Calls To Artists

Deadline to apply: June 1, 2025
MartinArts invites member artists to participate in the 4th Annual Members Showcase featuring the theme Timeless Martin: A Centennial Celebration. This exhibit celebrates the enduring beauty, spirit, and culture of Martin County over the past 100 years. Artists are encouraged to reflect on the county’s natural landscapes, vibrant communities, and significant milestones while capturing its timeless essence. From pristine beaches and waterways to historical landmarks and unique local traditions, the showcase will honor what makes Martin County truly special.

Deadline: May 23, 2025
The SOUTH FLORIDA SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION seeks bold, innovative contemporary fiber work and wearable art that explores unexpected relationships between fiber and other creative discipline for an upcoming exhibition, UNcommon Threads: Contemporary Fiber & Wearable Art. This international exhibition celebrates fiber as a medium that pushes boundaries and challenges expectation in contemporary art and design. All artists that utilize both traditional and non-traditional fiber materials and techniques are invited to apply. Collaborative works are welcome.

Part of the mission of the Martin County Art in Public Places program (AIPP) is to create a high-quality public realm in a manner that is visible and accessible to the public. The Martin Murals program is the vehicle that can inspire artists to design and paint murals on public and private properties throughout Martin County. The National Endowment for the Arts says it best “Creative placemaking animates public and private spaces, rejuvenates structures and streetscapes, improves local business viability and public safety, and brings diverse people together to celebrate, inspire, and be inspired.” Public art is also tied to positive tourism goals, instills a sense of civic pride, boosts economic growth, and inspires investment in our community.
To encourage public/private partnerships, the maximum funding amount through AIPP is $7,500 per project.
Questions? Contact Martin County Art in Public Places Program Office of Community Development 2401 SE Monterey Road Stuart, FL 34996 | (772) 419-6951

Deadline to Apply: October 2025 deadline date to be announced
Maximum Awards: $7,500 / $15,000
The South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant Program offers one of the largest regional, government-sponsored artists' grants in the United States, awarding $15,000 and $7,500 grants to resident visual and media artists from the counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. Since it was established in 1988, the Consortium has awarded over to $4 million in grants to over 300 artists. In addition to receiving the grant, the artists take part in an exhibition hosted and organized by a visual arts institution in one of the five counties, and since 2019, artworks by Miami-Dade based artists are acquired and accessioned for the Art in Public Places Collection.
Contact: Amanda Sanfilippo | (305) 375-5436 | amandas@miamidade.gov

Looking for additional opportunities to showcase your art?  Check the Florida Division of Arts & Culture for listings for calls to artists, public art, competitions, residencies, job openings, and funding.

Applications are now open for Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants, Jazz Road Tours, and Accessibility Grants through September 3! Visit southarts.org or the link in our bio for details about these and other opportunities!

Deadline to apply: Varies
Atlantic Center for the Arts is now accepting applications for the Master Artists-in-Residence Program. Spend three weeks developing your work with the personal support and mentorship of internationally renowned Masters in visual arts, music composition, literature, and choreography. Participation is limited to 8 people for each Master Artist.

Deadline: April 14
The State of Florida is filled with talented, dedicated artists who are also talented and dedicated, certified full time public school teachers. Their lives are spent trying to balance the challenge of expressing their artistic selves while pursuing their profession as a public school educator.

The STAR program is designed to honor and nourish the artist in the educator by providing five public school educators from Florida with the opportunity to pursue their artistic work in the inspiring environment of the prestigious Hermitage Artist Retreat.

A Hermitage residency is a gift of time and space for artists to attend to their work. There is no requirement to produce. It is intensely personal time for concentration AND a community of artists from different disciplines with which to share and learn. Artists invited seize the opportunity and find themselves more productive than at any other time in their creative lives.

Deadline to Apply: Ongoing
MartinArts invites artists in all media to apply for consideration to exhibit in upcoming exhibitions held at the Court House Cultural Center in downtown Stuart, FL. Applications are accepted year round and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Questions? Contact Jennifer at 772-287-6676 (x2) or email jhearn@martinarts.org - please mention “CHCC Gallery Exhibit Application” in the subject line of the email.

Deadline April 30, 2025
Peripheral ARTeries is inviting entries for the competition to find the most interesting emerging worldwide artists in various fine arts disciplines. The contest, on its 20th edition, will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art.

