Month: February 2023

Artist Opportunities #632

Our 2023 "Student/Faculty Show" is currently on view through March 5.

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, Art From Detritus, Veridian Artists — New York

Deadline: March 3    Creating art from discarded materials is a crucial and responsible way that artists can reduce environmental harm. Art From Detritus serves to enrich the dialogue between art and the lives of ordinary people because we all have too much trash. By focusing on recycling or “upcycling” as their method and source for creating, these artists will have made their artmaking serve as both a message and inspiration. This exhibit will reach beyond the art world, serving as a message not only about art, but also about recycling for the good of the environment. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, 2023 International Portfolio Competition — New York 

Deadline: March 24    Located in lower Manhattan Soho Photo, New York City’s longest-running photography gallery, is awarding solo shows to three winning photographers. The panel of jurors will be composed of members of Soho Photo’s Portfolio Review Committee. They will make their initial selections based on digital submissions. Final selections will be based on prints. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Artists, Joshua Johnson Council Artist in Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art — Baltimore 

Deadline: March 30    The Joshua Johnson Council (JJC) Artist in Residence (AIR) program is a collaboration between the JJC, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). The JJC AIR program seeks applications to select two (2) Black artists living and working in Baltimore City for the summer residency. Applicants are not required to be alumni of MICA. For more information, click here.  

 

Call for Artists, Baltimore Clayworks Residencies — Baltimore 

Deadline: April 1    Our long-term residencies offer early to mid-career artists the opportunity to develop their work in a dynamic community environment for one to three years. The selection of residents is highly competitive and based on artistic excellence, potential for growth, strength of proposal, and a commitment to building a clay-oriented community. For more information, click here. 

 

Open Call For Artists, Torpedo Factory Art Center Resident Artists & Artists Pro Tem — Alexandria, VA 

Deadline: April 18    Torpedo Factory Art Center is accepting applications for Resident Artists — individuals or groups of up to four — who will earn three-year studio leases and Artists Pro Tem — individuals who will earn the ability to sublease and participate in the Art Center programming. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Plein Air Plus 2023 Eighth Annual National Juried Competition Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts — Long Beach Island, NJ

Deadline: May 17    The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the seventh Plein Air Plus Competition and Exhibition on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. We welcome artists to apply to a unique Plein Air Event!  Our Paint Out is over a two-month period, allowing artists to visit and paint the scenic, seashore environment of Long Beach Island (LBI) New Jersey on their own schedule, any time between July 1st through August 31st. Artists can choose the time of day, weather, and varied locations to paint. Finished paintings will be shown in the exhibition “Island Life” in September. Learn more here. 

 

 

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

 

Call to Artists, Folklife Apprenticeship, Maryland

Deadline: February 28, 2023   Maryland State Arts Council is now accepting applications for a special cycle of the Folklife Apprenticeship made available through Arts Relief funding. Folklife Apprenticeships are $5,000 each and support traditional arts education through the teaching of skills from a master artist to an apprentice artist. Applicants who are eligible for Folklife Apprenticeships are traditional artists who have resided in Maryland for at least six months. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, 19th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 28    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the 19th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Flowers, Juried Exhibition, UPWARD Gallery — Online

Deadline: February 28    Flowers and the symbols attributed to them are one of those themes that permeate art from ancient times to modern painting. For this exhibition, artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their work in any medium, style, and genre. All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at upwardgallery.com. The winners (1st place) are interviewed by the UPWARD Gallery editors for publication in the printed edition UPWARD’s Quarterly and on our site. For more information, click here.

 

Opening for a Part-time Quilting and Fiber Art Instructor, Montgomery College —  Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: March 1    The Montgomery College, Community Arts Program, is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching quilting and fiber arts. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. For more information, click here.

 

Open Call for Sculptors, W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project – Great Barrington, MA 

Deadline: March 1    The W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project is commissioning a life-size bronze statue of W. E. B. Du Bois for a public plaza in his hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Submissions sought from qualified sculptors; juried process. RFP details online. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, Rockefeller Center x City Harvest – The Flag Project 2023 — New York 

Deadline: March 2   Participants and artists of all skill levels can submit art inspired by their New York City food memories for the chance to have their work displayed on one of the flagpoles in Rockefeller Center’s plaza. For more information, click here. 

 

Job Opportunity, Washington Project for the Art Executive Director — D.C.

Deadline: March 3    The Washington Project for the Arts is looking for an Executive Director. For more information and to apply, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Montpelier Arts Center Library Gallery Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 12    Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2023 – July 2024.  To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland.  Previous winners from 2018 to the present are ineligible. The juror may elect to exhibit artists who apply for solo shows or artists who apply as groups. Learn more here.

 

2023 Summer Residency on Governors Island 

Deadline: March 12    The Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) welcomes applications for the Summer Independent Projects Residency, based at the historic Block House on Governors Island. The 11-week residency begins June 1st and concludes August 18th, 2023. Emerging and mid-career architects, urbanists, policymakers, artists, and those committed to the public realm in all disciplines are invited to apply. Applicants will bring their own interests and projects to the program and will receive opportunities to present their work to the public on Governors Island over the course of the Residency. Each Fellow also receives invaluable project support through access to subject matter experts and resources relevant to their project. Learn more here. 

 

Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 — Panama City, FL

Deadline: March 15   Artists participating in the juried competition must be 2023 members of the Southern Watercolor Society and reside in the District of Columbia or one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia. Members in good standing who have moved from these states remain eligible. Learn more here.

