Bernheim Forest 2025 Artist in Residence Program
Clermont, Kentucky
Deadline: December 1, 2025
The Bernheim Forest residency awards up to 4 residencies a year to artists whose art ignites wonder, sparks curiosity, and brings people closer to nature. The program includes a $2,500 stipend along with the opportunity to live at Bernheim Forest and create site specific work inspired by their total immersion experience in the natural environment. One residency is always dedicated to an artist currently living in Kentucky or nearby counties in Southern Indiana; and one residency is dedicated to an artist whose work addresses environmental issues and the climate crisis. They encourage visual artists of all mediums to apply.
Creative Greensboro Downtown Arts Open Call
Greensboro, North Carolina
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Downtown Arts provides support for and generates awareness about members of Greensboro’s visual arts community while enhancing the downtown built environment with original works of art. Selected artists will receive compensation and the support of City of Greensboro led marketing initiatives. Selected artists will receive compensation and promotion through several City-led initiatives. Applicants to this Call for Artists can choose to be considered for one or both of the following opportunities:
Art on Downtown Kiosks: a $500 honorarium will be awarded to up to ten artists whose submitted work is selected for digital display on City maintained property, including on the 11 digital kiosks located throughout downtown, February 2025 through January 2026. Each selected artist/image will be displayed in a rotating slideshow on the downtown kiosks for 10 weeks.
Art in City Hall: a $3,000 commission will be awarded to one artist who will create a new, original work no larger than 36” x 24” (or 36” x 24” x 24” if artwork is three-dimensional) that reflects their creative perspective on Greensboro in 2024. The original work will be placed in the City’s permanent collection and displayed periodically in public facilities.
Both opportunities are available for Greensboro-based artists working in painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, glass, photography, digital arts, or fiber arts.
8th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition
Ruston, Louisiana
Deadline: December 2, 2025
The 8th Louisiana Biennial is open to artists in the US creating 2D, 3D, and video works that explore any theme. The juror is Bridget Bray, an independent curator based in Houston, TX. Bray was formerly the Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Asia Society Texas.
Fiber Arts Exhibition “Homemade, Handmade, the Natural: The Transformative Nature of Fiber Art
Ocala, Florida
Deadline: December 2, 2025
Call to Artists: Fiber Arts Exhibition “Homemade, Handmade, the Natural: The Transformative Nature of Fiber Art” On Display at The Brick: December 5 – January 3 Marion Cultural Alliance (MCA) invites local, regional, and national artists to submit works for our upcoming juried exhibition Homemade, Handmade, the Natural: The Transformative Nature of Fiber Art, organized and curated by David Campo III.
This call has an entry fee of $20.
The Southern Prize and State Fellowships
Ocala, Florida
Deadline: December 2, 2025
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The cohort of nine-state fellows will be selected through a two-tiered selection process by a national jury. A second national jury will select the Southern Prize Winner and Finalist. Jurors will make their selections based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the array of artistic expression of the region. This program is open to visual artists in several categories.
Call for Artist Entries: 4th Annual ART FOR A CAUSE Exhibition
Ocala, Florida
Deadline: December 2, 2025
Artists are invited to apply to showcase their original artwork to raise awareness for the cause of their choice. This is a curated show. 20 artists will be selected from all applicants. Only 50 applications will be accepted. First come, first serve.
2026 North Charleston Arts Fest Poster Design Competition
North Charleston, South Carolina
Deadline: December 15, 2025
The City of North Charleston is calling upon South Carolina visual artists to participate in the 43rd Annual North Charleston Arts Fest Poster Design Competition. The winning piece will become the official poster design of the 2026 North Charleston Arts Fest, taking place April 29-May 3, and will be featured on all promotional materials and merchandise, including posters, billboards, print and digital advertisements, television commercials, program booklets, apparel, online, and more. The winning artist will receive a $1000 purchase award and a solo exhibition at Park Circle Gallery during May 2026. In addition, the winning piece will become part of the City of North Charleston’s Public Art Collection, which is displayed throughout City Hall.
2026 North Charleston Arts Fest Performer/Presenter
North Charleston, South Carolina
Deadline: December 15, 2025
The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is seeking artists in music, theatre, dance, visual art, media art, and literature to participate in the 2026 North Charleston Arts Fest to be held April 29-May 3 at various venues throughout North Charleston, SC. Regional and local artists and community organizations are welcome to submit an application to perform on stage or present their talents through programs such as exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and more.
Furman University Call for Exhibitions & Artist in Residence Program
North Charleston, SC
Deadline: December 15, 2025
The Thompson Art Gallery and the Department of Art are currently accepting submissions for two opportunities:
1. Proposals for Gallery Exhibitions (during the 2026-27 and 2027-28 academic years).
2. True Inspiration Artist-in-Residence (Fall 2026).
WOPHA 2026 Research Fellowship
Deadline: December 21, 2025
Miami, Florida
WOPHA invites applications for its Research Fellowship, supporting two outstanding research initiatives that explore women and non-binary voices in photography. Open to both emerging and established authors, the fellowship encourages diverse critical, historical, theoretical, speculative, and autobiographical approaches. Fellows will receive funding to produce a scholarly essay, along with mentorship, networking opportunities, and the chance to publish original research that advances inclusive narratives in photography.
This call has a $10 submission fee.
Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grant Program
Online
Deadline: December 30, 2025
The Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation is proud to announce its inaugural grant program. This initiative celebrates Bobby’s vision while looking forward — supporting artists whose practices expand empathy, nurture connection, and respond to the ecological and social challenges of our time. Two $50,000 grants and three $8,000 grants available to visual artists.
Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture-Printmaking
Lewiston, Maine
Deadline: December 31, 2025
The Art & Visual Culture Department at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in studio art to begin July 1, 2026. We seek an outstanding artist with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. An MFA is required. The successful candidate will have expertise in printmaking and one or several areas of foundational studies (2-D design, drawing, color, or 3-D spatial dynamics.)
The MAX Permanent Exhibition Wayfinding
Lewiston, Maine
Deadline: January 12, 2026
The MAX seeks qualifications from Mississippi artists and designers of all types to design and produce an original, visually striking installation(s) that bookend the entrance and exit of the permanent exhibition. The completed installation will wrap around the main entrance to the exhibition. Mississippi-based creatives of any age with strong skills in graphic design, folk art, visual art, and/or installations are encouraged to submit their qualifications. “Mississippi creatives” are those with deep ties to the state who have spent a substantial part of their life and/or career in Mississippi. Applicants need not currently reside in state.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
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These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work has a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply.
The Steel Yard Micro-Residency
Providence, Rhode Island
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The Steel Yard’s micro-residency program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments. Micro-residencies are an ideal opportunity for you to complete a specific project, commission, or prototype within a limited amount of time.
We host one ceramics and one metals micro-resident at a time. Micro-residents receive an all-access pass to our 10,000 square foot studio, tools, resources, and community. You’ll forge, mold, weld, shape, and create in a shared studio space alongside a cohort of artists and makers who work in the industrial arts. Additionally, you’ll participate in events and sales, exhibit work, have access to professional development opportunities, teach and take courses, as well and take part in cross-departmental critiques.
Mentorship Residency Program
Portland, Maine
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The Indigo Arts Alliance studio located in Portland, Maine is the host site for our Mentorship Artists Residency program. This program is the heart of IAA, modeling our values of global community building. Our goal is to bring together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. We believe artists hold the key in creating a better world, and in our work, we allow for Black and Brown voices to lead the way.
