Training, Research & Networking Opportunities for Artists 21
Artist Open Calls
SJ Youth Arts Association | 3rd Annual Rising Stars Gala | In Collaboration with the Arts at Camden County College and performed at the Dennis Flyer Theater on campus. We're excited to be back for a 3rd year! Join us for a night celebrating the arts. The night will feature performances from talented young performers and organizations from across the tri-state area including local theaters, dance studios, youth groups, schools, and SJ Youth Arts casts of previous shows. The show is black-tie and features a cocktail hour before the show. This show will spotlight our talented Gala cast in a few featured numbers made up of young artists ages 13-21. Auditions will be announced later in the season. Enjoy full production numbers with high-energy choreography, powerful solos, and everything in between! During the show, we will also be handing out various scholarships! We hope to see you on October 13 at Camden County College! MORE INFO COMING SOON! AGES: 13+ *Excited to dive into this high-energy show! Must be 13 by the start of rehearsals. IF YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM AT THIS YEAR'S GALA, EMAIL US AT SJYOUTHARTS@GMAIL.COM | Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 6 PM
Art Club Hammonton | 5th Annual Dark Art Show Application | The 5th Annual Dark Art Show is an eclectic mix of fine art and oddities. Styles ranging from Dark Surrealism to New Contemporary Art will fill the space, most of which aren't often found in most galleries or never presented together. Work must be ready to hang. Accepting any 2D art in any medium. The 5th Annual Dark Art Show will be held at Casciano Coffee Bar and Sweetery 212 Bellevue Ave, Hammonton, NJ, 08037. | Deadline to submit work: September 20th, 2024, by 11:59pm EST | Application.
Vineland Public Library | Doris Tripp Exhibition Room Ongoing Open Call | The library seeks artists and photographers to display their art in its Doris Tripp Room, which features 64 running feet of exhibit area. Also available are two glass display cases for exhibitions of artwork, crafts, nonprofit displays, and collections of unique, interesting or historical items. | Application and info here.
Absecon Cultural Arts Alliance | Plein Air Event | Coming in September 2024. Stay tuned for more information. Visit Absecon Cultural Arts Alliance online.
Absecon Cultural Arts Alliance | ACAA Art In The Park 2024 Call For Vendors | Would you like the opportunity to showcase your paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery or jewelry in a beautiful outdoor setting? Come join local and regional Artists and Artisan Crafters in our 7th Annual Art in the Park outdoor fine art show and sale. Held every year at Absecon’s beautiful Heritage Park, our art festival offers artists and fine crafters an opportunity to display and sell their one-of-a-kind artworks and hand-crafted fine crafts. We encourage our vendors to demonstrate their art while attending if possible. Cost for a 10x10 space is $40. We ask that interested vendors register here on our website. Fees are payable here through PayPal no later than October 1, 2024. All products being offered are to be either original works (or prints) or hand-crafted items made by the attending party. This show is not for mass-produced items. Contact us soon to guarantee your space! | Deadline: October 1, 2024. | Event Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024 • 10am - 4pm | Rain Date: Rain date Sunday, October 13, 2024 | Location: Absecon Heritage Park, Mill Rd & New Jersey Ave, Absecon, NJ 08201 | More information.
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts | Daydreams and Nightmares Open Call for Art | Opposites attract! Let us see your daydreams and/or nightmares! It is almost Halloween, so why not give us the creeps but a little sweetness from your daydreams for balance! Email diane@rrcarts.com for more information. Art must be gallery ready: wired for display, framed or finished edges, 3-D pieces accepted. | Dropoff dates: Sunday, October 12th or Monday October 14th from 11am - 4pm. | More information here.
Corning Museum of Glass | Artists-in-Residence at the Studio | The Studio’s Artist-in-Residence program brings artists from around the world to Corning, New York. Artists spend focused time at The Studio exploring new directions in glassmaking or expanding on their current bodies of work while using the immense resources of the world’s leading glass museum. Artists will benefit from the recently completed Wendell Weeks & Kim Frock Residency Center, which features seven studios surrounding a light-filled lounge that will be a hub for creative exchange and connection among residents. The Studio facility is equipped for furnace working, flameworking, kiln working, and cold working processes, and can support other glassworking and fabrication methods upon request. Transportation, as well as room and board, is provided to those awarded residencies. A generous supply budget and studio space are provided to each artist. Residents have access to the Rakow Research Library, the extensive collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, and expert Museum staff. A residency manager serves as a liaison to additional services in Corning and at the Museum. | Deadline: August 31, 2024 | Application and information.
Corning Museum of Glass | Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Residency | BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color) Residency is an extension of The Studio's Artist-in-Residence program. Through this dedicated residency, the Museum aims to assist underrepresented artists while actively fostering a culture and community of inclusion that promotes, respects, and celebrates diversity. Artists spend five weeks at The Studio exploring new directions in glassmaking or expanding on their current bodies of work while using the immense resources of the world’s leading glass museum. Applicants who identify as BIPOC artists are welcome to apply for this residency and for our other residencies. Artists will benefit from the just-completed Wendell Weeks & Kim Frock Residency Center, which features seven studios surrounding a light-filled lounge that will be a hub for creative exchange and connection among residents. | Deadline: August 31st, 2024 | Application and information.
