Performing, visual and literary artists are in constant demand in California, and the California Arts Council's website is designed to help streamline the search for artistic talent. Take a look at our current listing of artist calls by the categories noted below. Public Art calls may be found on the Public Art Calls page. Artist Call listings that do not have set deadlines have been set with a "January 1, 2012" deadline for listing purposes.
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To post an Artist Call, please fill out the appropriate form. All postings are at the discretion of the California Arts Council, and are not posted until reviewed by a California Arts Council staff member for content, appropriateness, and accuracy. Please also note that some listings may be more appropriate for The Grantfinder, Arts Compete, or Arts Jobs listings.
The information in this section is provided as a service only, and the California Arts Council does not endorse or support the organizations listed. Questions and/or concerns about listings may be directed to the web editor at editor@caartscouncil.com.
To View these call to artists in depth go to http://www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/
| Title | Details | |
| Fine Visual Arts Grass Valley | General/mixed Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Teacher Appreciation Art Classes Van Nuys | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-06-2010 | |
| 4-week artist/writer residencies Johnson, VT | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| Artoberfest Plein Air Painting Festival & Competition Salinas Valley Salinas | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 08-10-2010 | |
| CURATE THIS! 2010 Call to Artists + Designers New Orleans, LA | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Call for Entries Berkeley | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Public Mural along SPRINTER Corridor Vista | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-21-2010 | |
| VULCAN call for Visual Art submissions Long Beach | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-31-2010 | |
| The Darton College Global Beer, Wine, and Coffee Label Contest Albany | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 10-01-2010 | |
| Bailando con la Muerte: Dia de los Muertos multi-cultural art exhibit Salinas | General/mixed Description Deadline: 10-05-2010 | |
| First Fridays Art Walk Oldtown Salinas Salinas | General/mixed Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Artoberfest! Salinas Artist Studio Tour Salinas | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 08-10-2010 | |
| LAAFA SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION for NEW STUDENTS Van Nuys | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Sound is Art San Diego | Other Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Call to Artists: SPACES seeks work showing strong conceptual grounding for the 2011/2012 exhibition season Cleveland, OH | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-30-2010 | |
| Salon des Refuses - A Presentation of Unrealized Public Works New York, NY | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-10-2010 | |
| New American Paintings Pacific Coast Boston | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-30-2010 | |
| Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Santa Rosa | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-10-2010 | |
| 14th Annual Orange Open Juried Exhibition at the Guggenheim Gallery Orange | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-25-2010 | |
| Ventura Art Festival Ventura | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-23-2010 | |
| Art & Healing Laguna Niguel | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-30-2010 | |
| Martinez Opera Contra Costa Artist Call for 2010 Lucia di Lammermoore Poster Martinez | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-31-2010 | |
| Veterans Art Show Fayetteville, Georgia | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Artist & Writer Residencies Santa Fe, New Mexico | General/mixed Description Deadline: 01-01-2012 | |
| Visions In Clay Stockton | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 01-01-2012 | |
| Seeking Emerging and Mid-Career Artists for Exhibition Ventura | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 01-10-2011 | |
| Bay Area Call: Introductions 2010 San Francisco | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-28-2010 | |
| Arte Video Roma Festival Roma, Italy | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-30-2010 | |
| Views of the City - Call for SF Bay Area Artists San Francisco | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-28-2010 | |
| 3rd Coast National Corpus Christi, TX | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-31-2010 | |
| Call for all Bay Area artists. Large scale Public Art Display Los Angeles | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-28-2010 | |
| Online Juried Art Gallery Exhibit www.infinityartgallery.com | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Sylvia White Gallery Exhibition Opportunity Ventura | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-19-2010 | |
| The Open Show, Call for Art (Virtual) Minneapolis, MN | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-06-2010 | |
| Fellowships Johnson, VT | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| Call for Entries: 5th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival San Francisco | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Planet Zero Gravity-Live Big Artist Competition Connecticut | General/mixed Description Deadline: 05-31-2010 | |
| '2' - Double Solo-Exhibition Opportunity: Call to Artists + Designers New Orleans, LA | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-03-2010 | |
| Featured Emerging Artists - Summer 2010 Atlanta, GA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-02-2010 | |
| Spotlight on Portraits Atlanta, GA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-02-2010 | |
| H20 - Juried Exhibition Sebastopol | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-12-2010 | |
| Associate Designer in the Artistic Infusion Program Washington, D.C. | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-07-2010 | |
| Wild Life New York, NY | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-02-2010 | |
| Projekt30's July 2010 Exhibition New York, NY | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Call for Entry, Black and White, A Main Gallery Show for September Fort Collins, Colorado | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| The Circle 7th International Annual Exhibition: Call for artists Japan | General/mixed Description Deadline: 05-27-2010 | |
| Abstract Art Contest Santa Ana | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-15-2010 | |
| Showcase Your Work (visual media) Monterey County | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-30-2010 | |
