of all ages & backgrounds, and exploring different mediums. By submitting, your proposal will be added to the AIWA database and available for review by the museum’s Director & Curator, and to guest curators for potential inclusion in future AIWA exhibitions. On average, 1 out of 5 submissions is accepted for an exhibition or collaboration. Your submission will also be considered to be highlighted in the AU Museum blog. If you are selected, you will be notified via email. Solo, group, and curator proposals are all accepted. All submissions must be made online and by Washington, DC-area artists (no further than 60 miles outside of Washington, DC). Submissions made through any other platform, or that are incomplete, will not be accepted.