The Maryland State Arts Council Online Resource Bulletin
The MSAC online Resource Bulletin is maintained by the Maryland Art Place, and includes local, regional, and national opportunities, calls for artists, grants, and vendor opportunities. The Resource Bulletin is updated on a weekly basis and is categorized by deadline date. If you have information that you wish to have included in the Resource Bulletin, please send it to Caitlin Gill at [email protected].
This page contains links to opportunities offered by entities other than the State of Maryland. MSAC is not responsible for the content or availability of any external site. Questions about any of these opportunities should be directed to the entity offering the opportunity.
To see a list of funding and programs offered by MSAC, click here.
From County Arts Agencies
The Harford County Cultural Arts Board, the Harford County Public Library, Ashley Addiction Treatment, and the Harford Artists Association invite artists to submit work for a community art exhibition The Art of Healing. Recovery is deeply personal and not a one-size-fits-all, and we recognize that creativity can be an important part of the healing journey.
ACAAC’s Mini Grants support nonprofits and community-led arts initiatives that deliver meaningful community impact. Partnerships are highly encouraged, and a 1:1 cash match is required.
Following its successful 2025 premiere, Art in Motion is back again to offer residents and visitors an exhibition exploring the intersection of creativity and mobility. Sponsored by Talbot Thrive, Art in Motion is a juried art exhibition featuring work by area artists that celebrates movement, community, and the outdoors.
Art in Motion will take place July 10-19, 2026, in Easton, MD, to coincide with the town’s celebrated Plein Air Festival. Intended as a complement to this well-respected landscape competition, Art in Motion will showcase work that focuses on human mobility or that in some way expresses, references, or incorporates movement.
Work will be considered across disciplines, including paintings, photographs, fabric art, mobiles, sculptures, and mixed media. Pieces may be narrative or abstract and may incorporate elements that enable human mobility, such as compositions with bicycle parts. We encourage artists to be adventurous in their interpretation of movement.
The Arts Angels Scholarships application period will be open May 1 - June 15, 2026 for the project period of June 1 - August 31, 2026. Organizations offering summer art-programming for youth can apply up to $1,200 to help offset the costs of summer art programs for youth demonstrating financial need.
Talbot Arts invites non-profit organizations and programs to apply for grants through the Community Arts Development (CAD) Program, which funds arts activities that benefit Talbot County. We are dedicated to ensuring that our marketing efforts, applications, review process, and awarded funds uphold our principles of diversity, equity, and accessibility. Our goal is to engage all members of the community through targeted outreach. We have simplified the application process, provided easily accessible support, and implemented transparent evaluations to promote a fair and equitable distribution of resources within our community.
The Arts Council seeks artwork to use for its new utility/traffic box program
The Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art is one of the signature events of the Allegany Arts Council, celebrating contemporary art in a variety of mediums. More than 25 years since its inception, the show continues to stretch the boundaries of contemporary art that reflect the issues that shape our world. The 26th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art, which will take place at the Allegany Museum Gallery located in Cumberland, Maryland, from August 29 to September 6, 2026. This juried exhibition celebrates talented and innovative artists whose work is contemporary, thoughtful, and uniquely portrays the world in which we live. This competition offers more than $5000 in prizes. Artists of all mediums and genres are encouraged to apply.
ACAAC’s Mini Grants support nonprofits and community-led arts initiatives that deliver meaningful community impact. Partnerships are highly encouraged, and a 1:1 cash match is required.
To be the Featured Artist for a monthly exhibit in 2027 at the Cecil County Arts Council, please submit a proposal by email or snail mail.
Send proposals to:
OR
Visual Arts Committee
Cecil County Arts Council
135 E. Main Street
Elkton, MD 21921
Arts in Education Grant from Harford County Cultural Arts Board supports high-quality arts experiences for Pre-K through 12th grade audiences, or other institutional or targeted settings for any age underserved population, in Harford County.
What activities can Arts in Education grants funds support?
- High-quality arts experiences for Pre-K through 12th grade audiences, or other institutional or targeted settings for any age underserved population
- These are usually Artists in Residence or Visiting Performances within a school, government facility, or community-based nonprofit setting.
- Artists in Residence: bring a teaching artist on-site to work with students within your setting over a defined period of time
- Visiting Performers: arts performances and/or one-time workshops
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The Baltimore Mural Program through the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts invites all artists who can envision the big picture to apply for inclusion in the city's Muralist Registry. Community representatives use the registry when choosing artists to design and paint city-commissioned murals in their neighborhoods.
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Caroline County Council of Arts (CCCA) is accepting applications for its Artist in Residence programs, of which there are a few options to apply. Chosen artists will have the opportunity to utilize the studio space at the Foundry in Denton, MD.
CCCA is looking for Artists, hobbyists, and instructors of all skill levels are encouraged to apply, helping them provide fun, enriching arts experiences at the Foundry and other locations in 2024. An approach of positivity, patience and kindness is a must.
Carroll County Arts Council is searching for artists to exhibit in their two galleries.
The purpose of these grants is to support bringing Maryland artists and performers into the public schools for residencies, workshops, assembly performances, Master Classes, etc. Applications are accepted on an on-going basis. Performer/Artist rosters can be found at Maryland State Arts Council, Class Acts Arts or Young Audiences of Maryland. Arts in Education funding applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
This fund is for arts programming and residencies that encourage active community participation. Applicants must be located within Cecil County. One grant per year per organization is our usual policy (special circumstances may warrant a departure from this position). Deadline is the 1st of Every Month
The Arts in Education Program is designed to promote, strengthen, and enhance the arts and arts education in Cecil County’s elementary and secondary schools and other community settings.
The Frederick Arts Council has an annual arts in education fund from which it awards matching grants to schools and other educational entities. The purpose of these grants is to enable teachers and program specialists to enhance their arts curricula by drawing upon the talents of artists and arts organizations in our community.
Talbot Arts invites organizations and schools that sponsor qualifying arts activities in Talbot County to apply for a mini-grant to support arts-related purposes and programs. Organizations and schools can receive between $100 and $500 for a project.
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Project RestART is an initiative geared to supporting and sustaining Baltimore’s cultural economy through an equitable lens. This four part program hires, trains, sponsors and provides opportunities for black creatives, as a means of restarting the black creative economy post Covid.
The CalvART Gallery is seeking emerging and established artists to showcase. Local artists from the tri-county Southern Maryland area are encouraged to apply to display at the gallery. The gallery is a juried gallery and seeks diversity in artwork and membership and has removed the requirement to volunteer to promote greater availability to working artists. While volunteering is not required, volunteering to the extent you are able with the Arts Council is encouraged and welcomed.
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The Washington County Arts Council is currently accepting show proposals for 2025. To submit, please email a proposal with the required materials outlined on Washington County Arts Council website.
Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. They also welcome proposals from curators and arts organizations.
The Frederick Arts Council provides visual art scholarships in memory of our passed Board President, Michael Campagnoli, as well as local artist Brittany Shiben, an opportunity established by her loving family and friends. Scholarships are combined to award to visual art students K-12, seeking visual arts instruction in a group or individualized setting. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis until the budget is exhausted, and the program reopens upon related donations.