| El Cerrito City Hall Gallery Space Exhibition Opportunity City of El Cerrito | Museum/Public Facility Description Deadline: 01-30-2011 | |
| A Sense of Place 2010 Augusta, GA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-28-2010 | |
| Call for Curator: Civic Artwalk/ Public Sculpture Project Santa Rosa | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-14-2010 | |
| Waterscapes Laguna Niguel | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 09-30-2010 | |
| Call for all Bay Area Artists for Large-scale Public Art Display Los Angeles | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-10-2011 | |
| 2010 California Open Exhibition Santa Monica | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-26-2010 | |
| Local Wonder 2 Art by Tenderloin Artists San Francisco | General/mixed Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Center Street Art Walk Berkeley | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| National 2010 Sebastopol | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Call for Artists Inspired by Outsider Art Kirksville, MO | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-26-2010 | |
| 2010 Art Kudos Juried Competition & Online Exhibition Norcross, GA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-30-2010 | |
| Fashion Forward Bakersfield | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| BRAvo...Arts Alive West Chester, PA | General/mixed Description Deadline: 08-31-2010 | |
| Submit your portfolio for evaluation by The Board of Investment Art Chicago, IL | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Transcendence - The Magic of Glass Sequim, WA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-09-2010 | |
| National 2010 Juried Exhibition Sebastopol | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Art on the Square Festival Lodi | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-25-2010 | |
| Tiburon Art Festival 2010 CALL TO ARTISTS Tiburon | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-14-2010 | |
| Painting on the Edge Vancouver, BC | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-04-2010 | |
| Bottle Tree Productions One Act Play Competition for Writers 2010 Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Writing Description Deadline: 11-30-2010 | |
| 2010 National Juried Exhibition Ventura | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-19-2010 | |
| 2011 Visions from the New California Awards | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 05-15-2011 | |
| Theatre Educator San Rafael | Theater Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Arte Latino II St. James, NY | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-09-2010 | |
| Landscape Art Contest | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| SOMNAMBULIST: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Chicago, IL | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-20-2010 | |
| 2nd Annual "What Texas Means to Me" Juried Awards Show Austin, TX | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Summer Expo 2010 Eugene, Oregon | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| 56th Juried Exhibition at The Haggin Museum Stockton, California | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-07-2010 | |
| "Featured Artists" international art book | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 10-31-2010 | |
| Art exhibition opportunities Oakland, CA | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 01-01-2011 | |
| Call for Artisans Fallbrook | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Sacramento 2nd Saturday Call For Artists Sacramento | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-10-2010 | |
| Call To Artist Tiburon Art Festival Tiburon | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-14-2010 | |
| Fiber & Book Art (West Coast) Exhibition 2010 Escondido | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-17-2010 | |
| Transitional Art Santa Rosa | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-20-2010 | |
| 2D/3D Color & Design Call for Entries Stockton | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival Berkeley | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-05-2010 | |
| Black Lab (working title) San Francisco | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-01-2010 | |
| Public Art Call for Entries San Rafael | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 01-01-2012 | |
| RAW: Natural Born Artists Los Angeles and Orange County | General/mixed Description Deadline: 02-17-2011 | |
| Landscape Photography Exhibition Stockton | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 08-01-2010 | |
| 2D/3D Color & Design Exhibition Stockton | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-30-2010 | |
| Open Call For Artists Ormond Beach, FL | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 12-01-2010 | |
| Renewable Energy Can Be Beautiful Dubai, UAE | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-04-2010 | |
| Short Film Competition Redding | Film Description Deadline: 06-30-2010 | |
| Call for 2010/2011 solo/group exhibitions, Calico Art Gallery Yermo | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 02-25-2011 | |
| Eastern State Penitentiary's 2011 Season Artist Installations Philadelphia, PA | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| brokenheartsproject.org Los Angeles | General/mixed Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| 2010/2011 Performance Proposals now being considered. San Diego | General/mixed Description Deadline: 08-20-2010 | |
| Eastern State Penitentiary's 2011 Season Artist Installations Philadelphia | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-15-2010 | |
| FILM.FASHION.MUA.HAIR.ART.DJS.MUSIC.PERFORMING ART Fullerton | General/mixed Description Deadline: 10-01-2010 | |
| Online Art Fair Seeking Artists & Crafters Huntington Woods | General/mixed Description Deadline: 07-30-2010 | |
| 80th Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit Santa Cruz | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Residency in Tuscany open call 2010 Greve in Chianti (FI) Italy | General/mixed Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Call for Mail Art SELF-PORTRAITS | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 12-31-2010 | |
| Mail Art Call: Polaroids & Self-Portraits Highland | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 11-21-2010 | |
| Magnum Opus XXI Carmichael | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 06-19-2010 | |
| RAW: natural born artists Los Angeles | General/mixed Description Deadline: 01-01-2011 | |
| Artistic Infusion Program Call for Artists 2009 | Visual Arts Description Deadline: 07-06-2010 | |
| 2nd Saturday ArtHop Redding, CA | General/mixed Description Deadline: 08-01-2010 | |
| International Call for Submissions: BREAK THE SILENCE PROJECT | General/mixed Description Deadline: 06-04-2010 |
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