Call for Artists
PLEASE NOTE: The opportunities listed below are submitted by external sources and are not affiliated with Arts Mid-Hudson unless explicitly stated otherwise. Please direct any questions or inquiries to the contact provided in the listing.
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+ Call for Art - Stanford Free Library
For further information please contact Susan Galaskas, email is handmadepaper@optonline.net - 845-868-7062
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- Call for Art - Artists & Poets - Arts Mid-Hudson
Deadline to Apply: January 9, 2026
Arts Mid-Hudson seeks visual art and poetry submissions for inclusion in the exhibition, Artists Respond to Poetry, for the 9th annual celebration of National Poetry Month, which will be on view in Arts Mid-Hudson’s gallery opening on February 24, 2026. Selected poetry submissions will be compiled and made available to the selected visual artists; visual artists will then choose one of the poetry pieces to respond to through their work. The poems and artwork will be displayed together in the final exhibit, creating a unique fusion of poetry and visual expression. https://www.artsmidhudson.org/artists-respond-to-poetry
+ Calling All Artists - Garrison Art Center
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2026
Garrison Art Center is accepting proposals for the 2027 Gallery Exhibition season. We accept applications for solo, two- and three-person, and small-curated group shows.
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2026
+ WAAM 2025 FOCUS EXHIBITION: A Feast for the Eyes
Deadline to Apply: January 16, 2026
FOCUS: A Feast for the Eyes - a juried exhibition featuring 8-10 artists that use vibrant colors, captivating patterns, or optical illusions as the visual focus of their work.
As a Focus exhibition, 8-10 artists will be selected to display a small body of work, approximately 2-6 works each, on the wall or floor.
Submit online through: January 16, 2026, midnight
$35 Fee / Free to Members For more information and to submit: https://woodstockartistsassociationmuseum.submittable.com/submit
+ Call for Submissions - Vassar Review
Deadline to Apply: January 19, 2026
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/contact/
+ Call for Submissions - 2027 Exhibition Opportunities - Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
DVAA's Exhibition Opportunities in 2027 include solo, two-person, group, and curated exhibitions. In addition, DVAA produces pop-up exhibitions and hosts artist talks and related programs throughout the year. The exhibition program features high-quality work by emerging and professional artists with an emphasis on those who live and work full or part-time in the Mid-Hudson, Catskill, or Upper Delaware River Regions. All media and styles are welcome as are installations and exhibition proposals by guest curators.
ABOUT DVAA'S GALLERIES DVAA's galleries are located at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance at 37 Main Street Narrowsburg NY, approximately 2 hours from NYC. Open year-round, DVAA hosts over a dozen exhibitions annually and is free and open to the public, Thursday - Sunday, 11 am - 4 pm & by appointment.
The Alliance Gallery is located on DVAA's first floor. It measures 340 square feet and features 104 linear feet of wall space (including hallway space) with 9-foot high ceilings.
The Loft Gallery, located on the second floor, is handicapped accessible. The Loft Gallery is 710 square feet and features 100 linear feet of wall space. The ceiling height in the loft gallery ranges from 7 feet to 8 feet 10 inches.
Selected artists should be available to participate in at least one public engagement event (e.g. artist talk, workshop, or panel discussion) during their exhibition.
DVAA's exhibitions and related programs are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, with support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
DEADLINE The submission deadline is Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Midnight EST.
How to Apply WHAT TO SUBMIT Applicants may submit up to 15 work samples (images, video clips) and accompanying image script list, project description and/or artist statement, an artist bio/resume, website, and social media links. In addition to exhibition description and artist bios, Curatorial Proposals should include images representative of works/artists confirmed for the show and may include samples from past curated projects.
SELECTION PROCESS Each year following an open call for entries, DVAA convenes a jury of three to five visual arts professionals to select the exhibitions for the following year. Jurying is based solely on the projected images of artwork, so it's important to submit consistent, high-quality images. DVAA assembles a new panel of jurors each year, so artists are strongly encouraged to re-apply if their work is not selected.
RESTRICTIONS Artists who have previously received solo exhibitions may reapply after 5 years. (E.g. if you received a solo show in 2022, you are eligible may apply for a show in 2027). For curated or juried exhibition proposals, individuals serving in the role of curator/juror may not include themselves or have any direct or indirect relations to the artists in proposed exhibitions (e.g. represent the artist commercially).
