Deadline Driven Opportunities
Deadline: May 30 – monthly grant
MyMA Artist Grant is a monthly juried grant that provides an unrestricted $500 award to one artist each month. In addition to the winner, our jurors recognize 5 artists as honorable mentions for each edition. We publish a written or video profile of the selected artists on MyMA’s website and social channels. Visual artists working in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, installation, digital art, and other media may apply. We regret that we do not accept submissions for Video art, film, music, theatre, or dance at this time. This is a free application open to artists worldwide.
Deadline: May 31
Yeiser Art Center is a non-profit visual arts organization celebrating over sixty years of serving the community with exhibitions and education throughout the Tri-State Region. Art Through the Lens 2023 is open to all photographers without restrictions on content. Artists may submit up to 20 entries. All photo-based imagery created through photographic processes is eligible including non-lens made images. Entries are submitted solely online through CaFE. This is an international juried exhibition; works will be selected to exhibit by a juror. If one or more of your works should be accepted into the show, you will receive subsequent instructions on the final presentation. A nonrefundable entry fee of $10 is required for each artwork submitted for consideration.
Joshua Tree: Artist in Residence Program
Deadline: May 31
The purpose of the Joshua Tree National Park Artist in Residence Program is to provide opportunities for artists to creatively explore the resources of Joshua Tree National Park, promoting a deeper appreciation of the natural, cultural, and historical resources therein. The Joshua Tree National Park Artist in Residence Program (AiR) is open to visual artists, performing artists, musicians and writers. Artists are invited for a one-month stay in fall or spring. There are two objectives for this residency. One is to give artists time to explore the park and pursue their own creative practice. The second is for the artist to share their unique perspective of the park’s resources with others. Most of the artist’s stay will be devoted to their own art practice; however, the park requires one visitor outreach experience, which will be coordinated with park staff. Artists will have agency to design the experience- it could be leading a short hike, performance, or being available for visitor questions while working at a public location. Though housing is provided, artists are responsible for their own expenses such as meals, personal art supplies, transportation, etc.
3…2…1…DANCE! Choreographic competition: 12th Edition
Deadline: May 31
We sincerely invite you to take part in the 12th edition of the Choreographic competition 3… 2…1…DANCE! which takes place on 3rd August 2023 and will be part of the Krakow Dance Festival. We invite all interested choreographers who are looking for their own artistic language, regardless from age and experience. 3…2…1…DANCE! is addressed to 18+ choreographers and performers. The maximum duration of a performance submission is 10 minutes. There is a 10 euros application fee. The first prize and the audience choice will win a 600 euros prize each.
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence
Deadline: May 31
The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence is awarded annually to one outstanding, early-career artist who is developing new works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. This award is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a 2 – 5 week stay at Oak Spring. While at OSGF, the Fellow will be able to meet with staff, explore our 700-acre landscape and our efforts in sustainable land management, and visit our rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art. OSGF intends to award the Fellowship to an exceptional artist whose works show remarkable promise to contribute to a deeper understanding of the natural world, and humankind’s place in it. The Fellow will be scheduled to visit when there are other Interdisciplinary Residents or Fellows on-site.
Potsdam Stadthaus/ Festival for City, Culture and Art
Deadline: May 31
Enoch Pratt Free Library Artist in Residence
Deadline: May 31
The Enoch Pratt Free Library Artist in Residence (AIR) program is an opportunity for the selected visual artist to work as an independent contractor developing a new body of artwork or to further develop projects already in existence. The Artist in Residence program aims to enhance the artistic and cultural life of Maryland by connecting established and emerging artists with Library resources and tools, creating meaningful connections with Library patrons, and contributing unique perspectives to our ever-evolving and growing community Artists must maintain a regular presence at the Library, with a minimum of 10 hours per week during their 11-month residency making and creating in the provided Artist Studio. The Pratt provides a stipend during the residency period. Our current stipend is $30,000 for 11 months, dependent on available funding, with some additional resources available for supply costs. We are unable to reimburse travel costs or provide housing for visiting artists.
Deadline: May 31
Awarded residencies are funded opportunities available through an application process and awarded to people working at the intersection of art and science. Wide open vistas and opportunities for field exploration in the high desert’s living laboratory provides rich inspiration. Residents stay in their own cabin, free of charge, and are responsible for their own travel costs and food while they are in residence. PLAYA is open to international and domestic applicants as long as eligibility requirements are met. Your application must be accompanied by a $40.00 non-refundable processing fee. Work sample requirements vary by discipline.
Public Art Across Maryland (PAAM)
Deadline: May 31
For all new or renovated state-owned buildings, a percentage of the construction budget is set aside for public art. Independent artists and artist lead teams apply to be included on the Public Artist Roster for a two year cycle, or apply directly to an open Call to Artists when one is issued and are selected by an artist selection committee. MSAC manages the process from artist selection, through design, fabrication, and installation and the work becomes part of the State public art collection. Artists from throughout the nation are eligible to be considered.
Call for Scores: First Annual Historically Excluded Composers Competition
Deadline: May 31
The Boston New Music Initiative is pleased to announce its first annual Historically Excluded Composers’ Competition. The purpose of this competition is to further the mission of The Boston New Music Initiative to generate and celebrate the creation of new music. Incorporated in 2010, BNMI aims to advance the careers of its members in the field of new music by serving as a resource for networking, professional development, commissioning, collaboration, and programming. The call is open for acoustic, electro-acoustic, and multimedia works. Any composer who identifies as a member of any of the following categories is eligible to enter: Historically Excluded Gender; Historically Excluded Race or Ethnicity; or Historically Excluded Circumstances (defined as primary caretakers and disabled folks). Submitted works should be an instrumental work including at least one instrument from BNMI’s core ensemble (see below) or an acousmatic work. The winner in each category of this competition will have their work performed by The Boston New Music Initiative during the 2023-2024 concert season and will receive $250. The composer is encouraged, but not required, to attend the performance if possible.
