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Opportunities, funding, and resources for the Baltimore artist community

MASB Artist Travel Prize application closes on Monday, June 3

The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB) Artist Travel Prize awards $7,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living in Baltimore City. The prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to studio practice. Winners have traveled to Morocco, Czech Republic, Japan, Peru, Mexico, throughout the United States, and to Ghana and Senegal. The deadline is June 3, 2024. Click below to apply.

Second round of Artscape applications closes Sunday, June 9

The second round of Artscape opportunities is now open! New applications include Community Engagement, Arts Organizations, Baltimore City Agencies, & Non-Profit Organizations. There is also an open call for artists to apply for the B_24 exhibition and an Open Model Call for Project Artscape. Paid positions include Production Coordinators to manage areas throughout the festival. The deadline is June 9, 2024. Click the button below to see all applications.

Request for Qualificaitons for a 570-square-foot indoor mural

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and Wexford Science + Technology are issuing a call for artists for an indoor mural for 4MLK at 4 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 4MLK is a gateway between the BioPark, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and Medical Center offering Class A laboratory, office, flex lab, and convening spaces, and is set to open in fall of 2024. For this Request for Qualifications, experienced muralists, public artists, and 2D artists may apply with examples of their work. Two artists will be invited to submit a proposal for the site and paid a $500 stipend. The selected artist will then work directly with representatives from Wexford Science + Technology to make final design decisions and install the mural. The total budget for this 570-square-foot mural is $19,950. Expected completion date of the mural would be October 2024. The deadline is June 21, 2024. For details and to submit, click below.

Rolling deadlines

The Stevensville Arts & Entertainment District Monthly Art Market provides a platform for local vendors to showcase and sell their unique artistic creations to a wider audience. The Market operates on the first Saturday of each month. Click the button below for more information and to apply.

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is accepting proposals for the exhibition of outdoor works in their beautiful sculpture garden located in Southern Maryland. They are accepting proposals for both large-scale temporary loans and artists who create site-specific installations. Click below to submit.

The Washington County Arts Council is currently accepting show proposals for 2025 at their two galleries in Hagerstown. Click the button below for more information on hanging specifications and how to submit, and to download the necessary documents you'll need to email back with your proposal.

The Meeting House Gallery in Columbia is a multi-use facility that is home to an interfaith center, a preschool, and a special event venue. An all-volunteer OMI Art Committee manages operations at The Meeting House Gallery and reviews artist applications for the Gallery’s juried exhibitions. Click below to apply.

Dorchester Center for the Arts (DCA) seeks applications from artists for exhibitions. Selected artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in a portion of the Gallery Space at DCA's space in Cambridge. This open call is for artists residing within 100 miles of Dorchester County. Click below to apply.

Apply to perform or vend at Baltimore by Baltimore

Baltimore by Baltimore is a series of five all-day festivals produced by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore that serve as a platform for Baltimore’s all-star artists, makers, and creatives to showcase our diverse and creative community to the world. If you are interested in performing or vending, click the button below for festival details and a link for interested artists and vendors to apply.

Artist studio/maker space available for rent in Highlandtown

The Highlandtown Arts District recently posted information about an artist studio/maker space available in the district. The space was previously occupied by Chester Creates, LLC and has a drive-in bay. See all the property features and more photos at the listing link below.

Call for collaborative artworks from Virginia Beach Art Center

Virginia Beach Art Center is accepting submissions for the upcoming exhibition: Collaborations. regional artists are eligible as long as they can drop work off in person. Find an art buddy and create a work of art together that will be on exhibit during the month of June. Your collaboration can be with whomever you please and can be a partnering with any type of artist. The deadline to submit is midnight on May 23, 2024. For more information and how to submit, click below.

Howard County invites applications for a Youth Poet Laureate

The Howard County Youth Poet Laureate, an honorary one-year position formally appointed by the County Executive, will act as an ambassador for literacy, arts, and youth expression and demonstrate a passion a passion for poetry and its power to connect our communities through local public readings and participation in civic events. Along with the official title, the next Youth Poet Laureate will serve from August 2024 through June 2025 and will receive an honorarium of $500 paid in two equal installments of $250 at the beginning and end of their term. The deadline is May 30, 2024. Click below to apply.

Reminder: Pratt Library AiR applications are closing soon

The Enoch Pratt Free Library Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program aims to connect established and emerging artists with Library resources and tools. The Pratt provides a $30,000 stipend for 11 months. Applications are open through May 31, 2024. Click below for details and to apply.

Artist wanted to paint outdoor mural in Calvert County

The Calvert County Arts Council is accepting submissions for an outdoor mural that will serve as an addition to the Calvert County Fairgrounds to act as a welcome to visitors and photo op. The Arts Council anticipates choosing an artist by July 3, 2024. The budget of $3,000 for this project is inclusive of artist’s fees, materials, fabrication, onsite installation, and travel. Three finalists will be paid a $200 stipend to produce a rendering for consideration of final selection. The proposed project must be completed by September 15. The submission deadline is May 31, 2024. For the full project description, click below.

Worldwide online art competition seeks animal submissions

Fusion Art invites submissions for the 9th Annual Animal Kingdom art competition for an online exhibition during the month of June 2024. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art best art and photography depicting animals, both domestic and wild. The artwork can include any animals that live on land, in the sea or in the air. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. There is an entry fee of $25 for one or two works, and $40 for up to five. The deadline is June 1, 2024. Click below to enter.

