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Artist Open Calls
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.
American Color Print Society | ANNUAL FALL EXHIBITION 2025 | For 85 years, the American Color Print Society has been dedicated to the advancement of printmaking as a fine art medium. This mission encourages us to create exhibition opportunities for productive and emerging print artists. Every two years we open our Annual Fall Exhibition to non-members, who may submit work to be juried for entry into the show. All accepted artists are eligible for awards. | Deadline: September 12, 2025 | Submission information.
East End Arts | Entangled: Juried Fiber Art Exhibition | Entangled is the first ever exhibition of contemporary fiber arts to be held at East End Arts Council gallery in Riverhead, Long Island, with an open call to artists nationwide. Artists whose practice creatively engages traditional or unconventional approaches are encouraged to submit proposals for a juried selection. Works may be free-standing, suspended, or wall supported for exhibition in our Arts District storefront gallery space, featuring ceilings just shy of 10’. Entangled hopes for a multi-idiom, boundary-pushing fiber art exhibition of abstract, figurative, and conceptual works that cross into a multitude of references. This show will pull visitors into a fierce tangle of connections that unravel the imagination! | Deadline: August 17, 2025 | Submission information.
Wayne Art Center | Art Quilt Elements 2026 | Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for Art Quilt Elements 2026, an international juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 23 through April 25, 2026. For more information about AQE 2026 visit: www.artquiltelements.org. | Deadline: October 16, 2025 | Submission information.
The New Jersey Play Lab | Garden State New Play Festival Accepting Submissions for 2026 | The Garden State New Play Festival (GSNPF), a partnership between Jersey City Theatre Center and The New Jersey Play Lab, is an innovative new play development festival celebrating the unique way in which art can impact, unite, and inspire. The mission of the Festival is to marry community engagement around issues relating to social justice with a rigorous dramaturgical process, resulting in the presentation of a slate of new plays by a diverse group of writers that have the clarity of intention necessary to spark rich conversation and an open exchange of ideas and perspectives. This Festival is open to playwrights of all career levels residing in the state of New Jersey or the Metropolitan Areas of New York City or Philadelphia. | Deadline: August 15, 2025 | More information and application.
Ocean City Fine Arts League | Shows for 2025 | Each month, the Ocean City Fine Arts League Gallery offers: Group Show Reception Second Friday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Shows for 2025 (General Prospectus for All Shows-Includes Special Instructions for Le Petite Show-Please note that all work entered into the shows must be new and not seen in the gallery previously either in a show or on the artist's wall. Receptions for each show-Second Friday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Location: 711 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey 08226 | More information.
New Jersey Photography Forum | CALL FOR ENTRIES: New Jersey Photography Forum 31st International Juried Photography Exhibit | International and US-based photographers are invited to submit photographs to be considered for exhibition in the 31st annual Juried Photography Exhibit produced by the New Jersey Photography Forum at the Watchung Arts Center in Watchung, NJ. The exhibit will run from November 1 through November 29, 2025 with the meet-the-artist reception on Sunday, November 2, from 1-4 pm that is free and open to the public. These images will also be on view in a virtual exhibit featured on the NJ Photography Forum’s website www.njphotoforum.com from November 3, 2025 through January 15, 2026. The prospectus for the exhibit and place to submit work is available at www.njpfsubmissions.com. | Deadline: August 4, 2025 | Submission information.
Titan Contemporary | International Call for Artists - Curatorial Review Catalogue Publication |
Artists who are selected for publication are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue, written by the curator. Catalogue articles are released in editions and sent to thousands of organic subscribers through a press release / email blast. | Deadline: Ongoing | Submission information.
Charles Adams Gallery | Priority: International Juried Exhibition | Charles Adams Gallery invites artists worldwide to submit flat, unframed, two-dimensional artwork for Priority: International Juried Exhibition, juried by Leslie Moody Castro. This open-themed exhibition embraces the full range of 2D practices—across media, scale, and intent—while emphasizing immediacy, material presence, and global exchange. In a time of increased nationalism, political division, and narrowing borders, Priority affirms the importance of maintaining international artistic partnerships. Whether artworks travel thousands of miles or come from just down the street, each submission represents an act of connection and dialogue. By welcoming works through the mail, this exhibition honors the democratic nature of sending and receiving art: individual pieces converging into a broader global conversation. Packaging elements and postal ephemera may be preserved and integrated into the installation as part of the visual and conceptual narrative. | Deadline: August 15, 2025 | Submission information.
Box Spring Gallery | Call for Art: Architecture in Abstraction | This Call for Art is for photography submissions. Digital, analog and experimental processes are acceptable, with minimal digital manipulation and enhancement. | Deadline: August 23, 2025 | Submission information.
