"Waiting for Climate Action," by Daniel Horowitz, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy art in person or virtually.
This weekend: This weekend: Solo shows and an open exhibit at the League; Alma W. Thomas’ retrospective opens at The Phillips; the phenomenon of aquatint printmaking at the National Gallery; and innovative glass works at the Renwick.
October 2021 Open Exhibit
“Tibetan Pilgrim” by Dale McGrath
Our October Open Exhibit, juried by artist and Howard University Adjunct LecturerSummer Brown, is now on view! Open exhibits are a great way to view the breath of mediums and styles of our member artists. It is on view through November 7.
Tania Karpowitz: Headlands
“Look Out” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
Expressive faces merge with boundless skies and landscapes in Headlands, a series of large-scale portraiture by Tania Karpowitz. Breaching the irregular, jagged edge that exists between person and place, Karpowitz’s paintings push the boundaries between a face and the environment, where head, mountain, and sky encounter one another, joined and distinct. Read what the artist says about her exhibit and artistry here.
Dongpei He: The Principles of Nature
“Peony in Sunny Spring 2” by Dongpei He; Watercolor
The Principles of Nature, by painter Dongpei He, features graceful, luminous visions of peony flowers. Painted in watercolor and ink on rice paper using traditional oriental brushwork, Dongpei’s work is a celebration of the beauty and perseverance of nature.
Read Washington Post art critic Mark Jenkins’ review of Headlands and The Principles of Naturehere.
Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful
Alma Thomas (American, 18911978)Breeze Rustling Through Fall Flowers, 1968. Acrylic on canvas The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, gift of Franz Bader, 1976
Trailblazing artist and educator Alma W. Thomas stressed seeking the beauty in the everyday. Everything is Beautiful, a major retrospective of her art and life, opens this weekend at Phillips Collection as part of their centennial celebrations. The exhibition traces Thomas’ journey from semi-rural Georgia to Washington, DC, to becoming the first Black woman given a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art at age 81. Through artworks and archival materials, it demonstrates how Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practices extended far beyond her studio, shaping every facet of her life—from community service, to teaching, to gardening. In addition to the main exhibition at The Phillips, cultural and educational institutions across D.C. are celebrating Thomas’ life with a variety of programs and events that honor her contributions to the city’s cultural heritage. Learn more about them here. Everything is Beautiful is on view through January 23, 2022, 1600 21st Street, NW.
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya
Paul Sandby, “Caernarvon Castle (Night),” 1776, etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, Gift of Ruth B. Benedict, 1994.60.58
Aquatint is a printmaking technique that first gained popularity in 18th-century Europe for its unique ability to evoke the subtle tonalities of ink and wash drawings. The first exhibition of its type in the United States, Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya explores the medium as a cross-cultural and cosmopolitan phenomenon that contributed to the rise of art publishing, connoisseurship, leisure travel, and drawing instruction, as well as the spread of neoclassicism. It is on view through February 21, 2022 at the National Gallery of Art’s West Building, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue.
New Glass Now, at the Renwick Gallery, challenges the very notion of what the material of glass is and what it can do. Organized by The Corning Museum of Glass, this touring exhibition documents the innovation and dexterity of artists, designers, and architects from around the world working in the dazzling and exceptionally challenging material of glass. The exhibition highlights the breadth and depth of contemporary glassmaking—from technically masterful vessels to experiments in the chemistry of glass—by featuring objects, installations, videos, and performances made by fifty artists working in more than twenty-three countries; on view through March 6, 2022, 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
"Tasty Conversation" by Trudy Levy, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.
Opportunities
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
CQ66 International Call for Entries
Deadline: October 29 Only the best work gets past our Creative Quarterly judges. Categories include Photography, Illustration, Fine Art, and Graphic Design. Open to all professionals, students and amateurs in all countries. CQ66 Best of Show winner receives a $500 cash prize. Winners featured in Creative Quarterly and our online gallery and go on to compete for our year-end 100 Best show, winners exhibited in NYC gallery. Learn more here.
Call for Artists for International Open/No Theme Art Competition
Deadline: October 31 Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group exhibition will be held October 4th,2021 through November 30th, 2021. Awards will be given along with competition collateral. Winners will be announced on November 15th, 2021. For more information, click here.
International Compost Awareness Week 2022 Poster Contest
Deadline: November 1 The competition is organized by the Compost Research & Education Foundation based in Raleigh, United States of America. The winning poster will be used to promote International Compost Awareness Week 2022. The poster theme is “Recipe for Regeneration: Compost”. For more information, click here.
Xposure International Photography & Film Awards 2021
Deadline: November 1 There are 8 categories open to photographers from all over the world: Architectural Photography, Drone Photography, Landscape Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Short Film & Moving Image, Travel Photography, and Wildlife Photography. For more information, click here.
Portrait Society of America’s 2021 Members Only Competition
Deadline: November 4 Open to all Portrait Society of America members. Featuring five unique categories: Commissioned Portrait, Non-Commissioned Portrait, Outside the Box, Animals as the Subject, and Still Life. Awards for each category. First Place winners receive either complimentary tuition to annual conference or museum quality Sargent palette. All winners receive recognition in print and online publications. For more information, click here.
Call for Art, Art Seen Magazine Call For Art
Deadline: November 8 Art Seen Magazine is an international art publication available in print and digital formats. We are open for submissions from artists to be featured in the February 2021 issue. We welcome submissions from artists working in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Fiber art, Fine art photography, and installation. For more information, click here.
Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
Deadline: November 9 Artists have a chance to participate in a juried exhibition in New York City’s Chelsea Art District and to be showcased and promoted online and in print. A distinguished panel of jurors is selected to judge, presenting more than $70,000 in awards. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Maryland Art Place UNDER $500 Exhibit — Baltimore
Deadline: November 20 Have your work noticed and purchased by local buyers & collectors, just in time for the holidays! Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists for UNDER $500, our upcoming, winter benefit exhibition/affordable art sale. On Friday, December 10 and Saturday, December 11, 2021 this two-day event will promote the sale of artwork by artists in the Maryland region. The virtual exhibition and sale event will take place on Saturday, December 11 at 10am – Wednesday, December 15 at 10pm. Artwork featured virtually will include featured artists in addition to artists presented in the gallery. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists + Photographers $550.00 Innovate Grants
Deadline: December 14 Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one visual artist and one photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. To explore past recipients and for more information on how to apply visit our website!
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Call for Submissions, 11th Annual Nature Online Art Competition
Deadline: October 27 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 11th Annual “Nature” Online Juried Art Competition for the month of October 2021. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s November 2021 online group art exhibition. The gallery invites entries from artists (including photography and digital art) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art and photography. To enter, click here.
Artist Residency, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop — D.C.
Deadline: October 29 Through the Gallery Residency Program, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) seeks to expand its engagement with artists working in the DMV. The CHAW gallery will, for eight weeks each year, become an incubator space for the selected Resident Artist. During that time, the Artist will transform the gallery while interacting with visitors and students. The Residency provides a well-lit and clean gallery central to the DC area with substantial foot traffic and visibility. CHAW will offer promotion for the Resident Artist, their work and the show. During the Residency, an Artist can create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, Rise, an International Virtual Exhibit
Deadline: October 30 Create! Magazine is thrilled to invite visual artists to submit their work to a juried international virtual exhibition curated by Erika b Hess, painter, curator and host of the podcast I Like Your Work. The theme is Rise, and asks artists to consider how art can be a form of healing, processing current events, or overcoming a personal struggle. For more information, click here.
Gutierrez Memorial Fund’s Legacy Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Gutierrez Memorial Fund is pleased to present its 2021 Legacy Grant. The project-based arts grant calls for proposals from arts organizations, individual artists, and educators who are residents of Maryland and whose programs or projects serve Maryland communities. Special consideration is given to projects that build skills, engage the community, and permanently transform the built environment. Learn more here.
