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.
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. Apply here.
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
Roam. Create. Send. A Juried Postcard Exhibit Celebrating the Words of Walt Whitman.
Roam. Create. Send. A Juried Postcard Exhibit Celebrating the Words of Walt Whitman. Let your creativity travel—one postcard at a time. Artists, writers, travelers, and Whitman lovers from around the world are invited to submit to Verses in Transit – Roam. Create. Send., a juried, two-location postcard exhibition exploring the power of poetry, travel, and personal expression through visual storytelling.
Works will be exhibited at Trinity Community Arts Center, Northport, NY and at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum, Huntington Station, NY.
What to Submit: Original artwork on a 4” x 6” postcard, with a handwritten Walt Whitman quote on the back (clearly cite the source).
How to Enter: Register and pay the $30 entry fee (for up to 3 postcards) at: https://www.trinityec.com/roam-create-send-registration
Mail postcards to the address provided upon registration. Each card must include: – Full name (legibly printed) – Instagram or Facebook handle (if applicable) – Email address
Deadline: Postmarked by September 1, 2025, Mail-in only – all works become part of the TCAC permanent collection.
Awards & Recognition: 🏆 Visual Pallet Award for Best in Show 🏅 Honorable Mention 🗳️ People’s Choice Award (voted on at the exhibit). Winning work will be recognized during a live-streamed award presentation and may be featured in future exhibitions and press materials. Artists retain full copyright while granting perpetual display and promotional rights.
Exhibition Dates – First Stop: Northport Exhibit Sept 14–28, 2025 Trinity Community Arts Center, 130 Main St, Northport, NY. Artist Reception: Sunday, Sept 21, 4–6 PM
Exhibition Dates – Second Stop: Walt Whitman Birthplace Exhibit Oct 20 – Nov 16, 2025, 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, Huntington Station, NY. Artist Reception: Sunday, Nov 9, 2–5 PM (with Facebook Live award stream)
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
The 2025 Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth
The 2025 Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth artist applications are now open to artists from federally recognized Southeastern tribes. Adult artists, ages 18 and older, must apply by 5 p.m. Aug. 29. Youth artists, ages 14-17, must apply by 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 19. SEASAM will take place Oct. 3-4 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
For more information and to apply, visit SEASAM.net or call (580) 272-5520.
For more information and to apply, visit SEASAM.net or call (580) 272-5520.