Month: December 2023

Artist Opportunities #670

"Nope," sculpture by John Ploch, is on view in December's Open Exhibit.

Every week we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.

 

 

Opportunities 

 

Call for Entries, Oil Painters of America 33rd National Exhibition of Traditional Oils — Wichita, Kansas

Deadline: January 12   Oil Painters of America’s goal is to assemble the finest display of representational oil paintings for the Thirty-Third National Exhibition, April 5 – May 31,  2024, in Wichita, Kansas. Artists eligible to compete are citizens – both natural born or otherwise – of the continent of North America who are 2024 OPA members. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 14th Annual “Botanicals” Online Art Competition

Deadline: January 27    The gallery invites artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their best botanical and/or floral art. Botanical subjects will include flowers, herbs, fruit, leaves, plants and related botanical and floral subjects. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, Fusion Art’s 8th Annual Cityscapes Online Art Competition

Deadline: February 1    For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting cities, towns, urban scenes and/or any related metropolitan subjects. Click here for details.

 

Call for Submissions, Foundry Gallery: Helena Foundation Young Artist Grant — D.C.

Deadline: March 29    One of Washington’s premier contemporary galleries, Foundry’s mission is to promote the work of young emerging and accomplished regional artists. We are seeking D.C. area artists interested in gallery membership and the opportunity to learn how a co-operative gallery works. Click here for details.

 

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

 

Call to Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center MLK Days 2024- Community Arts Project Residency — Solomons, MD

Deadline: December 31    Artists are invited to submit a community arts project proposal inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, his vision, his work. The project coincides with our annual MLK Days program, January 13-15, 2024, and may remain on display through February. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Window Beautification — D.C.

Deadline: December 31    The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking local artists to submit photographs or digital designs of any medium to be displayed on windows of currently vacant ground floor retail spaces in Capitol Hill. The image must be very high resolution to be enlarged for windows. Artwork should reflect the culture, spirit, and history of Capitol Hill Neighborhood but does not need to be solely produced for this purpose. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Shining a Light International Photography Contest 2024

Deadline: December 31    The competition is open to anyone. It is organized by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, United States. The theme of this year’s contest is “Women Athletes.”.“ This contest will accept photographs that illustrate the following themes: • Disparities in women’s sporting facilities and equipment as they relate to men’s facilities and equipment. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Howard County Arts Council General Exhibit Application  — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: January 1, 2024    The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 21,000 square feet of exhibit space. HCAC presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Sony World Photography Awards 2024

Deadline: January 5    The Sony World Photography Awards are held annually by the World Photography Organisation. There are four competitions: • Professional competition All entrants must be over 18. Photographers must submit a series of 5 to 10 images per category. • Open competitionThe competition is open to anyone. For details, click here.

 

Call for Proposals, Hyattsville Sculptural Bus Shelters — Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: January 7    The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, on behalf of Hyattsville Town One LLC and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), is accepting artist proposals for the design and fabrication of two (2) sculpturally-devised bus shelters for placement at two (2) locations adjacent to Canvas Apartments in Downtown Hyattsville.  Individual artists or artist teams from the greater metropolitan area or within 65 miles are eligible to respond. Locally established or emerging sculptors, woodworkers, metal-workers, and artists of any durable media are most welcomed. Prince George’s County-based artists are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Annual DMV Exhibit


Deadline: January 8, 2024    Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is seeking locally inspired scenes of the DC, Virginia, Maryland tri-state area. Including but not limited to landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, portraits and more. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography). For more information, click here.

 

Call for Artists-in-Residence, 2024 Open Air Residencies — Montana

Deadline: January 11    Open AIR is pleased to announce our Call for Artist applications is now open! Open AIR is a place-based Artist-in-Residence program that connects artists from all disciplines and origins with 13 culturally, historically, and ecologically significant locations through collaborative partnerships in Montana. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Earth & Fire 2024 — Wheeling, WV

Deadline: January 12   Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute will be hosting a national exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2024. This is an annual exhibition and will be a focal point of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event that will celebrate ceramic artists and clay enthusiasts alike. For more information, click here.

 

McLean Project for the Arts Spring Solos Call for Entries — McLean, VA

Deadline: January 13    McLean Project for the Arts is seeking solo exhibition proposals for the Spring of 2024. Contemporary living artists working in the Mid-Atlantic Region are invited to submit exhibition or project proposals to be on display in the Emerson and Atrium Galleries. The dates for the exhibitions will be from April 11 – June 15, 2024. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Our American Soul, Gallery Underground — Arlington, VA

Deadline: January 18    Artists are asked to submit works depicting their interpretation of “Our American Soul”. What makes us American? What gives our country its ‘soul’? When the words are combined, does it evoke a person, a place, a feeling, or all the above? How does your artwork showcase the essence of “Our American Soul?” This call is open to all mediums, including any form of 2D or 3D work. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Adkins Arboretum 2024 Juried Art Show — Ridgely, MD

Deadline: January 19    Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md., is seeking submissions for its annual Juried Art Show, to exhibit in March and April 2024. The theme of the show—Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore—celebrates the Arboretum’s mission of conservation. The show is open to original two- and three-dimensional fine arts in all mediums, including outdoor sculpture and installations. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — D.C.

Deadline: January 26    The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition celebrates excellence in the art of portraiture. The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Additional prizes in the amounts of $10,000 and $7,500 will be awarded to second- and third-place winners, respectively. Learn more here.

 

Harmony Hall Arts Center 2024 Job Opportunities for Artists — Fort Washington, MD

Deadline: January 26    Are you passionate about art and eager to inspire others with your creativity? We are currently seeking a dynamic and talented Art Instructor to join our team. If you possess the skills to teach and cultivate artistic abilities in students of all ages, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, Pets Art Competition

Deadline: January 30    Put your best paw forward in our pets themed art competition. Whether furry or feathered, we want to see artwork of your favorite animal friends. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, SlowArt | Neoteric Abstract XII — Hudson, NY

Deadline: January 31    SlowArt Productions presents the twelfth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The exhibition will be held at Limner Gallery, April 4 – 27, 2024. Learn more here.

 

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship

Deadline: February 1, 2024    One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, March 2024 Open Exhibit, The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: February 1   For our annual Landscape Exhibit we invited member artists to submit works that capture a sense of place, be they pastoral scenes, urban vistas, or maritime views—in a variety of mediums. For more information, click here. If you are not an exhibiting member of The Art League but are interested in submitting work, visit our website for more information and how to join.

 

Call for Entry, Falls Church Arts: Images Fine Art Photography — Falls Church, VA

Deadline: February 4    Photographers are invited to submit their best work. for the exhibition Images, on view Saturday, March 2–Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Falls Church Gallery on the organization’s website. Click here for details.

 

Harmony Hall Arts Center Main Gallery Open Call For Solo and Group Exhibitions — Brentwood, MD

Deadline: February 9    Harmony Hall Arts Center’s (HHAC) Main Gallery is now accepting solo and group visual art exhibition proposals for the 2024 – 2025 season. Harmony Hall Arts Center’s season runs September – July. This call for entry is open to all Visual Artists living or working in the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. Click here for details.