Corning Museum of Glass | David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists | The David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists is open to artists who want to utilize the Museum’s resources, including the permanent collections and the holdings of the Rakow Research Library, to inform their practice. The residency is named for the former executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, David Whitehouse, a highly regarded scholar who worked to build the resources of the Rakow Library and was a major supporter of artists working in glass. This residency gives artists time and resources for deep exploration of topics using the vast collections of The Rakow Research Library and the Museum, as well as providing access to expert Museum staff. The David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists is not a glassmaking residency; no provisions are made for artists to create work at The Studio. Transportation, as well as room and board, are provided to those awarded residencies. A residency manager serves as a liaison to additional services in Corning and at The Museum. | Deadline: August 31st, 2024 | Application and information.
ART + BIO Collaborative | Science and Art Collaborative Projects | ART+BIO Collaborative is an artist- and scientist-led not-for-profit organization that fosters the integration of Science, Nature, and Art through novel collaborations, public engagement, education, and research. We are committed to broadening participation, accessibility, and equity in the Arts and Sciences. To that end, we create cross-disciplinary, inclusive, and collaborative opportunities for the leadership and participation of historically excluded/underrepresented, and marginalized communities. Our work utilizes the intersection of the Arts, Biology, Natural History and the Life Sciences as a catalyst for social dialogue and creative exchange of ideas with artists, scientists, and diverse publics. We're always looking for Art and Science collaborators for new projects, programs, workshops, and events. Contact us with information and details about yourself, organization and idea here.
Artist Resources & Learning Opportunities
UCEDC | Business Resource Guides | Individual Guides for all 21 NJ counties can be accessed here. Inside the Guide, you’ll find a comprehensive listing and contact information for agencies and organizations that are focused on helping small businesses. | Information available here.
The Spot at The Ave | Artist Studios and Maker Space For Rent | Need a space to do your thing? Look no further. The Spot has some private artist studios and maker spaces available for rent. Dream big and let us help. Makers, artisans, entrepreneurs, innovators, and designers, we offer the low cost space for you to perfect your art! For more rental information, click here. | For more information about The Spot, click here.
Summit Investment Properties Vineland | Office Spaces Available for Rent | Looking for an office space for rent with utilities included and secure access? Looking for that space to be conveniently situated in the center of Vineland, only a few minutes walk away from Landis Avenue? Summit Investment Properties has office spaces available for rent in their Center City Office Building. These offices are located in Downtown Vineland, have elevator service, have sizes ranging from: 300 sq ft – 4,000 sq ft, 16,000+ sq ft of modern office space, and are located in the Urban Enterprise Zone and Cumberland County
Empowerment Zone. For more rental information, click here. | For more information about the City of Vineland, click here.
Summit Investment Properties Vineland | Retail Store Fronts Available for Rent | Are you a business owner looking for a retail storefront in a downtown area? Summit Investment Properties has retail space available on Landis Avenue in Downtown Vineland. For more information and images of the storefronts, click here.
WheatonArts | Creative Glass Fellowship Applications | This is an exceptional opportunity for artists to utilize one of the finest facilities of the glass medium, known internationally. During their Fellowships, artists join a creative community that offers private studios, stipends, technical assistance, comfortable housing, and institutional support. They are embraced by dedicated staff on a beautiful 45-acre campus, a true creative sanctuary. To learn more about the Creative Glass Fellowship Program at WheatonArts, click here. | Deadline: September 20, 2024 Midnight EST
Vineland Public Library | Meeting Room Spaces Available | The Vineland Public Library makes available public meeting spaces for users of the library in accordance with the following policy. The primary use of Library Meeting Rooms shall be for Library or Library-sponsored activities held in conjunction with the Friends of the Library or community partners, or for other library purposes. When otherwise available, the Library will offer Meeting Rooms for the use of groups and citizens, regardless of their affiliation or beliefs. The Rooms will be available for groups or citizens to conduct programs, meetings, seminars, study groups, planning sessions, training programs and related activities. All such events shall be free and open to members of the public who may wish to attend. The Library shall not discriminate in granting permission for the use of Meeting Rooms on the basis of race, religion, age, gender, national origin or disability. In allowing a group to use a Meeting Room, the Library does not imply any endorsement of the group's beliefs, policies, practices or program. Library authorization to book public meeting space will be granted only to adult cardholders whose library cards are in good standing, as well as to adult non-cardholders at a premium rate. All who wish to reserve a room must submit a completed Meeting Room User Agreement Form. | To access the application form, meeting room floor plan, and meeting room rules, click here.
