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Enroll in a 6-session introductory oil painting class covering color theory, composition, and painting techniques.
Submit designs for five public sculptures and one mural in downtown Norwich, funded with a total budget of $600,000 ($100,000 per artwork).
Nominate an artist or culture bearer who has made significant lifelong contributions to Minnesota and created locally, regionally, or nationally significant art.
Join an improv workshop and live comedy performance series held on select 4th Wednesdays.
A residency to compose, perform, and record a suite of Freedom Songs with the Chapel Choir of Syracuse University, creating cross-cultural experiences exploring world religions and movements for human dignity.
Other - Interdisciplinary/Hybrid
Submit 1-3 original artworks in drawing, painting, mixed media, photography, or digital art for a themed portrait exhibition.
Submit artwork no larger than 12×12×12 inches for a juried exhibition celebrating small-scale art.
Answer 5 quick questions and every listing gets a fit score, with a lighter weekly shortlist and overlap checks across your show dates.
Register as a vendor (artist, musician, maker, nonprofit, food vendor, or business) to secure a 10'x10' space and promotion at Open Streets Hennepin, a car-free street celebration in Uptown Minneapolis.
A multi-day orchestral workshop for the first reading and rehearsals of a newly composed jazz oratorio titled 'Rustin in Renaissance.'
This is a profile of a grantee artist and their commissioned public art project; it is not an open call for applications.
Artists in all media are invited to apply for ongoing gallery representation and exhibition opportunities, including a minimum six-month presence, rotating exhibitions, online promotion, and sales opportunities.
Apply for a fully paid, on-the-job technical arts training program including two weeks of introductory training and 200 hours of apprenticeships in scenic carpentry, painting, welding, sound, lights, and projections.
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Solo exhibition featuring printmaking, ceramics, and cosmological imagery that explores fire as an agent of transformation, combining sacred and contemporary imagery to question possible futures.
Submit pre-existing outdoor sculptures for a two-year temporary public art installation in Downtown Augusta.
Small and mid-size nonprofit visual and performing arts organizations in Wisconsin with operating budgets under $2 million may apply for project grants of $100,000 or $200,000 over two years through a juried process.
Artists are invited to propose year-long residencies that engage with Sea Island communities, Penn Center's archives, or other collections, with outcomes presented as readings, exhibitions, performances, or installations.
Submit photographs capturing the feeling of an endless summer for a group exhibition at Decode Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.
Neighborhood arts councils, community groups, and individual artists can apply to bring new and existing festivals or events to Seattle parks.
Nonprofit organizations in The Palm Beaches can apply for annual sponsorship funding for new marketing activations, large events or festivals, and special programming related to MOSAIC, The Palm Beaches' signature month of arts and culture in May.
Nonprofit arts organizations, nonprofits, and government entities may apply for up to $5,000 to support projects that strengthen operations and expand community engagement, or up to $2,000 to attend the 2026 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference.
A site-specific installation exploring how architecture can hold space for gathering, exchange, and collective life through the concept of engawa, the Japanese architectural threshold mediating between interior and exterior, private and public.
Answer 5 quick questions and every listing gets a fit score, with a lighter weekly shortlist and overlap checks across your show dates.
Apply for a renewable undergraduate scholarship of up to $40,000 per year to support college education in Oregon or California.
Submit an artist statement and six work samples to be selected for a two-year public artist roster used for pre-qualified artist selection on public art projects with budgets of $100,000 or below.
Rocky Casillas Aguirre received an $8,000 grant to create an anti-ICE/pro-immigration public sign and mural in Northfield, Minnesota.