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Artist Open Calls
Limner Gallery | OPEN CALL: Surreal Visions | The exhibition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Wall mounted works must not be taller than 72" no wider than 120".
Sculptural work must fit through a 36" wide entry door. | Deadline: June 30, 2025 | 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.
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts | OPEN CALLS FOR ART | The RRCA has some upcoming open calls for art: Cumberland County on Canvas, Recycled, and Mix It Up. For more information, visit the website.
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.
Main Line Art Center | OPEN CALL FOR ART: Little Luxuries 2025 | Celebrate the intricacies and beauty found in the details of minute works of art. In it’s second year, Little Luxuries serves as an accessible entry point to art collectors new and old, and provides an opportunity to discover fresh and exciting artists. This regional juried exhibition will feature the works of 100 artists working in a range of styles and materials will be selected by our guest juror, Fred Danzinger. | Deadline: August 8, 2025 | Submission information.
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.
The Hook Experiment Gallery | OPEN CALL FOR ART: A Scrutiny Mutiny | A Scrutiny Mutiny is a juried, global collective exhibition staging a visual revolt against systems of control, surveillance, and internalized judgment. Hosted by The Hook Experiment — a physical and symbolic space for artists, musicians, and creators to come together — this show invites artists from around the world to examine how we are seen, measured, and shaped by institutions, society, and ourselves. | Deadline: September 15, 2025 | Submission information.
Powell Lane Arts | OPEN CALL: As You Wish | A show that’s for the holidays (i.e. people buying gifts). These pieces can be any size, any medium, any style, any theme. There is but one rule: they all must be $450 or less. | Deadline: October 7, 2025 | Submission information.
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.
Woman Made Gallery | Drawing Resistance: The Artist’s Dilemma in Political Conflict | A Virtual Exhibition | Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is seeking entries for Drawing Resistance: The Artist’s Dilemma in Political Conflict, a virtual group exhibition open to women and non-binary artists. Virtual Platform The exhibition will be hosted online and accessible worldwide. WMG will actively promote the exhibiting artists and their work by creating a dynamic, immersive virtual gallery with space for artist statements and viewer engagement via social media. Accessibility and Inclusion Submissions in multiple languages are welcome. If you need assistance with formatting or translation, please contact us at general@womanmade.org. We are committed to making this exhibition inclusive, accessible, and reflective of a global artistic community. Artists may submit up to three works plus an artist statement related to the exhibition theme. ALL accepted works with statements will be viewable online. | Deadline: July 10, 2025 | Submission information.
Art Fluent | Open Call for Obscura Online Exhibit | Let’s talk shadows, secrets, and mystery. Bring us the moody. The dark. The silenced. The distorted. The vulnerable. The unsaid. Go full obscura on us. We’re ready to get lost in it. Show us OBSCURA from your perspective. | Deadline: Friday, August 8 at midnight MST | Submission information.
Art Fluent | Calls for Art | Online Gallery Art Fluent has a few calls for art open right now! Check them out here.
Funding
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Applications for Individual Artist Fellowship Grants Now Open! | The 2026 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship rules and instructions and application are now available! State Fellowships – ranging, in the past, from $3,000 to $31,000 - are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. The categories for this grant cycle are: Film/Video, Digital/Electronic, Interdisciplinary, Painting, Prose, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts. | Deadline: July 16, 2025 by 5 PM EST. | More information and application.
South Jersey Cultural Alliance | Individual Artist Fellowship Technical Session | Join SJCA for a presentation about the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship featuring our guest speakers, Jackie Domenus from Mid-Atlantic Arts and Steph Nerbak from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM. Tune in to learn more about the application process and requirements! Registration is required to attend! | Date & Time: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM | More information and registration.
National Endowment for the Humanities | National Garden of American Heroes: Statues Program | The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for the National Garden of American Heroes: Statues program. This program supports the design and creation of statues of historical figures from America’s past who have contributed to our cultural, scientific, economic, and political heritage. The National Garden of American Heroes is set to open in July 2026 in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. | Deadline: July 1, 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 June. | Application and information.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 and Resources
South Jersey Cultural Alliance | Individual Artist Fellowship Technical Session | Join SJCA for a presentation about the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship featuring our guest speakers, Jackie Domenus from Mid-Atlantic Arts and Steph Nerbak from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM. Tune in to learn more about the application process and requirements! Registration is required to attend! | Date & Time: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM | More information and registration.
LBIF Arts & Sciences | Developing Large Shapes in Composition: Sketch Along with Joe Gyurcsak | Large shape development is the most essential component in creating a strong composition. It is the foundational starting point in painting. Join Joe Gyurcsak as he teaches ways to see and construct large pattern masses to create intriguing compositions. He will take random points of view and explore, edit and create several candid studies. This will be a fast paced and fun exercise in developing your visual acuity. Bring a sketchbook to follow along! | FEE $50 | Date & Time: June 30, 2025 from 10 AM to 12 PM | Location: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences, 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies, NJ, 08008 | More information and class registration.
