We are pleased to announce our second Waters online Art Competition for the month of August 2025. The gallery invites artists and photographers to submit their finest works inspired by the theme Waters. Submissions may explore a wide range of interpretations whether representational, abstract, or conceptual and can depict seascapes, oceans, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, streams, or ponds. All visual art mediums are allowed In addition to the selected artists,

Fees or awards
$20

 

National Dance Day GSO - OPEN CALL
Come show off your best dance moves and light up the floor with your energy and style on Saturday, September 27, 2025!!

Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. (GDPI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose vision for creative placemaking through LeBauer and Center City Parks is grounded in free public programming.

National Dance Day GSO, features participatory dance experiences with local groups ranging from Ballroom to Bollywood, Streetstyle to Swing. Performing artists offer visitors the chance to become more than spectators by joining them on the dance floor.

Once again, Greensboro's own iAlign Dance Company will close out the day with a block party in the park celebrating movement, community and music featuring live bands and performances by iAlign dancers. Come dance the night away!

The event will have 6 - 10 dance experiences of up to 25 minute performance blocks. 
 

Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth "Blue" online art contest for the month of August 2025. Artists from around the world are welcome to submit. The theme may include any work with depiction of the color blue or shades of blue (pale blue of a daytime sky, shades of turquoise, ultramarine blue, deep ocean blue). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed.

Fees or awards
$20
 

The Mooresville Fine Arts Festival is a fine arts festival at the Charles Mack Citizen Center allowing local and
regional selected artists to display and sell original fine art. This festival is presented by Mooresville Arts,
located in historic downtown Mooresville, North Carolina. The event is open to the public and will be
promoted and organized by Mooresville Arts. This will be a juried event, with space for up to 80 artists/booths.
 

2025 Raleigh Wide Open Art Market Vendor
The Art Market showcases folks who create their wares by hand, themselves. Categories include jewelry, wood-working, prints, traditional folk art, paintings, fiber arts, etc. — something someone would display or wear. Find more info in the application. You’ll need to pay the $15 application fee using the button below in order to be considered. 
 

Music to Life, a national nonprofit founded by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) and his daughter, Liz, invites you to apply for its online Musician Changemaker Accelerator (MCA) Academy. We are inviting applications from talented musicians, practicing in all genres, with ideas for making sustainable change in their communities. The application is open to US and Canada based musicians.  

The MCA Academy is a 6.5-month social change business accelerator (6 weeks of instruction, followed by 20 weeks of coaching; January 12, 2026 - July 10, 2026) for 10 carefully selected socially conscious musicians from around the country to develop a social change program/pilot in their communities. Taught and facilitated by experts in the music, nonprofit, business and entertainment industries, musician participants come away with a concrete plan for their community change idea, local partner connections, program development skills and funding to execute their projects. 

Daniel’s Music Foundation was founded in 2006 to provide access to music for people with disabilities. Since 2020 they’ve hosted the Danny Awards to celebrate artists with disabilities making an impact through music. This year’s 6th Annual Danny Awards will take place live at NYC’s Town Hall on Saturday, October 25, 2025, before 1,500 attendees and streamed globally. Ten award winners will receive a personalized Danny Award, a $1,000 honorarium (solo)/$2,000 (group), hotel & travel reimbursement, meet with music industry execs, and a chance to be considered for the label, Just Call Me By My Name®.

Carolina Roots is Artspace’s biennial juried exhibition celebrating artists currently living in or who come from rural North Carolina counties. Submit up to three works for consideration. This exhibition will bring perspectives of artists from across our state into focus and honor the rich creative culture beyond our urban centers.

Exhibition dates: October 3-November 30, 2025


 

The Brightwork Program at Anchorlight will begin offering a Professional Development Grant and a Special Project Grant to visual artists in 2026. The application period for 2026 grants is July 7 - August 18, 2025. 

Professional Development Grant: $2,000.00
One artist will be selected for the 2026 grant. Application materials will include a proposed budget, statement of intent, artist statement and bio, examples of recent work. Grant funds may be used for activities that further the professional development of the applicant.

Special Project Grant: $3,000.00
One artist will be selected for the 2026 grant. Application materials will include a proposed budget, project description, artist statement and bio, examples of recent work. Grant funds may be used for the production of studio based work.

Utilizing leading practices in trust-based philanthropy, below are the guidelines for the Open Hearts Foundation grantmaking program:

In alignment with the Open Hearts Philosophy, the Foundation seeks to fund nonprofits founded by an individual or small group of volunteers who have faced adversity and are turning that adversity into possibility, by helping others through their work

Grant funds will range between $15,000 and $25,000 per nonprofit on an annual basis

The Open Hearts Foundation only funds 501c3 nonprofit organizations directly serving communities in the United States of America

Nonprofits which have demonstrated responsible use of funds and effective program outcomes with a minimum of two years of fiscally healthy operating programs and successful outcomes since its founding

Nonprofits with an annual budget of $1 million or lower are our priority. The Foundation will consider nonprofits with a larger budget who are beginning a new initiative that meets a new need within their communities