Call for Scores: Sacra Nova Chorale
Deadline: May 31
Sacra Nova Chorale is a vocal ensemble that utilizes various voice ranges from any combination of the vocal categories (SATB). The ensemble focuses on the performance of original, new, and traditional sacred music, in addition to premiering sacred works written by composers. We are currently seeking compositions to perform/premiere during our 2022-2023 concert season. New works, or works that have already been written or that have been premiered will be considered. Composers must submit 1 work at a time via email for consideration and must pay an accompanying fee of $10.00 USD via PayPal for each work submitted.
Open Call: Dance Films “Pool 23”
Deadline: May 31
POOL 23 will present a selection of fascinating international dance film productions, making the event a meeting place for creative minds involved in the fields of dance, film, fashion and art. The festival is focused on films that not only record dance but create independent film-choreographies through the intense interplay between dance and cinematic tools like the use of camera and editing. Artists are invited to apply with dance films and dance animations. Films should not be longer than 30 minutes, nor should they be merely a documentation of a dance piece. Longer films may be taken into consideration for a special screening.
Deadline: May 31
The (Egg)celerator Lab is focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary. This program brings together ten projects, with a special focus on self-identifying women and non-binary directors. In this year long project, selected participants will recieve $40,000 USD in grant funding for the production of their feature-length film. The Chicken & Egg Pictures (Egg)celerator Lab for first- and second-time directors is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and through general operating support from our wonderful community of donors and grantmakers. In alignment with our vision of an equitable and just world shaped by the power of documentary films, priority will be given to films that address equity and social justice, defined broadly by issues ranging from the global to the personal, and exploring a variety of artistic approaches (e.g. personal story, experimental, animated, essayistic, etc).
UAFS Art & Design Artist In Residence
Deadline: June 1
The University of Arkansas Fort Smith Art & Design AIR program will support residents’ practices through material support for developing new work, while emphasizing meaningful connections to students, educational programs, and the campus community. Residents will be provided workspace and access to studios and equipment in the Windgate Art & Design Building, private family-friendly living accommodations near campus, a generous stipend of $20,000, and a materials budget. Residents will conduct artist-led workshops and programming, public lectures, scheduled engagements with relevant courses, and open studio hours. Additionally, residents will be asked to donate work to the UAFS Art Collection, in consultation with the UAFS Gallery Director. Residents should anticipate spending approximately 70% of their time on their own creative production, and 30% of their time engaging directly with students and community members. UAFS Art & Design Department houses undergraduate programs in Studio Art and Graphic Design. Applications that propose connections between these disciplines are welcomed. Collaborative practices may be considered.
Call for Proposals: SPE’S 61st Annual Conference: New Realities
Deadline: June 1
SPE welcomes proposals from photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians, and professionals from other fields. Topics are not required to be theme based, and may include, but are not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory and criticism, multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, effects of media and culture, educational issues, funding, and presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance, and installation. There is a $10 submission fee for each category. The categories include: Immersive Experiences/Workshops, Panels, Lectures, Artist Talks, and Student Proposals.
Call for Scores: new Music Festival
Deadline: June 1
EDME is accepting scores for their 2023 New Music Festival. Selected scores will be programmed at the New Music Festival taking place October 13th-15th, 2023, in Eugene, OR, USA. Selected composers are encouraged to attend. They will also be interviewed as part of our radio show, The Sound of Curiosity. There is a $10 submission fee.
2023 Copland House Residency Awards
Deadline: June 1
Copland House announces the 2023 Copland House Residency Awards. Typically, eight to ten emerging or established composers are selected to live and work, one at a time, for approximately three to eight weeks at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in New York’s lower Hudson River Valley, one hour north of New York City. Professional composers who are American citizens or permanent residents of all backgrounds and identities—especially those from underrepresented communities—are invited to apply. Accommodations, meals, housekeeping, and local transportation are provided by Copland House. Copland House Residents also become eligible for various post-residency honors and performance, recording, or commissioning opportunities.
Deadline: June 1
Vox Novus is looking for composers who are interested in supporting and producing a performance and LIVE online video recording of their string quartets. Selected composers will have their string quartet presented on a special Composer’s Voice online concert and broadcasted LIVE online to streaming platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. All performances will be archived on their related platforms. There is a $30 submission fee.
Society for Photographic Education: Call for Conference Event Proposals
Deadline: June 1
SPE welcomes proposals from photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians, and professionals from other fields. Topics are not required to be theme based, and may include, but are not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory and criticism, multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, effects of media and culture, educational issues, funding, and presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance, and installation. They are looking for Immersive experiences, lectures, panels, mentorship opportunities and student proposals. There is a $10 application fee.
FNMC Composition Competition: Flute Alone
Deadline: June 1
The Flute New Music Consortium is an organization with the shared mission of promoting new music for the flute by commissioning works and organizing simultaneous premieres. FNMC hosts its annual Composition Competition to connect members of the flute new music community to new works by talented composers. Semi-finalists are selected by blind-round judges; winners are heard and selected by FNMC member vote. Winning composers receive a cash prize and many finalists find that their works receive more attention from the greater flute community. FNMC is proud of the performances and commissions it has had the honor to organize – but even more proud of the collaborations that have evolved between its members and its composers.
Deadline: June 1
EDME is accepting scores for their 2023 New Music Festival. Selected scores will be programmed at the New Music Festival taking place October 13th-15th, 2023, in Eugene, OR, USA. Selected composers are encouraged to attend. They will also be interviewed as part of our radio show, The Sound of Curiosity. Composers of all ages and nationalities may apply. Composers from historically underrepresented groups, including non-white, female-identifying, and LGBTQ+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Submission Fee: $10.
2023 – 2024 IVYSIDE Juried Exhibition
Deadline: June 1
Artists creating original works of art in any media are encouraged to apply. If awarded, artwork must be suitable for installation and must not exceed 84” in any firm dimension. Two-dimensional works must not weigh more than 60 lbs., including the frame, and must be ready to hang with the appropriate attached hardware. Three-dimensional works weighing over 80 lbs must have a base that can be rolled or composed of elements that can be easily moved. Digital and non-traditional media will be considered. There is no entry fee.
Deadline: June 1
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of the Haus für Poesie and has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. There is no submission fee.