 

Brentwood Arts Exchange: Open Call for Exhibition Proposals 2024-2026 — Brentwood, MD

Deadline: February 17    Brentwood Arts Exchange is seeking proposals from artists and curators to present exhibitions for available dates: September 2024 – August 2026. Solo and group exhibitions are welcome. Click here for details.

 

2024 Capital Art Book Fair Exhibitor Application — D.C.

Deadline: February 19    The 2024 Capital Art Book Fair  is April 6 – 7 2024 at Eastern Market’s North Hall  is Capitol Hill. Click here for details. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 2024 Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 27    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is excited to announce the 20th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This competition invites local D.C./Maryland/Virginia artists to submit their work and be awarded $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 11th Annual Art Speaks Juried Exhibition 2024 — Mathews, VA

Deadline: March 1, 2024   This statewide show brings the best of Virginia’s contemporary artists to our small-town gallery on the Chesapeake Bay. We showcase two- and three-dimensional artwork from all Virginia artists. Awards total $6,350, with separate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for 2-D and 3-D works. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Interiors Exhibit — D.C.

Deadline: April 1, 2024    We are seeking artwork representing or inspired by interiors. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography).  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 December 23 – 24

"Christmas Star" by Carol Stalun; Photography

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: December Open Exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid by Donna Cramer, and Gallery 75 at the League; Annual Student and Faculty Exhibition at Workhouse Arts Center; Georgetown Glow Light and Art Experience; and Winter Salon: Seeing Things in a New Light at Washington Printmakers Gallery.

 

 

December 2023 Open Exhibit

Ibis in the Marsh by George Overhiser Jr.; Oil

Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. This month, 92 artworks—painting, drawing, photography, fiber art, and mixed media—are on view. The December Open Exhibit was juried by David Culpepper, artist and gallery exhibitions manager at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. It is on view through January 7, 2024.

 

 

Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance by Donna Cramer

Nurse Raven by Donna Cramer; Acrylic

In her solo exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance, Donna Cramer shares portraits, painted in acrylic, as a way of saying thank you to those she admired for their acts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artist hopes her paintings will inspire reflection in her viewers about their own experience what they learned and how they grew during the Covid scourge.

 

 

Gallery 75

Poinsettia Plate by Sabine Arndt; Ceramic

Gallery 75, the gallery within our Gallery, is a great place to find affordably priced artwork by our local member artists. Framed, unframed, and three-dimensional work is available to purchase. Shop here for the art lovers on your holiday gift list! Click here to see what’s on view through January.

 

 

Workhouse Arts Center Annual Student and Faculty Exhibition

Picante! by Sandi Martina, Instructor – Beginning to Advanced Fusing Techniques Kiln formed Glass

The Workhouse Arts Center presents their Annual Student and Instructor Exhibition, which recognizes the achievements of those involved in the center’s visual art classes and workshops. The exhibition surveys work from Workhouse’ prestigious course instructors and their students. Explore the numerous paintings, drawings, glass, and clay works created in their Visual Arts Education program. It is on view through January 14; 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, Virginia.

 

 

Georgetown Glow Light and Art Experience

Talking Heads courtesy WFOL Niagara Falls

National and international artists will show five light art works in outdoor locations throughout the Georgetown commercial district during the 9th edition of GLOW, produced by the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID). Works are lit from 5–10 p.m. nightly through Sunday, January 7, 2024. Artists represented in GLOW include: Nicole Anona Banowetz (United States); Thiadmer van Galen, Jasper van Roden & Olav van Enkhuijzen (Netherlands); Viktor Vicsek (Hungary); Streetart Frankey (Netherlands); and Sergey Kim (United States).

 

 

Winter Salon: Seeing Things in a New Light

Silent Footsteps by Clara Young Kim; Photography

Sometimes it takes the eyes of an artist to usher us into this quieter season. In Seeing Things in a New Light, Washington Printmakers Gallery invites you to celebrate the contemplative spirit of Winter and its sense of promise. It is on view through January 14; 1675 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

Artful Weekend

The Art League 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

"Old Town Magic" by Carol Stalun; Photography

Stumped on what to get for friends and loved ones on your holiday list? The Art league is here to help! Here are some staff suggestions sure to please your favorite artists and art lovers.

 

 

Supplies for Experienced and Beginner Artists

 

New Wave’s U.Go Plein Air Bundled Setup
  • New Wave’s U.Go Plein Air Bundled Setup —”This portable easel setup comes in different sizes, is slim and light-weight, includes a tripod, and is easy to assemble. It’s the ideal tool for for painting or sketching on the go.” ~ Margaret Cerutti​, Workshops & Office Manager

  • Stabilo CarbOthello Chalk-pastel Pencils* — “They are a step up from regular colored pencils. They can be blended, and would be a good transition medium to prepare drawers for oil or acrylic paints. They come in five different sets from 12 to 60 colors.”~ David Stewart, Store Manager
  •  Golden High Flow Acrylic Sets* — “These paints are thin enough to flow through a felt tip marker or can be used with a brush. Artists can use them exclusively or apply them to previously painted surfaces. They are a fun addition to try for experienced acrylic artists.”~ David Stewart, Store Manager
  • Gamblin Artist Oil Colors Introductory Set* — “This quality assortment is a nice introduction to oils for wannabe painters to oils, and they are reasonably priced.” ~ David Stewart, Store Manager

*All of David’s picks are available in our Art Supply Store on the second floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center.

 

 

Art Books 

  • All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley — “This fascinating read was one of our Art Book Club picks. Patrick Bringley, the author, recounts how, after losing his brother to cancer, he left a glamorous job writing for the The New Yorker to work—and find solace—as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His experiences during the ten years he was employed at the iconic museum are as priceless as the art he guarded.”~ Suzanne Bethel, Executive Director

 

Made by Hand by Carole Lexa Schaefer and
illustrated by Becca Stadtlander

 

  • Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler by Carole Lexa Schaefer; illustrated by Stadtlander — “Any picture book illustrated by Becca Stadtlander is a great children’s gift. Her images are beautifully detailed, and the subjects—ranging from interesting historical figures to natural wonders— are unusual. Made by Hand: A Craft Sampler introduces young readers to the ways in which toys, tools, and other  items were made from the past were made by hand. It received the 2019 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration. Fun fact: Becca Stadtlander juried our 2022 Nocturne exhibit.” ~ Haven Ashley, Gallery Director

 

  • Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other  — “Textile artist and D.C. native Sonya Clark is known for transforming common, everyday objects into statement-making artworks. Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other, edited by curators Elissa Auther (Museum of Arts and Design), Laura Mott (Cranbrook Art Museum), and Monica Obniski (High Museum of Art), is the companion catalog documenting the current exhibit of Clark’s large-scale textile work and installations. It’s the next best thing to seeing these amazing works in person.” ~ Suzanne Bethel, Executive Director

 

 

Fine Art from Gallery 75

 