Artist Networking Opportunities
WheatonArts | Wheaton Conversations | Wheaton Conversations is a free virtual series highlighting a diverse community of Artists at 6 p.m. EDT on select Thursday nights. Join us as we converse with inspirational artists discussing their art and creative process while providing an engaging platform for audience interaction. This series takes place on select Thursday nights at 6 p.m. EDT. See the upcoming schedule (right) and click on the artist names to learn more and register for each program. Video recordings are posted later for each session on our YouTube channel and within the pages below. Special thank you to PNC Arts Alive and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass for sponsoring this virtual programming! | Upcoming Conversations: September 19, 2024 TBA | To see past Wheaton Conversations, click here.
Stories of Atlantic City | Artist Meetups: Arts and Ethics in AC | Deep Learning: Thursday, September 19th, 6–9pm, Community Innovation Reporting Lab (CRIL), 2nd floor of the AC Stockton Academic Building, 3711 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Click here to RSVP!
Artist Funding Opportunities
Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) | CCI invites applications for the Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment grant program. The grant awards $1,000 to $5,000 to individual craft artists to purchase artistic tools, materials, or equipment that support their ability to make object-based work. The fund is open to individual craft artists, craftspeople, and folk and traditional artists who have presented artistic work in a public context—including online/digital platforms—within the last three years. | Deadline: Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Learn more here.
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass | Grants Available | AACG accepts proposals requesting support for exhibitions and programming that are aligned with the organization's mission to further the development and appreciation of art made from glass. AACG does not fund requests for equipment or capital needs. Applicants are limited to one grant per year. | Deadline: The next deadline for proposals will be September 1, 2024, for projects that commence January 1 - December 31, 2025. | Application and information. |
New York Foundation for the Arts | Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants | This program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application, and live in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory. This program is made possible through the support of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. | Deadline: August 27th @ 5PM | Application.
National Endowment for the Humanities | Public Scholars Grants | The Public Scholars program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. Writers with or without an academic affiliation may apply, and no advanced degree is required. The program encourages non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books, and it encourages academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers. NEH especially encourages applications from independent writers, researchers, scholars, and journalists. | Deadline: August 28, 2024. | Application & more information.
The American Institute of Architects | AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grants | The AIA Upjohn Research Initiative supports applied research projects that enhance the value of design and professional practice knowledge. The program funds up to six research grants of $15,000–$30,000 annually for projects completed within an 18-month period. Upjohn grant recipients’ research findings and outcomes are published online by AIA. | Deadline: August 28th, 2024. | Application & more information.
National Endowment for the Humanities | Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships | The Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) Fellowships are offered as part of a joint, multi-year funding program of NEH and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and advance scientific and scholarly knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Addressing the imminent loss of linguistic knowledge is a major concern and a priority for both agencies. The broad range of human languages are vital for understanding human behavior and cognition, but roughly half of the world's seven thousand languages are endangered and at risk of extinction. These endangered languages constitute an irreplaceable resource, not only for the communities who speak them, but also for scientists and scholars. DLI-DEL Fellowships support individuals who are junior or senior linguists, linguistic anthropologists, and sociolinguists to conduct research on one or more endangered or moribund languages. DLI-DEL Fellowships prioritize scholarly analysis and publication, including but not limited to lexicons, grammars, databases, peer-reviewed articles, and monographs. Awards also support fieldwork and other activities relevant to digital recording, documenting, and sustainable archiving of endangered languages. | Deadline: September 11th, 2024 | Application and information.
National Endowment for the Humanities | National Humanities Medal Nominations | The National Humanities Medal honors individuals and organizations whose work has deepened our nation’s understanding of and engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) established this annual prestigious award in 1997 as the successor to the Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, which the agency sponsored from 1989 to 1996. NEH welcomes nominations for individuals and organizations whose activities, contributions, and achievements have significantly enriched the educational, intellectual, and cultural life of the nation. | Deadline: September 13th, 2024 | Nomination application and information.
New York Foundation for the Arts | Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants | This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need* who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists are eligible—artists creating their own, independent work, with recent and ongoing opportunities for the public to experience that work. Cycle 26 for grant applications opens September 3rd, 2024, at 10 AM ET | Deadline: Tuesday, October 1st at at 5:00 PM ET | Application and information.
Integrity: Arts & Culture Association | Mini-Grants Available | We believe the arts are essential to the health and vitality of our communities and our nation. We are passionate about supporting artists in creating. We recognize the great need for support, and that receiving funding can sometimes be a complicated process. This is why we decided to do what we can to assist you and why our application process has been made simple. Integrity: Arts & Culture Association (IACA) Mini-Grants generally average $250, and are intended to assist with such things as: artistic supplies, recordings, studio time, exhibits, performances, project related expenses, residences, etc. This is our way of planting seeds that we believe will continue to grow. Given the pandemic, funding requests for remote programs and projects are most welcome. This program was started in honor of every artist who has ever impacted the life of another. In honor of our teachers, our mentors, and even those who have deeply touched our lives from afar, we encourage you to keep living your dreams with passion. Keep changing the world for the better. We believe in you and we support you. | Deadline: August 31st, 2024 | Application information.
