ArtOPS

Opportunities for Artists in Utah

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ArtOps is dedicated to bringing art opportunities to Utah artists. Opportunities are from local, national and international sources, and include exhibitions, residencies, funding, and professional development.

These opportunities are listed here as a service and are not administered by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.

For Public Art Opportunities, please click here.

local opportunities

The Millcreek Arts Council is soliciting applications for artists/poets/musicians who would like to participate in the Millcreek Arts Festival. It is a one day event on Sat. August 27, 2022, to be held on the grounds of the historic Baldwin Radio Factory (3474 S. 2300 E.), which turns 100 years old this year.
Deadline: June 3, 2022

2022 Drainpipe Art Project in Daybreak - The intention of this project is to merge public art with existing infrastructure. This particular project will be located on the outside wall of our community swimming pool. The artwork shall incorporate or interact with the wall’s rain spout.
Deadline: June 18, 2022

The City Library hosts art exhibitions at all of its locations to expose residents to new art forms and ideas, to foster creativity and inspire curiosity, and to provide exhibition opportunities for the artistic community. Exhibits are chosen by a staff committee according to the needs and interests of the community, the variety of shows, the artistic quality of the works, and the suitability of the format for each Library's physical space. Submissions are accepted twice annually.
Deadlines: October 20, 2022

Call For New Dreamscapes Artists! Utah Arts Alliance is so excited to announce that they are opening our updated art grant application for Dreamscapes 3.0! They have changed a few, they're looking for more specific themed rooms based on their narrative vision and drawing on previous installations but also have made space for rooms that are completely open to creative freedom. The detailed list of themes will be found in the grant form itself. They want to maintain the Dreamscapes' identity which means that your installations are immersive, interactive, whimsical, full of fantastical psychedelic wonder, and built completely modularly from floor to ceiling.
Deadline: January 10, 2023

LiveDAYBREAK is looking to bring local artists to create their visual art “live” during our annual arts festival - Fizz Fest. This dynamic festival is centered on bringing our community together to educate, demonstrate, and show art in all forms. We are looking for a variety of art forms, for example: glass blowing, metal arts, pottery makers, woodcarvers, painters, sculptors, etc. Art must be large scale and have the ability to be seen by multiple individuals (at one time). If interested in participating, please submit samples of your work, and what you propose to do at the festival to India Prazen iprazen@livedaybreak.com
Deadline: Rolling

Sorenson Community Campus Art Galleries - The Sorenson Campus serves the public as a place where the city conducts its business, maintains the facility, and offers the public access to the space for rentals, exhibitions, and community services. There is no fee to apply, individual artists, individual artists applying as a group, and non-profit organizations are eligible.
Deadline: Rolling

UMOCA Projects Gallery - An initiative to promote Utah artists as they engage the contemporary art world locally and nationally. It is the first exhibition space that visitors encounter when entering UMOCA and is solely dedicated to exhibiting the work of Utah artists, providing them with a professional exhibition environment, prominent exposure to UMOCA visitors, and through UMOCA’s increasing national ties, the possibility of greater exposure around the country.
Deadline: Rolling

UMOCA - The UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Program is the only long-term artist residency designed specifically to meet the needs of artists living in Utah. Utah artists will be selected primarily based on demonstrated artistic potential, commitment to working in a contemporary idiom, willingness to participate in a robust and intellectually-engaged community of artists, and readiness to devote the time necessary to advance their professional careers to the next level.
DEADLINE: June 30 & December 31, 2022

National and International Opportunities

The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California announces its 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper celebrating not only the artists chosen this year but the many who have been featured in the past 50 years. Entry fee: $15.
Deadline: May 13, 2022

National Show: Crossing Borders - Artists are invited to submit entries for a juried art exhibition, July 14 through August 20, 2022 at The Copley Society of Art Gallery in Boston, MA. Cash Awards for First ($2,000), Second ($1,000), and Third Prize ($500). Artists are encouraged to submit artwork that is reflective of their community as it celebrates the people and cultures among us. We invite your entries and interpretations and are looking for your best work in both 2D and 3D mediums. Entry fee: $50.
Deadline: May 13, 2022

The Chateau Gallery’s second annual still life exhibition. From ancient Greco-Roman artworks to Dutch vanitas paintings, the still life has permeated art history for ages. Show us your most inimitable or transformative scenes of inanimate objects. What contemporary elaborations do you add to this lasting genre of imagery? Between wilting flowers and bowls of oranges, what do you bring to the table? Entry fee: $20.
Deadline: May 13, 2022