Call for Entry, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Juried Art Exhibition 2023 — Harrisonburg, VA

Deadline: March 17    The Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) hosts an annual Juried Art Exhibition with a history dating back to 2004. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase working artists to enhance the lives of VMRC residents, staff, and visitors. Drawing, painting, printmaking, photography/digital artworks, and 3–dimensional/fabric/assemblage/other media welcome; cash prizes awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Submissions, Paper Works — Online Exhibition 

Deadline: March 20    The modern world is, if not made, then at least recorded on a piece of paper. From the intricate constructions of Islamic bookmakers and the Cubist papier collé, to the work of contemporary artists, such as Ed Ruscha to Dorothea Rockburne, paper has itself been central to the development of art. Site:Brooklyn invites artists to exhibit work that focuses on paper, as physical substance and/or subject matter. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 26    Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, 2023 The Photo Review International Photography Competition 

Deadline: March 27    The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 38th annual photography competition, one of the oldest continuous photography competitions in the world. The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2023 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition. Also, the prizewinning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at Philadelphia’s noted Woodmere Art Museum. Plus numerous Editor’s Selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Deborah Willis, Ph.D., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, is this year’s juror. Learn more here. 

 

Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: March 31    Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 1    Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 7    The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.  

 

Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA 

Deadline: April 7    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. 

 

Call to Artists, P.L.A.C.E. Grant — Arlington, VA 

Deadline: April 28    This is a competitive grant program that will support community-initiated projects related to Arlington’s history, built environment, and/or cultural heritage that will reinforce the goals of the Arts Commission and enhance Arlington’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  This grant seeks proposals that are at the intersection of arts, culture and heritage with the goal to provide arts opportunities to communities that have had less access to arts programming, education, and other art services.   Arlington’s historic communities are a critical priority for this funding. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize 

Deadline: May 23   The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to artists, $1,000 Evolution Grant, Art Fluent

Deadline: June 2     Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. For more information, click here. 

 

Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: July 8   The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.  

 

Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — 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.  

 

Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: Until filled   The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].

 

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

 

Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine

Every month Create! Magazine!  picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here. 

Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.

 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.

 

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.

 

Alterwork Studios Online Residency

This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.

 

Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA

The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis,  from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.

 

 

Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore, MD

The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD

The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD

The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA

The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences.  In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, click here.

 

 

The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)

Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.

 

 

Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine

Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.

 

 

The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects

Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.

 

 

Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)

Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.

 

 

Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication

Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)

Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].

 

 

The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)

Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, click here.

 

 

Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)

Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.

 

 

Residency: Maryland

Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.

 

 

Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.

 

 

Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].

#artopps, Artist Opportunities

Artful Weekend February 25 – 26

2023 Student/Faculty Show

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: Student/Faculty Show at the League; Soundwaves at The Phillips Collection; Good Medicine: A Collection of Healing Forces at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery; and Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Exploration of Mixed Media Photography at Target Gallery.

 

 

The Art League Student/Faculty Show

 

The 2023 Student/Faculty Show is now on view.

The artistry of our many students and instructors is on display in our annual Student/Faculty Show. The exhibit is back in person this year and features 263 works in a variety of mediums including painting, printmaking, ceramics, metalsmithing, and jewelry making. Don’t miss our youth art exhibit, featuring the works of young student artists, on view on the second-floor corridor. The Student/Faculty Show is on view through Sunday, March 5. Join us that day for a closing reception from 2 – 4 pm.

 

Soundwaves

 

Courtesy of The Phillips Collection.

Soundwaves, at the Phillips Collection, features Linling Lu’s signature works of abstract paintings with concentric rings of bright, pulsating colors. The circular canvases (tondos), are equally hypnotic and sonic, inspiring contemplation and introspection. Lu’s paintings visualize the sound of Philip Glass’s “Etude no. 16” into soundwaves. It is on view through April 30; 1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.

 

Good Medicine: A Collection of Healing Forces

 

Courtesy of the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery.

Good Medicine: A Collection of Healing Forces, at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, shares American Indian art that speaks to the indigenous forms of health and healing. Drawing on the forms of medicine, the Native artists featured in this exhibit share their beliefs and representation of health, healing, and good medicine. The allegory in each piece represents living traditions among indigenous people that transcends generations. It is on view through May 8. Join the gallery for an opening reception Saturday, February 25, 6 – 9 pm. The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery is located at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, 1632 U Street NW, Washington, D.C.

 

Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Exploration of Mixed Media Photography

 

Courtesy of Target Gallery.

 

Target Gallery presents Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Exploration of Mixed Media Photography. The goal of this exhibition is to highlight how artists are experimenting with what photography is capable of beyond its traditional framed presentation on the wall. It is on view through March 4. View the catalog here. Target Gallery is located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria, VA.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

Artful Weekend

Artist Opportunities #631

"Hills of Florence" by Viviane de Kosinsky; Etching and watercolor

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 Artists, Flowers, Juried Exhibition, UPWARD Gallery — Online 

Deadline: February 28    Flowers and the symbols attributed to them are one of those themes that permeate art from ancient times to modern painting. For this exhibition, artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their work in any medium, style, and genre. All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at upwardgallery.com.
The winners (1st place) are interviewed by the UPWARD Gallery editors for publication in the printed edition UPWARD’s Quarterly and on our site. For more information, click here. 

 

2023 Summer Residency on Governors Island 

Deadline: March 12    The Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) welcomes applications for the Summer Independent Projects Residency, based at the historic Block House on Governors Island. The 11-week residency begins June 1st and concludes August 18th, 2023. Emerging and mid-career architects, urbanists, policymakers, artists, and those committed to the public realm in all disciplines are invited to apply. Applicants will bring their own interests and projects to the program and will receive opportunities to present their work to the public on Governors Island over the course of the Residency. Each Fellow also receives invaluable project support through access to subject matter experts and resources relevant to their project. Learn more here. 

  

Call for Submissions, Paper Works — Online Exhibition 

Deadline: March 20    The modern world is, if not made, then at least recorded on a piece of paper. From the intricate constructions of Islamic bookmakers and the Cubist papier collé, to the work of contemporary artists, such as Ed Ruscha to Dorothea Rockburne, paper has itself been central to the development of art. Site:Brooklyn invites artists to exhibit work that focuses on paper, as physical substance and/or subject matter. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, 2023 The Photo Review International Photography Competition 

Deadline: March 27    The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 38th annual photography competition, one of the oldest continuous photography competitions in the world. The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2023 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition. Also, the prizewinning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at Philadelphia’s noted Woodmere Art Museum. Plus numerous Editor’s Selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Deborah Willis, Ph.D., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, is this year’s juror. Learn more here. 

