External Opportunities

Deadline Driven Opportunities

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Time – An American Center for Photographers Exhibition

Deadline: June 28

We encourage submissions that explore Time in any of its complex dimensions: personal, historical, emotional, or conceptual. This is an opportunity to showcase how photography can freeze moments, convey the relentless march of time, or reflect on the cyclical nature of existence. There is a $35 submission fee.

Call for Artists – Criminal Justice Gallery

Deadline: June 28

The Paul Robeson Galleries and the Department of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in Newark collaborate to produce two exhibitions per year which focus on themes related to criminal justice (in the broadest sense possible). These works are displayed at an interstitial gallery in the Department of Criminal Justice and are accessible to faculty, staff, students and the public. Recent exhibitions have addressed access to medical care within the prison system, the endemic issue of gun violence, justice and activism, the implementation and ramifications of our systems of law and justice.

Call for Work: The Light Ekphrastic

Deadline: June 28

The Light Ekphrastic seeks artists and writers interested in collaboration resulting in the creation of new works inspired by the old. Those chosen will be paired with another artist (a poet with a painter, for instance), and each will create a new piece based on their partner’s previous work. The old and new works will be presented together on TLE.

Texas, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center (City Hall) RFQ

Deadline: June 29

The City of Frisco Public Art Program is issuing this Request for Qualifications for a public art opportunity within the City. The artist chosen for the project will be commissioned to create a hanging artwork in the newly renovated vestibule of the main entrance to the building that will welcome visitors and serve as a lasting symbol for the space. The artwork will be seen as visitors walk up to the building and from interior spaces on multiple floors in the lobby atrium. The George A. Purefoy Municipal Center (City Hall) public art budget is all-inclusive at $211,000.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025– Art Gallery

Deadline: June 30

Under the theme “Generative Futures: Continuous Becoming,” we invite artists, researchers, technologists, and cultural practitioners to explore the evolving landscape of generative art and its cultural implications. This exhibition highlights the unpredictable and evolving aesthetics that define generative systems, creating a space for dialogue, experimentation, and critical engagement with this ever-transforming artistic domain.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025– Emerging Technologies

Deadline: June 30

Emerging Technologies is the premier arena to demonstrate novel interactive technologies to a large audience, inspire, be amazed, and experience the future. SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Emerging Technologies program is planned to take place with the theme: “Revealing the Magic”. This theme was inspired the famous quote of Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Accepted Emerging Technologies works will be presented as on-going demonstrations throughout SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, and may take the form of wearables, haptics, embodied interactions, artwork and more.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025– Call for Extended Reality Submissions (VR, AR, MR)

Deadline: June 30

We are excited to invite submissions that push the boundaries of Extended Reality (XR) technology in research, development, and content creation to offer novel experiences to attendees for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 XR Program. This includes state-of-the-art XR for unique and engaging technologies, immersive installation and experiences, storytelling, creative expression, novel displays, collaborative tools, assistive technologies, and any societally and scientifically impactful solutions.

Call for Solo and Group Exhibit Proposals at Michigan Medicine

Deadline: June 30

CALL FOR EXHIBITS – The Gifts of Art Program is seeking submissions for individual and group art exhibits for the September 2025 to August 2026 exhibition year. One of the first and most comprehensive arts in healthcare programs in the nation, Gifts of Art brings the world of art and music to Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan. Our nine 2-D and 3-D galleries throughout the medical center are viewed by thousands of people each day and display over 30 exhibits per year. Artists are responsible for the delivery of their artwork to and from Michigan Medicine.

Hong Kong Jumping Frames Film Festival

Deadline: June 30

With more than two decades of exploration and development, ‘Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival’ reaffirms its commitment as a pioneering festival in Asia. This unique occasion is dedicated to showcasing a diverse array of cine-choreographic works and thought-provoking mediated performances that delve into the intersection of dance and cinema, movement and image. Submissions are $50 but are free for students.

