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Artist Open Calls
Artworks Trenton | Currently Accepting Curatorial Proposals for 2026 | Are you an artist looking for a gallery to exhibit your works, but haven’t found the right place to do it? ARTWORKS is the place! Artworks Trenton is currently accepting curatorial proposals for their 2026 exhibition season. | Deadline: Ongoing | More information and application.
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts | OPEN CALL: Cherished Things | What is your cherished thing or cherished things? What holds gravity and relevance to you on a level that fills you with gratitude and inspiration? Paint, sculpt, collage, photograph, mold, or make an artwork as a tribute to those things you hold most dear. | Drop off dates: May 9, 10, or 13 from 11am to 4pm. | More information at rrcarts.com.
Arts & Education at the Hoyt | 2025 Solo and Group Show Proposals | Whether you are interested in applying for a solo or group exhibition at Arts & Education at the Hoyt or in gaining exposure through our offsite location, please take a minute to review the following guidelines before applying. Applications for the 2026-27 & 2027-28 seasons are now being accepted. | Deadline: May 3, 2025 | More information and application.
Summit Properties USA & Cumberland Mall | Summit Murals: An Insta-Worthy Artist Showcase | We’re excited to invite you to apply for our newest public art program: Summit Murals: An Insta-Worthy Artist Showcase hosted by Cumberland Mall and powered by Summit Properties USA.This program transforms our center court wall into a rotating art display that inspires shoppers to stop, snap, and share. It's your chance to gain exposure and have your work showcased in a high-traffic public space—completely free to you. What you get: A 3-month mural feature in a prominent mall location, Your name and social handle included on signage, Promotion across the mall’s social media and digital channels, Potential media and community spotlight What you provide: A bold, family-friendly mural concept, A submitted sketch or mockup of your idea, All paint, supplies, and tools needed to complete the piece, On-site painting during your assigned timeframe. Please note: Artists are responsible for providing their own materials. The first mural installation begins in MAY. Contact Alyssa Nichol with any questions. | Deadline: Ongoing | Submission form.
Powell Lane Arts | OPEN CALL: Disrupted Realism | From Powell Lane Arts: “So… is Abstraction untidy? Is Realism uptight? No. Like much of art, we all know each exists in conversation with other schools of thought: one defined by a time-tested order, the other often associated with intuition. Both can be methodical and vibrant and full of nuance. Like Peanut Butter and Jelly, these two very different ideas come together to make one heck of a sandwich. And that’s what this show is about. No, not sandwiches: two ideas coming together to make something wonderfully dynamic. For this show, we are seeking work that defies being strictly labeled as abstract or realism, but comfortably exists in both. It’s the perfect theme for the season that brought us such contradictions as the Pumpkin Spice Latte and even Sweet Potatoes. So! Let’s see your most realistic abstracts and your most abstracted realism, but mostly, let’s see some pretty great art.” | Submission Fee: $20 per 3 pieces of Artwork. | Deadline: July 22, 2025 by 11:59pm | Submission information.
Asbury Park Arts Council | AP’N3: The Asbury Park Film Challenge | The AP’N3 Film Challenge is a creative competition where participants have three weeks to produce a three-minute film that includes a required theme, prop, location, and line of dialogue that are revealed on Day One of the challenge. Earlybird Deadline: April 30, 2025 | Regular Deadline: May 25, 2025 | More information and application.
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art | Cimarron National Works on Paper | 2025 marks the first year the exhibition will be hosted by the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. The Cimarron National Works on Paper is a testament to the history of printmaking at OSU, their current educational initiatives, the diverse holdings of works on paper in the OSU Museum of Art’s collection, and an expression of OSU's enduring commitment to works on paper and contemporary practice. $2,000 will be available for purchase awards. Purchased work will be added to Oklahoma State University Museum of Art permanent collection. Awards will be selected by the juror. Oklahoma State University Museum of Art will pay up to $150 of return shipping costs, the balance will be the responsibility of the artist. | Deadline: May 1, 2025 | Submission information.
Fusion Art | Leaves & Petals | Fusion Art announces the Leaves & Petals 2025 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D & 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. | Deadline: May 1, 2025 | Submission information.
