Of Note, New Folklife Grant Program Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color is a collaboration among the Regional Arts Organizations that offers $15k grants to traditional artists/practitioners and $50k grants to community organizations. A self-nomination form opens on January 15, 2025. Learn more.
Deadline: March 19, 2025
Call for Art Piano Craft Gallery and Violence Transformed invite visual artists to participate in “New World Coming,” a juried multi-media arts exhibit uplifting the words, sounds and spirit of Bernice Johnson Reagon. The exhibit will focus on the art and activism of socially engaged artists in and beyond Boston. Learn more.
Deadline: January 25, 2025
Open Call: The Theater Offensive Emergent Artist Residency | The Emergent Artist Residencies will recognize and support the work of two QTPOC artists from September 2025–June L2027. Learn more.
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Photography Residency Woodstock AIR is a one-month residency in Woodstock, New York, supports US-based BIPOC and ALAANA photographers interested in exploring themes of diversity, race, and identity through their work, particularly within the context of social justice. Learn more.
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Artist Residency Weir Farm’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program (in Wilton, CT) is envisioned to be an outstanding National Park Service residency program that reflects the values and character of Weir Farm National Historical Park (NHP) by continuing the creative conversations started by the Weir Family through the work of contemporary artists. Weir Farm’s AIR Program fosters contemporary artistic expression on site and prioritizes experimental and thought-provoking approaches to examining and interpreting our world through the medium of contemporary visual art practice. The AIR Program keeps Weir’s experimental tendencies alive allowing the Park to share new ideas broadly with ever more diverse artists, communities, and visitors. Visual artists apply for residencies in all media and diverse artistic points of view from traditional to experimental. Artists are chosen through an annual call for applicants followed by a competitive jury process. The Weir Farm AIR Program hosts 6 established or emerging visual artists per year to spend one month living and working at the Park (May-October). Housing and studio space are provided. Learn more.
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art – Tikkun Olam: An Exhibition on Healing Our World
Artists are invited to reflect upon and give expression to the theme of “Tikkun Olam” — our duty to confront the challenges of repairing our world. All works must be for sale and artists will retain 60% of the selling price of all pieces. rodephshalom.org
Deadline: February 1, 2025
Call for Boston Area Musicians Piano Craft Gallery is announcing its call for musicians for the Piano Craft Concert Series. Twelve musicians or groups will be selected by our Board of Directors to perform at the gallery. Piano Craft Gallery is looking to represent the diversity of music-making in the City of Boston and each performance will receive a $500 honorarium. This program is supported by the Neighborhood and Downtown Activation Grant from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston. Any musician living in the City of Boston is eligible to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: February 1, 2025
Free Professional Development for Artists Assets for Artists’ Winter/Spring 2025 workshop season is now live and registration is open for all workshops! This season includes some of our most popular workshops, some that haven’t been offered the past couple of seasons, and multiple brand new offerings! As always our workshops are completely free and are open to artists in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont. Upcoming workshops include “Project Management” with Ana Tinajero, Wednesdays, February 5 + 12, 2025 | 6:00PM – 8:00PM; “Cultural Organizing for Artists with Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 12:00PM – 2:00PM; “Fostering Relationships With Galleries and Museums” with Kristen Becker.
Call for Muralist Westside Legends in partnership with Berkshire County NAACP, ROPE and Milltown Funding seeks an artist or artist team to lead a 3 month painted mural project for Durant Park that memorializes local heroes of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and builds community education and involvement. All applications are reviewed by Westside Legends Art Advisory Committee, a panel of outside arts professionals and community members, based on the following criteria: conceptual relevance, artistic merit as demonstrated by prior experience and eventual proposal, feasibility. Open to artist or artist team with demonstrated experience in designing and creating outdoor public mural artwork and community engagement. The selected artist or artist team will receive a maximum payment of up to and not to exceed $5,000 for the creation of the artwork (in addition to the stipend). Project budgets must cover all costs associated with design, transportation and installation. Learn more.
Deadline: February 6, 2025
Call for Media Art Entries are currently being accepted for the WORK 2025 Regional Media Art Showcase. This exhibition aims to present a snapshot of current visual art culture, with a focus on innovative media art installation through the work of artists based in New England. Juried by Distinguished Curator-in-Residence Dr. Leonie Bradbury, Assistant Curator of Special Projects Shana Dumont Garr, and Artist and Curator Allison Maria Rodriguez. Selected artists will be notified by April 2, 2025 and will receive a $1,000 artist fee as a stipend and to help offset any exhibition production costs. The exhibition will be on view at the Media Art Gallery, 25 Avery Street, Boston, MA, July 29 – October 4, 2025. Installation dates: July 14-25, 2025. Learn more.