Evan Erickson Music “2023 Call for Scores”
Deadline: June 1
Now entering its 3rd year, the Evan Erickson Music “2023 Call for Scores” is an opportunity specifically aimed at composers who have heard no more than 5 of their pieces premiered across their life. As long as this requirement is met, entrants can be of any age, nationality, sex, etc. Composers will be submitting 2 of their best representative works (score and audio), along with a 500-word proposal on why they are applying to this opportunity. There is no submission fee.
Deadline: June 1
The Pearl Conard Art Gallery at Ohio State Mansfield is accepting solo, group, or curatorial proposals for the 2023-2024 exhibition season. The gallery is located in Mansfield, Ohio, a city approximately 80 miles southwest of Cleveland and 65 miles northeast of Columbus. There is no fee.
Call for Scores: new Music Festival
Deadline: June 1
EDME is accepting scores for their 2023 New Music Festival. Selected scores will be programmed at the New Music Festival taking place October 13th-15th, 2023, in Eugene, OR, USA. Selected composers are encouraged to attend. They will also be interviewed as part of our radio show, The Sound of Curiosity. There is a $10 submission fee.
Leonardo Imagination Fellowship 2023
Deadline: June 2
Leonardo and the Center for Science and the Imagination are proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship, starting in August 2023. In this virtual, global program, fellows will develop experimental media projects exploring diverse aspects of Planetary Health Futures, including but not limited to issues of climate, human well-being, interspecies relationships, democracy, emerging social structures, and safeguarding the Earth’s habitability for humans and other life forms. We invite fellowship applications focusing on a range of themes. Each fellow will connect their work with one of the following themes at Leonardo-ASU or the Center for Science and the Imagination.
Sustainable Institution Artist Residency
Deadline: June 2
the sustainable institution artist residency is an opportunity for creative practitioners to produce new solutions in the fight against climate change and mitigate the environmental burden of exhibition making. The sustainable institution is calling all creative practitioners including artists, architects, design studios and scientists to develop material or immaterial prototypes for sustainable exhibition making in the fight against climate change. We are looking for ideas that will transform the current unsustainable landscape of institutional operations, which could manifest as a pragmatic design solution or experimental action. While not exhaustive, your proposal could be for a performance, activist intervention, manifesto, food concept, furniture design, functional sculpture, biomaterial, waste management solution, de-growth process, curatorial strategy or digital application.
Tulsa International Airport: Suspended Artwork
Deadline: June 2
The Mission of the Airport Art and Culture Program is to enhance the aesthetic experience of visitors to Tulsa International Airport. The Airport has identified two different locations at the airport for suspended artwork. The artist will have the opportunity to choose which location out of the two available that they would like to utilize for their suspended artwork installation. A budget of $250,000 has been designated for this installation. The selected artwork budget must be inclusive of all costs including but not limited to artists fees, studio overhead, consultant fees, purchase of materials, artwork fabrication, permits if required, site preparation, transportation, installation of work, construction and installation of any necessary bases and lighting, general public liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, and contingency. The selected artist will be responsible for the appropriate allocation of the funds to the artist’s project components.
Deadline: June 2
Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. There is a $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds are applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. Open to ALL fine art mediums -now including film/video (oil, acrylic, watermedia, pastel, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, photography, sculpture, fiber, wood, digital art, film/video). There is no restriction on style, genre, or subject matter. There is a $35 application fee.
NIU Art Museum Call for Entry: “What is for Supper? What is a Meal?”
Deadline: June 2
Seeking artists exploring aspects of nurturing, socialization, health and sustainability through visual imagery related to food and food issues. The NIU Art Museum is currently accepting submissions in all media. This call is open to all artists in the United States 18 years of age or older. The entry fee is $35.
Deadline: June 3
Field Residency is an art studio in Chelsea, Manhattan’s Gallery District, New York City. We provide a 300 square ft, 12 ft ceiling studio space to accepted applicants for 6 weeks. International & US-based artists working in all mediums are eligible. At the end of the residency artist are asked to contribute one artwork to the Field Residency collection.
Deadline: June 4
People and the Planet is an international open call that invites artists to think about our world and the humanity within it—how humans interact with the earth and all of its inhabitants. Artists are encouraged to submit pieces that explore: environmental & social issues, human interactions with nature, travel, climate change, natural materials & resources, population & development, Indigenous perspectives, changing landscapes, connections to the land, new discoveries, and more. All visual mediums are accepted, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, jewelry, fine craft, installations, video, and more. Works must be original and completed within the past five years. This exhibition will include both a physical gallery show located in Washington, DC and a virtual exhibition. Each application may only include one artwork under a $35 fee. Submitting a second artwork is $15.
11th Handmade & Recycled Theater Festival
Deadline: June 4
The main theme of the Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival or HRTFest, as it is now called, is the idea of handmade and recyclable. Reflecting the identity and the ways the team that created it, Fabrica Athens, HRTFest is the fulfilling of a vision. An artistic vision – and not only – where artists work as a team, and take on many different parts to create their own opportunities with the materials and tools they already have. The call is open to artists, tutors and researchers of any artistic field. Any genre of Theater, Performance, Dance, Circus, Music, Workshops, Cinema, Visual arts, Lectures, debates, banquets, book presentations etc are welcome.
Desfoga Festival: Call for Queer Performances
Deadline: June 5
Desfoga is looking for performances from queer artists and collectives to make this year’s program. They are offering a compensation of 1750 (tax included) along with accommodation and travel expenses. We are currently seeking performance pieces that incorporate contemporary languages and practices from various disciplines such as dance, theatre, and visual art. The selection process will be conducted in collaboration with the local community during an open event in the town of Cambados.
Call for Public Art: Utah Tech University
Deadline: June 5
Professional artist and artist teams are invited to submit letters of interest and qualifications for the creation of site-specific artwork(s) at the Utah Tech University General Classroom Building in St. George, Utah. Utah artists and artists of historically underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply. The General Classroom Building will manifest every aspect of Utah Tech’s open-inclusive-comprehensive-polytechnic mission. The abundance of glass and emphasis on shared outside light welcomes engagement and shared learning.