. Fusion Art | Various Open Calls for Art | Fusion Art has a variety of open calls for art available. The earliest deadline is May 1, 2025.
Stevens Point Sculpture Park | 2025 Stevens Point Sculpture Park Juried Call | The Stevens Point Sculpture Park, located in central Wisconsin, is accepting submissions of sculpture work for their annual, three-year outdoor sculpture exhibition. A local jury will choose pieces for display from August 2025 through August 2028. | Deadline: May 23, 2025 | More information and application.
The Kennedy Dancers | The Amazing Summer Dance Experience Festival | Call for dance companies, organizations, and professional solo artists to apply to be featured at the outdoor Amazing Summer Dance Experience Festival series at J. Owen Grundy Pier in Jersey City. |
Deadline: June 1, 2025 | More information and application.
Poets & Writers | Get the Word Out Publicity Incubator | Get the Word Out is a publicity incubator for early career authors. Under the mentorship of an accomplished book publicist, writers will develop and execute publicity strategies to maximize the exposure of their first or second book, reach readers, and create a platform to propel their literary careers. | Applications for the 2026 Fiction Cohort will open June 1, 2025. | More information and application.
Craftforms 2025 | Call for Submissions | Call for submissions in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. | Deadline: September 10, 2025 | Submission information.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts & NJ Transit | PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY: The TRANSITional Art Project (TAP): Rahway Station | The TRANSITional Art Project (TAP), a partnership of NJ TRANSIT and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is a temporary public art program designed specifically for transportation hubs in New Jersey. The goals of TAP are to connect NJ TRANSIT customers with the surrounding community by bringing new and inspiring experiences to the spaces they pass through every day, as well as providing New Jersey artists both exhibition opportunities and a supportive environment in which to create public art. Please note: Only Central NJ artists are eligible. (Counties: Union, Somerset, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hunterdon). | Deadline: May 8, 2025 | More information and application.
Long Beach Island Foundation | Open Call: 40 Under 40 Juried Exhibition | The LBIF is pleased to announce an exhibition opportunity for emerging and early career artists. LBIF will showcase works of art created by artists 18 to 40 years of age. Mediums eligible for submission includes drawing, painting, hand-pulled prints, photography, mixed media, wall-hung 2D materials in the crafts (clay, glass, metal, fibers, wood), video, computer generated digital work displayed as prints. | Deadline: May 15, 2025 | More information and application.
Long Beach Island Foundation | Open Call: Plein Air Plus 2025: The Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition | The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the ninth "Plein Air Plus" Competition and Exhibition on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The juror will pick approximately 50 artists to participate in the Paint Out on Long Beach Island during July and August. The accepted artists will exhibit the paintings created in the LBI Paint Out in the Plein Air Plus Exhibition scheduled for September 13 through November 2, 2025 | Deadline: May 17, 2025 | More information and application.
Artworks Trenton | Trenton Artwalk EOI | The Trenton Transit Center, which serves Amtrak rail, New Jersey Transit bus and rail, South East Philadelphia Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail, and the River Line light rail line, is a major transit gateway to Trenton, the State Capital of New Jersey. The Transit Center is a short walk to downtown Trenton, including several residential neighborhoods, the downtown business district, parks, galleries and entertainment venues, state, county and city government offices. At present, pedestrians must navigate a network of vehicular on-ramps, barren traffic islands, and a dark and dirty highway underpass on their walk from the Transit Center to downtown Trenton. A coalition of non-profit, local and state government partners, led by Artworks Trenton Inc., Trenton’s non-profit visual art center, is seeking to create an “Artwalk” along this route, commissioning and installing public art, along with wayfinding, traffic calming, and landscaping elements, in order to transform the walk between the Transit Center and downtown Trenton into a visually appealing and safe experience, encouraging healthy behaviors such as walking and bicycling, and encouraging increased use of public transit by Trenton residents, commuters and visitors. | Deadline: June 6, 2025 | More information and application.
Aedra Fine Arts | International Call for Artists - Curatorial Review Catalogue Publication & Online Exhibits | No application, publication, participation, or selection fees. No fees. Up to six best in show artists will have their work published in the catalogue with detailed curatorial essays written by the curator. Artists participating in the online exhibit will have two works of art on display and a link to their artist website. Artists keep 100% sales of their work. | Deadline: Ongoing | Submission and information.
