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Artist Opportunities

Find your next artistic endeavor! Submit a mural proposal or browse calls for art.

Organizations may submit a call for art to be listed on this page. To be featured, please send us an email with pertinent information including name of opportunity, important dates, image, and website with more details.

artist opportunities

PROPOSE AN EXHIBITION

The Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center serves as a key resource for contemporary art in central New Jersey. Through thought-provoking exhibitions and related public programs, the Arts Council presents artwork with a broad range of aesthetic, social, cultural, and political themes.

The window to propose a show for our 2028 season is now closed.

Live for Today, Leon Rainbow

PROPOSE A SPRING STREET MURAL

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) is looking to collaborate with local and regional artists for our Spring Street temporary mural location. Our community-driven mural-making process supports the Arts Council’s mission of building community through the arts, and is open to everyone. 

Spring Street murals are generally on view for 3-4 months. A stipend of $500 is provided for selected artists and some materials are provided by the ACP. The mural space, which is mounted MDF attached to the wall of the building, measures 32×8 feet.

Please submit your interest below. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; ACP staff will be in touch if your proposal is to move forward. 

submit a mural proposal

Questions? Please email Melissa Kuscin.

area Opportunities

The Capital Health Foundation’s Healing Arts Program recognizes the powerful role the arts can play in supporting health and well-being. Engaging with visual art has been shown to reduce anxiety, stimulate cognitive function, and provide emotional grounding, with benefits that extend to everyone who walks our halls.

The Healing Arts Steering Committee curates three rotating exhibitions each year in the Investors Bank Art & Healing Gallery at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, showcasing the work of talented local artists whose pieces are selected to inspire calm, curiosity, and reflection. Artwork is available for purchase, with 75% of each sale supporting the artist and 25% benefiting the Healing Arts Program to help sustain future exhibitions, performances, and arts initiatives.

Please complete the application below and submit all requested materials to [email protected] or
mail them to: Capital Health Foundation, Two Capital Way, Suite 36, Pennington, NJ 08534

Healing Arts Artist and Performer Application – Fillable PDF

2027 Gallery 14 Juried Photography Exhibition Prospectus

Call for Work and Submission Guidelines

Artists are invited to submit a maximum of 8 photos for the jury’s consideration. Images must be originated as a photograph and can’t be A.I. generated. By Sunday, November 1, 2026 submit your images to: https://client.smarterentry.com/Gallery14.

Accepted file format is jpg, and images may not have signatures or other identifying marks.

Selected exhibition participants will be notified by November 30, 2026. Important: accepted artists must deliver their ready-to-hang prints to Gallery 14 in person.

For more information, click here: https://www.gallery14.org/Juried-Show

Opportunity: Call For Entries
Drawing Rooms, 926 Newark Ave. Jersey City
​The Big Small Show 2026 at Drawing Rooms
Exhibition Dates 12/10/26 – 1/17/27
Deadline: 11/2/26
 
We invite you to submit work for consideration in this year’s The Big Small Show 2026, our year-end exhibit celebrating our 25th Anniversary as an arts non-profit. The Big Small Show 2026 will be a review of works made in the past 2 years.

2nd Aion Digital Art Prize 2026–2027
Organizer: Aion Laboratory, a division of Ise-Shima Art Company, Japan.

  • Open worldwide to artists of all ages and nationalities; individual and collaborative works accepted.
  • Digital and media art, including video, animation, interactive works, computer art, sound art and music.
  • Online submission of an accessible work link and description; no travel to Japan required.
  • Deadline: March 1, 2027 | 6:59pm EST / 23:59 GMT
  • Entry fee: JPY 3,000 (approximately 19 USD) per work, non-refundable. Payment by credit card or PayPal. There is no additional mandatory fee for selected artists.
  • One Grand Prize: JPY 50,000 (approximately 318 USD) and a printed certificate. Up to 35 additional Aion Digital Art Prizes with certificates.
  • Results: 5 May 2027.

Official rules and application: https://www.aionlabo.com/en/blank-2

Opportunity: Call For Entries
 
Drawing Rooms, 926 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ
​In & Out of Balance
Exhibition Dates: 10/29/26 – 11/22/26
Submission Deadline: 9/28/26

We invite you to submit work for consideration in our Drawing Rooms exhibit, In & Out of Balance.

“In & Out of Balance” asks us to consider how visual weight, tension, and spatial harmony are managed within a work of art. Off-balanced works may predominantly be unsymmetrical, yet still maintain a sense of symmetry in part of the composition, or 

 Artists chosen will also be considered for our other programs, such as The Art Project JC lobbies, and online Artsy.net exhibits throughout the year.
Link: https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/18127/CAFE
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https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/18128/CAFEOpportunity: Call For Entries
 

Drawing Rooms, 926 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ
“Drawing Rooms Solo Project Space #9 ” 

Exhibition Dates: 10/29/26 – 11/22/26
Submission Deadline: 9/28/26

​Anything goes for our Drawing Rooms Solo Project Space 8 exhibition! 
We are looking for an exciting and compelling cohesive body of work or installation on any theme or concept and of any size or media for our Solo Project Space. 
Multiple solo artists will be chosen by the curator: One artist for Project Space and up to four artists for additional solo gallery areas!
 
Link: https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/18128/CAFE
 

Quality Writing:
Besides the prestige of being published amongst some of the finest established artists in the world and gaining recognition with notable galleries and institutions, the main reason artists apply is because of the quality of our writing. Point Pleasant critical essays discuss the accomplishments, interpretations, process, and unique attributes by individual artists featured in the catalogue. The writing by Point Pleasant Publishing is 100% human-created content, absolutely no artificial intelligence used.

Eligibility Criteria:
Point Pleasant Publishing accepts experimental and alternative forms of visual art including photography, performance, video, film, installation, assemblage, collage, fiber, printmaking, light design, jewelry, fashion, & costume design, and analogue digital (no AI).

Artists are selected based on a variety of factors including their accomplishments, originality, conceptual impact, overall cohesiveness of portfolio, and aesthetic qualities of the art.

We especially encourage alternative / experimental artists to apply.

Deadline: Rolling

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The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

To be eligible for this program, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking. Each application will be reviewed by the Directors, who will exercise their discretion in considering it, and will determine the amount of each award. Applicants should note there is a set amount appropriated for these grants each fiscal year; once this budgetary limit has been reached, the Foundation will not be able to judge any additional requests on their merits.

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Deadline: Rolling

Administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, state fellowship programs provide funding for individual artists residing in Delaware and New Jersey to encourage and sustain these artists’ pursuit of artistic excellence.

Individual NJ-based artists must apply following the process outlined in the guidelines for New Jersey. At the annual deadline for these programs, a limited number of disciplines are accepted. All applications to these competitive programs are evaluated through a peer panel review process.

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DEADLINE: Vary upon opportunity