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Artist Open Calls
DC Gallery & Studio | Summer 2025 Open Call: Jersey Summer | For DC Gallery & Studio’s very first group exhibition, we are looking for emerging and established New Jersey artists’ unique interpretation of “Jersey Summer”. What does “Jersey Summer” mean to you? Is it a certain place or destination you frequent? Is it the smell of a certain food or recipe cooking? How about a certain sound you hear endlessly over the summer months? What is it that makes summertime in New Jersey special to you? This exhibition is open to all mediums & materials. 2D artwork cannot exceed 48 inches in any direction & 3D artwork cannot exceed 6 ft. or 50 lbs. This exhibition is open to visual artists living or working in New Jersey only. Artists may submit up to 2 pieces of artwork for consideration in this group exhibition. | Exhibition Dates: June 20 - July 31, 2025 | Opening Reception: Friday, June 20, 2025 from 6-8pm | Closing Reception: Friday, July 18, 2025 from 6-8pm | $25 for up to 2 pieces of artwork | Submissions Due by midnight (11:59 PM) on Sunday, June 1, 2025. | Detailed Submission Information.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PJAS Magazine | Magazine Cover Contest | PJAS is an interdisciplinary arts and literary journal at the University of Pennsylvania that celebrates the convergence of creativity and scholarship. Each issue showcases work from a diverse range of contributors, including visual artists, poets, writers, and thinkers from around the globe. We are now seeking submissions specifically for cover artwork—the selected piece will be featured on the cover of our Summer 2025 print and online editions. We welcome all styles and mediums of visual art that reflect the journal’s mission: fostering a space for bold, thoughtful, and boundary-crossing creativity. | Deadline: May 28, 2025 | Submission information.
Women in Watercolor | 6th Annual 2025 Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition | This will be an ONLINE ONLY competition for WOMEN watercolor artists to help encourage,
support, and promote the outstanding women that work in this medium. | Deadline: June 8, 2025 | Submission information.
Art Renewal Center | Accepting Entries to the 18th International ARC Salon Competition | When talking about competitions dedicated to 21st Century Realism, the International ARC Salon is the largest in the world. With over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition through the ARC website which receives over 2,000,000 visitors annually, the ARC Salon also offers career changing opportunities through partnerships with prestigious magazines, museums, galleries and more. Don't miss your chance to compete! Categories include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens. | Deadline: June 12, 2025 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time) | More information and application.
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. | Open Calls.
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.
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.
Funding
Join SJCA for a presentation about the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship featuring guest speakers, Jackie Domenus from Mid-Atlantic Arts & Steph Nerbak from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM. Registration is required to attend. See you there South Jersey!
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 May. | Application and information.
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.
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.
QUEER|ART | Illuminations Grant | This $10,000 grant, awarded to draw attention to an existing body of work, sheds light on the under-recognized contributions of Black trans women visual artists and provides critical support to their continuing work. Four distinguished finalists will also receive $1,250. | Deadline: July 2, 2025 | More information and application.
QUEER|ART | Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant | The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant is an annual grant awarded to lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. Work can be experimental animation, experimental documentary, experimental narrative, cross-genre, or solely experimental. | Deadline: July 2, 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.
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.
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.
Blackwing | ARTICLE: Tiny Rituals, Big Impact: Finding Calm in the Everyday with Analog Practices | We’ve all been there. The feeling of dread and burn-out is unfortunately all too common. What if the path to a calmer, more focused state wasn’t about grand gestures, but about the strength in the small things? In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we explore the power of tiny rituals. The small, intentional moments that we weave into our day that, while seemingly insignificant on their own, create a profound difference in our well-being. Rather than striving for the marathon, small steps over time can create healthy habits for a lifetime. | Article.
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.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Amanda Auble Portrait Painting Workshops | Learn to capture a live model in a single 4 hour session using traditional oil techniques. Perfect for artists of all levels. | Date & Time: May 3, 2025 from 11am - 3pm | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information and registration.
