Artist Calls For Entry

 

 

Pour Coffee House at 53 North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre exhibits artwork by local artists in month-long increments.  Artists can show 6-12 works, depending on size.  

  • Pour does not charge a fee to or take commission from artists
  • Artists should provide a label with their contact information on the front of each work
  • Works should be display ready (hanging wire)
  • Artists must transport, hang, and deinstall their own works
  • Visiting the shop first to see the space and how many works will fit is recommended.

For more details/information, artists should please contact Peggy Long, [email protected]. She is also available by Facebook Messenger (@FullersCandies) or telephone (570) 574-9061.

​Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program 

 https://gmeinerartculturalcenter.org/calls-for-artists/

7-12 Art teachers – the annual student art show will be held from March 1 – 23, 2025.

Three-dimensional artists – we will be having a Regional Sculpture and Ceramics exhibit from April 5 – 27, 2025.

Fiber artists – we will be having a Regional Fiber Arts exhibit from September 20 – October 12, 2025.

Please keep an eye on our website and/or social media pages for updates on those exhibits.

 

Bloomsburg ArtFest Announced, Applications Live

The seventeenth ArtFest will occur on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  ArtFest showcases regional artists’ original work, accompanied by local food, live music, and activities.  More details here.  Read the call for entries.  

Apply for the 2026 Arts/Industry Residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Artists from all disciplines can explore the creative potential of industrial materials and techniques in studios at the Kohler Co. pottery and foundry.

Brooklyn Navy Yard Seeks Public Art Proposals

Kings County artists can submit their best ideas around the theme of “Our Brooklyn” for a temporary installation in 2025.​

Public ARTWORKS – Williampsort – Request for Proposals

Call to Submit: Array 3 — Art & Photo Zine​

Creative York has asked us to share information about an opportunity for artists in the Lewisburg area:
Original Works of art in Digital Artists or Fine Artists who can design quarter scale imagery for large-scale environmental graphics, based on a theme.
Description of the Project
Rutter’s Corp. is currently selecting artwork for a store located in Lewisburg, PA. Artists who work in various media are to be considered for future commission or purchase of artwork and those whose artwork represent the criteria listed in this CFA will be selected for future purchase and/or commission.
Art Criteria
Rutters Corp. is looking for artwork -graphic in nature which will be printed on vinyl. Existing and commissioned artwork will be considered. Art will be placed on a wall inside several locations. Future licensing of the work is a potential. Please consider the history of the Rutters Corporation, urban and rural designs to be considered.
Artist Portfolios
Please include either professional photographs of your artwork or images of individual works that can be printed (at a 300- dpi resolution) and/or installation or exhibition images that feature your work. Please note: this Call for Artists asks for applications to include a selected portfolio of artists’ existing work, and not new designs or models created specifically for this project.
Criteria used to select artists for commissions will be:
— Quality, creativity and strength of artwork concepts and workmanship as evidenced in images of past work and a professional resume.
— Technical competence as evidenced by images of past work and a professional resume
— Accessible to appropriate technology (email/drop box) for communicating efficiently and effectively.
Art Themes
This call for artists is open to both representative and abstract realism art that sends a positive message.
• Rutters Historical References
• Urban landscape
• Rural landscape
Project Schedule
This may be a multiphase project. Many of the public spaces will be a part of new construction or remodeled spaces. Many of the other areas will be commissioned or purchased.
Incomplete entries will not be reviewed.
The deadline for portfolio submission has been extended from February 1, 2025.
Any individual or professional artist, who was born, resides or works within 20 miles of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, is eligible to apply.
Artist Compensation
Artists selected will be paid for creating an original artwork and compensated for licensing merchandise. Selected artists get a stipend of $5,000.
Questions
For all questions concerning this Call for Artists, please contact Mindy Christian at [email protected].
Other Terms and Conditions
By submitting to this Call for Artists, you (Artist) agree to the following Terms and Conditions:
CFA Revision: Rutters Corp and Creative York reserves the right to revise this CFA, including, but not limited to, the submittal due date, the number of artists accepted, the timeline, the art budget, and the selection criteria at any time within its sole discretion.
Submittal Acceptance/Rejection: Rutters and Creative York at their sole discretion reserves the right to reject any or all submissions received and to accept or reject any or all the items in the submission.
Rutters and Creative York reserves the right to negotiate with any respondent after submittals are opened, if such an action is deemed to be in the best interest. Rutters and Creative York acceptance and review of a submittal and/or submitted artwork concept, or artwork design does not constitute a commitment to award a commission to any artist or team.
Decline to Award: Rutters and Creative York at its sole discretion, reserves the right to not award the commission to any artist (or artist team) due to inappropriateness of art.