2021 Carelle Women’s Jewelry Association Member Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Women’s Jewelry Association is proud to offer the Carelle Grant in honor of Brooke Tivol McGrath. This is a $7,500 grant intended to support an established jewelry professional (in business for 5-10 years) in innovating their business through technological solutions and advancements, helping to boost sales and streamline operations. The candidate should demonstrate an innovative mindset, forward-looking outlook, and positive perspective of their work and the future of the industry. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions, SlowArt Emerging Artists 2022 – Hudson, NY
Deadline: October 31 SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2022, the 30th annual competition for exhibition, promotion and $500 cash award. It is open to all artists working in any media. This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, The Journey of Surprises, Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition — Newark, NJ
Deadline: October 31 Munich Terminal One LLC and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (State Arts Council) are pleased to present the Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition:The Journey of Surprises. This exciting opportunity is accepting submissions from adult visual artists who are current residents of New Jersey (with a priority given to artists from Newark and Elizabeth, NJ). Preference will be given to artists with a strong connection to Newark and/or Elizabeth, but artists from across the State are eligible to submit their work for consideration. The project will be unveiled in Spring 2022 at the new EWR Airport Terminal A, and will be on display for approximately one year. Learn more here.
RAIR Artist Residency at a Recycling Center – Philadelphia
Deadline: October 31 RAIR’s flagship residency program is a unique opportunity for emerging, mid-career and established artists to work at the intersection of art, industry and sustainability. Situated inside a construction and demolition waste recycling company in northeast Philadelphia, RAIR offers artists studio space and access to more than 450 tons of materials per day. RAIR has 2 residency programs: The Standard Residency, a longer, more traditional studio based program, and The Biggie Shortie, a shorter, project based residency. Learn how to apply here.
Call for Entries, Art Quilts Elements 2022 — Wayne, PA
Deadline: November 1 Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for the Art Quilt Elements 2022 Exhibition, a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 27 through April 30, 2022. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 6x6x6, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA
Deadline: November 1 6x6x6, is our annual exhibit of artwork no larger than 6 inches in any direction including frame, if one is used. All artists age 14 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. For more information, click here.
VisArts Next Generation Studio Fellowship — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 VisArts invites applications and proposals from emerging local and national artists for a twelve month Next Generation Studio Fellowship at VisArts in Rockville MD. This Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $500.00 per month stipend. The Next Generation Studio fellow will present their work in a solo exhibition at the end of their respective fellowship. This Fellowship term is from January 2022 – January 2023. Learn more here.
VisArts Emerging Curator Program 2022 — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. In an effort to develop expanded education programming/enhanced visitor experiences, the 2022 Emerging Curator and the Mentoring Curator will also focus on developing tools to support public programming that promotes social interaction, creative exchange and audience engagement. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry, Through a Glass, Darkly, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: November1Through a Glass, Darkly will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary, September 1 through December 31, 2022, and will include new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. This exhibition will span across six galleries and will occupy more than 6,000 square feet. Selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. For more information, click here.
George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowships in Photography
Deadline: November 1 The Howard Foundation will consider proposals from visual artists working in any genre, style, and media that can be classified as Photography, with regards to still images. In accordance with the fellowship program’s overall goal of supporting early mid-career artists, applicants should have a record of exhibitions and demonstrate a promising program of creative development using photography as a mode of creative expression and experimentation. Learn more here.
Manhattan Graphics Center Printmaking Scholarship – New York
Deadline: November 1 Manhattan Graphics Center awards 11 scholarships each year to artists. Any artist who has not previously worked at MGC (i.e. taken a class, taught a class, served as a monitor, or purchased open workshop time) is eligible to apply; printmaking experience is not required. MGC Scholarships are intended for emerging through mid-career artists. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Portraits Project, The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. — D.C.
Deadline: November 2 The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is seeking artwork to be used as part of the PORTRAITS project to be premiered in June 2024. PORTRAITS will represent through visual art, music, and dance, the spectrum of sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural identities. Paintings, drawings, and photographs are welcome. The artworks may be a portrait, or a scene depicting an aspect of the human experience, including identity expression and historical references specific to the LGBTQ+ community. Selected artworks will be used as projections as part of a live performance, brought to life aurally by music, and visually by GMCW’s 17th Street Dance ensemble to be presented in June 2024. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, 4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition
Deadline: November 5 Fusion Art is once again celebrating women artists with its 19th quarterly online art competition. For the 4th Annual Women Artists art competition, the gallery invites both 2D and 3D submissions from women artists, only, regardless of their location or their experience or education in the art field. All competitions include awards in three categories – “Traditional” Art, “Digital & Photography” and 3-Dimensional Art (if the gallery receives 3D entries). For more information, click here.
Call for Proposals, Public Art – La Plata, MD
Deadline: November 9 The Arts Workgroup of Keep La Plata Beautiful (KLPB) is dedicated to fostering community collaborations and partnerships between local artists and businesses in La Plata. We have begun a public art project as a way of demonstrating our commitment to urban renewal and growth in our neighborhoods. Any artist or group of artists interested in creating a two-dimensional painting or three-dimensional sculpture, or other art satisfying the guidelines may submit a proposal. Click here for more information.
Field Residency, Chelsea: Winter Spring 2021-22 – New York
Deadline: November 13 Field Residency is an art studio in Chelsea, Manhattan’s Gallery District in New York City. We provide a 300 square ft, 12 ft ceiling studio space to accepted applicants for 6 weeks. International & US-based artists working in all mediums are eligible. Apply here.
Call for Entry, What A Relief: small relief sculptures , Washington Sculptors Group
Deadline: November 14 This small scale exhibition invites artists to rethink and expand upon the tradition of relief sculpture in contemporary terms. It is open to members of the Washington Sculptors Group only, but artists who are not already members may join WSG by paying annual dues of $45 ($15 for full-time students). For more information, click here.
Open Call, Three-Person Exhibit, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia
Deadline: November 15 Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia (TSA Philadelphia) is pleased to announce our Open Call 2022: Three-Person Exhibition, to run from January 8, 2022- February 12, 2022. We invite you to submit your work for an opportunity to be featured in a curated exhibition. Professional documentation and a modest stipend ($150 per artist) for shipping or other costs associated with the exhibition will be provided. Artists living outside of Philadelphia are welcome to apply but will be responsible for artwork shipping costs. For more information, click here.
Hooper Prize Grant for Artists
Deadline: November 16 The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Our aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. We accept submissions twice a year via an open call. We are offering 2 grants in the amount of $3,500 and 4 grants in the amount of $1,000. Grants will be awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. Apply here.
Call for 2022 Bresler Resident Artists, VisArts — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 19 In honor of VisArts patrons, Fleur and Charles Bresler, VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a four monthresidency at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. This residency provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The current call is for artists or collaborative artist teams whose primary practice is sound, new media and/or photography centering on environmental, social, racial, and economic justice. Artists must be prepared to use online platforms in place of face to face community gatherings due to pandemic safety concerns. For more information. click here.
Smithsonian Magazine 19th Annual Photo Contest
Deadline: November 30 To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2019. There are 6 categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. Learn how to enterhere.
2021/2022 National Arts Club Fellowship – New York
Deadline: December 1 The Artist Fellowship provides a select number of artists, working in any one of the disciplines reflected in the NAC’s arts committees, a 18-month Artist Fellowship at the Club, situated in Gramercy Park, New York. Artist Fellows will be provided with complimentary Club participation, providing access to the historic clubhouse, public programs and discounted private overnight rooms. The Artist Fellowship provides opportunities for the recipient to be featured in Club programming and presentations. Learn more here.
Keyholder Residency Spring/Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: December 18 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 4 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. Two artists are selected twice a year by the Pyramid Atlantic artistic staff. Keyholders work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists and are expected to abide by all studio policies. Learn more here.
Open Call for Exhibition Proposals, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: January 3, 2022 Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo/group exhibitions for Season 49 (2022-2023). The gallery welcomes proposals for consideration in works of all media – drawings, prints, photography, paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, sound, performance, and interdisciplinary projects. Exhibition proposals must represent living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputations. For more information, click here.
Studio Internship Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: February 18, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic offers internship opportunities for enthusiastic, engaged, and serious-minded college or post-college artists. Our interns assist resident artists, renters, artistic staff, with printmaking, papermaking, and book arts projects, and in outreach education programs. In addition to hands-on experience with artistic projects, interns gain an understanding of the day-to-day operation of a non-profit art center and gallery. For the Summer 2022 season, Pyramid will accept two interns for this program. Click here to apply.
Call for Artists, The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: August 1, 2022 The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry promotes working artists of our region through exhibitions, residencies, and commissioned projects. The Artist Registry is available to artists within a 250 mile radius of Wilmington, DE and will be the tool by which The Delaware Contemporary will collect, review and select artists for juried and curated exhibitions and projects. By submitting an application for the Artist’s Registry, The Delaware Contemporary will have access to an artist portfolio for the 2021 – 2022 season. During each season, artist portfolios will be regularly reviewed for upcoming opportunities including exhibitions, programs, and special events, as well as selected to be highlighted on the museum’s social media platforms. Learn more here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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 informationhere.
