Year: 2021

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

STARworks Ceramics Artist in Residency —  Star, NC

Deadline: April 15  Resident artists are selected based on a competitive pool of applicants from across the country and abroad, working in sculpture, functional pottery and design. Residents are provided with time to push personal, professional, technical and conceptual limits. Ceramic artists who are at a crucial stage in their career, requiring an opportunity to experiment, refine and formalize studio practices are encouraged to apply. To apply, click here.

Queens Court Art Request For Proposals for a Visual Tribute to Carrie Johnson — Arlington, VA

Deadline: April 15    The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) is inviting artist(s) to submit proposals for a commissioned, permanent artwork to be displayed at its Queens Court Apartments. APAH seeks to commission an artwork, focused on the broad theme of celebrating community engagement, to honor the life and contributions of Carrie Johnson. For more information, click here.

Exhibition Opportunity at Gallery B — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: April 23   Interested in having an exhibit at Gallery B? They are currently seeking applications for summer and fall 2021 openings. Learn more here.

Arts on the Block: The Apprentice Program — Online

Deadline: May 3   The Apprentice Program (TAP, formerly Pour Your ART Out) is a free, virtual summer intensive workshop for creative high school students in the DMV who have a passion for visual arts. Apprentices are paid with an educational stipend or can earn Student Service Learning hours (SSL). As an apprentice, you will train in art, job, and life skills while meeting and collaborating with creative peers. Many apprentices return each year to participate in the summer and/or school year programs to advance in their training. After graduating high school, apprentices are eligible in the fall to apply for our Studio Crew team, where they can further their career development while completing AOB commissions. Click here to learn more.

Call for Artwork, Out of Order + Kidooo — Online

Deadline: May 4  Maryland Art Place (MAP) is happy to continue KIDOOO, a youth version of Out of Order, MAP’s annual art auction!  KIDOOO was created as an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work with a major arts venue, expanding MAP’s services to students in elementary, middle, and high school level arts classes. To participate in the exhibition, artists must be ages 6-16. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Artesian Online Art Market

Deadline: May 7  The Artesian Online Art Market call for artists is now open! The virtual market is open to artists from all Federally recognized tribes. Prizes will be awarded in each category and will feature a best in show award and judges’ awards. Artists are encourage to apply early due to limited space. The market is open from May 28 – Aug. 2, 2021. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, 121st International Exhibition of Works on Paper — Wallingford, PA

Deadline: August 3  This is a prestigious exhibit that has been held by the Philadelphia Water Color Society every year since 1900. There are over $10,000.00 in prizes including the $2,000 PWCS Award of Excellence. This exhibit is open to both PWCS members and nonmembers. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Our Best Friends Regional Juried Exhibition, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA

Deadline: May 31   2020 of all years made our appreciation of our pets grow ever stronger. They were there to cuddle us when we were lonely, to push us out the door for walks when we felt sluggish. They entertained us running around their cages and through our house with balls. They chase away our blues and malaise with their love of us. We want to see all of your best animal companions in this show, be they small as mouse, or large as a horse. All artists age 16 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. Learn more here.

Get Out(side), a Regional Juried Exhibition, Liberty Town Arts Workshop — Fredericksburg, VA

Deadline: June 28   As the weather warms, now is the perfect time to celebrate the joy of the outdoors in our little corner of the world. Fredericksburg, and Virginia as a whole, has extraordinary pockets of beauty to explore. We want to see the art inspired by your wanderings into nature in Virginia. For more information, click here. 

Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Art League May 2021 Open Exhibit – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 15   Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or content. Artists must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League Gallery, and may enter any current work made within 5 years. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Baltimore Office of Promotions & The Arts 2021 Community Arts Grant – Baltimore

Deadline: April 23   Community Arts Grant are now available. The Community Arts Grant awards funding of up to $16,000 to Baltimore City artists and neighborhoods who work together to creatively re-imagine and enliven public spaces through new exterior wall mural art projects. Learn more here.

Graffiti and Aerosol Mural Artists Wanted, MuralsDC – DC

Deadline: April 23   The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in partnership with the DC Department of Public Works, seeks graffiti and aerosol mural artists and artist teams to design, create and install aerosol murals as part of the MuralsDC program. Selected artists will be expected to engage in a guided component of the program with designated youth (ages 14-18) to help them understand the art of aerosol graffiti mural painting and provide youth with opportunities to assist in activities such as site preparation and mural outlining. Learn more here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Cindy Edelstein Jewelry Design Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The scholarship is targeted to emerging fine jewelry designers or artisans. Women who are current WJA members only are eligible to apply. The recipient can pursue either design or business courses, providing they are focused on improving her artistry and/or her designer jewelry business. For more information click here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Student Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The Women’s Jewelry Association is committed to empowering women in the international jewelry, watch and related businesses. The WJA Foundation provides scholarships to female and female-identifying students enrolled in jewelry or metalsmithing programs at an accredited college, university, or training school between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022. Recipients are selected by a jury in early June and are awarded scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000. Learn more here.

Call for VisArts Studio Fellowship 2021 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 2   VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a six month Studio Fellowship at VisArts at Rockville. The Studio 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 Studio Fellowship offers the gift of time and space to two artists and/or collaborative artist teams each year to experiment and realize new work. The VisArts Studio Fellows will present their work in solo exhibitions at the end of their respective fellowships. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here

Call for Submissions, Frames & Frequency VII – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 21   Frame & Frequency is an ongoing International Film & Video Art Screening Series presented by VisArts located in Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington DC) that highlights artists whose new media, experimental film, and video works explore contemporary visual culture, and presents an intimate panorama of the variety and breadth of video art in artistic practice today. Frame & Frequency aims to present a diverse group of artists representing multi-generational and cultural backgrounds, nationalities and personal histories, while demonstrating the artists’ impressive command of video and new media technologies. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call to Artists, 11th Annual Workhouse Clay International – Lorton, VA

Deadline: May 24   The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is extremely proud to announce a call for entries for its 11th annual Workhouse Clay International Exhibition 2021. This is an open call for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Art of the State – Harrisburg, PA

Deadline: May 28   Presented by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation, the 54th Art of the State  exhibition will offer cash awards for selected entries in the categories of painting,  work on paper, photography and digital media,  sculpture and craft. It open to  Pennsylvania artists and craftspeople. Learn more here.

Call for Entry, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival 2021 – Reston, VA

Deadline: May 30   The annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is a competitive, juried event that is consistently rated as one of the best outdoor art festivals in the country, both for the quality of the artwork presented and for its exceptional artist hospitality. For more information, click here.

Photo Review 2021 International Photography Competition

Deadline: May 31  Accepted work will be reproduced in the 2021 competition issue of The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography with an international scope and readership, and on The Photo Review website. Prizewinners will be exhibited at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Editor’s selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Over $4,000 worth of prizes will be awarded, including a $500 purchase prize for inclusion in the Haverford College Photography Collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive college photography collections in the United States. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, (re)Building: Atlantic Gallery Juried Exhibition 2021 – New York

Deadline: June 1   Atlantic Gallery is seeking works from this past year (2020-21) that inspire and embrace the spirit of rebuilding, renewal and resiliency. Submissions must utilize cold wax, encaustic, or both, in two dimensional or three-dimensional works. One artist will be chosen for the grand-prize of a weeklong solo show at Atlantic Gallery. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, Ceramics – Rockville, MD

Deadline: June 7   VisArts invites artists working in the expanded field of ceramics to apply for “This Moment of Rupture,” a juried national survey of contemporary ceramics. We are seeking artists who work in an expansive variety of media but that all incorporate ceramics in some way, be it with traditional methods, or with processes such as 3d printing, or as a part of performance art, mixed media and more. Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Glen Echo Park Partnership Gallery Request for Proposals 2022 – Glen Echo, Maryland

Deadline: June 28   The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery and Park View Gallery venues at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2022. For more information, click here.

Call for Solo Exhibitions 2022, VisArts – Rockville, MD

Deadline: July 9   VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2022 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery. Exhibitions in each of the galleries explore the breadth of contemporary art featuring emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Call to Photographers, Unbound! at Candela Gallery – Richmond

Deadline: April 12   This annual summer group exhibition, held in Richmond, VA, is typically the only open call we hold each year. It is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artists’ books from 40-50 fine art photographers. UnBound! generates opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. For more information, click here.

