A 12-week program designed to bring creative minds from around the world to Manchester, NH. Experience an environment that allows creative freedom to discover, define, and refine your creative practice.

The program is designed to support emerging artists with a place to live for up to 3 months. During this time selected applicants can focus full-time on further developing their creative practice as they take steps to cross the bridge into becoming career professionals.

Location
Manchester, NH

Fees or awards
Selected applicants are provided a studio apartment with basic household amenities, heat, hot water, electricity & internet provided. Additionally, each artist is granted a $350 travel stipend and a $1600 stipend that covers food and art supplies.

In recognition of Lancaster County’s rich history in textile arts, the Lancaster County Council of the Arts invites artists to submit their original designs for the second phase of a new public art initiative. This installation will include 40+ permanent art columns along the Lindsay Pettus Greenway. Each column will feature a unique piece of art, inspired by a historic Springs Industries textile design.

Location
Lancaster, SC

Fees or awards
$20 to enter; $100 honorarium for selected artists

Looking for a place to rehearse, meet, create, or bring a public arts program to life? The Durham Arts Council’s Creative Spaces Grants provide artists and arts organizations with access to spaces in the Durham Arts Council building.

Upcoming opportunities include Creative Residency Grants, which provide ongoing space for rehearsals, meetings, work sessions, and other activities, and Creative Showcase Grants, which support public-facing performances, presentations, and pop-up exhibits.

The current Creative Residency application is open through October 15, with space available January–June 2027. Creative Showcase applications for activities beginning April 2027 open October 16.

Location
Durham, NC

Pinstripe World is a new online art marketplace shaped like a 3D globe. Artists place their own store at their real location, hang their work and sell directly to visitors. Artists anywhere, including North Carolina, who open a store before November 30, 2026 get a Founding member badge. Seven categories incl. painting, sculpture, photography, craft and apparel. No jury, no entry fee.

Fees or awards
No entry fee. Stores free for 14 days (no card), then $3/month. 10% fee on sales.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County (WSFC) Public Art Commission is seeking qualifications from professional artists or artist-led teams to design, paint, and install a mural on two exteriors walls of the Sunrise Towers, an 11-story public housing apartment building in the east Winston-Salem neighborhood. This public art project is funded as part of the Choice Neighborhoods (CNI) Public Art Revitalization Program in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem and ASPIRE.

Location
Winston-Salem, NC

Fees or awards
$100,000 - $150,000

The Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, in collaboration with the Pitt County Civic Arts Committee, invites visual artists to submit their credentials for the development and implementation of an outdoor mural on a curved retaining wall at Town Common, located at 105 E 1st Street in Greenville, NC. The designated mural area is approximately 6 feet tall by 180 feet wide, and the wall is finished with SpecChem RepCon V/O. It is desired that the resulting artwork brings creativity and visual interest to a prominent public space, visible from the waterway, East Plaza, and the Greenway. The resulting artwork should be inspired by its surroundings, reflect a strong connection to the City of Greenville, and create a welcoming experience for all who visit and enjoy Town Common.

Location
Greenville, NC

Fees or awards
No entry fee. Three finalists will be selected to create proposals with a stipend of $500 each. The artist with the winning proposal will receive $15,000 to complete the mural in 2027. 

The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke welcomes all interpretations of the theme, Solastalgia: the emotional distress of watching your home environment change around you.

Artists are invited to submit two-dimensional or three-dimensional works, installations, or digital media (including video-based media). AI-generated work will not be considered.

Location
Pembroke, NC

Fees or awards
Entry fee: $35; Awards: $400 first prize, $200 second prize, and $100 third prize

Open Call happening NOW for Trillium’s 2028 North Carolina Choreographic Fellowships (NCCF)! NCCF benefits include a $1,000 honorarium, studio space with a sprung floor in the Red Barn Studio at Odonata Farm, mentorship and free housing in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains.

Applications are being accepted statewide from NC based choreographers now through December 14. Fellowships will occur in either May or October 2028.

Location
Mars Hill, NC

Fees or awards
$1,000

FALL 2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Artist and one Photographer. Info → innovateartistgrants.org

Fees or awards
$35 application fee

The City of Durham’s Cultural & Public Art Program is excited to invite artists and artist teams to submit portfolios for our Pre-Qualified Artist Registry! This registry serves as a valuable resource for selecting artists for future cultural and public art projects across the city. Whether you’re a sculptor, painter, photographer, or performer, your skills are needed to help bring the city’s public spaces to life! The Pre-Qualified Artist Registry has a rolling deadline for upcoming public art projects. Apply today!

Have questions about the Registry? Need help applying? Email Cultural & Public Art Program staff Harry Turfle: Harry.Turfle@DurhamNC.Gov