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, click here.
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 applicationshere.
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].
"Listen," by Tania Karpowitz is currently on view in her solo exhibit "Headlands."
By Julia Chance
To fully appreciate the magnificent paintings in Tania Karpowitz’s solo exhibit Headlands, be prepared to spend time with them. First, step back to behold the sweeping grandeur of these large-scale works where expressive faces merge with boundless skies and landscapes. Then move in gradually to observe the gradations of color and the details of her brushstrokes up close.
In this body of work, Karpowitz breaches the irregular, jagged edges between person and place to explore the boundaries between individuals and their environment; where the self, land, and sky encounter one another, both joined and distinct.
The show’s title, says the artist, comes from the term used to describe coastal land that juts out into water. “The tension between the sea and the rock in a formation, a repeated sort of action that forms coastlines and bays, reminds me of what happens in my work where things emerge. I wanted these heads to be imagined, to be large and universal without losing individual characteristics or feeling.”
Karpowitz earned her B.F.A. at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and her M.F.A. at Indiana University, studying with painters Robert Barnes and Barry Gealt. She also studied for two years in Rome and garnered a Fulbright grant to study painting for two years in Madrid, experiences which were, she says, invaluable in her development as a painter. When she is not painting, she teaches classes and workshops year-round at The Art League.
Here, Karpowitz shares why art has been therapeutic for her, why people are her favorite subjects, and how she breaks the rules.
Describe your artistry.
I’m a painter who has for many years painted people. That is my most passionate and primary subject, and that’s evolved. When I was younger it was exclusively from observation, and I mostly painted people I knew—family and friends—because it was cost-effective. Then I got to a point where I needed to grow. I needed to feel freer to do things in my painting without being obligated to my friends and family. So, I ended up hiring models. At the same time, I started painting nudes because I wanted a universal subject. I didn’t want people wearing clothing that signified their position in society, I wanted it just to be men and women. That was very liberating for me.
“In Turn” by Tania Karpowitz: Oil
When did you know that you were an artist?
I prefer to call myself a painter. My mother is a sculptor, my dad is a scholar and they’re very aware of art, you know, in different ways. They knew I was a mark maker from the very beginning, and they encouraged it. When I was a little girl, I had a lot of very active dreams that were disturbing to me. My father would get up, pull out my art supplies, and help me work through them. I wouldn’t say I knew I was an artist back then, but that was the beginning of my identity—who I was and what I needed creatively.
What is your work process like?
I work through my feelings with my artwork. I recommend it to everybody. It’s a healthy way to live because you get to process what’s going on. I’ve always worked with people, but I haven’t in the last few years. I get a lot of nourishment from people and their stories, struggles, and passion. Previously, I would do a lot of drawings to get to know my subject physically and personally, and then I would make paintings from observation. Now I just work from the drawings. It gives me structure and a sense of form. And then my color can just be itself. I’m using color more emotively and less naturalistically. There is a naturalism to it anyway—an illusionistic space. That’s been a great turning point in the last few years for me, and that work is what is primarily in Headlands.
“Father and Son” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
What ideas drive your artwork?
The conflict between creating life and creating artifice, and making them work together in my life, has been a huge subject, I didn’t become a mother young, I was 35 and it was a very serious decision for me. Bringing life into this world is a huge job and takes a lot of energy. Was I prepared to be a creative person and a parent? I feel like I have succeeded at both because my husband, who is a writer, is a parent as much as I am. That allows us to have balance between our personal creative time and our parenting time.
Describe Headlands.
It is the group of paintings that I have done from drawings and where I use color in a way that is more natural to my personality as opposed to a convention. I’ve always enjoyed color and feel very emotionally driven by it. Not working from observation within the last few years has allowed me to make emotional choices.
“Hear Me” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
Has the concept for your show changed any since you proposed it?
No, the concept has not changed, but the paintings have. It’s more of a mark-making change. In a way, I’m getting closer to my concept.
What has this pandemic period been like for you creatively?
It’s been very focused and grounding. Painting is clarifying for me, and it gives me an account of where I am.
What artists inspire you?
Degas, Lucian Freud, and Philip Guston are three remarkable painters who all have something in common: they grew artistically, and they didn’t relent. Guston was lambasted [when he went in another direction] during the height of his success, but that period became his most recognizable. I admire their work, but I really admire their willingness to put things on the line and be true to their artistic development and have the backbone to do it. That’s exciting to me.
“Eyescape” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
What’s next for you?
Well, professionally I am having a dialogue with a gallery in New York, which I’m excited about. When I was younger, everyone was like, you’ve got to move to New York, do the rounds, and chit-chat to let them know who you are. I wasn’t willing to do that at the time. I felt like I needed to figure out who I am and what I’m doing. Now I feel much clearer about who I am as a painter, and I’m ready to do the rounds. Artistically, I’m not done working on these heads. It’s continuing to unfold and I’m enjoying it. The mark-making is changing and the possibilities are still fluid. That’s how I work. I listen to my paintings.
What is something that you have yet to achieve?
I don’t think I have an answer to that question. I like the struggle. It’s not a sense of achievement, it’s just a way of living.
Headlands is on view through November 7. In January, Tania Karpowitz will be offering Basic Drawing, Gesture Drawing with a Model, and Foundation Painting at The Art League School in Alexandria. Registration opens November 8, online at www.theartleague.org/classes.
"Long Branch Stream," by Cindi Lewis, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy art in person or virtually.
This weekend: Solo shows and an open exhibit at the League; the Smithsonian Craft Show opens virtually; a photographer’s global snapshots at Gallery Neptune & Brown; and meditative mixed media at AU Museum Project Space.
October 2021 Open Exhibit
Patchwork Summer by Jodi Ferrier; Acrylic
Our October Open Exhibit, juried by artist and Howard University Adjunct LecturerSummer Brown, is now on view! Open exhibits are a great way to view the breath of mediums and styles of our member artists. It is on view through November 7.
Tania Karpowitz: Headlands
“In Turn” by Tania Karpowitz: Oil
Expressive faces merge with boundless skies and landscapes in Headlands, a series of large-scale portraiture by Tania Karpowitz. Breaching the irregular, jagged edge that exists between person and place, Karpowitz’s paintings push the boundaries between a face and the environment, where head, mountain, and sky encounter one another, joined and distinct. Karpowitz will discuss the works in this exhibit in an in-person artist talk at The Art League Gallery on Sunday, October 24, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.; RSVP here.
Dongpei He: The Principles of Nature
“Joy in Spring 2” by Donpei He; Watercolor
The Principles of Nature, by painter Dongpei He, features graceful, luminous visions of peony flowers. Painted in watercolor and ink on rice paper using traditional oriental brushwork, Dongpei’s work is a celebration of the beauty and perseverance of nature.
2021 Smithsonian Craft Show
Ceramic vessels by Jake Johnson are among the many fine crafts on view and for sale at the Smithsonian Craft Show.
The Smithsonian Craft Show goes virtual once again. For nine days beginning Saturday, Octber 23, online Artist Shops will feature more than 100 contemporary crafters. Each artist has created a digital Artist Shop on a secured platform, where visitors can browse or seek a specific treasure, and purchases can be made safely. The categories include works of wearable art, basketry, ceramics, decorative fibers, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed-media, paper and wood. Click here to register and browse the shops.
Frank Stewart: Diary of a Globetrotter
“Coliseum, NYC 2000”
Photographer Frank Stewart has made a name for himself capturing generations of jazz artists in the venues where they perform. But during the past two years, when it wasn’t possible to travel and take photographs, he combed through his archives. The resulting exhibition, Diary of a Globetrotter, is a varied collection of photographs spanning the last thirty years of his travels throughout the world. It is on view through November 27 at Gallery Neptune & Brown, 1530 14th Street NW.
Ani Revri: Into the Light
Anil Revri, “Geometric Abstraction 4”, 2019. Mixed media on handmade paper, 40 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist
Artist Anil Revri creates dazzling geometric abstractions that embody the cross fertilization of spiritual ideas from East and West. In his exhibit Into the Light, at the American University Museum Project Space, the artist uses tantric visualization techniques to create paintings and drawings that open the doors to unexplored regions of the unconscious; on view through December 12, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
"Goa, Arambol India," by Jan Ponder, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.
