Art as storytelling is our Fall 2024 online juried exhibition hosted here. the exhibition seeks artworks that explore narrative in visual art. We invite artists to explore the ways we share our stories visually. From creating a bedtime story to our histories and mythologies to an Instagram story, narratives inhabit our daily lives. Consider the ways you create and tell stories through your art. This exhibition will be juried by Aline Smithson.

Fees or awards
$5

WHEN: Sunday, September 22nd 2024 3:00pm - 7:00pm (Please arrive at 2:15pm)
WHERE: Gas Hill Lounge at Ramkat 170 W Ninth St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
For more information or questions contact us at info@piedmontblues.org

Contest winners from (3) categories  BAND, DUO/SOLO and YOUTH will represent PBPS and qualify for the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.  For more information visit https://blues.org/international-blues-challenge/

REGISTRATION FEE per category:
$50 - Band 
$40 - Solo/Duo
$20 - Youth 

The McColl Center's Artist-in-Residence program fosters growth for emerging and mid-career artists, offering three terms per year (fall, winter, and summer) with four artists per term. The Summer 2025 residency, from June 3 - Aug 11, is for parents and educators unable to participate during school periods. It allows families, provides private housing, a large studio, curatorial guidance, marketing support and a stipend. Artists can focus on their work and engage with the local creative community

Fees or awards
$6,000 Stipend

McColl Center's Artist-in-Residence Program is an internationally acclaimed program that serves as a catalyst for artistic growth for emerging and mid-career artists. We host three residency terms per year:

Fall - August-November
Winter/Spring - January-May
Summer - June-August

Artists-in-Residence receive private housing adjacent to McColl Center, a large-scale private studio in our historic building in Uptown Charlotte, curatorial guidance, marketing and PR support, and a generous stipend. While in residency, our artists have the freedom to fully focus on artistic research, exploration, and creation while also engaging with McColl Center’s Igniters community and the local creative sector.

Join co-curator of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Marriott Sheldon for a guided tour of selected works in BABENGA: The Sacred Forest and screening of a short film about Jean Michel Dissake and his Mudiki Studio in Cameroon. Sheldon will discuss symbols and concepts in the artist’s work which explore ecology, spirituality, and the balance between nature and technology. Dissake’s mission is influenced by his cultural heritage as well as wisdom gained from living for nine years in a forest on the Mungo River in Cameroon. 

Thursday, September 26, 2024 6 pm to 8 pm

Gregg Museum of Art & Design

1903 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27695
 

Thanks to a gift from the Carlyle Adams Foundation, the Dix Park Conservancy in partnership with Raleigh Arts is thrilled to launch our inaugural Artist in Residence Program.

Nestled in the newly renovated Physician’s House at Dix Park, this one-year residency invites artists passionate about environmental art and land stewardship to create inspiring, sustainable works that engage and enrich the local community. 

We invite talented artists and photographers to participate in our Beyond Earth Art Competition. This is your chance to explore the mysteries and wonders beyond our planet, from distant galaxies and celestial bodies to the unknown realms of space, and present your unique interpretation. The Best in Show award offers a $250 cash prize, a solo exhibition, and extensive promotion. Plus free entry into the Blu Sky Artist Award, with a chance to win $500!

Fees or awards
$20 for 2 images ; With a potential to win $750 in cash prizes

Arrowmont seeks work for two one-month-long exhibitions in our Featured gallery space in Knoxville, Tennessee. A Penny in Your Pocket is a two-part exhibition. Part I will be in January, opening to the public on First Friday, January 3rd, and Part II will be on view in February beginning First Friday, February 7th. Carrying a penny in your pocket into the new year is alleged to bring good fortune and prosperity and we are interested in interpretations of what this means to you, other superstitions that are meaningful in your life or practice, or even new works that are being sent out into the world for exhibition for the first time 2025. The works included in this exhibition will be kicking off the exhibitions for 2025, an auspicious start to the 2025 Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville exhibition calendar.

The entry fee is $25 for three works

Established to inspire creativity, great writing and to provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition is open to original and previously unpublished flash fiction pieces on any theme or genre in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. We are looking for writing that is clever and unique, inspires us, and crafts a compelling story. 
The winner will receive a €300 cash prize and the chance to see their work published.

Fees or awards
Early bird fee – €10: November 2023 – May 2024 / Standard fee – €12: June – September 2024

The Anthology Nature Writing Competition is created to celebrate the beauty of the natural world, inspire literary excellence and encourage Anthology’s readers to explore the great outdoors. Whether it’s the wonder of life right in your own garden, an encounter with wildlife, the serenity of a forest, a reflection on environmental challenges, or the healing power of nature, we welcome your stories.
The winner will receive a €500 and the chance to see their work published.

Fees or awards
Very early bird fee – €10: November 2023 – February 2024 / Early bird fee – €12: March – May 2024 / Standard fee – €15: June – September 2024