 

Call to Artists, P.L.A.C.E. Grant — Arlington, VA 

Deadline: April 28    This is a competitive grant program that will support community-initiated projects related to Arlington’s history, built environment, and/or cultural heritage that will reinforce the goals of the Arts Commission and enhance Arlington’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  This grant seeks proposals that are at the intersection of arts, culture and heritage with the goal to provide arts opportunities to communities that have had less access to arts programming, education, and other art services.   Arlington’s historic communities are a critical priority for this funding. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to artists, $1,000 Evolution Grant, Art Fluent

Deadline: June 2     Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. For more information, click here. 

 

 

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

 

Proposals Wanted, ARTsites Public Art — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 23   We are currently seeking proposals from artists and sites for ARTsites 2023, a one-year outdoor sculpture exhibit on display from August 2023 to July 2024. Selected artists will be awarded a $3,000 grant to participate in the exhibit. For more information, click here. 

 

15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival — Wayne, PA 

Deadline: February 23   The 15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks off on May 7, 2023 with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized and emerging artists who have come to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the cool atmosphere and ephemeral, lush greens of spring in the Delaware Valley. As one of the premier plein air events in the country, Wayne offers the unique opportunity to showcase work created during the festival in spacious, light-filled and state-of-the-art galleries during an exhibition that hangs until June 24, 2023. Learn more here.  

 

Call to artists, 13th Annual March 150 at Target Gallery — Alexandria, VA 

Deadline: February 24    March 150, Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 13th annual special exhibition and art sale returns to Target Gallery with all proceeds going to support new exhibitions and programs. Enjoy a wide variety of art from local artists who donated the work on the gallery provided 10×10 panels. The size and price make the works ideal for collecting. Artists of all backgrounds are welcome to participate. You may come in-person to Target Gallery to purchase a blank panel or call 703-746-4590 to purchase over the phone. We will ship panels upon request. Learn more here. 

 

Call for Entry, Artist on the Rise Teen Juried Competition — Greenbelt, MD

Deadline: February 26    Montpelier Arts Center presents Artists on the Rise, an annual juried teen exhibition held in the galleries of Montpelier and designed to provide local teens with an opportunity to showcase their artistic accomplishments in a professional setting. Cash prizes will be awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Folklife Apprenticeship, Maryland

Deadline: February 28, 2023   Maryland State Arts Council is now accepting applications for a special cycle of the Folklife Apprenticeship made available through Arts Relief funding. Folklife Apprenticeships are $5,000 each and support traditional arts education through the teaching of skills from a master artist to an apprentice artist. Applicants who are eligible for Folklife Apprenticeships are traditional artists who have resided in Maryland for at least six months. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, 19th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 28    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the 19th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. For more information, click here.

 

Opening for a Part-time Quilting and Fiber Art Instructor, Montgomery College —  Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: March 1    The Montgomery College, Community Arts Program, is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching quilting and fiber arts. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. For more information, click here.

 

Open Call for Sculptors, W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project – Great Barrington, MA 

Deadline: March 1    The W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project is commissioning a life-size bronze statue of W. E. B. Du Bois for a public plaza in his hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Submissions sought from qualified sculptors; juried process. RFP details online. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, Rockefeller Center x City Harvest – The Flag Project 2023 — New York 

Deadline: March 2   Participants and artists of all skill levels can submit art inspired by their New York City food memories for the chance to have their work displayed on one of the flagpoles in Rockefeller Center’s plaza. For more information, click here. 

 

Job Opportunity, Washington Project for the Art Executive Director — D.C.

Deadline: March 3    The Washington Project for the Arts is looking for an Executive Director. For more information and to apply, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Montpelier Arts Center Library Gallery Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 12    Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2023 – July 2024.  To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland.  Previous winners from 2018 to the present are ineligible. The juror may elect to exhibit artists who apply for solo shows or artists who apply as groups. Learn more here.

 

Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 — Panama City, FL

Deadline: March 15   Artists participating in the juried competition must be 2023 members of the Southern Watercolor Society and reside in the District of Columbia or one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia. Members in good standing who have moved from these states remain eligible. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Juried Art Exhibition 2023 — Harrisonburg, VA

Deadline: March 17    The Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) hosts an annual Juried Art Exhibition with a history dating back to 2004. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase working artists to enhance the lives of VMRC residents, staff, and visitors. Drawing, painting, printmaking, photography/digital artworks, and 3–dimensional/fabric/assemblage/other media welcome; cash prizes awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 26    Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: March 31    Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 1    Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 7    The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.  

 

Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA 

Deadline: April 7    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. 

 

Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize 

Deadline: May 23   The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here. 

 

Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: July 8   The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.  

 

Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — 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.  

 

Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: Until filled   The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].

 

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

 

Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine

Every month Create! Magazine!  picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here. 

Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.

 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.

 

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.

 

Alterwork Studios Online Residency

This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.

 

Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA

The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis,  from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.

 

 

Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore, MD

The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD

The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD

The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA

The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences.  In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, click here.

 

 

The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)

Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.

 

 

Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine

Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.

 

 

The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects

Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.

 

 

Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)

Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.

 

 

Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication

Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)

Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].

 

 

The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)

Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, click here.

 

 

Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)

Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.

 

 

Residency: Maryland

Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.

 

 

Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.

 

 

Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].

#artopps, Artist Opportunities

Artful Weekend February 18 – 19

"Spring Car Show", and acrylic painting by Nancy Ramsey, is one of over 600 artworks at our Patrons' Show 2023 Fundraiser.

