Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place or practice social distancing.
This weekend: Raphael’s masterful drawings, political art that speaks to the times, charming gardens for enjoying sculpture, and more!
Raphael and His Circle
Raphael’s “The Massacre of the Innocents”
Raphael was one of the greatest artistic figures working in the Western classical tradition. To mark the 500th anniversary of his death, the National Gallery of Art presents Raphael and His Circle, an installation of 26 prints and drawings that can be viewed as a 3-D virtual tour, along with a curator’s lecture and other resources associated with the artists and those in his circle.
This Familiar Space/Cet Espace Familier
“I use the camera to quietly document the threads that connect us, visible in the natural and built landscapes if we take time to look,” says artist Stacey Evans. Her project This Familiar Space/Cet Espace Familier visually links sister cities Charlottesville, Virginia, where Evans lives, and Besançon, France, where she did an artist residency, through photographs, videos, and collages created in collaboration with artists and students from both cities. See it online at Charlottesville’s Second Street Gallery.
Outside Art
“Typewriter Eraser, Scale X” by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in D.C.
Our region is reopening! Three area sculpture gardens are welcoming visitors back, but with adjustments to meet new health and safety guidelines. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, with its beautiful fountain and art by Tony Smith, Barry Flanagan and Louise Bourgeois, is now open daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The sculpture garden grounds at Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland.
Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, features works by Richard Serra, Michael Heizer, and Jeff Koons. And with 300 acres of outdoor space, it is a walker’s paradise (reservations required).
The Levi Sculpture Garden at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
The Baltimore Museum of Art has two lovely gardens—the Janet and Alan Wurtzburger Sculpture Garden and the Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden—spanning three terraced acres with pieces by Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin and Elsworth Kelly. A cellphone tour with commentary is available. Access to facilities such as restrooms, cafes, and gift shops may be limited so check with museums before visiting.
What If? The Prison Drawings of Carlos Walker
Carlos Walker, a self-taught artist who was formerly incarcerated, offers a racial role reversal as a provocative antidote to systemic racism in his exhibit What If?, a series of 48 oil pastel drawings. It is on view through July 5 at the Center for Contemporary Political Art, 916 G St. NW.
Everything is Double
Elzbieta Sikorska’s “Upside Down,” handmade paper, pencil, crayon, paper pulp painting, golden pigment, acrylic medium, acrylic paint.
Starting with paper that she handcrafts, Elzbieta Skorska explores the timeless theme of duality—in man, gods, nature, ideas, gender—in layered, gauzy images that make the familiar feel mysterious. Everything is Double is on view through July 29 at the Athenaeum Gallery, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA.
Even during difficult times, creativity persists. Throughout this period of social distancing, we will begin our listing with opportunities that uniquely address the coronavirus pandemic—be they calls for art that specifically speaks to it, or virtual exhibits that are cropping up as a result of it. Some have definitive deadlines and others are more flexible, so be sure to check guidelines carefully. We encourage you to share these and other opportunities with your creative circle.
Opportunities in Response to COVID-19
ArtsPark Gallery-V Quarantine Dreams – Lexington Park, MD
Deadline: June 26 Art During Quarantine: During the current pandemic artists have been left without galleries, without our working artist community and often without inspiration. Many of us are simply trying to shelter in place and take care of ourselves and our families. However, some of us have used this time to get busy in our homes and studios and create new work. This new online opportunity invites all who have been creating work to show it off. And if you need inspiration, perhaps this new exhibit will provide it. So go ahead, show us what you’ve been up to. Click here to apply.
Athenaeum Call For Entries for A Very Weird Time
Deadline: August 14 Artists are invited to submit works that represent the full gamut of how the global coronavirus pandemic and its associated social distancing has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, anger and doubt are certainly typical responses but we are also interested in evidence of the creative benefits of solitude and reflection and the time to process them. For more information click here.
Las Laguna Gallery
Deadline: September 31 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “A Light in the Darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Click here to learn more.
COVID-19 Artist Residency Project
Deadline: January 1, 2021 COVID-19 Artist Residency Project is an In-Place Residency that was launched in May 2020 to help creatives reframe their time during the Pandemic as an opportunity for self-exploration. The non-competitive residency is free to apply. All creative disciplines welcome. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Queer Art Workers Reflect on Pride Amid COVID-19
Cognizant of the need to stay connected and elevate queer voices amid a climate of uncertainty, Hyperallergic is commemorating Pride Month by featuring one queer art worker per day on our website and asking them to reflect on what this time means to them. This series is meant to build on last year’s Queer Artists in Their Own Words. We encourage queer artists, curators, arts educators, filmmakers, programmers, conservators, and administrators from across the art world to join us. Click here to learn more.
A View From the Easel Call For Submissions
Temporarily, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic is asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine for their “View From the Easel” section. For more information click here.
Artists Against an #Infodemic Call For Artists
The visual media organizations CatchLight, Dysturb, and The Everyday Projects are seeking submissions for visual art and storytelling that addresses key public health messages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formats can include: photography, video, cartoons/comics, graphic design, paintings, drawings, memes, and more. We will work with the selected artists to package the material for distribution on social media and for display in public spaces as murals and/or projections. For more information click here.
The Corona Portrait Project Call For Submissions
For tens of thousands of artists around the world, in a matter of weeks the novel coronavirus has caused the loss of exhibitions, projects, side gigs, and left much uncertainty behind. As we sit isolated at home and consider our fears and hopes for the future, this project is a challenge to confront ourselves by creating a self-portrait. A new artist will be featured weekly. For more information, click here.
Downtown Baltimore Partnership Call For Artists – Baltimore
The #ArtOfBaltimore campaign was launched to help support local artists and spark positive energy as we adjust to the economic and cultural impact of the COVID-19 virus. Selected works by local artists will appear on digital signage throughout Downtown Baltimore, and artist will receive a licensing fee and additional promotion of their work on DPOB social media channels. For more information click here.
Insider Art Fair Call For Submissions
In response to our extraordinary circumstances, the Willow Street Gallery is seeking artwork from local artists to showcase on our digital platforms for an online exhibition titled “Insider Art Fair.” This exhibition allows us at the WSG to continue our mission to provide a platform for local and emerging artists, and make meaningful connections while the community remains indoors and isolated. Click hereto learn more.
Social Distance Gallery For Thesis Exhibitions
Social Distance Gallery is posting BFA and MFA thesis exhibitions that are canceled or limited in access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital exhibitions will be hosted on Instagram at @socialdistancegallery. Click here for submission instructions.
Amplifier’s Global Open Call For Art
In response to COVID-19, Amplifier is launching an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world. They are looking for public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education, and symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times. Click here for more information.
Other Opportunities
Call For Submissions Ceramics Online Juried Show
Deadline: June 29 The Art League of Ocean City Center for the Arts in collaboration with the Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore is presenting an online exhibition that showcases the works contemporary ceramic artists from across the region. For more information click here.
Call For Entries, The Big Show – Baltimore
Deadline: July 3 The Creative Alliance BIG Show Exhibition Opening & Variety Show will take place on Saturday, July 18th, 2020—and we want you to participate! Don’t miss the opportunity to have your artwork on the walls of our main gallery (yes, on our actual walls), or your fabulous talents showcased on our virtual stage. Who knows… you might be the next BIG thing! Learn more here.
