Current Arts Commission Calls
Statewide Calls
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. Have a North Carolina arts call you’d like to add to our list? Send us an email.
For the North Carolina Arts Council list of Artist Opportunities, click here.
Deadline | Organization | Call Description | Location | Details |
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February 15 | Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center | Call for artists: “Fragments of Hope” Exhibition | Western NC | Link |
February 28 | GreenHill Center | ArtQuest Interactive Stations | Greensboro | Link |
February 28 | Hillsborough Arts Council | Apply: Hillsborough Poet Laureate | Hillsborough | Link |
March 2 | Arts Access North Carolina | Call for art: Kaleidoscope art exhibition | Raleigh | Link |
March 6 | artspace | Bottoms Up: Contemporary Ceramics in the South | Raleigh | Link |
March 15 | UpMarket | Gallery Exhibition: Tar Heel Art | Asheville | Link |
March 17 | Orange County Arts Commission | Call for artists: Uproar Public Art Festival 2025 | Orange County, NC | Link |
May 1 | The Plant Pittsboro | Pittsboro Sculpture Celebration | Pittsboro | Link |
Rolling | South Arts | Professional Development & Artistic Planning Grants | Southeast US | Link |
Rolling | South Arts | Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $2,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists | Southeast US | Link |
Rolling | Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership | Art Market Vendors | Chapel Hill | 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 | Town of Chapel Hill | Call for Volunteers: Boards & Commissions | Chapel Hill | Link |
Rolling | The ArtsCenter | Course proposals and instructors | Carrboro | 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 |