Gallery Request for Proposals 2024
Deadline: June 5
The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests exhibition proposals from artists for the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery, and Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2024. The mission of the Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries is to showcase the work of diverse artists, including resident artists at Glen Echo Park and artists from the greater Washington, D.C. area. We aim to exhibit quality art by artists who represent a broad spectrum of our region, with diverse backgrounds, and working in a wide range of artistic media. The mission of the Popcorn Gallery is to showcase the work of established visual artists. The mission of the Stone Tower Gallery is to present intimate exhibitions of work in the Park’s most historic structure. This gallery is a welcoming space for visitors and is well suited to solo or themed exhibitions featuring a small group of artists. The purpose of the Park View Gallery is to present the work of emerging visual artists, including instructors and advanced students at Glen Echo Park.
Frederick Arts Council: Gateways Project
Deadline: June 6
Frederick Arts Council seeks qualifications from artists or artist teams to design coordinating large-scale artworks that will activate two of Frederick County, MD’s “gateway” locations. These gateways are pre-identified locations in Middletown and Walkersville, MD that serve as entrances to these Frederick County communities. The intent behind these artworks is to unify Frederick County’s individual localities and provide a sense of cohesion, with the artworks adhering to a common theme. The gateway artworks should be fairly large in size and visible to motorists as they are driving into each town (each gateway is located along a roadway). The artworks are intended for permanence and therefore should be able to withstand outdoor elements; each of the eventual artworks should be closely related to one another within an overall theme that can include variation on the theme that reflects individual town/location.
Worthless Studios Artist in Residence
Deadline: June 7
WORTHLESSSTUDIOS is excited to launch our inaugural Artist in Residence program running from September to December 2023. The residency will be production focused, supporting underserved sculptors and installation artists at pivotal moments in their careers. This program will provide support for artists working in sculpture and installation to advance their fabrication and production processes while making a specific artwork. The first cohort will be welcomed to WORTHLESSSTUDIOS’ new 10,000 square-foot facility at 7 Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn. Our residency aspires to include Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIAP+, women, nonbinary, and disabled artists, to fulfill the urgent need for fabrication tools, financial support, technical assistance, and space that so many underrepresented artists seek. We offer a $3,000 material stipend and a $1,500 artist stipend.
Central Washington University New Music Festival
Deadline: June 9
Central Washington University’s Department of Music is delighted to announce the 2023 New Music Festival, taking place from October 6th to 8th. 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. This three-day event will be a celebration of contemporary music, showcasing an eclectic mix of genres and styles, fostering a spirit of creativity and collaboration. Composers may submit up to two original works. Pieces must not exceed 12 minutes in duration. Submissions should be tailored for the following performing forces: solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, or chamber ensemble (up to 10 performers) with or without electronics.
Deadline: June 9
We are currently accepting applications for Buckham’s 41st Exhibition Season. The museum-quality gallery is located in downtown Flint, Michigan. Our exhibitions are open to the public four days a week and by appointment. Solo, group, and curatorial proposals of all media are welcome to apply. Buckham Fine Arts Project, aka Buckham Gallery, will be celebrating its 41st season running from October 2024 to September 2025, ten exhibitions will span four to five weeks. Solo shows generally run concurrently with one or two other artists. There is a $30 submission fee.
Deadline: June 10
The Residency Project @ 880 provides space to live and work in an intimate, shared-living environment with access to the thriving arts scenes, diverse cultural landscape, and natural resources of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. Underpinned by Joseph Beuys’ concept of social sculpture and Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of relational aesthetics, The Residency Project is an embodied investigation into how, through human interaction and intentional living, we can engage alternative social models not built upon the tenets of capitalism or colonialist notions of land ownership. Artists at any stage of their career and from any disciplinary background for whom our Residency Philosophy resonates are welcome to apply. Generally speaking, a strong applicant will be one whose work is interdisciplinary and/or experimental, deviating from traditional formats and modes of output, publication, or distribution.In addition to the $250 stipend, TRP provides residents with weekly grocery essentials (an approx. total value of $150-300 depending on length of residency). A $250 deposit is required to secure your spot in the program, which is refunded upon passing inspection of your room and the studio space at the completion of the residency. Application Fee: $25.
Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir – Call for Compositions 2023
Deadline: June 11
The Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir call for scores 2023 aims to highlight two new pieces of choral music. Composers of any age or nationality are welcome to submit compositions regardless of if they have received a prior performance or not. Both published and unpublished works are accepted. RMCC will select a composition from each category to receive a free recording of the winning composition and a feature on our YouTube channel. There is no fee to enter the RMCC Call for Compositions 2023.
Artist Studios Community Series
Deadline: June 14
The Artists Studios Community Series provides a welcoming virtual environment where artists feel comfortable showing and talking about their work, sharing information, and learning how to prepare for a studio visit and artist talk. Each workshop accommodates nine virtual studio visits followed by sharing resources on different aspects of being an independent artist. Each artist will be given five minutes to share their work along with five minutes to accept and answer comments and questions from other participants. You can also register for July 12, and August 9 sessions.
Vermont Studio Center Fellowships
Deadline: June 15
A variety of opportunities to stay at VSC. The standard VSC Fellowship: Eighteen fellowships for exceptional visual artists based on the merit of their work. Available for a 2-, 3-, or 4-week residency as best meets the needs of the artist. The Zeta Orionis Fellowship is a three-week fellowship for a women visual artist working in painting and/or with paint, who lives and works in the U.S. This award is based on merit. The Brian P. Kennedy Fellowship One two-week fellowship for a visual artist who is a painter and printmaker. This award is based on merit and is given in honor of VSC’s recent Interim Executive Director, Brian Kennedy, with gratitude for his dedication to VSC and its mission, and his commitment to supporting creative practice. Our residency includes a private room in a shared house, a private studio, meals, and access to the Visiting Artist and Visiting Writer Program. During every session there will be opportunities for residents to share their work through Resident Presentations and Open Studios.
Deadline: June 15
From February through November of each year, Stove Works’ Artist Residency invites eight artists to live/work for one to three months at a time. Applications before May 31 are 10$, the price goes up until June 15. Each resident will have a private studio/bedroom and bathroom; shared kitchen, living space, and laundry; 24-hour access to facilities, which include a metal shop, wood shop, print shop, common shop space, and a library. Each month we provide 2 opportunities for Residents to lead a 2-hr workshop. Workshops are organized prior to your Residency on a first response basis. You will be compensated: $100 honorarium for a public workshop and up to $250 to cover costs of materials. No Residency Fee! Stove Works’ Residency is free to attend once accepted. However, Residents are responsible for their travel, materials, and food/beverages during their stay.
