Art Calls in District of Columbia

The Edmonton Arts Council, on behalf of the City of Edmonton, is seeking artists to create canopy artwork at six Valley Line West Stops: Glenora, Grovenor/142 Street, Jasper Place, Meadowlark, Aldergrove/Belmead, and Lewis Farms. Submissions will be considered for all six stops, and a different artist or artist team will be selected to create artwork for each canopy.

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online art exhibition, Countryside. We welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.

The City is interesting in bids for the Chelsea Street Park Renovation Project located 79 Chelsea Street, between Spring Street to the east and Cabot Street to the west. Everett, MA. The proposed improvement project is a park renovation effort to provide an accessible, vibrant, and welcoming urban park space that provides both active and passive features for the community’s enjoyment....

The Fulton Street Collective (FSC) announces an open call for 'Abstractions: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye'. This show will feature color, form, and gesture rather than literal representation. All types of visual art will be considered.

Artspace Colorado Springs is seeking mural proposals for two exterior wall sites at 315 E Costilla St in the Downtown COS Creative District. The five-story development houses 51 units of affordable live/work housing and commercial space. Mural proposals should evoke the ethos of creative workers as crucial to Downtown's character and cultural vitality. Up to five finalists will be selected...

The Spring Arts & Crafts Show will take place once again on the grounds of the historic MSU Union, featuring 250 crafters and artisans. 100% of application fees collected directly support the MSU University Activities Board (UAB) and its programming for the MSU student body.

This showcase invites you to share artworks that reflect the subjects that have influenced you and your art. Every artist carries their very own perspective, a distinct visual language, and a creative vision that makes their work uniquely their own.

Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada is hosting an international online exhibition titled "Green: Online Exhibit 2026" running March 10 – April 30, 2026. The theme is "Green," which entries may explore through color, emotion, or environment. Open to artists worldwide; membership in the Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada is not required but encouraged. Eligibility requirements: Work must be executed...

This opportunity is for the presentation of existing artwork in a curated group exhibition. This is not a commission for new work and not a design-team project. Artists are invited to submit completed works that directly engage with the exhibition’s theme. All submitted artwork must be ready to hang upon acceptance.

UNTITLED ART is an open exhibition that invites artists to step outside predefined themes and fixed narratives. This exhibition creates space for pure artistic intention, allowing emotion, concept, process, and intuition to speak without constraint.

Submission fee is $30.00. You may submit up to 5 entries. All artwork must be for sale, indicate price including the 25% gallery commission. Deadline for entries is Feb 25, 2026.

The County of Santa Clara seeks to commission public artwork that uplifts the stories of East San José and creates meaningful connections with local communities while enhancing the daily experience of the airport.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 16th Annual “Figurative” Online Art Competition. The “Figurative” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the human form and human features. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art. Although nude art is acceptable, please, do not submit any...

Human Expressions invites artists to reimagine and push the boundaries of portraiture, encouraging exploration of new ways to convey the complexities of human experience. This exhibition seeks works that capture the depth of human expression through innovative approaches to portraiture, focusing on the transformative use of color, form, and composition. Artists are encouraged to break away from...

The Berkshire Art Association invites submissions for the Annual College Fellowship 2026. This opportunity is open to enrolled college students majoring in art who either live or grew up in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, or attend college in Berkshire County. Submissions are accepted from December 29, 2025 to February 25, 2026. Students will be notified of acceptance by March 7, 2026.

The Dexter Art Gardens is an annual outdoor artwork exhibition sponsored by the Dexter Arts, Culture & Heritage Committee and the City of Dexter. Five temporary outdoor artworks will be juried and placed on display with the City's permanent collection for one year, from June 2026 to May 2027. Selected pieces will be installed on concrete pads in highly trafficked locations in historic Dexter,...

Join us for the celebration of The Downtown Venice Art Classic. Situated on Florida's west coast in Sarasota County, Venice is a charming town rich in history, natural beauty, and featuring independently owned shops and restaurants. The festival takes place along West Venice Avenue and draws in both locals and tourists. The show is closed to the jewelry category, with all jewelry applications...

The Idaho Watercolor Society invites entries for the 42nd Annual Capitol Rotunda Show, held at the 4th Floor Rotunda in the Idaho State Capitol Building (700 West Jefferson Street, Boise). This non-juried exhibition accepts entries on a first-come basis until the February 25, 2026 deadline or until the 75-painting limit is reached. IWS membership must be current before submitting an entry....