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit at the League; Abraham Lincoln by  W.F.K. Travers at the National Portrait Gallery; Gehry Reflections at Multiple Exposures Gallery; and Nicole Santiago at the Athenaeum Gallery.

 

 

Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit

Solo Exhibit Coordinator Jordan Solet hangs artwork for Patrons’ Show 2023.

Patrons’ Show, the Art League’s biggest fundraiser, is back! This much-anticipated event, now in its 55th year, allows ticket holders to acquire high-quality, original fine art—valued from $235 to upwards of thousands of dollars—while supporting a great non-profit organization and community of artists.

The Patrons’ Show Exhibit, featuring over 600 original fine artworks donated by Art League and Torpedo Factory artists, opens Friday, February 3 and will be on view through Saturday, February 19. During this two-week period, ticket holders can browse  artworks and note their favorites in preparation for the Patron’s Show Fundraiser on Sunday, February 19, from 6 – 10 pm. On that night, our emcee announces the name of every ticket holder in a random drawing. Each person called chooses their favorite work of art from the Show to take home! In addition to the artwork, ticket holders may win other valuable prizes donated by local businesses.

Anyone can see the bevy of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, printworks, and more on the League’s Patrons’ Show 2023 album on Flickr; and download the handy Art Thief app to pick and organize their favorites on an iPhone, iPad, or iTouch (but grab a ticket if you want to claim artwork!).

 

 

Abraham Lincoln by  W.F.K and Presidential Family Fun Day

Abraham Lincoln by WFK Travers | 1865, Oil on canvas | On loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation, and courtesy of the citizens of the Borough of Madison, New Jersey

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers, Created from life in 1865, the 9-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size paintings of the 16th president. Join the museum for Presidential Family Fun Day, which will offer activities for all ages, including tours of America’s Presidents and the exhibition’s new tactile display. The festival will take place in the museum’s Kogod Courtyard Saturday, February 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Abraham Lincoln by  W.F.K. Travers is on view through December 2027. The National Portrait Gallery is located at 8th and G Streets NW, Washington, D.C.

 

 

Gehry Reflections, New Photography by Francine B. Livaditis

Reflections #8 by Francine B. Livaditis

For over a decade Francine B. Livaditis. has been “photographing the interplay of light and color that can be found on the undulating, angled and curvilinear surfaces of buildings designed by the famed architect, Frank Owen Gehry,” In Gehry Reflections, her third solo exhibition at Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG), she captures details from the architect’s iconic structures in four distinct locations throughout the United States. Gehry Reflections is on view through March 12. Meet the photographer at MEG Sunday and Monday, February 19 and 20, 11 am – 5 pm.

 

 

Nicole Santiago

Nicole Santiago, Second Time Around, oil on canvas, 75” x 60”

Nicole Santiago’s eponymous solo exhibit, at the Athenaeum Gallery, consists of semi-autobiographical narrative paintings and drawings that depict scenes of love, loss, and duty, thinly veiled in the mundane debris of everyday life. While the impetus for her work is highly personal, she intends to construct something more universal that stretches beyond the limits of her own experiences, expanding into broader familiar themes. Nicole Santiago is on view through March 19. Santiago will be in conversation about her exhibit on Sunday, February 19, at 2 pm. The Athenaeum Gallery is located at 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA.

 

Enjoy the long weekend!

Artful Weekend

Artist Opportunities #630

"Orange You Glad I'm a Pear", an acrylic painting by Carolyn Marshall Wright, is one of the many artworks available in our Patrons' Show 2023 Fundraiser.

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 for Sculptors, W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project – Great Barrington, MA 

Deadline: March 1    The W. E. B. Du Bois Sculpture Project is commissioning a life-size bronze statue of W. E. B. Du Bois for a public plaza in his hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Submissions sought from qualified sculptors; juried process. RFP details online. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, Rockefeller Center x City Harvest – The Flag Project 2023 — New York 

Deadline: March 2   Participants and artists of all skill levels can submit art inspired by their New York City food memories for the chance to have their work displayed on one of the flagpoles in Rockefeller Center’s plaza. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 1    Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Proposals, Fairfax County Public Art Project Covid-19 Memorial — Fairfax, VA 

Deadline: April 12     ArtsFairfax is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for a public art project in Fairfax County, VA. The selected artist/team will design, fabricate, and install a permanent work of art that will commemorate the suffering of people in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the heroism of the people who responded to the emergency. An existing memorial plaza will be utilized for the placement of a central artwork that commemorates the experience of COVID-19 in Fairfax County. Learn more here.  

 

Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA 

Deadline: April 7    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. 

 

Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize 

Deadline: May 23   The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here. 

 

 

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

 

Call to Artists, Scaled Down for Spring, Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery — Wheaton, MD

Deadline: February 20    The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Gallery will host “Scaled-Down for Spring” an exhibition of art that is 20″x20″ or smaller. All media may be submitted: painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture, fiber etc.  Artists must be from MD-DC-VA metro area. For more information, click here.

 

Proposals Wanted, ARTsites Public Art — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 23   We are currently seeking proposals from artists and sites for ARTsites 2023, a one-year outdoor sculpture exhibit on display from August 2023 to July 2024. Selected artists will be awarded a $3,000 grant to participate in the exhibit. For more information, click here. 

 

15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival — Wayne, PA 

Deadline: February 23   The 15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks off on May 7, 2023 with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized and emerging artists who have come to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the cool atmosphere and ephemeral, lush greens of spring in the Delaware Valley. As one of the premier plein air events in the country, Wayne offers the unique opportunity to showcase work created during the festival in spacious, light-filled and state-of-the-art galleries during an exhibition that hangs until June 24, 2023. Learn more here.  