NOTIFICATION DVAA will notify applicants via email by April 1, 2026.
QUESTIONS Call (845) 252-7576 or email DVAA's Gallery Manager Tanner Simon at gallery@delawarevalleyartsalliance.org
Application Deadline 01/31/2026
Application Fee $0
https://delawarevalleyartsalliance.org/exhibition-call-for-entries/
+ CPW Launches First Upstate Photography Biennial and Announces Open Call for Submissions from Artists
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2026
Open Call: December 15, 2025 – January 31, 2026 Upstate Photography Biennial Exhibition on View: May 30 – September 6, 2026
CPW (formerly known as the Center for Photography at Woodstock) announces an open call for artists living and/or working in New York State, in regions north of New York City, to participate in the inaugural Upstate Photography Biennial—a major exhibition that will spotlight contemporary lens-based practices across the region.
Building on nearly 50 years of supporting upstate photographers, CPW brings deep expertise to this large-scale survey, organized by CPW curators Adam G. Ryan and Marina Chao. The Biennial will feature up to 30 photographers and artists working in upstate New York, and it will occupy the entire first floor of CPW’s newly renovated Kingston headquarters. The Summer 2026 exhibition will bring heightened visibility to the innovative and prolific talents of regional artists while also fostering dialogue around photography’s rapidly evolving role in the Hudson Valley and throughout Upstate New York.
Conceived to showcase a range of contemporary approaches to photography, the Upstate Photography Biennial will be a major, recurring platform for the region’s dynamic community of artists. Each iteration of the Biennial will be accompanied by a small-run, high-quality catalogue, designed and produced in-house at the CPW Press, using a new Canon v700 printer, and available for sale in the CPW bookshop both online and at 25 Dederick Street.
CALL FOR ENTRIES CPW invites submissions from artists working in all photographic and lens-based forms, including fine art, documentary, experimental, installation-based, and video work:
• Open Call: December 15, 2025 – January 31, 2026 (11:59pm EST) • Eligibility: Artists who live and/or work in Upstate New York • Application Fee: Free
+ Open Call: Unison Arts Triennial
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
Unison Arts is thrilled to announce an open call for proposals for our inaugural triennial Art, Land & Future, celebrating 50 years of Unison Arts and the 250th anniversary of the United States. We invite artists working in sculpture, installation, social practice, and performance art to submit proposals exploring the intersection of art, land, and the future.
https://www.unisonarts.org/open-call
+ Call for Art - BITS AND PIECES
Deadline to Apply: June 1, 2026
In connection with the symposium “Making Meaning”, planned for July 22-24, 2026 at Vassar College, Gallery 40 is seeking submissions of collage work from young and/or emerging artists. Collage is an art form in which individual elements — pieces of paper, fabric, photographs, found paper and the like — are assembled into new, autonomous artworks. Assemblage and sculpture with collage elements are also welcome. Both collage and assemblage fundamentally depend on bringing together two or more existing elements in a way that makes us consider these elements both in new ways as individual items and taken together as a new whole.
All the symposium attendees will be invited to visit local galleries exhibiting different forms of collage. The symposium will explore new perspectives on collage’s history and current approaches to cutting, publishing, and making through presentations, panels, workshops, publications and exhibitions. The symposium is organized by Andrea Burgay and Monica Church.
Location: Hallway Art Space, 40 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Show Dates: July 1 through July 31, 2026 Submission Deadline: June 1, 2026 11:00pm EST Entries received after this date will not be accepted. Artwork should be submitted digitally via Google form with all required and pertinent information included. Acceptance Notification: Saturday June 6 via email
Details and application: https://www.gallery40pok.com/artist-opportunity
+ M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival Artist Applications
Deadline to Apply: August 16, 2026
The M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival Call for Artists is now available, and we hope to have it posted on your site. The dates for the festival this year are August 29 & 30, 2026, 10:00 am–5:00 pm. All details can be found at https://mag.rochester.edu/clothesline/, including artist applications for 2026. The M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival has been MAG’s largest annual fundraiser and biggest celebration of the arts for almost 70 years. Over 300 artists from across the country offer their work for purchase at this juried, two-day festival that takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Clothesline is also the place to experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.
Deadline to Apply: August 16, 2026