Opportunities
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Call for Submissions, Rise, an International Virtual Exhibit
Deadline: October 30 Create! Magazine is thrilled to invite visual artists to submit their work to a juried international virtual exhibition curated by Erika b Hess, painter, curator and host of the podcast I Like Your Work. The theme is Rise, and asks artists to consider how art can be a form of healing, processing current events, or overcoming a personal struggle. For more information, click here.
Manhattan Graphics Center Printmaking Scholarship – New York
Deadline: November 1 Manhattan Graphics Center awards 11 scholarships each year to artists. Any artist who has not previously worked at MGC (i.e. taken a class, taught a class, served as a monitor, or purchased open workshop time) is eligible to apply; printmaking experience is not required. MGC Scholarships are intended for emerging through mid-career artists. Learn more here.
Call for Proposals, Public Art – La Plata, MD
Deadline: November 9 The Arts Workgroup of Keep La Plata Beautiful (KLPB) is dedicated to fostering community collaborations and partnerships between local artists and businesses in La Plata. We have begun a public art project as a way of demonstrating our commitment to urban renewal and growth in our neighborhoods. Any artist or group of artists interested in creating a two-dimensional painting or three-dimensional sculpture, or other art satisfying the guidelines may submit a proposal. Click here for more information.
Open Call, Three-Person Exhibit, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia
Deadline: November 15 Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia (TSA Philadelphia) is pleased to announce our Open Call 2022: Three-Person Exhibition, to run from January 8, 2022- February 12, 2022. We invite you to submit your work for an opportunity to be featured in a curated exhibition. Professional documentation and a modest stipend ($150 per artist) for shipping or other costs associated with the exhibition will be provided. Artists living outside of Philadelphia are welcome to apply but will be responsible for artwork shipping costs. For more information, click here.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
2021 International Alternative Processes, Soho Photo Gallery – New York
Deadline: October 19 Soho Photo Gallery, New York’s longest running cooperative gallery, is excited to announce our 17th International Alternative Processes Competition. Alternative processes include, but are not limited to: Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Tintype, Ziatype, Daguerreotype, Image Transfers, Liquid Emulsion, Photogravure Chemigram as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives. Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints, C-Prints and Digital Prints are not eligible. This year the Competition will only be featured on our website from December 10th to January 2nd.There will be a reception on December 15th with our juror. We look forward to seeing your work so please enter. Learn more here.
Artist Residency, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop — D.C.
Deadline: October 22 Through the Gallery Residency Program, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) seeks to expand its engagement with artists working in the DMV. The CHAW gallery will, for eight weeks each year, become an incubator space for the selected Resident Artist. During that time, the Artist will transform the gallery while interacting with visitors and students. The Residency provides a well-lit and clean gallery central to the DC area with substantial foot traffic and visibility. CHAW will offer promotion for the Resident Artist, their work and the show. During the Residency, an Artist can create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 11th Annual Nature Online Art Competition
Deadline: October 27 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 11th Annual “Nature” Online Juried Art Competition for the month of October 2021. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s November 2021 online group art exhibition. The gallery invites entries from artists (including photography and digital art) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art and photography. To enter, click here.
Gutierrez Memorial Fund’s Legacy Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Gutierrez Memorial Fund is pleased to present its 2021 Legacy Grant. The project-based arts grant calls for proposals from arts organizations, individual artists, and educators who are residents of Maryland and whose programs or projects serve Maryland communities. Special consideration is given to projects that build skills, engage the community, and permanently transform the built environment. Learn more here.
2021 Carelle Women’s Jewelry Association Member Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Women’s Jewelry Association is proud to offer the Carelle Grant in honor of Brooke Tivol McGrath. This is a $7,500 grant intended to support an established jewelry professional (in business for 5-10 years) in innovating their business through technological solutions and advancements, helping to boost sales and streamline operations. The candidate should demonstrate an innovative mindset, forward-looking outlook, and positive perspective of their work and the future of the industry. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions, SlowArt Emerging Artists 2022 – Hudson, NY
Deadline: October 31 SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2022, the 30th annual competition for exhibition, promotion and $500 cash award. It is open to all artists working in any media. This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, The Journey of Surprises, Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition — Newark, NJ
Deadline: October 31 Munich Terminal One LLC and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (State Arts Council) are pleased to present the Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition:The Journey of Surprises. This exciting opportunity is accepting submissions from adult visual artists who are current residents of New Jersey (with a priority given to artists from Newark and Elizabeth, NJ). Preference will be given to artists with a strong connection to Newark and/or Elizabeth, but artists from across the State are eligible to submit their work for consideration. The project will be unveiled in Spring 2022 at the new EWR Airport Terminal A, and will be on display for approximately one year. Learn more here.
RAIR Artist Residency at a Recycling Center – Philadelphia
Deadline: October 31 RAIR’s flagship residency program is a unique opportunity for emerging, mid-career and established artists to work at the intersection of art, industry and sustainability. Situated inside a construction and demolition waste recycling company in northeast Philadelphia, RAIR offers artists studio space and access to more than 450 tons of materials per day. RAIR has 2 residency programs: The Standard Residency, a longer, more traditional studio based program, and The Biggie Shortie, a shorter, project based residency. Learn how to apply here.
Call for Entries, Art Quilts Elements 2022 — Wayne, PA
Deadline: November 1 Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for the Art Quilt Elements 2022 Exhibition, a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 27 through April 30, 2022. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 6x6x6, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA
Deadline: November 1 6x6x6, is our annual exhibit of artwork no larger than 6 inches in any direction including frame, if one is used. All artists age 14 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. For more information, click here.
VisArts Next Generation Studio Fellowship — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 VisArts invites applications and proposals from emerging local and national artists for a twelve month Next Generation Studio Fellowship at VisArts in Rockville MD. This Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $500.00 per month stipend. The Next Generation Studio fellow will present their work in a solo exhibition at the end of their respective fellowship. This Fellowship term is from January 2022 – January 2023. Learn more here.
VisArts Emerging Curator Program 2022 — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. In an effort to develop expanded education programming/enhanced visitor experiences, the 2022 Emerging Curator and the Mentoring Curator will also focus on developing tools to support public programming that promotes social interaction, creative exchange and audience engagement. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry, Through a Glass, Darkly, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: November1Through a Glass, Darkly will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary, September 1 through December 31, 2022, and will include new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. This exhibition will span across six galleries and will occupy more than 6,000 square feet. Selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. For more information, click here.
George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowships in Photography
Deadline: November 1 The Howard Foundation will consider proposals from visual artists working in any genre, style, and media that can be classified as Photography, with regards to still images. In accordance with the fellowship program’s overall goal of supporting early mid-career artists, applicants should have a record of exhibitions and demonstrate a promising program of creative development using photography as a mode of creative expression and experimentation. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Portraits Project, The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. — D.C.
Deadline: November 2 The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is seeking artwork to be used as part of the PORTRAITS project to be premiered in June 2024. PORTRAITS will represent through visual art, music, and dance, the spectrum of sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural identities. Paintings, drawings, and photographs are welcome. The artworks may be a portrait, or a scene depicting an aspect of the human experience, including identity expression and historical references specific to the LGBTQ+ community. Selected artworks will be used as projections as part of a live performance, brought to life aurally by music, and visually by GMCW’s 17th Street Dance ensemble to be presented in June 2024. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, 4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition
Deadline: November 5 Fusion Art is once again celebrating women artists with its 19th quarterly online art competition. For the 4th Annual Women Artists art competition, the gallery invites both 2D and 3D submissions from women artists, only, regardless of their location or their experience or education in the art field. All competitions include awards in three categories – “Traditional” Art, “Digital & Photography” and 3-Dimensional Art (if the gallery receives 3D entries). For more information, click here.
Field Residency, Chelsea: Winter Spring 2021-22 – New York
Deadline: November 13 Field Residency is an art studio in Chelsea, Manhattan’s Gallery District in New York City. We provide a 300 square ft, 12 ft ceiling studio space to accepted applicants for 6 weeks. International & US-based artists working in all mediums are eligible. Apply here.
Call for Entry, What A Relief: small relief sculptures , Washington Sculptors Group
Deadline: November 14 This small scale exhibition invites artists to rethink and expand upon the tradition of relief sculpture in contemporary terms. It is open to members of the Washington Sculptors Group only, but artists who are not already members may join WSG by paying annual dues of $45 ($15 for full-time students). For more information, click here.