Deadline: June 15
The Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir call for scores 2023 aims to highlight two new pieces of choral music. Composers of any age or nationality are welcome to submit compositions regardless of if they have received a prior performance or not. Both published and unpublished works are accepted. RMCC will select a composition from each category to receive a free recording of the winning composition and a feature on our YouTube channel.
Deadline: June 15
The Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery of Broward College in Davie, Florida is currently seeking proposals for the 2024-2025 exhibition season in our 1200 sq ft space. Group exhibitions and curatorial proposals are welcomed, as well as solo exhibition proposals.
Deadline: June 15
For this year’s edition, SiMN will happen in two moments: an online session from October 30 to November 01 (oral communications and round-tables) and an in-person session (concerts and workshops) in the city of Curitiba, Paraná. The SiMN is a biennial event held at Curitiba, Brazil, which aims to spread and to reflect on contemporary music and sound art practices. No fees. No age restriction. All free and open to the public. We aim to encourage artistic and research exchanges among the fields of composition, electroacoustic music, sound art, and experimental music, and between people from different parts of the world, with an emphasis in Latin America.
NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE: 2023 Call for Scores
Deadline: June 15
The upcoming season will celebrate the 44th anniversary of North/South Consonance’s advocacy efforts on behalf of music by living composers. North/South Consonance concerts and recordings feature music by composers from the Americas and the world embodying a wide spectrum of aesthetic views. Composers are invited to submit works for consideration in accordance with the following guidelines: All composers are eligible. Compositions submitted may be scored for any solo instrument, vocal soloists, Pierrot–like ensembles, string ensembles, and/or other mixed ensembles up to a maximum of 18 (eighteen) performers. Compositions employing percussion and/or electronic means are acceptable. A non-refundable registration/processing fee of $30 (US Dollars) per composition must accompany all submissions.
Monson Arts Fall Residencies 2023
Deadline: June 15
Monson Arts’ residency program supports emerging and established artists and writers by providing them time and space to devote to their creative practices. During each of our 2-week and 4-week programs throughout the year, a cohort of 5 artists and 5 writers are invited to immerse themselves in small town life at the edge of Maine’s North Woods and focus intensely on their work within a creative and inspiring environment. They receive a private studio, private bedroom in shared housing, all meals, and $1,000 stipend for 4-week programs or $500 for 2-week programs. There is a $25 application fee.
RUUKKU Call: Performing artistic research in music
Deadline: June 15
This issue of Ruukku examines the relations of artistic research with the performance and presentation of music: what kind of music performance practices does artistic research produce or enable? The theme of the issue examines the outreach of current music performance practices: what kind of audiences does artistic research in music attain? What kind of role does the audience take in this context? How does music affect different groups of people, or the environment, or society? Artistic research as an experimental, avant-garde artform opens up a wide range of possibilities for music to be presented or heard. The traditional concert setting, where the roles of the musicians and the audience are predetermined, can take on new forms through, for example, shared agency and approaches that critically examine human-centeredness. Medial, social, spatial, environmental, or technological experiments also open up possibilities for performing music.
INTERFILM 39 International Short Film Script Pitch
Deadline: June 15
Since 2013, with the Script Pitch, interfilm has been inviting the authors of innovative short films to Berlin to work on their screenplays and pitch them in a competition in front of an international jury after an intensive week of workshops and coaching. For the upcoming edition, interfilm is now looking for gripping, moving, funny or thought-provoking, but in any case original screenplays for short fiction and animation films up to 20 minutes in length. Eight writers / filmmakers will be invited to take part in the six-day script lab which will take place in October (online) and November (in Berlin), where they will work on their screenplays and presentation of their material. This is followed by the presentation of their projects at the Script Pitch in front of an international jury and professional audience.
Deadline: June 16
Mabou Mines’ performance initiative SUITE/Space provides artistic advisement, rehearsal space, stipend and public performances in our state-of-the-art, 99-seat theater to artists of color that share Mabou Mines’ commitment to breaking new ground in form and content. SUITE/Space is open to artists of color from historically underrepresented communities who show a commitment to experimentation and a collaborative creative process. Multimedia, music, dance, theater, and cross-disciplinary projects are accepted. Proposed projects should be at an advanced stage of development or performance ready.
Call Out Dancers, Solo/Duet Performances, Harriet Macauley InDance International, Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: June 16
Harriet Macauley InDance International is seeking Contemporary Dance Performance Solos and Duets with choreographic ideas on one or more of the KEY themes: Gender, Identity, Multimedia. Each Solo and Duet is Broadcast, Filmed and Streamed Online. Offered is a payment of 300 Euros as a contribution for your performance. The event is open to United Kingdom, Barcelona and International based performers.
Deadline: June 16
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival (SEAF) celebrates the world’s most boundary-pushing, mind-blowing animation. This annual festival is focused on supporting unique, experimental and diverse voices in the field of animation, with a lean toward off-the-wall humor and energy. We remain dedicated to the search for innovative storytelling and craft, and we are working to create meaningful connections across geographic and stylistic divides. The festival is fully In-Person in 2023 with screenings at a variety of theatre venues in Baltimore, Maryland. This year the festival will include multiple program of International animated short films, a Baltimore Showcase, a Young Audiences program, animator retrospectives, special screenings of independent feature films, workshops and more. For the Baltimore Showcase, submissions must be a film produced within 50 miles of Baltimore City to qualify. There is a $15 submission fee.
Deadline: June 18
The selected Artists-in-Residence will live and work on-site at the M.T. Liggett Art Environment for 4-6 weeks. They will be provided with a fully-furnished one-bedroom apartment located at the Visitors Center, which includes kitchen and laundry facilities. Artists will have access to the shared studio space downstairs, onsite tools and materials, and outdoor acreage to pursue their work and research. See our Facilities Guide for details. Artists will receive travel support* and an artist stipend of $250/week during their time in-residence for the 2023-2024 grant cycle. Residency funding is dependent on length of residency, grantmaking, and may fluctuate from year to year; we will offer details upon selection of resident artists.
