Call for Artists: NextGen 4.0

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VisArts Galleries invites your students to apply for NextGen 4.0 in our Kaplan Gallery. NextGen features aspiring 17 to 27-year-old local artists who have little to no experience exhibiting their work in a professional gallery. NextGen offers these artists an opportunity to bring their artwork to the public and to experience this process. The exhibition was developed to address this demographic of artists which may include high school students, undergraduate students or recent grads who are uncertain about how to proceed with a career in art or what it takes to be an artist.

The process to apply for an exhibition can be intimidating with little or no experience. Included in our application site are a number of resources to help your student create a competitive application and to develop their professional practices as an artist.

We hope that you will encourage your students to apply to NextGen 4.0. The application deadline is June 1, 2017, 11:59 PM and the exhibition will take place July 21– August 20th at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. You can find the application and more details on our website: www.visarts.submittable.com/submit/81402/nextgen-4-0.

Call for Artists: Sunrise, A Celebration of the Arts

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The Town of North Beach is placing a call for entries for SUNRISE: A Celebration of the Arts which takes place Saturday, July 22, 20176 from 12 to 6 pm. The location of the event is along the beautiful Chesapeake Bay which borders Bay Avenue in North Beach, Maryland. SUNRISE: A Celebration of the Arts is an OUTDOOR SCULPTURE COMPETITION and an ART FESTIVAL. Entries for the SCULPTURE COMPETITION and the ART FESTIVAL must be made separately. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED! Please see the attached Call For Entries for complete details!

::OUTDOOR SCULPTURE COMPETITION: The Town of North Beach is seeking approximately FIVE outdoor sculptures to be displayed for one year at the Sunrise Garden located at the corner of 3rd Street & Bay Avenue. Prizes: 1st Place $1,000; 2nd Place $750; 3rd Place $500; 4th Place $250; 5th Place $100

::ART FESTIVAL: The Town of North Beach is seeking juried artists to display at the SUNRISE: A Celebration of the Arts festival. This festival will be held in conjunction with the Annual MD Wineries Association event, DRINKMARYLAND. Prizes: 1st Place $500; 2nd Place $250; 3rd Place $100

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO NORTHBEACH@NORTHBEACHMD.ORG. SEE WWW.NORTHBEACHMD.ORG FOR MORE DETAILS.

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (Boston)

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Gertrude Howes Park Civil Rights
Public Art Tribute, Boston, MA
RFQ at www.urbancultureinstitute.org/Howes-Park    
Apply online at www.callforentry.org
Deadline: Thu, 5/25/17, 11:59pm MST
The Art Selection Committee of the Gertrude Howes Park Civil Rights Public Art Tribute project invites artists, also in collaboration with landscape designers, to forward public art qualifications for an innovative, permanent public art installation that will serve as a tribute to civil rights. The tribute is envisioned to be an abstract work of public art dedicated to the movement rather than a representation dedicated to individual persons or events. The selection process will lead to the identification of four artists/teams who will develop initial proposals for a $2,500 honorarium each for initial concept development and presentations. The anticipated budget is $200,000-250,000.

Call for Artists: 2017 Rubys Grants

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2017 Rubys Artist Project Grants
in Literary Arts and Visual Arts

Attention painters, sculptors, photographers, poets, and writers! The Rubys are project-based funding of up to $10,000 for regional artists at any stage of their career to support the creation of innovative artistic projects.

Application opens for proposals: June 1, 2017
Deadline to apply: July 31, 2017

Learn more at the grants at: http://www.baltimoreculture.org/rubys/apply

Attend a grant workshop to learn about the application process as well as about general grantwriting tips and strategies. The workshop lasts about an hour and had ample opportunity for questions from artists. Workshops are open to all and free to attend. Upcoming grant workshops have been scheduled as follows:

Tuesday, June 6 @ 6pm
Motor House, 120 W. North Ave, 3rd floor, Baltimore 21201

Monday, June 12 @ 6pm
Howard County Arts Council, 8510 High Ridge Rd, Ellicott City 21043

Thursday, July 13 @ 6pm
Motor House, 120 W. North Ave, 3rd floor, Baltimore 21201

RSVP for a workshop here.

Call for Artists: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency

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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
Deadline Approaching!
Apply now for the opportunity to become a Creative Fellow
 

Image: Studio barns at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Photo credit: Margaret Ingraham.

 
The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, through its Creative Fellowships program, annually supports residencies for writers, composers, and visual artists at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. The visiting artist is provided with a private studio, room and board, and the company of other artists from around the nation, for an intensive period of self-guided creative exploration and development. In addition to sponsorship support, a modest travel subsidy is awarded to the selected artist.Interested artists in Delaware, Maryland, New York, and West Virginia should apply directly to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. For residencies occurring in the 2017 calendar year, support is still available for artists from Delaware and West Virginia. Artists interested in being considered should apply directly to the colony. More information is available here.

The next deadline for applications is May 15, 2017.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation also provides support for residencies at the Millay Colony for the Arts through its Creative Fellowships program for artists residing in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Want to learn more about the Creative Fellowships?  We’ve updated our website with a program overview and FAQ page. For more information, please click here.

Image: Studio barns at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Photo credit: Margaret Ingraham.

Artist Resources: Urban Arts Leadership Program

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The Urban Arts Leadership Program (UALP) is a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) and was designed to increase the participation of groups that have been historically underrepresented, particularly those of color, in the management of cultural and artistic organizations.

UALP is a pipeline for high achieving young leaders (college seniors or recent graduates) who have demonstrated a strong commitment to this goal. The Program offers professional development, networking opportunities, and paid Fellowship placements to aspiring arts administrators. Equally important, UALP offers Fellowship Host organizations tools and training that support institutional changes that encourage greater equity and inclusion.

The development of UALP has been guided by community input and the participation of more than 30 administrators from partnering cultural organizations. It is an immediate response to the needs of early career professionals and is meant to strengthen the cultural field.