The Spring Festival on Ponce is a two-day outdoor local art and crafts event held at the Olmsted linear Parks along Ponce de Leon Ave., the main thoroughfare in metro Atlanta. This major celebration of the arts honors the rich history of the community while supporting the Olmsted Parks restoration, located in the center of the historic affluent North Druid Hills neighborhood in Atlanta. The...

This is the 11th annual Windermere Art Show in Downtown Windermere, Florida. This elite boutique event will showcase 95+ artists surrounded by music, food and performing arts in a festive atmosphere around Town Square. The event takes place on Saturday, February 28th from 11:00am to 6:00 PM, and Sunday, March 1 from 10 AM to 5:00 PM. This is a judged art show with cash prizes awarded for Best in...

May 29-31, 2026, ArtFest is proudly presented by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC). This 3-day open-air art festival is located on the museum's campus in the historic Browne's Addition neighborhood of Spokane, providing a beautiful community gathering place where fine artists showcase their work to art-lovers from throughout the PNW. The festival features plenty of beautiful shade,...

Applications are open for the 2027 Publics Residency at Deveron Projects, supported by Mondriaan Fonds. Living and working in rural north-east Scotland, the artist will become a part of the communities that make up their organisation and the wider ecologies of the town. They will work collaboratively with the organisation and communities in Huntly to experiment and expand their practice through...

The City of Oklahoma City announces a call to artists for a work of public art for the new MAPS 4 Pedestrian Bridge. The art award is $88,000 and the deadline for responses to the RFQ is Wednesday February 25, 2026, at 4 pm CT.

The Richmond Public Art Program is seeking an artist or artist team to create a stand-alone sculpture to be installed at the entrance to the new West Richmond Pavilion community facility and fieldhouse located in Hugh Boyd Community Park.

The Pansy Craze exhibition highlights the individuality of each artist through whimsy storytelling that creates disarming conversations of grief, what could have been, and eccentric experiences that shaped the artists to their core. This exhibition has a prerogative to demonstrate the art of the most affected community and display the art of BIPOC trans artists only.

From drugs and drinking to doomscrolling and dropping $50 on yet another vintage cookie jar, addiction takes many forms—some obvious, some quietly normalized. This is the theme for Magpie’s March exhibition. Addiction will examine how our particular dopamine boosters take hold—when a hobby becomes an obsession, when a coping mechanism becomes a trap, when something that once soothed or excited us...

The City of Rancho Cucamonga is seeking original designs by local artists to cover four utility boxes as part of the Utility Box Beautification Program. Selected artists will be paid a $750 stipend per design chosen.

SculptureCenter is pleased to announce that our annual open call for artists is now open. In Practice 2027 will generate a yearlong series of solo presentations. SculptureCenter invites artists who have not yet had an institutional solo exhibition in New York City to submit proposals for solo exhibitions in designated gallery spaces at SculptureCenter. Artists are also invited to propose off-site...

The City of Alexandria's Public Art Program is commissioning public art within Ewald Park—an existing a 3.88-acre neighborhood park located within the West End of Alexandria at 4452 Duke Street that is planned for renovation. The park largely serves the surrounding community, including the Wakefield Tarleton, Brookville Seminary, and Foxchase neighborhoods. The park features a playground, a...

This Request for Qualifications invites artists to submit qualifications for public art projects on various Durham County buildings. The RFQ is open to all artists over 18 who are authorized to work in the United States, with preference given to artists residing in North Carolina and Durham County. Media accepted include 2D, 3D, and Eco Art. Budget ranges vary by project; see the RFQ for specific...

World of Wearable Art (WOW) invites designers and creators to challenge the conventional and create the unimaginable through wearable art. For almost four decades, WOW has welcomed finalists from all corners of the globe and a broad spectrum of creative and technical disciplines – from fashion and costume designers, to jewellers, architects, and engineers. This international competition features...

This 6th annual 2-day art and craft show takes place in the heart of Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island at City Field on Marina Drive, across from The Ugly Grouper. The event accepts handmade items and unique gift ideas, with a focus on handmade and artist-designed items, though the jury will consider unique/creative gift ideas, authors, inventors and designers for holiday gift giving. The show...

The Niza Knoll Gallery invites artists to submit work for "Gelatin Prints – A Redefined Pull," an exhibition celebrating the inventive, tactile, and ever-surprising world of gelatin printing. This show highlights how artists reinterpret this medium—pushing beyond its traditional boundaries to explore texture, layering, transparency, and chance. The gallery seeks works that demonstrate the spirit...

