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.
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 for 2027 proposals has closed. Applicants will be informed of their status by December 2025.
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.
Questions? Please email Melissa Kuscin.
Area Opportunities
nice;04 open call - Midwest Nice Art
Midwest Nice Art is excited to share that our annual survey of contemporary art, nice;04, call for art is now open!
Nice;04 is our fourth annual open call, juried by Midwest Nice Art co-founders tim rickett + Epiphany Knedler. Each year the nice; exhibition serves as a survey of contemporary artists exploring complex personal and social narratives. as an open call without a theme, the resulting show is a reflection of the art world and recent events. we invite you to submit to nice;04.
This exhibition will be on view July through September at JFAC Gallery at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the Northern State University campus in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The exhibition includes over $1000 in cash prizes. The awards will include a $300 First-Place Prize, a $200 Second-Place Prize, a $100 Third-Place Prize, and four $50 Honorable Mention Prizes, as well as additional community and purchase awards. This call is open to any mediums to any artists located within the United States over 18 years old (work is not limited to the Midwest/about the Midwest!).
To submit, please visit the link below. Entry is $20 for up to three works; students may submit for $10 with the code 2026STUDENT.
Submission Deadline: May 20, 2026.
For more information, please visit and apply here: https://www.midwestnice.art/opencalls/nice04
Questions? Please contact midwestniceart@gmail.com.
*FREE* International Call for Art - Rochester Contemporary Art Center
*FREE* International Call for Art – 6×6
Walk-in Entries Due: April 4, 2026
Mail International Entries by April 1 / U.S. by April 7
Each summer Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6×6 exhibition brings together thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international & local artists, designers, youth and YOU. Each artist may enter up to four artworks of any medium except glitter (2D or 3D). Artworks must be six inches square (15cm) and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. Participation is free. All artworks will be exhibited and for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit RoCo. Artists’ names will be revealed to the buyer upon purchase and all artworks remain on display through the end of the exhibition in July. Limit four artworks per school or school group (no limit for colleges).
Optional Theme: The City of Rochester Logo
This year, artists may choose to create a 6×6 featuring the City of Rochester’s logo. These “Flower City” artworks will be installed together on a dedicated wall as part of a community-wide celebration of this iconic graphic. This theme is entirely optional—as always, all 6×6 artworks will be accepted and displayed regardless of theme.
– NEW: The first 6000 artworks received will be exhibited in Gallery & Online. 6000+ will be exhibited online only. Send your art early to ensure in-gallery & online display.
– Artwork entry is FREE
– Drop off artworks at RoCo during normal gallery hours Wed-Sat 12-5pm/Friday 12-9pm until April 4.
or mail artworks by April 7 to:
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
USA
6×6 will be on view in person and online June – July 2026!
For more information:
Email us at info@rochestercontemporary.org
Call us at 585-461-2222
Visit roco6x6.org
#RoCo6x6 @RoCo137
Point Pleasant Publishing: Artist Feature Catalogue
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
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.
Deadline: Rolling
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