Artist Opportunities

The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship. At this time, we are temporarily limiting relief and assistance applications to those qualified applicants who are dealing with immediate MEDICAL emergencies and their aftermaths. 

Since 1917, the Authors League Fund has helped professional authors, journalists, poets, and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income, or other misfortune. Most of those we help suffer severe health problems but have inadequate insurance; some face eviction; many are older writers whose income has ceased through no fault of their own. The Fund exists to help professional writers continue their careers with dignity by providing no-strings-attached “loans” to pay for pressing expenses. Repayment of this emergency support is not required.

The Chatham Artist & Arts-Worker Relief Effort (CAARE) is available to performing, visual, or literary artists or arts-workers living in Chatham County, NC – and in need of financial assistance due to COVID-19 cancellations and closures. (For the purpose of CAARE, we define arts-worker as someone who earns some part of their income in the arts by making arts projects possible, including exhibition managers, artist managers, stage managers, arts nonprofit administrators, sound technicians, etc.)

Decisions will be made each Thursday, beginning April 9. Applications must be received by Tuesday at 4:59 p.m. to be considered by the CAARE committee for that week’s funding. Applications received after Tuesday at 5 p.m. will be reviewed the following week. Disbursements will be made weekly.

As artists attempt to maintain a sense of "business as usual" when things are anything but usual, Rhonda Wheatley discusses lessons in healing and wellness to manage the growing isolation, anxiety, and uncertainty we are all facing during this recorded workshop (via YouTube). Wheatley closes with a guided meditation.

If you're thinking about livestreaming for the first time during COVID-19, it can be hard to know where to start. Yara Travieso and Brighid Greene suggest using livestreaming less as a final product, and more as a way to continue a creative practice. In this recorded workshop (via YouTube), they assess different platforms and what to know when just getting started.
 

DGF provides emergency financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and bookwriters in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness.

Do you have an unanticipated opportunity to present your work? Did you incur an unexpected expense that you didn’t budget for? The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $500 and $3,000 for artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors. Rolling deadline.

The Blues Foundation established the HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) for Blues musicians and their families in financial need due to a broad range of health concerns. The Fund provides for acute, chronic and preventive medical and dental care as well as funeral and burial expenses. Throughout the year at various events the HART Fund provides free health screenings for musicians, with services including but not limited to checking blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, prostate cancer, Hep C, anemia, thyroid, kidney and liver testing via blood work. 

The Max’s Kansas City project provides emergency funding and resources to professionals in the creative arts.

Arts NC joined with the NC Arts Education Association, NC Dance Education Organization, NC Music Education Association, NC Theatre Arts Educators and NC Theatre Conference to produce a guide, Recommendations for Arts Educators as North Carolina Reopens Schools, as well as a recorded webinar.

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. Deadline: Open.

Allies in Arts is offering SOS grants to BIPOC artists. They are small but immediately available. Just send your website or IG of your artwork, and they’ll do the application for you.

The National Association of Black Storytellers in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts and South Arts is proud to announce the Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship to honor, celebrate, and support Black storytellers residing in the Appalachian counties of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

The Cape Fear Rising Fund supports Black, Latinx, and other folks of color in creative, community-based social justice projects that advance racial equality.  Individuals and community groups are eligible for this grant. Rolling deadline.

The Jorge and Darlene Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design celebrates and highlights the work of individuals who support, develop, and manage the incorporation of art into the design of places and spaces across the United States. 

Mini Grants offer artists and nonprofits in Cumberland County an opportunity to receive funding for smaller projects. Request up to $2000 for arts, culture, or history projects that take place within 6 months of the award. Applicants can use funds for project supplies/materials, contracted services, marketing, space/equipment rental, and artist fees. Deadlines occur quarterly, check website for details.

Seeking poetry submissions for online poetry journal. Publication. 

Blue Ridge Motorcycling Magazine features personality profiles of interesting, attractive and successful riders in the Blue Ridge region, rides to interesting or historic places in the Blue Ridge, and business profiles/reviews of restaurants, breweries or wineries. Articles should be 1,200 to 2,500 words in length. Rolling deadline.

Seeking flash fiction and original short fiction for their online publication. Payment. Rolling deadline.

A new online poetry journal seeking new poets. Cash awards. Rolling deadline.