Call For Artists Target Gallery Exhibit – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: July 12 In My Head, In My Body, an all-media group exhibition, delves into the human psyche to explore themes surrounding mental health and its relationship to your physical heath. This exhibition will challenge common misconceptions about the topic as well as allow space for the selected artists to express their experiences, struggles, and triumphs through their work. Click here to enter.
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY2021 Public Art Building Communities (PABC) Grant Program – D.C.
Deadline: July 17 The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) invites submissions for its fiscal year 2021 Public Art Building Communities (PABC) grant program from eligible individuals and nonprofit organizations, including registered DC Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and designated D.C. Main Streets organizations. The PABC grant program awards project funding to support individual artists and nonprofit organizations in their effort to design, fabricate and install new temporary or permanent works of public art that connect artists and artworks to the community. Learn more here.
SEEN: 20 Years of Baltimore Music Photography – Baltimore
Deadline: July 18 SEEN: 20 Years of Baltimore Music Photography will highlight photography, as well as video, show posters, and ephemera that relates to the past 20 years of Baltimore music history. The show will feature local musicians and creators from all musical genres and backgrounds. The goal is to present a comprehensive and culturally inclusive overview of Baltimore’s vibrant music scenes from the year 2000 through 2020 by showcasing as many different genres, cultures, and forms of representation as possible. Learn more here.
D.C. Commission on the Arts FY21 Art Bank Program Request for Applications – DC
Deadline: August 7 The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) invites submissions from qualified artists and District art galleries or District nonprofit organizations representing metropolitan artists for the acquisition of works of original two- and three-dimensional artworks for its Fiscal Year 2021 Art Bank Program. Award amounts vary; the total grant award will not exceed $10,000.The grant period is from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Learn how to apply here.
Call For Entries, Practice What You Teach – Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: September 1 Virginia’s K-12 Art Educators have an opportunity to show off their own artwork and vie for prizes worth a total of $2000! Virginia Beach Art Center is presenting this states-wide expression of loving what you teach. Learn how to enter here.
Re-runs: These announcements have been posted here before, but it’s not too late to enter!
Hagerstown Cultural Trail Call For Artists: Photography – Hagerstown, MD
Deadline: June 26 The City of Hagerstown, in partnership with the Washington County Arts, is pleased to announce the second exhibition of Faces of Hagerstown, a signature public art feature of the Hagerstown Cultural Trail. Faces of Hagerstown is a large-scale outdoor photo mural gallery focusing on the human face and the truth of the Hagerstown experience. It will be located along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail in two prominent locations. For more information click here.
Call For Artists: New Photography Exhibition Inspired by Stacey Evans and David Hockney
Deadline: June 30 During the past few months of the current COVID-19 crisis, many of us have been forced to self quarantine in our own homes. Are you viewing your surroundings in different ways? For this exhibition, we invite you to create your own version of Hockey’s 40 Snaps of My House. For more information click here.
Call For Entries: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Deadline: June 30 The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for funny wildlife images for awards in six different categories. For more information visit here.
Create! Magazine Call For Art by Larry Ossei-Mensah
Deadline: June 30 Create! Magazine is pleased to announce an international open call for the print issue #22, juried by noted curator and art critic Larry Ossei-Mensah. Have your work seen by our 170,000+ readers and followers around the world, including leading galleries, art fairs, collectors, curators, writers, art consultants, and more. $1 from each submission fee will go to the Artist Relief Fund. Learn more here.
Open Call For Live Artist Talk at Latitude Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: June 30 As the impact of the city-wide art spaces and activities shutdown continues to grow, our artists need an alternative way to shine! Latitide Gallery is thrilled to announce that we are offering our IG platform to highlight and showcase artists and designers and to engage as many within the art community as possible. Click here to learn more.
Long Island Biennial – Huntington, NY
Deadline: June 30 The Heckscher Museum of Art is now accepting entries for the 2020 Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring works by visual artists from Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Biennial reflects the area’s thriving art scene by featuring artists that represent a considerable number of communities throughout Long Island. The exhibition offers Long Island’s emerging and established artists the opportunity to gain broader public awareness of their work. For more information click here.
Open Call For Art, Culture of Contamination – Queens, NY
Deadline: July 1 The notion of contamination permeates many aspects of life; while contamination literally describes a biological impurity, it also metaphorically embodies the relentless threshold of “otherness.” SciArt initiative is accepting submissions that address this theme for an exhibit at the The New York Hall of Science. For more information click here.
Exhibition Opportunity: The New Jersey Pinelands – Photography, Painting, Drawing & Prints – Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 1 To celebrate, capture and explore the unique beauty of the New Jersey Pinelands, a biosphere reserve, we invite artists to submit up to three high-res images of artwork that focus on the landscape of this area—vegetation, animal and bird life and habitats of its citizens. Click here for more information.
Howard County Arts Council Call For Exhibit Applications
Deadline: July 1 The HCAC gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. To have your work considered, click here.
University of Maryland Stamp Gallery, Not Your Model Minority Call for Entries – College Park, MD
Deadline: July 3 The Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland seeks artwork related to Asian American experiences of the impact of COVID-19, the Model Minority Myth, and inter-ethnic and interracial solidarity. This summer, Stamp Gallery will be exhibiting an online curated experience tentatively titled Not Your Model Minority in an attempt to capture the turning point for the Asian American Pacific Islanders community in the United States. Works that promote discussion about AAPI history, presence in media, and responses to race-based violence are encouraged. Learn more here.
Call for Entries: Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital – Malvern, PA
Deadline: July 6 This exhibit is open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. Acceptable media includes painting (acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, etc.); drawing and fine printmaking (pencil, charcoal, crayon, pastel, ink, marker, woodblock, etching, silkscreen, etc.); photography (analog or digital); mixed media (2-dimensional: collage, mosaic, fiber art, etc.); sculpture; jewelry, fine crafts and functional art. Learn more here.
New Jersey Dept. of Health 2D Art Purchase – Trenton, NJ
Deadline: July 7 The state of New Jersey is seeking to purchase completed two-dimensional artwork for display in their newly constructed Department of Health Building in Trenton building. This call is open only to New Jersey artists who are permanent residents of Mercer County, or maintain a permanent art studio address in Mercer County. Click here for more information.
Foundry Gallery Artist’s Choice Open Juried Online Exhibit – DC
Deadline: July 8 This is a national juried competition open to all artists 18 and up. There are no size restrictions or themes. Categories to include all 2-D and 3-D work. All art will be for sale, and the gallery retains a 40% commission. For more information click here.
Washington Sculptors Group Call For Entry: Sculpture NOW 2020
Deadline: July 8Sculpture NOW 2020 is a non-thematic exhibition of new works, finished within the last two years. Three-dimensional freestanding sculpture, wall-hung and ceiling-hung sculpture, and installations as well as multimedia and performance-based works are welcome. Basic technical support will be provided by MPA. The artist must provide any video and sound equipment. The art may be finished or in the form of a proposal. We highly recommend that artists visit the space if they wish to submit installations, site-specific work, or a proposal. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry METALWORK 2020 – North Bethesda, MD
Deadline: July 9METALWORK 2020 is the 19th Biennial Juried Exhibition of work by Washington Guild of Goldsmiths members. This exhibition will be on display in the second-floor Guldesky Gallery Suite of the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland from September 8th to October 31st, 2020. Artworks juried into METALWORK 2020 will exhibit alongside selected invited artists exhibiting as part of this year’s Exhibition Invitational showing non-jewelry works in metal. Learn more here.