The Mini-Grant Program is for grant requests between $100 and $500 for organizations, schools, and artists that sponsor qualifying arts activities.
The Creative Howard grant program strengthens the vitality of the Howard County arts community and recognizes the role of small nonprofit arts organizations and arts businesses in Howard County’s creative ecosystem. Creative Howard supports eligible activities of small arts organizations with grants up to $2,500. There is no matching fund requirement for Creative Howard grants, and this is a great place for first-time grantees to start applying for funding.
GCAC Board Member and local photographer William “Bill” Hentosh has established an annual scholarship to benefit Garrett County high school students.
These grants are designed to provide financial support to non-profit organizations or individual artists seeking creative, professional development or presenting specific, arts related events, activities, or project
The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County’s Teaching Artist Directory is designed to put the world of the arts at the fingertips of program directors as they apply for their school's or organizations Residency and Auditorium Grants. This directory is a great resource for all schools throughout Anne Arundel County to see the variety of vibrant teaching artists from the visual, performing, historic, and literary arts, as well as community groups looking for quality arts programming. If you would like to be included in our Teaching Artist Directory.
The Frederick Arts Council has an annual arts in education fund from which it awards matching grants to schools and other educational entities. The purpose of these grants is to enable teachers and program specialists to enhance their arts curricula by drawing upon the talents of artists and arts organizations in our community.
Caroline County Council of Arts is pleased to offer Community Arts Development (CAD) Mini-Grants, in amounts up to $1,000.00. This program is intended to provide financial assistance to Caroline County artists, businesses, non-profit organizations and local government agencies offering special arts activities, and to support cultural programs in Caroline County.
The Artist in Residence Program allows for an artist have a semi-private studio within the larger, shared space of the West Main Street Gallery. This program is offered to any visual artist, writer, or musician member of the Somerset County Arts Council. All, Artist in Residence (AIR) participants must be a current member of Somerset County Arts Council. Residencies will be offered for a period of 6 months and can renewed.
The Arts Council of Calvert County offers up to a $500 Arts in Education grant to qualified arts-related teachers in Calvert County. These grants are to support artistic presentations that further the cultural arts development of students in state-chartered public and private schools located in Calvert County, MD. Schools across Calvert County benefit from this program which provides funds to help teachers in art, music, theater, and dance create educational opportunities for their students by bringing the arts and artists to their classroom.
The Arts Council of Calvert County’s Community grant program is intended for certified nonprofit organizations who wish to present an arts-related event in Calvert County.
It is the vision of the Kent Cultural Alliance to put the arts to work creating opportunities for engagement, education, and connection across Kent County.
PROJECT GRANTS are reviewed by a small committee on a rolling basis until funds are depleted. KCA will limit Project Grants to one per organization, per year, as funding allows.
Located in the heart of downtown Easton, opposite the Avalon Theatre, TRA Gallery provides an exhibit venue and workspace for independent visual artists in Talbot County. The space is available to independent visual artists free of charge for one month for an artist or a group of two to exhibit their work. To apply, artists need to complete an online application available. A committee selected by Talbot Arts and Dock Street will choose the artists. Selected artists must commit to opening the gallery 20 hours a week, maintaining the space, and managing their business transactions. Complete details are listed below. The TRA Gallery is currently scheduled for art exhibitions through December, 2025. We are now accepting applications for January 1 through December 31, 2026.
This grant opportunity is for registered nonprofit organizations presenting arts programs or projects in St. Mary's County or for the benefit of St. Mary's County citizens. All funded programs and projects must be open to the public and must meet specific eligibility criteria.
QAC Centre for the Arts welcomes grant applications under the Community Arts Development (CAD) Program for arts activities. CAD Grants support access to the arts for all. We have a special interest in bringing the arts to underserved communities, including people in healthcare settings, seniors, racial/ethnic minority groups, the economically disadvantaged and those with special needs.
The Arts Council invites Arts-in-Education (AiE) Grant applications for the coming academic year from public and private schools in Queen Anne’s County. This packet includes grant criteria, eligibility requirements, and the application form. To apply for AiE funds, complete and submit the application by May 1st.
High school seniors planning to continue their education in the arts have an opportunity to apply for scholarship funds through the Queen Anne’s County Arts Council. These awards are available to students who will be attending college full-time in one of the following fine arts disciplines: visual arts, music, dance or drama.
Around Maryland
For our nation’s semiquincentennial, we invite artists to create work reflecting on their personal experiences as Americans as well as how they engage with the histories of their communities and families, and their hopes for the future. Artwork submitted to this exhibition will be reviewed by a panel who will curate an exhibition that reflects, celebrates, and maybe even reimagines what it means to be an American during the time of our 250th anniversary.
In honor of the 10-year anniversary* of the murder of 1st Lt. Richard W. Collins III, the Bowie State University-University of Maryland Social Justice Alliance invites students, artists, faculty, staff, and community members to submit original artwork for a commemorative, community centered exhibition at the STAMP Gallery. The exhibit is also inspired by "Rich with Love: A Mini-Documentary on 1st Lt. Richard W. Collins III."
This call seeks to honor Lt. Collins’ life, legacy, and humanity while creating space for collective reflection on love, loss, justice, belonging, and remembrance. Too often, acts of racial violence reduce individuals to headlines, statistics, or symbols. This exhibition asks artists to resist that erasure by centering the fullness of life, memory, and connection.
Submissions are now open for the 2026 New Next Film Festival, a four-day celebration of bold, original cinema held October 1–4, 2026 at Baltimore’s historic Charles Theatre. Produced by Baltimore Public Media and curated by Eric Allen Hatch, former Director of Programming for the Maryland Film Festival from 2007–2018, New Next continues its commitment to championing innovative voices across all genres.
New Next Film Festival prioritizes discovery, curation, and the communal experience of film. Selected films will screen as Maryland premieres, and the festival encourages submissions from filmmakers pushing creative boundaries in both feature-length and short-form work.
There is a moment in making where curiosity outpaces caution. Where the hand moves before the mind can second-guess it. At Play is an open call for artists working from that place. Not toward a destination, but inside a process. Making the way children do, without asking why. At Play invites submissions that emerge from states of experimentation, wonder, and freedom from outcome. No medium restrictions. No right answer. Just the work that happened when you stopped performing and started playing.
Baltimore Clayworks is pleased to announce a call for entries for Shino Odyssey. Shino is a juried exhibition celebrating the depth and diversity of Shino glazes. This exhibition invites artists to explore and showcase the vast possibilities of Shino, a glaze family known for its remarkable sensitivity to clay body, application, kiln atmosphere, and firing duration. All interpretations of Shino glaze are encouraged. Selected artwork will be exhibited in our gallery and available for purchase.
As part of the Chesapeake Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Past & Future honors the artists, stories, and creative vision that have shaped CAC over the past quarter century—while looking ahead to the next generation of artistic expression.