Call for Environmentalist Visual and Performing Art: SARUS Festival

Deadline: June 30

The SARUS Festival is open to all genres of art, including but not limited to: performance art, visual art, dance, theatre, digital arts, sound art, sculpture, music, and installations. We also accept applications for visual art, talks, presentations, films, readings, etc. We are particularly interested in site-specific work that is in conversation with the natural or human-constructed environment. We encourage experimental and interdisciplinary art, art that could only have been created by you in response to this time and place, art that has never existed before and that cannot exist again. We want art that moves people, that asks more questions than it answers, that encourages people to see something differently in themselves and the world around them. We do not currently have funding to support artists travel, creation of work, lodging, or performance.

IX INTERNATIONAL VIDEOPOETRY CONTEST MALDITO FESTIVAL

Deadline: June 30

With the section International Videopoetry Contest we claim this discipline as an art that connects people, transmits feelings and stimulates different ways of seeing the world. It is also a small contribution of enormous people to promote visual art, preventing it from being marginal and cursed* (*Maldito). The International Poetic Film Showcase is a manifestation of our commitment to artistic exploration, cultural diversity and the celebration of art in all its forms. We aim to provide a space for filmmakers from around the world to share their unique visions, exploring emotions, dreams, human experiences and the complexities of the world around us in a deeply personal and artistic way. Submissions may be 5 minutes maximum, and can be no longer than 5 minutes.

PAMM Call for Latinx Digital Art Commissions

Deadline: June 30

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce its inaugural open call for digital art commissions from the crossroads of the Americas. The program offers financial support to produce experimental digital artworks across South Florida, Latin America, the Caribbean, and African Diaspora. Selected artists may receive awards ranging from $1,000–$15,000 during an estimated 12-month period. Applicants can submit proposals for original projects in any phase of production, including pre- to post-production. Successful digital art proposals will use the internet and digital processes to conceptually and practically shape their projects, including many disciplines spanning video art, film, augmented reality, net art, 3-D sculpture, video games, virtual reality, generative art, as well as forms yet to be discovered.

Open call for the XII edition of Intermediaciones Experimental Film Festival

Deadline: June 30

We invite creators from around the world to submit works produced between 2023 – 2025. Works with dialogue and/or text in a language other than Spanish should include Spanish subtitles. Categories include: Video art, Video dance, Experimental video, Video performance, Experimental animation, Video poetry, Experimental cinema. There is no submission fee.

Vaasa Artist Residency: Resistance and Repair

Deadline: June 30

​​This residency invites participants to explore the interconnected ideas of resistance and repair — not as fixed categories, but as evolving, relational practices that shape how we respond to the world around us. Platform is an art organization based in Vasa, a relatively peripheral Finnish town. We run an art space and a residency to offer live experiences of different perspectives in a location where this would otherwise be limited. We offer Accommodation, studio, travel expenses (one return trip, cheapest possible) and a working grant (based on per diem, approx. 300 € per week). We also offer a small production budget of 1000 €.

In the Making Artist Residency

Deadline: June 30

In the Making residencies have public-facing components that could be an exhibition, a temporary installation, a performance, or another type of community engagement at some point during the residency for visual or interdisciplinary artists. Stipends and funds for these vary and are project-specific. These happen throughout the year. If you have an idea for In the Making, indicate so on your application with a brief description, and if selected, we’ll follow up to plan it in more detail. All our residencies take place in historic, rustic, former military housing units on the campus of the Fort Worden State Park. Situated among public trails, Northwest wildlife, and scenic views, the environment is one that provides lots of opportunity for solitude and connection to nature.

Binnar Open Call

Deadline: June 30

This is an open call for a photography and video exhibition, collective installation. Videos must be no more than 2 minutes long. Photos will be printed and framed by BINNAR. There is no submission fee.

Holy Family University Call for Solo Exhibition Proposals

Deadline: June 30

Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, is reviewing work for the 2025-2026 academic year for solo exhibitions of 1 month in duration. Information about the art gallery can be found at their website.