Hooper Prize Grant for Artists
Deadline: November 16 The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Our aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. We accept submissions twice a year via an open call. We are offering 2 grants in the amount of $3,500 and 4 grants in the amount of $1,000. Grants will be awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. Apply here.
Call for 2022 Bresler Resident Artists, VisArts — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 19 In honor of VisArts patrons, Fleur and Charles Bresler, VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a four monthresidency at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. This residency provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The current call is for artists or collaborative artist teams whose primary practice is sound, new media and/or photography centering on environmental, social, racial, and economic justice. Artists must be prepared to use online platforms in place of face to face community gatherings due to pandemic safety concerns. For more information. click here.
Smithsonian Magazine 19th Annual Photo Contest
Deadline: November 30 To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2019. There are 6 categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. Learn how to enterhere.
2021/2022 National Arts Club Fellowship – New York
Deadline: December 1 The Artist Fellowship provides a select number of artists, working in any one of the disciplines reflected in the NAC’s arts committees, a 18-month Artist Fellowship at the Club, situated in Gramercy Park, New York. Artist Fellows will be provided with complimentary Club participation, providing access to the historic clubhouse, public programs and discounted private overnight rooms. The Artist Fellowship provides opportunities for the recipient to be featured in Club programming and presentations. Learn more here.
Keyholder Residency Spring/Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: December 18 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 4 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. Two artists are selected twice a year by the Pyramid Atlantic artistic staff. Keyholders work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists and are expected to abide by all studio policies. Learn more here.
Open Call for Exhibition Proposals, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: January 3, 2022 Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo/group exhibitions for Season 49 (2022-2023). The gallery welcomes proposals for consideration in works of all media – drawings, prints, photography, paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, sound, performance, and interdisciplinary projects. Exhibition proposals must represent living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputations. For more information, click here.
Studio Internship Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: February 18, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic offers internship opportunities for enthusiastic, engaged, and serious-minded college or post-college artists. Our interns assist resident artists, renters, artistic staff, with printmaking, papermaking, and book arts projects, and in outreach education programs. In addition to hands-on experience with artistic projects, interns gain an understanding of the day-to-day operation of a non-profit art center and gallery. For the Summer 2022 season, Pyramid will accept two interns for this program. Click here to apply.
Call for Artists, The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: August 1, 2022 The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry promotes working artists of our region through exhibitions, residencies, and commissioned projects. The Artist Registry is available to artists within a 250 mile radius of Wilmington, DE and will be the tool by which The Delaware Contemporary will collect, review and select artists for juried and curated exhibitions and projects. By submitting an application for the Artist’s Registry, The Delaware Contemporary will have access to an artist portfolio for the 2021 – 2022 season. During each season, artist portfolios will be regularly reviewed for upcoming opportunities including exhibitions, programs, and special events, as well as selected to be highlighted on the museum’s social media platforms. Learn more here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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 informationhere.
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, click here.
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 applicationshere.
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].
"Seeking Joy!," by Judy Wilson, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy art in person or virtually.
This weekend: Solo shows and an open exhibit at the League; David Driskell’s expressions of nature at The Phillips Collection; fine art photography at 11:Eleven Gallery; and Washington Print Foundation’s outdoor art exhibit in Georgetown.
October 2021 Open Exhibit
“Indra” by Ganbaatar Choimbol; Watercolor
Our October Open Exhibit, juried by artist and Howard University Adjunct LecturerSummer Brown, is now on view! Open exhibits are a great way to view the breath of mediums and styles of our member artists. It is on view through November 7.
Tania Karpowitz: Headlands
“Listen” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
Expressive faces merge with boundless skies and landscapes in Headlands, a series of large-scale portraiture by Tania Karpowitz. Breaching the irregular, jagged edge that exists between person and place, Karpowitz’s paintings push the boundaries between a face and the environment, where head, mountain, and sky encounter one another, joined and distinct. Karpowitz will discuss the works in this exhibit in an in-person artist talk at The Art League Gallery on Sunday, October 24, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.; RSVP here.
Dongpei He: The Principles of Nature
“Peony by Turquoise Water” by Dongpei He; Watercolor
The Principles of Nature, by painter Dongpei He, features graceful, luminous visions of peony flowers. Painted in watercolor and ink on rice paper using traditional oriental brushwork, Dongpei’s work is a celebration of the beauty and perseverance of nature. Join He in conversation online Thursday, October 21, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.; register here.
David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History
David Driskell, “Woman with Flowers, 1974”
David Driskell has long been recognized for his vibrant and versatile artistic practice rooted in his reverence of the beauty and spirituality of the American landscape and his profound connection to the African diaspora. Featuring over 50 works, David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History, at the Phillips Collection, offers the first comprehensive examination of the paintings, collages, prints, and drawings of the celebrated American artist, art historian, and educator; On view through January 9, 1600 21st Street, NW.
Freezing Time: A Superpower
“Old Man in Havana” by Kirth Bobb
Evoking thought and emotion, a photograph can transform light and time into something physical, grabbing our attention and playing on our emotions, and time is the most valuable resource known to mankind. In the fine art photography exhibit Freezing Time: A Superpower, at 11:Eleven Gallery, artists Sabiyha Prince, Douglas Hochberg, Kirth Bobb, and Lisa Brown present intriguingly unique perspectives on personal and overarching social themes, conveying some of life’s beautiful complexities in photographic form; on view through October 31, 10 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Georgetown Celebrates the Arts
“Lion at Peace with Himself” by by Chris Loops Seikaly
Washington Print Foundation (WPF) takes art to the streets! Georgetown Celebrates the Arts features the works of 43 area artists on double-sided banners that extend along Book Hill (Wisconsin Avenue from Volta Place to Reservoir Road). You can vote for your favorite work—the two top choices will receive a monetary prize and a third artist will receive a non-remunerative honorable mention. Send a photo of your favorite piece to [email protected],and be sure to post it on social media and tag @WashingtonPrintmakers.
"Paris Market Oranges," by Meghan Hendy, is currently on view in October's Open Exhibit.
Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.
Opportunities
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Call for Entry, The Art League November 2021 Open Exhibit – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: October 15 The Art League is accepting submissions for it’s November Open Exhibit, a group show not limited by theme, medium, process, or content, that will be on view November 10 – December 5, 2021. It is open to exhibiting members only (If you are not an exhibiting member of The Art League but are interested in submitting work, visit our website to learn how to join). For more information, click here.
Open Call, Wholeness, the 2021 Annual Small Works Show – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: October 15 440 Gallery announces a Call for Artists for WHOLENESS, the 2021 Annual Small Works Show, to be held in our Brooklyn gallery space December 1, 2021 – January 7, 2022. This year, in collaboration with MIDHEAVEN Network, this national, juried exhibition will celebrate the innovation of artists creating work on a small scale, in a broad range of media and styles. Our Small Works Show attracts the attention of collectors and art lovers alike and is a favorite annual event for our gallery followers. For more information, click here.
RAIR Artist Residency at a Recycling Center – Philadelphia
Deadline: October 31 RAIR’s flagship residency program is a unique opportunity for emerging, mid-career and established artists to work at the intersection of art, industry and sustainability. Situated inside a construction and demolition waste recycling company in northeast Philadelphia, RAIR offers artists studio space and access to more than 450 tons of materials per day. RAIR has 2 residency programs: The Standard Residency, a longer, more traditional studio based program, and The Biggie Shortie, a shorter, project based residency. Learn how to apply here.
Call for Entry, What A Relief: small relief sculptures , Washington Sculptors Group
Deadline: November 14 This small scale exhibition invites artists to rethink and expand upon the tradition of relief sculpture in contemporary terms. It is open to members of the Washington Sculptors Group only, but artists who are not already members may join WSG by paying annual dues of $45 ($15 for full-time students). For more information, click here.
Hooper Prize Grant for Artists
Deadline: November 16 The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Our aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. We accept submissions twice a year via an open call. We are offering 2 grants in the amount of $3,500 and 4 grants in the amount of $1,000. Grants will be awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. Apply here.
2021/2022 National Arts Club Fellowship – New York
Deadline: December 1 The Artist Fellowship provides a select number of artists, working in any one of the disciplines reflected in the NAC’s arts committees, a 18-month Artist Fellowship at the Club, situated in Gramercy Park, New York. Artist Fellows will be provided with complimentary Club participation, providing access to the historic clubhouse, public programs and discounted private overnight rooms. The Artist Fellowship provides opportunities for the recipient to be featured in Club programming and presentations. Learn more here.