Hamline Lit Link intends to connect current and past students within, or interested in, the realm of the English major. We are constantly looking for submissions of various types of writing. Rolling deadline.

Seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for publication. Cash awards. Rolling deadline.

MOJOAA Performing Arts Company invites Black playwrights/playwrights of the African diaspora that are writing primarily in English to submit short plays, monologues, one acts and full length plays.

The Centifictionist is an online literary magazine that publishes powerful, compelling, and memorable international microfiction in 100 words or less. The Centifictionist publishes two online issues per year, a Spring/Summer issue and a Fall/Winter issue. All issues of The Centifictionist will include thirty pieces of microfiction in each issue, with each individual piece being 100 words or less. Rolling deadline.

County Lines: a Literary Journal, published annually by the Franklin County Writers’ Guild, showcases a curated collection of the finest poetry, prose, and artwork by creators of all ages and is accepting submissions.

Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective and the American Myth Center are soliciting applications from Black playwrights for the new-works development series A Different Myth. The goal of the new program is to tell Black stories by Black writers for Black actors. Rolling deadline.

Neighborhood Art Funds support collaborative art projects for Raleigh’s neighborhoods that support artistic and cultural exploration, connection, and understanding. 

Level I funds are open to neighborhoods and grassroots community groups, including groups of neighbors who are not part of an organization. These funds provide up to $250 for community-driven art projects that enhance your neighborhood.

Level II funds are open to organizations, groups, or associations that are currently registered under the Raleigh Neighborhood Registry. These funds provide up to $1,000 for projects that demonstrate community input and involvement and show that the project will benefit the neighborhood.

Roots Artist Registry is an online registry and directory of visual, performing, and literary artists. Listing fee.

The Southern Collective Experiences is accepting submissions to The Blue Mountain Review for poetry, fiction and visual arts. Visit website for deadlines.

This program is a weekly online performance featuring Durham musicians. Tune in to the @downtownDurham Facebook page at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays to experience some of what you love about Durham and connect, virtually, to the downtown Durham community. 

USArtists International is a grant program from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation that supports performances by U.S. dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at important cultural festivals and performing arts marketplaces anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories.

Deadlines:

December 1, 2021 by 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking place between March 15, 2022 and March 14, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by December 8, 2021.

March 30, 2022 by 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by April 6, 2022.

The 2022 – 2023 deadlines will be posted in summer 2022.

Tri State Sculptors is excited to host the 44th Annual Tri State Sculptors Conference at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC from October 6-9, 2022 around the theme, “The Shape I’m In."

Resource: Founded in 1980, Art Table is a national non-profit organization of over 1,200 women who are leaders in the visual arts. Members expand their circle of colleagues, gain special access to art world events, and grow through professional development and mentorship opportunities. Awards recognize innovative women leaders across the country and identify emerging leaders in the field.

Artist Relief has produced a series of free wellness videos to help artists’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. These sessions led by artists include discussions of movement, meditation, herbalism, sound therapy and music, poetry and writing prompts, and more.

A digital marketing consulting firm for the arts that offers free webinars throughout the year and hosts an annual Digital Marketing Boot Camp for the Arts Conference.

Resource: Creative Capital supports innovative and adventurous artists across the country through funding, counsel, and career development services. Its venture philanthropy approach helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices.

Arts Access and VAE invites artists to join the Disabled Artists/Artists with Disabilities Group every Thursday at 7pm. Open to all disabilities and artforms, this group will share resources and provide mutual support, constructive criticism, and informal instruction.

Join the International Bluegrass Music Association September 27-29, 2022 in Raleigh for their 2022 Business Conference, which features career development sessions with industry experts guiding the conversation, sharing insight, and inspiring you to take your band or brand to the next level. 

South Arts and the Western States Arts Federation’s Emerging Leaders of Color program invite applications for the National Leaders of Color Fellowship, a strategic leadership development program for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) leaders committed to the advancement of cultural equity in the arts.

Resource: Locust Projects is a not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Local, national and international artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work. Locust Projects supports the local community through educational initiatives and programming that are free to the public.

Offering business and marketing courses with some specifically for artists.