Two opportunities from the National Endowment for the Arts

Grants of up to $15,000 to bring jazz tours to new communities

Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to bring jazz tours into communities across the country. Applications now open for tours occurring October 1, 2024–April 1, 2025. The deadline to apply is June 1, 2024, with additional deadlines occurring regularly through 2026. Artists may apply for a three-to-six site tour comprised of connected (contiguous) dates anywhere in the United States and its territories. As of January 2024, South Arts has added childcare as an eligible expense that can be requested as part of the available $2,500 available for non-musician personnel expenses. For full grant details, click below.

Stipended artist-in-residence program in Charlotte, NC

McColl Center seeks applications for the Winter/Spring 2025 Artist-in-Residence program. Artists may work in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, or interdisciplinary practices. Artists-in-Residence participate in a group exhibition and lead one to two community engagements centered around their practice. Artists-in-Residence receive private housing adjacent to McColl Center, a large-scale private studio in our historic building in Uptown Charlotte, curatorial guidance, marketing and PR support, and a generous stipend. The deadline to apply is June 1, 2024. Click below for details.

Submit to Disney's short film incubator training program

The Disney Launchpad: Shorts Incubator returns for a third season focused on identifying, developing, and showcasing the Disney storytellers of tomorrow. In this season, they will be producing three shorts. Writers and/or directors will be paired with Disney creative executives who will serve as mentors as they embark on a 12-month training program centered on creative collaboration within the Disney Studio system. The deadline to apply is June 2, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Click the button below for full program details.

Virtual workshop for students on writing through grief

Join therapist and Mexican American author Loretta Lopez for a virtual writing workshop sponsored by the New York Life Foundation on June 4 at 7:00 p.m. Students will hear from Loretta’s debut novel, "City Girls," and learn about how grief and loss can inform their work. Students will also practice their own writing while exploring the themes of grief and bereavement (and get started on entries for the 2025 New York Life Award!). This workshop is free and open to all young people. Click the button below to register for the Zoom link.

Matching grant opportunity for non-profit organizations

Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects grants fund projects that support the vitality of traditional arts and cultures in the mid-Atlantic region. Non-profit organizations may apply for $1,000 to $7,000 grants. A 1:1 match is required. Eligible projects may include performances, public art collaborations, workshops/trainings, exhibitions, fieldwork and/or documentation, and the creation of new traditional work. The deadline is June 10, 2024. Click below for full program details.

Apply for a fully sponsored residency in the Bay Area

The Headlands Center for the Arts invites applications for its Artist in Residence program. Fully sponsored residencies, including a monthly stipend of up to $1,000, will be awarded to approximately 50 local, national, and international artists at the cutting edge of their fields whose work has the potential to have significant cultural and social impact. Residencies run for four to 10 weeks and include roundtrip airfare, 100-2,000 square-foot studios, chef-prepared meals, access to vehicles as well as a basic woodshop; audio/video equipment; an artists’ library with computer, scanner, and printer; and field trips to Bay Area museums, galleries, and cultural venues. There is a $45 application fee. The deadline is June 10, 2024. For details and eligibility, click below.

Seven-day funded residency in Utah open to dancers

Alta Community Enrichment (ACE), located in Alta, Utah, invites applications for its Artist in Residence Program. Through the program, one artist will be provided with seven days of housing in the month of August 2024 at the Goldminer’s Daughter Lodge; a $1,000 stipend for supplies, food, travel, etc.; access to a private studio at the lodge, if needed; and an invitation to attend any ACE events during the stay. The 2024 application is open to the art genre of dance. Only 100 applications will be accepted so be sure to apply early. The deadline is June 15, 2024. Click the button below for details.

Unrestricted $1,800 grant for visual artists & photographers

Innovate Grant distributes two $1,800 grants each quarter, one each to a visual artist and a photographer. The newly increased grants act as mighty sparks of financial support that ignite creative development. One of the most recent Innovate Grant winners, Zoe Schweiger, attended Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and Julia Gould, a recent Winter 2024 Honorable Mention, lives and works in Baltimore. The 2024 Spring grant cycle is now open for submissions. The deadline is June 20, 2024. There is a $35 fee to apply. For details, click below.

Jobs in the arts & culture sector

ARTS INSTRUCTOR WANTED AT BALTIMORE REC & PARKS

Baltimore City's Recreation & Parks Departments is looking for a Recreation Arts Instructor. This position plans and teaches an instructional program in a specialized field such as art, music, dance, STEM, athletics, or inclusion. For the full job description, click below.

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VISARTS IS SEEKING AN INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER

Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, also known as VisArts, is looking for a dynamic individual with at least five years of experience in non-profit fundraising, individual giving, and donor relations to join our team as Individual Giving Manager. Click below for the full job posting.

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WORK FOR THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL

The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County is looking for a Marketing and Exhibits Specialist. The ideal candidate must have skills and experience in website management, social media, marketing, and graphic design production for events, flyers, and invitations. See job details below.

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MULTIPLE OPENINGS AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) currently has several open positions including Exhibition Design Assistant, Public Engagement Coordinator, Publications Editor, Manager of Interpretation & Evaluation, and more. Click below to see more information on all the BMA's open jobs.

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