The Chesapeake Gallery | 2026-2027 Exhibition Proposals | Thank you for considering the Chesapeake Gallery at Harford Community College in your search for exhibition spaces. The Chesapeake Gallery at Harford Community College, located in Bel Air, MD, is excited to invite artists, artist groups, and curators to apply for our 2026-2027 exhibition season. Our brand new gallery space, opening this Fall semester, offers an exciting opportunity to show your work in a spacious and contemporary environment. Artists and/or curators are responsible for the transportation and shipping of all artworks to and from the Chesapeake Gallery. Artists and/or curators must be willing to travel at their own expense to participate in on-campus activities such as workshops and lectures. Honoria is available for participants in on-campus activities. There is no application fee or commission on sold work. | Deadline: August 1, 2025 | Submission information.
Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences | Permanently Install Your Artwork in an Ivy League Institution! (EXTENDED DEADLINE) | This exhibition will feature a diverse array of artwork, carefully selected to reflect the journal’s commitment to celebrating creativity and intellectual exploration. Selected artists will have the opportunity to not only exhibit their work but also compete for a chance to have their pieces permanently installed in West Philadelphia. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | Submission information.
Decagon Gallery | Patterns In the Wild – Online Photography Exhibition | Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit to our upcoming online exhibition, Patterns In the Wild—a visual exploration of the rhythm and repetition that surrounds us in both natural and urban environments. Whether found in the fractals of a fern, the geometry of city grids, the textures of rust and decay, or the symmetry in animal markings—patterns speak a universal language. They reveal order in chaos, beauty in randomness, and design where we least expect it. We welcome work in all photographic styles and techniques, from traditional landscapes to abstract interpretations, macro to aerial, documentary to experimental. Show us how you see pattern in the wild. JUROR: Wendi Schneider | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | Submission information.
The Idaherma Museum of Art Foundation | United by Art - Seventh Annual Online Juried Exhibition | Welcome to the 7th Annual Online Juried Exhibition of the Idaherma Museum of Art Foundation, Inc. This year's theme is "United by Art." Fine Art embraces an aesthetic sensibility that illustrates an underlying truth whether or not the artwork is political or secular in nature or conversely, abstract or realistic by design. Please submit an entry in the visual arts to our online exhibition. The work, of any topic or style in nature should in some way embrace our theme, showing how "a result greater than its parts," was obtained through Art through the concept of coming together or unification. While we are not seeking strictly American themes, we feel that the American slogans, "United We Stand" or "E Pluribus Unum" are important.in American life at this time. How has your art helped to show the beauty in life in some way? Has your work helped to show the way disparate people have overcome their differences? Please visit us at https://www.idaherma.org for more details. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | Submission information.
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society | Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 46th Annual International Exhibition | For more details on this exhibition, visit the Call for Entry Page. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | Submission information.
Lore Degenstein Gallery | Lore Degenstein Gallery's 16th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition | Exhibition dates Saturday October 25–Sunday, December 7, 2025. This is a juried visual art competition and exhibition that is open to two-dimensional figurative artists (referencing the human figure), who are over the age of 18, working in painting, drawing, printmaking, or fiber.
This year's juror TBD. Juror will give remarks and award prizes at the opening reception on Saturday, October 25. | Deadline: August 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM MT | 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 its 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.
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
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 July. | Application and information.
AXS Film Fund | AXS Grant | This program is for creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. We seek to bring visibility to creators who are oftentimes overlooked. While we prefer that a person of color living with a disability is a key contributor to the project, we welcome diverse teams to apply. Each year we award up to five creators with grants of up to $10,000 each to assist them in finishing their projects in any stage of production. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | More information and application.
Leeway Foundation | Art & Change Grant | The Leeway Foundation’s Art & Change Grant (ACG) provides project grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia, including Camden County. Apply in English or Spanish. | Deadline: August 1, 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.
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.
Homiens | Homiens Art Prize | The Homiens Art Prize is one of the highest paying art prizes maintained by an independent art gallery, awarding artists over $12,000 USD annually. The announcement of the prize is an internationally celebrated event that elevates art careers to new heights. Ownership of all artworks entered remains with the artist. All entrants are free to exhibit and display their artworks elsewhere. Our prize is open to all artists and art forms internationally. We celebrate our chosen artists across our media, exhibiting their art online where it is viewed by artists and collectors 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 opportunities in the professional artistic industries. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 by 11:59 PM | 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.