 

Call to artists, 13th Annual March 150 at Target Gallery — Alexandria, VA 

Deadline: February 24    March 150, Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 13th annual special exhibition and art sale returns to Target Gallery with all proceeds going to support new exhibitions and programs. Enjoy a wide variety of art from local artists who donated the work on the gallery provided 10×10 panels. The size and price make the works ideal for collecting. Artists of all backgrounds are welcome to participate. You may come in-person to Target Gallery to purchase a blank panel or call 703-746-4590 to purchase over the phone. We will ship panels upon request. Learn more here. 

 

Call for Entry, Artist on the Rise Teen Juried Competition — Greenbelt, MD

Deadline: February 26    Montpelier Arts Center presents Artists on the Rise, an annual juried teen exhibition held in the galleries of Montpelier and designed to provide local teens with an opportunity to showcase their artistic accomplishments in a professional setting. Cash prizes will be awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Folklife Apprenticeship, Maryland

Deadline: February 28, 2023   Maryland State Arts Council is now accepting applications for a special cycle of the Folklife Apprenticeship made available through Arts Relief funding. Folklife Apprenticeships are $5,000 each and support traditional arts education through the teaching of skills from a master artist to an apprentice artist. Applicants who are eligible for Folklife Apprenticeships are traditional artists who have resided in Maryland for at least six months. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, 19th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 28    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the 19th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. For more information, click here.

 

Opening for a Part-time Quilting and Fiber Art Instructor, Motgomery College —  Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: March 1    The Montgomery College, Community Arts Program, is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching quilting and fiber arts. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. For more information, click here.

 

Job Opportunity, Washington Project for the Art Executive Director — D.C.

Deadline: March 3    The Washington Project for the Art is looking for an Executive Director. For more information and to apply, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Montpelier Arts Center Library Gallery Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 12    Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2023 – July 2024.  To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland.  Previous winners from 2018 to the present are ineligible. The juror may elect to exhibit artists who apply for solo shows or artists who apply as groups. Learn more here.

 

Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 — Panama City, FL

Deadline: March 15   Artists participating in the juried competition must be 2023 members of the Southern Watercolor Society and reside in the District of Columbia or one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia. Members in good standing who have moved from these states remain eligible. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Juried Art Exhibition 2023 — Harrisonburg, VA

Deadline: March 17    The Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) hosts an annual Juried Art Exhibition with a history dating back to 2004. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase working artists to enhance the lives of VMRC residents, staff, and visitors. Drawing, painting, printmaking, photography/digital artworks, and 3–dimensional/fabric/assemblage/other media welcome; cash prizes awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 26    Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: March 31    Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 7    The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.  

 

Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: July 8   The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.  

 

Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — 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.  

 

Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: Until filled   The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].

 

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

 

Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine

Every month Create! Magazine!  picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here. 

Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.

 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.

 

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.

 

Alterwork Studios Online Residency

This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.

 

Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA

The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis,  from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.

 

 

Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore, MD

The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD

The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD

The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA

The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences.  In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, click here.

 

 

The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)

Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.

 

 

Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine

Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.

 

 

The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects

Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.

 

 

Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)

Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.

 

 

Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication

Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)

Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].

 

 

The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)

Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, click here.

 

 

Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)

Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.

 

 

Residency: Maryland

Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.

 

 

Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.

 

 

Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].

#artopps, Artist Opportunities

Artist and Teacher: David Carlson

Abstract painter and Art League instructor David Carlson.

In the spirit of “Those that understand, teach.” (Aristotle), our instructors speak about their artistry and the courses they teach.

 

At what age did you first suspect that you were an artist?

I was always creative, and liked to draw. I had strong eye-hand coordination and could look at something and get a fairly good representation. But my artistry became more solidified in high school art classes. I had a great art teacher, Carl Weiss, at Glasgow High School in Glasgow, Kentucky where I grew up. He always encouraged me, and he really got me to think. He told me, “You should be an artist.”  I’d never had an art teacher tell me that.  

 

Did you study art in college?

I couldn’t really think of anything else I wanted to do [besides art] to be honest with you, so I ended up going to Murray State University in Western Kentucky where I got my BFA. Following that, I got an apprenticeship with a painter named Gregory Gillespie who lived in East Hampton, Massachusetts at first, and then built a wonderful studio in Belchertown. I studied with him for a couple of years, and then took a little time off and ended up going to University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where I got my MFA in painting.

 

Row Man, Whoa Man David Carlson; Acrylic and oil on canvass. Collection of Stephen and Pamela Krooth.

 

What attracted you to abstract painting?

Oh, that really came later. After I got out of university, I was always doing representational or symbolic art. I got into metaphysical ideas where everything had symbolic meaning. I started to ask myself questions like, what is it that lies underneath? What’s the energy? So I started to think about things a little bit differently, and as I did, my paintings started to shift in their orientation. Then, systematically, by asking questions I went deeper into abstraction. 

In 1990 during a critique with the Philadelphia artist and teacher Moe Brooker he challenged me to work with a new medium, I thought dried fish. So, I started to work with fish. I would go to the Asian food store, and buy dried fish in a bag, and then I would embed these fish onto a board or canvas with modeling paste and build the composition. Well, this really helped me switch from representational to abstraction, and made me think differently. It opened up a new channel to seeing things differently. 

 

Describe your work process.

I work a lot. I don’t need to have an upcoming show to create. I think visually—that’s how I process information and the energy that comes from it. I always start a group of paintings or a body of work by gathering information or data, if you will. That can come from making drawings or taking photos on my phone. When I work with digital video, another medium I use, I’ll gather a lot of images then go back and start to edit.

 

How long have you been teaching?

I started teaching in grad school. I learned that I could get a teaching assistantship and get paid to go to school. I took advantage of that. I’ve been at it for about forty years. I’ve taught at The Art League for about five years starting as a substitute for Deanna Schwartzberg’s Abstract class.

 

You teach three courses at The Art League: Color Theory, Abstract Principles, and Abstract Painting. What can students expect to learn in each?

Color Theory is about how we look at color—qualities like light and dark contrast; temperature; saturation; how to mix color; which colors work well with each other and which don’t.  The projects in this class are designed to broaden students’ vocabulary about color. It is important to isolate color from content to get a more objective and subjective understanding. From there the students can incorporate their understanding into their work.