NJ Women Vote Digital Exhibition
Deadline: July 12 The New Jersey Historical Commission is accepting letters of interest for the commissioning of digital content for its NJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100 Digital Project, part of New Jersey’s initiative to commemorate the centennial of the passage of the19th Amendment and American women achieving the right to vote. The vision of NJ Women Vote is to mark the centennial of women’s suffrage while acknowledging its inequities and the challenges New Jersey women of all backgrounds have faced and continue to confront from 1920 to the present day. This digital project seeks to engage artists and humanities scholars to create digital content that addresses the theme of voting and suffrage, particularly related to New Jersey. Individual artists or humanities scholars may apply, and teams of scholars and artists are encouraged to apply together. Priority will be given to proposals where artists and scholars partner to create the work. Click hereto apply.
Outside Forces: Outsider Art Inside the Beltway 2020
Deadline: July 15 Art Enables, Washington, D.C.’s only non-profit art gallery and employment program dedicated to creating opportunities for adult visual artists with disabilities, is excited to announce our 14th annual exhibition highlighting the work of self-taught artists. Please note: this exhibition is not limited to artists with disabilities. If you identify as a self-taught or outsider artist, we’d love to see your work! Due to social distancing efforts, this year’s exhibition will take place solely online. Artists will not be required to provide physical work. Learn more here.
Call For Panelists: Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award – Baltimore
Deadline: July 15 MSAC relies on a diverse array of experts from across the state of Maryland to do the important work of evaluating applications. MSAC selects IAA panelists with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location, and expertise in the current year’s discipline. Panelists must be Maryland residents. For more information click here.
Call to Artists: Paint It! Ellicott City 2020 – Ellicott City, Maryland
Deadline: July 23 Paint It! Ellicott City is an annual event that brings artists and spectators interested in the plein air tradition to Ellicott City. Both juried and open paint artists set up their easels around the historic district, enjoying a summer weekend as they capture the picturesque mill town and all its charms. The event culminates in an exhibit of juried artists’ work in our gallery, which features an opening reception and juror’s award presentation. For more information click here.
Call For Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture for Ramapo College of NJ Learning Commons – Mawwah, NJ
Deadline: August 3 Ramapo College of New Jersey is soliciting Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) from prospective artists to design, fabricate and install artwork for the Learning Commons at its Mahwah, New Jersey campus. The proposed artwork for the building is part of the New Jersey Arts Inclusion Program and is coordinated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Ramapo College. Learn more here.
Sea of Change Mid-Atlantic 2020 Call For Submissions Extension Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: August 3 There is beauty in all the waterways that surround us, but our climate is changing and perhaps our lives as well. The Virginia Beach Art Center invites artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to submit to our a showcase of all media artwork from the Mid-Atlantic that celebrates our present and warns of our future. For more information click here.
The Grand Exhibition, An Open Art Competition: Embodying Masonic Values – Philadelphia
Deadline: August 6 All artwork entries must display a visual interpretation of some aspect of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, whether it be philosophical, historical, scientific, social, fraternal, charitable, architectural, etc. Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia. For more information click here.
Summer 2020 Surreal Photography Competition – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: August 15 For the strange and unusual; visual intriguing; and mentally stimulating. Mobius Photo is an online platform dedicated to the curation of emerging and established photographers through competitions. Submissions are open for 3.5 month periods. Winners are announced 2 weeks after the closing date. Selected works live on the website for the following year. Click here to apply.
Call For Proposals: F.E.A.S.T. 2020 at VisArts – Rockville, MD
Deadline: August 30 F.E.A.S.T. (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) 2020 encourages artists, thinkers, and organizations to expand their everyday practice and create project proposals that address the theme of A More Than Human World. Imaginative, sustainable, and provocative projects that explore and make visible a more-than-human perspective are welcome! F.E.A.S.T. 2020 advocates for proposals that join art with social, cultural, political, economic, historic, and environmental dynamics. Imaginings, actions, performances, dance, theater, writing, visual art, walks, physical and virtual, analog or digital, and beyond. For more information click here.
Council on Virginia Tech History Seeks Public Art for University’s Sesquicentennial – Blacksburg, VA
Deadline: August 31 The Council on Virginia Tech History has initiated a call for public art in preparation for the university’s sesquicentennial in 2022. The call, “Understanding Our Complicated Past and Reconnecting with Our Layered Histories: An International Ideas Competition,” seeks proposals for creative approaches to highlight how historically marginalized communities have shaped and will continue to shape Virginia Tech. The winning art pieces will be featured at the university’s oldest structures, Solitude and the Fraction Family House, which were part of the grounds of a former plantation owned by the Preston family. The Solitude House was occupied by the family, and the Fraction Family House is the only remaining structure for housing those enslaved by the Prestons. Proposals for all forms of art, from virtual to physical and everything in between, are highly encouraged. Learn more here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis, from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.
Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore
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. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.
Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD
The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. 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. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) 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. For more information, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6876.
The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)
Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.
Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine
Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.
The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects
Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.
Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)
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. Guidelines and information here.
Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication
Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)
Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].
The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)
Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, clickhere.
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)
Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.
Residency: Maryland
Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.
Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.
Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].
Welcome to Artful Weekend At Home, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place.
This weekend: A Juneteeth celebration, art-inspired projects for kids, artists on the music they listen to, and more!
Online Shopping at the League
Did you know that you can now purchase artworks from our June Landscape Exhibit and other recent juried shows at our online Gallery Shop? Items on view can be shipped or scheduled for pick up upon our re-opening. Click here for details.
Liberation Celebration
Juneteeth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. This momentous occasion—a combination of June and 19—has been celebrated for over 150 years. Join the National Museum of African American History & Culture for Juneteenth: A Celebration Of Resilience, a two day virtual event featuring presentations, stories, photographs, and recipes from the museum’s Sweet Home Café.
Gordana Gerskovic: Texturescapes
Maryland-based artist Gordana Gerskovic uses a macro lens to frame tight shots of worn and weathered surfaces found in the urban and rural landscape as she captures the abstract compositions in her photographs. Texturescapes, her solo exhibit online at Black Rock Center for the Arts, presents a series of images she’s created by focusing on unexpected details and accidental patterns. It will be on view June 20 through July 31.
Wish You Were Here
“Let Me Out” by Eric Atkinson
Art Enables, located in Washington, D.C., is a vocational arts program and gallery dedicated to creating opportunities for artists with disabilities to make, market, and earn income from their original artwork. Wish You Were Here, a series of mini online exhibitions. Cabin Fever, the latest grouping, references the trappings of extended domestic confinement.
Creative Kids
“Hollywood Africans” by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Introduce young ones to the works of Man Ray, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cauleen Smith, and other artists with the Whitney Kids Art Challenge. This series of activities sparks children’s creativity while acquainting them with some of the diverse ways that artists think and work.