Higher Art Gallery | Open Calls for Two Exhibits | Higher Art Gallery has two current open calls for artists. From their website: “HART takes pride in choosing to focus heavily on Art made by Women, with 80% of our artists being women, and presenting exhibits each year which are by women.” For more information, visit their website.
Cerulean Arts Collective | Call for Art: 13th Annual Juried Exhibition | Cerulean Arts is seeking entries for its 13th Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Fred Danziger, Artist & Educator. | ELIGIBILITY: * Open to all U.S. residents, 18 years and older. * Art must be original and have been created within the past two (2) years. Accepted media include painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), works on paper (drawing, pastel, printmaking), photography, sculpture and mixed-media works (collage, fiber, etc.) * All art must be free-standing or ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed (no clip frames). If required, artist is responsible for providing pedestal to display sculpture. | Deadline: May 1, 2025 | More information and application.
Abington Art Center | Call for Art: 2025 Summer Juried Show: The Real | The Real is an exhibition that highlights artists’ technical abilities in rendering real life within art, from realism to hyperrealism. Artists have a unique ability to blur the boundary between the physical world and the creative plane through their artwork. The effect of such, known as “trompe l’oeil”, has been seen throughout art history, from ancient Greek painter Zeuxis’ grape still life that was so realistic it attracted hungry birds, to contemporary artist Ron Mueck’s figurative sculptures that make audiences look twice. Work that exudes this level of realism continues to serve as an impressive art form and calls for both artist and audience to look closely and partake in the thrill of this craft. The application fee is $30 for Non-members and waived for Abington Art Center Members. | Deadline: May 4, 2025 | More information and application.
ArtFluent | Open Call: Untamed | Let’s celebrate the untamed spirit of the animal kingdom. From the majestic to the minute every creature carries character, wisdom, and energy uniquely their own. We’re looking for artwork that captures the undeniable presence and beauty of the creatures we share our world with. Show us UNTAMED from your perspective. | Deadline: Friday, May 16, 2025 | Submission and information.
Funding
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | SAVE THE DATE: Individual Artist Fellowship | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. Grant support range: Past awards have ranged from $4,000 – $32,000. The Application Rules and Instructions will be available on June 2, 2025 for the following disciplines: Film/Video, Digital/Electronic, Interdisciplinary, Painting, Prose, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts | Application OPENS: June 2, 2025 | More information.
Masterwork Foundation | Masterwork Foundation's Community Arts Grants | The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation is pleased to offer a number of community grants to organizations or individuals striving for excellence in the arts. | Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025 | More information and application.
coLab Arts | Monthly Artist Grants | coLAB Arts' Monthly Artist Grant celebrates artists in New Jersey who use creative practice to support their local communities and create greater public good. Nominations are now being accepted for the month of April. | Application and information.
Homiens | The Homiens Art Prize | The Homiens Art Prize is an international art prize open to all artists and art forms. We celebrate our chosen artists across our media, exhibiting their art online where it is viewed by artists and collectors in the United States and throughout the world. Homiens sponsors a platform for artists to network and collaborate, reach a global audience of buyers and collectors, gain institutional validation, and locate international professional opportunities. | Deadline: April 30, 2025 | More information and application.
Composers Guild of New Jersey | Commissioning Opportunity for New Jersey Composers: 5 - 7 Minute Piece for the Trio Éxi Chéria | To apply, and ask questions, send an email to commissions@cgnj.org with “Éxi Chéria” as the subject. When applying, attach the following: A PDF of a bio that qualifies your eligibility, and PDF and MP3 files of two scores. | Deadline: May 10, 2025 | More information.
The Better Angels Society | Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film (Prize for Film) | Bestowed annually by the Librarian of Congress in partnership with The Better Angels Society, a cash prize of $200,000 is awarded to one winner, a secondary prize of $50,000 to one runner-up, and $25,000 to each of four finalists. Submissions for the 2025 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film are now open and close on May 1 at 11:59 pm PT. The ceremony will take place on October 28 at the Library of Congress. | Deadline: May 1, 2025, by 11:59PM | More information and application.