Village, Netherlands, acrylic on canvas by Audra Meckstroth, can be purchased in The Art League’s Gallery 75.
  • Artwork by Audra Meckstroth — “League member artist Audra Meckstroth paints landscapes of places around the U.S. and abroad. Her pieces are somewhat abstract and offer an interesting take on the traditional landscape. They make great gifts for friends and family who love to travel or would appreciate artwork that reminds them of a favorite place. ” ~ Jordan Solet, Solo Exhibit Coordinator

 

Hills of Florence, an etching and watercolor by Viviane de Kosinsky, can be purchased in The Art League’s Gallery 75.
  • Prints by Viviane De Kosinsky  — “They are so charming and appealing! Viviane creates colorful landscapes of Paris, London, and Italy, and her animal subjects possess a subtle humor.” ~ Haven Ashley, Gallery Director

 

An Art Course at the League

Blue Morning by Nancy Freeman

 

A Membership to a Museum

 

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow, Pink, Yellow on Light Pink), 1955, Oil on canvas, 79 ¾ x 67 ¾ in., on view in The Rothko Room at The Phillips Collection
  • Museum Memberships — “A membership to a museum is a gift that keeps on giving because they include exclusive benefits like unlimited free admission; members-only invitations to special events and activities; museum shop discounts; and more depending on your level of membership. If access to the Museum Travel Alliance, a consortium of museums and cultural institutions that offer exclusive travel opportunities, all the better!” ~ Julia Chance, Communications Specialist 

 

 

Art League Gift Cards

  • Give the gift of art with a  gift card from The Art League! They can be used for purchases in at The Art League Gallery; a class, workshops, and travel workshops at The Art League School; and items in the Art Supply Store. Purchased them here.

 

Happy holidays from The Art League!

 

 

Gift Guide

Artist Opportunities # 669

"Frog," an acrylic painting by Kirk Willis, is on view in December's Open Exhibit.

Every week we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.

 

 

Opportunities 

 

McLean Project for the Arts Spring Solos Call for Entries — McLean, VA

Deadline: January 13    McLean Project for the Arts is seeking solo exhibition proposals for the Spring of 2024. Contemporary living artists working in the Mid-Atlantic Region are invited to submit exhibition or project proposals to be on display in the Emerson and Atrium Galleries. The dates for the exhibitions will be from April 11 – June 15, 2024. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Adkins Arboretum 2024 Juried Art Show — Ridgely, MD

Deadline: January 19    Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md., is seeking submissions for its annual Juried Art Show, to exhibit in March and April 2024. The theme of the show—Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore—celebrates the Arboretum’s mission of conservation. The show is open to original two- and three-dimensional fine arts in all mediums, including outdoor sculpture and installations. Click here for details.

 

Harmony Hall Arts Center 2024 Job Opportunities for Artists — Fort Washington, MD

Deadline: January 26    Are you passionate about art and eager to inspire others with your creativity? We are currently seeking a dynamic and talented Art Instructor to join our team. If you possess the skills to teach and cultivate artistic abilities in students of all ages, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Falls Church Arts: Images Fine Art Photography — Falls Church, VA

Deadline: February 4    Photographers are invited to submit their best work. for the exhibition Images, on view Saturday, March 2–Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Falls Church Gallery on the organization’s website. Click here for details.

 

Harmony Hall Arts Center Main Gallery Open Call For Solo and Group Exhibitions — Brentwood, MD

Deadline: February 9    Harmony Hall Arts Center’s (HHAC) Main Gallery is now accepting solo and group visual art exhibition proposals for the 2024 – 2025 season. Harmony Hall Arts Center’s season runs September – July. This call for entry is open to all Visual Artists living or working in the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. Click here for details.

 

Brentwood Arts Exchange: Open Call for Exhibition Proposals 2024-2026 — Brentwood, MD

Deadline: February 17    Brentwood Arts Exchange is seeking proposals from artists and curators to present exhibitions for available dates: September 2024 – August 2026. Solo and group exhibitions are welcome. Click here for details.

 

2024 Capital Art Book Fair Exhibitor Application — D.C.

Deadline: February 19    The 2024 Capital Art Book Fair  is April 6 – 7 2024 at Eastern Market’s North Hall  is Capitol Hill. Click here for details. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 2024 Bethesda Painting Awards — Bethesda, MD

Deadline: February 27    The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is excited to announce the 20th annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This competition invites local D.C./Maryland/Virginia artists to submit their work and be awarded $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. Click here for details.

 

 

 

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

 

Call to Artists, Montgomery County Consulting Artist Residency — Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: December 22    The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) seeks a Consulting Artist to provide mentorship and training to a cohort of local artists-in-residence within three Montgomery County Regional Service Areas (RSA): Mid-County, Upcounty and East County. The Consulting Artist will provide guidance to the three artists as they undertake a year-long residency project with the goal of engaging community members within their RSA in a series of community conversations and gatherings through the lens of a creative practice. Learn more here.

 

Call to Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center MLK Days 2024- Community Arts Project Residency — Solomons, MD

Deadline: December 31    Artists are invited to submit a community arts project proposal inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, his vision, his work. The project coincides with our annual MLK Days program, January 13-15, 2024, and may remain on display through February. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Window Beautification — D.C.

Deadline: December 31    The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking local artists to submit photographs or digital designs of any medium to be displayed on windows of currently vacant ground floor retail spaces in Capitol Hill. The image must be very high resolution to be enlarged for windows. Artwork should reflect the culture, spirit, and history of Capitol Hill Neighborhood but does not need to be solely produced for this purpose. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Shining a Light International Photography Contest 2024

Deadline: December 31    The competition is open to anyone. It is organized by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, United States. The theme of this year’s contest is “Women Athletes.”.“ This contest will accept photographs that illustrate the following themes: • Disparities in women’s sporting facilities and equipment as they relate to men’s facilities and equipment. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Howard County Arts Council General Exhibit Application  — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: January 1, 2024    The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 21,000 square feet of exhibit space. HCAC presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Sony World Photography Awards 2024

Deadline: January 5    The Sony World Photography Awards are held annually by the World Photography Organisation. There are four competitions: • Professional competition All entrants must be over 18. Photographers must submit a series of 5 to 10 images per category. • Open competitionThe competition is open to anyone. For details, click here.

 

Call for Proposals, Hyattsville Sculptural Bus Shelters — Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: January 7    The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, on behalf of Hyattsville Town One LLC and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), is accepting artist proposals for the design and fabrication of two (2) sculpturally-devised bus shelters for placement at two (2) locations adjacent to Canvas Apartments in Downtown Hyattsville.  Individual artists or artist teams from the greater metropolitan area or within 65 miles are eligible to respond. Locally established or emerging sculptors, woodworkers, metal-workers, and artists of any durable media are most welcomed. Prince George’s County-based artists are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Annual DMV Exhibit


Deadline: January 8, 2024    Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is seeking locally inspired scenes of the DC, Virginia, Maryland tri-state area. Including but not limited to landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, portraits and more. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography). For more information, click here.