Call for Artists, The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: August 1, 2022 The Delaware Contemporary’s Artist Registry promotes working artists of our region through exhibitions, residencies, and commissioned projects. The Artist Registry is available to artists within a 250 mile radius of Wilmington, DE and will be the tool by which The Delaware Contemporary will collect, review and select artists for juried and curated exhibitions and projects. By submitting an application for the Artist’s Registry, The Delaware Contemporary will have access to an artist portfolio for the 2021 – 2022 season. During each season, artist portfolios will be regularly reviewed for upcoming opportunities including exhibitions, programs, and special events, as well as selected to be highlighted on the museum’s social media platforms. Learn more here.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Open Positions at Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art – Reston, VA
Deadline: October 15 Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) is currently hiring an Associate Curator & Festival Director and an Advancement Officer. With our recent rebranding, these opportunities come at a time of exciting growth and opportunity for the future of the institution. For more information, Click here.
Call for Submissions, Quilts 4 DC Statehood Challenge – Washington, DC
Deadline: October 15 The Quilts4DC Challenge asks quilters everywhere to share their creativity and lift the message of full representation and voting rights for fellow Americans residing in Washington, D.C. Quilters are invited to create one or more quilts inspired by the theme of DC Statehood. Completed works can be submitted to be part of an online quilt exhibition and selected works have the opportunity to become part of one or more in-person exhibitions. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, National Parks of the United States
Deadline: October 17R Gallery in Boulder, Colorado, is building a permanent online exhibit which will feature images from all 62 US National Parks. Artists are invited to submit original artwork for the “National Parks” exhibit. In this exhibit, we are seeking photographic images, either film or digital, in all styles. Selected artists will give R Gallery the rights to sell prints and artists will receive 50% of the profits for each sale. R Gallery will also create a book using these photos and promoting the exhibit and sale of prints. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Artist Magazine Over 60 Art Competition
Deadline: October 17Artist Magazine | Artists Network announces a call to artists for the Artist Magazine Over 60 Art Competition. Over $3,000 in total prizes! The Contest is open to artists over the age of 60 working in two dimensions in all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point; and two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well). For more information, click here.
Winter/Spring Benbo Fellowship, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: October 18 The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Three artists will be selected for the Winter/Spring fellowship. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Acrylic Works 9
Deadline: October 18Artist Magazine announces a call to artists for the AcrylicWorks Art Competition. Over $4,000 in total prizes! Juror: The dominant medium must be acrylic, though some minor use of other media may be acceptable. For more information, click here.
2021 International Alternative Processes, Soho Photo Gallery – New York
Deadline: October 19 Soho Photo Gallery, New York’s longest running cooperative gallery, is excited to announce our 17th International Alternative Processes Competition. Alternative processes include, but are not limited to: Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Tintype, Ziatype, Daguerreotype, Image Transfers, Liquid Emulsion, Photogravure Chemigram as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives. Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints, C-Prints and Digital Prints are not eligible. This year the Competition will only be featured on our website from December 10th to January 2nd.There will be a reception on December 15th with our juror. We look forward to seeing your work so please enter. Learn more here.
Artist Residency, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop — D.C.
Deadline: October 22 Through the Gallery Residency Program, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) seeks to expand its engagement with artists working in the DMV. The CHAW gallery will, for eight weeks each year, become an incubator space for the selected Resident Artist. During that time, the Artist will transform the gallery while interacting with visitors and students. The Residency provides a well-lit and clean gallery central to the DC area with substantial foot traffic and visibility. CHAW will offer promotion for the Resident Artist, their work and the show. During the Residency, an Artist can create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 11th Annual Nature Online Art Competition
Deadline: October 27 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 11th Annual “Nature” Online Juried Art Competition for the month of October 2021. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s November 2021 online group art exhibition. The gallery invites entries from artists (including photography and digital art) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art and photography. To enter, click here.
Gutierrez Memorial Fund’s Legacy Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Gutierrez Memorial Fund is pleased to present its 2021 Legacy Grant. The project-based arts grant calls for proposals from arts organizations, individual artists, and educators who are residents of Maryland and whose programs or projects serve Maryland communities. Special consideration is given to projects that build skills, engage the community, and permanently transform the built environment. Learn more here.
2021 Carelle Women’s Jewelry Association Member Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Women’s Jewelry Association is proud to offer the Carelle Grant in honor of Brooke Tivol McGrath. This is a $7,500 grant intended to support an established jewelry professional (in business for 5-10 years) in innovating their business through technological solutions and advancements, helping to boost sales and streamline operations. The candidate should demonstrate an innovative mindset, forward-looking outlook, and positive perspective of their work and the future of the industry. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions, SlowArt Emerging Artists 2022 – Hudson, NY
Deadline: October 31 SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2022, the 30th annual competition for exhibition, promotion and $500 cash award. It is open to all artists working in any media. This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, The Journey of Surprises, Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition — Newark, NJ
Deadline: October 31 Munich Terminal One LLC and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (State Arts Council) are pleased to present the Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition:The Journey of Surprises. This exciting opportunity is accepting submissions from adult visual artists who are current residents of New Jersey (with a priority given to artists from Newark and Elizabeth, NJ). Preference will be given to artists with a strong connection to Newark and/or Elizabeth, but artists from across the State are eligible to submit their work for consideration. The project will be unveiled in Spring 2022 at the new EWR Airport Terminal A, and will be on display for approximately one year. Learn more here.
Call for Entries, Art Quilts Elements 2022 — Wayne, PA
Deadline: November 1 Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for the Art Quilt Elements 2022 Exhibition, a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 27 through April 30, 2022. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 6x6x6, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA
Deadline: November 1 6x6x6, is our annual exhibit of artwork no larger than 6 inches in any direction including frame, if one is used. All artists age 14 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. For more information, click here.
VisArts Next Generation Studio Fellowship — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 VisArts invites applications and proposals from emerging local and national artists for a twelve month Next Generation Studio Fellowship at VisArts in Rockville MD. This Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $500.00 per month stipend. The Next Generation Studio fellow will present their work in a solo exhibition at the end of their respective fellowship. This Fellowship term is from January 2022 – January 2023. Learn more here.
VisArts Emerging Curator Program 2022 — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. In an effort to develop expanded education programming/enhanced visitor experiences, the 2022 Emerging Curator and the Mentoring Curator will also focus on developing tools to support public programming that promotes social interaction, creative exchange and audience engagement. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry, Through a Glass, Darkly, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: November1Through a Glass, Darkly will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary, September 1 through December 31, 2022, and will include new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. This exhibition will span across six galleries and will occupy more than 6,000 square feet. Selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. For more information, click here.
George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowships in Photography
Deadline: November 1 The Howard Foundation will consider proposals from visual artists working in any genre, style, and media that can be classified as Photography, with regards to still images. In accordance with the fellowship program’s overall goal of supporting early mid-career artists, applicants should have a record of exhibitions and demonstrate a promising program of creative development using photography as a mode of creative expression and experimentation. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Portraits Project, The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. — D.C.
Deadline: November 2 The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is seeking artwork to be used as part of the PORTRAITS project to be premiered in June 2024. PORTRAITS will represent through visual art, music, and dance, the spectrum of sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural identities. Paintings, drawings, and photographs are welcome. The artworks may be a portrait, or a scene depicting an aspect of the human experience, including identity expression and historical references specific to the LGBTQ+ community. Selected artworks will be used as projections as part of a live performance, brought to life aurally by music, and visually by GMCW’s 17th Street Dance ensemble to be presented in June 2024. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, 4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition
Deadline: November 5 Fusion Art is once again celebrating women artists with its 19th quarterly online art competition. For the 4th Annual Women Artists art competition, the gallery invites both 2D and 3D submissions from women artists, only, regardless of their location or their experience or education in the art field. All competitions include awards in three categories – “Traditional” Art, “Digital & Photography” and 3-Dimensional Art (if the gallery receives 3D entries). For more information, click here.
Field Residency, Chelsea: Winter Spring 2021-22 – New York
Deadline: November 13 Field Residency is an art studio in Chelsea, Manhattan’s Gallery District in New York City. We provide a 300 square ft, 12 ft ceiling studio space to accepted applicants for 6 weeks. International & US-based artists working in all mediums are eligible. Apply here.
