ArtOps
General Arts | Visual Arts
ArtOps is dedicated to bringing art opportunities to Utah artists. Opportunities are from local, national and international sources, and include various funding sources, exhibitions, and residencies & professional development. Click on the menu items above for your interest area.
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General Art Opportunities
(Please review these opportunities thoroughly. They are listed here as a service, but they are not administered by Utah Arts & Museums.)
- The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Guest Artist Initiative Program facilitates and funds the hiring of professional SDC directors and choreographers to helm theatre productions at universities and colleges across the country.
Deadline: May 13, 2013
- Challenge America Fast-Track, from the National Endowment for the Arts, supports projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000. Offers support primarily small and mid-sized organizations.
Deadline: May 23, 2013
- The Antarctic Artists and Writers Program supports writing and artistic projects specifically designed to increase understanding and appreciation of the Antarctic and of human activities on the southernmost continent. It furnishes operational support and round-trip economy air tickets between the United States and the southern hemisphere. Former Utah Poet Laureate Kate Coles is a former awardee.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
- Princess Grace JustFilms Documentary Awards, made possible by the Ford Foundation, support documentary film projects in social justice areas that are thesis projects by students or filmmakers' final projects at media arts centers. The emphasis is on native/indigenous peoples of America.
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Deadline: June 1, 2013
- The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. The project may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts and other aspects of the national experience.
Deadline: June 11, 2013
- Up to $10,000 in scripts and royalties will be given away to middle schools and high schools that submit videos no longer than three minutes about why "The Show Must Go On" in this competition from Pioneer Drama Service.
Deadline: June 30, 2013
- Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation will donate musical instruments to music programs that serve low-income communities (65% participating in National Lunch Program). Schools must have an established music program.
Deadline: August 1, 2013
- The Mockingbird Foundation offers competitive grants to schools and nonprofits that effect improvements in areas of music education of importance to the Phish fan community. Fewer than 1% of requests are funded, but the first tier of the application process is simple. Grants range from $500 to $1,000.
Initial inquiry deadline: August 1, 2013
- The National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) invites applications for several grant categories supporting classroom-based arts education, with awards ranging from $500 to $10,000. Applicants have to be members of NAEF.
Deadline: October 1, 2013
- The Kress Foundation is accepting applications for grants to support projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture from antiquity to the dawn of the modern era. In previous years, grant amounts have ranged from $1,000 to $93,000.
Deadline: October 1, 2013
Visual Arts
Local | National & International | Residencies & Professional Development
Local
- Salt Lake Bicycle Company is accepting entries for the 5th Annual Bicycle Art Show in conjunction with their Gallery Roll on May 17th and Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll. Additional information online.
Deadline: Currently accepting submissions
EXHIBITION
- Salt Lake City Council is accepting submissions for youth videos. Just make a short video telling them what you like about Salt Lake City, and if your film resonates with the Council, they’ll make it a prominent feature on Channel 17, Salt Lake City’s television channel. You’ll get extra points if the things you like about Salt Lake City align with the Council’s priorities. Must be in high school in the Salt Lake City School District. Inquiries, call
801.535.7600.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
COMPETITION
- Ogden City Arts Grants support projects in every art form, for both well-established
institutions and newly formed groups. Grants are available to individuals for projects of exceptional merit that provide public service.
Deadline: May 29, 2013
FUNDING
Added 5/10/2013
- Salt Lake City Arts Council is accepting applications for Project Support Grants, which are awarded to individuals, groups, and nonprofit organizations for specific art projects and programs such as exhibits, concerts, festivals or workshops.
Deadline: June 14, 2013 5pm MST
FUNDING
Added 5/10/2013
- The Tooele City Arts Council invites all artists to participate in the 1st Annual Tooele Plein Air Art Contest-Photography, Painting and Found Objects, starting Monday, the 17th of June. This is a great opportunity for artists to draw, paint, find or photograph the Tooele County area, sell their work to the public during the Tooele Arts Festival, and compete for cash prizes. "Plein Air" means "in the open air," and artists are encouraged to do just that: get out of the studio and make some beautiful artwork of Tooele County.
Deadline: June 17, 2013
COMPETITION
Added 5/10/2013
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Downtown SLC is holding a video contest with the topic of "I Am Downtown" that will potentially be used in a Downtown SLC brand online advertisement. Be creative and make it something unique and never seen before. Make it colorful. Make it unexpected. Tell a story. It's up to you. Just make it awesome. 30-100 seconds. $5,000 prize.
