Watered Down Artist Opportunities

Cross Sector Resource: Massachusetts Personal Income Tax Filing Assistance
Resources to help you file and pay your Massachusetts taxes. From updates to e-filing, this page has you covered. Also included is how to amend a return and file an extension. Learn more.

Of Note: Creative Sector Advocacy Week  Join artists, creatives, and cultural sector leaders for MASSCreative’s annual, statewide Creative Sector Advocacy Week (March 2-6, 2026). This is a week for celebrating the vibrancy of our creative sector and taking action to ensure that it remains strong. Learn more on how to get involved. And be sure to register for the Creative Sector Day at the State House on March 3, 2o26, from 10:00 am -3:00 pm.

Poets The Dracut Cultural Council seeks poets to help launch the Dracut Poet Laureate Program. For an application, email dracutculturalcouncil.gmail.com.

Visual AIDS Artist Support Grant Since 1996, Visual AIDS has awarded grants to artists living with HIV who are in need of financial assistance in obtaining materials to create their artwork. Beginning in 2023, their grant program has expanded to support artists living with HIV through unrestricted grants, recognizing that artists need more than just art materials to make their work. No fee to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: February 15, 2026

Playwrights Launchpad Extension Resident, Fresh Ink Theatre is accepting submissions for their 2026-2027 season. They are looking for Playwrights for their Ink Spot Residency and New Play Development Residency. Submissions are open and will close when they receive 65 scripts or on February 15th, whichever comes first. Learn more.
Deadline: February 15, 2026

Call to Artists For the first time, HellaBlack is introducing a dedicated Youth Edition. We are inviting artists ages 16-25 from the Black, African, African American, Afro Caribbean, and Afro Latine diaspora to join us for Hella Black Vol.8 GENESIS. The theme for this year is GENESIS, rooted in rebirth, growth, and the act of pushing forward in times of change. Artists are encouraged to share work that reflects transformation, emergence, and the courage to build something new through your art, your process, and your becoming. Learn more.
Deadline: February 16, 2026

Call to Artists, Playwrights, Filmmakers The 2026 Policy Playhouse Art Sprint, a one-day celebration of art, film, and local policy initiatives, taking place on Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 10:00 AM–6:00 PM in the Campus Center Carroll Room at Smith College (Northampton, MA). Learn more.
Deadline: February 18, 2026

Making It Public: for New England Artists Making it Public for Massachusetts Artists is expanding to support artists across New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) and will focus on public art in rural places. This is a free five-week virtual workshop series designed to support artists of all disciplines in exploring and expanding their public art making practice. Workshops cover practical and tactical subjects including community engagement, funding opportunities, contracting, insurance, and more. Register by February 23, 2026. Learn more.

Sculptors Entries are currently being accepted for the Cape Cod Open Sculpture Invitational 2026. The Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) and the New England Sculptors Association (NESA) will invite all 3D artists to submit to their third joint Juried Sculpture Exhibition on the 22-acre campus of the Cape Cod Center for the Arts (30+ outdoor sites identified). Entry Fee: $25.00 for up to 3 submissions per call. Learn more.
Deadline: February 27, 2026

John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Arts/Industry Residency During this three-month residency, artists work in Kohler Co.’s pottery and foundry in Wisconsin with full studio access, free industrial materials, use of equipment, technical support, housing, round-trip transportation, and a monthly honorarium. Learn more.
Deadline: February 28, 2026

Tyler School of Art and Architecture – Edgar Heap of Birds Family Artist Residency
Open to artists whose work focuses on the history and lived experience of North American Indigenous people. Offered January–May 2027 at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, artists receive a $3,500/month stipend. Learn more.
Deadline: March 2, 2026

Jazz Artists Jazz Road is a national initiative from South Arts supporting jazz artists through touring and residency grants that bring jazz into new places, strengthen artist careers, and build deeper connections with communities. Rooted in the African-American tradition, jazz thrives on connection, and this cycle is all about just that. The January 2026 theme is Jazz & Human Connection, with a focus on rural and underserved areas that Jazz Road hasn’t meaningfully reached over the past eight years. Letters of Interest (LOIs) should be submitted from: Jazz artists based in rural areas or nearby urban centers; artists with personal ties to underserved communities—through family, history, or shared cultural connection. Learn more.
Deadline for LOI: March 2, 2026