PEN America | The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative (USWAI) | USWAI is intended to assist fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, playwrights, translators, and journalists in addressing short-term financial emergencies. Applicants must be professional writers based in the US. | Deadline: May 2, 2025 | More information and application.
Poets.org | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | This $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes a ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members. | Deadline: May 15, 2025 | More information and application.
Innovate Grant | Innovate Artist Grants | Innovate Grant distributes two $1,800 grants each quarter, to one visual artist and one photographer. In addition, 12 honorable mentions (six in art and six in photo), will be featured on the website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Fee: $35. | Deadline: Rolling | More information and application.
Anolic Family Awards | Early Career Visual Arts | The Early Career Visual Arts award offers $1,000 towards the completion of a specific project in painting, drawing, sculpture, or mixed-media. Active early career Jewish visual artists between the ages of 25 and 35 may apply. | Deadline: June 1, 2025 | More information and application.
Anolic Family Awards | Jewish Book Arts | The sum of $1,500 will be awarded towards the creation of a unique or limited-edition work in the field of Jewish book arts. All active, professional artists, working in the field of book arts, who have exhibited within the last five years are eligible to apply. | Deadline: June 1, 2025 | More information and application.
Vilcek Foundation | 2026 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Fashion & Design and Fashion & Culture | The Vilcek Foundation will award six Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the amount of $50,000 in two categories: Fashion & Design and Fashion & Culture. In each category, three young immigrant fashion professionals who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in their field will individually receive an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000. | Deadline: June 9, 2025 | More information and application.
Composers Guild of New Jersey | Grants for Compositions | Grants to New Jersey composers for the creation of a new work of concert music and its performance in New Jersey. The size of the grant depends on the scope of the work. | Deadline: Ongoing | More information.
PEN America | PEN America U.S. Writers Aid Initiative | The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative is intended to assist fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, playwrights, translators, and journalists in addressing short-term financial emergencies. To be eligible, applicants must be professional writers based in the United States, and be able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping address a short-term emergency situation. The fund is limited, and not every application can be supported. Grant decisions are made on a quarterly basis by a volunteer committee of literary peers in consultation with PEN America staff. | Deadline: May 2, 2025 | More information and application.
Ploughshares at Emerson College | Emerging Writer’s Contest | Since 1971, Ploughshares has been committed to promoting the work of up-and-coming writers. Over the years, Ploughshares has helped launch the careers of great writers like Edward P. Jones, Sue Miller, Mona Simpson, Tim O’Brien, and many more. In the spirit of the journal’s founding mission, the Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. | Deadline: May 15, 2025 | More information and application.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses, and amounts range up to $50,000. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. | Deadline: Rolling | More information and application.
The Hopper Prize | Grants for Artists | The Hopper Prize is a grant-making institution and digital archiving platform offering a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis totaling $22,000.00 USD. The Hopper Prize provides unrestricted cash grants in the amount of $3,500 and $1,000 to artists around the globe. | Deadline: May 13, 2025 | More information and application.
ArtFluent | $1,000 Evolution Grant 2025 | Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. | Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025 at midnight MST | More information and application.
The Awesome Foundation | Awesome Grants | The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight. | Deadline: Rolling | More information and application.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation | 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. This program has no deadlines. | More information and application.
Musicians Foundation | One-Time Financial Assistance Grants Available | One-time financial assistance grants are available to U.S.-based musicians who have actively worked as professional musicians in the last 5 years in the United States, have filed taxes in the last 5 years in the United States, and are currently experiencing an unexpected financial hardship such as a medical or dental situation, a natural disaster, or a housing crisis. | Rolling Deadline | More information and application.
CERF+ | Emergency Relief Grants | CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. | Deadline: Rolling basis. | More information and application.
The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation | The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation 2025 Grant for Sculpture | In this grant program, the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation’s goal is to encourage and support sculptors as well as writers on sculpture, both emerging and established. The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation encourages submissions from sculptors and writers of all backgrounds. It does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, socioeconomic status, education, or disability. | Deadline: May 31, 2025 by 11:59 EST | More information and application.
First Peoples Fund | Yéigo Action Grant | The Yéigo Action Grant provides support for the growing landscape of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a specific professional opportunity or towards a hardship that is hindering their creative practice.