 

Call for Artists-in-Residence, 2024 Open Air Residencies — Montana

Deadline: January 11    Open AIR is pleased to announce our Call for Artist applications is now open! Open AIR is a place-based Artist-in-Residence program that connects artists from all disciplines and origins with 13 culturally, historically, and ecologically significant locations through collaborative partnerships in Montana. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Earth & Fire 2024 — Wheeling, WV

Deadline: January 12   Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute will be hosting a national exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2024. This is an annual exhibition and will be a focal point of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event that will celebrate ceramic artists and clay enthusiasts alike. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Our American Soul, Gallery Underground — Arlington, VA

Deadline: January 18    Artists are asked to submit works depicting their interpretation of “Our American Soul”. What makes us American? What gives our country its ‘soul’? When the words are combined, does it evoke a person, a place, a feeling, or all the above? How does your artwork showcase the essence of “Our American Soul?” This call is open to all mediums, including any form of 2D or 3D work. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — D.C.

Deadline: January 26    The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition celebrates excellence in the art of portraiture. The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Additional prizes in the amounts of $10,000 and $7,500 will be awarded to second- and third-place winners, respectively. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entries, Pets Art Competition

Deadline: January 30    Put your best paw forward in our pets themed art competition. Whether furry or feathered, we want to see artwork of your favorite animal friends. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, SlowArt | Neoteric Abstract XII — Hudson, NY

Deadline: January 31    SlowArt Productions presents the twelfth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The exhibition will be held at Limner Gallery, April 4 – 27, 2024. Learn more here.

 

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship

Deadline: February 1, 2024    One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, March 2024 Open Exhibit, The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: February 1   For our annual Landscape Exhibit we invited member artists to submit works that capture a sense of place, be they pastoral scenes, urban vistas, or maritime views—in a variety of mediums. For more information, click here. If you are not an exhibiting member of The Art League but are interested in submitting work, visit our website for more information and how to join.

 

Call for Entries, 11th Annual Art Speaks Juried Exhibition 2024 — Mathews, VA

Deadline: March 1, 2024   This statewide show brings the best of Virginia’s contemporary artists to our small-town gallery on the Chesapeake Bay. We showcase two- and three-dimensional artwork from all Virginia artists. Awards total $6,350, with separate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for 2-D and 3-D works. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Interiors Exhibit — D.C.

Deadline: April 1, 2024    We are seeking artwork representing or inspired by interiors. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography).  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 December 16 – 17

"Red Incense," photography by Craig Nedrow, is on view in December's Open Exhibit.

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: December Open Exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid by Donna Cramer, Gallery 75, and Craft. Brew. at the League; 28th Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans; (be)longing online at Latela Curatorial;  and Understory: Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann + Jackie Milad at Visarts.

 

 

December 2023 Open Exhibit

Fish Fantasy by Katherine Sullivan; Watercolor

Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. This month, 92 artworks—painting, drawing, photography, fiber art, and mixed media—are on view. The December Open Exhibit was juried by David Culpepper, artist and gallery exhibitions manager at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. It is on view through January 7, 2024.

 

 

Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance by Donna Cramer

Nurse Raven by Donna Cramer; Acrylic

In her solo exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance, Donna Cramer shares portraits, painted in acrylic, as a way of saying thank you to those she admired for their acts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artist hopes her paintings will inspire reflection in her viewers about their own experience what they learned and how they grew during the Covid scourge.

 

 

Gallery 75

Inspiration by Trudy Levy; Red chalk drawing

Gallery 75, the gallery within our Gallery, is a great place to find affordably priced artwork by our local member artists. Framed, unframed, and three-dimensional work is available to purchase. Shop here for the art lovers on your holiday gift list! Click here to see what’s on view through January.

 

 

Craft. Brew.

Come craft with us!

Start your day with a creative jolt! Join us this Saturday, December 16, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., for Craft. Brew., a self-guided craft activity where we are creating holiday star and tree ornaments. They are made from wire and embellished with beads for a colorful touch. Tickets include coffee or hot cocoa, and crafting materials. This activity is beginner friendly, for ages 13 and up. Purchase tickets here.

 

 

Del Ray Artisans 28th Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market

The Del Ray Artisans 28th Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market offers unique handmade fine arts and fine crafts from local artists presenting a variety of media, including fiber/textiles, glass, jewelry, mixed media, polymer clay, ornaments, mosaics, painting, prints, paper crafting, photography, pottery/ceramics, sculpture, watercolor, wood, candles, soaps and more. It takes place each the remaining Fridays, 6-9pm; and Saturdays & Sundays, 11am-6pm, through December 23; 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

 

(be) longing

Frances Wertimer, Union, 2023; oil painting on cradled wood panel

Latela Curatorial presents the 4th annual See Support Collect exhibition, which features artwork by 31 artists responding internationally to the theme (be)longing. Defined as “an affinity for a place or situation,” (be)longing represents the human emotional desire/need to take part in something greater than ourselves. It is on view online through December 19.

 

 

Understory: Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann + Jackie Milad

VisArts presents Understory, a two-person exhibition by artists Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann and Jackie Milad. Understory combines painting with collage, sculpture, and installation to examine themes of accumulation, fragmentation, excavation, landscape, and identity. Both artists create large-scale paintings on paper and canvas, combining elements of collage with repetitive drawings and fragments from personal lexicons and mythology drawn from Mann’s and Milad’s backgrounds as Asian American and Honduran-Egyptian American artists. It is on view through January 14; 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, Maryland.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

 

 

 

 

Artful Weekend

Artist Opportunities #668

"Profusion," an oil painting by Patricia Uchello, is on view in December's Open Exhibit.

Every week we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.

 

 

Opportunities 

 

Call for Entry, Visions of Resilience: Art for Climate Justice, Del Ray Artisans — Alexandria, VA

New Deadline: December 17    Del Ray Artisans is seeking artwork that explores the emotionally resonant power of art to inspire and raise awareness about climate change and its impact on marginalized communities. This exhibit is being held in partnership with the Changing Planet Justice (CPJ) Foundation, which empowers youth to lead climate action in their communities. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, Sony World Photography Awards 2024

Deadline: January 5    The Sony World Photography Awards are held annually by the World Photography Organisation. There are four competitions: • Professional competition All entrants must be over 18. Photographers must submit a series of 5 to 10 images per category. • Open competitionThe competition is open to anyone. For details, click here.

 

Call for Artists-in-Residence, 2024 Open Air Residencies — Montana

Deadline: January 11    Open AIR is pleased to announce our Call for Artist applications is now open! Open AIR is a place-based Artist-in-Residence program that connects artists from all disciplines and origins with 13 culturally, historically, and ecologically significant locations through collaborative partnerships in Montana. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, Pets Art Competition

Deadline: January 30    Put your best paw forward in our pets themed art competition. Whether furry or feathered, we want to see artwork of your favorite animal friends. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, March 2024 Open Exhibit, The Art League — Alexandria, VA

Deadline: February 1   For our annual Landscape Exhibit we invited member artists to submit works that capture a sense of place, be they pastoral scenes, urban vistas, or maritime views—in a variety of mediums. For more information, click here. If you are not an exhibiting member of The Art League but are interested in submitting work, visit our website for more information and how to join.