Abstract Principles is a foundational course that I have taught for over 30 years. In it I instruct students on how to single out different visual aspects like line, mark making, plane, form, balance, positive and negative space, and kinetics so that they look at things in a very direct way rather than drawing the way that they normally do. It teaches them how to see things individually so when they create they have a better command, more choices, based on a deeper understanding.

Abstract Painting is just a big free for all. you know. I’m not the kind of teacher that goes, “Okay, I’m going to show you this and that, and you’re going to do these paintings.” People come in and they’ll have ideas, or even if they don’t I’ll talk and make suggestions and let them start to formulate ideas. Everyone is doing their own thing, finding their own way. I am there assisting and helping them if they get stuck or have questions. It’s important that they know who they are as an artist and work from that place. There’s a great camaraderie that happens in the classroom. It’s a diversely fun environment.

 

Who are your classes for,  beginner or experienced artists? 

All levels are welcome, I find sometimes that it is the students who have less training that make the best work. Then it is my job to help them understand and develop or just keep going. I enjoy working with experienced artists very much, we challenge each other, make each other think. It’s all about development from where you are.

 

Does teaching affect your understanding of painting?

I think the question really is, does my painting affect my teaching? Because, no matter what I’m teaching, I use the same basics. I’m not one for tricks or gimmicks, or anything like that. I always have to look at my own work, and it’s no different from looking at works by my students. It all comes down to design structure, color structure, and light and dark structure. Those three variables are always present. In teaching as a working artist I’m reminded to practice what I preach. So it does come back to me and keeps me focused on different ways to look at my work. Teaching keeps me fresh. 

 

Do you make art— sketch, paint, or create something—every day?

My grandmother was an artist and she used to tell me it is important to go to the studio everyday. I do that. My main days for work, where I spend hours, I am able to accomplish more. But sometimes it is 30 minutes or an hour that lets me shift something that was ready to be changed.

 

A yet-to-be-titled painting that is part of a new series of paintings.

 

What are you currently working on?

About twenty-five paintings, all different sizes. My approach is to take risks, I believe that as an artist it’s the way we grow. I have a strong sense of color so in this body of work I am limiting my use of color to a supportive role, taking a back seat to white and black by emphasizing the use of powdered pigment and medium to create broad strokes of white across the surface. I am interested this time in the interactions of the world; the natural, the societal, the personal, and the internal world we all live in.

 

What was the pandemic period of shutdown like for you creatively?

It was a double-edged sword. On one hand it was really good for me because it took away all of my time wasting habits and I just got to focus on the work.  I was very prolific and still am. And at the same time I had personal difficulties, tragedies in our family that happened, so I was hit with that. 

I had a show at the Fred Schneider Gallery titled Flattening Time where I was asking a question, what is consciousness? It had been planned and I was working on it before Covid, but when it came time to show the work, not many came out.

I lost  teaching jobs [due to the shutdown], so that was very tough. But I also learned how to teach online, and that came in handy for the long distance students, recently I had a young woman from Nairobi, Kenya—eight hours ahead—in one of my classes. The whole period has just been extraordinary. 

 

Who are some of your favorite artists?

Brian Eno, musician; Ethelbert Miller, poet; Ashraf Fouad, composer; Carol Bean, poet; J. P. Joffrey, musician;  Ian Khan, singer; Nikola Paskalov, musician, the Coen Brothers—Joel and Ethan—filmmakers; dancers Pina Bausch and Lucy Bowen McCauley; musicians Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto…The list  goes on! I’m affected or influenced by these guys. And good food. (laughs)

 

Flattening Time by David Carlson; Acrylic and oil on canvas

 

Is there a particular artist whose process has influenced you?

The one who really influenced me in terms of process Gregory Gillespie who I apprenticed with. I got to know him because of a project that I was doing at Murray State University. I took some small paintings I had done for my senior show to his studio for him to see. He asked if he could work on one. I said yes, and he took out a razor blade and started to scrape the painting down.

When I tell that story, many people are mortified that he took my finished work and started to scrape it down. But it didn’t bother me at all because this is how he treated his own work, and by doing that he showed me, in a very direct way, how to take my work to a new level. By destroying it he opened the door for something new. Even though my work is completely different now that whole process has stayed with me. 

 

Is there something that you have yet to achieve, or something that you’re working towards?

I’m always working towards something. I would like to have my work exhibited more broadly and placed in collecting institutions and museum shows. That’s what I am focusing on.

 

 

What’s next for you?

I am currently finishing the work in the studio and will have it photographed. After that I am ready to find new places to share the work. I will be ready.

 

What do you wish was different about art and its place in society?

I think that the arts need to be taken seriously in school curriculums. The curriculum is set up to minimize the core essence of being creative by considering it as an elective. I think that if that was resolved we wouldn’t even be having to ask that question, it would just naturally unfold and hold a meaningful place in people’s lives. We see it’s importance in other cultures much older than ours and how they embrace the arts. If we can create that kind of atmosphere our society would be in a better place. 

 

Artist and Teacher

Artful Weekend February 11 – 12

"Bright and Beautiful", an oil painting by Trupti Vakharia, is one of over 600 artworks at our Patrons' Show 2023 Fundraiser. Tickets are on sale now.

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit at the League; Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala at Katzen Arts Center; XOXO: An Exhibit About Love & Forgiveness at the National Children’s Museum; and New Beginnings at Washington Printmakers Gallery.

 

 

Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit

Solo Exhibit Coordinator Jordan Solet hangs artwork for Patrons’ Show 2023.

Patrons’ Show, the Art League’s biggest fundraiser, is back! This much-anticipated event, now in its 55th year, allows ticket holders to acquire high-quality, original fine art—valued from $235 to upwards of thousands of dollars—while supporting a great non-profit organization and community of artists.