St. Joseph School in Danville would like to hire a part-time art teacher for grades pre-k to 8th grade. They would consider a college student looking for experience.

You may find out more about the school at stjosephdanville.com.

Artisan Alley Is Hiring!

Are you an artist or art enthusiast? Do you love helping other people? Are you a go-getter with a flair for organizing and a few hours to spare each week??  We want you!

Artisan Alley Fine Art Gallery is a non-profit art organization in Shamokin, PA seeking a part time employee to serve as Gallery Director 3-5 hours per week.  This role has flexibility for in-person or remote work, with some in-office hours expected.

Interested candidates should apply here.

Fall in Love with Sierra Club PA: Art Contest 

Show your love for nature & community through photography, illustration, painting, digital art, or any visual medium that can be formatted for print! Your artwork could be featured on our 2025 thank-you postcards and shared across our supporter network!

Submit by March 9
Enter here: bit.ly/InLoveWithSierraClub
Public voting starts March 17

OPEN-CALL SHOW: “American Dreams”

Show runs Monday, March 24th, through Friday, May 2nd​

A collaboration between The Exchange and WVIA, northeastern Pennsylvania’s public radio and television station

As part of a series of programs that WVIA will facilitate on the subject of the arts and civic engagement, The Exchange asks artists the following questions: What does it mean to be an American?  What are the big ideas that we have built our nation on?  Which of those ideas really work?  Which of them do we still need to work on?  How do we as artists drive these conversations and these efforts?  America is more than one idea; in fact, it is the sum of all of our ideas – thus the plural name of the show, “American Dreams”.

Stay tuned for a more complete call for entries coming soon.

OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Tools of the Trade”

Show runs Monday, May 5th, through Friday, June 13th

The poem “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow speaks of a blacksmith’s bellows and brawny arms.  Hammer, pencil, frying pan, a needle and thread, words (spoken or written), hands, a soft calming touch – what do all these have in common?  Any one of them may serve as a tool of someone’s trade.  The tools we use in our lives’ work have endless possibilities.  Express in art your vision of a tool of your trade or of someone else’s trade.

OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Made by Fire”

Show runs Monday, June 16th, through Friday, July 25th

Potentially warming, potentially destructive, and also offering potential for creation, fire is a necessary element in certain processes of artmaking.  From casting and forging metal to ceramics to glass art, the heat of fire is recorded in the resulting objects.  The Exchange Gallery asks makers to submit their fire-made and fire-inspired art in the hottest show of the year.

OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Efforts at Imitation”

Show runs Monday, July 27th, through Friday, September 6th

​“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.” – G. B. Shaw

“Amateurs borrow, professionals steal.” – John Lennon (who apparently stole it from T. S. Eliot, who said “Amateur poets borrow; mature poets steal.”)

For this exhibition, the Exchange gallery will showcase artwork that mimics the look of famous works of art or is created in the style of a well-known artist.  You may make an earnest attempt to recreate a masterpiece, or a parody of one, or put a new spin on an old classic, or any other interpretation.​

​OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Parks and Recreation”

Show runs Monday, September 8th, through Friday, October 17th

Outdoor recreation is one of Pennsylvania’s major industries.  How do we as artists commemorate and celebrate the shared spaces that we all recreate in?  Stay tuned for a more complete call for entries coming soon.

“Susquehanna Greenway Partnership photo contest winners”

Show runs Monday, October 20th, through Friday, November 21st

​For the third time, the Exchange Gallery hosts the winners of SGP’s annual photo contest, which YOU can enter.  Find out more here.

​OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Cash & Carry XII”

Show runs Monday, November 24th, through Tuesday, December 30th

​We’ll give away hundreds of panels again.

​Please submit this form with your work.

 

Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grant Program

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