MSAC Public Arts Roster

Deadline: June 30

The purpose of the Maryland Public Artist Roster is to establish a pre-qualified list of public artists who are interested in creating new, original, and site-responsive artworks for Maryland’s college and university campuses, laboratories, courthouses, police barracks, administrative offices, treatment centers, and other buildings and facilities owned and operated by the state of Maryland. All works commissioned through this program become a part of the State of Maryland’s contemporary public art collection. The Public Artist Roster will include artists and studios working in a wide variety of artistic mediums and representing a diverse range of backgrounds and approaches to creating public artwork. The Public Artist Roster will be used to select artists for eligible state capital projects with Public Art Premiums, or budgets, between $50,000 and $1,500,000.

dAS FESTIVAL 2025 Call for Dance Films

Deadline: June 30

This international call is free and open to dance movies of any genre or style as long as they are created on purpose for the screen. The video duration must be no more than 20 minutes altogether (work, title and credits). Each individual artist or collective can apply with a maximum of two different works.

“Under Pressure” Call for Art Proposals 2026

Deadline: June 30

On the occasion of its 80th anniversary, the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol is looking for exhibition projects that resonate with the curatorial theme “Under Pressure.” In doing so, the projects should capture the prevailing complexity of our contemporary reality, being open to new and alternative ideas and so making change conceivable. Our curators and production team will help with the implementation of projects. This includes the production of the exhibition, printing materials, PR, exhibition booklets, texts, etc.

Call for Proposals: Howard County General Exhibits

Deadline: July 1

HoCo Arts manages two galleries with over 2,100 square feet of exhibit space. Our 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. We present 10-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. We rarely present solo exhibits.

Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery: Call for Proposals

Deadline: July 1

The Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery of Broward College in Davie, Florida is currently seeking proposals for the 2026-2027 exhibition season in our 1200 sq ft space. Group exhibitions and curatorial proposals are welcomed, as well as solo exhibition proposals.

Lightwork Artist in Residence

Deadline: July 1

Apply for Light Work’s renowned Artist-in-Residence program. Selected artists will receive a $5,000 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. There is a $10 application fee.

Synthetic Narratives AI Conference

Deadline: July 1

Generative AI and immersive technologies are transforming the way we create, experience, and understand stories. This two-day symposium brings together leading artists, technologists, and thinkers to explore the cultural, philosophical, and creative potentials of this rapidly evolving field. This is a call for conference presentation, AI Short Films, and immersive artworks.

2025 New Music Festival at Central Washington University

Deadline: July 1

Central Washington University’s Department of Music is delighted to announce the 2025 New Music Festival, taking place from October 10th to 12th. We cordially invite composers of all ages, nationalities, and backgrounds to submit their most innovative, thought-provoking, and imaginative works to be considered for performance during the festival. Submissions should be tailored for the following performing forces: solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, or chamber ensemble (up to 10 performers).

Art and Science: Thinking Outside the Box

Deadline: June 30

To mark the 80th anniversary of its founding, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU) invites proposals for an international and interdisciplinary conference titled Art and Science: Thinking Outside the Box, to be held on November 18–20, 2025. Central to the event is the idea that both art and science conduct research and both participate in the generation of epistémé, albeit through different methods, forms of thinking, and means of expression. Each employs its own epistemological framework and its own way of articulating questions and engaging with the world. While science privileges logic, empiricism, and analytical frameworks, art engages embodied perception, intuition, and affective or imaginative experience. Yet both are deeply intellectual endeavors, offering different pathways to understanding the world and the human condition. The event aims to foster open and productive dialogue between communities that may share a common interest in inquiry, yet often “speak different languages”. By coming together in a shared space, we hope to not only compare methods and outcomes, but to explore what it means to think – creatively, critically, and rigorously – across boundaries and outside the box.

 

Dance on Camera Production Grant

Deadline: June 30

Looking for funds for your next dance film in either development, production, or post-production? Please submit this application. Once we receive all submissions, our selection panel will meet to determine the grant awardees. Notifications will be sent out on July 21, 2025.