The Patrons’ Show Exhibit, featuring over 600 original fine artworks donated by Art League and Torpedo Factory artists, opens Friday, February 3 and will be on view through Saturday, February 19. During this two-week period, ticket holders can browse  artworks and note their favorites in preparation for the Patron’s Show Fundraiser on Sunday, February 19, from 6 – 10 pm. On that night, our emcee announces the name of every ticket holder in a random drawing. Each person called chooses their favorite work of art from the Show to take home! In addition to the artwork, ticket holders may win other valuable prizes donated by local businesses.

Anyone can see the bevy of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, printworks, and more on the League’s Patrons’ Show 2023 album on Flickr; and download the handy Art Thief app to pick and organize their favorites on an iPhone, iPad, or iTouch (but grab a ticket if you want to claim artwork!).

 

 

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

Naminapu Maymuru-White working at the Buku-Larrŋay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, 2021. Photo by Leicolhn McKellar

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala is the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States. Curated by Indigenous people and presented from their perspective, it offers a unique glimpse into a rarely seen but globally significant art movement. Madayin will be on view at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center throughMay 14, 2023; 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

 

 

XOXO: An Exhibit About Love & Forgiveness

Photo courtesy of Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

XOXO: An Exhibit About Love & Forgiveness, an interactive exhibit at the National Children’s Museum, explores the complex emotions of love and forgiveness through words, movement, artmaking, performance, and play.  XOXO is recommended for learners aged 2-12 and their families, and will be showing through May 14; 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

 

 

New Beginnings

Freshening Up by Julie Wallace

In celebration of their new gallery, Washington Print Makers presents New Beginnings, an exhibit featuring hand pulled and digital prints, and the fine art photographs created by each of their artist members. It’s on view through March 26. Join them for a gala celebration on Saturday, February 11, from 4 – 8 pm; 1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

Artful Weekend

Artist Opportunities #629

"Harley Davidson", mixed media byTara Barr, is one of the many artworks available in our Patrons' Show 2023 Fundraiser.

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, Wayne Art Center Regional Juried Spring Open — Wayne, PA 

Deadline: February 13   Wayne Art Center’s 2023 Regional Juried Spring Open is an exhibition featuring works in painting, drawing, printmaking, works on paper, photography, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, glass, jewelry, metals, fiber and 3D printing technology.  Artists from PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, and Washington, DC are eligible to submit up to two original works created between 2021 and 2023. For more information, click here. 

 

15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival — Wayne, PA 

Deadline: February 23   The 15th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks off on May 7, 2023 with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized and emerging artists who have come to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the cool atmosphere and ephemeral, lush greens of spring in the Delaware Valley. As one of the premier plein air events in the country, Wayne offers the unique opportunity to showcase work created during the festival in spacious, light-filled and state-of-the-art galleries during an exhibition that hangs until June 24, 2023. Learn more here.  

 

Call to artists, 13th Annual March 150 at Target Gallery — Alexandria, VA 

Deadline: February 24    March 150, Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 13th annual special exhibition and art sale returns to Target Gallery with all proceeds going to support new exhibitions and programs. Enjoy a wide variety of art from local artists who donated the work on the gallery provided 10×10 panels. The size and price make the works ideal for collecting. Artists of all backgrounds are welcome to participate. You may come in-person to Target Gallery to purchase a blank panel or call 703-746-4590 to purchase over the phone. We will ship panels upon request. Learn more here. 

 

Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: March 31    Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — 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.  

 

Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ 

Deadline: July 8   The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.  

 

 

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

 

Call for Entries, 9th Annual Allegheny National Photography Competition & Exhibition — Cumberland, MD

Deadline: February 10    This 9th Annual Allegheny National Photography Competition & Exhibition (ANPCE), sponsored by the Allegheny Arts Council, will meld the region’s rich concentration of photographic artists with an influx of national photographers in a juried competition offering $6,500 in cash prizes. For more information, click here.

 

Persistence V: d’Art’s Last Annual Juried National All Women’s Exhibition — Norfolk, VA

Deadline: February 12    Persistence has been an annual exhibition since 2019 at The d’Art Center that features work from female artists from across the country to celebrate Women’s History Month! This will be our 5th and final year for the Persistence Exhibition. This exhibition is open to functional, non-functional, 2D, 3D, fine art, and fine craft in all mediums. In honor of Women’s History Month, this exhibition is only open to female artists. Learn more here.

 

Artist Residency, Nawat Fes — Fez, Morocco 

Deadline: February 15   Nawat Fes offers funded residencies in the eighth-century medina of Fes, Morocco to U.S. and international creators in multiple disciplines. The initiative engages art to cultivate understanding among multifaceted cultures through the exchange of ideas. Hosted by the American Language Center Fes / Arabic Language Institute in Fez, a member of the American Cultural Association, Nawat Fes is a new program that hosted its first residencies in May 2022. Within this unique setting, Nawat Fes provides a supportive environment for research, reflection and artistic practice, allowing artists from around the world to experience and learn from Moroccan culture, and to contribute to the local cultural conversation. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Scaled Down for Spring, Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery — Wheaton, MD

Deadline: February 20    The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Gallery will host “Scaled-Down for Spring” an exhibition of art that is 20″x20″ or smaller. All media may be submitted: painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture, fiber etc.  Artists must be from MD-DC-VA metro area. For more information, click here.