Deadline: February 10, 2025 midnight
Call for Artists/Muralist The City of Everett has released a call to art for its Community Crosswalk Art program that looks to install crosswalk art at 3 locations around Everett High School as a way to calm traffic while beautifying the area. The call is looking for local (Boston Metro) experienced outdoor muralists to respond that are also open to working with and incorporating high school art students into their project. The call will be open through February 10th. Learn more about the program. Questions, contact Eric Molinari at eric.molinari@ci.everett.ma.us
Deadline: February 10, 2025
Emergency Funding for Dancers Are you a dancer anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency? Have you recently lost engagements, or been ill or injured? You may be eligible for a one-time Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant of up to $3,000. Cycle 17 will be open January 14 – February 11 for essential expenses including rent, utilities, medicine/healthcare, and food. This national program is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts and funded by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Privacy is guaranteed. Learn more about the program. A recorded information session is also available for viewing.
Call to Artists Entries are currently being accepted for SOUNDWALKS, the 2025 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC). ICMC will be held in Boston from June 8-14, 2025. Submissions from creators with backgrounds in music, sound design, media art, installation, social practice, and site-specific production are all encouraged. SOUNDWALKS will take place in Boston Public Garden and/or Boston Common and be presented using the Echoes platform — an easy-to-use platform that allows artists to create interactive, geolocated audio experiences. Learn more.
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Hidden Histories: Call for Artist(s)-in-Residence with the Reckonings Project and Community Partners at Northeastern University, Boston The Reckonings Project invites applications for artist(s)-in-residence to engage with hidden histories of Boston and/or the New England region. The project is looking for an artist or a team of artists who see art as an entry point for discovery, engagement, and communal experiences. The artist or team of artists will co-design interactions with Reckonings and community partners and archives–and as feasible with local community arts organizations or libraries. Learn more.
Deadline: February 24, 2025
Call for Vocal Chamber Works In 2026, the United States will mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But what does independence mean to us—past, present, and future? Castle of Our Skins is inviting composers of the African diaspora to reflect and create. Submit your proposals for vocal chamber works inspired by the theme Black Declaration of Independence. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2025, at 11:59 PM
Call to Artists Art Newport will showcase a wide range of works, from painting and sculpture to photography, mixed media and installation, offering attendees the opportunity to explore diverse artistic expressions. Art Newport will be a two day art fair format of select artists chosen by a jury of four: Rita Fucillo, Michelle May, Jennifer Okumura and Payal Thiffault. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Dance Project Grant The New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2025
YardArt Exhibition for Watertown Residents YardArt, showcasing community art and creativity to return to Watertown in April, 2025. YardArt, a month-long outdoor citywide art exhibition taking place in Watertown at the transition of winter to spring, will return for a fifth year in April 2025. During YardArt, residents, institutions, and businesses—in short everyone in the city—is invited to install and display self-made creations in their front yards, windows, or anywhere visible from the street or sidewalk. YardArt is a community celebration of the inventiveness and the creativity in us all. Displayed pieces showcase the work of professionals, amateurs, hobbyists, adults, children, and students of all ages. Past works have included sculptures, mobiles, painted and covered materials, lighting displays, and art of all types and sizes. There are also group exhibitions in public and communal spaces. Participation is free and open to all.YardArt provides an opportunity for joy in making and sharing art and in viewing the art of others. Viewers are invited to take self–guided walking or biking tours aided by an online map showing participating locations. Property owners interested in displaying larger pieces in a public space are invited to contact the YardArt Committee as well. Free registration will open online soon. In April, new YardArt locations will be marked by lawn signs and appear on the interactive online map. Learn more.
Ocean Virtual Artist Residency Dive into a transformative creative experience from March to April 2025, in support and commitment to the UN Ocean Decade. This residency offers a unique opportunity to develop your artistic projects, connect with a global community of artists, and share your work with an international audience. What’s in store: virtual mentorship, theme exploration, creative development, and global exposure. Learn more.
Deadline: March 9, 2025
2025 Voices of Peace Poetry Contest The Cape Cod Veterans for Peace has announced a call for poems for their poetry contest. Learn more.
Deadline: March 28, 2025
Image credit: Photograph of Felix Nadar in the basket of a balloon, self-portrait. Albumen print from a glass negative, 14.5 x 10.5 cm. Printed 1890-1920; taken about 1863. From Wikimedia Commons.
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