Deadline: June 17, 2013
COMPETITION
Added 4/29/2013
- Art Access Gallery (SLC) welcomes exhibition proposals from emerging and established artists, artists with and without disabilities, and artists representing other underserved communities. We exhibit Utah artists and ask that artwork intended for exhibit is new and has not been shown at other venues. Work in any medium is accepted.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 5/10/2013
- Utah Plein Air 2013 Juried Competition will be accepting entries. The event held by the Brigham City Museum (UT), will be held on the following dates: August 22-23 stamp canvases, August 23-25 create artworks outdoors, August 29-31 works accepted at museum. Open to all ages, cash prizes from $150-$1000.00. All work must be 2-D, photography accepted. Inquiries call 435.226.1439
Deadline: August 29-30
COMPETITION
Added 3/25/2013
National & International
- International Call for Submission for FIGMENT.
In 2013, FIGMENT seeks to continue its mission to offer free, inclusive and participatory art to entire communities, removing the barriers of museum and gallery walls and entrance fees and blurring the lines between those who create and those who enjoy art. Submissions are welcome in every medium imaginable. Anything that gets people working and playing and creating together.
Deadline: Various by geography, March 23-June 9, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 2/27/2013
- Know Now Gallery presents an opportunity to expose artists working in contemporary visual arts to a wider audience. This exhibition is a pop-up showcase in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. $1,000 award money allocated by juror.
Deadline: May 15, 2013
EXHIBITION+AWARD
- Baang + Burne Contemporary New Work Grant 2013 is open to all visual artists of all media. The grant is a $2,500 cash award that recognizes the strongest new proposal in contemporary art as submitted. $35 entry fee.
Deadline: May 15, 2013
FUNDING
Added 3/25/2013
- FUTURGARDE AWARD is a newly created prize for support and promotion of the most interesting and promising living artists from all around the world. We are looking for innovative and exceptional works of art showing unique creative practices, ideas and personalities. An international group of 20 creative professionals (art critics, curators, collectors and established artists) will evaluate the proposals, considering their conceptual and visual quality and artistic maturity. $60,000 in grant awards distributed among 3 winners.
Deadline: May 15, 2013 Registration, May 30, 2013 Submission
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 3/27/2013
- Washington Printmakers Gallery seeks entries for a juried printmaking exhibition, July 31 - August 25, 2013 in Silver Spring, MD. 1st Prize: Solo show, August 2013. 2nd Prize: $200 Purchase Award from Graphic Chemical. Other prizes awarded. Juror: Philippa Hughes. Open to printmakers age 18+ residing in the continental United States creating traditional, hand-pulled prints. Inquires call
301.273-3660.
Deadline: May 18, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 3/25/2013
- The Kiernan Gallery (VA) is pleased to announce its second annual portfolio showcase, juried by renowned photography critic Vicki Goldberg. For this exhibition, four photographers will be selected to show their complete bodies of work.
Deadline: May 23, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 4/17/2013
- The Aaron Siskind Foundation (ASF) is offering a limited number of Fellowship grants of up to $10,000 each, for individual artists working in photography and photo-based art. Recipients are selected by a panel of distinguished guest judges on the basis of artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium in its widest sense.
Deadline: May 24, 2013
FUNDING
Added 3/6/2013
- Call to artists for a Global Juried Show by Steven Assael at Six Summit Gallery (NY & CT).
Steven Assael (born 1957) is an American painter widely recognized as one of the leading representational figurative artists of this generation. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and currently teaches at The New York Academy of Art and the School of Visual Arts. Original work in oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, mixed media, charcoal, metal point, graphite, etc. all OK.
Deadline: May 25, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 4/17/2013
- The Foundation of the Arts and the Artists of Barcelona is holding this year, since 2006, the Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition with a painting prize of 36.000 €, a fund for sculpture of 44.000 € and a buying fund to be determined. The aim of the foundation is to encourage and spread figurative art. The main task will be to encourage artistic initiatives and sponsor artists. No entry fee.
Deadline: May 30, Registration - July 12, Submission
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 4/24/2013
- The Rymer Gallery (Nashville, TN) is excited to announce our First Annual Directors Choice Juried Exhibition: UNITS OF MEASURE. Open to all U.S. and international artists at least 25 years of age.