The 50th annual Utah Arts Festival is scheduled for June 18-21, 2026, at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Each summer the Utah Arts Festival transforms downtown Salt Lake City, attracting 35,000+ attendees and generating over one million in art sales. Being one of the only remaining multi-disciplinary events in the nation, we strive to combine high quality artistic presentations...

The Downtown Bryan Street & Art Fair will take place on Sunday, April 26, 2026 from 10am until 4pm. This juried event features artists from across the region as well as live music, free family activities, and hands-on art demonstrations. Over the last several years, Downtown Bryan has actively fostered arts & culture, and this festival continues to build on that by inviting local and regional...

AND London, on behalf of Barratt London, invites Expressions of Interest from UK-based creative practitioners to design, fabricate and install a landmark gateway for Springfield Village in Tooting. The gateway will create a welcoming, lockable entrance between Streatham Cemetery and the new 32-acre Springfield Park, reflecting local history, identity and values. The appointed practitioner will be...

Artists are invited to submit proposals for a public artwork along the Honeybourne Line, a key green corridor and active travel route in Cheltenham. Proposals should respond sensitively to the site’s landscape, history, ecology, and community use, creating an engaging experience for walkers and cyclists.

A 14-day residential arts residency focused on slowness, recalibration, and research-led practice. Set within the ecologically rich grounds of Rimbun Dahan, the residency supports artists seeking time away from production cycles and audience-facing outcomes.

Art has the power to evoke mystery, unease, and a sense of forces greater than one's self. For this online group exhibition, artists are invited to submit any works that explore the otherworldly, spirituality, and the surreal.

Art Encounters is a year-long outdoor sculpture exhibit showcasing sculptures in various media and styles displayed in highly visible areas throughout Douglas County, including Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, and Roxborough. The program is designed to promote public interest in art, develop community pride, and draw visitors to retail and civic areas. Artists may submit up to...

The Farwell House AIR is a multidisciplinary visual artist residency whose mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists (21 yrs+) of various disciplines to work without interruption in a supportive, rural environment. For the 2026 sessions, artists will be selected through an open application process to live and work at Farwell House (Frederick, IL) for a...

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online art exhibition, Artist of the Winter. We welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.

The Community Affairs Department of the Indianapolis Airport Authority seeks an Arts Programming Intern for summer 2026 and the fall and/or spring semesters of the upcoming academic year. Internship may extend for up to a full year. The Arts Programming Intern will support the Public Affairs team in delivering engaging arts and culture experiences across the IAA campus. This internship offers...

Thank you for your interest in taking part in "A Persistent Nature," a one-month exhibition at Gallery B in Bethesda, Maryland. The exhibition will run from April 3 through April 26 and will be an essential part of catalyzing action during D.C. Climate Week (April 20-26). It builds on a well-attended exhibition of the same name in April 2025, which was the only gallery show at the first-ever D.C.

The Cathedral City Public Arts Commission would like to invite you to participate in our first annual Cathedral City Festival of the Arts, located at the beautiful Cathedral City Community Amphitheater on Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival has space for up to 50 artists. The first 32 will be provided a 10x10 tent with space for additional 10 x 10 or 10 x 20 spaces which...

The City of Redmond is issuing this Request for Proposals to solicit qualified artists or artist teams to design, fabricate, create, produce, construct, deliver, and install works of art at six locations on the secure side of RDM’s terminal as part of the current RDM Terminal expansion project.

The 2026 Biennial: Interstates invites artists to create new work that reflects on movement, connection, and distance as they shape life in Iowa and the Siouxland region. Interstates control how we move through and understand the area. Interstate 29 follows a section of the Missouri River, carrying people and goods through Sioux City. I-80 runs east and west, connecting the Great Plains to the...

This exhibition invites works that embrace subtlety, contrast, and quiet power.

Yukon Wildlife Viewing (Department of Environment) and Yukon Arts Centre offer an artist residency at the Swan Haven Interpretive Centre during the 2026 Celebration of Swans in April. The residency takes place during the spring mass migration of tens of thousands of swans, ducks and geese. The Swan Haven Interpretive Centre is located on the shore of McClintock Bay in Marsh Lake, a prime location...

The WAA Art Studio Tour is a free, self-guided tour around Woodinville involving multiple studios and artists. From recycled art, paintings, pottery, mixed media, jewelry, 2D glass and more, customers and visitors can spend time with the artist, view studios not normally open to the public and purchase art.