This special anniversary exhibition brings together past CAC artists working in a wide range of disciplines, including oil, photography, ceramics, woodworking, textiles, mixed media, watercolor, and acrylic. These works reflect the depth, diversity, and lasting impact of the artistic community that has grown alongside CAC since its founding in 2001.
As part of the Chesapeake Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Past & Future honors the artists, stories, and creative vision that have shaped CAC over the past quarter century—while looking ahead to the next generation of artistic expression.
This special anniversary exhibition brings together past CAC artists working in a wide range of disciplines, including oil, photography, ceramics, woodworking, textiles, mixed media, watercolor, and acrylic. These works reflect the depth, diversity, and lasting impact of the artistic community that has grown alongside CAC since its founding in 2001.
The Friends of Blackwater (FOB) are hosting a digital photo contest from May 1, 2026 through May 29, 2026 to showcase Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and raise funds for Refuge projects. Visitors are invited to submit photos taken between January 1, 2025 and May 29, 2026, in Refuge areas open to the public, which includes the Wildlife Drive, Marsh Edge Trail, Woods Trail, Tubman Road Trail, paddling trails, the Visitor Center butterfly garden, Key Wallace Drive (bridge area), and Refuge property along Maple Dam Road, as well as the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center Legacy Garden.
Gibbs Street Resident Artists 2026-2027: Free, Open Call 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 ($500 a month). Gibbs Street Artists in Residence present their work in culminating solo exhibitions.
Color is a fundamental element of artistic expression that transcends language and culture. The psychology of color empowers artists to convey emotion, energy, and meaning. Artists use this invaluable tool to create an atmosphere, direct the viewer’s eye, and make a lasting impact. The Power of Color is an open call for artists who aren’t afraid to let color do the heavy lifting. Show us work where color isn’t just present, it’s the point.
The Maryland Music Educators Association seeks Session Proposals and Performance Applications for both the Fall In-Service Conference and the Annual State Conference during the 2026-2027 academic year.
The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests exhibition proposals from artists, organizations, and curators for the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery, and Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2027. Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries’ mission is to showcase the work of a diverse array of visual artists whose practices span a range of cultures, techniques, and viewpoints, including resident artists at Glen Echo Park and artists from the greater Washington, DC area. The Partnership Galleries exhibit compelling work by artists who represent the diversity of our region, and who work in a wide range of artistic mediums.
Printmaking is a dynamic and versatile form of artistic expression that bridges tradition and innovation. It allows artists to explore repetition, texture, and process while communicating powerful ideas and imagery. Through various techniques, printmakers harness the potential of line, form, and surface to captivate the viewer’s eye and convey meaning. The process-driven nature of printmaking invites exploration and innovation, making it a rich medium for storytelling, experimentation, and reimagining visual language. We invite artists working in traditional, contemporary, or hybrid forms of printmaking to submit works that demonstrate the transformative potential of this enduring art form.
For more than 20 years, the Delaplaine’s Over 70 Show has showcased artworks by artists age 70 and up during the month of August. The Over 70 Show continues to grow, with hundreds of artists from throughout the region submitting their artworks in recent years.
Artists of all skill levels, age 70 or older, are invited to submit one work of art in any medium. The exhibition showcases a wide range of styles, techniques, and interests. The first 100 submitted artworks submitted will be accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation email by the artwork drop-off dates, please contact us to verify your submission.
From the oceans surrounding it to the mountains dividing it, the Americas are home to some of the world’s most powerful and striking landscapes. From the Canadian glaciers to the Grand Canyon, to the beaches of Brazil, to the moai in Chile, all have striking natural and man-made features that inspire artists. Whether urban, rural, or suburban, whether it’s a landscape you see each morning, or your dream travel destination, show us the landscapes of the Americas through your artwork.
Life in Baltimore welcomes artists across disciplines. Documentary, conceptual, narrative, abstract, and experimental approaches are all encouraged. The exhibition is intentionally broad in theme, allowing artists to interpret “life” through personal, political, social, or poetic lenses.
Baltimore Clayworks Clay Biennial is a national juried exhibition presented in conjunction with the 61st Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), that celebrates the vitality, diversity, and evolving language of contemporary ceramics. Open to ceramic artists working in all styles, techniques, and conceptual approaches, the exhibition seeks work that reflects both technical excellence and compelling artistic vision. Functional, sculptural, installation-based, and experimental works are all welcome.
The museum offers a limited number of studios for rent to independent artists. Six studios are located within the museum administrative wing and in two outbuildings (a modern barn and a historic barn). Each studio is unique and offers different amenities; all have free wifi, and opportunities for sales in the museum’s gift shop.
The Meeting House Gallery at The Oakland Mills Interfaith Center is accepting applications for future exhibits. Artwork in all media and styles which can be hung, including wall sculptures, is acceptable. The gallery is large, has very good lighting, and has two display cases for three-dimensional work. Between congregational services, a nursery school, meetings, private parties, and other events, more than 3,000 people visit our building each week.
Annmarie Garden is accepting proposals for the exhibition of outdoor works in our beautiful sculpture garden located in Southern Maryland. Environmental Art & Site Specific Installations - Artists who create site-specific installations are encouraged to submit proposals, and may want to consider applying to our Artist-in-Residence program. Financial considerations will vary depending on the project. An honorarium, will be awarded to accepted artists.
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.
Maryland Hall is looking for an exhibition to be shown in the Chaney and Martino Galleries. Please note gallery shows are planned 6-18 months in advance and submissions are subject to approval.
Busboys and Poets are accepting art submissions for their Columbia, MD and all locations. Artwork is reviewed for display at their locations year-round, in the order submissions are received. Preference will be given to local artists with a large body of work.
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Love Groove Festival is searching for artists, musicians, vendors and more to participate in their upcoming soul-stirring, music and arts festival based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Gallery Unicorn seeks applications from artists for individual or joint exhibitions at Gallery Unicorn, Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD, 21093. Gallery Unicorn is the rotating, year-round display of art on the walls of the sanctuary at Towson Unitarian Universality Church (TUUC), featuring painters, photographers, collage makers and more, both from TUUC and beyond. Artists working in any media that can be wall hung are invited to propose a show. Artists interested in showing their work are required to submit to Gallery Unicorn a completed application.
The City of Frederick’s Art in City Hall program is administered by the Office of the Mayor, Department of Arts and Culture. The program presents rotating exhibitions throughout the year, providing opportunities for the public to view artwork from the City’s collection as well from local arts and culture organizations, non-profits, schools, libraries, and other community groups in the public areas of City Hall. The Office of the Mayor is committed to highlighting historically underrepresented communities. Exhibitions are open and free for the public and visitors and displayed for a period of one to three months.
The Arts in Education Grant program is in place to enhance arts experiences for youth and other underserved populations in Harford County by utilizing the talents, skills, and creativity of Maryland-based professional teaching artists.
The Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education offers a variety of scholarships and awards based on merit and/or need for incoming freshman or existing students.
The France-Merrick Foundation concentrates its grant-making within the State of Maryland and primarily within the greater Baltimore area. Applicants must be a non-profit organization holding 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Code.
