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 [email protected] and we would be glad to add it to our listing.
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In October 2024, Allen Street Art is presenting an exhibition celebrating man’s best friend. Dogs are humanity’s first domesticated animal, having become close to people even before the advent of agriculture. Coming from a common ancestor of modern wolves, the first confirmed domesticated pup, known as the Bonn-Oberkassel dog, lived over 14,000 years ago but archaeological remains of suspected domesticated dogs exist as far back as 36,000 years ago.
We are looking for WNY artists who have depicted humanity’s first animal companion. All mediums and styles accepted.
Every artist is invited to submit up to 5 artworks. Hanging artworks accepted into the exhibition must be wired on the back and sculptural works must fit atop a 12″x12″ pedestal.
This Open Call is free to submit to. Anyone located in the WNY region is eligible to enter. All mediums eligible. If artworks, upon delivery, do not match what is represented in this form, they are legible to be rejected from the aforementioned art exhibition. Upon the sale of an artwork, Allen Street Art will take a commission of 30% with 70% of the price going to the artist via check upon artwork pick up.
Juried prizes from Buffalo Barkery, Buffalo Big Print, and more to be announced soon.
Deadline: September 2, 2024
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.
Event will be held on August 4th – proposal accepted on a first come, first served basis.
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
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)
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 [email protected].
Common Currents is a Joint Exhibition of Work by Visual Artists from Northeast Ohio & Western New York. Cleveland and Buffalo have much in common, and not just their addresses on Lake Erie. These two once-thriving industrial cities are both engaged in a 21st-century reboot with the visual arts playing a key role in this renewal. The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve and the Burchfield Penney Art Center are collaborating to develop a joint exhibition of work by Western New York and Northeast Ohio artists that will be exhibited in Cleveland April 10 – June 21, 2025, and in Buffalo July 11, 2025 – November 2, 2025.
THE EXHIBITION
The open-ended theme of Common Currents, references life, vitality, new eyes and new ideas, change, remediation, renewal, growth, and transformation not only in our environment but within our relationships and ourselves.
To be eligible, artists must be current residents of Northeast Ohio (Ashland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties) or a current resident of Western New York state (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, and Monroe Counties)
Deadline: August 3, 2024
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2024 10AM-4PM
Join us for our second year! The CAS is an arts festival against the backdrop of the historic Erie Canal. The Carnegie Art Spree! Festival spans the downtown areas of the City of North Tonawanda and the City of Tonawanda.
Deadline EXTENDED: July 26, 2024
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 [email protected] with questions
Deadline: Rolling – artists will be notified upon acceptance
As part of the ROC the Riverway initiative to improve and revitalize public space on both sides of the Genesee River, the City of Rochester is seeking an artist for a capital art project to be located on the Sister Cities Bridge. The sculptural artwork will be a celebration of the iconic City Mark. Responses are due by Thursday, Aug. 8.
An online information session will take place at Noon on Tuesday, June 25. Sign up & view recording here.
Deadline: August 8, 2024
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 [email protected] 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.
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
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
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.
This one-day event transforms Oliver Street into a bustling hub where art enthusiasts, collectors, artists, musicians, and community members converge to revel in creativity. This year’s event is scheduled for August 3, 2024.
The Oliver Street Art Festival is proudly hosted by Project 308 Gallery, a commercial art gallery established in 2012, situated on Oliver Street. Our mission is to nurture emerging artists and spotlight the extensive creative talent of Western New York. As a founding member of the Oliver Street Merchants Association, we have deep community ties, collaborating with local businesses and nonprofits to ensure Oliver Street’s continued vibrancy.
Participation Fee: $50 per vendor
Deadline: First come, first served (event on August 3, 2024)
Opulent Mobility challenges you to imagine a world where disability, mobility, and access are not merely functional, but opulent. Share your art that re-imagines disability and true freedom of movement. Open to all artists. Fee: $20, but get in touch if the fee causes hardship.
Deadline: August 31, 2024
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
POV American Documentary, public television’s premier showcase for independent nonfiction film, is seeking programs from all perspectives to showcase in its annual PBS series.
Deadline: July 31, 2024
We invite artists who have not yet had an institutional solo exhibition in New York City to submit proposals for solo exhibitions in designated gallery spaces at SculptureCenter. Artists are also invited to propose off-site projects, publishing initiatives, performances, and nontraditional formats, which will be considered based on feasibility. Up to seven artists will be selected to participate in the program from spring 2025 to winter 2026. Each exhibition will be on view for approximately four to six weeks.
Deadline: August 4, 2024
This exhibition, Between the Natural & Supernatural will showcase the creations of artists and artisans exploring both visible and hidden facets of our world, occasionally blurring lines between the natural and supernatural worlds and illustrating their effect on our lives.
This carefully curated collection will feature work in all media and sizes, each selected for its relevance to the overarching theme, ensuring a cohesive yet diverse viewing experience. Our aim is to inspire, captivate and encourage contemplation on the beauty and mystery that envelops us.
Event Details: Olmsted Gallery | September 13th – November 2nd Reception: Friday, September 13th | 6:30-8pm
Deadline: August 11, 2024
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.
Last updated: July 22, 2024