 

Picture Theory Artist Residency

Deadline: June 30

Picture Theory Artist Residency supports artists with focused time, space, and guidance to deepen their practice and develop new work for the month of August. Two resident artists will receive a shared studio space and weekly Critique Sessions from arts professionals including curators, editors and critics to provide critical feedback, development and navigation of the art market from diverse positions. Two artists will be selected to share a 1100 square foot space that includes a separate meeting room. The residency is designed to be flexible: artists can choose to end their time with either an open studio or a final exhibition. The structure encourages exploration, reflection, and growth on each artist’s own terms with the gallery’s support.

 

MIT Museum Open Call: Focus On Time

Deadline: June 30

In support of the MIT Museum’s mission to welcome all to participate in MIT’s unique culture of problem-solving and playful creativity, we seek proposals for innovative public programs that explore humanity’s relationship with the theme of TIME. What is time? How do we measure, understand, and perceive it? From circadian rhythms to wormholes, from atomic clocks to time travel, our year-long focus on TIME at the MIT Museum will invite audiences to experience programs, educational workshops, and installations, exploring our complex relationship with time.  We are especially eager to review program proposals that demonstrate a meaningful connection to the theme of TIME and that bring a thought-provoking or unexpected perspective to it – we are interested in projects that connect art, science, technology, and design. We value programs that invite audience participation and engagement in new and inventive ways.

 

MIT Museum Open Call: Mind Control

Deadline: June 30

The MIT Museum invites you to submit an expression of interest to participate in a new exhibition called Mind Control.MIND CONTROL is an exhibition in development at the MIT Museum that explores the human mind, how it behaves in the world, and who gets to control it. As we navigate increasingly sophisticated technologies, we confront the question of how our minds can be augmented, altered, or even manipulated. Current neuroscience research offers incredible potential for medical breakthroughs and human enhancement, but there are also complex histories and unexpected futures to consider. This exhibition invites researchers and artists to explore these questions, and challenges visitors to consider the ethical, psychological, technological, and societal implications of mind control.

 

Gibbs Street Resident Artists 2025-2026: Open Call

Deadline: July 2

VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for one of two six-month residencies at our studios in Rockville, Maryland. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $3,000 stipend. Gibbs Street Artists in Residence present their work in culminating solo exhibitions.  Each year, VisArts’ Gibbs Street Artist Residency provides a unique opportunity for two dynamic individual artists or collaborative artist teams to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment over a period of six months.  Admission to VisArts’ Gibbs Street Artist Residency is highly selective, based on a review of applications by rotating panels of artists and art professionals, including painters, sculptors, film and video artists, photographers, installation artists, interdisciplinary artists, and independent curators.

 

The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant

Deadline: July 2

The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant is an annual grant awarded to lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. Work can be experimental animation, experimental documentary, experimental narrative, cross-genre, or solely experimental. Applicants must be based in the U.S. This grant was established by Hammer in 2017 to give needed support to moving-image art made by lesbians. The grant is supported directly by funds provided by Hammer’s estate and administered through Queer|Art by lesbians for lesbians, with a rotating panel of judges. The grant includes an award of $5,000, and a series of individual studio visits with QA staff members and the grant’s judges. This year’s judges include A.K. Burns, Ela Troyano, and Cheryl Dunye.

 

Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists

Deadline: July 2

The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Now in its 5th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.

 

Peggy Doole National Small Works Exhibition

Deadline: July 3

The 27th annual Peggy Doole National Small Works Exhibition to be held July 31st to August 31st at the long-established Washington Printmakers Gallery in Washington, DC.  This is a juried national exhibition of contemporary printmaking that includes hand-pulled prints, screen prints, digital prints, fine art photographs, and three-dimensional work with print components. We are honored to have Margaret Winslow as our juror. She currently lives and works in Wilmington, Delaware where she is the Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum. Prizes are awarded. Entry fee: $35

MSU Museum: Singularity – Open Call

Deadline: July 4

The MSU Museum CoLab Studio invites bold and innovative proposals for our upcoming exhibition, Singularity. This exhibition and public programming series unravels the enigmatic and transformative concept of the technological singularity, a point in time which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid technological growth and unpredictable change in human civilization. Specifically, this exhibition will examine the singularity through the following subthemes:

• Humanity Redefined: works that examine evolving identities, ethics, and mental health/wellness in a post-singularity era;
• Artificial Minds, Creative Souls: works that showcase and critique AI’s potential in art and creativity, challenging our understanding of innovation
• Democracy through an Algorithmic Lens: a critical examination of the singularity’s impact on democratic institutions, considering both the strengthening and erosion of foundational democratic principles in an era of intelligent machines.