Paperworks 2022 is an international, juried competition for artists creating work on, with, or about paper: cut paper, folded paper, woven paper, glued paper, drawings, paintings, pastels, printmaking, photographs, paper sculpture, digital art, bound books, collage, mixed media, video, and installation. Entry fee.
Deadline: May 22, 2022

Bismarck Art & Galleries is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) art gallery that has monthly rotating exhibits by local, regional, and national artists. During the month of August, they host a Square Foot Exhibit which is open to all artists over 18 years of age. The canvases are all 12x12 and can feature any medium. Artists receive their canvases from BAGA to ensure consistency. Entry fee.
Deadline: June 24, 2022

All that we are offers creative space for self-directed residencies in an extraordinary house overlooking tidal waters. Artists from all disciplines come to all that we are to create and reflect on their work. The property is in a place of great beauty and within the driving of some of the remaining wilderness in the world. In the property, you feel close to the natural world and in a place of reflection, peace, and connection. The property has multiple creative spaces including a library, studios, and 5 acres of land. We are programming for the first half of 2022 – the border restrictions have been lifted and January to June is the best weather of the year in Tasmania. The hosts, Simon and Victoria, offer support when required but also know how to stay out of your way. They can offer specific coaching in reflective practice and leadership, particularly in community-engaged practice.
Deadline: June 1, 2022

L’AiR Arts residency program grounds its commitment to the contemporary arts from a historical perspective. Located in Montparnasse, known as a historic hub for international artists during the 20th century Ecole de Paris period, our residency program is dedicated to the historical legacy of this prolific period of intercultural and artistic exchange.
Deadline: June 30, 2022

Buffalo Creek Art Center [Gardnerville, NV] summer artist residency for 3D artists in metal, wood, ceramic and multi- media with an emphasis on aesthetics and craftsmanship.
Rolling Deadline

18th Street Arts Center’s Residency Programs [Santa Monica, California] help build and strengthen the creative community by working with local, national and international artists and curators. There are five types of residencies, including a visiting artist program that hosts artists and curators for 1 – 3 months.
Rolling Deadline

The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognized center for the study of sculpture. We host a year-round program of exhibitions, conferences, and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of sculpture. Each year we offer a number of Fellowships to enable artists and researchers to develop their work.
Deadline: May 24, 2022

The Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund is intended to help those pursuing careers as artists or arts administrators whose income has been directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This fund is for those who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). If you fit this description and you are in need of short-term, immediate financial assistance – we would like to help.
Deadline: Ongoing

Leveler is a tool for people with job security to help people whose work status has been impacted by COVID-19. The list includes freelancers, etc. in the arts, nightlife, production, hospitality, music, and other fields. Click the "receive" button if you're seeking assistance.
Deadline: Ongoing

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant is one of the most prestigious grants available to emerging figurative artists, as well as one of the most substantial. It is one of the longest-standing foundations, with an illustrious history of recipients spanning more than half a century. It is also unique in its scope, in that it is available to students and artists around the world.
Deadline: Ongoing

A micro-granting organization, funding “awesome” ideas, The Awesome Foundation set up local chapters around the world to provide rolling grants of $1000 to “awesome projects.” Each chapter defines what is “awesome” for their local community, but most include arts initiatives and public or social practice art projects.
Deadline: Rolling

Created in 1993 to further Foundation for Contemporary Arts' mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:

Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates

Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Each month FCA receives an average of 95 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 12-15 grants. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is now $1,700.
Deadline: Ongoing

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation - Up to $18,000 grants for young artists who are pursuing their studies or in the early or developmental stage of their career, working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture, or printmaking.
NO DEADLINE

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $200 and $2,500 for visual and performing artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors.
ROLLING DEADLINE

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
NO DEADLINE

Springboard helps artists develop the business skills and frameworks that they need to become creative entrepreneurs, with programs to create new opportunities for professional development.

Art Prof provides equal access to visual arts education on a global scale, removing barriers that exist due to the cost of higher education and private classes.

Humble Arts Foundation - is committed to promoting and supporting new photography, and dedicated to the artistic and professional development of those who practice it. We accept submissions for our online group shows, blog features, Instagram Residencies and Instagram Group Shows on an ongoing basis.
NO DEADLINE

Doctor’s Hours [Brooklyn, New York] at New York Foundation for the Arts offers artists an opportunity for one-on-one consultations with a range of industry professionals in their creative field. Distance Consultations over Skype are available for artists located outside the both New York Metro Area.
ROLLING DEADLINE