Deadline: June 18
The European Short Film Festival of Nice, France was first launched in 2000. It has become over the years a central meeting point for young European creation in the field of short films. The Festival has also been able to anchor itself in the cultural landscape as a flagship event of the cinema season on the Côte d’Azur. Submissions are free.
First Street Gallery: Call for Art
Deadline: June 19
Seeking oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, prints, photography, mixed media, collage, assemblage, construction, and sculpture in any medium for a show with the theme “nocturne.” The word “nocturne”, meaning “night” is usually associated with musical composition: works that are dreamy and sonically melodic and meant to evoke feelings of quietude, serenity and solitude. As all of us on Planet Earth experience hours of darkness, most cultures have created such compositions. In the visual arts there are many works that are focused on experiences we might have, or scenes we might observe, in the hours from dusk to dawn. The fee is $40 for 1–3 works, $5 for each additional work, up to 6 works total.
Deadline: June 19
The Bryan Artist in Residence will have an opportunity to live and work in a home located right in the heart of Downtown Bryan generously donated by BCS Modern. This program allows the artist to spend their time creating, experimenting, and adding to their portfolio. The term of each residency is roughly one year, mid-August 2023 to mid-July 2024. The selected artist will live in a 1140 square foot apartment. Housing will include utilities (water, electricity, and internet). The artist will also receive a $3,000 stipend from The Arts Council to assist with groceries, fuel, and supply purchases, paid in full at the beginning of the residency. Any artist is eligible to apply. Applicants must be artists who concentrate in one of the following areas: 2-D Mixed Media, 3-D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital Media, Drawing, Fiber arts, Literature, Music, Painting, Poetry, Photography, Printmaking or Sculpture.
Navasota Artist in Residence, Fall 2023
Deadline: June 19
The City of Navasota and The Arts Council of Brazos Valley invite artists to apply for a residency in Navasota, Texas! The Artists in Residence will have an opportunity to live, work, and exhibit in the historic Horlock Home in Navasota, Texas, which includes living and studio space for each of the selected artists as well as a retail gallery space. The residency period will take place from early/mid-August 2023 to early/mid December 2023. Each artist will also receive a one-time $600 stipend at the beginning of the residency to assist with groceries, fuel, and supply purchases. Open to 2D and 3D digital and traditional artists.
NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Deadline: June 19
The exhibition was created in 1995 to give a voice to emerging artists. NO DEAD ARTISTS has become an exhibition that has time and again discovered new and emerging talent and is one of the most celebrated art exhibitions in the South. The exhibition’s name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. NO DEAD ARTISTS is an international open call for artists, open to living artists of all ages, emerging and established, working throughout the world. All mediums are accepted including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, design, glass, metalwork, photography, video, performance, mixed media and installation art. Entry fee is $35.
Arrowmont: National Juried Exhibition 2023
Deadline: June 23
For this national juried exhibition, we are looking for works that foster awareness and caring for the environment, advocate for climate action, seek climate justice, or inspire sustainability. As the earth continues to warm, the hazards we face increase; weather extremes, food and water insecurities, pandemics, even allergy season is lengthened and intensified. Collective action is needed. How can art make a difference with such a monumental undertaking? Submissions are not limited to work that deals only topically with climate change but work created in studio practices that work in harmony with the environment will also be considered. Please submit up to three pieces completed within the past five years and a short statement about the work and/or process for consideration. All media considered, including book arts, ceramics, drawing, fiber, glass, metal, painting, photography, printmaking, wood, mixed media, video, and installations. If a piece contains an electronic component, the artist must indicate if they can provide the necessary technological equipment for installation. Accepted work must be available to be on display for the duration of the exhibition. The entry fee is $25 for three works.
Utah Valley University Engineering – Utah Public Art
Deadline: June 23
Professional artist and artist teams are invited to submit letters of interest and qualifications for the creation of site-specific artwork(s) at the Utah Valley University Scott M. Smith Engineering and Technology Building. Utah artists and artists of historically underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply. $166,000 is available for all related expenses of this Public Art commission(s) including (but not limited to) artist fees, fabrication, insurance, shipping, travel, installation, documentation, etc.
2023 “Carlos Guastavino” International Composition Competition
Deadline: June 25
SONUS International Music Festival, Inc. (SONUS-IMF) invites entries to the 2023 “Carlos Guastavino” International Composition Competition. The purpose of the competition is to encourage the creation of musical works inspired by folk or national traditions from around the world, while upholding the high standards of musical composition sustained by Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000). There is a fee of $25.00 USD per submission.
Lincoln Center: 2023 Contemporary Art Survey
Deadline: June 26
The Fort Collins Lincoln Center invites visual artists residing in the US to enter our national juried Annual Contemporary Art Survey with Guest Juror to be announced. The exhibition is an open call to artists working in all media and reflects the artists’ capacity to consider the wide world of issues, objects, imagery and ideas to tell stories through art. We are seeking works in all media and genres that together will present a survey of contemporary art in America. Representational, abstract and conceptual work will be considered.
Deadline: June 28
It’s that time of year again – the quest to cover our elevator doors with amazing, uplifting art. So please join us and join in and submit your work to ‘Elevate!’ There’s no specific theme – all we ask is you submit a piece of incredible original art – a favorite from your archive or something new that’s just finished. Any medium can be used for the original artwork – photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, collage, digital, or anything in between – and we will require a high res. image to print the winning selections. Each artist will receive a $250 stipend and acknowledgment with contact information at the site of the installation. There is a $20 submission fee for the first entry/$5 for each additional entry.
Deadline: June 30
Through this grant opportunity, BOPA grants funds to qualified artists and arts and cultural organizations based in Baltimore City. The Creative Baltimore Fund is a grant made annually by the City of Baltimore. The annual allocation from the City’s general fund is administered by the Baltimore City Arts Council. The Mayor’s Individual Artist Award – Project/ Practice Support (PS) provides support for artists individual practice or program that promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and/or cultural programming in our community. Application opens June 5.