Artists Soundtracks
Artist Pia Pack is the host of the podcast “What Artists Listen To.”
Artist Pia Pack’s popular podcast What Artists Listen Tofeatures female artists talking about their lives and work through the lens of their favorite music. Listen to her lively and revealing conversations with Alison Saar, Alexandra Grant, Kim Schoenstadt, Shizu Saldamando, and Galia Linn, and others.
Stay safe, wear your mask, and enjoy your weekend.
Even during difficult times, creativity persists. Throughout this period of social distancing, we will begin our listing with opportunities that uniquely address the coronavirus pandemic—be they calls for art that specifically speaks to it, or virtual exhibits that are cropping up as a result of it. Some have definitive deadlines and others are more flexible, so be sure to check guidelines carefully. We encourage you to share these and other opportunities with your creative circle.
Opportunities in Response to COVID-19
ArtsPark Gallery-V Quarantine Dreams – Lexington Park, MD
Deadline: June 26 Art During Quarantine: During the current pandemic artists have been left without galleries, without our working artist community and often without inspiration. Many of us are simply trying to shelter in place and take care of ourselves and our families. However, some of us have used this time to get busy in our homes and studios and create new work. This new online opportunity invites all who have been creating work to show it off. And if you need inspiration, perhaps this new exhibit will provide it. So go ahead, show us what you’ve been up to. Click here to apply.
Athenaeum Call For Entries for A Very Weird Time
Deadline: August 14 Artists are invited to submit works that represent the full gamut of how the global coronavirus pandemic and its associated social distancing has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, anger and doubt are certainly typical responses but we are also interested in evidence of the creative benefits of solitude and reflection and the time to process them. For more information click here.
Las Laguna Gallery
Deadline: September 31 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “A Light in the Darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Click here to learn more.
COVID-19 Artist Residency Project
Deadline: January 1, 2021 COVID-19 Artist Residency Project is an In-Place Residency that was launched in May 2020 to help creatives reframe their time during the Pandemic as an opportunity for self-exploration. The non-competitive residency is free to apply. All creative disciplines welcome. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Queer Art Workers Reflect on Pride Amid COVID-19
Cognizant of the need to stay connected and elevate queer voices amid a climate of uncertainty, Hyperallergic is commemorating Pride Month by featuring one queer art worker per day on our website and asking them to reflect on what this time means to them. This series is meant to build on last year’s Queer Artists in Their Own Words. We encourage queer artists, curators, arts educators, filmmakers, programmers, conservators, and administrators from across the art world to join us. Click here to learn more.
A View From the Easel Call For Submissions
Temporarily, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic is asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine for their “View From the Easel” section. For more information click here.
Artists Against an #Infodemic Call For Artists
The visual media organizations CatchLight, Dysturb, and The Everyday Projects are seeking submissions for visual art and storytelling that addresses key public health messages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formats can include: photography, video, cartoons/comics, graphic design, paintings, drawings, memes, and more. We will work with the selected artists to package the material for distribution on social media and for display in public spaces as murals and/or projections. For more information click here.
The Corona Portrait Project Call For Submissions
For tens of thousands of artists around the world, in a matter of weeks the novel coronavirus has caused the loss of exhibitions, projects, side gigs, and left much uncertainty behind. As we sit isolated at home and consider our fears and hopes for the future, this project is a challenge to confront ourselves by creating a self-portrait. A new artist will be featured weekly. For more information, click here.
Downtown Baltimore Partnership Call For Artists – Baltimore
The #ArtOfBaltimore campaign was launched to help support local artists and spark positive energy as we adjust to the economic and cultural impact of the COVID-19 virus. Selected works by local artists will appear on digital signage throughout Downtown Baltimore, and artist will receive a licensing fee and additional promotion of their work on DPOB social media channels. For more information click here.
Insider Art Fair Call For Submissions
In response to our extraordinary circumstances, the Willow Street Gallery is seeking artwork from local artists to showcase on our digital platforms for an online exhibition titled “Insider Art Fair.” This exhibition allows us at the WSG to continue our mission to provide a platform for local and emerging artists, and make meaningful connections while the community remains indoors and isolated. Click hereto learn more.
Social Distance Gallery For Thesis Exhibitions
Social Distance Gallery is posting BFA and MFA thesis exhibitions that are canceled or limited in access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital exhibitions will be hosted on Instagram at @socialdistancegallery. Click here for submission instructions.
Amplifier’s Global Open Call For Art
In response to COVID-19, Amplifier is launching an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world. They are looking for public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education, and symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times. Click here for more information.
Other Opportunities
Brentwood Arts Exchange Call For Entry – Brentwood, MD
Deadline: June 24 The Brentwood Arts Exchange is seeking submissions from artists who work in video or digital animation for Going Dark: A Video Group Exhibition. Themes, concepts and video duration can vary. Selected videos will be displayed in the Main Gallery via projectors or television monitors, and may be shared via digital platforms during the exhibition. For more information click here.
The Art of Activism Poster Making Workshop with Guerilla Girl Aphra Behn
Deadline: June 25 Address issues affecting you within your community, in the nation, or across the globe in this four-hour poster-making workshop with Aphra Behn and Guerrilla Girls On Tour. The workshop begins with a discussion of the intersection of activism and art. Participants engage in sharing ideas about what makes a good piece of protest art, while the Girls share the evolution and philosophy behind some of their most famous posters and street theater actions. To apply, click here.
Call For Artists: New Photography Exhibition Inspired by Stacey Evans and David Hockney
Deadline: June 30 During the past few months of the current COVID-19 crisis, many of us have been forced to self quarantine in our own homes. Are you viewing your surroundings in different ways? For this exhibition, we invite you to create your own version of Hockey’s 40 Snaps of My House. For more information click here.
Open Call For Art, Culture of Contamination – Queens, NY
Deadline: July 1 The notion of contamination permeates many aspects of life; while contamination literally describes a biological impurity, it also metaphorically embodies the relentless threshold of “otherness.” SciArt initiative is accepting submissions that address this theme for an exhibit at the The New York Hall of Science. For more information click here.
University of Maryland Stamp Gallery, Not Your Model Minority Call for Entries – College Park, MD
Deadline: July 3 The Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland seeks artwork related to Asian American experiences of the impact of COVID-19, the Model Minority Myth, and inter-ethnic and interracial solidarity. This summer, Stamp Gallery will be exhibiting an online curated experience tentatively titled Not Your Model Minority in an attempt to capture the turning point for the Asian American Pacific Islanders community in the United States. Works that promote discussion about AAPI history, presence in media, and responses to race-based violence are encouraged. Learn more here.
New Jersey Dept. of Health 2D Art Purchase – Trenton, NJ
Deadline: July 7 The state of New Jersey is seeking to purchase completed two-dimensional artwork for display in their newly constructed Department of Health Building in Trenton building. This call is open only to New Jersey artists who are permanent residents of Mercer County, or maintain a permanent art studio address in Mercer County. Click here for more information.
