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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13 | NC Folk Festival | Not Your Average Folk Contest | Greensboro | Link |
| June 14 | Arts and Health at Duke | Seeking artists for Winterfest 2021, an exhibit supporting and highlighting the talents of North Carolina artisans | Durham | Link |
| June 15 | North Carolina Presenters Consortium’s ArtsMarket | Applications open to performing artists to showcase work | Durham | Link |
| June 15 | Bull City Press | Chapbook Open Reading Period | Durham | Link |
| June 20 | Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art | Community Chords: Open Call for Artwork in Response to Freeman Vines | Winston-Salem | Link |
| June 25 | UNC Arts Everywhere | Community Art Reflection Project | Chapel Hill | Link |
| June 25 | North Carolina Botanical Garden | Seeking submissions of outdoor sculpture to be a part of 33rd annual sculpture in the garden show | Chapel Hill | Link |
| June 23 | Cucalorus Film Festival | Seeking film submissions | Wilmington | Link |
| June 30 | Asheville Writers Workshop | Submit a humorous story (fiction or non-fiction) of 5,000 words or less. Use of witty, dry humor is encouraged. | Asheville | Link |
| June 30 | Arts Council of Wayne County | Red, White, and Blue Show in collaboration with Freedom | Goldsboro | Link |
| July 12 | Artsplosure | Apply to share art at Artsplosure’s Spring Arts Festival (rescheduled for October 9 & 10) | Raleigh | Link |
| August 1 | Perquimans Arts League | Arts on the Perquimans: juried arts and crafts show | Hertford | Link |
| August 2 | North Carolina Botanical Garden | Seeking exhibit proposals of 2D botanical or nature-themed art for 2022 DeBerry Gallery for Botanical Art & Illustration exhibit season | Chapel Hill | Link |
| August 21 | Emerge Gallery & Art Center | Submissions open to “The Schwa Show,” annual, national, juried competition recognizing excellence in fine arts and crafts | Greenville | Link |
| August 28 | Pitt County Arts Council, Civic Arts Committee, and City of Greenville | Five Points Archway Public Art Project | Greenville | Link |
| September 1 | Hillsborough Arts Council | Seeking applications for Hillsborough Poet Laureate | Hillsborough | Link |
| September 14 | UNC Wilmington’s Palaver Journal | Seeks creative and academic submissions that defy the confines of a single discipline | Wilmington | Link |
| Rolling / December 31 | 311 Gallery | Your Call – Solo Exhibition Opportunity | Raleigh | Link |
| Rolling / December 31 | Wilma W. Daniels Gallery | Seeking exhibition proposals for the 2022 exhibition year | Wilmington | 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 |