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
Wheaton Arts | 2026 Creative Glass Fellowship Application | Creative Glass Fellowships provide artists with an exceptional opportunity for artistic exploration in a supportive, respectful, and welcoming environment. During their Fellowships, artists have the use of excellent facilities within a concentrated time. This is a remarkable opportunity for artists to utilize the internationally respected WheatonArts Glass Studio. Not only do artists get access to these facilities, but they also receive stipends, the use of private studios, hot glass, comfortable housing, and institutional support. In addition, they are embraced by a dedicated and warm staff, all on a beautiful 45+ acre campus that is truly a creative sanctuary. | Deadline: September 19, 2025 (11:59 p.m.) | More information and application.
LBIF Arts & Sciences | Two-Day Digital Emulsion Transfer and Mixed Media Workshop with Michelle Tomasso | This workshop will combine the digital emulsion transfer process with collage techniques to provide a greater variety of printable surfaces. Day 1 will review the basic technique of emulsion transfer, turning digital photographs into images with a lithographic quality using everyday items, like Purell hand sanitizer and silkscreen paper. Thereafter, we will experiment with combining papers and images to collage for the next day's process. On day 2, we will use the dried collages and experiment with image transfer directly onto those surfaces. All levels welcome. $25 materials fee payable day-of to instructor. | Dates & Times: Wednesday, July 30, 20259:15 AM and Thursday, July 31, 202512:30 PM | Location: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences, 120 Long Beach BoulevardLoveladies, NJ, 08008 | More information and registration.
Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University & Hammonton Canoe Club | Art Classes at the Hammonton Canoe Club | The Noyes Museum of Art and the Hammonton Canoe Club are partnering this fall of 2025 for a series of FREE art workshops for all audiences. All supplies are included. All workshops are held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hammonton Canoe Club, 100 Sports Drive, Hammonton, NJ 08037 | Dates: September 23: Natural Dyes workshop, October 21: Plein Air painting, November 18: Mixed-media collage, December 16: Holiday craft activity | More information and registration.
UCEDC & TD Bank | FREE LIVE WEBINAR: How to Conduct Market Analysis | This workshop will show you how to conduct market analysis to assess the potential target market, competition, and the need for a product or service, as well as providing a realistic and honest assessment of the viability of your business. | Date & Time: July 24, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | More information and registration.
UCEDC & Google | FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Make Better Business Decisions with Analytics | Learn best practices and analyze trends about how customers engage with your business online, then turn these insights into well-informed, actionable decisions. | Date & Time: August 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | More information and registration.
UCEDC | FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance Information Session | Interested in growing your business with the support of experienced professionals and a like-minded community? Join us for a free info session on UCEDC’s Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance (ESC) Program. You’ll learn how this hands-on, 10-week program helps early-stage entrepreneurs build strong business foundations through group workshops, one-on-one coaching, and weekly goal setting. Whether you’re still in the early planning phase or looking to get more structure around your existing business, this session will walk you through what to expect and how to apply. | Date & Time: August 8, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | More information and registration.
UCEDC & NJEDA | FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Grow your Small Business with NJEDA Grants and Loans | The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has several products designed to support small businesses in NJ. Michelle Osorio from the Small Business Services Team at NJEDA will share information about these valuable resources: • Small Business Improvement Grant (reimbursement grant), • Small Business Lease Grant, • Small Business E-Commerce Support Program, • Main Street Acquisition Support Grant Program, • NJ Capital Access Fund – working capital loans for small businesses, • Q & A. | Date & Time: August 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am | More information and registration.
UCEDC | Video Resources | UCEDC has free videos available on topics such as choosing your business structure, credit reporting, pricing your products, and more. Check out their website for more information.
UCEDC & Holly City Development Corporation | FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Grow Your Business with Google Tools | Learn how to promote your products online using Google tools. We’ll show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We’ll also cover Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google. | Date & Time: August 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | More information and registration.
UCEDC & Holly City Development Corporation | IN-PERSON WORKSHOP: Entrepreneurship Essentials | Starting a small business is a rewarding but risky proposition. Before you hang the “Open for Business” sign or get too deep in your new venture, you should take an honest look at your preparedness to succeed. This free workshop will guide you through the assessment process and introduce you to the tools you’ll need to start and grow your business. | Date & Time: August 25, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Location: 14 E Mulberry St, Millville, NJ 08332 | More information and registration.
The Entertainment Community Fund | Social Service Groups and Workshops | The Entertainment Community Fund understands that a life in the arts has its own unique set of challenges. Their free, online groups and workshops - facilitated by social workers - offer a safe and confidential setting where performing arts and entertainment professionals can share and learn, as well as provide and receive support. | More information.