Call for 2022 Bresler Resident Artists, VisArts — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 19 In honor of VisArts patrons, Fleur and Charles Bresler, VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a four monthresidency at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. This residency provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The current call is for artists or collaborative artist teams whose primary practice is sound, new media and/or photography centering on environmental, social, racial, and economic justice. Artists must be prepared to use online platforms in place of face to face community gatherings due to pandemic safety concerns. For more information. click here.
Smithsonian Magazine 19th Annual Photo Contest
Deadline: November 30 To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2019. There are 6 categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. Learn how to enterhere.
Keyholder Residency Spring/Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: December 18 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 4 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. Two artists are selected twice a year by the Pyramid Atlantic artistic staff. Keyholders work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists and are expected to abide by all studio policies. Learn more here.
Open Call for Exhibition Proposals, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: January 3, 2022 Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo/group exhibitions for Season 49 (2022-2023). The gallery welcomes proposals for consideration in works of all media – drawings, prints, photography, paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, sound, performance, and interdisciplinary projects. Exhibition proposals must represent living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputations. For more information, click here.
Studio Internship Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: February 18, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic offers internship opportunities for enthusiastic, engaged, and serious-minded college or post-college artists. Our interns assist resident artists, renters, artistic staff, with printmaking, papermaking, and book arts projects, and in outreach education programs. In addition to hands-on experience with artistic projects, interns gain an understanding of the day-to-day operation of a non-profit art center and gallery. For the Summer 2022 season, Pyramid will accept two interns for this program. Click here to apply.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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 informationhere.
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, click here.
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 applicationshere.
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].
"Belgrade," by Alyse Radenovic, is currently on view in the October Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy art in person or virtually.
This weekend: Two solo shows and an open exhibit at the League; fine folk art at Amy Kaslow; the Big Tuna at Pyramid Atlantic; and an imaginative view of DC Metro stations at Multiple Exposures Gallery.
October 2021 Open Exhibit
“A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” by Jimmy James Greene, is this month’s Best-in-Show Award winner.
Our October Open Exhibit, juried by artist Summer Brown, is now on view! Open exhibits are a great way to view the breath of mediums and styles of our member artists. Join us of an in-person Opening Reception on Thursday, October 14, from 4:30 — 6:00 p.m.; register here.
Tania Karpowitz: Headlands
“Listen” by Tania Karpowitz; Oil
Expressive faces merge with boundless skies and landscapes in Headlands, a series of large-scale portraiture by Tania Karpowitz. Breaching the irregular, jagged edge that exists between person and place, Karpowitz’s paintings push the boundaries between a face and the environment, where head, mountain, and sky encounter one another, joined and distinct. Karpowitz will discuss the works in this exhibit in an in-person artist talk at The Art League Gallery on Sunday, October 24, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.; RSVP here.
Dongpei He: The Principles of Nature
“Peony by Turquoise Water” by Dongpei He; Watercolor
The Principles of Nature, by painter Dongpei He, features graceful, luminous visions of peony flowers. Painted in watercolor and ink on rice paper using traditional oriental brushwork, Dongpei’s work is a celebration of the beauty and perseverance of nature. Join He in conversation online Thursday, October 21, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.; register here.
Native Hands: Folk Art is Fine Art
Amy Kaslow Gallery in partnership with the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico presents Native Hands, a stunning collection of works—canvases, metals, woods, stone and clay—from artists innovating on generations-old practices, and training others to carry them forward. Native Hands is on view through November 28, Amy Kaslow Gallery, The Shops in Spring Valley, 4300 Fordham Road NW.
Enjoy the (long) weekend!
The Big Tuna at Pyramid Atlantic
Catch the Big Tuna, a portable print press whose girth inspired its name, in action as it reels off large-scale works by 20 area artists Saturday and Sunday at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. BIG INK, a New England-based arts business, is teaming up with Pyramid for this two-day public demonstration as the press produces paper prints from the woodblocks up to 4 feet by 8 feet. There will also be a hands-on community art-making activity; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 4 p.m., 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, MD.
Fred Zafran: The Transit of Shadows
“Descending _02” by Fred Zafran
When photographer Fred Zafran started snapping pictures of the subterranean world of the DC Metro four years ago, the cavernous stations began to appear to him as a great mythological underground river where travelers are transformed by their transit through this domain. In The Transit of Shadows, his solo exhibit at Multiple Exposures Gallery, Zafran makes the commuter mainstay appear otherworldly; on view through October 17 at Multiples Exposures Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center #312, 105 North Union Street, Alexandria, VA.
Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.
Opportunities
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Call for Submissions, Foundwork Artist Prize
Deadline: October 10 The Foundwork Artist Prize is an annual juried award to recognize outstanding practices by contemporary artists working in any media. This year, two honorees will receive unrestricted $10,000 grants and studio visits with each of the distinguished jurors. The honorees and three shortlisted artists will also be interviewed in the Foundwork Dialogues program to further public engagement with their work. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, National Parks of the United States
Deadline: October 17R Gallery in Boulder, Colorado, is building a permanent online exhibit which will feature images from all 62 US National Parks. Artists are invited to submit original artwork for the “National Parks” exhibit. In this exhibit, we are seeking photographic images, either film or digital, in all styles. Selected artists will give R Gallery the rights to sell prints and artists will receive 50% of the profits for each sale. R Gallery will also create a book using these photos and promoting the exhibit and sale of prints. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Artist Magazine Over 60 Art Competition
Deadline: October 17Artist Magazine | Artists Network announces a call to artists for the Artist Magazine Over 60 Art Competition. Over $3,000 in total prizes! The Contest is open to artists over the age of 60 working in two dimensions in all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point; and two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well). For more information, click here.
Winter/Spring Benbo Fellowship, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: October 18 The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Three artists will be selected for the Winter/Spring fellowship. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Acrylic Works 9
Deadline: October 18Artist Magazine announces a call to artists for the AcrylicWorks Art Competition. Over $4,000 in total prizes! Juror: The dominant medium must be acrylic, though some minor use of other media may be acceptable. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 11th Annual Nature Online Art Competition
Deadline: October 27 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 11th Annual “Nature” Online Juried Art Competition for the month of October 2021. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s November 2021 online group art exhibition. The gallery invites entries from artists (including photography and digital art) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art and photography. To enter, click here.
Call for Submissions, The Journey of Surprises, Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition — Newark, NJ
Deadline: October 31 Munich Terminal One LLC and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (State Arts Council) are pleased to present the Newark Airport Digital Art Exhibition:The Journey of Surprises. This exciting opportunity is accepting submissions from adult visual artists who are current residents of New Jersey (with a priority given to artists from Newark and Elizabeth, NJ). Preference will be given to artists with a strong connection to Newark and/or Elizabeth, but artists from across the State are eligible to submit their work for consideration. The project will be unveiled in Spring 2022 at the new EWR Airport Terminal A, and will be on display for approximately one year. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Through a Glass, Darkly, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: November 1 Through a Glass, Darkly will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary, September 1 through December 31, 2022, and will include new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. This exhibition will span across six galleries and will occupy more than 6,000 square feet. Selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. For more information, click here.
George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowships in Photography
Deadline: November 1 The Howard Foundation will consider proposals from visual artists working in any genre, style, and media that can be classified as Photography, with regards to still images. In accordance with the fellowship program’s overall goal of supporting early mid-career artists, applicants should have a record of exhibitions and demonstrate a promising program of creative development using photography as a mode of creative expression and experimentation. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, 4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition
Deadline: November 5 Fusion Art is once again celebrating women artists with its 19th quarterly online art competition. For the 4th Annual Women Artists art competition, the gallery invites both 2D and 3D submissions from women artists, only, regardless of their location or their experience or education in the art field. All competitions include awards in three categories – “Traditional” Art, “Digital & Photography” and 3-Dimensional Art (if the gallery receives 3D entries). For more information, click here.
2022 Post-Graduation Residency Program, Torpedo Factory Art Center – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: November 19 The Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Post-Grad Residency is a competitive juried program that provides 3-month solo studio space for a recently-graduated artist who earned a bachelor’s or master’s art degree from an accredited university. The program is unique for addressing the critical post-graduation juncture in an emerging artist’s career, offering an opportunity for professional development, and a chance to define their independent work process outside of the academic context. For more information, click here.