Photo Review 2021 International Photography Competition

Deadline: May 31  Accepted work will be reproduced in the 2021 competition issue of The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography with an international scope and readership, and on The Photo Review website. Prizewinners will be exhibited at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Editor’s selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Over $4,000 worth of prizes will be awarded, including a $500 purchase prize for inclusion in the Haverford College Photography Collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive college photography collections in the United States. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, (re)Building: Atlantic Gallery Juried Exhibition 2021 – New York

Deadline: June1   Atlantic Gallery is seeking works from this past year (2020-21) that inspire and embrace the spirit of rebuilding, renewal and resiliency. Submissions must utilize cold wax, encaustic, or both, in two dimensional or three-dimensional works. One artist will be chosen for the grand-prize of a weeklong solo show at Atlantic Gallery. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival 2021 – Reston, VA

Deadline: May 30   The annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is a competitive, juried event that is consistently rated as one of the best outdoor art festivals in the country, both for the quality of the artwork presented and for its exceptional artist hospitality. For more information, click here.

Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

2021 International Krappy Kamera – NYC

Deadline: April 8   Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 23rd International Krappy Kamera Competition. Located in lower Manhattan, SPG is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery.   This year because of the pandemic the winning work will  be shown on the SPG website from July 16th to August 8th, 2021, not in the gallery. The opening reception will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, July 21st with our juror Ann Jashad. All work will be permanently archived on our website. Learn more here.

Bloomberg 2021 Arts Internship – Baltimore

Deadline: April 9   Young Audiences offers paid internships to 25 rising seniors from Baltimore City public high schools through the 2021 Bloomberg Arts Internship program. This seven-week, full-time paid internship will build strong career skills and help students gain meaningful workforce experiences in the field of arts and culture among other benefits. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, VisArts NextGen 8.0 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: April 9   VisArts welcomes aspiring artists ages 17 – 27 in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area to submit their application for NextGen 8.0. This iteration of NextGen will be held in an online gallery from June 4 – August 8, 2021. This will present a unique opportunity for aspiring artists with little to no experience to exhibit their work in a professional online gallery. Programming for this exhibition will include conversations with other emerging artists, critiques with local curators/arts administrators who work with young artists, and professional development. Learn more here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

High School Congressional Art Exhibition 2021 – Maryland’s 8th Congressional District

Deadline: April 12  Welcome to Representative Jamie Raskin’s 2021 Congressional Art Competition. High school students who reside in the 8th District of Maryland, represented by Congressmember Jamie Raskin, are eligible to submit for this juried exhibition. Click here and scroll down to learn more:

Call for Entry, paint It! Ellicott City – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: April 12   Paint It! Ellicott City is an annual event that brings artists and spectators interested in the plein air tradition to Historic Ellicott City. It culminates in an exhibit of juried artists’ work in our gallery, which features an opening reception and juror’s award presentation. For more information, click here.

Artist Residency, Arlington Arts Center – Arlington, VA

Deadline: April 12   Arlington Arts Center’s Resident Artist program provides subsidized studio space in a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages interaction, dialogue, and exploration. The program gives artists the opportunity to develop their practice in a community with other contemporary artists and alongside AAC’s critically acclaimed exhibitions and extensive educational programs. All studios have excellent sunlight, private work sinks, and high ceilings with 24-hour access, 365 days a year. Shared facilities include a lounge area, kitchen, and bathroom. All studios and shared facilities are wheelchair accessible. To apply, click here.

Instituto Sacatar Group Projects 2021 Artist Residency – Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

Deadline: April 12   The Group Project should include two to five participating artists in any artistic discipline or in any multidisciplinary endeavor. The project may be for research, development or completion of plays, operas, musicals, multi-media installations, dance pieces, multidisciplinary spectacles, films, production design, or any other project that involves the integration of different disciplines or different artists. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, 2021 Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards

Deadline: April 12   The Trawick Prize Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video completed within the last two years will be accepted. Learn more here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Art League May 2021 Open Exhibit – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 15   Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or content. Artists must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League Gallery, and may enter any current work made within 5 years. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Baltimore Office of Promotions & The Arts 2021 Community Arts Grant – Baltimore

Deadline: April 23   Community Arts Grant are now available. The Community Arts Grant awards funding of up to $16,000 to Baltimore City artists and neighborhoods who work together to creatively re-imagine and enliven public spaces through new exterior wall mural art projects. Learn more here.

Graffiti and Aerosol Mural Artists Wanted, MuralsDC – DC

Deadline: April 23   The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in partnership with the DC Department of Public Works, seeks graffiti and aerosol mural artists and artist teams to design, create and install aerosol murals as part of the MuralsDC program. Selected artists will be expected to engage in a guided component of the program with designated youth (ages 14-18) to help them understand the art of aerosol graffiti mural painting and provide youth with opportunities to assist in activities such as site preparation and mural outlining. Learn more here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Cindy Edelstein Jewelry Design Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The scholarship is targeted to emerging fine jewelry designers or artisans. Women who are current WJA members only are eligible to apply. The recipient can pursue either design or business courses, providing they are focused on improving her artistry and/or her designer jewelry business. For more information click here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Student Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The Women’s Jewelry Association is committed to empowering women in the international jewelry, watch and related businesses. The WJA Foundation provides scholarships to female and female-identifying students enrolled in jewelry or metalsmithing programs at an accredited college, university, or training school between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022. Recipients are selected by a jury in early June and are awarded scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000. Learn more here.

Call for VisArts Studio Fellowship 2021 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 2   VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a six month Studio Fellowship at VisArts at Rockville. The Studio 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 Studio Fellowship offers the gift of time and space to two artists and/or collaborative artist teams each year to experiment and realize new work. The VisArts Studio Fellows will present their work in solo exhibitions at the end of their respective fellowships. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here

Call for Submissions, Frames & Frequency VII – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 21   Frame & Frequency is an ongoing International Film & Video Art Screening Series presented by VisArts located in Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington DC) that highlights artists whose new media, experimental film, and video works explore contemporary visual culture, and presents an intimate panorama of the variety and breadth of video art in artistic practice today. Frame & Frequency aims to present a diverse group of artists representing multi-generational and cultural backgrounds, nationalities and personal histories, while demonstrating the artists’ impressive command of video and new media technologies. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call to Artists, 11th Annual Workhouse Clay International – Lorton, VA

Deadline: May 24   The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is extremely proud to announce a call for entries for its 11th annual Workhouse Clay International Exhibition 2021. This is an open call for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Art of the State – Harrisburg, PA

Deadline: May 28   Presented by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation, the 54th Art of the State  exhibition will offer cash awards for selected entries in the categories of painting,  work on paper, photography and digital media,  sculpture and craft. It open to  Pennsylvania artists and craftspeople. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions, Ceramics – Rockville, MD

Deadline: June 7   VisArts invites artists working in the expanded field of ceramics to apply for “This Moment of Rupture,” a juried national survey of contemporary ceramics. We are seeking artists who work in an expansive variety of media but that all incorporate ceramics in some way, be it with traditional methods, or with processes such as 3d printing, or as a part of performance art, mixed media and more. Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call for Solo Exhibitions 2022, VisArts – Rockville, MD

Deadline: July 9   VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2022 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery. Exhibitions in each of the galleries explore the breadth of contemporary art featuring emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Glen Echo Park Partnership Gallery Request for Proposals 2022 – Glen Echo, Maryland

Deadline: June 28   The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery and Park View Gallery venues at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2022. For more information, click here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

VisArts Internship Summer 2021 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: April 2   VisArts is seeking an undergraduate student or alumni from a school in the DMV area to participate in a summer 2021 internship. This internship is a unique opportunity to work on an exhibition, NextGen 8.0, that features work from emerging artists in the area. Preference will be given to applicants who have an interest in exhibitions, curating, and arts administration. Interns are expected to work for at least 120 hours throughout the duration of their time at VisArts. This internship is for the summer of 2021, and will run from late May through early August. This internship will be run remotely to practice safe physical distancing, onsite work is an option if that is preferable to the selected intern. Interns will receive a $1500 stipend. Click here and scroll down to apply.

