Virtuoso Artist Opportunities

Buskers Berkshire Busk! is a summer event in Great Barrington, MA, where street performers perform in designated areas in the early evenings of Friday and Saturday. Berkshire Busk! is inviting applications from a wide range of performers, diverse in age, race, skill, and genre – from bands to jazz and classical music, spoken word, dance, jugglers, mimes, and more. Applications for the 2025 season are open now. Learn more.
Deadline: Rolling

Photographers Emerson Contemporary seeks critically engaged photographic series and lens-based works for a three-week exhibition considering ideas and issues related to “movement/s.” This topical and timely show is a part of an upper-level seminar on Curatorial Practices in the department of Visual & Media Studies. No fee. Learn more.
Deadline: February 27, 2025 at 11:59pm

Craft Artist Residencies Snow Farm is offering several free one week residency opportunities in April for experienced makers. Residents enjoy private, creative work time, with housing provided. Residents will be chosen by lottery, three per each of the two week-long sessions, and studios will be assigned in the order of the drawing. The following studios are available during the Independent Residency: 2D/mixed media, flameworking, flat glass, ceramics, fiber, woodworking, metalsmithing and jewelry. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2025

Artist-in-Residence The Artist-In-Residence (Research Fellow) for Slavery North will actively participate in both the scholarly and social environment of the center. Artists-in-Residence, with support of Slavery North leadership, will conduct independent research and create original works in one or more of the five mandate areas of Slavery North which include 1) Canadian Slavery, (2) slavery in the US North, (3) the comparative study of slavery in Canada, the US North, and other northern or temperate regions, (4) the study of the inter-connectedness of slavery in Canada and the US North with Caribbean Slavery, and (5) Black-Indigenous relations in Canadian Slavery or US North Slavery. Learn more.
March 2, 2025

Community Health Musician Certificate (CHMC) Training Thanks to the generous support of Andre Drummond of the Philadelphia 76ers, Berklee Music and Health Institute is partnering with Connecticut-based nonprofit, MARC Community Resources, to offer twelve individuals a fully-funded scholarship for our Community Health Musician Certificate (CHMC) training. As someone at the forefront of community-based programming, we wanted to be sure you knew about this opportunity. More about CHMC: This 9-month asynchronous online training empowers individuals to use music to enhance the well-being of others. With opportunities for hands-on fieldwork and program development support from leaders in the arts and health field, participants learn to design inclusive, music-based experiences tailored to their communities’ needs while working alongside trained music therapists and other professionals. Topics include: Neuropsychology of Music Responses, Inclusive Music-Centered Program Design, Trauma Informed Practices: Cultivating Resilience, Arts, Health, and Well-Being in America. Learn more.
Deadline: March 1, 2025

Call to Media Artists The Doc Society Climate Story Fund supports compelling independent media storytelling and impact strategies from around that world that can help audiences envision the just transition, and activate them to make these visions a reality. The Fund provides up to $125,000 grants to support the completion of production of nonfiction projects, and for impact pilots for completed nonfiction and fiction projects. There will be an information webinar on February 26th. Learn more.
Deadline: March 10, 2025

Call for Artists: Interwoven Narratives – A Fiber Art Exhibition The Tag Art Gallery (TAG) in Boston is pleased to announce an open call for fiber artists to submit work for our upcoming exhibition, “Interwoven Narratives.” This exhibition will explore the profound ways in which fiber art weaves together personal, cultural, and historical stories, forming a tapestry of interconnected experiences. Juror: Kate Irvin, Curator and Head of the Department of Costume and Textiles at the RISD Museum. Learn more.
Deadline: March 13, 2025

Call for Graffiti/Street Artist-in-Residence Program The Charles River Conservancy (CRC) invites artists to apply for our inaugural Graffiti/Street Artist-in-Residence program at the Lynch Family Skatepark. This summer-long residency offers an opportunity for a local artist to serve as both an ambassador of the skatepark and a representative of its vibrant culture from May 2025 – September 2025. The program aims to curate a sense of belonging and highlight and uplift voices that have been traditionally underrepresented in public spaces, including  BIPOC, queer, women, transgender, non-binary, and/or disabled artists. Learn more.
Deadline: March 23, 2025 at 11:59pm

Of Note: Creative Capitol offers free online event for artists, Promoting Projects and Events, Wednesday, March 26, 2025 1-2PM EST. Learn more and register.

