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Creativity Grants for Projects – Maryland State Arts Council
The Creativity Grant for Projects is available to independent artists and arts organizations. There are two options to choose from: the Planning & Development grant is intended to support the early stages of research and development for a proposed project; the Implementation grant is intended to support the execution of a specific arts projects/event/program.
Deadline: Rolling
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Emergency Grants is the only active, multidisciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Grants range from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $2,300.
Deadline: Rolling
VisArts Call for Solo Exhibitions 2027
VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for solo exhibitions in 2027. Selected artists will present work in one of three exhibition spaces at VisArts: the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, or Concourse Gallery. VisArts’ exhibition program presents emerging and mid-career artists working across a broad range of contemporary practices, materials, and approaches. We welcome proposals that are ambitious, experimental, interdisciplinary, and responsive to the possibilities of each gallery space. Artists working locally, nationally, and internationally are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: November 13, 2026
The Factory on Willow Funded Artist in Residence
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: Recurring – The Factory’s AIR program is designed to support emerging artists with a place to live for up to 3 months. During this time selected applicants can focus full-time on further developing their creative practice as they take steps to cross the bridge into becoming career professionals.
"Fusion" at Strathmore: the 35th Annual Juried Exhibition
Fusion welcomes growth through combination. From stars creating the elements that make up our universe to the harmonizing flavors from different cultures in a dish, fusion represents not only the new, but the accomplishment of creation. Fusion mixes materials, genres, and ideas through artistic vision to spark creativity. Strathmore invites artists to explore the idea of fusion, using their own style to create original multi-medium work for this juried show. This call welcomes any combination of multiple mediums for both abstract and representational art. This can include but is not limited to: drawing, painting, mixed media, assemblage, sculpture, and everything in between to accomplish a work.
2027 Juried Biennial Exhibition
Submit your portrait now for next year's Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award. Since its inception over 40 years ago, the Portrait Award has attracted over 50,000 entries from more than 100 countries.
For this and future iterations of the Portrait Award, entrants can submit new works completed in the past two years.
Entries close 1 December 2026
Call for entries are now open!
Submit your portrait now for next year's Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award. Since its inception over 40 years ago, the Portrait Award has attracted over 50,000 entries from more than 100 countries.
For this and future iterations of the Portrait Award, entrants can submit new works completed in the past two years.
Entries close 1 December 2026
Lowe House 2027
Lowe House 2027
Introducing Lowe House
Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) has been invited to exhibit artwork at the Lowe House Building in Annapolis, MD, the office building for the Maryland State Delegates. Entry is open to MFA Members or artists residing in Anne Arundel County. Original 2D work created through any media and following entry guidelines are eligible for entry. Works selected by the Juror will be exhibited at the Lowe House of Delegates Office Building (6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD, 21401) from January 13 – April 12, 2027.
Juror: Teddy Johnson, Academic Chair of Visual Arts…
Call for Artist
Submissions for the Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery in 2027
Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery in 2027
Call for National Touring Exhibition Proposals
Call for National Touring Exhibition Proposals
Deadline: December 31, 2026
The Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is inviting proposals for its national touring exhibition programme, ExhibitsUSA. The organisation particularly welcomes proposals for small to mid-sized exhibitions of approximately 2,000 square feet or 250 linear feet in size that can tour via common carrier or van line. Proposals should include a one-page curatorial statement, a preliminary checklist of 10–15 sample works, and images of the works. Work must already exist and be available to tour, be in good condition, and be stable enough to tour for at least three years. Work cannot be sold during the tour. If a proposal is selected, M-AAA will work with the curator(s) to strengthen the initial idea and finalise the checklist, develop strategies for interpretation, and define the appropriate tour length, shipping and security requirements, insurance values, loan agreements, fees, and other line item expenditures.
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Submit Your Art Busboys and Poets
About the Opportunity:
The Arts and Healing program at Inova Schar Cancer is seeking submissions for individual and group art exhibits in the Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery in 2027. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Local artists and groups are invited to submit work for upcoming exhibitions that bring hope, healing, and inspiration. Located within Inova Schar Cancer at 8081 Innovation Park Dr., Fairfax, the Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery provides a unique and powerful setting for art – offering comfort and connection to patients, families, caregivers, and staff during their medical journeys.
Maryland State Arts Council Call for Arts in Education Panelists
Apply to be a CAH Panelist
Thank you for your interest in serving as a review panelist for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
At this time, all panelist positions for FY27 grant programs that have been released to date are filled. These programs include General Operating Support; Projects, Events, or Festivals; the Art Exhibition Program; Public Art Building Communities; Art Bank; and East Arts. If additional panel opportunities become available for these programs, we will notify applicants who have submitted their information.
New panelist opportunities will open later this summer for the following programs:
Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program
Arts and Humanities Education Projects
Field Trip Experiences
Capital Projects
If all available spots for the season are filled, applicants who are not assigned to a panel will remain on file for consideration the following year.
For any questions or concerns, please contact us. We appreciate your interest in supporting the arts and humanities in Washington, DC.
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is looking for people to help review grant applications. Panelists play an important role in our grant process. They read applications, share their perspectives, and score each one. These scores help determine which applicants receive funding.
Call for Grant Reviewers/Panelists
We are looking for people to help review grant applications. Panelists play an important role in our grant process. They read applications, share their perspectives, and score each one. These scores help determine which applicants receive funding.
Panelists do not have to reside in the District to apply, so please note questions regarding DC residency are optional and can be skipped in the application.
Panelists receive a $250 gift card for their service.
Apply Today
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency
Anderson Ranch’s Artists-in-Residence Program fosters creative, intellectual and professional growth for emerging and established visual artists. Residents have access to world-class facilities and studio time, free from everyday pressures. Residents can pursue interdisciplinary projects among a community of working artists, and gain feedback from prominent Visiting Artists and Critics. $30 application fee applies.
Deadline: Rolling
Call for Art: 2027 Exhibition Opportunity The Arts Garage
The Arts Garage
The Arts Garage of Port Clinton is now accepting proposals for consideration of a 2027 exhibition.
TAG is home to nearly 20 working artists that share their time and talent with all who enter. In addition, every month there is a new exhibit installed with art from one or more artist in our central gallery space.
We are seeking regional art for solo, paired and group theme exhibitions.
CALL FOR ARTISTS - Athenaeum Solo or Group Show | Alexandria, Virginia
Sitar Arts Center Launches Executive Director Search
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence | Oak Spring, VA
AHCMC x Google Career Certificate Scholarship Program
The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County is thrilled to announce our newest partnership, Grow with Google!
With this partnership, we are officially launching our Google Career Certificate Scholarship Program to enhance the careers of artists, scholars and arts and humanities professionals/managers through providing free digital skills training and resources to those in and around the Montgomery County, MD community and beyond.