The Foundation favors one-time, project-oriented requests which have defined beginnings and endings, as opposed to annual giving or ongoing operational support.
Sandy Spring Museum will have a resident artist studio available for rent starting 7/1/25. The museum offers a limited number of studios for rent to independent artists. Six studios are located within the museum administrative wing and in two outbuildings (a modern barn and a historic barn).
Sandy Spring Museum is now accepting proposals for 2026 exhibitions. Sandy Spring Museum connects diverse communities and advances social equity through shared an inspiring experience of our region’s cultural heritage. We are dedicated to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, especially those working within the traditions of folklore and community storytelling.
Poets of all ages and locations interested in being a Guest Poet on the show should email Joy Alford with a few samples of their writing.
Established in 2018, Gallery Blue Door is a boutique contemporary fine art gallery in Mount Vernon - The Cultural District and heart of Baltimore. They primarily highlight emerging and established artists, and regularly exhibit work from regional and East Coast artists, but are expanding their reach. They are looking for artists that are career artists or those who are striving for that.
As a primary focus, Cotyledon aims to present works that center the topics of the natural environment and sustainability. Cotyledon welcomes proposals from practicing artists and guest curators. Cotyledon Arts encourages artists to submit proposals whose groundwork may not necessarily come from an academic artist background. The gallery encourages proposals from BIPOC, women, and nonbinary artists.
Gormley Gallery accepts proposals for solo and group exhibitions, as well as curatorial proposals, on a rolling basis. We are currently scheduling shows for the 2026-2027 academic year. Artists from Baltimore and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region are especially encouraged to apply. Three exhibits are scheduled each year, with a duration of four to six weeks. Artists attend the reception and give an informal gallery talk.
The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery.
Current Space is an artist-run gallery, studio, and outdoor performance space, nourishing an ongoing dialogue between artists, activists, performers, designers, curators, and thinkers. Operating since November 2004, we are committed to showcasing, developing, and broadening the reach of artists locally and internationally. Current Space is currently accepting proposals from individual artists as well as for themed group exhibitions.
Access for All grants help cover the costs of bringing teaching artists to your school or early childhood center. These grants subsidize between 50% and 80% of the total expenses for residencies, workshops, assemblies, and professional development for students aged birth to grade 12. Schools are responsible for the remaining costs. Additional funding sources (Arts Every Day, MSAC AiE, local arts council funding, etc.) can be utilized to cover the remaining costs.
All Maryland public schools serving PreK-12 students and early childhood sites, including Judy Centers and licensed childcare centers, are invited to apply. View the Scoring Rubric.
Grant applications for the 2025-26 school year can be submitted on or before the following dates:
Deadline: Oct 6
Notification of Award: Oct 31
Deadline: Dec 1
Notification of Award: Dec 19
Deadline: Feb 2
Notification of Award: Feb 20
Deadline: April 3
Notification of Award: April 30
The Baltimore Clayworks Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 upon receipt of a generous gift from the Lipitz Foundation. It has since been sustained by funds donated by friends and families in memory of Clayworks artists Andrew Brunelle and Jan Rattenbury. Hands in Clay scholarships are sourced directly from these benefactors and from ongoing, individual donations from our community members.
Baltimore Clayworks’ goal in providing Hands in Clay scholarships is to attract talented and diverse students from throughout the region to take part in our art classes. Hands in Clay scholars embody our vision of collective hands of many hues, sizes, and abilities holding, molding, and preserving the human story. Hands in Clay scholars are makers who harness the power of clay art to discover more about themselves and to shape a better world for us all.
Manor Mill Gallery’s intention is to support and encourage the creation of original art. This could be 2 or 3 dimensional work in any medium or style. All works shall be original and executed by the applicant’s own hand. Please completely fill out the form on this page to be considered for a future exhibition.
CAC welcomes artists, collectives, guilds, and arts groups interested in showcasing their work in our Hal Gomer Gallery, Patricia Barland Gallery, and/or in our other display spaces in lobbies and hallways throughout the building. Interested candidates must complete the form below. Please email CAC Program and Gallery Coordinator, Gena O’Brien, at [email protected], with questions/concerns.
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the 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.
Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show. A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show. A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area.
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The Transformation Award (LTA) provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
Garrison Art Center and Desmond-Fish Public Library invite printmakers to submit work for a collaborative exhibition exploring the intersection of nature, history, and discovery.
Inspired by Garrison Art Center’s summer theme, Rooted: Art and the Natural World, and the Library’s summer reading theme, Unearth A Story, this exhibition considers the many ways we connect to the world around us—through landscape, material, and time.
The Photo Review’s 41st Annual International Photography Competition is now open for entries. This year’s juror is Dr. Sarah Kennel, the inaugural Aaron Siskind Curator of Photography and Director of the Raysor Center for Works on Paper at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts — one of the country’s leading photography scholars.
Prize-winning work will be exhibited at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, and accepted entries will be reproduced in The Photo Review journal and seen by thousands of photographers, collectors, and curators worldwide.
1708 Gallery announces its call for applications for the third year of its pilot Artist Residency Program, open ONLY to artists residing within a 600-mile radius of Richmond, Virginia. Must be a United States resident to apply or be residing in the United States with a valid visa at the time of the residency. Must be 21 years of age or older.
The pilot Artist Residency Program is located on the second floor of 1708’s building at 319 W. Broad Street in Richmond’s downtown Arts District. The pilot will help 1708 further define the full vision for its future program, which will expand our mission to empower and support diverse artists’ voices. The pilot residencies are free, and 2 months in length running from November 2026 through August 2027.
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging and Pennsylvania Creative Industries proudly present The Older Artists of PA Showcase, the 2nd annual juried exhibition celebrating Pennsylvania's Artists over 60.
Older artists bring unique perspectives shaped by life experience, whether they are seasoned creators or discovering their artistic voice later in life. The Older Artists of PA Showcase will display pieces from selected older artists across Pennsylvania in the East Wing Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol during the month of August 2026.
This year the Older Artists of PA Showcase will proudly feature the creative contributions of older adults living with dementia, recognizing artistic expression can be a powerful tool for connection, identity, and storytelling. We encourage submissions from all eligible artists, especially older adults living with dementia.
The Town of Leesburg is seeking design submissions from artists and artist teams for the first mural in a planned series of aviation-themed public artworks at Leesburg Executive Airport. The series will eventually span multiple hangars, with each mural representing a stage in the aviation journey, from the spark of inspiration to the promise of innovation. Each installation is conceived as a complete, standalone work. Future phases are aspirational, and no mural is contingent on the completion of others. The use of DiBond panels or similar is desired.
The Midnight Garden centers on ideas of cultivation, transformation, and unseen processes of growth, both in nature and within ourselves. Framed as a space of quiet unfolding, the garden becomes a metaphor for creative practice and emotional life, where cycles of blooming, decay, and renewal coexist, and where beauty and tension sit side by side. The exhibition also explores the duality between control and wildness, a garden as both designed and unpredictable, shaped yet ever-changing. Through a range of approaches including abstraction, realism, and experimental forms, artists may reflect on structure, intuition, and the act of tending to what emerges. We’re seeking a selection of work that speaks to or challenges these ideas, interpreted through each artist’s lens.