High School Congressional Art Exhibition 2021 – Maryland’s 8th Congressional District

Deadline: April 12  Welcome to Representative Jamie Raskin’s 2021 Congressional Art Competition. High school students who reside in the 8th District of Maryland, represented by Congressmember Jamie Raskin, are eligible to submit for this juried exhibition. Click here and scroll down to learn more:

Call for Entry, paint It! Ellicott City – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: April 12   Paint It! Ellicott City is an annual event that brings artists and spectators interested in the plein air tradition to Historic Ellicott City. It culminates in an exhibit of juried artists’ work in our gallery, which features an opening reception and juror’s award presentation. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Art League May 2021 Open Exhibit – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 15   Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or content. Artists must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League Gallery, and may enter any current work made within 5 years. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, Baltimore Office of Promotions & The Arts 2021 Community Arts Grant – Baltimore

Deadline: April 23   Community Arts Grant are now available. The Community Arts Grant awards funding of up to $16,000 to Baltimore City artists and neighborhoods who work together to creatively re-imagine and enliven public spaces through new exterior wall mural art projects. Learn more here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Cindy Edelstein Jewelry Design Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The scholarship is targeted to emerging fine jewelry designers or artisans. Women who are current WJA members only are eligible to apply. The recipient can pursue either design or business courses, providing they are focused on improving her artistry and/or her designer jewelry business. For more information click here.

Women’s Jewelry Association 2021 Student Scholarship – NY

Deadline: April 30   The Women’s Jewelry Association is committed to empowering women in the international jewelry, watch and related businesses. The WJA Foundation provides scholarships to female and female-identifying students enrolled in jewelry or metalsmithing programs at an accredited college, university, or training school between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022. Recipients are selected by a jury in early June and are awarded scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000. Learn more here.

Call for VisArts Studio Fellowship 2021 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 2   VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a six month Studio Fellowship at VisArts at Rockville. The Studio 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 Studio Fellowship offers the gift of time and space to two artists and/or collaborative artist teams each year to experiment and realize new work. The VisArts Studio Fellows will present their work in solo exhibitions at the end of their respective fellowships. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call for Submissions, Frames & Frequency VII – Rockville, MD

Deadline: May 21   Frame & Frequency is an ongoing International Film & Video Art Screening Series presented by VisArts located in Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington DC) that highlights artists whose new media, experimental film, and video works explore contemporary visual culture, and presents an intimate panorama of the variety and breadth of video art in artistic practice today. Frame & Frequency aims to present a diverse group of artists representing multi-generational and cultural backgrounds, nationalities and personal histories, while demonstrating the artists’ impressive command of video and new media technologies. Click here and scroll down to learn more

Call for Entry, Art of the State – Harrisburg, PA

Deadline: May 28   Presented by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation, the 54th Art of the State  exhibition will offer cash awards for selected entries in the categories of painting,  work on paper, photography and digital media,  sculpture and craft. It open to  Pennsylvania artists and craftspeople. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions, Ceramics – Rockville, MD

Deadline: June 7   VisArts invites artists working in the expanded field of ceramics to apply for “This Moment of Rupture,” a juried national survey of contemporary ceramics. We are seeking artists who work in an expansive variety of media but that all incorporate ceramics in some way, be it with traditional methods, or with processes such as 3d printing, or as a part of performance art, mixed media and more. Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Call for Solo Exhibitions 2022, VisArts – Rockville, MD

Deadline: July 9   VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2022 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery. Exhibitions in each of the galleries explore the breadth of contemporary art featuring emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art. Click here and scroll down to learn more.

Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Summer Art Camp Counselors Wanted, Howard County Arts Council – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: March 31   Looking for a fun summer job? Apply now to be a counselor for our summer camp program! Visual and Performing Arts camps will be offered to children grades K-7 in full-day, one-week sessions from June 28- August 27. Camp counselors serve as classroom aides and help ensure that campers have a positive and safe camp experience during our arts camps. Learn how to apply here.

Open Call, Public Interest Design Lab – DC

Deadline: March 31   The Public Interest Design LAB is a fellowship created by the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library that will invite up to six D.C.-based designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and local community-based organizations. The fellowship will support development of existing projects that confront inequities and foster connectivity through community-based design. Priority is placed on projects that will benefit from international exchange and a broadening of professional networks. Apply here.

Maryland State Arts Council Emergency Grants for Independent Artists

Deadline: April 1   The purpose of the Emergency Grant is to support needs of independent artists as they adjust to income losses as a result of the Governor’s declared State of Emergency in relationship to COVID-19. Approved grants for independent artists will be in the amount of $3,000. Learn more here.

Call for Artwork, Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture – Glen Echo, MD

Deadline: April 5   Our theme,100 Years In The Present, aims to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the iconic Dentzel carousel. This artist call is for a physical exhibition in Glen Echo Park’s Partnership Popcorn Gallery and Stone Tower Gallery, with an emphasis on showcasing a dynamic group of artists in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. Apply here.

Call for Entry, Washington’s Sculpture Group – DC

Deadline: April 5   This year’s Image Show will be hosted virtually by Washington Sculptors Group and Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in conjunction with International Sculptors Day 2021, a global celebration of sculpture. WSG members are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to show their work, and presentations will be recorded and shared on WSG’s YouTube channel following the event. DC area gallerists, curators, collectors, and art representatives will be invited to watch live. The event will be hosted virtually and followed by a Q&A from the audience. Instructions on how to participate will be sent to accepted participants. Click here for more information.

2021 International Krappy Kamera – NYC

Deadline: April 8   Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 23rd International Krappy Kamera Competition. Located in lower Manhattan, SPG is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery.   This year because of the pandemic the winning work will  be shown on the SPG website from July 16th to August 8th, 2021, not in the gallery. The opening reception will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, July 21st with our juror Ann Jashad. All work will be permanently archived on our website. Learn more here.

Bloomberg 2021 Arts Internship – Baltimore

Deadline: April 9   Young Audiences offers paid internships to 25 rising seniors from Baltimore City public high schools through the 2021 Bloomberg Arts Internship program. This seven-week, full-time paid internship will build strong career skills and help students gain meaningful workforce experiences in the field of arts and culture among other benefits. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, VisArts NextGen 8.0 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: April 9   VisArts welcomes aspiring artists ages 17 – 27 in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area to submit their application for NextGen 8.0. This iteration of NextGen will be held in an online gallery from June 4 – August 8, 2021. This will present a unique opportunity for aspiring artists with little to no experience to exhibit their work in a professional online gallery. Programming for this exhibition will include conversations with other emerging artists, critiques with local curators/arts administrators who work with young artists, and professional development. Learn more here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Artist Residency, Arlington Arts Center – Arlington, VA

Deadline: April 12   Arlington Arts Center’s Resident Artist program provides subsidized studio space in a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages interaction, dialogue, and exploration. The program gives artists the opportunity to develop their practice in a community with other contemporary artists and alongside AAC’s critically acclaimed exhibitions and extensive educational programs. All studios have excellent sunlight, private work sinks, and high ceilings with 24-hour access, 365 days a year. Shared facilities include a lounge area, kitchen, and bathroom. All studios and shared facilities are wheelchair accessible. To apply, click here.

Instituto Sacatar Group Projects 2021 Artist Residency – Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

Deadline: April 12   The Group Project should include two to five participating artists in any artistic discipline or in any multidisciplinary endeavor. The project may be for research, development or completion of plays, operas, musicals, multi-media installations, dance pieces, multidisciplinary spectacles, films, production design, or any other project that involves the integration of different disciplines or different artists. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, 2021 Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards

Deadline: April 12   The Trawick Prize Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video completed within the last two years will be accepted. Learn more here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

Graffiti and Aerosol Mural Artists Wanted, MuralsDC – DC

Deadline: April 23   The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in partnership with the DC Department of Public Works, seeks graffiti and aerosol mural artists and artist teams to design, create and install aerosol murals as part of the MuralsDC program. Selected artists will be expected to engage in a guided component of the program with designated youth (ages 14-18) to help them understand the art of aerosol graffiti mural painting and provide youth with opportunities to assist in activities such as site preparation and mural outlining. Learn more here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here

Call to Artists, 11th Annual Workhouse Clay International – Lorton, VA

Deadline: May 24   The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is extremely proud to announce a call for entries for its 11th annual Workhouse Clay International Exhibition 2021. This is an open call for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. For more information, click here.

Glen Echo Park Partnership Gallery Request for Proposals 2022 – Glen Echo, Maryland

Deadline: June 28   The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery and Park View Gallery venues at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2022. For more information, click here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

[RECENT] 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Montpelier Arts Center Library Gallery Exhibition Competition – Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 28   Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2021 – July 2022. To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland. For more information, click here.

Maryland State Arts Council Emergency Grants for Independent Artists

Deadline: April 1   The purpose of the Emergency Grant is to support needs of independent artists as they adjust to income losses as a result of the Governor’s declared State of Emergency in relationship to COVID-19. Approved grants for independent artists will be in the amount of $3,000. Learn more here.

