Free Professional Development Workshops for Artists Assets for Artists offers an ever-evolving selection of online and in-person workshops to address the most urgent needs, challenges, and opportunities facing artists in our region. Learn more.
Call to Artists Art Fluent is currently accepting entries for the exhibition Into the Light. What would art be without light? We don’t want to know! Light not only illuminates art but also directs our focus, crafts the atmosphere, defines every detail, and ignites emotion within us. Over $1,200 in cash prizes. All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at www.art-fluent.com. Learn more.
Deadline: January 10, 2025 at midnight (MST)
Writers Teachers & Writers Magazine seeks submissions for the Bechtel Prize, a $1,000 cash prize to be awarded to a classroom teacher or teaching artist for an essay describing an innovative creative writing classroom project that engaged and inspired budding writers. Winners announced Spring 2025. Learn more.
Deadline: January 12, 2025
Poets Entries are currently being accepted for the 2025 New American Poetry Prize, $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: Sara Eliza Johnson. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Learn more.
Deadline: January 15, 2025
2025 Women@MIT Fellowship Call for Proposals MIT Libraries’ Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC) is seeking applicants for its 2025 Women@MIT Fellowship. We invite artists, activists, musicians, writers, and scholars who are engaged in the expansion and expression of knowledge to help inform the understanding of women in MIT’s history and the history of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We are particularly interested in those who will apply the interdisciplinary lenses and methodologies of women’s studies, gender studies, and/or race and ethnic studies to their work. The selected Fellow(s) will work with the Women@MIT project archivist and other staff within the MIT Libraries’ Department of Distinctive Collections. Successful candidates must be willing to engage in archival research either in person or in a remote environment. The fellowship is supported by a stipend of $5,000 for each project. Up to two projects will be selected per year. Learn more.
Deadline: January 17, 2025 at midnight
Call for Art The Cultural Center of Cape Cod is accepting entries for their exhibition Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover. This evocative visual art exhibition is designed to challenge our perceptions and invite us to look beyond the superficial. This engaging showcase, presented at the Cultural Center, features a variety of artists who use unexpected materials, surprising forms, and innovative techniques to question the initial impressions and judgments we often make. Learn more.
Deadline: January 17, 2025
Call for Sculptures Entries are currently being accepted for Sculpture at the Mount. The 2025 exhibition, consisting of 20-25 large-scale, juried works, will open on Saturday, May 24, and will run through Sunday, October 19. A $1,000 honorarium will be awarded to each accepted artist. Sculptures may be offered for sale with 70% of the sale price going to the artist, and a 30% commission going to The Mount. A virtual exhibition on The Mount’s website will accompany the show, and there will be with public programming—including tours, readings, and workshops—responding to the artwork. The exhibition is fully outdoors and is free and open to the public. Given the vastness of our landscape, we recommend that submissions are large-scale (at least 3 ft. in width or height). Artists must ensure that their artwork is stable in the elements (wind, rain, and sun) and safe for public engagement. The Mount will assist in the installation and deinstallation process and will provide a crane as necessary. Learn more.
Deadline: January 26, 2025
Illustration Awards The AOI, in partnership with the USA-based Directory of Illustration, is delighted to announce that the World Illustration Awards 2025 are open for entries. The World Illustration Awards showcase great work being made by illustrators all over the world today. WIA focuses on supporting and celebrating creativity, connecting illustrators to their peers and the industry. Learn more.
Deadline: February 11, 2025
Image credit: New England lobster shack, Carol M. Highsmith 1946-, photographer, Created / Published [between 1980 and 2006], Transparencies–color. From the collection of the Library of Congress.
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