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The Painting Center is seeking submissions for the juried exhibition Under 30 Under Pressure curated by Carrie Patterson. The exhibition will be held in person and on Artsy from June 23 – July 18, 2026, with an opening reception on Thursday, June 25. In 2026, young people are coming of age amid unprecedented change—marked by political upheaval, climate instability, and pervasive violence. Social media and emerging technologies shape their daily realities, amplifying pressures around identity, visibility, and unattainable ideals, while mental health struggles continue to rise. What does it mean to be young in a world that feels increasingly overwhelming? The exhibition Under 30 Under Pressure invites artists under 30 to respond to this moment, expressing what they think, feel, and witness while navigating a world under pressure. Artists across all styles and mediums are encouraged to apply.
Divulge is a juried national exhibition or artworks that feature both 2D and 3D artworks from across the country in all mediums that spotlight self expression, are created in art therapy, and/or raise awareness of mental health.
Art has been used as a means of communication, self-expression, group interaction, diagnosis, and conflict resolution throughout history. Through art, both people and artists can look for themes and conflicts that may be affecting their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The establishment of art therapy as a unique and publicly accepted therapeutic approach only took place recently, in the mid-20th century.
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WORD of Art is a national exhibit of artworks that incorporate words. These conceptual works will spotlight and give prominence to words/writing as the integral part of the work and will shift the focus from purely the artwork's aesthetics to communication and idea expression.
This exhibition will take place in our smaller exhibition space, The Vault, to create a more intimate and close up experience for our patrons. The Vault is a historical bank vault within The Center, and gives artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in a unique space in the heart of Norfolk’s Arts District (The NEON District). This will be a competitive call as this intimate space will only be able to accommodate about 25 works.
A portal is not simply an opening. It is a condition — a space where something begins to shift, dissolve, emerge, or remain unresolved. Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for Portal, an exhibition focused on images that exist at the edge of transformation.
We are interested in photographs that hold tension rather than explain it. The strongest works will not describe transition literally; they will embody it through atmosphere, structure, presence, absence, or psychological instability within the frame. A portal may appear as a physical passage, but it does not have to. What matters is the feeling that something is at stake.
We are drawn to photographs suspended between states: visibility and disappearance, movement and stillness, intimacy and distance, entry and refusal. We welcome images that feel unresolved, uncertain, emotionally charged, or quietly disorienting.
Literal interpretations such as doors, windows, tunnels, or corridors are welcome only when the image itself carries genuine tension. A doorway alone is not enough. We are not searching for symbols or visual clichés. We are searching for photographs that operate as thresholds.
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The Hudson Milliner Art Salon is seeking small paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures (any width/depth, up to 9” tall—sculptures may be up to 15” tall) to be displayed in our current show, Refraction! Refraction is predominantly a show dedicated to portraits and people, but we’re open to any art that explores perception and point of view. It can be landscape, architecture, abstract, or anything in-between: we want a broad range of works, so if in doubt, submit!
The Berkeley Arts Council invites you to celebrate the beauty of summer. Let the season inspire you and put your colors on full display. This is a non-juried community art exhibition celebrating summer and the colors that define the season. Artists over the age of 18 working in any painting and pastel media are welcome. No jury. No pressure. Just creative expression and community connection!
Bring your work, ready to hang, to the Berkeley Art Works and complete the entry form. There will be a $10 fee per piece, maximum 3 pieces per artist, payable on delivery. Works must be framed or professionally presented, including wire for hanging (no sawtooth or loop hangers please).
Years pass. People change. Places disappear. Entire parts of our lives quietly fall out of reach. And yet, some photographs remain impossibly close to us. Not because they are perfect, but because they continue holding something we were never fully able to leave behind.
Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit one photograph only: the image they never left behind.
We are not searching for spectacle or technical perfection. We are interested in photographs that continue carrying emotional weight — images tied to memory, attachment, intimacy, grief, distance, tenderness, longing, or time. The strongest photographs will feel lived rather than constructed. They may be quiet, unresolved, visually restrained, or emotionally difficult to explain.
We are less interested in nostalgia itself than in the traces it leaves behind. What matters is whether something remains inside the image long after it was taken.
The Exhibitions Committee is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2027. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 30,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually. Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in1938. The RAL campus houses the Corkran, Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries.
SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 3 - 26, 2026 and is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme "Strange Figurations" will be reviewed and considered.
Some photographs reveal. Others withhold.
Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for Seen / Unseen, an exhibition exploring the tension between what a photograph makes visible and what it deliberately or instinctively leaves unresolved.
We are interested in photographs that operate through implication rather than explanation — images where meaning exists not only in what is shown, but also in what remains hidden, obscured, fragmented, restrained, or psychologically distant. The strongest works will hold tension between presence and absence, clarity and ambiguity, intimacy and concealment.
The Washington Print Foundation is pleased to present the 28th annual Peggy Doole National Small Works Exhibition to be held July 30th to August 30th at the long-established Washington Printmakers Gallery in Washington, DC. This a national juried exhibition of contemporary printmaking that includes hand-pulled prints, screen prints, digital prints, fine art photographs, and three-dimensional work with print components.
Photography 4 Humanity, in partnership with the world-renowned photography museum Fotografiska, has launched HOME, a global open call inviting photographers everywhere to explore one of the most universal—and most fragile—ideas of our time. In a world shaped by climate disruption, conflict, migration, and displacement, HOME asks emerging artists to capture what home means today: a place of safety, belonging, identity, memory, or loss. Presented with global partner United Natons Human Rights, submissions are open March 12 through July 12, 2026.
“Not everything leaves when someone does.”
Some forms of love do not disappear when a relationship ends. They remain in altered states — quieter, less visible, but still present. Sometimes they survive as tension inside a room, as an unconscious gesture repeated years later, as distance that continues shaping two people long after separation. Sometimes they remain inside objects, routines, memories, or photographs themselves.
Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for The Space Between Us, an exhibition exploring the emotional residue of human connection and the invisible architecture that feelings leave behind.
We are not searching for literal representations of romance, sentimentality, or simplified ideas of love. We are interested in photographs that approach emotion indirectly — through atmosphere, absence, intimacy, silence, attachment, longing, routine, emotional distance, memory, or unresolved psychological presence.
SlowArt Productions presents the annual group exhibition, A Show of Heads. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from October 8 - 31, 2026. Open to all artists working in any media, this exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the Human Head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the head, including partial and multiple heads, will be considered.
This October, LibertyTown Arts Workshop proudly presents Fiber V, the fifth installment of their fiber exhibition celebrating the expansive and evolving world of fiber art. This show highlights the full breadth of contemporary fiber practices; including, but not limited to weaving, dyeing, felting, sculpture, sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet. Fiber materials may include cotton, wood, wool, paper, metal, and synthetic materials. All works must consist primarily of fiber and be of original design; kits and commercial patterns are not permitted.
