East Boston Artists The East Boston Spatial Justice Lab is conducting an anonymous survey for East Boston artists focusing on life in East Boston. Residents’ insights on community belonging, housing, and how the arts influence the neighborhood will be instrumental in identifying challenges and harnessing the community’s strengths. Take the survey.
Call to Artists Mudflat Pottery Studios to put out a call for a mural on the side of their building at 81 Broadway. The mural dimensions will be approximately 20′ wide x 13′ high. Compensation: Up to $13,500 including labor, supplies, and materials. Learn more and apply.
Deadline: March 22, 2024
The Mayor’s Poetry Program at Boston City Hall The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s (MOAC) has issued a call for poetry with the theme of “resistance” for potential display at City Hall, with public reading. Poets who live and/or work in Boston are invited to send in work that embraces the city’s creativity, innovation, and vibrant cultural landscape. Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola will select up to 15 poems based on strength of content and style. Learn more.
Deadline: March 22, 2024, at 11:59 PM
Call for Art Submissions are being accepted for Too Hot!, a juried group exhibition at Kingston Gallery. Kingston Gallery is seeking artists who are actively creating work around these heated topics, or in response to the overheated intensity of the world. Exhibit Dates: July 3–August 11 2024. Learn more.
Deadline to submit: March 24, 2024, 11:59 PM
Choreographers Enhance your choreographic voice and cultivate community with the Jacob’s Pillow Curriculum in Motion® Institute offers a unique career development opportunity for emerging, mid-career, and seasoned choreographers. In the 10-month Institute (Fall 2024 through Summer 2025), they train in the Curriculum in Motion® method, a transformational dance integration method in which choreographers and community partners investigate how dance can be used to honor a community’s questions and needs. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2024
Artist Residency Applications for the Artist Residency Program at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in New York Mills, MN are now being accepted. The residency program is open to artists of all disciplines; writers, poets, playwrights, visual artists, musicians, and dancers, and offers time and space to create without distraction. Artists are responsible for their transportation to and from New York Mills, MN, along with food while in residence. The Cultural Center provides a one-bedroom home, along with all linens, dishes, etc. The Center requests that artists perform an outreach project, usually within the schools. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2024
Call to Artists, Performers The Somerville Arts Council invites musicians, street performers, circus artists, installation artists, buskers, craft vendors, and more to participate at ArtBeat 2024: Saturday, July 13, 2024; 11-9 pm (Rain date: Sunday, July 14) Davis Square, Somerville. ArtBeat 2024 Theme: Wild. Learn more.
Craft Vendors Deadline: April 1, 2024
Bands/Musicians Deadline: April 15, 2024
Choreographers Deadline: April 15, 2024
General Talent Deadline: April 15, 2024
New Theater The SoHo Rep in New York City is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Writer Director Lab. The Writer Director Lab supports four collaborative teams as they develop their new theatrical projects over 12 months. The Lab culminates in work-in-progress presentations that are free and open to the public. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2024, 5 PM EST
Call for Art The Watertown Public Arts & Culture Committee is pleased to launch a new call for art, for bike rack design and fabrication, in partnership with the Watertown Department of Public Works. Learn more.
Deadline: April 17, 2024
Performing Artists The Performing Arts Technologies Lab is both a grant and a support system designed to expand access to and nurture new methods for creating, sharing and experiencing the performing arts. The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) is looking for innovative ideas in jazz, contemporary dance and theater that make use of new digital tools and production methods. Learn more.
Deadline: May 6, 2024
Woman Sculpture Nominations Senate President Karen Spilka calls for public input On first bust honoring a woman in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber. Learn more to nominate a woman.
Deadline: May 14, 2024
Boston Dancemakers Residency The Boston Dancemakers Residency is designed to support new work from conception to performance. Through a partnership between BCA and Boston Dance Alliance (BDA), two choreographers will be selected for this intensive residency that provides support for research, development, rehearsal space, production support, marketing, and mentorship. The Boston Dancemakers Residency runs from September 2024 through June 2025. Learn more.
Deadline: May 27, 2024 at 11PM
Call to Dancers The Dance Lab at the Boston Center for Arts (BCA) has announced and open call. Designed to amplify and support a project over the course of a five-week time period from March 3 — April 7, 2025, Dance Lab at BCA offers three dance-based artists support for research, development, rehearsal, outreach, and mentorship. Resources will be tailored for dancers at all stages of experience and points of their artistic arc for the selected project. Learn more.
Deadline: May 27, 2024 at 11PM
Image credit: Eric Koch, black & white photograph, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 1969. From the collection of the Dutch National Archives.
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