NJ Women Vote Digital Exhibition
Deadline: July 12 The New Jersey Historical Commission is accepting letters of interest for the commissioning of digital content for its NJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100 Digital Project, part of New Jersey’s initiative to commemorate the centennial of the passage of the19th Amendment and American women achieving the right to vote. The vision of NJ Women Vote is to mark the centennial of women’s suffrage while acknowledging its inequities and the challenges New Jersey women of all backgrounds have faced and continue to confront from 1920 to the present day. This digital project seeks to engage artists and humanities scholars to create digital content that addresses the theme of voting and suffrage, particularly related to New Jersey. Individual artists or humanities scholars may apply, and teams of scholars and artists are encouraged to apply together. Priority will be given to proposals where artists and scholars partner to create the work. Click hereto apply.
Outside Forces: Outsider Art Inside the Beltway 2020
Deadline: July 15 Art Enables, Washington, D.C.’s only non-profit art gallery and employment program dedicated to creating opportunities for adult visual artists with disabilities, is excited to announce our 14th annual exhibition highlighting the work of self-taught artists. Please note: this exhibition is not limited to artists with disabilities. If you identify as a self-taught or outsider artist, we’d love to see your work! Due to social distancing efforts, this year’s exhibition will take place solely online. Artists will not be required to provide physical work. Learn more here.
Council on Virginia Tech History Seeks Public Art for University’s Sesquicentennial – Blacksburg, VA
Deadline: August 31 The Council on Virginia Tech History has initiated a call for public art in preparation for the university’s sesquicentennial in 2022. The call, “Understanding Our Complicated Past and Reconnecting with Our Layered Histories: An International Ideas Competition,” seeks proposals for creative approaches to highlight how historically marginalized communities have shaped and will continue to shape Virginia Tech. The winning art pieces will be featured at the university’s oldest structures, Solitude and the Fraction Family House, which were part of the grounds of a former plantation owned by the Preston family. The Solitude House was occupied by the family, and the Fraction Family House is the only remaining structure for housing those enslaved by the Prestons. Proposals for all forms of art, from virtual to physical and everything in between, are highly encouraged. Learn more here.
Re-runs: These announcements have been posted here before, but it’s not too late to enter!
Hagerstown Cultural Trail Call For Artists: Photography – Hagerstown, MD
Deadline: June 26 The City of Hagerstown, in partnership with the Washington County Arts, is pleased to announce the second exhibition of Faces of Hagerstown, a signature public art feature of the Hagerstown Cultural Trail. Faces of Hagerstown is a large-scale outdoor photo mural gallery focusing on the human face and the truth of the Hagerstown experience. It will be located along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail in two prominent locations. For more information click here.
Call For Entries: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Deadline: June 30 The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for funny wildlife images for awards in six different categories. For more information visit here.
Create! Magazine Call For Art by Larry Ossei-Mensah
Deadline: June 30 Create! Magazine is pleased to announce an international open call for the print issue #22, juried by noted curator and art critic Larry Ossei-Mensah. Have your work seen by our 170,000+ readers and followers around the world, including leading galleries, art fairs, collectors, curators, writers, art consultants, and more. $1 from each submission fee will go to the Artist Relief Fund. Learn more here.
Open Call For Live Artist Talk at Latitude Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: June 30 As the impact of the city-wide art spaces and activities shutdown continues to grow, our artists need an alternative way to shine! Latitide Gallery is thrilled to announce that we are offering our IG platform to highlight and showcase artists and designers and to engage as many within the art community as possible. Click here to learn more.
Long Island Biennial – Huntington, NY
Deadline: June 30 The Heckscher Museum of Art is now accepting entries for the 2020 Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring works by visual artists from Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Biennial reflects the area’s thriving art scene by featuring artists that represent a considerable number of communities throughout Long Island. The exhibition offers Long Island’s emerging and established artists the opportunity to gain broader public awareness of their work. For more information click here.
Exhibition Opportunity: The New Jersey Pinelands – Photography, Painting, Drawing & Prints – Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 1 To celebrate, capture and explore the unique beauty of the New Jersey Pinelands, a biosphere reserve, we invite artists to submit up to three high-res images of artwork that focus on the landscape of this area—vegetation, animal and bird life and habitats of its citizens. Click here for more information.
Howard County Arts Council Call For Exhibit Applications
Deadline: July 1 The HCAC gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. To have your work considered, click here.
Call for Entries: Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital – Malvern, PA
Deadline: July 6 This exhibit is open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. Acceptable media includes painting (acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, etc.); drawing and fine printmaking (pencil, charcoal, crayon, pastel, ink, marker, woodblock, etching, silkscreen, etc.); photography (analog or digital); mixed media (2-dimensional: collage, mosaic, fiber art, etc.); sculpture; jewelry, fine crafts and functional art. Learn more here.
Foundry Gallery Artist’s Choice Open Juried Online Exhibit – DC
Deadline: July 8 This is a national juried competition open to all artists 18 and up. There are no size restrictions or themes. Categories to include all 2-D and 3-D work. All art will be for sale, and the gallery retains a 40% commission. For more information click here.
Washington Sculptors Group Call For Entry: Sculpture NOW 2020
Deadline: July 8Sculpture NOW 2020 is a non-thematic exhibition of new works, finished within the last two years. Three-dimensional freestanding sculpture, wall-hung and ceiling-hung sculpture, and installations as well as multimedia and performance-based works are welcome. Basic technical support will be provided by MPA. The artist must provide any video and sound equipment. The art may be finished or in the form of a proposal. We highly recommend that artists visit the space if they wish to submit installations, site-specific work, or a proposal. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry METALWORK 2020 – North Bethesda, MD
Deadline: July 9METALWORK 2020 is the 19th Biennial Juried Exhibition of work by Washington Guild of Goldsmiths members. This exhibition will be on display in the second-floor Guldesky Gallery Suite of the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland from September 8th to October 31st, 2020. Artworks juried into METALWORK 2020 will exhibit alongside selected invited artists exhibiting as part of this year’s Exhibition Invitational showing non-jewelry works in metal. Learn more here.
Call For Panelists: Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award – Baltimore
Deadline: July 15 MSAC relies on a diverse array of experts from across the state of Maryland to do the important work of evaluating applications. MSAC selects IAA panelists with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location, and expertise in the current year’s discipline. Panelists must be Maryland residents. For more information click here.
Call to Artists: Paint It! Ellicott City 2020 – Ellicott City, Maryland
Deadline: July 23 Paint It! Ellicott City is an annual event that brings artists and spectators interested in the plein air tradition to Ellicott City. Both juried and open paint artists set up their easels around the historic district, enjoying a summer weekend as they capture the picturesque mill town and all its charms. The event culminates in an exhibit of juried artists’ work in our gallery, which features an opening reception and juror’s award presentation. For more information click here.
Call For Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture for Ramapo College of NJ Learning Commons – Mawwah, NJ
Deadline: August 3 Ramapo College of New Jersey is soliciting Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) from prospective artists to design, fabricate and install artwork for the Learning Commons at its Mahwah, New Jersey campus. The proposed artwork for the building is part of the New Jersey Arts Inclusion Program and is coordinated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Ramapo College. Learn more here.