The Archives of American Art offers internships year-round to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs who wish to learn and gain professional experience in various fields including archival science, information management, museum studies, art administration, art history, and cultural studies.
Creative Catalyst grants support new initiatives and opportunities that advance strategies for strengthening the cultural, educational, or economic vitality of Pennsylvania’s communities through the arts.
These grants for individuals are designed to empower artists and creative entrepreneurs in their personal and professional development.
Smithsonian magazine accepts unsolicited proposals from established freelance writers for features and some departments. This form has been developed to give you the most direct and timely access to the editors of the magazine. It also allows you to provide all of the basic information we need to make an initial determination about your proposal and about you as a writer. Please do not submit your query under more than one subject area or department at a time.
The Hopper Prize was established to provide grants, visibility, and career enhancing validation to artists who demonstrate a serious commitment to their work. We accept submissions for grants through a bi-annual open call. For each grant cycle, a new cohort of artists is selected to receive financial support and widespread exposure. Grant winners and finalists are chosen solely on the basis of artistic excellence and the promise of future potential.
We welcome applications for all 3D media throughout the year. All applications will be reviewed upon receipt. If jurors select you for further consideration, you will be contacted for an interview. Initial membership will be a probationary period of three months.
SVA’s Artist Residencies offer artists, designers and creative thinkers time, space and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction, with summer programs on campus in New York City, as well as year-round in online formats.
In addition to our time-honored studio residencies, a variety of innovative professional immersion programs provide opportunities for artists to explore new areas of social and technological practice and engage critically within their field.
The Keyholder Residency Program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. It takes place in the shared Artists’ Studio, including the solvent/etching area and the darkroom.
Keyholders work independently, in a productive atmosphere alongside other contemporary artists. Artists from all disciplines are eligible to apply; printmaking skills are not required, but some familiarity with the medium is recommended. Basic instruction in printmaking techniques is available for new Keyholders. Technical assistance is not included in the program, but is available at additional cost.
This submission pathway is intended for artists seeking consideration for inclusion within Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art’s group or juried exhibition programs.
Proposals are reviewed with attention to conceptual coherence, formal resolution, contextual relevance, and alignment with the curatorial framework of the proposed exhibition.
Point Pleasant Publishing accepts experimental and alternative forms of visual art including photography, performance, video, film, installation, assemblage, collage, fiber / textiles, printmaking, light design, jewelry, fashion / costume design, and analogue digital (no AI).
Artists are selected based on a variety of factors including their accomplishments, originality, conceptual impact, overall cohesiveness of portfolio, and aesthetic qualities of the art. We especially encourage alternative / experimental artists to apply.
National & Beyond
The International Nature Photography Competition & Exhibition celebrates outstanding nature photography. The juror is the award-winning National Geographic photographer, Brian Skerry. This competition is being organized by Arcadian Gallery owner and former Art Director of National Geographic, Christopher Sloan. Selected images will be shown in the in-person exhibition at the Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland, a growing arts destination in the heart of the central Appalachians within easy reach of Washington, DC; Baltimore; and Pittsburgh. There will also be an online exhibition. Awards in several categories total $5000.
Red Dot is the Contemporary at Blue Star's signature fundraiser, raising vital funds to support the breadth of our programs. The Contemporary believes in the transformative power of the arts. Artists participating in Red Dot are investing in the Contemporary and contributing 50% of the sale of one of their works to the museum. 50% of art sales go back to the artist.
Artists can also elect to donate 100% of sale to the Contemporary. Funds raised through Red Dot help the Contemporary to support artists of all ages through education, professional development, and exhibition programs. Approximately 100 artworks by 100 different artists are on sale each year at Red Dot and the fundraiser plays a key role in nurturing the health of our creative ecosystem and sustaining a venue for contemporary art.
The Studios of Key West, the premier arts organization at the Southernmost Point of the United States, offers a residency program for emerging and established artists and writers from around the world. We provide residencies to visual artists, writers, composers, musicians, media artists, performers, and interdisciplinary artists.
The program grants nearly 40 artists each year the time and space to imagine new artistic work, engage in valuable dialogue and explore island connections.
The Arts Council of York County presents the 37th Annual Juried Competition at the Center for the Arts. The Juried Competition is open nationally to artists 18 and older. Only original work, created in the last two (2) years, and not previously shown at the Center for the Arts, Dalton Gallery is accepted. All forms of media are eligible, including video. Limit four (4) pieces per artist.
Radiance is a summer exhibition hosted by ADC Fine Art featuring artwork that evokes happiness and warmth. ADC's mission is to create beautiful corporate, healthcare, and residential environments using artwork from contemporary, living artists. Selected artists will have their work shown in our 13,000 sq. ft. mega gallery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. All mediums and styles will be exhibited including painting, sculpture, photography, glass, ceramics, mixed media, installations, and conceptual works!
Do you have a body of work or a concept for an exhibition that is photography or photography based? We are looking for compelling solo or cooperative exhibitions to be exhibited in our online gallery. The entry can be photographic images only, photography combined with mixed media, photography as sculpture, photography based installations or….. This is the seventh year of the “Photographic Performance” and we hope once again you can show us what it can be. It is important that the body of work has a conceptual narrative, actual or implied.
Midwest nice art is excited to announce our fourth annual contemporary juried national exhibition! this exhibition will be juried by Midwest Nice Art co-founders tim rickett + Epiphany Knedler. Each year the nice; exhibition serves as a survey of contemporary artists exploring complex personal and social narratives. as an open call without a theme, the resulting show is a reflection of the art world and recent events. we invite you to submit to nice;04.
WMG invites women and non-binary artists to submit works that feature encaustic materials or techniques, either wholly or in part. Encaustic, derived from the Greek enkaustikos, meaning “to burn in” is a versatile medium traditionally made up of beeswax, damar resin, and pigment. Artists must incorporate hot wax methods, which involve heating and fusing layers with tools such as torches or heat.
The Lumen Prize is pleased to partner with The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology's Division of Arts and Machine Creativity to present our 2026 Lumen Prize Student Award.
Students from anywhere in the world who are enrolled in a BA, BFA, MFA, MA, or PhD programme or equivalent are invited to apply. We have a limit of 300 entries for this award, so please get your entry in early (you will need to upload your student ID).
The winner receives $2,000, is invited to our Awards Ceremony at Kunstsilo Museum in Norway, and becomes part of the Lumen Artist Community.
For works that sit at the intersection of reflection and anticipation — engaging past, present, and future in ways that examine our relationship to technology, culture, and time. This category is defined not by medium, but by how a work engages with time, memory, and future possibility.
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For works that examine, construct, or critically engage with systems, including cultural, ecological, technological, and social systems. These may be expressed through code, data, networks, biological or environmental processes, institutional frameworks, or social structures, and may address issues such as misinformation, machine vision, or human–machine relations.