The Rymer Gallery is one of the largest contemporary galleries in the heart of Nashville's arts district. The objective of the gallery is to continue the legacy endowed by The Betty Rymer Gallery at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, by supporting the best of what the contemporary art world has to offer. $25 entry fee; up to three images.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 5/10/2013
- Call for artists for the 26th Annual September Competition
at the Alexandria (LA) Museum of Art. Juried by artist-juror Stewart Nachmias, artists will be featured in a full-color catalogue and exhibition September 6-November 23, 2013. Visual artists over age 18 working in all media, including but not limited to painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, video, textile art, and printmaking are invited to submit.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
Added 4/29/2013
- ISE Cultural Foundation is looking for artists who are willing to show new and innovative work in New York City, the center of contemporary art world. Selected works will be shown at ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, located in Soho area in New York City from July 9 to August 23. Four awards will be presented at the opening reception on July 12. Award winners will receive a chance to have either solo or group exhibitions at ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery during 2014 season.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 4/17/2013
- Call for entries for The Rocky Mountain National Watermedia (RMNW) exhibition, in its 40th year,presented by Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado. RMNW attracts entrants and jurors from throughout the United States, and is regarded as one of the top watermedia exhibitions in the country.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 3/6/2013
- Artists who observe and interpret the idea of the book are invited to submit entries to the Decatur Arts Alliance's (GA) inaugural juried exhibition,
The Book as Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition, visually celebrating the book form.
Deadline: June 6, 2013
EXHBITION
Added 5/10/2013
- In/finite Earth asks emerging artists to showcase work that illuminates innovative viewpoints at the intersection of environmentalism, creativity, and disability. In/finite Earth is a call to artists to engage in the physical, emotional, and creative ties we share across our planet.
This exhibition is presented by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ VSA & Accessibility Office and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
The call is open to artists ages 16–25 living in the United States who have a disability.
$60,000 cash awards.
Deadline: June 9, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 4/17/2013
- The Jeffrey Leder Gallery (NYC) is holding an international call for entries for works on paper for an expansive exhibit: "Works on Paper NYC II." $40 entry fee; up to 5 images.
Deadline: June 8, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 4/17/2013
- The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts (NC) is holding a call for entries, American Art Today: Figures, for two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of approximately 50 artists from across the nation. The theme for the exhibition is “figures.” This year’s juror is Jonathan Stuhlman, Curator of American Art at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. $5,500 will be awarded at the discretion of the Juror.
Deadline: July 13, 2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 3/25/2013
- The Dairy Center for the Arts (Boulder, CO) invites artists and arts organizations from the United States and beyond to submit proposals for individual and group shows of any and all visual art media, for the year 2014. In addition, through The Dairy's Colorado Community Curator (CCC) program, any Colorado resident may submit a proposal for an exhibit of work by artists from any state or any country. $40 fee; up to 10 images.
Deadline: June 24, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 5/10/2013
- En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #17 (Bronx, NYC) is open to U.S.-based fine art and documentary photographers of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific. Winners receive $1,000 and honorable mentions $100 honoraria, and a group exhibition in New York City (2014).
Deadline: June 30 ,2013
EXHIBITION/AWARD
Added 5/10/2013
- Call for entries for Solo Exhibition at the Sylvia White Gallery (Ventura, CA). Sylvia White is also founder and director of ArtAdvice.com. She has been advising artists on all matters related to business, marketing and exhibitions since 1979. Considered a pioneer in the field of professional practices for visual artists. $35 fee; up to three images.
Deadline: June 30, 2013
EXHIBITION
Added 5/10/2013
- Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Literature, Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas.
Deadline: February 1, 2014 (Visual Arts)
AWARD/FUNDING
Residencies & Professional Development
- A Studio in the Woods, New Orleans, LA will be offering five-week residencies which include a stipend and supply budget between October 2013 and April 2014. Ebb & Flow is a series of five-week residencies. Dialogues between art and water, addressing the ecological challenges exemplified by the area, are invited. Open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental issues.
Deadline: May 17, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/17/2013
- The Belfast Print Workshop would like to invite international artists actively engaged or informed by contemporary printmaking practice. Three-week residencies + stipend.
Deadline: May 24, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/24/2013
- The purpose of the Joshua Tree National Park Artist-in-Residence Program (CA) is to provide artistic and educational opportunities to promote a deeper appreciation of the natural, cultural, and historical resources of Joshua Tree National Park and the deserts of Southern California. 2-6 week residencies. Inquiries call
760.367.3012.
Deadline: June 1, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/24/2013
- The Artist-in-Residence program at Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA) awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 45 local, national and international artists each year. Residencies of four to ten weeks include private studio space, chef-prepared meals, comfortable house, and travel and living stipends where available.
Deadline: June 7, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/17/2013
- Caldera Arts Center near Sisters, Oregon, is inviting applications for month long residences. Artists are provided private A-frame cabins and share access to wet and dry studios, a darkroom, a kiln, editing facilities and rehearsal and performance space.
Because we believe a range of backgrounds enhances the communal experience, residencies are open to artists from any field, as well as scientists, engineers and environmentalists.
