UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Wild Life.

All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.

Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD's magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website.

Fees or awards
Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).

Jazz Road Tours supports three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.

This artist-centric grant program—designed to support approximately 50 tours each year—is made possible with funds from the Doris Duke Foundation with additional support from the Mellon Foundation.

Award Amount
Artists may apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to cover eligible expenses. 

For Tours Taking Place:
April 1, 2025 - October 4, 2025

Applications open: October 15, 2024
Deadline: December 1, 2024
Applicants Notified: February 15, 2025

As part of its Literary Arts Initiative, South Arts is excited to announce grants for literary arts projects for writers and publishers. These grants deepen our commitment to amplifying literary traditions and practices of the American South through directly funding the initiation, development, and completion of literary arts projects in poetry, fiction, creative or literary nonfiction, young readers’ literature, and drama (playwriting and screenwriting).

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Refractions.
All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.
Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD's magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website.

Fees or awards
Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).

The Raleigh Film and Art Festival's 3rd annual Living in Color Exhibit celebrates the vibrant experiences and diversity of people of color. This Black History Month exhibition is in partnership with Dix Park and Dix Park Conservancy. Open to artists of color, the exhibit will showcase selected works from February 1-28, 2025.

Fees or awards
$20 non-refundable application fee. 30% commission on sold artwork.

The Arts & Science Council (ASC) is accepting qualifications from professional artists or teams of artists in response to a public art opportunity for Mecklenburg County’s Eastland Park. ASC is seeking artists with a demonstrated record of integrating artwork into architectural settings, while responding to specific site history and community input.

The selected artist/s will be asked to create a public artwork that can serve as a unique, integrated design
feature of Eastland Park. This artwork should demonstrate themes of history, fitness, and strengthening community. Artwork created for this project should be able to address multiple needs, constructed of durable materials, and designed in coordination with ASC, Mecklenburg County staff, and the project design consultants, LandDesign.

VIRTUAL PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING: November 18, 2024, at 6:00PM EST. This is an opportunity for potential applicants to learn more about the ASC Public Art program, and ask questions regarding the project site, public art scope and submission process. RSVP to https://bit.ly/3LiQZ2L for meeting login information.

Arts Access is excited to announce a call for textile art by artists with disabilities for our upcoming exhibition “Rewoven”. This is an opportunity to showcase the unique, powerful, and diverse perspectives of artists who use textiles as a medium for self-expression, storytelling, and creative exploration.

Textiles can reflect symbols of life’s cycles, healing, and creative regeneration. Just as threads can be unraveled and rewoven into something new, this exhibition invites artists to reflect on the process of personal, social, and environmental renewal through fabric, thread, and fiber.

We invite artists with disabilities to submit textile-based artwork that reflects their individual experiences, identities, and creative visions. Whether you work with weaving, embroidery, quilting, fabric painting, knitting, crochet, or other textile techniques, we want to celebrate your work.

2024 marks the publication of the Mad Studies Reader, a book that brings together writing and artwork from service users, daring activists, critical scholars, concerned clinicians, and innovative artists! As people excluded from mainstream definitions of mental health and mental health care are increasingly finding ways to get their voices heard, the Mad Studies Reader explores this progress and presents us with hope as well as awareness of the challenges that lie ahead as we collectively work to build a world that embraces rather than divides.

Join IDHA as we celebrate the launch of this groundbreaking book and the increasing solidarity and excitement around mad studies and allied fields. This celebration is organized to bring artists, scholars, clinicians, and activists together. We will start with an opening discussion of the term “mad studies” followed by panel presentations from each of these areas. Before each panel we will have presentations from the artists in the book. After each section we will have discussions in large and small group settings. We look forward to having you learn and journey with us as we come together to explore mad studies as a field of inquiry, a framework for transformation, and a movement for social change!

December 8, 2024  12-6pm EST

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Windows for Downtown deadline for applications has officially been extended to December 12th, and the exhibition date has been moved to January 27 - February 28, 2025. If you're an artist looking to participate, make sure you apply! The exhibition will take over Downtown Goldsboro's storefronts for an entire month where the public will get a chance to vote for their favorite visual display.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant's commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future.

Fees or awards
Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 12 x Honorable Mentions