LBIF Arts & Sciences | Master Class: Two-Day Portrait Workshop with Edgar Jerins | Join us for a portrait workshop, taught by award winning portrait artist Edgar Jerins. This two-day workshop will focus on capturing a likeness by understanding the proper placement of the features, likeness and shading. Day One (9:30am - 12:30pm) will include an artist demonstration on the proportions of the face, along with light, shadow, and life drawing skills. Day Two (9:30am - 12:30pm) will focus on artists refining their drawings, rendering hair, and adding color if they choose. Material of choice is welcome; drawing is preferred. All skill levels welcome, from beginner to advanced. Bring your own art supplies. | Dates & Times: Monday, July 14, 20259:30 AM - Tuesday, July 15, 2025 12:30 PM | Location: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences, 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies, NJ, 08008 | More information and class registration.
CaFÉ | Call for Entry | Used by more than 175,000 artists and over 800 arts organizations, CaFÉ is the leading application management system for art calls. CaFÉ strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply. Artist registration is FREE! | 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.
Networking and Opportunities
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY: EWR Newark Liberty Airport Digital Art Exhibition 2026 | 250 Years of New Jersey Call for Artists: The 250 Years of New Jersey digital exhibition is part of a large-scale public art project at the airport’s Terminal A, focused on creating a transformative customer experience offering a distinctive New Jersey sense of place. The overall goal of the project is to highlight the broad spectrum of talent, opportunity, and cultures that make the Garden State so vibrant. The next installment of this annual exhibition, featuring artwork displayed in the digital welcome banner spanning the departures area of Terminal A will be unveiled in early 2026. Artists’ names and artwork information will be included with the display and on a supporting website. | Deadline: July 29, 2025 | Submission information.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | July 2025 Annual Public Meeting | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will convene its 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, July 22nd at 10 AM. The agenda will be available at the meeting, as well as a large print option. The Council will host a reception immediately following the meeting, with light refreshments served. More details will be shared in the coming weeks. This event is free and open to the public. Discounted parking ($5) is available at Lafayette Garage, 1 West Lafayette Street. Council staff will be handing out coupons at the meeting. In the event that Lafayette Garage is full, the coupons will be honored at the 16 East Front Street Garage. | Date & Time: Tuesday, July 22nd at 10 AM | Location: Trenton War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ | More information.
LBI Artist Studio Tour | Coming in August: The LBI Artist Studio Tour | This is a free self guided tour of local artist studios and galleries on Long Beach Island, NJ. Artists on the tour demonstrate their process and their work on display is for sale. It’s a great way to spend your weekend on August 9 and 10 in Long Beach Island. For information, visit the LBI Studio Artist Tour Website.
The Kyoto Retreat | Apply to The Kyoto Retreat | The Kyoto retreat offers artists, curators, and writers an opportunity to spend TIME in Japan for research and exploration. Application fee: $95. If you are selected for The Kyoto Retreat, you will receive a roundtrip flight to Kansai International Airport (KIX), located in Osaka Bay. You will have a private bedroom in a shared, private house for 4 weeks (October 16 - November 13, 2025). You will also receive $800 USD to supplement your meals and local transportation. | Deadline: July 15, 2025 | More information and application.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University & Atlantic City Free Public Library | “The Train” Film Screening | Join the Atlantic City Free Public Library’s Film Society on Saturday, June 28 at 1:00 p.m. for a FREE film screening and discussion of the 1964 World War II action/classic The Train. It runs for 2 hours and 13 minutes. About the ACFPL Film Society: If you have a passion for discussing and learning about films, we invite you to join the Atlantic City Free Public Library Film Society. Membership is free and open to Library cardholders in good standing, who are 18 years of age and older. Monthly screenings and discussions will be held on Saturday afternoons, and monthly classes on filmmaking and film history will be held on the previous Thursday evening. Meetings are conducted by Theresa Hawkins, Film Society Curator
https://www.acfpl.org/events-menu/film-society.html | Date & Time: June 28, 2025 from 1 PM to 3:30 PM | Location: 2200 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | Natural Dyes Club: Plucked From the Garden! | This June, the Natural Dyes Club will be experimenting with natural colors created from dye plants grown in the Ducktown Community Garden. One mordanted bandana will be available for each person. About the series: Create colors with us! Join the Natural Dyes Club at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University! This club will meet 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. | Date & Time: June 26, 2025 from 6 PM to 8 PM | Location: 2200 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ, 08401 | More information and registration.