 

Call for Entries, 11th Annual Art Speaks Juried Exhibition 2024 — Mathews, VA

Deadline: March 1, 2024   This statewide show brings the best of Virginia’s contemporary artists to our small-town gallery on the Chesapeake Bay. We showcase two- and three-dimensional artwork from all Virginia artists. Awards total $6,350, with separate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for 2-D and 3-D works. Click here for details.

 

 

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

 

Call to artists, Splash 25 | The Best of Watercolor

Deadline: December 12    Artist Network and Watercolor Magazine’s premier watercolor art competition is turning 25! Splash: The Best of Watercolor features an international palette of watercolorists from all over the world. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Expo 43 International Juried Competition — Huntington, NY

Deadline: December 13   International juried competition hosted by the b. j. spoke gallery. The juror is Emily Olek, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MOMA. All fine arts media are acceptable. Learn more here

 

International Art Competition: Trees & Fields — Online

Deadline: December 14    Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 3rd “Trees & Fields” Online Art Competition for the month of December. First Place will be on the poster of the show. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. Artists and photographers around the world are invited to submit their best artworks related to the theme Trees and Fields (forests, farmlands, meadows, savannas). Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Fall Cycle Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline: December 14    Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce the newly increased award amounts of $1,800. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800 grants each quarter, to 1 Artist and 1 Photographer. In addition, (8) honorable mentions (4 in art and 4 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, This is the Future of Non- Objective Art!, Atlantic Gallery — New York

Deadline: December 15     Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried exhibition, This is the Future of Non-Objective Art! What Happens when the formal, ephemeral, intuitive, cultural, and spiritual co-exist? You get new engagements. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, City of Rockville’s College Gardens Park Mural Project — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 18    To reflect its vibrant residents and community, Rockville is transforming the external appearance of select buildings through a series of painted murals. As a part of that project, the City is searching for a professional public artist to create a site-specific mural in College Gardens Park. The selected artist will engage members of the community and user groups to provide input on the development and design of the artwork. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Montgomery County Consulting Artist Residency — Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: December 22    The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) seeks a Consulting Artist to provide mentorship and training to a cohort of local artists-in-residence within three Montgomery County Regional Service Areas (RSA): Mid-County, Upcounty and East County. The Consulting Artist will provide guidance to the three artists as they undertake a year-long residency project with the goal of engaging community members within their RSA in a series of community conversations and gatherings through the lens of a creative practice. Learn more here.

 

Call to Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center MLK Days 2024- Community Arts Project Residency — Solomons, MD

Deadline: December 31    Artists are invited to submit a community arts project proposal inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, his vision, his work. The project coincides with our annual MLK Days program, January 13-15, 2024, and may remain on display through February. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Window Beautification — D.C.

Deadline: December 31    The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking local artists to submit photographs or digital designs of any medium to be displayed on windows of currently vacant ground floor retail spaces in Capitol Hill. The image must be very high resolution to be enlarged for windows. Artwork should reflect the culture, spirit, and history of Capitol Hill Neighborhood but does not need to be solely produced for this purpose. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Shining a Light International Photography Contest 2024

Deadline: December 31    The competition is open to anyone. It is organized by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, United States. The theme of this year’s contest is “Women Athletes.”.“ This contest will accept photographs that illustrate the following themes: • Disparities in women’s sporting facilities and equipment as they relate to men’s facilities and equipment. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Howard County Arts Council General Exhibit Application  — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: January 1, 2024    The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 21,000 square feet of exhibit space. HCAC presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Proposals, Hyattsville Sculptural Bus Shelters — Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: January 7    The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, on behalf of Hyattsville Town One LLC and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), is accepting artist proposals for the design and fabrication of two (2) sculpturally-devised bus shelters for placement at two (2) locations adjacent to Canvas Apartments in Downtown Hyattsville.  Individual artists or artist teams from the greater metropolitan area or within 65 miles are eligible to respond. Locally established or emerging sculptors, woodworkers, metal-workers, and artists of any durable media are most welcomed. Prince George’s County-based artists are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Annual DMV Exhibit


Deadline: January 8, 2024    Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is seeking locally inspired scenes of the DC, Virginia, Maryland tri-state area. Including but not limited to landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, portraits and more. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography). For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Earth & Fire 2024 — Wheeling, WV

Deadline: January 12   Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute will be hosting a national exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2024. This is an annual exhibition and will be a focal point of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event that will celebrate ceramic artists and clay enthusiasts alike. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Our American Soul, Gallery Underground — Arlington, VA

Deadline: January 18    Artists are asked to submit works depicting their interpretation of “Our American Soul”. What makes us American? What gives our country its ‘soul’? When the words are combined, does it evoke a person, a place, a feeling, or all the above? How does your artwork showcase the essence of “Our American Soul?” This call is open to all mediums, including any form of 2D or 3D work. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entries, 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — D.C.

Deadline: January 26    The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition celebrates excellence in the art of portraiture. The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Additional prizes in the amounts of $10,000 and $7,500 will be awarded to second- and third-place winners, respectively. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, SlowArt | Neoteric Abstract XII — Hudson, NY

Deadline: January 31    SlowArt Productions presents the twelfth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The exhibition will be held at Limner Gallery, April 4 – 27, 2024. Learn more here.

 

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship

Deadline: February 1, 2024    One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Interiors Exhibit — D.C.

Deadline: April 1, 2024    We are seeking artwork representing or inspired by interiors. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography).  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 December 9 – 10

"Photos at the Lincoln Memorial," an archival print by William Rollins, is on view in December's Open Exhibit.

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: December Open Exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid by Donna Cramer, Gallery 75, and the Annual Student Holiday Ceramics Sale at the League; an Artist Talk & Walkthrough with Delna Dastur at Fred Schnider Gallery of Art; Farm Fresh Memories: Prints by Pamela C. Day & Avis Fleming at Printmakers Inc.;  Holding Ground at the National Museum for Women in the Arts; and Folk Art is Fine Art at Amy Kaslow Gallery.

 

 

December 2023 Open Exhibit

Sky Meadow Cottage by Marilynn Spindler; Oil

Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. This month, 92 artworks—painting, drawing, photography, fiber art, and mixed media—are on view. The December Open Exhibit was juried by David Culpepper, artist and gallery exhibitions manager at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. It is on view through January 7, 2024.

 

 

Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance by Donna Cramer

Nurse Raven by Donna Cramer; Acrylic

In her solo exhibit, Love in the Time of Covid: Portraits of Altruism and Perseverance, Donna Cramer shares portraits, painted in acrylic, as a way of saying thank you to those she admired for their acts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artist hopes her paintings will inspire reflection in her viewers about their own experience what they learned and how they grew during the Covid scourge.

 

 

Gallery 75

Sky Meadow Cottage by Marilynn Spindler; Oil

Gallery 75, the gallery within our Gallery, is a great place to find affordably priced artwork by our local member artists. Framed, unframed, and three-dimensional work is available to purchase. Shop here for the art lovers on your holiday gift list! Click here to see what’s on view through January.

 

 

Annual Student Holiday Ceramics Sale

Join us for our Annual Student Holiday Ceramics Sale this weekend! It kicks off Friday, December 8, 5–8 p.m., with live pottery demos, food, drinks, and a raffle for a piece by Art League instructors. It’s at the Madison Annex Building, 305 Madison Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

 

Delna Dastur: Cross Pollination 

Art League abstract art instructor Dastur.