This program offers grants between $100 and $1,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers. First Peoples Fund (FPF) finds it essential to support artists in their times of need, especially when their work is impacted by sudden hardship. This grant’s name incorporates the Diné word yéigo, often used as a phrase of encouragement that can mean “keep going” or “don’t give up.” | Deadline: 3:00pm MT on the 10th of every month | More information and application.
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant | Applications Now OPEN! | The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. We also support art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles. As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply. | Deadline: May 7 at 11:59pm ET | More information and application.
Franklin Furnace Fund | XENO Prize for Artist Books | March 1, 2025: open for submissions—the 2025 XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books. The recipient will receive $5,000 to publish an artist’s book on the topic of book banning and burning in an edition of at least 100 copies. The deadline to apply is July 4, 2025. An independent artist jury will select the winner, and the XENO awards will be announced in September 2025. Learn more about Franklin Furnace’s grant opportunities via our website https://shorturl.at/QM3Lb | Deadline: July 4, 2025 | More information and application.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts | Emergency Grants | Artists who make innovative, experimental work are eligible to apply. FCA considers all elements of an application in context to determine if an artist’s work aligns with our mission to support experimental practices. | Deadline: Ongoing | More information and application.
Training & Resources
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Teaching Artist Community of Practice | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts is hosting quarterly Teaching Artist Community of Practice meetings. These virtual sessions serve as a platform for teaching artists to share their experiences, discuss new opportunities, and connect with each other and the State Arts Council. These sessions provide an opportunity to network with other New Jersey teaching artists, share challenges and successes of working in our state, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. | Date & Time: June 4, 2025 @ 3:00 PM ET | More information and registration.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Public Meeting on Zoom | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will convene a regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The meeting agenda will be available on the Council's website one week prior to the meeting. Join by telephone (audio only): 646-558-8656 | Meeting ID: 856 7775 1688 | Passcode: 950927 | This event is free and open to the public. | Date & Time: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET | Register here.
Creative Capital | Creative Capital Curriculum | The Creative Capital Curriculum combines foundational tools and knowledge for artist professional development with contemporary critical frameworks in cultural discourse. It offers exercises from working artists, educators, and art industry specialists to enhance artists’ professional development. The Curriculum is FREE for individual, personal use. | Enroll here.
Pro Arts Jersey City | Virtual Portfolio Review: Meet the Curators | Pro Arts invites visual artists to gain valuable feedback on their portfolios with 30-minute, one-on-one Zoom review sessions from prominent gallerists and curators at its 14th annual portfolio review. | Pricing and information.
Sunlight Tax | FREE VISUAL GUIDE to Tax Deductions for Your Creative Freelance Work or Small Business | A colorful graphic guide that shows you how to deduct what you’re already spending on your creative work. Home studio? Mileage? Coaching? Never miss a deduction again. All the latest updates, like the latest mileage rate and home office rules. Get tips and resources made for self-employed creatives like you, sent every week. Pick the guide most tailored to you, and get it instantly in your inbox. | Visual Guide Here.
Sunlight Tax | Sunlight Podcast | Making money isn’t usually the top priority for big vision creators — making a difference is. But without financial power, the diverse and unique solutions that you bring to the world as a creative entrepreneur aren’t able to see the light of day. And you are left burned out and exhausted. This show is designed for the big vision creators — artists, designers, freelancers, and purple-haired, punk rock weirdos — to answer the question: “If you had your taxes, retirement, and investing on lock, how big of an impact could you make on the world with your creative work?” Your host, Hannah Cole, is both an artist and a tax expert, and the founder of Sunlight Tax. In each episode, she and her guests will explore the connection between financial power and creative success, uncovering the unique money mindset and financial management shifts that help creators like you have a bigger impact with your work. | Podcast.
Save the Arts | Contact Your Representatives | Use these pages to find contact information for your representative or for your senator. If you would like scripts for phone calls and additional information to contact your representatives, follow these links: Action Alert: Take Action to Protect Humanities Council| Save the NEH | Speak up for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | American Association for State and Local History: Defend the IMLS | American Library Association
Americans for the Arts: Arts Action Fund | Why the Arts Matter State Fact Sheets | Every year, the Arts Action Fund creates detailed data and narrative driven state factsheets that help tell the story of "Why the Arts Matter" in each state. These factsheets can be used as both an educational and advocacy tool, empowering arts advocates with a stronger case for the arts that they can bring to their political representatives at the state and local level. | Find your state fact sheet here.