Powell Lane Arts | Coffee for Creatives | Creativity is amazing … but takes energizing. Help renew and fuel it with Coffee for Creatives. Meet with other artists for some coffee and discussion that may fuel new ideas! | Date & Time: July 6, 2025 at 12 PM | RSVP here.
DC Gallery & Studio | July Artist Meetup | This July, DC Gallery & Studio is hosting a South Jersey Artist Meet Up on Thursday, July 10, 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. | Location: DC Gallery & Studio, Millville, NJ | More information and RSVP.
DC Gallery & Studio | ‘The Art of Being You’ Workshop | Unleash your inner artist at The Art of Being You Workshop at DC Gallery & Studio! Join emerging South Jersey visual artist Maryn Olson for an inspiring afternoon dedicated to creativity, self-expression, and embracing your unique individuality. You'll kick things off by warming up your intuitive life drawing skills with guided timed exercises. Then, dive into oil pastel techniques, learning to layer and add texture as you create a vibrant, one-of-a-kind self-portrait to take home! Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop offers a supportive and welcoming space to explore your creativity. We provide all art materials; just bring a digital or printed self-portrait reference image. Connect with fellow creatives, discover the beauty of being yourself, and leave feeling inspired! | Date & Time: July 13, 2025 from 12 PM to 2 PM | Location: DC Gallery & Studio, Millville, NJ | More information and registration.
LBIF Arts & Science | Glass Mosaic with Cheryl Syminink | In this workshop, come learn how to Mosaic with glass with instructor Cheryl Syminink! Made on a 6x8” piece of wood, you will learn the art of mosaic, how to use glass tools, cut glass and grout your piece in that same class. Cheryl Syminink has been working with glass for 20 years and finds most of her inspiration from nature. Please Note: You must come with a design idea to class, because no two mosaics are ever alike! | Date & Time: Thursday, June 26, 2025 from 11:00 AM 3:00 PM | Location: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences, 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies, NJ, 08008 | More information and registration.
Ocean County Artists Guild | Art Chat 2025 (Free Event) Fourth Friday | Open to Artists of all mediums. Let’s get together to share and talk about our art! Get connected to your local art community! Get feedback from your fellow artists and make new art friends! Let’s talk about what inspires us, the trials and tribulations of being creatives, and other topics related to art making, art business, and art marketing too! Bring your work – a completed piece or a work in progress. Live in person with option to join the group remotely). Contact the moderator, Kim Cesaretti if you are interested in attending or have questions. Mark your Calendars for these 2025 Monthly dates: 1/24, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25, 5/23, 6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24, 11/28 | Date & Time: June 27, 2025 from 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Location: 22 Chestnut Avenue, Island Heights, NJ 08732 | More information.
Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum | Recycled Vintage China Tower with Terri McCabe Frezza | Spend an afternoon with artisan Terri McCabe Frezza, transforming vintage china into unique, functional art pieces. Choose from her curated collection of china, enjoy refreshments, and hear heartfelt stories behind cherished family heirlooms. Make your own charcuterie teacup craft available at no extra charge. You’ll leave with your own creation and a treasured family recipe to add a personal touch to your home. Class Fee: $51 (Non-Members) / $47 (Seaport Members). Don’t miss this opportunity to create a beautiful keepsake—reserve your spot today! | Date & Time: June 28, 2025 from 12 PM to 2 PM | Location: Hunting Shanty at Tuckerton Seaport | More information and workshop registration.
Pine Shores Art Association | Art Chat at the Tuckerton Library | Meet and talk with local artists. Bring your own work for feedback. Art Chat provides a positive, cooperative atmosphere for sharing the love of art and creativity with like-minded people, to share their passion, impart their knowledge, provide encouragement, and develop friendships. Members specialize in watercolor, acrylics, oils, gouache, photography, mixed media, and more. | Date & Time: July 1, 2025 at 1 PM | Location: Tuckerton Library | More information.
LBIF Arts & Sciences | Drawing and Mindfulness with Diane Grimes | Join Diane Grimes, professor of art, as she instructs a unique drawing course that incorporates using mindfulness while exploring a variety of drawing materials and drawing techniques. This course is open to all, as all can draw! Beginners to Advanced are welcome! $10 materials fee payable day-of to instructor. | Date & Time: July 9, 2025 from 11 AM to 1 PM | Location: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences, 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies, NJ, 08008 | More information and class registration.
Toms River Artist Community (TRAC) | Sketchbookers Club | Bring a sketchbook, your favorite drawing tools and come sketch with us! Join a group of artists who come together to discuss art topics and continue to learn from each other. This time could be used to practice new techniques or work on thumbnail sketches to help improve your compositions. Free to Members. $10.00 to non-members to pay at door. | Date & Time: July 10, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Location: TRAC, 40 Main St., Toms River, NJ 08753 | More information and registration.