Photographers Entries are currently being accepted by the Griffin Museum of Photography for their exhibition Vision(ary). Our eight annual public outdoor exhibition, Vision(ary), will feature over 20 artists, all dedicated to the art of visual storytelling. Filling the Winchester community with public art, Visionaries will feature multiple banners on across Downtown Winchester, and about 18 installation cubes, all presenting work by winners of this call for entry. Learn more.
Deadline: March 30, 2025

Creative Capital Grants The 2026 Open Call seeks proposals for new artistic works in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature. The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to individual artists to create new work. The new State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000. The application portal opens on Monday, March 3, 2025. Learn more.
Deadline: April 3, 2025 at 3PM ET

Emerging Native Artists Grants The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) LIFT  program supports emerging Native artists through one-year awards to develop and realize new projects. LIFT provides a comprehensive suite of services, including $15,000 awards, artist professional development, mentorship, project evaluation, documentation, and communications/marketing support – designed to nurture the growth and potential of emerging Native artists as they refine their craft, advance their careers, and establish their place as vital creative voices in their communities. Learn more.
Deadline: April 8, 2025

Public Art Learning Fund Support Have an opportunity for professional development? The Public Art Learning Fund provides grants of $500 to $3,000 to support professional development opportunities for New England artists to strengthen their public art practices. Learn more.
Deadline: April 14, 2025

ESR CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2025 — New York City We seek a curatorial research fellow to interpret and advance the work of Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz (b. 1942), an American visual artist whose work pushes the limits of representation and abstraction through innovative use of material in painting, photography, and sculpture. Spatz-Rabinowitz received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007 for her mixed media work on war and violence and is currently focusing on climate collapse in a series of hybrid works revealing fragmented Arctic landscapes. The fellow should have a postgraduate degree in art history or curatorial studies (or equivalent professional experience) and a keen sense of the contemporary art world. They will research galleries and museums, help to develop a compelling narrative around this body of work, and co-lead projects as appropriate. We welcome applications from retired and/or independent curators as well as younger candidates. Compensation for this part-time position is in the form of housing. You will have sole occupancy of a small, sunny, comfortably furnished studio apartment located on East 30th Street in Manhattan, NYC — close to the MOMA, the Met, and more — with a market rental value of $2800 per month. In exchange you will work 20–25 hours per week on this project, meeting regularly with the fellowship supervisor. The painting above (Caution, 2001) hangs in the apartment. Viewing other works in person will require visits to the artist’s studio in Cambridge, MA. More details. To apply, send a cover letter with CV and references to esrfellow@gmail.com by April 15th, 2025. The cover letter should explain how you would situate this body of work in today’s artistic landscape, with reference to current and archival materials available at espatzrabinowitz.com. The fellowship will begin in Autumn 2025 with an initial commitment of 12 months. Renewal is possible, by mutual agreement.

Call for Art Entries are currently being accepted for Reign, Rain, Rein, a National Juried Exhibition at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Attleboro, MA. Exhibition: June 14th–July 11th, 2025. Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, June 14th, 2pm – 4pm. Open to all mediums, sizes and interpretations from US-based artists. Artists could potentially represent a Reign of Terror, or heavy downpours, or a manner of restraint. Learn more.
Deadline: April 18, 2025

Community Driven Project Grants The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation The Native Arts + Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) SHIFT program empowers artists, curators, and community collaborators to address social change issues through a Native lens. The program supports innovative community-driven projects created in partnership with an organization that uplift Native communities, promote self-determination, and drive transformative change, paving the way for a resilient and thriving Indigenous future. SHIFT provides multi-year support, including $100,000 two-year awards, professional development, project evaluation, documentation, and marketing support. Learn more.
Deadline: May 15, 2025

Visual Arts Artist in Residence The application for The Umbrella Arts Center’s 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence program is now open. Join an active and vibrant multidisciplinary art center with 50 artist studios, an independent ceramics studio and classroom, a fully equipped woodshop, and gallery and performance spaces in the historic center of Concord, MA. Our Artist in Residence (AiR) program primarily offers a studio space with exhibition and teaching opportunities available. Applicants must be within the first five years of completing an MFA or equivalent program, and may work in any medium including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, digital media, film, mixed media, and interdisciplinary or public art. Questions, contact: Julia Martorell, julia@theumbrellaarts.org. Learn more.
Deadline: May 16, 2025

Ceramics Artist in Residence The Umbrella Arts Center, in Concord MA, seeks applicants for the Ceramics Artist Residency Program. Active ceramic artists and educators looking to join a fully equipped ceramics program with a large and vibrant community are encouraged to apply. The selected resident artist will be an active part of The Umbrella’s creative community of more than 50 artists, and will have opportunities to collaborate across the organization. In addition to our ceramic resources, The Umbrella boasts a makerspace, performance and gallery spaces and numerous working professional artists in historic Concord, Massachusetts. Applicants are expected to be working primarily in ceramics, and are expected to participate in the educational operations of the studio through teaching classes and/or workshops. Questions, contact: Zachary Mickelson, zachary@theumbrellaarts.org Learn more.
Deadline: May 16, 2025

Image credit: Black and white photograph of the late, great singer and musician, Roberta Flack,  singing and playing the piano. From Wikimedia Commons.