Hermetic Artist Opportunities

Call for Art Entries are being accepted for the exhibit Under the Same Flag (Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA). Jurors: Claudia Ruiz Gustafson and Angela Ackerman. This is a national call for art open to artists, 18 and over, living & working in the US. Entry to Under the Same Flag is open to all interpretations and portrayals of what America stands for and what unite us as a country. They are looking for artwork in all mediums that addresses concepts of identity, belonging, community, diversity and other pressing contemporary issues. This exhibit also aims to celebrate America as a mosaic of the world’s cultures. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2020 (midnight)

Call to Writers Entries are currently being accepted for the May Day Mountain Chapbook Series. The winning author will receive $100 in prize money plus fifty 5×7, handmade letterpress copies of their manuscript, designed and illustrated by May Day Studio of Montpelier, Vermont. Send 30-50 pages of fiction, short stories, poetics, nonfiction, hybrid, short scripts, experimental biography and autobiography, as well as new approaches to journalism, scholarship, and critique. Learn more.
Deadline: March 1, 2020

Call for Art ArtsWorcester is currently accepting work for In Transition: A Members’ Exhibition in partnership with the Fitchburg Art Museum. This is the eighth “call and response” collaboration between ArtsWorcester and the Fitchburg Art Museum, an important center for contemporary art in New England. Artists are invited to consider ways in which art can explore the concept of transition, inspired by a selection of ten artworks from FAM’s permanent collection. The FAM curatorial staff will select ten works works from In Transition to be exhibited at FAM. Learn more.
Deadline: Thursday, March 5, 2020

Call for Artists By the People, a free, city-wide international arts and dialogue festival presented by Halcyon in Washington, DC, is holding an open call for artists working in all mediums and art forms to submit proposals for performances or large scale artworks. The festival’s more than 100 events include performances, art installations, and curated conversations about what it means to seek life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The preliminary thematic framework for By the People 2020 is entitled CULTURE SUPREME featuring installations and performances addressing the current shift in how Americans enact and shape democracy, from a political to a cultural perspective. Artists working in any discipline who can commit to creating and exhibiting work during June 12th-28th, 2020 are eligible to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: March 23, 2020

Proposals Locust Projects, Miami’s longest running not-for-profit, is seeking proposals for LAB MFA our summer residency and exhibition program. This paid opportunity is open to currently enrolled studio art MFA students and provides a project and travel budget. Learn more.
Deadline: March 29, 2020

Photographers The Curated Fridge invites submissions for its latest call for photographers. Curator: Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor for photography and art books for Kehrer Verlag. Theme: Open Call. Fees: Free! Learn more.
Deadline: March 31, 2020 (postmarked mail)

Call for Exhibition Proposals ArtsWorcester invites exhibition proposals for the 2020-2021 gallery season and corporate art program. Proposals are evaluated anonymously by a panel of seven volunteers. New and traditional media, fine craft, and site-specific installations are all welcome. As part of this year’s call, ArtsWorcester seeks proposals for solo exhibitions eligible for the Present Tense Prize, awarded to an artist whose work exemplifies new practices, artistic risk-taking, and excellence in execution. The winner of the Present Tense Prize will also receive an award of $1,000. Learn more.
Deadline: March 31, 2020

Call to Artists Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, invites artists to submit work that considers truth and fabrication for our upcoming national exhibition, Fact vs. Fiction. This show is juried by Sam Adams, a Koch Curatorial Fellow at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Any 2D, 3D, and time-based work will be considered. This call is open to all US residents. Learn more.
Deadline: Sunday, April 5, 2020

Artist Residency The BAC is seeking proposals for a 10-week artist residency in their historic firehouse turned arts center in Brookline, MA. One dynamic solo artist or small collaborative group will have the opportunity to experiment and grow their body of work with the support of the BAC. Artist(s) selected will design, create and exhibit an installation or series of work in our unique gallery space. The residency will provide five weeks of artistic development and culminate with a five-week public exhibition. Artist(s) are expected to create a site-specific, original installation or series of work for their Annex Gallery while in residence at the BAC. A site visit prior to submission is strongly encouraged. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2020, 11:59pm

Exhibition Proposals The Vermont Studio Center requests proposals from individuals, groups of artists or curators to present exhibitions in the Red Mill Gallery, at VSC for the calendar year of 2020. Artists will be notified by May 1st, 2020. The mission of the galleries at VSC is to showcase the work of established visual artists, including resident artists at VSC and artists from the greater Vermont area. The VSC galleries attract visitors from across the region and bring new audiences to the studio center. The Red Mill gallery is best suited for solo exhibitions of an established artist. Learn more.
Deadline: April 20, 2020

 Image credit: Glass artist Isabel Green’s glass flame-work and realistic depiction of a hermit crab. Photograph from the Sandwich Glass Museum.