Upcoming Artist Opportunities

Grant Opportunity – The Bay Area Creative Foundation has opened their annual Creative Youth Awards, inviting Bay Area high school students to submit their creative projects and be eligible for cash awards. Deadline is December 13th.

Open CallSanta Paula Museum is now accepting application for their juried group show “30 Under 30”. Deadline is Dec 1st. 

Open Call – The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States to submit qualifications for three art opportunities for the Potrero Yard Modernization Public Art Project. Applicants to this RFQ will be considered for the following artwork opportunities:

  1. Architecturally integrated glass artwork on the bus ramp on 17th Street measuring approximately 11,000ft2, facing Franklin Square.
  2. Architecturally integrated glass artwork on a multi-story stairwell measuring approximately 3,800ft2, located on Mariposa Street at York Street.
  3. Large-scale tile artwork on a building façade measuring approximately 3,000ft2, located on 17th Street at Bryant Street.

Deadline is December 11th.

Open Call Soft Times Gallery’s currently accepting submissions for their upcoming group show “Big Softie”.  Deadline is December 15th. 

Open Call Brea Gallery now accepting submissions for their group show “MADE in California”. This regional show features artwork from an extensive variety of mediums and explores creative movements happening in California. Deadline is February 9th, 2024. 

Open Call National Juried Show “Fantasy” at Arc Gallery. Deadline March 11, 2024. CATEGORIES ACCEPTED: Sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, glass art, artist book

Open CallBedford Gallery in Walnut Creek is now accepting submissions for their summer 2024 juried exhibition, Collage! Deadline to apply is April 18, 2024.


Open CallSebastopol Center for the Arts open call for “Illuminating Perspectives: Exploring Light in the Innovative Art”.  All mediums accepts, deadline is November 17th.

Artist ResidencyPaul Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency program provides early to mid-career artists up to four weeks of free and full-time use of a studio and equipment, production & fundraising consultations, and a production stipend as well as fiscal sponsorship to a very diverse group of theater, dance, and music creators whose work is pushing boundaries and challenging assumptions about what the arts can be in our lives and culture. Deadline is November 15th. 

 Artist ResidencyLucid Art program is to provide artists with a serene, retreat-like natural environment for creative exploration and inquiry into art and consciousness. The Lucid Art Foundation encourages exploration of art through multimedia, conceptual, ecological, and interdisciplinary approaches. Deadline is November 13th.

Grant Opportunity – The Bay Area Creative Foundation has opened their annual Creative Youth Awards, inviting Bay Area high school students to submit their creative projects and be eligible for cash awards. Deadline is December 13th.