Call for Artwork, Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture – Glen Echo, MD

Deadline: April 5   Our theme,100 Years In The Present, aims to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the iconic Dentzel carousel. This artist call is for a physical exhibition in Glen Echo Park’s Partnership Popcorn Gallery and Stone Tower Gallery, with an emphasis on showcasing a dynamic group of artists in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. Apply here.

Bloomberg 2021 Arts Internship – Baltimore

Deadline: April 9   Young Audiences offers paid internships to 25 rising seniors from Baltimore City public high schools through the 2021 Bloomberg Arts Internship program. This seven-week, full-time paid internship will build strong career skills and help students gain meaningful workforce experiences in the field of arts and culture among other benefits. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, VisArts NextGen 8.0 – Rockville, MD

Deadline: April 9   VisArts welcomes aspiring artists ages 17 – 27 in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area to submit their application for NextGen 8.0. This iteration of NextGen will be held in an online gallery from June 4 – August 8, 2021. This will present a unique opportunity for aspiring artists with little to no experience to exhibit their work in a professional online gallery. Programming for this exhibition will include conversations with other emerging artists, critiques with local curators/arts administrators who work with young artists, and professional development. Learn more here.

Artist Residency, Arlington Arts Center – Arlington, VA

Deadline: April 12   Arlington Arts Center’s Resident Artist program provides subsidized studio space in a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages interaction, dialogue, and exploration. The program gives artists the opportunity to develop their practice in a community with other contemporary artists and alongside AAC’s critically acclaimed exhibitions and extensive educational programs. All studios have excellent sunlight, private work sinks, and high ceilings with 24-hour access, 365 days a year. Shared facilities include a lounge area, kitchen, and bathroom. All studios and shared facilities are wheelchair accessible. To apply, click here.

Instituto Sacatar Group Projects 2021 Artist Residency – Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

Deadline: April 12   The Group Project should include two to five participating artists in any artistic discipline or in any multidisciplinary endeavor. The project may be for research, development or completion of plays, operas, musicals, multi-media installations, dance pieces, multidisciplinary spectacles, films, production design, or any other project that involves the integration of different disciplines or different artists. For more information, click here.

Graffiti and Aerosol Mural Artists Wanted, MuralsDC – DC

Deadline: April 23   The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in partnership with the DC Department of Public Works, seeks graffiti and aerosol mural artists and artist teams to design, create and install aerosol murals as part of the MuralsDC program. Selected artists will be expected to engage in a guided component of the program with designated youth (ages 14-18) to help them understand the art of aerosol graffiti mural painting and provide youth with opportunities to assist in activities such as site preparation and mural outlining. Learn more here.

Glen Echo Park Partnership Gallery Request for Proposals 2022 – Glen Echo, Maryland

Deadline: June 28   The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery and Park View Gallery venues at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2022. For more information, click here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Banners – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project; Trenton Transit Station. This exciting project seeks to select five (5) visual artists who live or work in the Central New Jersey Counties of: Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon; who are current residents of the State of New Jersey. Preference will be given to artists with a connection to Trenton. Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work for a temporary art project at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station to take place in Summer 2021 as part of the “Stepping into Tomorrow” public art event. Learn more here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Bike Racks Re-craft/Re-envision – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project Trenton Transit Station. This exciting opportunity is accepting proposals from adult visual artists who live or work in Central New Jersey (Counties of Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon). Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work and a brief narrative proposal for updating the bike racks at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station. The selected artist will be engaged to re-craft the existing bike racks through either durable sculpture additions, or painting. Learn more here.

Call for Entry, Request for Qualifications for Bus Shelter Pilot – Prince George’s County, MD

Deadline: March 25   For this public art opportunity, an art piece in the form of a bus shelter will be created that represents stories, culture, and architectural elements distinct to each individual municipality. This public art project will consist of multiple sustainable features, that will highlight civic interaction, collaborative partnerships, and the improvement of the quality of life. These bus shelters are designed to activate neighborhood advancements and to serve as aesthetically pleasing landmarks for years to come. Artists or artist teams must be able to plan, design, and construct the bus shelter with weather resistant, non-hazardous, and easily cleanable materials. Interested artists or artist teams are allowed to submit an application for 1-2 of the six municipalities within this bus shelter public art opportunity. Learn more here.

Summer Art Camp Counselors Wanted, Howard County Arts Council – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: March 31   Looking for a fun summer job? Apply now to be a counselor for our summer camp program! Visual and Performing Arts camps will be offered to children grades K-7 in full-day, one-week sessions from June 28- August 27. Camp counselors serve as classroom aides and help ensure that campers have a positive and safe camp experience during our arts camps. Learn how to apply here.

Open Call, Public Interest Design Lab – DC

Deadline: March 31   The Public Interest Design LAB is a fellowship created by the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library that will invite up to six D.C.-based designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and local community-based organizations. The fellowship will support development of existing projects that confront inequities and foster connectivity through community-based design. Priority is placed on projects that will benefit from international exchange and a broadening of professional networks. Apply here.

Call for Entry, Washington’s Sculpture Group – DC

Deadline: April 5   This year’s Image Show will be hosted virtually by Washington Sculptors Group and Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in conjunction with International Sculptors Day 2021, a global celebration of sculpture. WSG members are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to show their work, and presentations will be recorded and shared on WSG’s YouTube channel following the event. DC area gallerists, curators, collectors, and art representatives will be invited to watch live. The event will be hosted virtually and followed by a Q&A from the audience. Instructions on how to participate will be sent to accepted participants. Click here for more information.

2021 International Krappy Kamera – NYC

Deadline: April 8   Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 23rd International Krappy Kamera Competition. Located in lower Manhattan, SPG is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery.   This year because of the pandemic the winning work will  be shown on the SPG website from July 16th to August 8th, 2021, not in the gallery. The opening reception will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, July 21st with our juror Ann Jashad. All work will be permanently archived on our website. Learn more here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions, 2021 Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards

Deadline: April 12   The Trawick Prize Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video completed within the last two years will be accepted. Learn more here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here

Call to Artists, 11th Annual Workhouse Clay International – Lorton, VA

Deadline: May 24   The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is extremely proud to announce a call for entries for its 11th annual Workhouse Clay International Exhibition 2021. This is an open call for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. For more information, click here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

[RECENT] 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Call for Entries, Online Exhibition School of Art + Design, Marymount College – Arlington, VA

Deadline: March 21   The Horizons Design + Art Competition is organized by the School of Design + Art at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, and has four categories that reflect the range of degree opportunities at Marymount University’s School of Design + Art. Open to regional undergraduate students, this juried competition seeks original creative work in the following categories: Art, Fashion Design, Graphic and Media Design, and Interior Design & Architecture. For more information, click here.

Calls for Artists, Historic Lexington Market – Baltimore

Deadline: March 23   As part of the development of a new Lexington Market, including a new plaza, two Calls for Artists have been released seeking permanent, site-specific, integrated artworks. Both calls are open to artists living and working in Maryland and its contiguous states: Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Artists living and working in Baltimore and across Maryland are especially encouraged to apply. Artists may apply individually or as a team. Learn more here.

Call for Entry, Request for Qualifications for Bus Shelter Pilot – Prince George’s County, MD

Deadline: March 25   For this public art opportunity, an art piece in the form of a bus shelter will be created that represents stories, culture, and architectural elements distinct to each individual municipality. This public art project will consist of multiple sustainable features, that will highlight civic interaction, collaborative partnerships, and the improvement of the quality of life. These bus shelters are designed to activate neighborhood advancements and to serve as aesthetically pleasing landmarks for years to come. Artists or artist teams must be able to plan, design, and construct the bus shelter with weather resistant, non-hazardous, and easily cleanable materials. Interested artists or artist teams are allowed to submit an application for 1-2 of the six municipalities within this bus shelter public art opportunity. Learn more here.

Open Call, Public Interest Design Lab – DC

Deadline: March 31   The Public Interest Design LAB is a fellowship created by the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library that will invite up to six D.C.-based designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and local community-based organizations. The fellowship will support development of existing projects that confront inequities and foster connectivity through community-based design. Priority is placed on projects that will benefit from international exchange and a broadening of professional networks. Apply here.

