Of Note: Creative Capital presents free workshop, Artist Lab: Promotional Writing for Professional Artists, February 26, 2025 1-2PM EST on Zoom. Learn more and register.
Call to Artists The James Library & Center for the Arts in Norwell is accepted entries for their 6th Annual Spring Juried Art Show. Open to all mediums. All painting and drawing, media, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramic, textiles, wood or metal work, audio & video, and mixed media. Juror is Allison Rudnick, Associate Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Learn more.
Deadline: February 24, 2025 11:59
2025 National Mural Awards Public art, and murals in particular, have been growing in popularity. To honor this flourishing branch of the contemporary art world, the National Mural Awards was founded with the intent to honor and recognize the best examples of mural art across the country. The 2025 awards, sponsored in part by Rust-Oleum, will feature Gold, Silver and Bronze awards presented to the top three murals in each of six U.S. regions, with the regional winners each qualifying for the National Awards. Only murals completed in the 2024 calendar year (Jan 1 – Dec 31) are eligible. No entry fee.
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Deadline: February 28, 2025
Grant for Touring Artists The New England States Touring (NEST) Grant funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England. NEST 1, 2, and 3 support are all accepting applications. Applicants are highly encouraged to contact NEFA staff to confirm that their project fits the program guidelines. Learn more.
Deadline: March 3, 2025
Call to Artists The Artists’ Group of Charlestown is accepting entries for their annual spring exhibition. Inspired by the poem, Happy First Day of Spring by Mary Oliver, Spring’s Invitation expresses the Artists’ sensory experiences with the onset of Spring, without the distraction of the human form. The gaze is shifted from ourselves, allowing Spring’s flora and fauna to take center stage. Eligible Media includes the following: 2D (Collage, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography), 3D (Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Fiber Arts). Any form of representation (realism, abstraction, and everything in between). Exhibition Dates: March 28th – April 13th 2025. Artwork excludes all human imagery, but can include imagery of manmade objects that convey the idea of the relationship between the natural and the manmade world. For example, ivy that overtakes a structure. Learn more.
Deadline: March 13, 2025 at midnight
Poets Are you a New England (or New England adjacent) poet? Mass Poetry wants your poem to kick off the first headlining event of the 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, taking place May 31st and June 1st. The winner and two honorable mentions will be invited to read their poem in person at the Festival. The cash prize is $250 for the winner and $50 for honorable mentions. There is a $10 entry fee, which supports the Festival and the contest. A fee-free option is available for students or anyone for whom the entry fee would present a barrier. Learn more.
Deadline: March 15, 2025
Call for Muralist In partnership with BioMed Realty and the Innovation Trail, Canal District Kendall invites artists to design and paint murals for Canal District Kendall on two highly visible parking garage vent shafts. These commissioned murals will be prominently located on Broad Canal Way in the heart of Kendall Square. Learn more.
Deadline: March 15, 2025
BIPOC Artists Grant Crafting the Future (CTF) provides emerging, mid-career, and established artists of color with funding that will plant their roots in the craft community and propel their careers. Crafting the Future’s Artist Micro Grants are $500 unrestricted grants to support BIPOC artists in covering artistic and living expenses as they pursue careers in the arts. Learn more.
Deadline: March 15, 2025
Call for Outdoor Sculptures Proposals are currently being accepted for the exhibition Under Construction: America at 250. The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, Massachusetts requests proposals for 15 artists or groups of artists to create sculptures for an outdoor exhibition to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial. The show will take place, June 28, 2026 – August 29, 2027, on the museum grounds in Duxbury, MA. Chosen artists will receive a $3000 stipend to create and exhibit their work. No entry fee. Learn more.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Grants for American Painters over 45 Applications are currently being accepted for the The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant program. Grants are offered to American painters aged 45 or older who demonstrate financial need. The primary emphasis is to promote public awareness and a commitment to American art, as well as encouraging interest in painters who lack adequate recognition. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Image credit: Sgra-Snyan, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted 14th–16th century, Tibet, Carved wood, skin, gesso, gilding, 42 15/16 in. (109 cm), from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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