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 pertinent information including name of opportunity, important dates, image, and website with more information to Melissa Kuscin at mkuscin@artscouncilofprinceton.org.
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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.
Questions? Please email Melissa Kuscin.
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.
Proposals will be accepted in from July to October 2025 for shows to be scheduled in the 2027 season.
Area Opportunities
Wayne Art Center Regional Juried Spring Open Call
Open to legal residents of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, 18+, Wayne Art Center’s Juried Regional Spring Open invites eligible artists to submit up to two pieces of original artwork in painting, drawing, printmaking, works on paper, photography, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, glass, jewelry, metals, fiber and 3D printing technology. All invited work must be hand-delivered to WAC.
Entry Deadline: February 17, 2025
For more information and to apply, click here.
Entry Fee: $50 (up to 2 works)
Exhibition & Sale: March 31 – April 26, 2025
Reception & Awards: April 13 | 3-5pm
Awards: $3,000 in prizes
Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival Call for Entry
The Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival is one of the longest-running and most popular outdoor painting events in the country. Founded in 2008, the Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival has welcomed over 500 artists to paint the splendor of the Philadelphia area and has become one of the most eagerly anticipated cultural events in the region.
The 17th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks-off on May 4, 2025, with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized, and emerging artists who have ventured to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the exceptional beauty of the Delaware Valley. As one of the premier plein air events in the country, Wayne Art Center offers artists the unique opportunity to showcase over 300 works created during the festival in the art center’s spacious, light-filled, and state-of-the-art exhibition galleries. These impressive works, which represent a diverse range of styles and mediums, are on view and sale through June 21, 2025 (6 weeks). A full schedule of events including community paint-outs, artist demos, lectures and other programs will be presented during the span of the festival and exhibition to further advance awareness of the plein air movement.
The galleries at Wayne Art Center are enjoyed by more than 30,000 visitors each year and sales during the Wayne Plein Air Exhibition are robust and remain steady throughout the six-week exhibition.
Submission Deadline: February 20, 2025
For more information and to apply, click here.
Exhibition & Sale: May 11 – June 21, 2025
Plein Air Festival: May 4 – May 10, 2025
Collectors’ Preview: May 10th | 6-10pm
Awards: $25,000+
Aedra Fine Arts: Call for Artists
International Call for Artists – Critical Review Catalogue Publication & Online Exhibits
No application, publication, or participation fees. No fees at all.
Up to six best in show artists will have their work published in the catalogue with detailed critical essays written by the curators. Artists participating in the online exhibit will have two works of art on display and links to their website and social media. Artists keep 100% sales of their work.
You can apply for the online exhibit by emailing us at curator@aedrafinearts.com
How to apply:
Email your resume, 3 image samples, and artist website.
Artist Feature Catalogue articles are published on our website at https://www.aedrafinearts.com/catalogue and our Substack page at https://aedrafinearts.substack.com
AFA does not accept applications of portfolios with works made by artificial intelligence. AFA also does not accept Instagram accounts as a substitute for an artist website.
Deadline: Rolling
For more info, visit https://www.aedrafinearts.com/callforartists.
THE ADOLPH & ESTHER GOTTLIEB EMERGENCY GRANT
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.
NO DEADLINE.
MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
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.
DEADLINE: Vary upon opportunity