Current Arts Commission Calls

Current Arts Commission Calls Statewide Calls Listed below are Calls for Art within North Carolina. For national listings, subscribe to the public art network listserv. All opportunities below are paid and are open to Orange County residents. Location designates where the art will be presented or featured. Have a North Carolina arts call you’d like to add to our list? Send us an email. For the North Carolina Arts Council list of Artist Opportunities, click here. Deadline Organization Call Description Location Details October 26 Chapel Hill Arts & Culture 2026 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Community Holiday Parade Chapel Hill-Carrboro Link October 2026 Triangle Music Alliance River Park Concert Artist Vendor Application Hillsborough Link November 15 North Carolina Poetry Society Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series Call Statewide Link November 15 PlayMakers Repertory Company North Carolina Folk Play Project Statewide Link Rolling South Arts Professional Development & Artistic Planning Grants Southeast US Link Rolling South Arts Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $2,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists Southeast US Link Rolling Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership Art Market Vendors Chapel Hill Link Rolling Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew Short Story Submissions: Dark Yonder Hillsborough Link Rolling Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership Artists for 2nd Fridays Chapel Hill Link Rolling City of Durham’s Cultural and Public Art Program South Ellerbe Restoration Project Public Art Survey Durham Link Rolling Town of Chapel Hill Call for Volunteers: Boards & Commissions Chapel Hill Link Rolling The ArtsCenter Course proposals and instructors Carrboro Link Rolling Yonder Southern Cocktails & Brew Call for artists: 45 linear feet of wall space available for month-long exhibits Hillsborough Link Rolling Durham County Request for Qualifications, Public Art for Various Durham County Buildings Durham Link