Call to Artists The NH Art Association (NHAA) honors founding member Omer T. Lassonde every year with this open juried exhibition. Lassonde’s vision and generosity established an endowment that has sustained this exhibition for 40 years, creating lasting opportunities for artists throughout New England. We see the fruits of this investment in the vibrant creative community at NHAA. Fees: NHAA Members: $20 for one submission/$25 for two submissions/ $30 for three submissions. Non-Members: $40 for one submission/$45 for two submissions/$50 for three submissions Learn more.
Deadline: March 4, 2026

Call to Artists Art Fluent invites artists to submit artwork to their online exhibit, WABI-SABI II.  Over $1,200 in cash prizes. All accepted pieces will be displayed in their online gallery Fee: $25 for first entry/$10 for each additional entry.  Learn more.
Deadline: March 6, 2026 midnight MST

Call to Artists Newburyport Art Association (NAA) invites sculptors to submit to the 11th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Garden Exhibition. Sculptures will be on display year-round from approximately April 1st 2026 to March 15th 2027. Sculptors are responsible for installation and deinstallation of their work. Submissions will be curated by the Executive Director. No submission fee, artists may enter up to 3 pieces. Learn more.
Deadline: March 8, 2026 (by 11:59pm)

Online Portfolio Review The Cambridge Art Association’s annual Portfolio Review (March 27-28) connects artists with curators, gallery directors, and arts professionals for personalized 30-minute consultations. This year’s lineup includes reviewers from institutions such as Steven Zevitas Gallery, LaiSun Keane Gallery and the Danforth Art Museum. Fees for current Cambridge Art Association Members: $75 for a single (1), 30-minute session, $70/per session for (3) or more*, 30-minute sessions. For Non-Members: $95 for a single (1), 30-minute session, $90/per session for 3 or more*, 30-minute sessions. *For more than (6) reviews, please contact them directly before registering Learn more.
Deadline: March 18, 2026

Call to Artists The Artists Group of Charlestown is currently accepting entries to their Spring 2026 exhibition called Freedom Is [_____]. All media are accepted, 2D (Collage, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography) or 3D (Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Fiber Arts). The Artist is free to express themselves from any point of view – personal, political, philosophical, historical – as visual art. Submission fee for current AGC Member entrants is $30; fee for non-AGC Member entrants is $45. Up to 4 pieces may be submitted under this fee. Learn more.
Deadline: March 31, 2026

Call to Artists The Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) has announced a call for art to Massachusetts artists for North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation artwork to be featured at the Trust’s Massachusetts Right Whale Day Celebration on Friday, April 24, 2026 at the New England Aquarium. Artwork must depict anatomically accurate North Atlantic right whale physical characteristics. Selected artwork will be featured in MET’s charitable online auction to benefit the Marine Mammal Conservation Program. Artists can select a 50/50 split or 100% contribution. No fee to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: April 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm

Free Professional Development Workshops for Artists Upcoming Assets for Artists professional development workshops for artists: “Staying Authentic While Marketing Your Work” with Daniel Callahan, Monday, March 30, 2026 from 6-8PM. In this workshop, participants will learn some of the strategies and apply practical know how to promote themselves and their services with excellence and authenticity in both in-person and online spaces. This is an introductory level marketing course best suited for visual and media artists. 50 participants max. Learn more.

“An Introduction to Cooperatives in the Arts” with Daniel Park, Wednesday + Thursday, April 1 + 2, 2026 from 6-7:30PM. In this workshop, participants will learn about the fundamentals that define cooperatives and how they differ from other types of collectives, explore case studies of cooperatives in the arts and culture sector, and brainstorm how a cooperative could meet their needs and the needs of their communities. Suitable for artists of all disciplines. 50 participants max. Learn more.

Image credit: Provincetown Having Its Morning Fog, 1927–28, watercolor, 26 1/4 x 18 3/8 in., Grace V. Kelly (American, 1877–1950). From the collection of the Cleveland Art Museum.