Call for Entry, Washington’s Sculpture Group – DC

Deadline: April 5   This year’s Image Show will be hosted virtually by Washington Sculptors Group and Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in conjunction with International Sculptors Day 2021, a global celebration of sculpture. WSG members are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to show their work, and presentations will be recorded and shared on WSG’s YouTube channel following the event. DC area gallerists, curators, collectors, and art representatives will be invited to watch live. The event will be hosted virtually and followed by a Q&A from the audience. Instructions on how to participate will be sent to accepted participants. Click here for more information.

Call for Submissions, 2021 Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards

Deadline: April 12   The Trawick Prize Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video completed within the last two years will be accepted. Learn more here.

Call to Artists, 11th Annual Workhouse Clay International – Lorton, VA

Deadline: May 24   The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is extremely proud to announce a call for entries for its 11th annual Workhouse Clay International Exhibition 2021. This is an open call for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. For more information, click here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call for Submissions, Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers

Deadline: March 18   Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. 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. Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Learn more here.

Call for Artists Submissions for Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative – Riverdale Park, MD

Deadline: March 18   On behalf of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Hyattsville CDC is announcing a Call for Artists for the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The Initiative seeks five (5) sculptures of various styles and sizes to display for a one year-long placement, at pre-determined, publicly-accessible sites within the Town of Riverdale Park. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, Digital America

Deadline: March 22   Digital America is now accepting submissions for Issue No. 17. We are excited to publish digital art, internet art, design, essays, video, audio, multimedia art, and new media art that digs deep into the cultural impact of our digitized world. What does it mean to be in an online “America,” in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world? How does this cybernated world affect our lived experiences? Learn more here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Banners – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project; Trenton Transit Station. This exciting project seeks to select five (5) visual artists who live or work in the Central New Jersey Counties of: Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon; who are current residents of the State of New Jersey. Preference will be given to artists with a connection to Trenton. Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work for a temporary art project at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station to take place in Summer 2021 as part of the “Stepping into Tomorrow” public art event. Learn more here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Bike Racks Re-craft/Re-envision – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project Trenton Transit Station. This exciting opportunity is accepting proposals from adult visual artists who live or work in Central New Jersey (Counties of Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon). Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work and a brief narrative proposal for updating the bike racks at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station. The selected artist will be engaged to re-craft the existing bike racks through either durable sculpture additions, or painting. Learn more here.

Summer Art Camp Counselors Wanted, Howard County Arts Council – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: March 31   Looking for a fun summer job? Apply now to be a counselor for our summer camp program! Visual and Performing Arts camps will be offered to children grades K-7 in full-day, one-week sessions from June 28- August 27. Camp counselors serve as classroom aides and help ensure that campers have a positive and safe camp experience during our arts camps. Learn how to apply here.

2021 International Krappy Kamera – NYC

Deadline: April 8   Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 23rd International Krappy Kamera Competition. Located in lower Manhattan, SPG is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery.   This year because of the pandemic the winning work will  be shown on the SPG website from July 16th to August 8th, 2021, not in the gallery. The opening reception will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, July 21st with our juror Ann Jashad. All work will be permanently archived on our website. Learn more here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

[RECENT] 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Academic Artists Association 71st Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism

Deadline: March 13   Due to the uncertainty caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and the restrictions it has caused, the 2021 show will be an online show. Any original representational art in the categories of oils, acrylics, watercolors, graphics, pastels and sculpture will be considered; casein and egg tempera will be judged with acrylics. For more information, click here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Banners – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project; Trenton Transit Station. This exciting project seeks to select five (5) visual artists who live or work in the Central New Jersey Counties of: Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon; who are current residents of the State of New Jersey. Preference will be given to artists with a connection to Trenton. Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work for a temporary art project at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station to take place in Summer 2021 as part of the “Stepping into Tomorrow” public art event. Learn more here.

Call for Art, TRANSITional Art Project: Trenton Transit Station Bike Racks Re-craft/Re-envision – Trenton, NJ

Deadline: March 24   NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present the TRANSITional Art Project Trenton Transit Station. This exciting opportunity is accepting proposals from adult visual artists who live or work in Central New Jersey (Counties of Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Union, and Hunterdon). Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work and a brief narrative proposal for updating the bike racks at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station. The selected artist will be engaged to re-craft the existing bike racks through either durable sculpture additions, or painting. Learn more here.

Summer Art Camp Counselors Wanted, Howard County Arts Council – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: March 31   Looking for a fun summer job? Apply now to be a counselor for our summer camp program! Visual and Performing Arts camps will be offered to children grades K-7 in full-day, one-week sessions from June 28- August 27. Camp counselors serve as classroom aides and help ensure that campers have a positive and safe camp experience during our arts camps. Learn how to apply here.

2021 International Krappy Kamera – NYC

Deadline: April 8   Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 23rd International Krappy Kamera Competition. Located in lower Manhattan, SPG is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery.   This year because of the pandemic the winning work will  be shown on the SPG website from July 16th to August 8th, 2021, not in the gallery. The opening reception will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, July 21st with our juror Ann Jashad. All work will be permanently archived on our website. Learn more here.

The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition – NYC

Deadline: April 13   The competition is open for Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora, and foreign artists living and working in any of the above regions/countries. All Latin American artists above the age of 18 are eligible to participate. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital, printing, and mixed media are eligible. For more information, click here.

H2O Mid-Atlantic Call to Artists – Virginia Beach, VA

Deadline: May 7   The Virginia Beach Art Center presents a showcase of water-related artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states.  Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania are invited to show explore our relationship to water through visual media. From a single drop to mighty oceans, from rising mists to stormy skies, water is all around us – and up to 78% of our bodies! Learn more here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Evening Studio Manager Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   This position is a non-paid, work-exchange Artistic Associate position. In exchange for managing the studios on Wednesday evenings, the studio manager will receive a key to the building and 24-hour access to studios. He/she can use the studios to work on their own art, provided it does not conflict with a scheduled class or other events. We are looking for someone who is responsible and passionate about printmaking, papermaking and/or artist books. Learn more here.

NJ Climate Resilience Public Art Projects – NJ

Deadline: March 8   New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present this call for artists as part of the Coastal Risk Communications Campaign. This exciting opportunity is open for submissions from professional artists, over the age of 18, who are current residents of the State of New Jersey, or who live within 100 miles of the New Jersey state border. This project seeks to engage 4 artists, or artist teams, to create original, site-specific artwork and related community engagement(s) that address the theme of climate resilience and coastal flooding, particularly as related to coastal communities in New Jersey. To learn more and apply, click here.

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council FY21 Grants

Deadline: March 12   The Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council is accepting applications for the FY21 Grant Season for County Arts and Artist Fellowships. For more information, click here. Learn more about this grant during an upcoming information session Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7PM. Register here.

Open Call for Curator-in-Residence 2021/2022, Kunstraum LLC — Brooklyn, NY

Deadline: March 14   The Curator-in-Residence is responsible for directing the gallery program at Kunstraum for a period of 12 months. During the residency, they present their vision through two curated exhibitions – an independent exhibition of their choice and Kunstraum’s annual member show – as well as by supporting two guest curator’s projects. The CIR residency will start in April 2021. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers

Deadline: March 18   Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. 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. Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Learn more here.

Call for Artists Submissions for Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative – Riverdale Park, MD

Deadline: March 18   On behalf of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Hyattsville CDC is announcing a Call for Artists for the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The Initiative seeks five (5) sculptures of various styles and sizes to display for a one year-long placement, at pre-determined, publicly-accessible sites within the Town of Riverdale Park. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, Digital America

Deadline: March 22   Digital America is now accepting submissions for Issue No. 17. We are excited to publish digital art, internet art, design, essays, video, audio, multimedia art, and new media art that digs deep into the cultural impact of our digitized world. What does it mean to be in an online “America,” in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world? How does this cybernated world affect our lived experiences? Learn more here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

[NEW] 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 Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Evening Studio Manager Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   This position is a non-paid, work-exchange Artistic Associate position. In exchange for managing the studios on Wednesday evenings, the studio manager will receive a key to the building and 24-hour access to studios. He/she can use the studios to work on their own art, provided it does not conflict with a scheduled class or other events. We are looking for someone who is responsible and passionate about printmaking, papermaking and/or artist books. Learn more here.

Open Call, Inside Outside, Upside Down at the Phillips Collection – DC

Deadline: February 28   DMV artists are invited to submit recent work produced between March 2020 and February 2021 that speaks to the struggle and resiliency of the human spirit in the face of the global covid-19 pandemic and recent social upheavals. Submissions will be capped at 1,000 entries to ensure fair and thoughtful review; if we reach 1,000 entries before February 28, a notification will be posted on the website. Learn more here.