League abstract art instructor Delna Dastur presents Cross Pollination, her solo exhibition at Fred Schnider Gallery of Art. This new body of work, she says, reflects her continuing investigation into the fraught relationship between man and nature. Join Dastur for an Artist Talk & Walkthrough of her show on Saturday, December 9, 5–7 p.m.; 888 N Quincy Street, #102, Arlington, Virginia.

 

 

Farm Fresh Memories: Prints by Pamela C. Day & Avis Fleming

 

In their combined show Fresh Farm Memories, Art League instructors Pamela Day and Avis Fleming pull the curtain back on memories of farm life from childhood and rural life in Virginia. Looking through windows, they share glimpses of animals, landscapes, and still lifes in a variety of techniques. While Pam’s memories of farm life come from vacationing in Iowa on her grandparents’ farm as a child, Avis grew up where her family raised cattle and horses on Bayou Barataria in Lafitte, Louisiana, and owned a farm for 30 years in Unison, Loudoun County, Virginia, where she raised Connemara ponies and black angus steers. They each share their unique perspectives of life on the farm. Fresh Farm Memories is on view through January 31, 2024, at Printmakers Inc. in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

 

Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts

Adjoa Jackson Burrowes, Blossom Again, 2023; Offset printed paper and acrylic on archival Bristol paper, 12 x 36 x 21 in.; Photo by John Woo

The book arts have always been at the heart of the collections of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) at NMWA. To inaugurate the museum’s new Learning Commons and its reinvigorated research center, the LRC invited D.C. area book artists Alisa Banks, Adjoa J. Burrowes, Julie Chen, Suzanne Coley, IBé Crawley, Maricarmen Solis Diaz, Colette Fu, Kerry McAleer-Keeler, and María Verónica San Martín  to create works inspired by NMWA’s mission. The works in Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts reflect on spaces that foster women’s creative expression. It is on view through October 20, 2024; 1250 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

 

Folk Art is Fine Art: Heritage Alive

From their Aboriginal Dreamings to Zimbabwean linocuts,  works by artisans in this year’s Folk Art is Fine Art collection, at Amy Kaslow Gallery, keep their heritage alive. Living in distant, even remote regions around the globe, many of these creators are little known beyond their own communities, others are highly collectible on the global market, and all have a zest for sharing their humanity through art. They celebrate age-old traditions adapted to the here and now, with stunning results. Folk Art is Fine Art is on view through February 3, 2024; 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

 

Artful Weekend

Artist Opportunities #667

"Tidal Flow," an acrylic painting by Lewis Smith, is on view in Gallery 75.

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 

Studio Gallery MFA Invitational — D.C.

Deadline: December 10    Studio Gallery invites students currently enrolled in a visual arts MFA program in the Washington DC-Baltimore region, or who graduated from such an MFA program in the past two years, to submit a work for consideration in a show with their peers. Studio Gallery is an artist cooperative located in the heart of Dupont Circle in Washington DC, near other important art venues. Its shows are attended by a large number of visitors and thus provide significant exposure to a wide audience. click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Visions of Resilience: Art for Climate Justice, Del Ray Artisans — Alexandria, VA

Deadline December 10    Del Ray Artisans is seeking artwork that explores the emotionally resonant power of art to inspire and raise awareness about climate change and its impact on marginalized communities. This exhibit is being held in partnership with the Changing Planet Justice (CPJ) Foundation, which empowers youth to lead climate action in their communities. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, The City of Rockville College Garden Park Mural Project — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 18    The College Gardens Park picnic shelter project aims to create a vibrant mural and robust community engagement by seeking design ideas from local artists. The selected artist will work collaboratively with the community to create a design that reflects the essence of College Gardens Park and the surrounding neighborhood. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Our American Soul, Gallery Underground — Arlington, VA

Deadline: January 18    Artists are asked to submit works depicting their interpretation of “Our American Soul”. What makes us American? What gives our country its ‘soul’? When the words are combined, does it evoke a person, a place, a feeling, or all the above? How does your artwork showcase the essence of “Our American Soul?” This call is open to all mediums, including any form of 2D or 3D work. Click here for details.

 

Call for Proposals, Hyattsville Sculptural Bus Shelters — Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: January 7    The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, on behalf of Hyattsville Town One LLC and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), is accepting artist proposals for the design and fabrication of two (2) sculpturally-devised bus shelters for placement at two (2) locations adjacent to Canvas Apartments in Downtown Hyattsville.  Individual artists or artist teams from the greater metropolitan area or within 65 miles are eligible to respond. Locally established or emerging sculptors, woodworkers, metal-workers, and artists of any durable media are most welcomed. Prince George’s County-based artists are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Click here for details.

 

 

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

 

Call for Entry, The Power of Red

Deadline: December 7    MVA Gallery – Modern Visual Arts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, February 1-28, 2024. Art of Distinction Award — One artist will be featured in a special exhibit at the Gallery. Annual Grand Prize — Exhibit opportunity in NYC. Eligible media: Painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, digital, pastel, encaustic, sculpture, fiber, drawing and photography. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Applications, VisArts 2024 Emerging Curator Program — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 8   VisArts invites applications from emerging curators to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition at VisArts in the Kaplan Gallery in the fall of 2024. The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition-making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entries, Music to My Eyes, Falls Church Arts — Falls Church, VA

Deadline: December 10   Artists are invited to submit works inspired by music for this gallery and online exhibition that will be on view January 13-February 25, 2024. For more information, click here.

 

Call to artists, Splash 25 | The Best of Watercolor

Deadline: December 12    Artist Network and Watercolor Magazine’s premier watercolor art competition is turning 25! Splash: The Best of Watercolor features an international palette of watercolorists from all over the world. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Expo 43 International Juried Competition — Huntington, NY

Deadline: December 13   International juried competition hosted by the b. j. spoke gallery. The juror is Emily Olek, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MOMA. All fine arts media are acceptable. Learn more here

 

International Art Competition: Trees & Fields — Online

Deadline: December 14    Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 3rd “Trees & Fields” Online Art Competition for the month of December. First Place will be on the poster of the show. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. Artists and photographers around the world are invited to submit their best artworks related to the theme Trees and Fields (forests, farmlands, meadows, savannas). Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Fall Cycle Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline: December 14    Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce the newly increased award amounts of $1,800. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800 grants each quarter, to 1 Artist and 1 Photographer. In addition, (8) honorable mentions (4 in art and 4 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, This is the Future of Non- Objective Art!, Atlantic Gallery — New York

Deadline: December 15     Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried exhibition, This is the Future of Non-Objective Art! What Happens when the formal, ephemeral, intuitive, cultural, and spiritual co-exist? You get new engagements. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, City of Rockville’s College Gardens Park Mural Project — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 18    To reflect its vibrant residents and community, Rockville is transforming the external appearance of select buildings through a series of painted murals. As a part of that project, the City is searching for a professional public artist to create a site-specific mural in College Gardens Park. The selected artist will engage members of the community and user groups to provide input on the development and design of the artwork. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Montgomery County Consulting Artist Residency — Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: December 22    The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) seeks a Consulting Artist to provide mentorship and training to a cohort of local artists-in-residence within three Montgomery County Regional Service Areas (RSA): Mid-County, Upcounty and East County. The Consulting Artist will provide guidance to the three artists as they undertake a year-long residency project with the goal of engaging community members within their RSA in a series of community conversations and gatherings through the lens of a creative practice. Learn more here.

