The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) is currently accepting submissions for the 2024 West Virginia Emerging Artists Juried Exhibition through Sept. 6, 2024. The exhibit will open Nov. 3 at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston.

Eligible artists may submit two pieces for the exhibit jurying in painting, print/drawing, mixed media, craft/wall hangings, photography, digital art and sculpture. The pieces that are entered must have been created between 2022 and 2024. Digital images, not original pieces, are submitted for the jurying process.

To be eligible to enter the exhibition, artists must be 18 years of age or older and maintain a permanent domicile in West Virginia. Exceptions to this requirement are made for students and military personnel who have West Virginia resident status and a home address in the state. Entrants must be listed on the West Virginia Artists’ Registry or must submit information for the registry along with the submissions for this exhibition. To register, submit a CD/DVD or USB memory stick with six examples of current work to the department by the exhibition’s entry date.

The Department will present three awards for the exhibition. The Best of Show/Purchase Award will receive $1,000. Second place will receive $500, and third place will receive $250.

Submit you work to be considered for the 2026 DNR wildlife calendar.
$200 prize is paid for each chosen painting included in the calendar and the artist whose artwork is selected for the cover receives an additional $500.

FestivALL is seeking art instructors to lead afterschool programs, helping children create artwork for the Children’s Art Fair during FestivALL weekend! Instructors will be paid $25/hour for 20 hours per program and receive a $200 supply budget.

This a FREE opportunity for artists to come out and connect with community members. Artists are invited to have live art demonstrations for guests to marvel at, ask questions about, and learn more about the BTS of creating art. Artists are encouraged to have something for attendees to "make&take" home with them (polymer clay station, fingerprint art, etc). This is a great opportunity to build up rapport with community members, and to expand your audience!
All you need to do is be present! Set up can be a lawn chair and what you need for art demos, "make&take" projects.
The SodaPopGypsies will be performing live on the side porch for the duration of the event.

An art exhibition highlighting what it means to be an Appalachian Artist and create art that influences Appalachia. All mediums of art are accepted. Deadline is September 1st and the exhibition in TBA for October.

For over 20 years, The Arts Center has hosted our Holiday Artist Market, full of dedicated artists and their handmade/hand-crafted artworks. We see a bigger crowd each year, but on average 1,000-1,500 attendees each year.
The Arts Center handles all press (social media, newspaper, etc), we create a program including a short bio, websites, and social media pages for each vendor, and we feed you a home-cooked lunch on both days!
For more information, please view the application, it has all of the information you need on there. Of course, if you have any questions, please email rachel@randolpharts.org, or call 304-637-2355.

Each year during the Mountain State Forest Festival, we (The Arts Center in Elkins, WV) host an adult juried arts exhibition, and a student juried art exhibition, exclusive to West Virginia residents. This year is no different- except for we want it to be bigger!
The gallery will be open for thousands of festival goers to come in a browse. Each year, the crowd grows, but we average 2,000-2,500 visitors during festival week. The Main Show will be up through November, leaving plenty of time for more visitors to stop in and see.
The prospectus for this exhibition is laid out in the application. Please carefully read the application before submitting and reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have. Note: you MUST have a West Virginia address to participate in this exhibition.

AICA-USA is excited to announce the Art Critics Fellowship Program for 2026, reflecting our ongoing commitment to supporting critical writing within a vibrant arts ecosystem. As the oldest professional organization for art critics and writers in the United States, we believe that thoughtful criticism is essential—not only for the arts community but also for enriching the experiences of individual viewers, writers, and artists alike. Fellows will engage in a pitching workshop and two lectures led by award-winning editors and writers to discuss the joys and concerns of writing and editing art criticism today, and will meet one-on-one with their assigned mentors to develop a piece of criticism for publication on the AICA-USA website. We embrace an expansive definition of art, which includes performance, dance, video art, and other transmedia practices. Each of our mentors comes with a distinct voice, area of focus, scholarly positions, sets of concerns, editorial background and mediums. From radio to small press to newspapers to academic forums, each mentor brings a rich diversity that speaks to the different avenues that artists and critics take on the way to publication in this 21st century landscape.

The Morgan's Artist in Residence (AiR) Program is funded by the Windgate Foundation to offer emerging and established artists from around the world who work with papermaking, book arts, and printing to explore focused projects in our facilities. As a working studio, gallery, gathering place for the community, educational hub, and purveyor of some of the finest handmade papers in the world, the Morgan offers AiR a variety of ways to grow their practice and build strong connections with the community.

Through its open call, JustFilms supports artist-driven, feature-length documentary films that creatively intersect with the social justice issues that are central to the Ford Foundation’s mission. All projects submitted for JustFilms grants will be assessed on the basis of alignment with Ford Foundation priorities, intersectional representation, innovation in storytelling, and production viability & independence, as well as social and cultural impact. At this time, we do not accept proposals from organizations, docuseries, shorts, or for impact campaigns.

While we welcome submissions from any region of the world, we have a particular focus on the areas where the foundation has regional offices.

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