Artist Opportunities for We The People

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Available Artist Spaces in Boston Are you an artist interested in commercial space for lease in Lower Roxbury and available artist live-work spaces in East Boston and Jamaica Plain?  Need an Artist Housing Certificate? Visit this page to learn more. Upcoming sessions include:
1st Artist Information Session: Brookley Flats – Jamaica Plain Monday, July 8, 2024, 6:00-7:30 PM
2nd Artist Information Session: Brookley Flats – Jamaica Plain Wed., July 24, 2024, 6:00-7:30 PM

Art Writing Boston Art Review welcomes proposals/pitches of articles with critical perspectives, profiles, reviews, interviews, and artist projects for their forthcoming print publications. The Fall/Winter 2024 issue has the theme of MAKE BELIEVE. The Spring/Summer 2025 issue has the theme of HALF FULL. Learn more about each them and how to submit.
Proposals for MAKE BELIEVE will be reviewed through July 8, 2024.
Proposals for HALF FULL will be reviewed through January 7, 2025.

Call for Art Vendors On Saturday, July 13, 2024, Essex Art Center in Lawrence is hosting its 4th annual Fiesta en la calle, a free block party featuring live music, dancing, performances, art activities and a community exhibition. As part of the event, artists are invited to apply to sell work under one of the outdoor tents. All mediums are welcome, including artist books, zines, jewelry, and other forms of artmaking. All artists interested in selling their work are encouraged to apply! Learn more and apply HERE.

Call for Art Gallery 263 invites artists from across New England to apply to Bent & Borrowed, an online exhibition with no submission fee that explores the nuanced practice of appropriating artworks, images, and ideas within contemporary artistic expression. Juried by Conor Moynihan, the Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the RISD Museum. Learn more.
Entry Deadline: July 14, 2024

Of Note: Save the Date for the Berkshires/Columbia County Pay Equity Coalition: 2024 Summit, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Learn more and register. Here is a copy of their 2023 Pay Equity Project Summary and Full Report on pay equity for cultural workers. They are also conducting a new survey for workers and survey for employers, with a July 16, 2024 deadline.

Writers Residency Mountain Writers Intensive in Banff, Alberta. The Mountain Writers Intensive is a three-week residency for nine writers working in any genre (fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry) on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, stories of adventure, or projects with a theme of the human relationship to landscape. Learn more.
Deadline: July 17, 2024

Muralist The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Town of Holliston invite artists to apply for an exciting public art opportunity. Artists are invited to submit their qualifications and preliminary concepts for mural artwork at three prominent sites where they will enhance connections between the Holliston Rail Trail and the downtown area: i) The doors of the Blair Square Pavilion (Rail Trail at intersection with Central Street) ii) The electric box at the intersection of Washington and Hollis Streets iii) The electric box at the intersection of Washington and Green Streets. We seek one artist or team to design and install murals at all three sites. Teams may also include additional artistic elements that hang from the rafters of the Blair Square pavilion in their proposals. The selected artist/artist team will receive $10,000 to bring their vision to life. Applications are due July 19, 2024, and artwork should be installed by August 20th, 2024. Learn more.
Deadline: July 19, 2024

National Dance Presenters’ Forum Arts workers are invited to participate via Zoom in two National Dance Presenters’ Forum public sessions: Just Presenting, Thursday, July 25, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET | Register by July 19, 2024. Justice, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are foundational aspects of any and all work in the dance sector and should foreground what we do, how we do it, and where we are going. This session will focus on unpacking the characteristics of “just” presenting and the role presenters have in advancing a more equitable and just future in dance. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQIA+, and immigrant artists and their partnering presenters about what makes “just” presenting partnerships possible. Guiding questions include: How do we define justice, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in presenting? What does it look and feel like in practice? Learn more and register. Presenting & the Dance Ecosystem, Thursday, September 19, 2:00 – 3:30pm ET | Register by September 13, 2024. This session will consider the role of presenters within the larger dance ecosystem in the United States. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from a panel of dance workers who play an integral part of bringing dance works and audiences together, including: choreographers, agents & managers, creative producers, and publicists. Guiding questions include: What role do each of these members of the dance community play in making dance possible? How should these interlocutors work together and what role do they play in supporting artists and local communities? How can collaboration across roles advance the dance ecology today? Learn more and register.

Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship for Independent Native Artists The Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship is a yearlong program that helps independent Native artists pursue art as a way to build a business to support themselves and their families. The program provides them with network-building, professional development guidance and funding towards business needs. Grant amount: $10,000. Learn more.
Deadline: July 22, 2024

Fellowships – First Peoples Fund The Cultural Capital (CC) Fellowship is a yearlong program that offers financial support and guidance to culture bearers and artists who are deeply rooted in their communities and committed to passing on ancestral knowledge within their Native communities. Grant Amount: $10,000. Learn more.
Deadline: July 22, 2024

Call for Composers Lowell National Historical Park (NHP) in partnership with Mosaic Lowell, funded by a grant from the National Park Foundation through generous support from the Mellon Foundation, is thrilled to announce a call for original musical compositions for The Measure of Work: Sounds of Labor in Lowell, a collection of musical pieces that tell the story of labor across Lowell’s long history. We are looking for multiple composers to contribute to this project. Compositions will be recorded and made publicly available through the National Park Service website and mobile app as well as listening stations installed in the Boott Mills Museum as part of the exhibits. A limited pressing of vinyl records will be sold in the Lowell NHP gift shop. The project may also include future paid opportunities to participate in park programs, such as public talks, live performances, or other forms of community engagement. The recorded pieces will support the interpretive work and educational programs at Lowell National Historical Park. Learn more.
Deadline: July 25, 2024

Call to Artists Gallery West Art Gallery in Orleans is accepting entries for their Autumn 2024 exhibition, Only artists in the Lower & Outer Cape Cod, MA towns of Brewster, Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown may enter. Original 2D and 3D art in all media and framed giclee prints of original images are accepted. Learn more.
Deadline: July 28, 2024

Illustrators Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) invites established and emerging illustrators to share their interpretation of “What does an AIDS-free generation mean to you?” Open to all illustrators who are at least 18 years of age. Learn more.
Deadline: July 31, 2024

Playwright Residency The Boston Center for the Arts is accepting applications for the BCA Playwright Residency for 2024-2025. This year-long residency is designed to support rising playwrights by providing office, rehearsal, and performance space, marketing support, professional mentorship, as well as access to community partnerships, workshops, and a platform for creating and producing innovative work. Learn more.
Deadline: August 4, 2024

Furniture Artists Fellowship The Mineck Fellowship provides $25,000 annually to a US-based furniture artist to support their career development. The annual Mineck Fellowship is a grant of $25,000, typically awarded to a young-in-career, emerging or mid-career furniture artist, who wants to fulfill an apprenticeship, develop skills, purchase equipment and/or make the transition to independence. Learn more.
Deadline:  September 3, 2024

Call to Artists The Cultural Center of Cape Cod is currently accepting entries for the upcoming exhibition, Unfinished Democracy: Artistic Reflections. “Unfinished Democracy” delves into the intersection of art and politics, illuminating the evolving narrative of democracy in the United States.  Through a diverse range of artistic expressions, this exhibition invites viewers to contemplate the unfinished nature of democracy and the role of active civic engagement in shaping a more inclusive and just society. In the spirit of civic duty, we will close this exhibition with an event on election night and guests will be asked to show that they voted to attend. Learn more.
Deadline: September 8, 2024

Kingston Gallery Seeks Next Emerging Artist The Emerging Artist Program was conceived to act as a stepping stone for an artist early in their career, into the professional art world of exhibiting and operating an artist-run gallery. The gallery will help an emerging artist show a body of new work in a professional setting. The emerging artist will be connected with experienced mentors who will educate them on the practical aspects of everyday art gallery business. Learn more.
Deadline: October 15, 2024

Image credit: Black and white photograph, Bathing beauties by boat with flag, Atlantic City, N.J., Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.