CALLS FOR WORK

We regularly hear from individual artists and non-profit organizations inquiring about calls for work and other artistic opportunities. This is a collection of those opportunities and their deadlines. NOTE: If you have specific questions regarding calls for work outside of Arts Services Inc., please directly contact the organization requesting the artistic work. If you have an art submission deadline, please submit your information to info@asiwny.org and we would be glad to add it to our listing.

ART247 is a rich and diverse Arts Center overlooking the Erie Canal in Historic Lockport, NY with a long history of providing arts and cultural education, lessons, and exhibitions, as well as offering arts learning and studio spaces to regional artists. Artisan vendors are welcome to submit work year round.

Deadline: Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis

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Hosted by the Friends of Chautauqua Visual Arts, Art in the Park is an open art fair with 75+ vendors held twice each summer season in Miller Park. Art in the Park showcases art by members of the Chautauqua community, artists-in-residence from the School of Art, and artisans from the region around Chautauqua Institution. Items for sale include ceramics, paintings, prints, Chautauqua-themed trinkets, pieces made of upcycled materials, homemade soaps, hand-dyed silk clothing, organic cosmetics, embellished handbags, pet treats, and fine jewelry. Art in the Park also offers entertainment featuring local talent. Art in the Park markets are always planned for Sundays when admission to Chautauqua Institution is free. This allows Art in the Park to be accessible for members of the surrounding community and Institution residents alike. Proceeds from the entrance fee paid by artists are used for exhibitions at the Strohl and Fowler-Kellogg Art Centers as well as to fund scholarships for Artists in Residence at the Chautauqua School of Art.

Events will be held on July 7th & August 4th – proposal accepted on a first come, first served basis.

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Buffalo Arts Studio is accepting applications for the 2024/2025 exhibition cycle that reflect on the concept of “necropolitics,” as originally defined by Achille Mbembe. This theory describes how political powers relegate select oppressed populations to death by subjecting them to inhospitable living conditions. Also informing this series of exhibitions is Michael Truscello’s Infrastructural Brutalism: Art and the Necropolitics of Infrastructure, which focuses on governmental violence such as the destruction of towns and villages for the “progress” of building a dam or the constant polluting of a community to support industry.

In support of Buffalo Arts Studio’s curatorial goal of economic and representational justice, we are providing a $1,000 honorarium to solo exhibiting artists for the 2024/25 exhibition calendar with $500-$1,500 in material and installation support is available as well. Additionally, shipping and travel costs, including food and lodging per diem, may be included in project proposals made by artists living and working outside of the WNY region.

Deadline: Proposals are accepted on an ongoing basis.
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Buffalo Art Wall is an online collection of contemporary artists from Western New York. They are currently accepting submissions to be included on their website.

Deadline: Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis

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Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is seeking a local graphic artist to create a suite of posters and a comic to accompany an upcoming exhibit in the fall of 2024. An artist in the graphic novel or comic community is preferred.

The exhibit is titled, Mutation Invasion: Flesh-eating Flora, and will feature a variety of carnivorous plants from the permanent collection such as venus flytraps, sundews, and pitcher plants as well as some other plants with whimsical features or names, like the brain cactus and the Devil’s Backbone to add to the immersive experience. Visitors will not only learn more about these shocking and interesting plants, but they will be taken on a plot-based journey through the conservatory with the help of a narrated comic strip completed by the artist. A narrative has been conceptualized, but the artist is encouraged to use their creative liberty to develop and enhance the visuals and storyline.

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens welcomes the public to enjoy its living plant collections and breathtaking conservatory. Its exhibits, educational programming, roots, and relationships serve the greater community. As a regional asset, it is committed to overcoming barriers to be an inclusive organization where all feel welcome. Designed by Lord & Burnham, its historic conservatory, modeled after rare glasshouses in London, England, opened in 1900. Located within a park system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1800s, the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is situated on 12 acres that also feature an accredited arboretum and lush outdoor gardens. The campus is owned by Erie County and operated by the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization supported in part by public funds from the County of Erie, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, members, donors, and friends

Project Outline:

The project will require a total of seven posters and a six-panel comic strip formatted digitally utilizing a 1940’s-1950’s inspired graphic novel or comic book style of work. The posters and comic strip will be distributed both digitally (website, social media, email, etc) and printed large-scale for the execution of the exhibit. The artist selected will be credited and featured as part of the exhibit. The exhibit will take place September 13-October 31 and be open daily from 10am-4pm.