Through these lenses, the exhibition aims to illuminate the myriad pathways our society might traverse in the shadow of singularity, prompting profound reflection on our collective destiny.

 

Franklin Furnace XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books

Deadline: July 4

The XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books will be selected from submissions to a Call for Proposals to receive $5000 to publish one artist’s book on the topic of book banning/burning in an edition of at least 100 copies.

 

Camera Lucida International Contemporary Film Festival

Deadline: July 6

Cámara Lúcida aims to be a meeting place for cinematographies permeated by the poetic, the sensitive, and the political, as cross-cutting aspects of its aesthetic and narrative development; purposes that deserve to be preserved in a society that is gradually attempting to extinguish the critical and meditative light through the overwhelming advance of homogenization. The call is open to contemporary cinematic works of all genres; films that, thanks to their diverse explorations, mark a trend in contemporary cinematic thought. While our focus is on nonfiction and experimental cinema, we will also consider fiction films that blur the boundaries of conventional filmmaking. Finally, we are interested in expanded cinema: digital installations, mixtapes, etc.

 

Potomac Yard Innovation District Public Art RFQ

Deadline: July 9

The City of Alexandria’s Public Art Program is commissioning public art for the northern extension of Potomac Yard Park—a newly constructed city park adjacent to the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. This initiative aims to introduce compelling, site-specific artwork that reflects the site’s context and history, attracting both residents and visitors to the Potomac Yard Innovation District. The goal is to create dramatic, visually engaging, and unique art installations that foster an interactive environment for people of all ages. A successful project will celebrate one or more of the following themes: the relationship between our past and the future; the spirit of innovation, technology, and creativity; growth; and inspiring the future. Additionally, the artwork should encourage interaction, continued use, gathering, and community participation within the park. The project budget, inclusive of design, fabrication, and installation may not exceed $300,000.

 

Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Platform

Deadline: July 10

After the successful first edition of the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Showcase, held  in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Rijeka (Croatia) and Zagreb (Croatia) between 10–13 May 2025, the second edition of the showcase will be held in Novi Sad (Serbia) from 13–16 May 2026. The festival will present 10 contemporary dance productions, and 6 Dance Scape project pitches, and offer opportunities to meet,  exchange ideas, interact with the audience and dance professionals, and become part of a large artistic network.

 

The Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity

Deadline: July 11

The New Bedford Art Museum presents The Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity, a juried exhibition of works investigating origins, extinction, tradition, and transformation—a reflection of who we are and who we may become. Works may be any medium. The Shape of Who We Are is the second annual call for art of the New Bedford Art Museum’s annual juried exhibition series and is open to artists internationally. Is Identity something to protect and preserve, or does it push us to seek recognition beyond ourselves? The Shape of Who We Are will explore how Identity is formed, expressed, and redefined—through race, gender, class, culture, and personal experience. This juried exhibition invites artists to examine themes of origin, extinction, change, and tradition, reflecting who we are now and who we may become. The New Bedford Art Museum welcomes artists worldwide to submit work that engages with the many ways Identity shapes our lives

 

BlC Civic Plaza Mural 

Deadline: July 11

The BLC Civic Plaza is a transformative public space located at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building in Largo, Maryland, developed as a central element of the Prince George’s County Blue Line Corridor (BLC) initiative. Envisioned as a vibrant civic hub, the plaza is designed to reflect community identity, activate underutilized areas, and serve as a signature destination for residents and visitors alike. The mural will be installed on all four sides of a pre-designed storage unit, which will be built at the same time. The mural will be visible from multiple angles, including pedestrian pathways and vehicles approaching from McCormick Drive and Lottsford Road. This opportunity aligns with priorities established through extensive stakeholder engagement of the Blue Line Corridor Placemaking Initiative, which emphasized public art, family-friendly experiences, and civic identity.