Sea of Change Mid-Atlantic 2020 Call For Submissions Extension Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: August 3 There is beauty in all the waterways that surround us, but our climate is changing and perhaps our lives as well. The Virginia Beach Art Center invites artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to submit to our a showcase of all media artwork from the Mid-Atlantic that celebrates our present and warns of our future. For more information click here.
The Grand Exhibition, An Open Art Competition: Embodying Masonic Values – Philadelphia
Deadline: August 6 All artwork entries must display a visual interpretation of some aspect of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, whether it be philosophical, historical, scientific, social, fraternal, charitable, architectural, etc. Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia. For more information click here.
Summer 2020 Surreal Photography Competition – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: August 15 For the strange and unusual; visual intriguing; and mentally stimulating. Mobius Photo is an online platform dedicated to the curation of emerging and established photographers through competitions. Submissions are open for 3.5 month periods. Winners are announced 2 weeks after the closing date. Selected works live on the website for the following year. Click here to apply.
Call For Proposals: F.E.A.S.T. 2020 at VisArts – Rockville, MD
Deadline: August 30 F.E.A.S.T. (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) 2020 encourages artists, thinkers, and organizations to expand their everyday practice and create project proposals that address the theme of A More Than Human World. Imaginative, sustainable, and provocative projects that explore and make visible a more-than-human perspective are welcome! F.E.A.S.T. 2020 advocates for proposals that join art with social, cultural, political, economic, historic, and environmental dynamics. Imaginings, actions, performances, dance, theater, writing, visual art, walks, physical and virtual, analog or digital, and beyond. For more information click here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore
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. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.
Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD
The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. 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. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) 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. For more information, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6876.
The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)
Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.
Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine
Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.
The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects
Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.
Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)
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. Guidelines and information here.
Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication
Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)
Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].
The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)
Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, clickhere.
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)
Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.
Residency: Maryland
Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.
Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.
Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].
"Bethany Beach After Labor Day" by Jacqueline Saunders
Welcome to Artful Weekend At Home, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place.
This weekend: Landscapes at the League, reflections from LGBTQ artists, a celebration of modern crafts, and more!
June Landscape Exhibit
Landscape Exhibit Best-in-Show Award winner “Winter Light” by Ray Goodrow
After months of quarantine, who couldn’t use a dose of outdoor beauty? Let our current virtual Landscape Exhibit transport you to wondrous outdoor vistas near and far through a variety of mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and print. League member artist Ray Goodrow received the best-in-show award for his watercolor cityscape titled Winter Light. He remarks on his work and process in Creativity in Action.
Sheltering in Place
“Strawberries” by Shelley Micalli
For those who choose to venture out, Gallery Underground now, opened at fifty percent capacity, has a new show that speaks to the moment. Shelter in Place, focuses on artwork that member artists have been creating while sheltering at home. Some works are inspired by artists dreaming of travel, or gathering at favorite places; others have been inspired by home – gardens, still lifes, family. The show features works in a variety of media including mixed media, paintings, sculpture, wood, glass and ceramics; on view through June 26 at Gallery Underground, 2100 Crystal Drive in Arlington.
Pride-ful Reflections
Some of the artists featured in “Queer Art Workers Reflect.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many queer individuals are navigating greater risks to their health, safety, and livelihoods. To commemorate Pride Month, online art magazine Hyperallergic is featuring the series “Queer Art Workers Reflect,” where a variety of artists who identify as queer comment on what this time means to them.
Craft Work
“Devil Horns Crystal Brass Knuckles (Lefty)” by Debra Baxter
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation that celebrates craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world. View the many artworks—ranging from the 1930s through today, spanning numerous media—and accompanying artist videos here.
Speaking of crafts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has a trove of crafting instructional videos for making everything from cork photo holders and origami cacti, to tile coasters and reed baskets—enough to keep you creative until quarantine restrictions lift and beyond.
Ray Goodrow, our Landscape Best-in-Show Award winner.
By Haven Ashley
Six o’clock a.m., south of Lincoln Center. It’s January in New York and painter Ray Goodrow is on foot, eager to scout the city during the quiet, chilly hours of early morning. Winter Light, his best-in-show award-winning watercolor featured in The Art League’s June Landscape Exhibit, captures the spirit of possibility that accompanies a crisp New York City daybreak. “When people look at this painting, I hope they feel like an explorer,” the artist remarked.
“Winter Light”
What began as a study for a larger painting caught the eye of juror Eric March. Goodrow’s painting is an image of urban landscape, a habitat built for humankind. His lively brushes of watercolor are well suited to portray a city known for its non-stop movement. When viewing Winter Light one can imagine the gleam of the sun as it slices through city blocks, hear the refrain of budding traffic, and feel the bite of winter’s teeth.
The artist commented that his interpretation of landscape has changed over time. He enjoys painting agricultural images (admitting a fondness for cows) as much as cityscapes. Better yet, are the instances where nature and man-made features blend. “I love painting scenes in the countryside where there is an old boxcar or barn—the patina of age is so interesting. There are so many types of landscape, both rural and urban, but what I’m really interested in capturing is light. Light is what makes a painting sing.”
Goodrow has rendered this famous urban landscape in a cool, restrained color palette, revealing the sparse contours of the city in a wash of slate, cobalt, and cream. Traffic lights and brake lights flash, offering contrast in tiny pinpricks of red. Buildings made from great slabs of stone and glass stretch to dizzying heights, obscuring the sun, and making the streets feel like “canyons,” he says. The city’s famed skyscraper skyline “can make New York seem very dark. But in the winter you get these incredible beams of glaring light. You can sense that [in my painting], the bright white light that just obliterates everything else.”
Even during difficult times, creativity persists. Throughout this period of social distancing, we will begin our listing with opportunities that uniquely address the coronavirus pandemic—be they calls for art that specifically speaks to it, or virtual exhibits that are cropping up as a result of it. Some have definitive deadlines and others are more flexible, so be sure to check guidelines carefully. We encourage you to share these and other opportunities with your creative circle.
Opportunities in Response to COVID-19
Call For Artists: Shelter in Place Digital Residency
Deadline: June 12 Shelter in Place is a six-week online residency program for visual artists engaged in community organizing and activism. This residency prioritizes Southern artists, but is open to all artists of any region. Six to eight artists will be selected with the goal of opening it to more in future iterations. Learn more here.
Athenaeum Call For Entries for A Very Weird Time
Deadline: August 14 Artists are invited to submit works that represent the full gamut of how the global coronavirus pandemic and its associated social distancing has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, anger and doubt are certainly typical responses but we are also interested in evidence of the creative benefits of solitude and reflection and the time to process them. For more information click here.
Las Laguna Gallery
Deadline: September 31 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “A Light in the Darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Click here to learn more.
COVID-19 Artist Residency Project
Deadline: January 1, 2021 COVID-19 Artist Residency Project is an In-Place Residency that was launched in May 2020 to help creatives reframe their time during the Pandemic as an opportunity for self-exploration. The non-competitive residency is free to apply. All creative disciplines welcome. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Queer Art Workers Reflect on Pride Amid COVID-19
Cognizant of the need to stay connected and elevate queer voices amid a climate of uncertainty, Hyperallergic is commemorating Pride Month by featuring one queer art worker per day on our website and asking them to reflect on what this time means to them. This series is meant to build on last year’s Queer Artists in Their Own Words. We encourage queer artists, curators, arts educators, filmmakers, programmers, conservators, and administrators from across the art world to join us. Click here to learn more.