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For works that prioritize experience, whether subtle or immersive, engaging audiences through participation, presence, sensation, or environment, including live coding, performance, interactive installations, experiential VR/AR, and cross-modal practices across physical, digital, or hybrid forms. This category focuses on how a work is encountered or activated, rather than the specific technologies or formats used. Any artist whose work evokes presence, engagement, or interaction is eligible.
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The BIG ART SHOW, Paisley is one of Scotland’s largest open entry art exhibitions. Launched in 2022 the first edition featured nearly 1000 artworks from all over the UK as well as artwork from Europe & Asia. In 2023 the show doubled in size over 3 floors showing 1712 entries. The 2025 edition ran from 30 Aug-15 Nov and featured 1000+ artworks
Work accepted includes painting, drawing, photography, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, installation art, digital, film, video and sound. Prizes are awarded. The show in 2026 will run for three months and most work will be for sale. A full-colour souvenir catalogue is produced. Upwards of 15,000 visitors are expected.
As the festival reaches its 18th edition, it symbolically enters a phase of maturity, capable of reflecting on and exploring central issues of transition. Coming of Age (18+) focuses on the process of coming of age, not as a chronological or legal milestone, but as a multifaceted condition shaped by internal and social ruptures, redefinitions, and acts of self-determination.
Painters from across the globe are summoned to vie for a score of cash prizes and dozens of accolades, ranging from fine art materials to professional training and promotion. A curated selection of finalists will exhibit their works at the Ateneo de Madrid, neighboring the Prado Museum, and will be honored in a magnificent gala attended by critics, collectors, and art connoisseurs.
In connection with the symposium “Making Meaning”, planned for July 22-24, 2026 at Vassar College, Gallery 40 is seeking submissions of collage work from young and/or emerging artists. Collage is an art form in which individual elements — pieces of paper, fabric, photographs, found paper and the like — are assembled into new, autonomous artworks. Assemblage and sculpture with collage elements are also welcome. Both collage and assemblage fundamentally depend on bringing together two or more existing elements in a way that makes us consider these elements both in new ways as individual items and taken together as a new whole.
Fusion Art invites submissions for the Leaves & Petals 2026 Art Competition for an online exhibition during the month of June 2026. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.
This black and white photography contest is open to all interpretations of monochrome photography, including but not limited to photojournalism, street photography, documentary photography, portraiture, nude photography, landscape photography, wildlife, urban photography, architecture, fashion photography, and fine art photography.
Applicants are invited to submit a cohesive body of work or photographic portfolio, consisting of at least 3 images that clearly belong together as a unified series or project (connected by subject, style, or idea); submissions are expected to be presented as a series rather than single images, and any images previously published in AAP Magazine are not eligible for submission.
What comes to mind when you hear this line? Busy and bland? Dark and light? Hard and soft? What will you bring together? Show us with a unique piece of art that includes fiber or a fiber technique. The entries will be juried by the Fiber Art Now creative team and will be featured in the fall 2026 issue of Fiber Art Now, to be released in early October 2026. The Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri has partnered with Fiber Art Now to host their curated on-site exhibition of Opposites Attract.
The Leedy-Voulkos Art Center was founded in 1985 by Jim Leedy with the vision of initiating a thriving art community in Kansas City. Selections from Opposites Attract will be on view December 3, 2027 through February 19, 2028. leedy-voulkos.com
Art of the Heartland, in its 12th year, is a national juried and judged competition.
Mena Art Gallery’s goal is to showcase the finest representational art works in North America.
The jurying process will select work demonstrating highest quality draftsmanship, color, and composition. A diverse range of representational styles and subject matters will be considered.
A Still Small Voice 4U is hosting its annual Juried Art Show at Sand Lake Center for the Arts in August 2026. The theme of the show is "Democracy is the people's voice."
Oil Painters of America is pleased to present the 2026 National Juried Salon, an exhibition presented to showcase Student Associate, Associate and Signature members. This exhibition will be hosted by Cassens Fine Art, in Hamilton, Montana, July 31 through August 29, 2026, with the opening reception and awards being held on Friday, July 31 from 5 pm to 7:00 pm.
Gallery 40 is looking for artists to submit work for an upcoming exhibition exploring the timeless genre of still life. This exhibition seeks to celebrate the beauty, symbolism, and storytelling found in everyday objects.
Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly—traditional or contemporary approaches are welcome. Subjects may include (but are not limited to) food, flowers, domestic objects, personal items, or arranged compositions that capture form, light, texture, and meaning.
FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY proudly hosts the 30th iteration of our annual call for artists: NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. The call is open through 15 JUNE 2026 and the exhibition participants are selected by an ever-changing group of three prestigious arts professionals. The exhibition is installed in the gallery 16 September and remains on view through 17 October, with an opening reception in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’ First Saturday Gallery Openings on 3 October 2026 from 5-8 pm.
TERAVARNA announces its "16th ABSTRACT" International Juried Art Competition. Artists with a keen eye for originality are encouraged to put their most compelling pieces on the unifying topic of abstraction for this unique occasion. The abstract art competition is open to contributions in a wide variety of creative disciplines, including but not limited to traditional media such as painting and sculpture, new media such as digital art, fiber art, photography, graphic design, and mixed media, as well as experimental and installation art. All are welcome to this celebration of the boundless possibilities of abstract art.
Woman Made Gallery (WMG) invites women and nonbinary artists to submit work for Feminism 250: Woman Made America. Anchored in America 250 — the nationwide commemoration of the United States’ 250th anniversary — this exhibition reflects on the long arc of feminist history within a broader national moment of remembrance, reckoning, and re‑imagining. As one of the nation’s longest continually operating feminist art spaces, WMG enters this milestone with a history shaped by decades of cultural resistance, artist‑led advocacy, community care, and the ongoing fight to claim space for those long pushed to the margins.
Arte Laguna Prize, the leading international contest of contemporary art, is ready to welcome new emerging artists for the 21st edition. With over 20 years of history, applying now is a unique opportunity to exhibit your works at the Arsenale Nord in Venice. The finalists’ exhibition will take place from November 6 to 29, 2026.
Artists possess a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, they can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world. Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a society where inclusion is embraced and individuality is celebrated.
Become a part of this change by submitting your original art to Embracing Our Differences and its annual international outdoor juried art exhibit.
E.SUN is dedicated to mounting similar heights. We endeavor to become Taiwan's best-performing banking institution. We want to let the world see Taiwan through the eloquent brushstrokes of artists, conveying the beauty of Yushan.
Convey the beauty of Yushan by using the environmental landscape and cultural/humanistic characteristics of Yushan National Park as the main creative theme. Expressing care for environmental sustainability and a deep regard for nature through painting.
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 9th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums including Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles including realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, surrealism, dark art, pop surrealism, super flat, lowbrow etc.
The Prize seeks to inspire creatives from around the world to pursue a life and career in the arts, and to help careers grow through funding and increased exposure of their work to galleries, collectors and media globally.
Welcome to the Zari Art Prize Competition, proudly presented by Zari Gallery. In our quest to discover, celebrate, and showcase extraordinary talents, we invite artists from around the globe to participate in this momentous event. Whether you’re an established artist or on the cusp of your first big break, this is your stage.
