Calls to Artists

FREE vending for artists! Dates through 2026 (scroll down). Multiple locations. First to reserve gets the spot.

The Opening Reception will take place on November 7th, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Mint Hill Arts Gallery.

Artwork should reflect or express gratitude in any form. This could be personal, cultural, spiritual, environmental, or abstract; interpret freely. All media accepted.

Selected artworks will be in one of the Southeast’s largest and most prestigious art events from April 10th – May 2nd, 2026 and be in the running for over $100,000 in cash prizes. Your work will be among hundreds exhibited throughout our downtown in galleries, warehouses, restaurants, shops, and other venues. Thousands of people will see it, including art curators, collectors, critics, and news media. This event offers a special way for art to be displayed outside of the traditional white walls of a gallery or museum and encourages the public to have impactful art experiences everywhere they turn-from grabbing their cup of morning coffee to getting a haircut.

Waterworks Visual Arts Center invites artists of color from across the Southeast to submit work for ART for All: ART from All Perspectives, a juried exhibition celebrating the creativity, voices, and lived experiences of regional BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists.

Open to emerging and established artists 18 and older, this exhibition welcomes works in all media — including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, fiber, digital, and interdisciplinary art — that explore cultural identity, community, memory, or imagination.

Gallery Chimera is exhibiting their second small works show this winter! Calling all artists to submit their works 12" x 12" and smaller. Exhibition Dates: December 13, 2025- January 31, 2026

Happening 9am-5pm at Bond Park in Cary on April 25, 2026. Open to NC residents only.

Goodyear Arts is currently seeking proposals for group shows to be exhibited in our gallery in 2026 and early 2027. We are looking for exhibitions with fresh ideas, cohesive concepts, and curatorial voices that reflect contemporary practices. We welcome applications from local, regional, and national artists.

DEADLINE: November 28th (11:59 pm), 2025
NOTIFICATIONS: December 31st, 2026

As part of an ongoing commitment to promote drawing practices in the visual arts, the University of North Carolina Asheville invites artists to submit entries to a Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing. UNC Asheville seeks to examine drawing as it is practiced and defined by today’s artists. Such an exhibition will demonstrate the continued significance of drawing through conventional and innovative methods.

CATALOGUE: A full-color catalogue will be printed. Each exhibited artist will receive one complimentary copy, additional copies will be available for purchase.

AWARDS: $2000 in cash prizes, as chosen by the Juror, will be awarded. A purchase prize award will also be available for the permanent collection of the UNC Asheville Department of Art and Art History.

If selected, you will be grouped into one of our three season rotational groups based on the type/theme of work you create. Our sales seasons are Winter/Spring (January 2026 to April 2026), Spring/Summer (May 2026 to July 2026), and Summer/Fall (August 2026 to October 2026). The type of work we are looking for includes, but is not limited to: prints of original work, fiber art, jewelry, pottery, magnets, art journals, keychains, and small 2D artworks, 15" by 15" max, including frame. Artists will be juried in for inclusion, and items must be for sale for this opportunity. Artists set their own prices for their works in the Shop, but please consider price points for Shop items of $100.00 or less, with, if appropriate, a few selective items priced at $150 - $500. Limited space is available.

Join KAI LIN ART as we host the seventh Open Call for our annual juried works on paper exhibition: THE NEW SOUTH 7. This year’s exhibition encompasses a range of themes, styles and techniques celebrating the largely versatile medium of paper.

The competition is open to both emerging and established artists who have lived or worked in the Southeast. Please submit your artwork and application form before Friday, December 5th

The Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University is pleased to invite all craft based artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, artists that work with drawing materials and mixed media, as well as other art medium. We are not able to accept video/film, sound or large scale installations at this time.

Exhibitions will be scheduled with the gallery director and range from 6 to 12 weeks depending on the type of exhibit and availability of the selected artists. The exhibition calendar for this call will begin April 2026.
Art in the exhibitions may be for sale. Sarratt Gallery will retain a 30% commission.

The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke welcomes all interpretations of the theme Belonging. As our culture becomes increasingly divisive and exclusionary, what does it mean to belong? Why does it matter, and how do we find a sense of belonging?

Artists are invited to submit two-dimensional or three-dimensional works, installations, or digital media (including video-based media). Originality of ideas and observations, as well as composition, technique, style, expression, and craft will be considered in the selection process.

Awards: $400 first prize, $200 second prize, and $100 third prize

Central piedmont Community College has an open artist call for 2026-27 Exhibition Proposals. They have multiple galleries spread across multiple campuses. Openings as early as January 2026.