Call for Art, Art Against Racism

Deadline: February 28   Art Against Racism seeks submissions from individual artists and community groups in the United States and around the world for Memorial.Monument.Movement, an online exhibition of Black Lives Matter-inspired art made after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many other people of color by law enforcement. For more information, click here.

Open Call, Arte Natura Exhibition

Deadline: February 28   SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, Arte Natura. This exhibition will focus on art inspired by the natural world and will be held at the Limner Gallery from July 8 –  31, 2021.  Eligible are all art forms relating to, or gaining inspiration from the world of nature. Landscapes, skyscapes, flowers, vegetables, fruits and animals are all eligible. The human figure is permitted only as part of the natural environment. All artist interpretations of the natural world from the realist to the abstract and conceptual will be reviewed and considered. For more information, click here.

Open Call for Curator-in-Residence 2021/2022, Kunstraum LLC — Brooklyn, NY

Deadline: March 14   The Curator-in-Residence is responsible for directing the gallery program at Kunstraum for a period of 12 months. During the residency, they present their vision through two curated exhibitions – an independent exhibition of their choice and Kunstraum’s annual member show – as well as by supporting two guest curator’s projects. The CIR residency will start in April 2021. For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions, Digital America

Deadline: March 22   Digital America is now accepting submissions for Issue No. 17. We are excited to publish digital art, internet art, design, essays, video, audio, multimedia art, and new media art that digs deep into the cultural impact of our digitized world. What does it mean to be in an online “America,” in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world? How does this cybernated world affect our lived experiences? Learn more here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call for Artists, Howard County Arts Council ARTsites 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 26   The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is seeking up to 12 artists to participate in its Ninth Annual Juried Public Art Competition for a temporary outdoor exhibit from August 2021-July 2022. The competition is open to all professional visual artists, aged 18 and older, with public art experience commensurate with this project’s scope. For more information click here.

Residencies, City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts

Deadline: February 28   The Office of the Arts is seeking individual artists or artist groups/organizations for up to two residencies to develop and perform new, site-specific work in response to the new temporary public artwork Groundswell, by commissioned artist Mark Reigelman, installed at Waterfront Park in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The stipend for each residency will range from $6,000 up to $16,000, and applications from artists of all mediums will be considered. Learn more here.

Open Call, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA

Deadline: February 28   Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions for Season 48 (2021-2022). 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 be by and from living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputation. To apply, click here.

Playform Digital Artist Residency – Virtual

Deadline: February 28   The Playform Digital Artist Residency seeks to develop emerging digital artists through a unique program that brings together art and technology. During this unique virtual residency, you’ll get unlimited Playform credits and direct access to a team of AI computer vision experts to collaborate with on cutting-edge creative works. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Deadline: March 1   Help tell the story of flower and vegetable seeds by creating original artwork for Hudson Vally Seed Co.’s popular Art Packs. We are always looking for a diversity of mediums including but not limited to watercolor, oil, collage, quilting, carving, assemblage, stained glass, etching, handmade paper, seed mosaic, plant material collage, wood-burning, metalwork, clothing, and functional pottery. Photographic images may be used if they are an element (less than 50%) of the work. For more information, click here.

Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts – Austerlitz, NY

Deadline: March 1   The Millay Colony for the Arts is accepting applications for a 2-week, 1 month residency, for August/September/October 2021. Collectives and/or collaborations of more than 3 individuals are welcome in the first two weeks of December. We offer an inspiring and secluded setting (in the upper Hudson Valley, bordering on the Berkshires), a curated, diverse and intimate cohort of exceptional poets, writers (fiction and nonfiction, scholars also welcome), composers and visual artists (6-7 maximum), groceries, chef-prepared suppers, private bedrooms and studios, FREE OF CHARGE. Learn more here.

NJ Climate Resilience Public Art Projects – NJ

Deadline: March 8   New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present this call for artists as part of the Coastal Risk Communications Campaign. This exciting opportunity is open for submissions from professional artists, over the age of 18, who are current residents of the State of New Jersey, or who live within 100 miles of the New Jersey state border. This project seeks to engage 4 artists, or artist teams, to create original, site-specific artwork and related community engagement(s) that address the theme of climate resilience and coastal flooding, particularly as related to coastal communities in New Jersey. To learn more and apply, click here.

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council FY21 Grants

Deadline: March 12   The Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council is accepting applications for the FY21 Grant Season for County Arts and Artist Fellowships. For more information, click here. Learn more about this grant during an upcoming information session Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7PM. Register here.

Call for Submissions, Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers

Deadline: March 18   Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. 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. Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Learn more here.

Call for Artists Submissions for Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative – Riverdale Park, MD

Deadline: March 18   On behalf of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Hyattsville CDC is announcing a Call for Artists for the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The Initiative seeks five (5) sculptures of various styles and sizes to display for a one year-long placement, at pre-determined, publicly-accessible sites within the Town of Riverdale Park. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

Pyramid Atlantic Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Open Call: #COLLAGEbiennial

Deadline: February 15   Denise Bibro Fine Art is proud to announce our virtual open call #COLLAGEbiennial. This call is open to artists working in collage or media that is 80% collage-based. The selected artists will be simultaneously showcased on Artsy, instagram, DBFA website, and Facebook. For more information, click here.

Residencies, City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts

Deadline: February 28   The Office of the Arts is seeking individual artists or artist groups/organizations for up to two residencies to develop and perform new, site-specific work in response to the new temporary public artwork Groundswell, by commissioned artist Mark Reigelman, installed at Waterfront Park in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The stipend for each residency will range from $6,000 up to $16,000, and applications from artists of all mediums will be considered. Learn more here.

Call for Artists, Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Deadline: March 1   Help tell the story of flower and vegetable seeds by creating original artwork for Hudson Vally Seed Co.’s popular Art Packs. We are always looking for a diversity of mediums including but not limited to watercolor, oil, collage, quilting, carving, assemblage, stained glass, etching, handmade paper, seed mosaic, plant material collage, wood-burning, metalwork, clothing, and functional pottery. Photographic images may be used if they are an element (less than 50%) of the work. For more information, click here.

NJ Climate Resilience Public Art Projects – NJ

Deadline: March 8   New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to present this call for artists as part of the Coastal Risk Communications Campaign. This exciting opportunity is open for submissions from professional artists, over the age of 18, who are current residents of the State of New Jersey, or who live within 100 miles of the New Jersey state border. This project seeks to engage 4 artists, or artist teams, to create original, site-specific artwork and related community engagement(s) that address the theme of climate resilience and coastal flooding, particularly as related to coastal communities in New Jersey. To learn more and apply, click here.

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council FY21 Grants

Deadline: March 12   The Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council is accepting applications for the FY21 Grant Season for County Arts and Artist Fellowships. For more information, click here. Learn more about this grant during an upcoming information session Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7PM. Register here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

2021 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy Center of the Arts – Lynchburg, VA

Deadline: February 12   This opportunity is open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older, working in the following disciplines; painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, and mixed media. No photography accepted. For more information click here.

Windgate Artist-in-Residence, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY

Deadline: February 12   The Windgate Artist in Residence Program (WAIR) in the School of Art+Design at Purchase College invites expressions of interest from contemporary artists and craftspeople working in the field broadly defined as applied design. WAIR is currently accepting applicants for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 sessions. This program supports the development of new work by craft artists and designers that can benefit from the educational and financial support of this grant. Click here to apply.

Summer 2021 Exhibition Opportunities, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   The Delaware Contemporary is accepting submissions for solo and group exhibitions to be held June 4 – August 27, 2021. In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-mile radius of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Delaware Contemporary Natural Movement”: Unapologetic Conversations of Hair and Nonconformity – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   We are seeking new works of art of any medium, two or three-dimensional, that celebrate nonconformity of black hair, but empower us to be who we were naturally made to be.  What does it look like to embrace our natural identity, specifically our kinky, curly, coily hair without apology? How has nonconformity and hair influenced your work?  That celebrates our hair to grow out of our heads naturally without shame or criticism. How has the complexities of our hair shown up in our practice, our work, our dialogue, our narratives? In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-MILE RADIUS of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, CREATE Arts Center – Silver Spring, MD

Deadline: February 19   CREATE Arts Center is excited to announce a call for entries for our first-ever Juried All-Media Exhibition, hosted in the Tamar Hendel Gallery. Through Friday, February 19, artists across the region are invited to submit up to three (3) images of original 2-D or 3-D art—including all mediums except video or film—to be considered for inclusion in this two-month show. Artworks will be selected by juror Jeffry Cudlin, Professor of Curatorial Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). All artist applicants, whether or not their work is selected for the gallery, will be included in an online exhibition hosted on the CREATE website. Click here to learn more.