Excellence in Fibers XII will showcase the best of current international fiber and textiles to a growing global fiber art community. Artists are encouraged to push the boundaries in the areas of installations, sculpture, vessels, wall/floor works, and wearable art. The exhibition will be juried by the Fiber Art Now creative team and will be featured in the winter 2027 issue of Fiber Art Now, to be released in early January 2027. Selected artwork will be eligible for an on-site exhibition.
Hotusa Group invites amateurs and professionals to participate in the 24th Eurostars Grand Marina Photography Award 2026. Participants must compose photographic triptychs inspired by the theme, “Barcelona, World Capital of Architecture”. The jury will recognise the series that, in their opinion, capture the theme with an innovative approach and technical and aesthetic quality.
The Loppet Foundation is seeking local artists to showcase their work in the Trailhead Gallery, a bright, welcoming space in the Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Park — where art, connection to the outdoors, and community meet.
We are seeking visual artists whose work illustrates our mission, vision and values. This is an unpaid exhibition opportunity. Artists receive full visibility in a high-traffic community space.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses.
The Stochastic Labs offers fully-sponsored residencies to engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access, a $1,000 monthly stipend and a budget for materials.
The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter’s “trustees” and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects.
South Porch Artists is a retreat space for working artists, scholars and clergy to pursue creative projects. Located on an historic property in downtown Summerville, SC, South Porch immerses residents in the evocative setting of a small Southern town, just half an hour from downtown Charleston. Up to six residents at a time are offered comfortable lodgings and studio work space, either in our 1835 Main House or contemporary Cottage Studio.
La Maison de Beaumont offers an Artist Residency & Retreat Program in the South of France (Provence & Luberon region). The Art Residency Program of La Maison de Beaumont is a multi-disciplinary residency that was created with the goal of offering a beautiful space for musicians, scholars, writers, painters and other artists who seek a quiet place to work undisturbed on their art. The scenery and beauty of the region, as well as the history and comfort of the house, provide an ideal setting to focus on creative work.
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Innovate Grant offers two $1,800.00 grants each quarter—one for Visual Artists and one for Photographers. Additionally, twelve honorable mentions (six in art and six in photography) gain exposure on the website, joining a vibrant community of talented artists. Beyond the grants, Innovate Grant is dedicated to promoting winners and honorable mentions into the future.
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The Arts Letters & Numbers Artist residency seeks to offer creative sanctuary, giving residents the freedom to shape their workspace and working rhythms within the historic Faith Mills Complex in rural Upstate New York. It also presents an opportunity to develop potential emergent relationships with fellow residents, and the broader local community. A warm Victorian home; a big white barn; textile mills turned studio space, and an old country Inn, surrounded by woods and lakes and buzzing with shared dinners and bonfire conversations, await your practice.
Our program boasts a carefully designed scalable pipeline that guarantees the creation of high-quality, and compositionally rich artworks. The Community Mural Program is a testament to our commitment to delivering exceptional economic artworks that authentically reflect the nuances and diverse cultures present in each community.
Every mural installation achieves a quality finish while simultaneously engaging artists from various corners of the country. Through this innovative approach, we continue to make a significant impact by transforming spaces into vibrant reflections of the rich tapestry that is America.
The Steel Yard’s residency program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice. Residents receive an all-access pass to our 10,000 square foot studio, tools, resources, and community.
You’ll forge, mold, weld, shape, and create in a shared studio space alongside a cohort of artists and makers who work in the industrial arts. Additionally, you’ll participate in events and sales, exhibit work, have access to professional development opportunities, teach and take courses, as well and take part in cross-departmental critiques.
As a compendium of the rare, intriguing, and unheard, we’re looking for quality writing that is thought-provoking and literary. We are especially interested in work that explores the identities and experiences of writers from the Delta region, BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, and neurodivergent writers, the resource-poor, writers over 50, those who have experienced or been impacted by incarceration, or anyone whose voices have traditionally been silenced.
Price Sculpture Forest is reaching out to sculptors who would like to publicly exhibit their outdoor work for sale or otherwise for public exhibition at an exciting and beautiful new sculpture park. They present two focus themes: Nature Nurtured (evoking natural elements, ecosystems, wildlife, or our interaction with those) and Whimsy Way (bring on the fun factor with unusual, humorous, or “cool”). Selection is based on quality of sculptures and relevance to either of the two opening themes.
Henry Moore Grants support the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary registers, and funds research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.
The Nantucket AIR program awards residencies for artists to become part of our dynamic year round art community. We invite our residents to reflect, restore and revitalize their art practice as they explore Nantucket’s natural beauty and engage with our island artists.
Vendor Opportunities
The Festival Marketplace will offer festivalgoers the opportunity to purchase the juried, handmade creations of the finest artists and craftspeople from the State of Maryland and the surrounding region. It will include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions.
No Boundaries Coalition presents the 19th annual BOUNDARY BLOCK PARTY — Bringing residents together in Central West Baltimore across boundaries of geography, race and class to celebrate the strengths of our community!
The Block Party will be from 12–4pm on Saturday, June 27. Annually, the event draws over 600 residents from 21217 and is a great opportunity for your organization to share information. More details to be announced!
Something new at Annmarie! In celebration of our Clay Studio expansion project, we are pleased to announce a new annual market that celebrates clay and glass arts. This market will be open to arts and crafts people who work with ceramics, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, polymer clay, precious metal clay, air dry or paper clay, stained glass, fused glass, torched or blown glass, mosaics, metalworking, or any blend of these materials.
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The Memorial Art Gallery and MAG Council are teaming up to bring more art, more music, and more food to the M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival, the museum’s largest annual fundraiser and biggest celebration of the arts.
For almost 70 years, over 300 artists from across the country have offered their work for sale at this two-day festival, held on the beautiful grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Clothesline is the place to experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.
The Downtown Bordentown Association is proud to sponsor the 36th Annual Cranberry Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts on Farnsworth. Featuring over 100 juried crafters, artists and makers, the Cranberry Festival annually draws over 40,000 visitors to historic Bordentown City, N.J.
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The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to come and enjoy our festival at, Jefferson County WV Fairgrounds in the rolling countryside of Jefferson County, WV. Leisurely stroll among the tents, buildings and pavilions as you admire the many crafts, fine arts, and wine. Apply for our 2026 show here!
Historic Stevensville Arts & Entertainment District is looking for vendors to participate in their Art Market. All artwork for sale must be handcrafted by the vendor and must fall into the categories listed on the application.
Love Groove Festival is searching for artists, musicians, vendors and more to participate in their upcoming soul-stirring, music and arts festival based in Baltimore, Maryland.
We are looking for vendors to sell their wares and products in our gallery during Front Royal's Many festivals and events. Vendors pay a $50 fee to reserve a table in our gallery to sell their work and/or products. Vendors keep all proceeds from their sales. This form can be used to request your work or products be sold in the Gallery Store. Please note: the gallery takes a 30% commission on the sale of merchandise in our shops.
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