 

Call to Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts CenterMLK Days 2024- Community Arts Project Residency — Solomons, MD

Deadline: December 31    Artists are invited to submit a community arts project proposal inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, his vision, his work. The project coincides with our annual MLK Days program, January 13-15, 2024, and may remain on display through February. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Window Beautification — D.C.

Deadline: December 31    The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking local artists to submit photographs or digital designs of any medium to be displayed on windows of currently vacant ground floor retail spaces in Capitol Hill. The image must be very high resolution to be enlarged for windows. Artwork should reflect the culture, spirit, and history of Capitol Hill Neighborhood but does not need to be solely produced for this purpose. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Shining a Light International Photography Contest 2024

Deadline: December 31    The competition is open to anyone. It is organized by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, United States. The theme of this year’s contest is “Women Athletes.”.“ This contest will accept photographs that illustrate the following themes: • Disparities in women’s sporting facilities and equipment as they relate to men’s facilities and equipment. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Howard County Arts Council General Exhibit Application  — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: January 1, 2024    The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 21,000 square feet of exhibit space. HCAC presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Annual DMV Exhibit


Deadline: January 8, 2024    Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is seeking locally inspired scenes of the DC, Virginia, Maryland tri-state area. Including but not limited to landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, portraits and more. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography). For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Earth & Fire 2024 — Wheeling, WV

Deadline: January 12   Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute will be hosting a national exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2024. This is an annual exhibition and will be a focal point of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event that will celebrate ceramic artists and clay enthusiasts alike. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — D.C.

Deadline: January 26    The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition celebrates excellence in the art of portraiture. The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Additional prizes in the amounts of $10,000 and $7,500 will be awarded to second- and third-place winners, respectively. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, SlowArt | Neoteric Abstract XII — Hudson, NY

Deadline: January 31    SlowArt Productions presents the twelfth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The exhibition will be held at Limner Gallery, April 4 – 27, 2024. Learn more here.

 

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship

Deadline: February 1, 2024    One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Interiors Exhibit — D.C.

Deadline: April 1, 2024    We are seeking artwork representing or inspired by interiors. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography).  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 Opportunities #667

"Tidal Flow," an acrylic painting by Lewis Smith, is on view in Gallery 75.

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 

 

Studio Gallery MFA Invitational — D.C.

Deadline: December 10    Studio Gallery invites students currently enrolled in a visual arts MFA program in the Washington DC-Baltimore region, or who graduated from such an MFA program in the past two years, to submit a work for consideration in a show with their peers. Studio Gallery is an artist cooperative located in the heart of Dupont Circle in Washington DC, near other important art venues. Its shows are attended by a large number of visitors and thus provide significant exposure to a wide audience. click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Visions of Resilience: Art for Climate Justice, Del Ray Artisans — Alexandria, VA

Deadline December 10    Del Ray Artisans is seeking artwork that explores the emotionally resonant power of art to inspire and raise awareness about climate change and its impact on marginalized communities. This exhibit is being held in partnership with the Changing Planet Justice (CPJ) Foundation, which empowers youth to lead climate action in their communities. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, The City of Rockville College Garden Park Mural Project — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 18    The College Gardens Park picnic shelter project aims to create a vibrant mural and robust community engagement by seeking design ideas from local artists. The selected artist will work collaboratively with the community to create a design that reflects the essence of College Gardens Park and the surrounding neighborhood. Click here for details.

 

Call for Entry, Our American Soul, Gallery Underground — Arlington, VA

Deadline: January 18    Artists are asked to submit works depicting their interpretation of “Our American Soul”. What makes us American? What gives our country its ‘soul’? When the words are combined, does it evoke a person, a place, a feeling, or all the above? How does your artwork showcase the essence of “Our American Soul?” This call is open to all mediums, including any form of 2D or 3D work. Click here for details.

 

Call for Proposals, Hyattsville Sculptural Bus Shelters — Hyattsville, MD

Deadline: January 7    The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, on behalf of Hyattsville Town One LLC and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), is accepting artist proposals for the design and fabrication of two (2) sculpturally-devised bus shelters for placement at two (2) locations adjacent to Canvas Apartments in Downtown Hyattsville.  Individual artists or artist teams from the greater metropolitan area or within 65 miles are eligible to respond. Locally established or emerging sculptors, woodworkers, metal-workers, and artists of any durable media are most welcomed. Prince George’s County-based artists are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Click here for details.

 

 

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

 

Call for Entry, The Power of Red

Deadline: December 7    MVA Gallery – Modern Visual Arts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, February 1-28, 2024. Art of Distinction Award — One artist will be featured in a special exhibit at the Gallery. Annual Grand Prize — Exhibit opportunity in NYC. Eligible media: Painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, digital, pastel, encaustic, sculpture, fiber, drawing and photography. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Applications, VisArts 2024 Emerging Curator Program — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 8   VisArts invites applications from emerging curators to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition at VisArts in the Kaplan Gallery in the fall of 2024. The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator or artist with an interest in exhibition-making or curating to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entries, Music to My Eyes, Falls Church Arts — Falls Church, VA

Deadline: December 10   Artists are invited to submit works inspired by music for this gallery and online exhibition that will be on view January 13-February 25, 2024. For more information, click here.

 

Call to artists, Splash 25 | The Best of Watercolor

Deadline: December 12    Artist Network and Watercolor Magazine’s premier watercolor art competition is turning 25! Splash: The Best of Watercolor features an international palette of watercolorists from all over the world. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Expo 43 International Juried Competition — Huntington, NY

Deadline: December 13   International juried competition hosted by the b. j. spoke gallery. The juror is Emily Olek, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MOMA. All fine arts media are acceptable. Learn more here

 

International Art Competition: Trees & Fields — Online

Deadline: December 14    Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 3rd “Trees & Fields” Online Art Competition for the month of December. First Place will be on the poster of the show. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. Artists and photographers around the world are invited to submit their best artworks related to the theme Trees and Fields (forests, farmlands, meadows, savannas). Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Fall Cycle Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline: December 14    Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce the newly increased award amounts of $1,800. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800 grants each quarter, to 1 Artist and 1 Photographer. In addition, (8) honorable mentions (4 in art and 4 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, This is the Future of Non- Objective Art!, Atlantic Gallery — New York

Deadline: December 15     Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried exhibition, This is the Future of Non-Objective Art! What Happens when the formal, ephemeral, intuitive, cultural, and spiritual co-exist? You get new engagements. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, City of Rockville’s College Gardens Park Mural Project — Rockville, MD

Deadline: December 18    To reflect its vibrant residents and community, Rockville is transforming the external appearance of select buildings through a series of painted murals. As a part of that project, the City is searching for a professional public artist to create a site-specific mural in College Gardens Park. The selected artist will engage members of the community and user groups to provide input on the development and design of the artwork. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Montgomery County Consulting Artist Residency — Montgomery County, MD

Deadline: December 22    The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) seeks a Consulting Artist to provide mentorship and training to a cohort of local artists-in-residence within three Montgomery County Regional Service Areas (RSA): Mid-County, Upcounty and East County. The Consulting Artist will provide guidance to the three artists as they undertake a year-long residency project with the goal of engaging community members within their RSA in a series of community conversations and gatherings through the lens of a creative practice. Learn more here.