Deadline: June 15, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/17/2013
- Sirius Arts Centre (Ireland) has been developing its Artist-in-Residence program for more than a decade. The program receives funding from the Arts Council and Cork County Council and is recognized internationally.
Deadline: June 21, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/24/2013
- The Artist-in-Residence program at Weir Farm National Historic Site (Wilton, CT) selects artists to spend one month living and working at the park. To date, 150 artists from throughout the United States, as well as Tunisia, Germany, Australia, and India, have participated in the Artist-in-Residence program.
Deadline: July 15, 2013
RESIDENCY
Added 4/24/2013
Rolling Deadlines
- Publicly launched in 2005, Art in General’s New Commissions Program centers on developing and exhibiting new and challenging projects by artists who are interested in creating new work. We commission visual artists to create new projects in any medium or form.
Deadline: Rolling
AWARD/FUNDING
- Creative Time strives to commission, produce and present the most important, ground-breaking, challenging and exceptional art of our times; art that infiltrates the public realm and engages millions of people in New York City and across the globe. We are guided by a passionate belief in the power of art to create inspiring personal experiences as well as foster social progress.
Deadline: Rolling
AWARD/FUNDING
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time.
Deadline: Rolling
AWARD/FUNDING
- The Vermont Studio Center accepts 40 visual artists each month in painting, sculpture, new and mixed media, drawing, printmaking, and photography. The Center conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the U.S. The programs are highly selective and include a broad variety of media, cultures and ages.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
Added 4/8/2013
- The Penland School Resident Artist Program seeks to enrich the total educational experience at Penland by providing a stimulating, supportive environment for artists at transitional points in their careers. Penland resident artists are full-time, self-supporting craftspeople who live and work at the school for three years.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
Added 4/8/2013
- The Headlands Center for the Arts hosts an internationally recognized Artist in Residence Program, interdisciplinary public programs, and subsidized studio rentals for Bay Area artists of all disciplines. Through these programs, Headlands offers opportunities for artist research, dialogue and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
Added 4/8/2013
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Robert Rauschenberg's twenty-acre estate on Captiva Island, Florida, is pleased to announce it will be transformed into a creative center that welcomes artists of all disciplines from around the world to live, work, and create.
The selection process for the Rauschenberg Residency, Fall 2013 – Summer 2014, will be by nomination only. Check website for additional details.
Deadline: TBD
RESIDENCY
Added 3/27/2013
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The Bemis Center provides Artists in Residence with the gift of time, space and support. Few programs exist either on the national or international level where the sole mission is to support the creativity of artists. From the beginning, the art-making process has been the highest priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE), where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal situations for creative growth and experimentation.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
Added 10/31/2012
- The Banff Centre’s Visual Arts residencies focus on professional development, research, and training opportunities in media and visual arts. The programs provide access to world-class facilities in photography, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, textiles, painting, performance, media arts, film, and video, as well as curatorial and critical studies. Residencies are for professional artists with an exhibition record who have had formal training in visual arts, or equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.
Deadline: Various dependent on residency
RESIDENCY
- 18th Street Arts Center’s (Los Angeles) residency program helps to build and to strengthen the creative community by working with local, national and international artists and curators. There are three types of residencies, including long-term; mid-term; and a visiting artist program that hosts international and national artists and curators from between 1 to 3 months.
18th Street Arts Center's mission is “to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making.”
Deadline: Rolling (1yr-18mo advance)
RESIDENCY
Added 10/31/2012
- Each year Light Work invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program, including one artist co-sponsored by Autograph ABP. Artists selected for the residency program are invited to live in Syracuse for one month. They receive a $4,000 stipend, an apartment to stay in, a private digital studio, a private darkroom, and 24-hour access to our facility.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
- Centrum Creative Residencies program offers a special collaborative residency package, designed to facilitate groups of artists collaborating on one or more new works. Groups of working artists find the facilities ideally suited to the kind of effort and focused energy that is needed to create a great collaborative piece or body of work.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
- The Macina di San Cresci is a member of RES ARTIS, the International Association of Residential Arts Centre, established in the Netherlands in 1993. It is the largest existing network of artist residency programs, numbering over 200 members drawn from more than 40 countries. Location: Tuscany, Italy.
Deadline: Rolling
RESIDENCY
- School of Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarships are available for both the two- and three-week Summer Institute sessions. To apply for a merit scholarship, please submit a portfolio with 6–10 pieces in the SlideRoom online portfolio site and email your registration packet materials. Labeled photographs and film slides are also acceptable. Art work may be in any medium, regardless of class choice. Please note: a portfolio and indication on the Financial Aid / Merit Scholarship application form that you are applying for merit are required.
Deadline: Check Website
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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