Holy Family University Art Gallery: One Month Solo Shows
Deadline: June 30
Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, is reviewing work for the 2023-2024 academic year. To propose work for a solo exhibition in the Holy Family University Art Gallery, please submit via email to pflynn12@holyfamily.edu the following: six jpeg images, numbered image list that corresponds with the jpegs, resume, and artist statement.
Alter Ego Avant Garde Theatre festival: Call for Entry
Deadline: June 30
The International Theatre Festival “Alter Ego” is organized by Theatre-Studio 4xC and is an attempt to create a meeting space for artists, whose creative searches lie in the field of the so-called “alternative theatre” – a concept so forced and empty in content that it naturally leads to the question: Alternative theatre – an alternative of what? This is the topic of the two discussions that will take place during the festival, in which artists and drama specialists from different countries are invited to participate. Alter Ego’s program includes several performances, that stand out with their bold experimental search for avant-garde theatre. We invite you to apply for your performance in this year’s edition of the festival.
Infecting the City Public Art Festival 2023
Deadline: June 30
The longest-running public art festival in South Africa, Infecting the City (ITC) brings performance and visual art out of theatres and galleries, into the streets and public spaces of Cape Town. ITC reimagines public space as stages, showcasing an array of art forms, and creating a platform for artworks relevant to the people that populate these spaces. The theme for the 2023 ITC is political and social activism. Recognising the need for social, political and economic transformation as urgent, the festival will feature art that engages with the most pressing issues in South Africa at the moment. Applicants may apply as activists, artists, or both.
Deadline: June 30
Our mission is to provide a stimulating, rigorous, and contemplative environment in which talented and committed artists benefit from a large studio workspace and the support of a vital creative surrounding community. Studio space is still critical to the practices of the overwhelming majority of artists but remains at a premium, especially in the New Jersey and New York tri-state area; a residency at Monira facilitates continued production and helps strengthen professional and intellectual bonds among diverse individuals. Each space comes equipped with a sink and basic studio equipment like a work table and chairs. The spaces are adaptable to artists’ needs with ample natural light, multiple electrical outlets, and internet access. There is also a shared kitchen space onsite. Each cycle residents are given a stipend for providing a public program and fully participating in the residency. The stipend amount for the 2023-24 cycle is $1000. There is a $15 fee for each application.
Martin Duberman Visiting Fellowship
Deadline: June 30
The Martin Duberman Visiting Scholar program at The New York Public Library promotes excellence in LGBTQ studies by supporting scholars engaged in original, archivally-based research. The fellowship is open to established and emerging scholars, both academics and independent scholars. The selected scholar will receive $25,000 to fund their research at the Library. They will be expected to utilize the LGBTQ collections at NYPL, though it is not expected they confine themselves to those collections.
Deadline: June 30
The Laura Patricia Calle Grant is designed to honor our dear friend Laura Patricia Calle’s life, hard work, and immeasurable passion for equality for all people and the manifestation of diverse cultural expression in our public spaces. For the 6th annual grant, we invite artists and art collectives to present proposals for a mural to be painted in the Metro Atlanta region (as defined by Atlanta Regional Commission). The mural should inform and promote awareness on the subject(s) of: Social Equality, Feminism, Immigrants’ Rights, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Cultural Diversity. This $20,000 grant is all-inclusive, meaning that the awardee is expected to lead the entirety of the mural production, including but not limited to securing a permanent wall location, covering artist fees, hiring assistants and media teams, and acquiring materials and equipment. Living Walls is available to provide support, but the selected project is expected to be artist-led.
Deadline: June 30
The Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) requests applications from qualified artists and District nonprofit art galleries or organizations for its Fiscal Year 2024 Art Bank Program. Award amounts vary but eligible applicants can be awarded up to $15,000 for individuals and up to $20,000 for nonprofit art galleries or organizations. Artists must have been a resident of DC or the surrounding area for at least a year.
CUE Open Call for Artist and Curators
Deadline: June 30
CUE’s annual open call provides emerging and underrepresented artists and curators the opportunity and necessary resources to realize an exhibition at CUE’s storefront gallery space on West 25th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Each year, the open call awards three opportunities for solo exhibitions and one opportunity to organize a curatorial group show at CUE. Awardees are each paired with a mentor, an established artist or curator who works with them throughout the process of planning and installing the exhibition. CUE provides a generous honorarium to each awardee, as well as a budget for transport of artwork and materials for on-site installation of the works in the show.
Vox Novus 60×60 Call for Works
Deadline: June 30
Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in this special edition of the 60×60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert. After a long hiatus, founder and creator Robert Voisey was inspired by the continuous dedication of Slippery Rock University to 60×60 Dance. This call for works is dedicated and created specifically for a new 60×60 mix for a multimedia dance performance at Slippery Rock University. 60×60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by 60 different composers, each piece a minute in length or shorter. Highlighting the work of a great many composers, 60×60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by present a diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today.
Strange Figurations: Call for Art
Deadline: June 30
SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 7 – 30, 2023. This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered. The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. There is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital JPG image files. There is a $5.00 fee for each additional artwork above four. Details of 2D artwork count as an additional artwork. Sculptors may provide one additional view per artwork without cost.
Artscape: Call for Art, Art Market, and Performers
Deadline: July 1
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is excited to bring back Artscape for its 38th year after a three-year hiatus! The beloved Baltimore arts festival is where art lovers, families, and tourists come together to celebrate art, culture, and performance! Artscape is proud to showcase artists and makers, live concerts, visual arts experiences, performing arts, fashion designers, kid-focused activities, film, experimental music, comedy, literary arts programming and culinary delights. Performing artists and collectives including but not limited to genres in dance, theater, magic, music, fashion, storytelling, and spoken-word poetry will be considered. Artists may submit to the art market, the gallery exhibition, and/or the literary arts and prints fair. Most applications are free, but the art market has a 50$ submission fee.