Ocean County Artists Guild | Saturday Morning Figure Drawing | OCAG Saturday Morning Short Pose. Undraped Figure Drawing Session. $20 for members. $25 for non members. Adults 18 and up are welcome. | Date & Time: August 2, 2025 from 10 AM to 12 PM | Location: Ocean County Artists Guild, 22 Chestnut Ave, Island Heights, NJ 08732 | Tickets and more information.
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.
NJ Treasury | The New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Grants Management Office is here to help you! | The goal of the Grants Management Office is to make grant opportunities and resources easily accessible for municipalities, counties, nonprofit organizations, and other interested stakeholders. With a mission to increase the amount of federal grant dollars New Jersey receives, GMO works to help build the capacity of its partners to successfully apply for and manage grant programs. | More information.
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 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.
Global Media Society | La Fiesta Borinqueña | The Fiesta Borinqueña, the first countywide Puerto Rican festival in nearly 60 years in Cumberland County, will take place August 1st–3rd, 2025 at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds in Millville, NJ. | Dates & Times: August 1 - 3, 2025. Festivities start at NOON. | More information.
Greater Toms River Chamber of Commerce | Lunch + Learn + Link with GTRCC | Join the GTRCC and guest speakers Wendy Price & Dan Latini for a discussion about smart marketing for growing your business. | Date & Time: August 12, 2025 (11:45 AM - 1:30 PM) (EDT) | Location: B2 Bistro + Bar, 1250 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753 | More information and registration.
Salem County Chamber of Commerce | August Small Business Resource Fair | Join the SCCC and learn about additional grant, funding, and Small Business incentives & loan information. Vendor tables and presentations from: NJEDA, NJ Business Action Center, Small Business Grant Overview. RSVP as a Vendor or Attendee, call the office at 856-351-2245 or email Jennifer@SalemCountyChamber.com | Date & Time: August 19, 2025 from 8 AM to 10 AM | Location: Salem Community College’s Davidow Hall, 460 Hollywood Ave, Carneys Point, NJ 08069 | RSVP and more information.
ArtsPay NJ | ArtsPay NJ 2025 Individual Arts Worker Webinar | Join us for an informational webinar on the ArtsPay NJ 2025 Individual Arts Worker Survey, designed for New Jersey-based artists, arts administrators, and creative freelancers. Our data analysis consultants from Baker Richards will join the session to walk you through the survey, explain who should participate, why your voice matters, and how your responses will help build pay transparency and drive positive change. | Date & Time: July 29, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM | More information and registration.
Wheaton Arts | Glass Studio Rentals | Wheaton Arts offers the opportunity to rent their state of the art glass studios for your projects. Rentals must be booked in advance. | 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.
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: September 7, 2025 at 12 PM | RSVP here.
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: 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24, 11/28 | Date & Time: July 25, 2025 from 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Location: 22 Chestnut Avenue, Island Heights, NJ 08732 | More information.
Toms River Artist Community | Workshop: Art for the Non-Artist | Think you can’t draw? Never taken an art class? In this creative empowerment workshop you will be drawing with proficiency and confidence in no time. Join us for this fun, supportive workshop, you’ll learn to draw a feather with ease—breaking it down into simple shapes, lines, and textures. Led by art coach Jenny Santa Maria, you’ll discover that drawing isn’t a talent you’re born with, but a skill you can learn. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to overcome self-doubt and reconnect with creativity. All materials provided. 16 years and up. | Date & Time: August 5, 2025 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Location: TRAC Toms River Artist Community, 40 Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08753 | Pricing and information.
Perkins Center for the Arts | 2025 Collingswood Crafts and Fine Art Festival | The Collingswood Crafts and Fine Art Festival held annually on the third weekend in August will be the popular highlight of summer 2025! Haddon Avenue, the main shopping and dining street in Collingswood, will showcase contemporary crafts and fine art by 200 artists from the tri-state area selected by jury process. Ringing the booths are the town’s celebrated restaurants, coffee cafes, galleries, and popular shops. The Festival adds ambience with live, gentle music, cutting edge al fresco dining choices, and a raffle tent featuring donated works by Festival artists to benefit a respected charity. | Date & Time: August 16 and 17, 2025 from 10 AM to 5 PM | Location: Collingswood, NJ | More information.