 

Night Owl Gallery EROSCAPE Festival and Exhibition

Deadline: July 11

Night Owl Gallery is presenting EROSCAPE, a celebration of erotic art hosted with Baltimore Erotic Art Society! There will be a JURIED group show on view from Aug 1 – Sept 4!  Announcing Juror Cassandra Faye Broadwick. Eligibility:  This show is open to all artists from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, DC, and Virginia.  Artists must be 18 or older.  Work must have been created in 2023, 2024, or 2025.  Work must be for sale.  Work must not exceed $5000.  All work will be available for sale in person at our gallery and listed on our website as well.

 

2025 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards

July 11 (early bird deadline, final deadline is September 5)

The Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards are an annual celebration of the photobook’s enduring role within the narrative of photography. The awards, established in 2012, recognize excellence in three major categories of photobook publishing: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalog of the Year. Each year winners are selected from among nearly one thousand books submitted by artists and publishers from around the world.

The PhotoBook Awards is juried for both the shortlist and final selection. The shortlist jury will convene in New York for three concentrated days of review and deliberation to select thirty-five distinguished books in the three prize categories.

 

Bucharest International Dance Film Festival

Deadline: July 12

Bucharest International Dance Film Festival is a platform for exquisite films that use movement as their primary language or the body as their main subject. Faced with the camera lenses, the body becomes the primary focus of cutting-edge arthouse films that challenge the audience to a lively exchange of stances on challenging politics, extreme emotions, concealed interpretations, and oddly beautiful aesthetics. BIDFF encourages syncretism and dialogue between movement and diverse forms of cinema, from the more traditional ones to experimental or futuristic hybrid works. Besides film screenings, BIDFF organizes a VR showcase, lectures, public presentations, and intensive short film workshops. Each year in September, the festival takes place in multiple locations from Bucharest, Romania.

 

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Computer Animation Festival

Deadline: July 12

The SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Computer Animation Festival is now open for submissions! We invite creators worldwide to submit their projects and help us showcase the world’s most innovative and exciting computer animation. In December, the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Computer Animation Festival will convene to celebrate the vibrant, diverse, and inspiring world of computer animation. This year’s festival promises its most comprehensive and compelling program, from short films to scientific visualizations to AI-enhanced deep fakes. An international jury of top computer animation experts will judge the best works entered in each category; from that pool of top picks, they will hand out four prestigious 2025 awards: Best Student Project, Jury Special, Best in Show and Audience Choice.

 

City of Burlington Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport

Deadline: July 14

The Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (Leahy BTV), in partnership with Burlington City Arts (BCA), invites artists and creative teams to submit portfolios and qualifications for the design and fabrication of architectural enhancements of one of three distinct spaces as part of the NexT Project—the latest and largest sustainable infrastructure development at Leahy BTV. This transformative project offers a unique opportunity to shape the design and vision for several spaces that will reflect the airport’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and an exceptional passenger experience while unifying the space into the larger airport aesthetic. The over all project will create appropriately sized departure lounges to accommodate increasing passenger volume and larger aircraft and enhance traveler experience while positioning the airport for a future of growth and expansion. Each selected artist or creative team will work with the architectural design team and within their respective maximum budget and time frame to shape the aesthetic and functional identity of their assigned space within the airport.

 

Call for panelists for MSAC’s Arts Capital grant program

Deadline: July 14

Applications are being accepted to serve as panelists for MSAC’s Arts Capital grant program, which supports direct access to state capital funding for projects that improve or produce a complete, usable, and accessible arts facility. Panelists evaluate applications annually in Fall 2025. Compensation is as much as $725, including as many as 30 application assignments. Applicants with experience in capital project management, creative placemaking or related fields are encouraged to apply.

 

Loghaven Artist 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.