Artists on the Rise: Ninth Annual Juried Teen Exhibition – Laurel, MD

Deadline: February 21   This opportunity is open to artists 13–18 years of age who are residents of Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Participants may attend public/private middle and high schools, or home school. Submitted artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Montpelier Arts Center. Apply here.

Call for Entry, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia

Deadline: February 22   Artist-run art space seeks entries for a group exhibition titled Where Are You Now? that will explore where (and how) you have ended up, within your work and within your work-space. The exhibition is open to works in all media. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Howard County Arts Council ARTsites 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 26   The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is seeking up to 12 artists to participate in its Ninth Annual Juried Public Art Competition for a temporary outdoor exhibit from August 2021-July 2022. The competition is open to all professional visual artists, aged 18 and older, with public art experience commensurate with this project’s scope. For more information click here.

Open Call, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA

Deadline: February 28   Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions for Season 48 (2021-2022). 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 be by and from living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputation. To apply, click here.

Playform Digital Artist Residency – Virtual

Deadline: February 28   The Playform Digital Artist Residency seeks to develop emerging digital artists through a unique program that brings together art and technology. During this unique virtual residency, you’ll get unlimited Playform credits and direct access to a team of AI computer vision experts to collaborate with on cutting-edge creative works. For more information, click here.

Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts – Austerlitz, NY

Deadline: March 1   The Millay Colony for the Arts is accepting applications for a 2-week, 1 month residency, for August/September/October 2021. Collectives and/or collaborations of more than 3 individuals are welcome in the first two weeks of December. We offer an inspiring and secluded setting (in the upper Hudson Valley, bordering on the Berkshires), a curated, diverse and intimate cohort of exceptional poets, writers (fiction and nonfiction, scholars also welcome), composers and visual artists (6-7 maximum), groceries, chef-prepared suppers, private bedrooms and studios, FREE OF CHARGE. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions, Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers

Deadline: March 18   Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. 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. Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Learn more here.

Call for Artists Submissions for Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative – Riverdale Park, MD

Deadline: March 18   On behalf of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Hyattsville CDC is announcing a Call for Artists for the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The Initiative seeks five (5) sculptures of various styles and sizes to display for a one year-long placement, at pre-determined, publicly-accessible sites within the Town of Riverdale Park. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

Pyramid Atlantic Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Call for Entry, DC Youth Art Competition – DC

Deadline: February 5   The DC Office of the Attorney General, in partnership with Project Create, has launched a DC youth art competition called Artists v. Hate, Standing Up for Humanity. This competition, which is a part of Attorney General Racine’s larger counter hate initiative, is designed to empower DC youth to stand up against hate, to promote social justice, and to inspire change through art! Now more than ever, we’re looking for opportunities to heal through art. District residents 11 to 19 years of age are invited to enter. Learn more here.

Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts – Austerlitz, NY

Deadline: March 1   The Millay Colony for the Arts is accepting applications for a 2-week, 1 month residency, for August/September/October 2021. Collectives and/or collaborations of more than 3 individuals are welcome in the first two weeks of December. We offer an inspiring and secluded setting (in the upper Hudson Valley, bordering on the Berkshires), a curated, diverse and intimate cohort of exceptional poets, writers (fiction and nonfiction, scholars also welcome), composers and visual artists (6-7 maximum), groceries, chef-prepared suppers, private bedrooms and studios, FREE OF CHARGE. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions, Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers

Deadline: March 18   Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. 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. Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Learn more here.

Call for Artists Submissions for Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative – Riverdale Park, MD

Deadline: March 18   On behalf of the Town of Riverdale Park, the Hyattsville CDC is announcing a Call for Artists for the Riverdale Park Public Art Initiative. The Initiative seeks five (5) sculptures of various styles and sizes to display for a one year-long placement, at pre-determined, publicly-accessible sites within the Town of Riverdale Park. For more information, click here.

Call for Proposals, 2022 Rehoboth Art League Solo and Group Exhibitions – Rehoboth Beach, DE

Deadline: July 18   The Exhibitions Committee of the Rehoboth Art League is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2022. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 29,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually.  Special exhibitions have played an important part of our programming since the league’s beginning, in 1938.  The RAL campus houses the Corkran,Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries. For more information and to apply, click here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Liquitex 2021 Residency Open Call – East Orange, NJ

Deadline: February 5   Liquitex is pleased to announce an Open Call for a new residency program at Manufacturers Village, available to any US-based artist from the greater New York area for a 5-week period, from March 15 – April 19, 2021. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Target Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: February 5   Target Gallery invites artists to submit their work for consideration to a new digital and in-person exhibition Those Spaces Between Us. This all-media group exhibition will explore concepts of liminal or transient spaces and how we occupy them or, conversely, how we do not. This exhibition will present an introspective view on how spaces can offer a physical embodiment of ambiguity and transition, creating a narrative how we as people move through them. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Local Color Juried Show 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 7   The Artists’ Gallery of Ellicott City invites visual artists (both 2D and 3D) to submit original work for a juried show.  Accepted artwork will be on display on our website from March 1 to March 28, 2021 and offered for sale through our on-line store. Prize winning work will be displayed in our gallery for the month of March. Artists 18 or older living or working in the Maryland, DC, and Virginia area are eligible to apply. For more information, click here.

2021 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy Center of the Arts – Lynchburg, VA

Deadline: February 12   This opportunity is open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older, working in the following disciplines; painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, and mixed media. No photography accepted. For more information click here.

Windgate Artist-in-Residence, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY

Deadline: February 12   The Windgate Artist in Residence Program (WAIR) in the School of Art+Design at Purchase College invites expressions of interest from contemporary artists and craftspeople working in the field broadly defined as applied design. WAIR is currently accepting applicants for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 sessions. This program supports the development of new work by craft artists and designers that can benefit from the educational and financial support of this grant. Click here to apply.

Artist-in-Residence Opening, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   The Delaware Contemporary seeks applicantions for our 2021 onsite Artist-in-Residence program.  Two emerging artists or art collectives will be selected for residency to occupy a 250+ sq ft. studio for one year, career mentoring and a cumulative exhibition. For more information, click here.

Summer 2021 Exhibition Opportunities, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   The Delaware Contemporary is accepting submissions for solo and group exhibitions to be held June 4 – August 27, 2021. In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-mile radius of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Delaware Contemporary Natural Movement”: Unapologetic Conversations of Hair and Nonconformity – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   We are seeking new works of art of any medium, two or three-dimensional, that celebrate nonconformity of black hair, but empower us to be who we were naturally made to be.  What does it look like to embrace our natural identity, specifically our kinky, curly, coily hair without apology? How has nonconformity and hair influenced your work?  That celebrates our hair to grow out of our heads naturally without shame or criticism. How has the complexities of our hair shown up in our practice, our work, our dialogue, our narratives? In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-MILE RADIUS of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, CREATE Arts Center – Silver Spring, MD

Deadline: February 19   CREATE Arts Center is excited to announce a call for entries for our first-ever Juried All-Media Exhibition, hosted in the Tamar Hendel Gallery. Through Friday, February 19, artists across the region are invited to submit up to three (3) images of original 2-D or 3-D art—including all mediums except video or film—to be considered for inclusion in this two-month show. Artworks will be selected by juror Jeffry Cudlin, Professor of Curatorial Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). All artist applicants, whether or not their work is selected for the gallery, will be included in an online exhibition hosted on the CREATE website. Click here to learn more.

Call for Entry, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia

Deadline: February 22   Artist-run art space seeks entries for a group exhibition titled Where Are You Now? that will explore where (and how) you have ended up, within your work and within your work-space. The exhibition is open to works in all media. For more information, click here.

Artists on the Rise: Ninth Annual Juried Teen Exhibition – Laurel, MD

Deadline: February 21   This opportunity is open to artists 13–18 years of age who are residents of Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Participants may attend public/private middle and high schools, or home school. Submitted artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Montpelier Arts Center. Apply here.

Call for Artists, Howard County Arts Council ARTsites 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 26   The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is seeking up to 12 artists to participate in its Ninth Annual Juried Public Art Competition for a temporary outdoor exhibit from August 2021-July 2022. The competition is open to all professional visual artists, aged 18 and older, with public art experience commensurate with this project’s scope. For more information click here.