Americans for the Arts | A Comprehensive Guide: Executive Orders & Their Impact on the Arts | Americans for the Arts remains committed to the fundamental principle that the arts and artists from all backgrounds enrich every community and should be accessible to all. As cultural leaders across the country have noted, excellence in the arts is enhanced when we embrace the full spectrum of American creativity and experience. Regardless of political changes, our mission remains steadfast: to support artists, arts organizations, and advocates in protecting and expanding access to the arts for all. | Download Guide Here.
Americans for the Arts: Arts Action Fund | Breaking News Updates on Arts & Culture | Stay up to date with breaking news updates at the federal level affecting the arts and culture scene. | Breaking News.
Springboard for the Arts | FREE WEBINAR: Work of Art: Grant Writing | Learn the essentials of grant writing along with resources for searching and structuring your grants. | Date & Time: May 6, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm CST | More information and registration.
Springboard for the Arts | FREE WEBINAR: Work of Art: Business Plan Essentials | Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions. | Date & Time: May 13, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm CST | More information and registration.
Springboard for the Arts | Professional Development Resources | Perhaps you’ve had some artistic success recently, and aren’t sure what to do next. Or, perhaps you haven’t had any successes recently, and have decided it’s time to do something about it. However you’ve reached the conclusion that it’s time to move your artistic practice to the next phase, Springboard for the Arts has a number of options for you. Workshops, individualized consultations, or both – there are plenty of options to help you get on your way. | Resources.
Springboard for the Arts | Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists Professional Development Curriculum | Springboard’s Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists is a professional development curriculum designed to teach business skills to artists in all disciplines — visual, performing and literary arts. Artists can take the whole series, customized combinations, or individual workshops that best suit their needs, and the curriculum is available for people interested in leading the workshops and offering professional development resources. | Work of Art Curriculum.
MidAtlantic Teaching Artists | Save the Date! Teaching Artist Talks: Arts & Health | Join the Mid-Atlantic Arts Education Managers for Teaching Artist Talks: Arts & Health, a free, professional learning webinar to learn about the Arts and Health sector, how arts education can lead to mental and physical health outcomes, and how teaching artists can prepare themselves to be engaged in a multitude of wellness-based environments. The 90-minute webinar will feature presentations from Claire de Boer and Aly Maier Lokuta. Q&A will follow the presentations. Auto-captioning will be available. | Date & Time: May 9, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET | More information and registration.
Springboard for the Arts | Creative Exchange: Toolkits for Change | Springboard for the Arts has a series of free toolkits and resources available for creatives in all fields. For more information, visit their website.
Dance New Jersey | Resource Directory | This online directory provides resources to serve the diverse needs of the dance community in New Jersey. | Directory
South Arts | FREE Professional Development Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations | South Arts has a variety of recorded webinars, workshops, and presentation slides covering a wide array of topics such as art pricing, taxes, wages, labor laws, accessibility, and more. Each virtual workshop is presented free-of-charge. | Find them here.
Yancey Consulting | Survey: Developing Equitable Artists’ Contracts | Yancey Consulting wants to hear from artists about which contract clauses have the most negative impact on current and future earnings, ownership rights, and protections. | Survey.
Networking & Opportunities
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | SAVE THE DATE: Individual Artist Fellowship | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. Grant support range: Past awards have ranged from $4,000 – $32,000. The Application Rules and Instructions will be available on June 2, 2025 for the following disciplines: Film/Video, Digital/Electronic, Interdisciplinary, Painting, Prose, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts | Application OPENS: June 2, 2025 | More information.
CollabARTive Community | LIVESTREAM: April 2025 Open Mic Open Sight | Open Mic Open Sight is a vibrant virtual gathering where creatives in the digital inclusion space share their artistry inspired by this month's theme, Rebirth & Renewal. From captivating poems and time-lapse paintings to thought-provoking short films and more, this platform celebrates art in all its forms. | Date & Time: April 30, 2025 at 6pm CST | More information.