Deadline: March 20, 2024

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Find your audience at Western New York’s premiere cinematic event – the 18th Annual Buffalo International Film Festival!

Every fall BIFF screens over 100 features and short films from around the world, combining festival favorites with unique discoveries from local, regional, domestic and international makers. Now in its 18th year, the festival features films, episodic content, performances, panels, art installations, and special programs including Racial Justice in View! With a commitment to inclusion and amplifying diverse voices in narrative, documentary and experimental film; BIFF encourages works that push the boundaries of genre and form.

BIFF is proudly curated from our open call, with approximately 75% of our line-up programmed from submissions each year.

Over the past 10 years BIFF has had the honor of hosting the Western New York premieres of Catch the Fair One, The Lost King, A Rising Fury, Marshall, The True Adventures of Wolf Boy, Crown Vic, St. Louis Superman, Thunder Road, Tower, Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present, Endless Poetry, A Woman’s Work: The NLF’s Cheerleader’s Problem, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Story, The Last Out and many more. Please visit our website buffalofilm.org to explore an archive of our recent programming.

  • Early Bird Deadline – April 8, 2024
  • Regular Deadline – May 10, 2024
  • Late Deadline – June 7, 2024
  • Extended Deadline – July 12, 2024
  • Notification Date – August 21, 2024

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Calling all young film and video makers! Share your voice and vision this October 10-14 at the Buffalo Int’l Film Festival! BIFF and Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center are partnering to showcase film, video, and single channel media artworks made by students from across the nation. All video and filmmakers under 18 are invited to submit any moving image work between 10 seconds and 10 minutes long that they created.

There is no submission fee.

Deadline: July 15, 2024

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Buffalo Latino Village is looking to establish a Latino art gallery and is in search of images to exhibit. Images contributed or donated will be:

  • Displayed on their online website with headshot and bio
  • Listed with places where the work is currently exhibited
  • Linked to where people can purchase your work
  • Published (one time per year)

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Buffalo Theatre Workshop is accepting original scripts of all lengths on an ongoing basis. These should be works in progress that are intended for production. For more information, email buffalotheatreworkshop@gmail.com.

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Cereal City Sticker Co. seeks artists to feature in local artist sticker vending machines. Artist Emma Brittain-Hardy has received funding from Awesome Buffalo to start a local artist sticker vending machine.

Looking to feature 3 artists per . Selected artists will be paid $200 for 3 sticker designs – designs submitted will be printed in a limited run (300 per design) followed by the next series of 3 artists.

Email EmmaBrittainArt@Gmail.com with questions

Deadline: Rolling – artists will be notified upon acceptance

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The Gallery @ 700 Main Street in East Aurora Curator is looking for artists to exhibit in 2024. Paulette Krakowski will be happy to view your high resolution JPEG’s by emailing them to 675paul@gmail.com for consideration. She will answer any questions you may have about your 7 week exhibit, whether a solo exhibit, an exhibit of two or three artists, or a group exhibit such as the East Aurora Art Society.

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The Prendergast Library will host our third annual Community Block Party in 2024. Last year, we welcomed over 1000 people, and we expect even more this year.

New this year is the Artisan Vendor Market. Local makers, artisans, curators, and craftspeople are invited to apply to be part of the market during the Block Party! Vendors are accepted on a rolling basis.

Deadline: April 5, 2024

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The Jamestown Arts Center’s Exterior Initiatives committee seeks proposals for exhibition on their sculpture pad. The pad enhances the JAC’s ability to host 3-dimensional artwork, and places art outside where it is freely accessible and visible to all. Artworks that are suitable for all audiences in this family-friendly space are encouraged.

Applications will be reviewed and selected by the Exterior Initiatives committee. Rhode Island residents, emerging artists, BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+ community members and people with differing physical abilities are highly encouraged to apply.

Honorarium for loan of artwork: $500

Rolling deadline

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Built in 2020 in response to bringing art outdoors in the pandemic, our new outdoor mural wall is 10’ x 10’ square. We are seeking proposals featuring artwork that is bold, colorful, engaging, and/or experimental and suitable for all audiences in this family-friendly space. Ideally, artwork proposals will relate to one of the gallery exhibitions during the season.

Applications will be reviewed and selected by the Exterior Initiatives committee. Emerging artists, BIPOC, women, gender-nonconforming persons, LGBTQIA+ community members and people with differing physical abilities are highly encouraged to apply. Artists living across Rhode Island are highly encouraged to apply.

