Listed below are Calls for Art within North Carolina. For national listings, subscribe to the public art network listserv. All opportunities below are paid and are open to Orange County residents. Location designates where the art will be presented or featured (during Covid-19, however, presentations may be online). All calls are shared on our Twitter and in our Orange County artists’ Facebook group CreativeOrange. All calls originating in Orange County are also shared on our Instagram and Facebook. Have a North Carolina arts call you’d like to add to our list? Send us an email.
| Deadline | Organization | Call Description | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 18 | Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture | Submit to Tracks Music Library | Chapel Hill | Link |
| December 19 | Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture | Storm Drain Mural Application | Chapel Hill | Link |
| December 19 | Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture | Painted Bike Racks Application | Chapel Hill | Link |
| December 31 | Smart Kinston City Project Foundation | Call for applications: Smart Kinston Residencies | Kinston | Link |
| Rolling/January 29 | The McColl Center | New Opportunity: Studio Practice Workshops | Charlotte | Link |
| August 23 | Cultural Center at Holly Springs | Seeking Applications: Cultural Center’s hallway and lobby | Holly Springs | Link |
| Rolling | Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew | Short Story Submissions: Dark Yonder | Hillsborough | Link |
| Rolling | Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership | Artists for 2nd Fridays | Chapel Hill | Link |
| Rolling | City of Durham’s Cultural and Public Art Program | South Ellerbe Restoration Project Public Art Survey | Durham | Link |
| Rolling | Trade Alley Art | Call for Artists: seeking visual artists to join their gallery | Hickory | Link |
| Rolling | MOJOAA Performing Arts Company | Call for Submissions: Black playwrights/playwrights of the African diaspora | Raleigh | Link |
| Rolling | Town of Chapel Hill | Call for Volunteers: Boards & Commissions | Chapel Hill | Link |
| Rolling | The ArtsCenter | Course proposals and instructors | Carrboro | Link |
| Rolling | Duke University | Duke Campus Center Art Gallery seeks submissions | Durham | Link |
| Rolling | Caldwell Arts | Submissions open to Tucker Gallery (sculpture) | Lenoir | Link |
| Rolling | Hillsborough Arts Council | Call for Vendors: West End Vendor Market coming soon to Last Fridays | Hillsborough | Link |
| Rolling | Sawtooth School for Visual Art | Artists in Residency at Sawtooth School for Visual Art | Winston Salem | Link |
| Rolling | The Bascom | 2022 Photography in Residence | Highlands | Link |
| Rolling | South Arts | Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $2,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists | United States | Link |
| Rolling | South Arts | Grants offer up to $1,000 to support the professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators. | United States | Link |
| Rolling | South Arts | Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours | United States | Link |
| Rolling | Kidzu Children’s Museum | Call for artists: Proposals for Winter Wellness | Chapel Hill | Link |
| Rolling | Yonder Southern Cocktails & Brew | Call for artists: 45 linear feet of wall space available for month-long exhibits | Hillsborough | Link |
| Rolling | Durham County | Request for Qualifications, Public Art for Various Durham County Buildings | Durham | Link |
| Rolling | North Carolina Arts in Action | Job: Musician/Accomanist | Durham | Link |