Zimmerli Art Museum | Virtual Teacher Workshop - Little Books, Big Feelings: Picture Books and Social Emotional Learning | What stories do we tell to create safe and supportive learning spaces? This workshop, led by Courtney Waring, Director of Education at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, will explore how to use picture books to help young people identify and manage emotions, navigate relationships, and cope with difficult situations. Participants will consider how these books reflect their experiences inside and outside of the classroom and learn emotionally responsive practices for engaging children in shared reading experiences. This virtual teacher workshop is geared toward early childhood educators. Educators will receive 2 PD credit hours at the conclusion of this workshop. While the workshop is free, registration is required. | Date & Time: Thursday, May 08, 2025, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. | More information and registration.
Arts Ed NJ | Arts Ed NJ IS HIRING!: Part-Time Individual Giving Development Coordinator | Arts Ed NJ, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, seeks a dynamic and passionate Individual Giving Development Coordinator to cultivate and implement strategies to ensure the long-term sustainability of Arts Ed NJ and meet the goals of the organization’s new five-year strategic vision plan. | Salary: $40,000 (part-time, 20 hrs/week) | Deadline: May 5, 2025 | More information and application.
South Jersey Artist Collective | Call for Art Teachers | SJAC is looking for skilled artists/art teachers for the ART FOR EVERYONE program. The opportunity provides flexible scheduling, an opportunity to connect with communities in Gloucester and Cumberland counties, and $100/hour. Please send resume or email to sjerseyartistcollective@gmail.com
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | SAVE THE DATE- The Business of Being an Artist: Meet and Merge- Peer-to-Peer Artist Networking Event | "Meet and Merge" is the final installment of this season of The Business of Being an Artist Virtual Workshop Series. Registration opens May 2025. | Date: June 18, 2025 | More information
Camden Fireworks | Exhibition: Men, Masculinity, and Love- Artist Talk | Inspired by Bell Hooks’ seminal book, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, this exhibition explores the transformation of masculinity, the healing power of love, and the quest for emotional wholeness. | Artist Talk Date & Time: May 4, 2025 from 1pm - 3pm | More information.
Greenwich Craft Faire | Apply to Be An Exhibitor! | The Greenwich Craft Faire is open to artists and craftspeople working in all mediums who design and create their own work. Work that is not hand-made will not be accepted. Exhibiting artists must be present on both days of the Faire. The Craft Faire provides exhibitor space only. Exhibitors are required to furnish and install tents, boot walls, booth lighting, tables and display units. The 2024 Greenwich Craft Faire team will provide day-before setup assistance, overnight security, booth sitters, and hospitality throughout the show. Additional information will be provided with acceptance packet. | Application Deadline: May 1st, 2025 | More information and application.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University & Ducktown Community Development Corporation | Pohela Boishakh: Celebrate Bengali New Year! | Celebrate Bengali New Year with Ducktown!
Join us for Pohela Boishakh on April 30th from 5 PM - 9 PM at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. Enjoy a night filled with dance & musical performances, traditional Bengali food, festival masks, and fun games like Bashi Khela (Pillow Toss)! | Date & Time: Apr 30, 2025, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM | More information.
Piney Hollow Arts Studio | Free Art Workshops for Neurodivergent Adults | Adults who are neurodivergent are welcome to attend these free art workshops held once a month at Piney Hollow Arts Studio. | Workshop Dates: May 14, and June 10 2025 (all from 11am - 1pm) | RSVP and more information.
Mid Atlantic Arts | Mid Atlantic is Looking for Panelists! | Want to get involved with Mid Atlantic Arts? Fill out the panelist interest form! Panelists play a very important role in helping to determine which applicants or organizations receive funding in the next year for our programs. Panel processes vary slightly across programs, but are offered across a wide range of disciplines. Being a panelist is also a paid opportunity. | Form.
Center for Craft | Craft Archive Fellowship | Six fellowships of $5,000 will be awarded to support archival research on underrepresented and non-dominant craft histories in the United States. The 2025 Craft Archive Fellowship will foster archival research on underrepresented and non-dominant craft histories in the United States, such as feminist, intersectional, queer, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities and approaches that may not be specifically listed here. | Deadline: May 20, 2025 | More information and application.
