This listing features artist opportunities submitted by organizations from across the field. It’s a free resource intended to connect artists with grants, residencies, calls for art, and more. Each listing is managed by the submitting organization and is not administered by the North Carolina Arts Council. For details or questions about a specific listing, please contact the organization directly.

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  • South Arts
    South Arts is a nonprofit regional arts organization empowering artists, organizations, and communities, and increasing access to arts and culture.
  • NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
    The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources awards grants to individuals and organizations to foster historical, cultural, recreational, and environmental pursuits.
  • Local Arts Agencies
    Check with your local arts agencies for regional artist opportunities and grants. 

  • ARTS North Carolina
    Publicizes job and internship opportunities through its membership listserv. Arts North Carolina will not post job listings that do not provide a salary range or that request candidates provide a salary history. Members may submit unlimited listings at no charge. Non-members pay $100 per listing.
  • Jobs in North Carolina Government
    Jobs openings are listed for all agencies within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, including the N.C. Arts Council.

  • Americans for the Arts
    A service for both job seekers and arts employers. Job seekers can post their resumes and use the searchable database of nonprofit and for-profit arts management positions at organizations across the United States. For a moderate fee, employers can post a job opening and use the searchable database of online resumes to find qualified professional candidates.
  • New York Foundation for the Arts
    Job seekers can access listings for free and arts organizations are charged a moderate fee to post a job opening or artist opportunity.

Category Opportunity Deadline
Visual Art Pullen Arts Center 2027 Exhibitions

Pullen Arts Center is looking for artists applications for three (3) themed group exhibitions in 2027. Group shows are curated by Pullen Arts Center, and will generally include 3-5 artists, depending on theme and work submitted. Show titles and themes are up to artist interpretation. No specific medium or art-style has been kept in mind for these themes, and no singular analysis of themes is expected. 

2027 exhibition themes: Metamorphosis: studies in change (February - April 2027), Awake and Aware: our senses as a guide (May - July 2027), and The Ways We Remember: rituals, stories, memorials (August - October 2027)

Location
Raleigh, NC

 Sunday, May 31, 2026
Craft, Visual Art 2026 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition

Craven Arts Council & Gallery is seeking submissions to our biennial signature exhibition – the 2026 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition! Artists are encouraged to submit their works to be juried into this exhibition, highlighting fine arts across the globe to be judged for prizes up to $5,000. Interested artists can apply through CaFE (Call for Entry) after March 1st.

There are five categories for entry: Contemporary Craft, Indoor Sculpture, 2D, Photography and outdoor sculpture. 

Location
New Bern, NC

Fees or awards
The 2026 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition offers $5,000 in awards, including the $1,500 CAC&G Permanent Collection Purchase Award. Entry fee is $30 for CAC&G members and $35 for nonmembers.

 Friday, June 12, 2026
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