The North Carolina Arts Council is pleased to share this list of opportunities for artists. This is a free listing service where the entries are compiled via submissions from the field and updated weekly. If you have questions about a specific opportunity, please reach out to the organization listed directly.

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  • South Arts
    South Arts is a nonprofit regional arts organization empowering artists, organizations, and communities, and increasing access to arts and culture. 
  • NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
    The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources awards grants to individuals and organizations to foster historical, cultural, recreational, and environmental pursuits.
  • Local Arts Councils
    Check with your local arts council for regional artist opportunities and grants. 

  • ARTS North Carolina
    Publicizes job and internship opportunities through its membership listserv. Arts North Carolina will not post job listings that do not provide a salary range or that request candidates provide a salary history. Members may submit unlimited listings at no charge. Non-members pay $100 per listing.
  • Jobs in North Carolina Government
    Jobs openings are listed for all agencies within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, including the N.C. Arts Council.

  • Americans for the Arts
    A service for both job seekers and arts employers. Job seekers can post their resumes and use the searchable database of nonprofit and for-profit arts management positions at organizations across the United States. For a moderate fee, employers can post a job opening and use the searchable database of online resumes to find qualified professional candidates.
  • New York Foundation for the Arts
    Job seekers can access listings for free and arts organizations are charged a moderate fee to post a job opening or artist opportunity.

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Visual Art Landscape Virtual Exhibition Open Call

Ten Moir Gallery invites artists and photographers to capture the essence of the world’s landscapes and submit their best landscape inspired artwork. Submissions to our online art contest is open to artist from around the world. Must be 18yrs or older to apply. Open to all creators working in 2D & 3D mediums, including Painting, Photography, Digital Art, Sculpture, Crafts, and Mixed Media. Best in show wins a cash prize, a solo exhibition, will have their artwork used as the poster.

Fees or awards
$12 per image

Saturday, November 30, 2024
Visual Art Blue Koi Gallery

2nd Figurative Art Exhibition
The "Figurative” theme invites artists to focus on representing the human form in their work. This theme encourages diverse approaches, from traditional portraiture to abstract interpretations or symbolic representations.
$100 cash prize awarded to the 1st place winner. Awards/Prizes, Exhibition & Promotions.
Open worldwide. Must be 18 years or older.


Fees or awards
$20 for 4 images /$30 for 6 images
 

Saturday, November 30, 2024
Literary Arts Anthology Photography Competition 2024

Open to photographers working at any level, the Anthology Photography Competition celebrates outstanding standalone images. It also provides a platform for photographers to showcase their work through publication.
Images submitted must be on the theme of ‘Everyday Wonders’. Submissions will be judged on quality, creativity, originality, and visual/emotional impact.
The winner will receive a €500 cash prize and editorial coverage in a future issue of Anthology magazine.


Fees or awards
Very early bird fee – €10: December 2023 – March 2024 / Early bird fee – €12: April – July 2024 / Standard fee – €18: August – November 2024

 

Saturday, November 30, 2024
Literary Arts Anthology Travel Writing Competition 2024

Established for writers who like to share authentic travel experiences and to provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Travel Writing Competition is open to original and previously unpublished travel articles in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. We are looking for an engaging article that will capture the reader’s attention, conveying a strong sense of the destination and the local culture. 


Fees or awards
Very early bird fee – €10: December 2023 – March 2024 Early bird fee – €12: April – July 2024 Standard fee – €15: August – November 2024

 

Saturday, November 30, 2024
Visual Art North Carolina Opera and Diamante Arts and Cultural Center: Florencia en el Amazonas

Call for Art! North Carolina Opera, in collaboration with Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, invites regional 2D artists to submit work informed and inspired by the upcoming production of Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán. This exhibition will be held during the performances of Florencia en el Amazonas.

Sunday, December 01, 2024
Literary Arts Interstellar Flight Press

Interstellar Flight Press is seeking poets who are both queer/trans and disabled for a special collaborative series in 2025, to be published at Interstellar Flight Magazine. Our guest editor for this call is Toby MacNutt.

In this round-robin series, the poems are selected by the poets and positioned in the context of one another. One poem leads to a responding poem from another poet, with a short statement on the reasons for their choice and whatever else they’d like to share about it. Each pod of six poems concludes with a group discussion of what we see when our work sits next to each other (and we’re still there with it, still in the room). What themes and variations emerge? What unique things are we doing with the form? What about your work is understood by your peers in ways out-group editors can’t keep up with? Let’s find out!
 

Sunday, December 01, 2024
Multidisciplinary City of Durham Cultural and Public Art Program

The City of Durham’s Cultural and Public Art Program is seeking an Artist or Artist Team composed of a Researcher, Writer, and Performer(s) with interest/experience in historical investigation, theatre, storytelling, and community-based engagement. The City seeks this Artist or Artist Team to develop, write, and perform biographical monologues and scenes for the Grand Opening of the Columbarium at Beechwood Cemetery, 3300 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, 27707 in May 2025. 

Fees or awards
$5,000 Stipend

Monday, December 02, 2024
Grants & Fellowships Call for LEAD Session Proposals

The Kennedy Center's Office of Accessibility is seeking proposals for the 2025 LEAD® Conference that approach accessibility from a human and civil rights perspective; provide practical information addressing current trends and opportunities in this field; actively engage participants through discussion and/or hands-on activities; explore accessibility for a variety of cultural arts organizations, including performing arts centers, museums, theaters, state arts agencies, parks, zoos, and arenas; and are designed for new, mid-career, and/or seasoned professionals.

Deadline: Proposals must be submitted by December 2, 2024, at 11:59 PM Eastern.

If you have a session idea that addresses the intersecting fields of general education, arts education, special education, and teaching artistry, please visit the ED@LEAD call for proposals page.

If you have any questions, would like to request proposal materials in a different format, or to discuss your proposal, please contact the Kennedy Center's Office of Accessibility at 202-416-8727 or lead@kennedy-center.org.

Monday, December 02, 2024
Professional Development Artspace NC

Artspace is seeking proposals from arts instructors for our 2025 Summer Camp season. Every summer we offer 8 weeks of art camps for students grades 1-12. Artspace works to offer a diverse range of offerings for our summer camps. In addition to your unique proposal ideas, we are particularly looking to offer the following camps for middle school and/or high school grade levels: Fashion Design, Photography, Digital Arts, Figure Drawing, and Animation. If you have a curriculum for any of these camps, we highly encourage you to submit it along with any other proposals you would like to put forth.

Fees or awards
Pay: $500 per camp session taught

Monday, December 02, 2024
Visual Art Wild Life | Juried Online Exhibition

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).

 

Tuesday, December 03, 2024