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University | "NJ Monuments to Migration and Labor" Community Dialogue | The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University will be hosting a Community Dialogue called “The Labor of Tourism: Migrants, Work, and Leisure in Atlantic City” on Monday, August 25th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. This event is free, open to the public and funded through the NJ Monuments to Migration and Labor, a Mellon Foundation Monuments Project initiative. | Date & Time: August 25, 2025 from 5 PM to 8 PM | Location: 2200 Fairmount Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage & Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University | World Above Poetry: Open Mic featuring Leah “Lyric” Jackson | The Murphy Writing Center and the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University present the return to World Above: Poetry Open Mic to Stockton University’s Noyes Arts Garage (2200 Fairmount Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401).For those attending virtually, there will be a synchronous livestream of the reading so that people can tune-in if they are not able or comfortable attending in-person events. Join online via Zoom (https://stockton.zoom.us/j/95192100891?pwd=c0had1pIVkFjMVJwZ2VHYmwwaVdSUT09). Questions about this series can be forwarded to worldabovereading@gmail.com.Pl ease invite your friends to this event, join and share it on Facebook and social media! | Date & Time: September 17, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage, 2200 Fairmount AvenueAtlantic City, NJ, 08401 | More information and registration.
Noyes Arts Garage & African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey | Opening reception for AAHMSNJ's Finding Myself in the Abstract: work by Carla Cornick | The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey welcomes the public to attend the opening reception of local artist Carla Cornick's Finding Myself in the Abstract. Date & Time: July 26, 2025 from 2-5PM | Location: 2200 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ, 08401 | More information.
Perkins Center for the Arts | Moorestown: World Stage: Dance It Out! The Global Orchestra | RAIN DATE: July 31, 2025! The Global Orchestra is a dynamic cross-cultural music collective that blends genres of music from different parts of the world to create dynamic sing-along, dance-along concerts. This special performance of the Global Orchestra will feature an ensemble of extraordinary international musicians from the South Jersey/Philadelphia area, featuring multilingual vocalist Phyllis Chappell, Greek multinstrumentalist Bill Koutsouros, erhu (Chinese violin) virtuoso Qin Qian), Middle Eastern percussionist Joe Tayoun (West African percussionist Senfuab Stoney (West African percussion), with band leaders Bruce Kaminsky (and Jay Sand of the All Around This World global music program for kids. | Date & Time: July 29, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Location: 395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ 08057 | More information.
Wheaton Arts | Antique & Summer Market | Time-travel through treasures and trinkets at the annual Antique & Summer Market at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, 2025, rain or shine! Open 10 am to 4 pm each day, this indoor/outdoor event features a standout collection of Antique Dealers from the Mid-Atlantic area showcasing a wide selection of books, ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry, memorabilia, toys, vintage accessories, and more. | Date & Time: July 26 and 27, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM, rain or shine | Location: Wheaton Village, 1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ 08332 | Tickets and information.
Wheaton Arts | Wheaton Wednesdays | WheatonArts is open late on two special Wednesdays this summer! Experience the grounds with creative activities designed for the entire family from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Highlights include design contests in the Glass & Pottery Studios, special exhibit tours in the Museum of American Glass and Folklife Center, free family art activities, a campus-wide scavenger hunt, live music, and more. Wheaton Wednesday dates are FREE to the public, part of WheatonArts Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive! | Date & Time: August 20, 2025 from 11 AM to 7 PM | Location: Wheaton Village, 1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ 08332 | More information.
Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society | Poetry Potuck | Join VHAS at the museum for a monthly gathering of poets and those who want love poetry! Share your original work or a work by your favorite poet in a relaxed and casual atmosphere. Bring a snack to share. VHAS will provide beverages. | Date & Time: August 14, 2025, from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT | Location: Vineland Historical Society, 108 S. 7th Street, Vineland, NJ 08360 | More information.
Levoy Theatre | Hairspray: The Broadway Musical | Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan. HAIRSPRAY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com. It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular “Corny Collins Show.” When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network… all without denting her ‘do! | Several dates & times: Opening Night is August 8, 2025 at 7 PM | Location: 126-130 N. High Street, Millville, NJ 08332 | Tickets and information.
Surflight Theatre | 42nd Street | Come along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway! 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square and the magic of show biz with wit, humor and pizzazz. At the height of the Great Depression, aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer comes to the big city from Allentown PA, and soon lands her first big job in the ensemble of a glitzy new Broadway show. But just before opening night, the leading lady breaks her ankle. Will Peggy be able to step in and become a star? The score is chock-full of Broadway standards, including "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Dames," "We're In the Money," "Lullaby of Broadway," "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" and "Forty-Second Street." | Date & Time: July 27, 2025 at 2 PM | Location: Surflight Theatre, 201 Engleside Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ 08008 | Tickets and information.
Greenwich Craft Faire | Greenwich Craft Faire 2025 | The Greenwich Craft Faire features Classic Artisans, Children’s Time Period Crafts, Antiques, Fine Crafts, Demonstrations,
Food, Live Music, and more! | Dates & Times: Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, September 28, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM | More information.