Keyholder Residency Spring/Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: December 18 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 4 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who hope to gain more knowledge and improve their skills in the printmaking, papermaking, or book arts studios. Two artists are selected twice a year by the Pyramid Atlantic artistic staff. Keyholders work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists and are expected to abide by all studio policies. Learn more here.
Studio Internship Summer 2022, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: February 18, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic offers internship opportunities for enthusiastic, engaged, and serious-minded college or post-college artists. Our interns assist resident artists, renters, artistic staff, with printmaking, papermaking, and book arts projects, and in outreach education programs. In addition to hands-on experience with artistic projects, interns gain an understanding of the day-to-day operation of a non-profit art center and gallery. For the Summer 2022 season, Pyramid will accept two interns for this program. Click here to apply.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Call for Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center Holiday Show and Sale — Solomons, MD
Deadline: October 8 Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center invites emerging and established artists to submit original artworks to the Holiday Show & Sale exhibition to take place November 5, 2021 through January 1, 2022 in the Main Gallery of the Murray Arts Building. All media will be considered, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, jewelry, glass, fiber, digital, photography, and mixed media. For more information, click here.
Open Call, Fall 2021 Field Projects
Deadline: October 9 Field Projects is pleased to announce our Spring 2021 Open Call! Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our group exhibition put together by our Guest Curator. All submissions will be considered for the Exhibition and the accompanying Online Exhibition. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Groovy Movies: Artwork Inspired by Motion Pictures, Del Ray Artisans — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: October 10 Seeking artwork that is inspired by the movies—from cult films to American Film Institute (AFI) classics; from actors, characters, locations to catch phrases. Dig this excellent, fantastical, funky, fabulous art scene in all mediums and genres from Amadeus to Zoolander. Curator Karen Schmitz has some splendid awards for artists and is arranging some hip happenings. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, Line Upon Line, Falls Church Arts Gallery – Falls Church, VA
Deadline: October 10 Falls Church Arts Gallery introduces a new show called Line Upon Line: Media Expressing Line – printmaking, pen and ink, painting, fiber arts and more – anything line upon line. For more information about entering, click here.
Call for Submissions, Reimagining Drawing $100K Challenge – New York
Deadline: October 11 Mental Canvas, Inc. is a software technology company whose unique platform has reimagined drawing for the digital age by enabling creations that can be experienced outside the confines of a page or a single moment in time. Mental Canvas picks up where pen and paper leave off, taking drawing to a place it’s never been. Now, we’re calling on creatives to join us in redefining what it means to draw. With $100K in prizes and 18 winners, we’re looking for the most impressive and imaginative scenes created with Mental Canvas Draw™. The Challenge runs to October 11, 2021. There will be mini challenges for cash prizes throughout the duration of the contest. For more information, click here.
Open Positions at Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art – Reston, VA
Deadline: October 15 Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) is currently hiring an Associate Curator & Festival Director and an Advancement Officer. With our recent rebranding, these opportunities come at a time of exciting growth and opportunity for the future of the institution. For more information, Click here.
Call for Submissions, Quilts 4 DC Statehood Challenge – Washington, DC
Deadline: October 15 The Quilts4DC Challenge asks quilters everywhere to share their creativity and lift the message of full representation and voting rights for fellow Americans residing in Washington, D.C. Quilters are invited to create one or more quilts inspired by the theme of DC Statehood. Completed works can be submitted to be part of an online quilt exhibition and selected works have the opportunity to become part of one or more in-person exhibitions. Learn more here.
2021 International Alternative Processes, Soho Photo Gallery – New York
Deadline: October 19 Soho Photo Gallery, New York’s longest running cooperative gallery, is excited to announce our 17th International Alternative Processes Competition. Alternative processes include, but are not limited to: Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Tintype, Ziatype, Daguerreotype, Image Transfers, Liquid Emulsion, Photogravure Chemigram as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives. Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints, C-Prints and Digital Prints are not eligible. This year the Competition will only be featured on our website from December 10th to January 2nd.There will be a reception on December 15th with our juror. We look forward to seeing your work so please enter. Learn more here.
Artist Residency, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop — D.C.
Deadline: October 22 Through the Gallery Residency Program, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) seeks to expand its engagement with artists working in the DMV. The CHAW gallery will, for eight weeks each year, become an incubator space for the selected Resident Artist. During that time, the Artist will transform the gallery while interacting with visitors and students. The Residency provides a well-lit and clean gallery central to the DC area with substantial foot traffic and visibility. CHAW will offer promotion for the Resident Artist, their work and the show. During the Residency, an Artist can create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. For more information, click here.
Gutierrez Memorial Fund’s Legacy Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Gutierrez Memorial Fund is pleased to present its 2021 Legacy Grant. The project-based arts grant calls for proposals from arts organizations, individual artists, and educators who are residents of Maryland and whose programs or projects serve Maryland communities. Special consideration is given to projects that build skills, engage the community, and permanently transform the built environment. Learn more here.
2021 Carelle Women’s Jewelry Association Member Grant
Deadline: October 31 The Women’s Jewelry Association is proud to offer the Carelle Grant in honor of Brooke Tivol McGrath. This is a $7,500 grant intended to support an established jewelry professional (in business for 5-10 years) in innovating their business through technological solutions and advancements, helping to boost sales and streamline operations. The candidate should demonstrate an innovative mindset, forward-looking outlook, and positive perspective of their work and the future of the industry. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions, SlowArt Emerging Artists 2022 – Hudson, NY
Deadline: October 31 SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2022, the 30th annual competition for exhibition, promotion and $500 cash award. It is open to all artists working in any media. This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, Art Quilts Elements 2022 — Wayne, PA
Deadline: November 1 Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for the Art Quilt Elements 2022 Exhibition, a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 27 through April 30, 2022. For more information, click here.
Call for Submissions, 6x6x6, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA
Deadline: November 1 6x6x6, is our annual exhibit of artwork no larger than 6 inches in any direction including frame, if one is used. All artists age 14 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. For more information, click here.
VisArts Next Generation Studio Fellowship — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 VisArts invites applications and proposals from emerging local and national artists for a twelve month Next Generation Studio Fellowship at VisArts in Rockville MD. This Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $500.00 per month stipend. The Next Generation Studio fellow will present their work in a solo exhibition at the end of their respective fellowship. This Fellowship term is from January 2022 – January 2023. Learn more here.
VisArts Emerging Curator Program 2022 — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 1 The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. In an effort to develop expanded education programming/enhanced visitor experiences, the 2022 Emerging Curator and the Mentoring Curator will also focus on developing tools to support public programming that promotes social interaction, creative exchange and audience engagement. Click here for more information.
Call for Entry, Portraits Project, The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. — D.C.
Deadline: November 2 The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is seeking artwork to be used as part of the PORTRAITS project to be premiered in June 2024. PORTRAITS will represent through visual art, music, and dance, the spectrum of sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural identities. Paintings, drawings, and photographs are welcome. The artworks may be a portrait, or a scene depicting an aspect of the human experience, including identity expression and historical references specific to the LGBTQ+ community. Selected artworks will be used as projections as part of a live performance, brought to life aurally by music, and visually by GMCW’s 17th Street Dance ensemble to be presented in June 2024. Learn more here.
Field Residency, Chelsea: Winter Spring 2021-22 – New York
Deadline: November 13 Field Residency is an art studio in Chelsea, Manhattan’s Gallery District in New York City. We provide a 300 square ft, 12 ft ceiling studio space to accepted applicants for 6 weeks. International & US-based artists working in all mediums are eligible. Apply here.
Call for 2022 Bresler Resident Artists, VisArts — Rockville, MD
Deadline: November 19 In honor of VisArts patrons, Fleur and Charles Bresler, VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a four monthresidency at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. This residency provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The current call is for artists or collaborative artist teams whose primary practice is sound, new media and/or photography centering on environmental, social, racial, and economic justice. Artists must be prepared to use online platforms in place of face to face community gatherings due to pandemic safety concerns. For more information. click here.
Smithsonian Magazine 19th Annual Photo Contest
Deadline: November 30 To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2019. There are 6 categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. Learn how to enterhere.
Open Call for Exhibition Proposals, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: January 3, 2022 Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo/group exhibitions for Season 49 (2022-2023). The gallery welcomes proposals for consideration in works of all media – drawings, prints, photography, paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, sound, performance, and interdisciplinary projects. Exhibition proposals must represent living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputations. For more information, click here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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 informationhere.
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, click here.
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 applicationshere.
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].