Artists at any career-stage can submit their works. Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique. This opportunity is open to all proposed forms of art and media that causes people to reflect on the larger community and a kind of art capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself.

Peripheral ARTeries aims to give the impetus and opportunity to artists to work between the boundaries of Contemporary Art.

Deadline May 13, 2025
Since 2018, The Hopper Prize has funded artists around the globe, working in all media, at all stages of their careers—from emerging to mid-career to established. Recipients of The Hopper Prize have gone on to exhibit their work at major galleries, art fairs, museums, and biennials.

We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists and photographers around the world. For this open call, we will be providing 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an international open call, all media eligible. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed @hopperprize, currently reaching an audience over 145k.

The Indian River Pops Orchestra is looking for talented musicians to join our vibrant community! We currently have openings for the following instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Bassoon

As a volunteer ensemble, we are passionate about sharing the joy of live music while providing opportunities for lifelong learning and performance. Our musicians range from young students to seasoned adults, with most residing in Martin County. We perform 6-7 concerts per season and often form smaller ensembles—such as brass and woodwind quintets or string groups—for additional performances.

We have two more concerts this season: April 13 & May 17. Rehearsals for the next season begin in early September. Interested? Send us an email for more information or to attend a rehearsal. If you know someone who might be interested, please share this invitation!

Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM (September – May)
Location: Ross Hall/Pittenger Center, St. Mary’s Church, SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL
Conductors: Michael Robbins (Conductor) & Keith Sanz (Assistant Conductor)
Email: irpopsorchestra@gmail.com
Visit us at irpopsorchestra.org

COME SING WITH US! Our four distinct performing groups offer a place for everyone from kindergarten to senior citizens. The Community Chorus is open to everyone high school age and older, with no skills or experience required, just a love of singing! Chamber Singers is open to everyone interested, but does require the ability to read music and a commitment to work on more challenging music. The Youth Chorus is for young singers in grades K-4 and the Middle School Chorus is for singers in grades 5-8.

Concerts are performed from October to May with a separate registration for each of the six concert sessions.

TCCS begins their fourth session of the year on Monday, March 17. Registration begins at 5:30 in Fellowship Hall. In-person rehearsals are Mondays: 4:15-5:15pm for Youth & Middle School Choruses, 5:30-6:45pm for Chamber Singers, and 6:45-8:00pm for Community Singers at Trinity United Methodist Church in Jensen Beach.

CLICK HERE for more information about the choruses and registration.

Join our chorus family and support the growth of the arts on the Treasure Coast!
Questions? Contact us at tccssecretary@gmail.com or 772-224-8807.

Did you know that we run an Adult Day Training program at our Jensen Beach office every day for adults with disabilities in our community? You can give back by sharing your time and talent with them! They'd love to hear and learn from you! Sign up here to join us on a Working Wednesday to share a hobby, skill, job or passion with our clients! They will love it!
Our team will contact you to provide more information, answer any questions you have, and schedule you to join us on a Wednesday convenient for you!
Questions: Email Shannon Wilson swilson@hpsfl.org or contact by phone 772.320.0832

Submission Deadline: May 1
The Martin Artisans Guild and The Palm Room Art Gallery & Artisans Boutique present their first exhibit featuring members and non-members. Two exciting exhibits will run concurrently – the annual members’ Summer Salon and Small2.
All artists are invited to submit 2-D artworks in all mediums including photography (no digital art) on a square surface of 12”x12”, 10”x10” or 8”x 8” in all 2-D mediums except digital art. Ribbon awards for first, second and third place. All pieces must be for sale, price determined by the artist.

Submission Deadline: May 2
The Second District Court of Appeal (2DCA), located in St. Petersburg, FL, seeks to acquire artwork for permanent public display in its new courthouse's interior and/or exterior locations. The courthouse is currently under construction. The courthouse's anticipated completion date is in October 2025. The timing of the installation of the artwork will depend on negotiations with the artist(s) selected to participate.
Project Website: www.2dca.flcourts.gov
Artists interested in participating in the Art in State Buildings program should review the Art in State Buildings program information on the Division’s website: https://dos.fl.gov/cultural/programs/art-in-state-buildings/.
Art in State Buildings Coordinator | 850.245.6299