Hammonton Art Club | Life Drawing with Art Club | All skill levels and abilities are welcome to attend life drawing with the Hammonton Art Club. Offering an affordable and super fun evening of drawing from a live model! This is a great time for anyone whether you are a beginner or a seasoned artist. Our live models will strike poses of increasing length for approximately one hour. | Date & Time: May 22, 2025 from 7:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m. | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Life Drawing with Val Feo | Join artist Val Feo for Life Drawing sessions on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. All are welcome to join: beginners to experienced artists, working in any style or medium. Sessions will work from a nude model with poses ranging from 1-minute to 10-30 minutes. Please bring your own drawing materials. The Noyes will have drawing boards and easels available. This is not an instructed class. Register on Eventbrite, pay $20 cash or Venmo at the start of each class. | Date & Time: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information and registration.
Creative Capital | Creative Capital Artist Lab | Creative Capital Artist Lab is an online professional development curriculum designed to help artists working at any career stage, and in any discipline, build thriving practices. Courses and videos are available in English and Spanish, with ASL interpretation. | Enroll here.
Artwork Archive | Guides and E-Books for the Art Community | Artwork Archive has a variety of wonderful guides available for free as pdf downloads. Print them all and put them in a binder as your art resource guidebook! | Guides available here.
Springboard for the Arts | FREE WEBINAR: Work of Art: Legal Considerations | Obtain general information about your intellectual property, contract basics and structuring your artistic business. | Date & Time: May 27, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm CST | More information and registration.
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 | 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.
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
DC Gallery and Studio | May Artist Meet Up | This May, DC Gallery & Studio is hosting a South Jersey Artist Meet Up on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 starting at 7pm. During this free event, meet & network with other creatives, discuss resources & learn about new & local artist opportunities. We’re excited to partner with the South Jersey Cultural Alliance for this Artist Meet Up. | Date & Time: May 20, 2025 at 7PM | Location: DC Gallery & Studio, Millville, NJ | RSVP.
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.
Peters Valley School of Craft | Residency Opportunities | Located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Peters Valley offers fully funded guest artist residencies. A limited number of artists will be selected to spend two weeks or one month each in fully equipped studios immersing themselves in time dedicated to their craft. Fee: $10. | Deadline to Apply: July 2, 2025 | Location: Layton, NJ | More information and application.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Pillars of Fire: Legends of New Jersey SHEroes with Michelle Washington Wilson | “Pillars of Fire: Legends of New Jersey SHEroes,” is a 55-minute to one-hour storytelling presentation by Michelle Washington Wilson, one of New Jersey’s favorite storytellers. A pillar of fire is a symbol of those who light the way for our journey, and this event will celebrate women throughout New Jersey’s history who have done just that. From Revolutionary War hero Molly Pitcher to female migrant workers, authors like Nikki Giovanni, and aviation pioneer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Michelle will bring to life the stories of these courageous women who made a lasting impact on our state and beyond.
Following the presentation, we plan to host an interactive session where attendees can write legacy letters dedicated to the women who have inspired them personally. This event is suitable for audiences from middle school through adult and aims to educate, inspire, and empower.
This program is organized by Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen's Museum. | Date & Time: Wednesday, May 14 from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information and registration.
Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University | World Above Poetry Open Mic | Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University's open mic poetry program, World Above, is held every month at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. May's featured poet is Jin H. Cordaro. For those attending virtually, there will be a synchronous live stream of the reading so that people can tune in if they are not able or comfortable attending in-person events. Questions or concerns can be forwarded to worldabovereading@gmail.com. | Date & Time: Wednesday, May 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information.
Andrea A. Flores Mendoza | Book Launch: Andrea Albertina: De Jutiquile a Hammonton | Celebrate the book launch of written by local author Andrea A. Flores Mendoza on Thursday, May 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Hammonton Family Success Center. The cover of this book was painted by local artists German Acosta and Amanda Auble. The evening will feature a book talk from the author, followed by a launch and signing. All are welcome to attend, light refreshments will be served. This will be a bilingual event in English and Spanish. | Date & Time: Thursday, May 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. | Location: Hammonton Family Success Center, 310 Bellevue Avenue, Hammonton, NJ 08037 | More information and registration.
Hammonton Art Club | Life Drawing with Art Club | All skill levels and abilities are welcome to attend life drawing with the Hammonton Art Club. Offering an affordable and super fun evening of drawing from a live model! This is a great time for anyone whether you are a beginner or a seasoned artist. Our live models will strike poses of increasing length for approximately one hour. | Date & Time: May 22, 2025 from 7:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m. | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Life Drawing with Val Feo | Join artist Val Feo for Life Drawing sessions on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. All are welcome to join: beginners to experienced artists, working in any style or medium. Sessions will work from a nude model with poses ranging from 1-minute to 10-30 minutes. Please bring your own drawing materials. The Noyes will have drawing boards and easels available. This is not an instructed class. Register on Eventbrite, pay $20 cash or Venmo at the start of each class. | Date & Time: Wednesday, May 28 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Natural Dyes Club: Rainbows | This month we will be experimenting overdying techniques to create rainbows with three natural dyes!