 

Proposals Wanted, ARTsites Public Art — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: February 23   We are currently seeking proposals from artists and sites for ARTsites 2023, a one-year outdoor sculpture exhibit on display from August 2023 to July 2024. Selected artists will be awarded a $3,000 grant to participate in the exhibit. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Artist on the Rise Teen Juried Competition — Greenbelt, MD

Deadline: February 26    Montpelier Arts Center presents Artists on the Rise, an annual juried teen exhibition held in the galleries of Montpelier and designed to provide local teens with an opportunity to showcase their artistic accomplishments in a professional setting. Cash prizes will be awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call to Artists, Folklife Apprenticeship, Maryland

Deadline: February 28, 2023   Maryland State Arts Council is now accepting applications for a special cycle of the Folklife Apprenticeship made available through Arts Relief funding. Folklife Apprenticeships are $5,000 each and support traditional arts education through the teaching of skills from a master artist to an apprentice artist. Applicants who are eligible for Folklife Apprenticeships are traditional artists who have resided in Maryland for at least six months. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, 19th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 28    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the 19th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. For more information, click here.

 

Opening for a Part-time Quilting and Fiber Art Instructor, Motgomery College —  Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: March 1    The Montgomery College, Community Arts Program, is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching quilting and fiber arts. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. For more information, click here.

 

Job Opportunity, Washington Project for the Art Executive Director — D.C.

Deadline: March 3    The Washington Project for the Art is looking for an Executive Director. For more information and to apply, click here. 

 

Call for Entry, Montpelier Arts Center Library Gallery Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 12    Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2023 – July 2024.  To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland.  Previous winners from 2018 to the present are ineligible. The juror may elect to exhibit artists who apply for solo shows or artists who apply as groups. Learn more here.

 

Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 — Panama City, FL

Deadline: March 15   Artists participating in the juried competition must be 2023 members of the Southern Watercolor Society and reside in the District of Columbia or one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia. Members in good standing who have moved from these states remain eligible. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Juried Art Exhibition 2023 — Harrisonburg, VA

Deadline: March 17    The Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) hosts an annual Juried Art Exhibition with a history dating back to 2004. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase working artists to enhance the lives of VMRC residents, staff, and visitors. Drawing, painting, printmaking, photography/digital artworks, and 3–dimensional/fabric/assemblage/other media welcome; cash prizes awarded. For more information, click here. 

 

Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD

Deadline: March 26    Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD 

Deadline: April 7    The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.  

 

Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: Until filled   The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].

 

 

Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.

 

Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine

Every month Create! Magazine!  picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here. 

Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council

Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.

 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants

These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.

 

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.

 

 

Alterwork Studios Online Residency

This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.

 

 

Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA

The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis,  from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.

 

 

Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore, MD

The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD

The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD

The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA

The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences.  In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, click here.

 

 

The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)

Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.

 

 

Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine

Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.

 

 

The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects

Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.

 

 

Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)

Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.

 

 

Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication

Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.

 

 

Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)

Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].

 

 

The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)

Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, click here.

 

 

Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)

Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.

 

 

Residency: Maryland

Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.

 

 

Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.

 

 

Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)

Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].

 

 

 

#artopps, Artist Opportunities

Artful Weekend February 4 – 5

"Commuter Reflections", an acrylic painting by Judy Buelow, is one of over 600 artworks at our Patrons' Show 2023 Fundraiser. Tickets are on sale now.

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit at the League; The Unseen at Del Ray Artisans; Exaggerated Gestures at DWIGHT MESS Cartooning & Comic Arts Compound; and Honoring the Black in US at Zenith Gallery.

 

 

Patrons’ Show 2023 Exhibit

Solo Exhibit Coordinator Jordan Solet hangs artwork for Patrons’ Show 2023.

Patrons’ Show, the Art League’s biggest fundraiser, is back! This much-anticipated event, now in its 55th year, allows ticket holders to acquire high-quality, original fine art—valued from $235 to upwards of thousands of dollars—while supporting a great non-profit organization and community of artists. 

The Patrons’ Show Exhibit, featuring over 600 original fine artworks donated by Art League and Torpedo Factory artists, opens Friday, February 3 and will be on view through Saturday, February 19. During this two-week period, ticket holders can browse  artworks and note their favorites in preparation for the Patron’s Show Fundraiser on Sunday, February 19, from 6 – 10 pm. On that night, our emcee announces the name of every ticket holder in a random drawing. Each person called chooses their favorite work of art from the Show to take home! In addition to the artwork, ticket holders may win other valuable prizes donated by local businesses. 

Anyone can see the bevy of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, printworks, and more on the League’s Patrons’ Show 2023 album on Flickr; and download the handy Art Thief app to pick and organize their favorites on an iPhone, iPad, or iTouch (but grab a ticket if you want to claim artwork!).

 

The Unseen

Detail of The Forbidden Garden by Betsy Mead

Come explore the hidden, under the surface, microscopic, imagined, or dreamt that make life so much richer. In The Unseen, at Del Ray Artisans, local artists take us to myriad places—in their minds, their dreams, their dives, their experiments, their hopes, and their fears.  It is on view through February 25. Join Del Ray Artisans for the opening reception Friday, February 3; Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA.

 

 

Exaggerated Gestures

Courtesy of DWIGHT MESS Cartooning & Comic Arts Compound.

Exaggerated Gestures, at the new DWIGHT MESS Cartooning & Comic Arts Compound gallery, is a group show of drawing, painting and sculpture by artistic friends to comics, cartooning and geekdom. Featured works include pastel drawings by comics inker Joe Silver, graphite drawings and sculpture by Marissa Long, and gouache paintings by Bonner Sale. In addition, original comic art, watercolor paintings, and small press publications by cartoonist and illustrator Athena Naylor will be available. Exaggerated Gestures is on view through February 27, with an opening reception Friday, February 3 from 7 – 9 pm; 805 Silver Spring Ave. [entrance on Ripley St.], Silver Spring, MD.

 

 

Honoring the Black in US

Flower Girl by Sabiyha Prince; Photograph printed on aluminum board

For Black History Month Zenith Gallery presents Honoring the Black in US, a group exhibit featuring 18 area artists including Art League members Chris Malone and Sabiyha Prince. It is on view through March 4. Meet the artists during two opening receptions: Friday, February 3 from 4 – 8 pm, and Saturday, February 4 from 2 – 6 pm. Zenith Gallery is located at 1429 Iris Street, NW, Washington D.C.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

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