Stipend for creation of work: $500

Rolling deadline

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Since 1966, The Lewiston Art Festival has attracted visitors and art lovers from Western New York and Southern Ontario, as well as international visitors from Niagara Falls, 10 minutes away. Each year this juried outdoor art show brings 25,000 visitors to the heart of the picturesque and historic Village of Lewiston, New York.

  • The work of exceptional artists is showcased in a wide range of both fine art and fine craft categories
  • Cash and ribbon prizes are awarded to artists in 7 categories (painting, graphic arts, mixed media, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber/metal/wood), plus Best Booth Display and Best of Show. There is no additional fee to compete for prize money.
  • No Admittance Charge / Free Parking
  • “College Alley” features student work
  • Indigenous Market: a celebration of traditional and contemporary Native American art and crafts
  • ArtZone: Hands-on activities for kids of all ages!

Deadline: April 1, 2024

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SlowArt Productions presents the group exhibition, Digital Art, Assemblage and Hand Cut Paper Collage II. This exhibition will focus on the various forms of digital art and the relationship between digital and traditional paper collage. 3D assemblage will be represented as sculptural collage. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from June 20 – July 13, 2024. All digital art forms, hand cut paper collage and assemblages will be reviewed and considered.

Deadline: April 30, 2024

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The M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival has been Memorial Art Gallery’s largest annual fundraiser and biggest celebration of the arts for more than 60 years. Over 300 artists from across the country offer their work for purchase at this juried, two-day festival that takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Clothesline is also the place to experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.

Event Information: September 7 & 8, 2024 | 10 am-5 pm (Special MAG Member shopping begins at 9:30 on both days)

Deadline: April 30, 2024

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The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission invites artists to submit proposals for nine original portraits celebrating the achievements and legacies of nine African American doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who shattered barriers and left an indelible mark on history. The selected artworks will be duplicated on street pole banners that will line Michigan Ave in the medical corridor. This initiative is co-sponsored by Roswell Park and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Deadline: April 15, 2024

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The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (NACC) seeks compelling artists, projects, exhibits, and performances across a range of disciplines and styles for its 2024 calendar year and beyond. As an incubator/maker space in Niagara County, we aim to support arts and cultural projects for any and all types of audiences. Ideas that creatively utilize our home in the old Niagara Falls High School – big, small, traditional, obscure, media, theatre, music, and the practices that defy disciplines – are encouraged and appreciated.

We seek dynamic ideas for all of our venues:

  • Townsend Gallery: One of the largest, uninterrupted gallery spaces in Western New York. Open3,200 square foot (78 x 41 feet) gallery; brightly lit space that is handicap accessible.
  • Woodbox Theatre: Stage space (in 72-seat proscenium setting): 25 ft wide x 26 ft deep; 8 rows of 9 seats. Total room dimensions: 25 feet wide by 57 feet deep.
  • Grand Theatre: Proscenium theatre with 500 seats on the main floor and an additional 400+ in the balcony. 44 foot proscenium arch; 32 feet from the drip line to the back wall; 9 foot apron.
  • The Gym: 3,840 feet of uninterrupted space (80 x 48 feet) with 26 foot ceilings.
  • The Pool: 2,560 total square feet in the pool area (80 x 32 feet) with 14 foot ceilings (additional 200 seat bleacher seating area). 60 foot long pool; depth of pool: 4 feet to 7 feet.
  • Hallways throughout: The NACC features wide, 10-14 foot hallways and 12 foot ceilings.

Deadline: Rolling throughout 2024, click below for details.

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The Niagara County committee charged with organizing local events around America’s 250th birthday that will take place in 2026, is asking municipal officials, heritage organizations and county residents to begin thinking about what their local community may do to recognize the occasion. The Niagara USA 250 Committee is also asking communities to keep the committee informed as their plans evolve so there can be countywide coordination and cross-promotion.

The Niagara County Legislature created the Niagara USA 250 Committee in June 2023. The twenty-five member group is made up of representatives from historical and cultural organizations, community leaders, tourism officials, educators, elected officials and community volunteers.

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Our gallery is located on the lobby level of Seneca One in downtown Buffalo. It is curated by Greg Moyer, owner of local company, Leftern (@lefternco on IG) in collaboration with Sean Heidinger of Seneca One.

