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. 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 Artist Space Gallery

We are pleased to announce our third Animals online Art Competition for the month of April 2025. This call invites artists and photographers to showcase their finest artworks inspired by the world of animals. Submissions may explore a range of interpretations, including representational, abstract, and conceptual approaches. All visual art mediums are allowed. In addition to the selected artists, the jury will select award winners in the following art categories: painting, photography, sculpture.

Fees or awards
$20

 Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Visual Art Grey Cube Gallery

Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the sixth "Colors" online art contest for the month of April 2025. Contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. The gallery invites all artists and photographers from around the world to share their artistic vision using a concetration of one color or a multitude of colors. A variety of interpretations of Colors theme can be submitted (representative, abstract, conceptional). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed.

Fees or awards
$20

 Thursday, March 27, 2025
Visual Art Open Easels

An art show for artists 18 years of age and older who are NOT currently represented in a public space. Open to Craven and surrounding Counties

Fees or awards
$5 entry fee

 Friday, March 28, 2025
Public Art Arts and Science Council and City of Charlotte CFD Firehouse #46

The Arts & Science Council is accepting qualifications from U.S. based artists for a public art opportunity for the City of Charlotte’s, Charlotte Fire Department, Firehouse #46 located at 4032 Miranda Road, Charlotte, NC. This RFQ represents an opportunity for an artist, or team, to create a functional artwork (seating, lighting, etc.) that will be highly visible, sited beside the main entrance of the firehouse, facing Beatties Ford Rd. Please visit: https://artsandscience.org/calls-to-artists/

Fees or awards
Budget located in the Request for Qualifications PDF

 Friday, March 28, 2025
Visual Art Dr. Carmela Loiacono, Art Historian & Curator

Call for artists: CREACTION
Matera | April 15 -May 4, 2025
The selection is open to all artists in these categories: Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Illustration, Video art and Performance art. Send your proposal with a CV/biography, some still images (for video art), links to videos/films/performances and pictures via e-mail to carmelaloiacono.arthistorian@gmail.com
Participation requires a fee for selected artists. More info: www.carmelaloiaconoarthistorian.com

Fees or awards
Depending on works selected

 Saturday, March 29, 2025
Visual Art Call for Artists: Boynes Monthly Art Award – March 2025 Edition

Themed Landscape, this edition invites artists to capture natural or urban scenery in any visual medium. Open to artists worldwide, the winner receives $250 USD, a published interview, and global exposure. Deadline: March 30, 2025.

Fees or awards
$250

 Sunday, March 30, 2025
Visual Art Call for Artists: Boynes Painting Prize – Cycle 1

Themed Light & Shadow, this quarterly prize is open to painters of all levels. The 1st place winner receives $500 USD, a feature in Create! Magazine, and a published interview. Deadline: March 30, 2025.

 

Fees or awards
$500

 Sunday, March 30, 2025
Visual Art Call for Artists: Boynes Photography Prize – Cycle 1

Themed Urban Life, this prize invites photographers to showcase the vibrancy of cityscapes and street life. The 1st place winner receives $500 USD, a portfolio review, and a published interview. Deadline: March 30, 2025.


Fees or awards
$500

 Sunday, March 30, 2025
Visual Art Blue Koi Gallery

Wild and Tamed Art Competition

Blue Koi Gallery invites you to explore the Wild and Tamed Art theme! Open to all mediums and styles—traditional art, mixed media, digital art, sculpture, and photography—this competition invites you to interpret the duality of nature, where the untamed and the domesticated coexist. Show your unique perspective on the balance between wildness and order through your art! Up to $500 in Cash, prizes, & promotions.


Fees or awards
Entry fee is $20, awards offered

 Monday, March 31, 2025
Visual Art America 250 NC Initiative

The America 250 NC Initiative within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is seeking qualifications from professional illustrators or artists from across North Carolina to design and create an original work of art to be reproduced as a poster and disseminated in classrooms across North Carolina.

One piece will depict numerous historical figures as “Revolutionary North Carolinians” that span across our history from the American Revolution to today. These figures will be selected by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The other piece will be an original work by the selected artist with the theme, “What freedom means to me,” as related to the America 250 NC commemoration, to help connect enduring social themes from this nation’s founding to modern North Carolinians.

There is not a preferred medium, but the work must be two dimensional. Please email all submissions to Anna Freeman at Anna.Freeman@dncr.nc.gov

 Monday, March 31, 2025
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