New Work Grant & One Work Publication
Deadline: July 3
Our NEW WORK program is a mini-grant initiative that provides support for the production of new artwork. We aim to support professional artists at all career stages who are not currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs, regardless of their location. The program runs twice a year, offering a $1000 mini-grant to individual artists or artist collectives. The grant is intended to fund a project that can be completed within the next 12 months. We welcome submissions that explore innovative ideas and push the boundaries of traditional art practices, with a particular interest in self-contained, conceptual-based projects. The ONE WORK publishing program is dedicated to a critical dialogue that focuses on one specific completed work by an artist for our monthly online publication. We are interested in highlighting various conceptual-based works that approach contemporary issues in a new and exciting way and represent the diverse voices and populations of the world. For this program we welcome artist submissions of work that has been completed in the past 2 years. There is a 10$ application fee.
The Cutting Edge – A Contemporary Glass Exhibition
Deadline: July 7
For thousands of years, the incandescent medium of glass has been transformative for society. Today, artisans continue to provide humankind with an awareness of this marvelous form of art through experimental methods. Artists who have created work using any of the following are encouraged to apply: blowing, cold-working, copper foil, flame-working, fusing, hot-sculpting, kiln-casting, leading, pâté-de-verre, slumping and more. There is a $25 submission fee.
The Banana Factory Arts Center: Call for Solo and Group Exhibitions
Deadline: December 31, 2023
The Banana Factory Arts Center in Bethlehem, PA is now accepting solo & group exhibition proposals on a rolling basis for exhibitions in 2022 & 2023. Information on eligibility, selection criteria, guidelines, and exhibition policies are included on the application forms on our website.
Rolling deadline opportunities
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.
Interview & One Month Solo Exhibition
Deadline: Rolling
Open to artists over 18 working in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed media. Selection will be made from jpegs or a link to personal website. Selected artist will have a one month on-line artist interview or exhibition on the NYC Phoenix Art Collective website.
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist-In-Residence
Deadline: Rolling
Located at the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, the Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers, and visual artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the Refuge’s inspiring landscape and wildlife. Selected artists stay on the Refuge in bunk-style dorm housing for two- to four-weeks during which they perform their research, participate in the daily and seasonal activities of park rangers, such as monitoring wildlife, and hold two public outreach programs. Artists are required to plan and host two programs open to the public (approx. 45-min each). Programming may include a combination of presentations, demonstrations, workshops, exploratory walks, performances, or meet and greets.
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.
SmackMellon Solo Exhibition Proposals
Deadline: Rolling
Smack Mellon welcomes proposals from emerging and underrecognized mid-career artists. Proposals will be considered for both Gallery One (the larger front space) and Gallery Two (the smaller back space). For Gallery One we encourage site-specific projects and installations that respond to the unusual architecture of the space. Only artists who do not have commercial gallery representation in New York City will be considered. We accept exhibition proposals on a rolling basis, reviewing submissions periodically through the year. We will be considering submissions for 2024 and later.
Ground Works: General Call for Submissions
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: Rolling
Grants for Artists funds are intended to encourage artistic growth and sustained practice. Common expenses include but are not limited to: administrative costs, consultant fees, contractual services, daycare services, entry fees, equipment rental, exhibition costs, financial tools or planning, food, housing, insurance, studio or workspace costs, materials and supplies, marketing costs, medical costs, payment to technical crews, fabricators, or collaborators, professional memberships, performance costs, production costs, student loans, submission fees for grant or residency applications, travel and transportation, utilities, and website development. Open to Maryland residents (owning or renting residential real property in Maryland at the time of application submission and throughout the funded project or program) and must be 18 years of age or older.
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: rolling
Announcing a new gallery space at YAC dedicated to local and regional artists. While our newly renovated gallery G115 will focus on national and international exhibitions, our “family room” aka former gallery space and now called The Circle Gallery will focus on representing regional artists (artists working within a 60 mile radius of Frederick, MD) to spotlight the massive talent in our area. Feel free to submit applications for a solo, two-person or group / thematic show in 2023. Guest Curators welcome. Proposals should be directly sent to gallery115@frederickymca.org. Please include approximately 10 works (or select works that fill the space) work details, biography, cv and website info all within a single PDF document.
Danville River District Art Flats: Residency
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: Rolling
Bucknell University Ekard Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: rolling
The Ekard Artist-in-Residence program at Bucknell University was created to support the creative learning experiences of our students through innovative interactions with practicing artists. Selected artists actively share their own studio methods and processes through master classes, presentations, workshops, studio visits, pop-up exhibitions, installations, or other experiences with students on our residential campus in Lewisburg, PA. Artists are selected through a combination of invitation and proposal-based applications. We are especially interested in activities that will enhance–and may be integrated into–the studio art courses offered in our department.
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.
Deadline: rolling
Radar Sofia is announcing an open call for artists for three fully-funded residencies in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2022 under its year-long programme Distance and Resistance. Radar Sofia is a small artist-run organization that functions as a residency space, a production house and a platform for development of new dramaturgy. The residency period may vary between one and four weeks. The space is designed mainly for writers, special preference is given to dramaturgy and performing arts. Filmmakers, visual and interdisciplinary artists who don’t need a huge studio for their work can also apply to stay with us.
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 Professional Development Opportunity Grant assists artists and arts organizations to implement best practices by embracing growth, learning, and discovery for economic sustainability.
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.
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
Artfare allows artists to present their work to a broad audience and connect with patrons both digitally and in person through studio visits, exhibitions and events. Using our iPhone app, artists can also discover and communicate with other artists and curators, and work together to independently organize exhibitions and events. We started out in New York in early 2019 and are currently accepting submissions from U.S. based artists.
Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism
Deadline: rolling
The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000. In an effort to be responsive to an ever-fluctuating news cycle, artists and artist-journalist teams can apply to ECFJ for support of their work on a rolling basis. ECFJ supports a variety of work, including: text, photography, audio and video. Artists and artist-journalist teams with longer-term, research-intensive projects are also 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.
Maryland State Arts Council – Creativity Grants
Deadline: rolling
Creativity Grants for Projects strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations and provide opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. Intended to support specific arts projects, events, or programs, this option is available for independent artists, as well as organizations. Each application should focus on a proposal for one specific project or program. Applicants must be an Independent Artist, or an arts-related organization in operation for one year or more and within grant income requirements, and identify a specific event, activity or project to occur within the applicable time frame. Funding amount is $1000 – $3500.
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
Alper Initiative for Washington Art (AIWA)
Deadline: Rolling