The idea with this space is to keep a rotating monthly residence of local artists to showcase and sell their work inside the gallery. We will be asking for $0 in commission fees for pieces sold on site. In fact, we will be granting artists a budget to work with for a reception event each month. We aim to make it a destination for people outside of the building to visit the work, as well as a stop-by for the 1k+ commercial and residential tenants and guests of Seneca One each week. It will be open to the public for viewing Monday-Saturday from 8am until 8PM. We’ll also be consistently spreading information on the artists & gallery via multiple social channels and newsletters that we use.

Once a month, we’ll be asking the featured artist to create an opening reception to kick off the residency that we help facilitate and execute smoothly. During this event, they will be allowed to take over the entire gallery, lobby, bar, speaker system, and theater space if wanted- creating a completely immersive experience- a step into their world, if you will; to expand the exhibit beyond just the art on the gallery walls.

Deadline: Rolling

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Prospect Art’s 4th WALL—a network of international organizations that promote video works—is currently looking for video works for our 2025 programming, “Affective Territories, Alternate Belonging.” Entries will be considered for physical exhibitions in Los Angeles and Lisbon and online screenings through Prospect Art, a not-for-profit arts organization based in Los Angeles. Selected works will be provided a screening fee and may be included in other opportunities within the network in the future.

We are looking for emerging and established visual artists who work in the medium of video from anywhere in the world. The works can be experimental, non-narrative or narrative as long as they are in the realm of video art, are conceptually based, and relate to the theme of the show, co-authored by Prospect Art’s Curatorial Fellow Prima Jalichandra-Sakuntabhai, and Prospect Art’s 4th-Wall Program Manager Pedro Inock.

Affective Territories Alternate Belonging

We are seeking video works that challenge traditional notions of belonging beyond colonial borders. We welcome submissions of works with an emphasis on countering hyper-mediatization in the post-internet era, works that question the true nature of our globalized society, that explore emotional connections to land, ancestral memory, and communities beyond conventional boundaries. This open call advocates rejecting digital orthodoxy. It invites video works that explore the subtle “line” of affective territories, aiming to redefine globalization through interpersonal connections while highlighting the significance of tenderness and belonging in a post-digital society marked by network individualism.

Deadline: March 31, 2024

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Every $20 artwork purchase supports our future exhibitions & public art. Each summer Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s (RoCo) 6×6 exhibition brings together thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international & local artists, designers, youth and YOU. Each artist may enter up to four artworks of any medium (2D or 3D). Artworks must be six inches square and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. Participation is free. All artworks will be exhibited and for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit RoCo. Artists’ names will be revealed to the buyer upon purchase and all artworks remain on display through the end of the exhibition. Limit four artworks per school or school group (no limit for colleges).

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 1977. The funds raised through 6×6 enable us to continue providing unique encounters for audiences and extraordinary opportunities for artists including exhibitions, public art, and other programs.

Deadlines:

  • Walk-in entries due April 6
  • International entries mail by April 1
  • US entries mailed by April 8

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Buffalo Shorts is now accepting submissions of films up to 15 minutes in duration. All films will be accepted and notified upon verification of compliance to submission rules on a rolling basis. Films will be uploaded on a first-come-first-serve basis.

In short, films made by WNY creators need to be seen. There’s a lot of great work being done in our community. Whether you’re a professional, a student, or a hobbyist, we want to help get some eyes on your work.

Unless your film or video includes content of sexually explicit, hateful, discriminatory, overly political, illegal or explicit nature, or it is of exceptionally poor technical quality, it will screen.

Deadline: June 21, 2024

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The Bridge Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Office of Mental Health Promotion is currently holding an open call for art for its upcoming show, “Life is a Journey,” that reflect this theme. Only 2D media less than one-inch thick will be considered. Locked frames are provided in two sizes: 18″ x 20″ and 20″ x 24″. Artists must mat artwork to fit the designated frame size and orientation. As a part of the Department of Psychiatry, the Office of Mental Health Promotion aims to provide a new space for local artists to display their artwork while at the same time creating a lovely and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and employees of Strong Mental Health and Wellness.

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Walmart Community Mural Program is a celebration of communities across America and an important part of a new or newly transformed facility. Inspired by the community and together with every store manager, each mural reflects the local diversity and cultural references. Every mural is a unique, original artwork. Walmart works with NOW Art, a public art agency, to curate and engage artists across the country.

Pay is $800 for selected artists. Check them out at @community_mural_program.

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Last updated: March 13, 2024


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