 

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency

Deadline: July 15

With a robust roster of diverse programs and a strong history of collaborating with visual artists, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum announces an open call for proposals to its residency program at the Glass Box Studio, a space developed specifically for studio workshops, programs, and hands-on making. The Museum invites United States based artists at any stage in their career working in any medium to apply and bring their creative energy to north central Wisconsin. The Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency Program provides space and time for artists to experiment, explore, and produce individually developed or collaborative artwork in any medium. The Artist Residency Program will increase community engagement and accessibility to the visual arts in north central Wisconsin by providing opportunities for artists to share their creative processes through outreach, workshops, and programming. The program supports artists by providing studio space, living space, honorarium, as well as networking and outreach opportunities.

 

Ucross Foundation Spring 2026 Artist Residency

Deadline: July 15

The Ucross Residency Program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field; both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply. Residencies range from two weeks to six weeks in length. Ucross provides each artist with living accommodations, meals, work space, and uninterrupted time so that the artists can focus on their creative process. Lunch and dinners are prepared Monday to Friday by a professional chef. Application fee: $40

 

Rhizome DC Fall 2025 Film & Video Open Call

 

Deadline: July 15

Rhizome DC and Filament are accepting submissions for our 2025 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 2025. 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.

 

Polar Steam Antarctic Artists and Writers

Deadline: July 15

Polar STEAM welcomes applications from working artists, writers, and creative practitioners in a variety of genres, from traditional to experimental. This application is for the 2026-27 Antarctic summer season, typically October through February, with a possible option for early season (August through September). Most deployments are 4-8 weeks in length.

 

MCC Open Call for Exhibition Proposals 

Deadline: July 15

Metropolitan Community College’s (MCC) Gallery of Art & Design in Omaha, NE, is currently seeking exhibition proposals for solo, group, and curated exhibitions for the 2025-26 academic year. Established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply. Proposals may be submitted by individual artists, artist groups, or curators. This opportunity is for artists not currently employed by MCC. All visual arts media are eligible for consideration. All gallery installation and promotional expenses are covered by MCC. Artists receive an honorarium to offset material expenses and shipping. There is an additional honorarium for artists who visit campus to give a public lecture, conduct workshops with students, and other activities related to their exhibition.

 

The Kyoto Retreat

Deadline: July 15

The Kyoto Retreat is a new program created by Japan-based, independent curator Dexter Wimberly. The Kyoto Retreat offers artists, curators, and writers, based anywhere in the world, an opportunity to spend four weeks in Kyoto, Japan, for research, exploration, and inspiration. If selected for the retreat, you will receive a roundtrip flight, a private bedroom, and $800 USD to supplement meals and local transportation. 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. The inaugural Kyoto Retreat will take place from October 16 – November 13, 2025. Application fee: $95

 

Marble House Project Residency

Deadline: July 15

Marble House Project is a multidisciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas, by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work together. The residency is dedicated to ecological principles and integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives. Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 residents and is open to artists living in the United States and abroad. You must be at least 21 years old.   Each session accommodates eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative workers, to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond.

 

Women’s Studio Workshop Artist’s Book Residency Grant

Deadline: July 15

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, and are encouraged to create an edition size no larger than 100 and no smaller than 50.

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. WSW can provide technical advice; training on new equipment, techniques, and materials; and production assistance.

 

2026 Grand Canyon Artist in Residence

Deadline: July 15

The Artist in Residence program at Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona) offers artists of any discipline the opportunity to work at one of the world’s most beautiful sites. Through impactful community-engaged programming, our residency inspires visitors and locals to deepen their connection to Grand Canyon National Park. We seek inspiring and resourceful artists who engage contemporary, interactive, immersive, and/or socially engaged methods to make positive environmental and cultural impacts through their work.