 

Call to Artists, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts CenterMLK Days 2024- Community Arts Project Residency — Solomons, MD

Deadline: December 31    Artists are invited to submit a community arts project proposal inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, his vision, his work. The project coincides with our annual MLK Days program, January 13-15, 2024, and may remain on display through February. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Window Beautification — D.C.

Deadline: December 31    The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking local artists to submit photographs or digital designs of any medium to be displayed on windows of currently vacant ground floor retail spaces in Capitol Hill. The image must be very high resolution to be enlarged for windows. Artwork should reflect the culture, spirit, and history of Capitol Hill Neighborhood but does not need to be solely produced for this purpose. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, Shining a Light International Photography Contest 2024

Deadline: December 31    The competition is open to anyone. It is organized by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, United States. The theme of this year’s contest is “Women Athletes.”.“ This contest will accept photographs that illustrate the following themes: • Disparities in women’s sporting facilities and equipment as they relate to men’s facilities and equipment. Click here for details.

 

Call to Artists, Howard County Arts Council General Exhibit Application  — Ellicott City, MD

Deadline: January 1, 2024    The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) manages two galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts with over 21,000 square feet of exhibit space. HCAC presents 11-12 exhibits per year of national, regional, and local artists, including two-person, small and large group, juried, curated, and community shows. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Annual DMV Exhibit


Deadline: January 8, 2024    Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is seeking locally inspired scenes of the DC, Virginia, Maryland tri-state area. Including but not limited to landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, portraits and more. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography). For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entry, Earth & Fire 2024 — Wheeling, WV

Deadline: January 12   Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute will be hosting a national exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2024. This is an annual exhibition and will be a focal point of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event that will celebrate ceramic artists and clay enthusiasts alike. For more information, click here.

 

Call for Entries, 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — D.C.

Deadline: January 26    The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition celebrates excellence in the art of portraiture. The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Additional prizes in the amounts of $10,000 and $7,500 will be awarded to second- and third-place winners, respectively. Learn more here.

 

Call for Entry, SlowArt | Neoteric Abstract XII — Hudson, NY

Deadline: January 31    SlowArt Productions presents the twelfth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The exhibition will be held at Limner Gallery, April 4 – 27, 2024. Learn more here.

 

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship

Deadline: February 1, 2024    One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. For more information, click here.

 

Call to Artists, Calloway Fine Art  & Consulting Second Interiors Exhibit — D.C.

Deadline: April 1, 2024    We are seeking artwork representing or inspired by interiors. Artwork must be 2D – painting, drawing, or mixed media (no photography).  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].

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Artful Weekend December 2 – 3

"Curves and Blue," photography by Judy Guenther, in on view in "Little Winter."

Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: November Open Exhibit, Code Switch by Andi Cullins, IMPart Special Exhibit, and Little Winter at the League; A Touch of Red at Multiple Exposures Gallery; National Treasures by Leanne Fink at Athenaeum Gallery; and “Tis the Season at Artist & Makers Studios.

 

 November Open Exhibit

Deux Chevaux by David Mann; Hand-pulled etching print

Diverse artworks by our members are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. This month, 87 artworks—painting, drawing, photography, and mixed media—are on view. The November Open Exhibit is on view through December 3.

 

 

Code Switch by Andi Cullins

Beauty Contest by Andi Cullins; Fiber art

November solo artist Andi Cullins mixes traditional ethnic fabrics—African wax prints, Australian Aboriginal design cottons, and Indonesian batiks—with contemporary western varieties, including those she hand-dyes, to create the striking quilts, mosaics, and découpage sculptures featured in her exhibition Code Switch. It is on view through December 3.

 

 

Special IMPart Exhibit: Baked & Hammered

Custom blades by IMPart artists

In honor of Veterans Day, The Art League presents Baked & Hammered, a special exhibit featuring ceramics and bladesmithing created by artist veterans of our IMPart Program.

IMPart stands for Injured Military Personnel + art. For this exhibit, The Art League Gallery invited IMPart participants to share the vessels and blades they have made in the program. On view and for purchase are one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls and hand-forged knives distinctively crafted with wood grain handles. Baked & Hammered is on view through December.

 

 

Little Winter

Reamer by Maureen Rabinovitz; Watercolor

Petite December, our annual exhibit of miniature artwork, is now Little Winter—and a month earlier! The diminutive masterpieces are affordably priced and make great holiday gifts. Little Winter is on view through December 3 (or while artworks last).

 

 

A Touch of Red

Rainy Morning | Fred Zafran

Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG) presents A Touch of Red, a fine art photography exhibition featuring 27 images that each have a relationship with the color red. exhibition juried by  “Contemplating the array of images, I delved into the essence of red—its emergence in nature and humanity’s perpetual pursuit to replicate it,” says juror and East City Art founder Phil Hutinet. “As a result, the selections for the exhibit are a visual exploration of red’s dynamic presence, both as a dominant color and as a nuanced element interwoven in the intricate tapestry of artistic expression.” Meg is located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

 

National Treasures by Leanne Fink

Leanne Fink, Hoodoos Rock, Bryce Canyon, 30” x 24”, oil and cold wax on linen

Inspired by the beauty of the natural world, painter Leanne Fink is known for her visually dynamic landscapes.“As diverse as its people, our land is so incredibly different from east to west, north to south,” says the artist. In National Treasures, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings on exhibit at Athenaeum Gallery, Fink  pays homage to the grandeur of America’s National Parks. It is on view through January 7. Join Fink for a reception on Sunday, December 3, from 4–6 p.m. She will also conduct painting demonstrations at Athenaeum on Saturday, December 16, from 1–3 p.m.; 201 Prince Street, Alexandria Virginia.

 

 

‘Tis the Season

Kindred Spirits by Pritha Srinivasan

 

Artists & Makers Studios is delighted to host Montgomery Art Association’s (MAA) December exhibit, “Tis the Season. This enchanting show will immerse you in the festive spirit as you explore a stunning collection of art from over 50 local artists. Explore snowy rural scenes, playful holiday figures, joyful abstract paintings, crystal mosaics, and crystalline images of winter light captured by contemporary photographers.  MAA artists celebrate this time of joyful gatherings, expressions of gratitude and cheer, and the unique colors of both nature and holidays in this exhibit. Come for the opening reception Friday, December 1, from  5–8 pm. Mark your calendar for a second reception and artist talk with MAA Saturday, December 9, from 1–3 p.m.; 11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, Maryland.

 

Enjoy the weekend!

Artful Weekend