Bring your own (natural fiber) fabric or clothing or use a provided bandana for this activity! Cotton, linen, hemp, silk, and other 100% natural fiber fabrics will work best with this technique.
About the series: Create colors with us! Join the Natural Dyes Club at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University! This club meets monthly on Thursday evenings to experiment with a different natural dye process each month. Noyes staff will provide information about each natural dye used, a tutorial for creating the dye bath, material list, and references to other artwork or fine craft featuring the dye used. One bandana will be available for each person.
Subsidized parking in the WAVE Garage is $4 cash. Free parking for Stockton University students, staff, and faculty. | Date & Time: Thursday, May 29 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | More information and registration.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Lavett Ballard: The People Who Could Fly | Lavett Ballard views her art as a re-imagined visual narrative of people of African descent. Her use of imagery reflects social issues affecting primarily Black women’s stories within a historical context. For her show at Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, Lavett is creating new works that will represent and amplify African folklore and tribal stories told from a Black woman’s perspective. | Exhibition Dates: March 31 - May 24, 2025 | Location: Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ | More information.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | ARTIST AS ACTIVIST: New Jersey State Council on the Arts 2025 New Jersey Arts Annual Exhibition | The theme for the Arts Annual 2025 will be Artist as Activist and we will request work that reflects artistic thoughts and responses to that concept. Artist as Activist is an artist who harnesses the power of creativity to inspire social and political action. Unlike traditional activism that primarily uses direct action or advocacy, artists engage in activism through various forms. In this case visual art. They use their work to challenge norms, raise awareness about issues, and inspire audiences to think critically about the world around them. Call for entry now closed. | Reception Date & Time: Saturday June 7th, 4 - 7 pm | Location: 301 High Street Gallery, Glassboro, NJ | More information and RSVP.
Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County | Save the Date: “Experience of a Lifetime”- Juneteenth Celebration | Experience our 3.5 Mile Freedom Trail Walk through the Rancocas State Park to Timbuctoo (11am, 1pm, and 3pm). Once you reach Timbuctoo enjoy the celebratory events that include entertainment, dancing, storytellers, Taste of Freedom, vendors, food trucks, and a gospel concert! FREE EVENT | Date & Time: Saturday, June 14, 2025 (11am - 6pm) | Location: Starts at Rancocas State Park in Westampton, NJ | More information.
The Reel Thing Film Discussion Club | Robert Altman’s 3 Women | If you love movies and love talking about them, then you’re invited to join Cumberland County Library’s new film discussion club, The Reel Thing, for an afternoon film followed by a thought-provoking discussion. The club will meet one Saturday every month, and club members take turns picking the films we’ll watch and discuss at upcoming meetings. Our next meeting is on May 24 at 1 pm. The film being shown is a critically-acclaimed psychological drama directed by Robert Altman in which two roommates/physical therapists, one a vain woman (Shelley Duvall) and the other an awkward teenager (Sissy Spacek), share an increasingly bizarre relationship. This 1977 film is rated PG. Registration is required, participants must be age 18 or older. To register or for more information, please call 856-453-2210 x.26103 or email tomay@cclnj.org. | Date & Time: May 24, 2025 from 1pm - 4pm | More information.
Toms River Artist Community | Art Classes for Veterans and First Responders | This Art Class will teach various mediums and styles of art. It will be held every 3rd Thursday of the Month starting Jan 16 from 5-7 PM. Don’t miss this opportunity to relax, express yourself, and connect with fellow heroes! Can’t get a babysitter? Contact us at 732-377-0290. | Date & Time: May 15, 2025 from 5PM to 7PM (and every third Thursday of the month) | Location: TRAC, 40 Main Street, Toms River, NJ, 08753 | More information and registration.
Toms River Artist Community | 4th Annual Senior Art Exhibit | Join the TRAC for the 4th Annual Senior Art Exhibit highlighting the art of Ocean County Senior Residents! | Reception Date & Time: Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 4PM to 7PM | More information.