Open Call, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA

Deadline: February 28   Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions for Season 48 (2021-2022). 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 be by and from living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputation. To apply, click here.

Playform Digital Artist Residency – Virtual

Deadline: February 28   The Playform Digital Artist Residency seeks to develop emerging digital artists through a unique program that brings together art and technology. During this unique virtual residency, you’ll get unlimited Playform credits and direct access to a team of AI computer vision experts to collaborate with on cutting-edge creative works. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

(RECENT) Pyramid Atlantic Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.

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

Open Call, Space and Time Artist Residency at Guttenberg Arts – Guttenberg, NJ

Deadline: January 31   Guttenberg Arts is dedicated to promoting the visual arts by providing practicing artists with the space and time to develop their work while engaging with the public. The Space and Time Artist Residency at Guttenberg Arts provides artists with a stipend to cover material, travel, and housing in conjunction with 24/7 shared access to a 4,500 sq. ft. professionally equipped workspace for the visual arts including printmaking, dark room and ceramics facilities for three months in Guttenberg, New Jersey (just across the Hudson River). To apply, click here.

Call for Women Artists, Print Issue of Create! Magazine

Deadline: January 31    Create! Magazine is pleased to announce an international open call for the print issue #25 juried by Danielle Krysa, the writer/curator behind the contemporary art site, The Jealous Curator. All Women, Womyn, and Womxn identifying artists from any country are welcome to apply with works in any medium: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, photography, mixed media, installation, and more. There is no specific theme for this issue. For more information, click here.

Liquitex 2021 Residency Open Call – East Orange, NJ

Deadline: February 5   Liquitex is pleased to announce an Open Call for a new residency program at Manufacturers Village, available to any US-based artist from the greater New York area for a 5-week period, from March 15 – April 19, 2021. For more information, click here.

Call for Entries, CREATE Arts Center – Silver Spring, MD

Deadline: February 19   CREATE Arts Center is excited to announce a call for entries for our first-ever Juried All-Media Exhibition, hosted in the Tamar Hendel Gallery. Through Friday, February 19, artists across the region are invited to submit up to three (3) images of original 2-D or 3-D art—including all mediums except video or film—to be considered for inclusion in this two-month show. Artworks will be selected by juror Jeffry Cudlin, Professor of Curatorial Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). All artist applicants, whether or not their work is selected for the gallery, will be included in an online exhibition hosted on the CREATE website. Click here to learn more.

Call for Entry, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia

Deadline: February 22   Artist-run art space seeks entries for a group exhibition titled Where Are You Now? that will explore where (and how) you have ended up, within your work and within your work-space. The exhibition is open to works in all media. For more information, click here.

Playform Digital Artist Residency – Virtual

Deadline: February 28   The Playform Digital Artist Residency seeks to develop emerging digital artists through a unique program that brings together art and technology. During this unique virtual residency, you’ll get unlimited Playform credits and direct access to a team of AI computer vision experts to collaborate with on cutting-edge creative works. For more information, click here.

Re-runs: These have been previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!

Papermaking Associate Wanted, Pyramid Atlantic – Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: until filled   The Pyramid Atlantic Papermaking Associates are crucial to keeping the paper mill thriving, relevant and dynamic. This work-exchange position offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pyramid’s creative community, and work alongside professionals in a sharing/collaborative environment. For more information and to apply, click here.

Call for Submissions, Photography A Sense of Place, Brooklyn Gallery– Brooklyn, NY

Deadline: February 1   Brooklyn Gallery is seeking submissions for Photography A Sense of Place, a juried exhibition that requires photographers to consider how Covid-19 has altered our perceptions of space. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Arts & Drafts Festival – Halethorpe, MD

Deadline: February 1   This new family-friendly event sponsored by Guinness Open Brewery, will feature 60+ juried artists, live music and vendors, including local artists, emerging artists and regional musicians. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD

Deadline: February 1   The Frederick Arts Council is commissioning artists to design and execute a mural on 101 W Potomac St, a property containing three connected walls on a property in Brunswick, MD. This property is in close proximity to a public art project in the midst of realization – the Brunswick Archway. Learn more here.

Call for Artists, Target Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: February 5   Target Gallery invites artists to submit their work for consideration to a new digital and in-person exhibition Those Spaces Between Us. This all-media group exhibition will explore concepts of liminal or transient spaces and how we occupy them or, conversely, how we do not. This exhibition will present an introspective view on how spaces can offer a physical embodiment of ambiguity and transition, creating a narrative how we as people move through them. For more information, click here.

Call for Artists, Local Color Juried Show 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 7   The Artists’ Gallery of Ellicott City invites visual artists (both 2D and 3D) to submit original work for a juried show.  Accepted artwork will be on display on our website from March 1 to March 28, 2021 and offered for sale through our on-line store. Prize winning work will be displayed in our gallery for the month of March. Artists 18 or older living or working in the Maryland, DC, and Virginia area are eligible to apply. For more information, click here.

2021 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy Center of the Arts – Lynchburg, VA

Deadline: February 12   This opportunity is open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older, working in the following disciplines; painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, and mixed media. No photography accepted. For more information click here.

Windgate Artist-in-Residence, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY

Deadline: February 12   The Windgate Artist in Residence Program (WAIR) in the School of Art+Design at Purchase College invites expressions of interest from contemporary artists and craftspeople working in the field broadly defined as applied design. WAIR is currently accepting applicants for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 sessions. This program supports the development of new work by craft artists and designers that can benefit from the educational and financial support of this grant. Click here to apply.

Artist-in-Residence Opening, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   The Delaware Contemporary seeks applicantions for our 2021 onsite Artist-in-Residence program.  Two emerging artists or art collectives will be selected for residency to occupy a 250+ sq ft. studio for one year, career mentoring and a cumulative exhibition. For more information, click here.

Summer 2021 Exhibition Opportunities, The Delaware Contemporary – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   The Delaware Contemporary is accepting submissions for solo and group exhibitions to be held June 4 – August 27, 2021. In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-mile radius of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Call for Entry, The Delaware Contemporary Natural Movement”: Unapologetic Conversations of Hair and Nonconformity – Wilmington, DE

Deadline: February 15   We are seeking new works of art of any medium, two or three-dimensional, that celebrate nonconformity of black hair, but empower us to be who we were naturally made to be.  What does it look like to embrace our natural identity, specifically our kinky, curly, coily hair without apology? How has nonconformity and hair influenced your work?  That celebrates our hair to grow out of our heads naturally without shame or criticism. How has the complexities of our hair shown up in our practice, our work, our dialogue, our narratives? In line with the regional focus of the opportunity, we are only accepting submissions within a 50-MILE RADIUS of Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, click here.

Artists on the Rise: Ninth Annual Juried Teen Exhibition – Laurel, MD

Deadline: February 21   This opportunity is open to artists 13–18 years of age who are residents of Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Participants may attend public/private middle and high schools, or home school. Submitted artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Montpelier Arts Center. Apply here.

Call for Artists, Howard County Arts Council ARTsites 2021 – Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 26   The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is seeking up to 12 artists to participate in its Ninth Annual Juried Public Art Competition for a temporary outdoor exhibit from August 2021-July 2022. The competition is open to all professional visual artists, aged 18 and older, with public art experience commensurate with this project’s scope. For more information click here.

Open Call, Second Street Gallery – Charlottesville, VA

Deadline: February 28   Second Street Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions for Season 48 (2021-2022). 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 be by and from living artists, who may be of both emerging and established reputation. To apply, click here.

Call for Entries, Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: April 10   Seeking all mediums for Alexandria Museum of Art’s 34th September Competition. All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible. All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2019 or later). AMoA encourages artists working in video and other experimental media to submit entries for judging. Learn more here.

Calls & Submissions, Merge: Nation’s Best Emerging Young Artists with Disabilities / Calls & Submissions – DC

Deadline: April 28   The VSA (Very Special Arts) Emerging Young Artists Program amplifies the voices of visual artists with disabilities through career development and professional empowerment. The competition seeks excellent work from emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen winning artists are selected by jury. Grand Prize is $20,000, First Prize is $10,000, Second Prize is $6,000, and the remaining Awards of Excellence are $2,000 each. For winning artists, one of the submitted artworks will be selected for a national exhibition. Artists participate in professional development activities provided by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more here.

Call For Entries, Athenaeum Gallery – Alexandria, VA

Deadline: August 25, 2021   Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show.  A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show.  A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

(RECENT) Pyramid Atlantic Workshop Proposals – Hyattsville, MD

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.