A View From the Easel Call For Submissions
Temporarily, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic is asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine for their “View From the Easel” section. For more information click here.
Artists Against an #Infodemic Call For Artists
The visual media organizations CatchLight, Dysturb, and The Everyday Projects are seeking submissions for visual art and storytelling that addresses key public health messages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formats can include: photography, video, cartoons/comics, graphic design, paintings, drawings, memes, and more. We will work with the selected artists to package the material for distribution on social media and for display in public spaces as murals and/or projections. For more information click here.
The Corona Portrait Project Call For Submissions
For tens of thousands of artists around the world, in a matter of weeks the novel coronavirus has caused the loss of exhibitions, projects, side gigs, and left much uncertainty behind. As we sit isolated at home and consider our fears and hopes for the future, this project is a challenge to confront ourselves by creating a self-portrait. A new artist will be featured weekly. For more information, click here.
Downtown Baltimore Partnership Call For Artists – Baltimore
The #ArtOfBaltimore campaign was launched to help support local artists and spark positive energy as we adjust to the economic and cultural impact of the COVID-19 virus. Selected works by local artists will appear on digital signage throughout Downtown Baltimore, and artist will receive a licensing fee and additional promotion of their work on DPOB social media channels. For more information click here.
Insider Art Fair Call For Submissions
In response to our extraordinary circumstances, the Willow Street Gallery is seeking artwork from local artists to showcase on our digital platforms for an online exhibition titled “Insider Art Fair.” This exhibition allows us at the WSG to continue our mission to provide a platform for local and emerging artists, and make meaningful connections while the community remains indoors and isolated. Click hereto learn more.
Social Distance Gallery For Thesis Exhibitions
Social Distance Gallery is posting BFA and MFA thesis exhibitions that are canceled or limited in access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital exhibitions will be hosted on Instagram at @socialdistancegallery. Click here for submission instructions.
Amplifier’s Global Open Call For Art
In response to COVID-19, Amplifier is launching an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world. They are looking for public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education, and symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times. Click here for more information.
Other Opportunities
Call For Youth Artists, ArtPEACE
Deadline: June 10, 12:00 noon ArtPEACE aims to utilize art and dialogue to address social inequalities and promote unity. We invite artists ages 13-29 to submit an art piece based on their interpretation of the theme “Discrimination in Modern America: Where We Are vs. Where We Should Be.” All mediums are welcome including photography, social media posts, paintings, and poems/spoken word pieces. Please submit art to [email protected]. In addition, on Wednesday, June 10 from 1:30-3 pm, we will be holding an ArtPEACE dialogue that will feature submitted art pieces and use them as a catalyst for discussion. Artists will also be given the opportunity to talk about their work. The dialogue topic is “Systemic vs. Institutionalized Racism: Their Differences, Parallels, and End.” Participants will be asked to review various materials regarding this topic prior to the event. Here’s the link to sign up: https://bit.ly/2XWTZIq.
MFA Call For Artists, American Landscapes – Annapolis, MD
Deadline: June 11 From the oceans that surround this continent to the mountains that divide it, this land is home to some of the world’s most powerful landscapes. The Maryland Federation of Art invites artists to submit original 2-D or 3-D work depicting a landscape from the Americans (*North America, Hawaii, Central America, Caribbean & South America). Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from Aug. 13 – Sept. 12. For more information click here.
Call For Entries: Colors of Humanity Black & White
Deadline: June 15 Sometimes a monochrome pallet can say more than a full spectrum of color and creates a striking contrast. We would like to see your work that is composed of black, white, and shades in between. For more information click here.
Howard County Arts Council Call For Exhibit Applications
Deadline: July 1 The HCAC gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. To have your work considered, click here.
Call for Entries: Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital – Malvern, PA
Deadline: July 6 This exhibit is open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. Acceptable media includes painting (acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, etc.); drawing and fine printmaking (pencil, charcoal, crayon, pastel, ink, marker, woodblock, etching, silkscreen, etc.); photography (analog or digital); mixed media (2-dimensional: collage, mosaic, fiber art, etc.); sculpture; jewelry, fine crafts and functional art. Learn more here.
Call For Panelists: Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award – Baltimore
Deadline: July 15 MSAC relies on a diverse array of experts from across the state of Maryland to do the important work of evaluating applications. MSAC selects IAA panelists with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location, and expertise in the current year’s discipline. Panelists must be Maryland residents. For more information click here.
Re-runs: These announcements have been posted here before, but it’s not too late to enter!
Glen Echo Park Partnership Gallery Request for Proposals 2021 – Glen Echo, MD
Deadline: June 12 The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery and Park View Gallery venues at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2021. Learn more here.
Black Artists of DC Call For Submissions, Still We Rise – DC
Deadline: June 14Still We Rise is inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem Still I Rise. Artists may submit up to 10 digital JPEG images at 300 DPI make size of the digital image 5” x 7”. For more information click here.
MPAartfest Call For Submissions – McLean, Virginia
Deadline: June 15 McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) currently seeks submissions for MPAartfest. Artists from throughout the mid-Atlantic region are encouraged to apply. Artists retain 100 percent of sales. Additional details can be found here.
Sculpture Center 2021 In Practice Call for Artist Proposals – New York
Deadline: June 15 The Sculpture Center invites artists to submit proposals each spring for new projects to be presented in January 2021. Artists selected for the In Practice exhibition will receive an honorarium and production support. The level of production support will depend on the scope of accepted works and available funding. Click here for more information.
Plein Air Plus 2020 Call to Enter Exhibition at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts – Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: June 15 The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the fifth Plein Air Plus Competition and Exhibition on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Our Paint Out is over a two month period, allowing artists to visit and paint the scenic, seashore environment of Long Beach Island. Finished paintings will be shown in the exhibition Island Life in September. For more information click here.
Call for Proposals, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site – Philadelphia
Deadline: June 17 We seek installations that will explore Eastern State Penitentiary’s history and evoke a broad range of emotions. We seek installations that will make connections between the complex history of this building and today’s criminal justice system and corrections policies. Clickherefor more information.
Hagerstown Cultural Trail Call For Artists: Photography – Hagerstown, MD
Deadline: June 26 The City of Hagerstown, in partnership with the Washington County Arts, is pleased to announce the second exhibition of Faces of Hagerstown, a signature public art feature of the Hagerstown Cultural Trail. Faces of Hagerstown is a large-scale outdoor photo mural gallery focusing on the human face and the truth of the Hagerstown experience. It will be located along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail in two prominent locations. For more information click here.
Call For Entries: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Deadline: June 30 The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for funny wildlife images for awards in six different categories. For more information visit here.
Create! Magazine Call For Art by Larry Ossei-Mensah
Deadline: June 30 Create! Magazine is pleased to announce an international open call for the print issue #22, juried by noted curator and art critic Larry Ossei-Mensah. Have your work seen by our 170,000+ readers and followers around the world, including leading galleries, art fairs, collectors, curators, writers, art consultants, and more. $1 from each submission fee will go to the Artist Relief Fund. Learn more here.