Resource: Patreon is a membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run a subscription content service, as well as ways for artists to build relationships and provide exclusive experiences to their subscribers, or patrons. Popular among YouTube videographers, web comic artists, writers, podcasters, musicians, and other categories of creators who post regularly online, it allows artists to receive funding directly from their fans, or patrons, on a recurring basis or per work of art.

Join Triangle ArtWorks on November 3 for the workshop "Schedule C for Artists," which will answer questions about the IRS Schedule C, the tax form that artists need to understand to prepare taxes for 2022.

Join PineCone and Triangle ArtWorks on September 18 for the workshop"As Heard on TV: Television Music Licensing for Artists" as part of the series "SEEDS: Plant Your Own Career with Rissi Palmer" to discuss TV licenses for musicians, share experiences, and answer questions with Music Supervisor/Executive Producer at Trailblazer Studio, Aurelia Belfield.

Join PineCone and Triangle ArtWorks on November 6 for the workshop "Who needs an agent?" as part of the series "SEEDS: Plant Your Own Career with Rissi Palmer" to discuss with artist and Director of Kidznotes, Shana Tucker what it’s like to represent yourself, sharing personal stories from the trenches.

Studio Practice Workshops offer artists training and mentorship to advance their practices in McColl Center’s art labs. Each series is taught by a McColl Center lab professional who provides equipment training and one-on-one technical guidance focused on each artist’s independent projects.

Join Triangle ArWorks on September 10 for the virtual workshop, "The Business of Art Licensing," where participants will learn about the art licensing industry and the layers of consultants, art directors, and product developers who collaborate with artists to put their artwork on consumer products.

Join Triangle ArtWorks starting on September 15 for the workshop, "TikTok Marketing for Small Creative Businesses + Artists," to learn how to use TikTok to market artwork and make sales.

Resource: Writers & Books is a literary center in Rochester, N.Y. that fosters and promotes reading and writing as lifelong activities. Programs include: writing classes and workshops; outreach programs; readings and talks by visiting and regional writers; residency programs at our rural retreat center; an annual Regional Playwriting Competition; internships; and other programs.

The City of Wilson, Historic Downtown Wilson, and Wilson Arts invite submissions for Paint-A-Hydrant Project, which is a a public art project supporting Wilson, NC firefighters.

The Town of Mooresville Public Arts Committee is seeking a muralist to create a large-scale mural to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the town of Mooresville.

Sawtooth School of Visual Arts is accepting applications for the Gondring Residency in Woodworking, which aims to provide an emerging or established artist or craftsperson working in wood with access to tools, facilities, and an energetic craft school environment to encourage the development of new skills, interpersonal connections, and bodies of work.

Smart Kinston City Project Foundation is seeking applications for their Smart Kinston Residencies program from artists working in all mediums.

Vermont Studio Center’s Displaced Artists Fund exists to assist visual artists and writers displaced due to natural disasters, climate change, or political turmoil or threat by providing residencies in a safe and supportive community of creative peers. Rolling deadline.

Offering various residencies and internships in printmaking, book arts, ceramics, and photography.

The Thompson Art Gallery at Furman University invites established artists to submit a proposal for solo and group exhibitions during the 2023-24 academic year. 

The Arts Council of Wayne County is pleased to announce a Call for Entry for the 43rd Annual National Juried Art Show in Goldsboro, North Carolina. 

Vestige Concept Gallery is seeking works for the exhibit "F**cking It Up" from any genre of art that are somehow accidental, experimental, mishaps, (un)intended, rough cuts, strokes of (non)genius, "oops," multiple attempts, frustrations, "give ups" (unfinished/finished), outtakes, and convey the artistic spirit of "let's try this!".  Work could be funny, folksy, outsider, campy, and/or vulgar, but the art should still be commercially appealing. 

Are you interested in displaying your work at the GPAC? We are always interested in seeing new works and helping artist gain the exposure they deserve! Complete our free online application to get started. Rolling deadline.

Cameron Art Museum announces Illumination 2022 Call to Artists for 8th Annual exhibition of artist made lights. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals that explore traditional and contemporary media utilizing elements of color, texture, light and shadow. 

The Cultural Center at Holly Springs is seeking applications from local artists to display their artwork in the Cultural Center's hallway and lobby.

Trade Alley Art is seeking visual artists to join their gallery.

Waterworks presents three rotating exhibitions in its galleries every year, and welcomes professional artists to submit their work for consideration.