See below for deadlines, calls for artists, residencies, and more. Click here to view past opportunities posts. Good luck!

Capitol Hill Art League
Deadline: February 18. The Capitol Hill Are League announces its 2014 DC metro-area juried open call exhibit, to be juried by American University professor Dr. Alida Anderson. The exhibit is open to 2D and 3D work; cash prizes will be awarded for best-in-show and second place. More about the exhibit →

Annapolis Craft Festival
Deadline: March 4. The Fifth Annual Annapolis Arts, Crafts and Wine Festival, June 7 and 8 at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, showcases the prized works of over 200 artists employing a variety of media: painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital art, mixed media, printmaking, jewelry, fiber art, glass, wood, leather, metal and photography. More about the festival →

Washington Craft Show
Deadline: April 1. The 27th annual Washington Craft Show, October 31 – November 2, 2014, sponsored by Crafts America, will be held at the Washington Convention Center in the heart of Washington, D.C. This prestigious show features 195 artists who are jury selected from all over the United States. More about the craft show →

Juried exhibit
Deadline: April 7. The South-Atlantic Juried Exhibition at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education is open to all professional artists who reside in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. More about the exhibit →

Re-runs

The following announcements appeared here previously, but we’re publishing them again in case you missed them:

Figurative abstraction
Deadline: January 25. “Passages: An Exhibition of Figurative Abstraction” at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke will run February 10 to March 6. Artists are invited to submit work in two-dimensional, three-dimensional, installation or digital media (including video based media). More about the exhibit →

Circus-inspired art
Deadline: January 29. The Off-Rhode Studio at Art Enables is opening its walls and inviting artists in the Washington, Virginia, Maryland area to participate in “Amazing Marvels,” a show featuring work inspired by the circus, sideshows or carnivals. Off-Rhode is a gallery for self-taught and outsider artists; however, this call is open to all artists working in all mediums and preference will be given to self-taught and outsider artists. View the call for artists →

TFAC Visiting Artist Program
Deadline: January 31. Artists can apply for residencies at the Torpedo Factory in summer 2014. The juror is Zoma Wallace, the Art Bank Coordinator at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. More about the program →

Print and drawing competition
Deadline: January 31. Drawings and prints (not photography) in any medium are eligible with no limitations as to color, surface or materials. The juror is Ann Shafer, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art.  More about the competition →

Photography competition
Deadline: January 31. ArtSpace Herndon invites photographers from DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia to participate in their 2014 Fine Art Photography Competition. The competition is open to fine art photographers aged 18 or older working in any medium (digital or analog, color or monochrome), and using any printing technique. There is no required theme for entries. More about the competition →

Official Cherry Blossom artist
Deadline: January 31. Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival solicits portfolios from interested artists, one of which the Festival selects and works with to create the Official Artwork to be used on official collateral materials and merchandise items such as the official poster, t-shirt and more. More about the contest →

Paducah, Kentucky residency
Deadline: February 1. Artists can apply for residencies in 2014 and 2015 at A.I.R. Studio Paducah in Kentucky. The studio welcomes self-motivated, focused artists working in a range of traditional and non-traditional visual arts practices, as well as writers and composers. Residents are encouraged to have a clear objective for the time of their residency. The duration of the residency is two weeks to three months. Collaborative artists and couples are welcome to apply. More about the residency →

3-D art
Deadline: February 18. For the juried exhibit “Dimensional Expressions” at Artful Dimensions Gallery in Fredericksburg, VA, artists in all media are invited to submit images of their 3-D artwork. Art League artist and instructor Kathlyn J. Avila is the juror for this exhibit. More about the exhibit →

Juried exhibit — Harrisonburg
Deadline: March 15. Park Gables Gallery at the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, VA invites submissions to an exhibit juried by a three-juror panel. Entry is open to all artists residing in the U.S. There are over $5,000 in prizes available and the gallery charges no commission on works sold. More about the exhibit →