Open Call For Live Artist Talk at Latitude Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: June 30 As the impact of the city-wide art spaces and activities shutdown continues to grow, our artists need an alternative way to shine! Latitide Gallery is thrilled to announce that we are offering our IG platform to highlight and showcase artists and designers and to engage as many within the art community as possible. Click here to learn more.
Long Island Biennial – Huntington, NY
Deadline: June 30 The Heckscher Museum of Art is now accepting entries for the 2020 Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring works by visual artists from Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Biennial reflects the area’s thriving art scene by featuring artists that represent a considerable number of communities throughout Long Island. The exhibition offers Long Island’s emerging and established artists the opportunity to gain broader public awareness of their work. For more information click here.
Exhibition Opportunity: The New Jersey Pinelands – Photography, Painting, Drawing & Prints – Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 1 To celebrate, capture and explore the unique beauty of the New Jersey Pinelands, a biosphere reserve, we invite artists to submit up to three high-res images of artwork that focus on the landscape of this area—vegetation, animal and bird life and habitats of its citizens. Click here for more information.
Foundry Gallery Artist’s Choice Open Juried Online Exhibit – DC
Deadline: July 8 This is a national juried competition open to all artists 18 and up. There are no size restrictions or themes. Categories to include all 2-D and 3-D work. All art will be for sale, and the gallery retains a 40% commission. For more information click here.
Washington Sculptors Group Call For Entry: Sculpture NOW 2020
Deadline: July 8Sculpture NOW 2020 is a non-thematic exhibition of new works, finished within the last two years. Three-dimensional freestanding sculpture, wall-hung and ceiling-hung sculpture, and installations as well as multimedia and performance-based works are welcome. Basic technical support will be provided by MPA. The artist must provide any video and sound equipment. The art may be finished or in the form of a proposal. We highly recommend that artists visit the space if they wish to submit installations, site-specific work, or a proposal. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry METALWORK 2020 – North Bethesda, MD
Deadline: July 9METALWORK 2020 is the 19th Biennial Juried Exhibition of work by Washington Guild of Goldsmiths members. This exhibition will be on display in the second-floor Guldesky Gallery Suite of the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland from September 8th to October 31st, 2020. Artworks juried into METALWORK 2020 will exhibit alongside selected invited artists exhibiting as part of this year’s Exhibition Invitational showing non-jewelry works in metal. Learn more here.
Call to Artists: Paint It! Ellicott City 2020 – Ellicott City, Maryland
Deadline: July 23 Paint It! Ellicott City is an annual event that brings artists and spectators interested in the plein air tradition to Ellicott City. Both juried and open paint artists set up their easels around the historic district, enjoying a summer weekend as they capture the picturesque mill town and all its charms. The event culminates in an exhibit of juried artists’ work in our gallery, which features an opening reception and juror’s award presentation. For more information click here.
Call For Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture for Ramapo College of NJ Learning Commons – Mawwah, NJ
Deadline: August 3 Ramapo College of New Jersey is soliciting Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) from prospective artists to design, fabricate and install artwork for the Learning Commons at its Mahwah, New Jersey campus. The proposed artwork for the building is part of the New Jersey Arts Inclusion Program and is coordinated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Ramapo College. Learn more here.
Sea of Change Mid-Atlantic 2020 Call For Submissions Extension Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: August 3 There is beauty in all the waterways that surround us, but our climate is changing and perhaps our lives as well. The Virginia Beach Art Center invites artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to submit to our a showcase of all media artwork from the Mid-Atlantic that celebrates our present and warns of our future. For more information click here.
The Grand Exhibition, An Open Art Competition: Embodying Masonic Values – Philadelphia
Deadline: August 6 All artwork entries must display a visual interpretation of some aspect of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, whether it be philosophical, historical, scientific, social, fraternal, charitable, architectural, etc. Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia. For more information click here.
Summer 2020 Surreal Photography Competition – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: August 15 For the strange and unusual; visual intriguing; and mentally stimulating. Mobius Photo is an online platform dedicated to the curation of emerging and established photographers through competitions. Submissions are open for 3.5 month periods. Winners are announced 2 weeks after the closing date. Selected works live on the website for the following year. Click here to apply.
Call For Proposals: F.E.A.S.T. 2020 at VisArts – Rockville, MD
Deadline: August 30 F.E.A.S.T. (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) 2020 encourages artists, thinkers, and organizations to expand their everyday practice and create project proposals that address the theme of A More Than Human World. Imaginative, sustainable, and provocative projects that explore and make visible a more-than-human perspective are welcome! F.E.A.S.T. 2020 advocates for proposals that join art with social, cultural, political, economic, historic, and environmental dynamics. Imaginings, actions, performances, dance, theater, writing, visual art, walks, physical and virtual, analog or digital, and beyond. For more information click here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore
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. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.
Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD
The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. 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. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) 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. For more information, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6876.
The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)
Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.
Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine
Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.
The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects
Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.
Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)
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. Guidelines and information here.
Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication
Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)
Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].
The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)
Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, clickhere.
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)
Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.
Residency: Maryland
Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.
Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.
Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].
Welcome to Artful Weekend At Home, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place.
This weekend: Conversations about art, photos of exodus, artsy Zoom backgrounds, and more!
Art Talk
These extraordinary times call for creative thought. With that in mind, Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and past League juror, teamed with artist Katie G. Whipple to cohost “Contemporary Realist Art in Lockdown,” a series of lively discussions with nine noted artists, educators and dealers who share what they are doing to move their careers—and contemporary realist art—forward.
Calling Down the Spirits
Artist Delita Martin describing a work from her exhibit “Calling Down the Spirits.”
Calling Down the Spirits, Delita Martin’s monumental mixed media work that layers personal recollections, spiritual symbols, and West African iconography in works that bridge time and space between generations. If you missed it on exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, you can now view it online with audio commentary provided by the artist.
Caminantes
“Pedro and His Nephews” by Felipe Jácome
In recent years millions of Venezuelans have left their home country to escape poverty in a deepening humanitarian crisis fueled by economic mismanagement and human rights violations. After covering the arrival of many of these refugees in his hometown in Ecuador, photographer Felipe Jácome set out for Venezuela to document the mass exodus up close. See the faces of the émigrés he captured in Caminantes(Spanish for walkers), on view virtually at New York’s Anastasia Photo.
Background Art
Impress your Zoom mates with fine art like Marco and Sebastiano Ricci’s “Landscape with Classical Ruins and Figures” background.
Are you skipping the Zoom video option because you feel you environs are a bit lacking? Well, fret no more! Some noted art institutions have come to the rescue. The Smithsonian American Art Museum,Getty, Metropolitan Museum, and Tenement Museum will help you to upgrade your background with works from their famed collections. Or, simply visit curator Iruoma Ekpunobi’s Zoom Museum and choose museum paintings, photographs, and installations to your liking.
Studio Visit
The studio of artist Cara De Angelis.
Online art publication Hyperallergic has asked artist to share their studio experience during COVID-19 pandemic. The result: “A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine,” a weekly column featuring artists from around the world commenting on their work spaces and art they are creating now. Checkout the latest installment here.