We are interested in supporting artists who focus on:

• Climate Resiliency
• Environmental Sciences
• Natural and Cultural Histories
• Historical Interpretation and Preservation

 

Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) – Call for Scores

Deadline: July 15

SF contemporary music chamber group  Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) is excited to announce a new Call for Scores for its 2025/26 (18th) season. Winner of The American Prize for Chamber Music Performance in 2021, E4TT performs 20th and 21st century music that is relevant, engaging, original, and compelling, music that resonates today and will speak to tomorrow. E4TT strongly believes in the power of artistic beauty, intelligence, wit, lyricism, and irony to create a deep understanding of our times and the human condition. Women are an ongoing special focus. Chosen works will be performed by E4TT emerita pianist Dale Tsang and partner(s) on March 1, 2026

 

Sacramento State Festival of New American Music Call for Scores

Deadline: July 15

The 3rd Annual Call for Scores is open to composers of any age. Applicants must reside in the United States, Mexico, or Canada. The competition is judged by composition faculty and ensemble directors at the California State University, Sacramento School of Music as well as by nationally and internationally recognized festival guest composers. The winning pieces in each category will receive a performance at the 2025 Festival of New American Music. The application fee is $15 for each work submitted.

 

Tough Poets Review

Deadline: July 15

Tough Poets Review is now accepting submissions for our inaugural Fall 2025 issue.

Submissions are always free and open year-round. We provide contributor’s copies and a $5 payment to writers and artists whose work is accepted. We accept simultaneous submissions. However, please send us a note if your work is picked up elsewhere. Prose should be limited to 7,500 words. Poetry should be limited to five poems, no more than ten pages in total. Visual art and photography should be in black and white, no larger than 6″ × 9″, and with a resolution of 300 dpi. If submitting multiple pieces of written work, please combine them into a single document. Cover letters are optional, but you are encouraged to introduce yourself and share previous publication info. All pieces should be submitted as email attachments to submissions@toughpoets.com Please allow up to twelve weeks for a response.

Rolling Deadlines

 

The Awesome Foundation Grant

Deadline: Rolling

The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. There are no limits on project types.

 

WorthlessStudios Photographer in Residence

Deadline: Rolling

The WorthlessStudios Photographer in Residence program is a unique 1 month long photography residency taking place inside a mobile darkroom Airstream trailer. Since 2019, the Airstream trailer has traveled the nation to serve as a darkroom and community resource for keeping analog photography alive and thriving. Unlike other residencies that require artists to travel to them, this residency brings the facilities to you! This residency expands on WorthlessStudios’ comprehensive approach to helping artists realize their creative visions while ensuring they have resources to advance their skills and careers. This program provides support for artists working in a photography based artistic practice that relies heavily on access to a darkroom facility. This residency also provides a $1,500 Artist Stipend.

 

MAP x Hotel Indigo

Deadline: Rolling

Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel Indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Hotel Indigo, Baltimore Downtown is a boutique hotel located in Baltimore, MD. MAP has been working closely with the hotel since it opened, selecting and installing the hotel’s permanent artwork collection including works by Jared Ragland, Gary Kachadourian and Christos Palios. Hotel Indigo and MAP share the same vision of supporting working artists in the region, and both look forward to their continued partnership and the rotation of quarterly exhibitions. Fee is $10 for non-MAP members.

 

Clifton Arts Center Exhibits

Deadline: rolling

The Clifton Arts Center is planning visual exhibits for the years 2026-2030. The Clifton Arts Center provides approximately 1800 square feet of modern well-lit and upgraded HVAC gallery exhibit space on the grounds of the Clifton Municipal Complex. There is a $10 application fee.

 

CCA Call for Exhibition Proposals 2025

Deadline: Rolling

CCA invites exhibition proposals from artists, curators, and cultural organizations for rolling review by the CCA Exhibitions Selection Committee. The Main Gallery hosts 3-4 major exhibitions annually, with a rotation of 4-6 exhibitions in the Project Gallery. Interdisciplinary proposals that include digital media or installation elements are encouraged. There is a $10 entry fee.

 

Call for Artists: The Mulberry Network

Deadline: Rolling

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

 

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.

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.

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.

 

NSA Residency

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.

 

Innovate Grants

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.

 

NYC Percent for Art Directory

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.

The Sidewalk Video Gallery

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.

Stochastic Labs

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.