Artist Opportunities
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Announcing our Jump Start Award Recipients
ArtWorks is proud to announce the seven artists selected for Jump Start , a new program for emerging local artists.   Each project will receive $5,000 as a project stipend with additional project support from ArtWorks and 10 youth apprentices, ages 14-21, starting this summer.

The awardees:



We thank our Jump Start jury: Amara Antilla , senior curator, Contemporary Arts Center; Eric Avner , vice president and senior program manager of Community Development, Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation; Derrick Braziel , managing partner & development director, Mortar; Amy Goodwin , president & CEO, The Johnson Foundation; and Leila Tamari , senior program officer, ArtPlace America.
Photos provided by artists.
There is Still time to Recognize
Your Community Hero!
Everyday heroes are not always recognized. Starting now, ArtWorks is changing that.

We need your help to nominate Community Heroes —local resident heroes who selflessly go above and beyond to make a difference. They could be your neighbors, colleagues or just someone you read about that has made a difference.

ArtWorks will select  100 Community Heroes  from the nominees to be presented with a physical thank-you in the  form of a one-of-a-kind flag designed and created especially for each hero by Youth Apprentices  hired by ArtWorks this summer. There is no cost associated for participation.

Nominations will be accepted through  Monday, July 6 until 5 p.m.
Image by Bergette Photography
A great opportunity for kids 6-12:
Camp cARTwheel, presented by ArtsWave
ArtWorks has partnered with The Well and Wave Pool to  offer Camp cARTwheel, presented by ArtsWave a virtual arts and culture summer camp program for kids ages 6-12


Registrations are closing soon for our facilitated camp experiences with the first week of camp beginning July 20. Don't miss out!
ArtWorks announces summer season
of New Voices
ArtWorks is proud to announce  New Voices , our latest season of public and community art. This week, 15  teaching artists  have begun leading 93  youth apprentices, ages 14-21 , to work on 26 projects, which are taking place both in-person and remotely. In addition, ArtWorks is paying 26 artists to design these summer projects. See which artists we are working with this summer!
COVID-19 Artist Resources
Photo of ArtWorks Youth Apprentices by Sydney Fine.
Add Yourself to the Artists Sunday
Artists Directory
The Artists Sunday Artists Directory is now live , and they would love to add some Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky artists. The directory is a search tool anyone can use to find their favorite Artists Sunday artist or search for new artists and craftsmen that interest them. It's searchable by artist’s name, type of work and city, state and country.

Artists in all mediums are invited to join Artists Sunday, a national promotion and event encouraging consumers to shop with artists and craftsmen. It's like Black Friday, but for art. Participation is free.
Gender Unbound | Trans and Intersex Performer Submissions

This September, Gender Unbound is showcasing an online gallery of newly commissioned visual artwork paired with weekly live streams of trans and intersex music, poetry, storytelling, and artist interviews. Performers will be paid $100 for a 15 minute time slot.

Artists may submit work they’ve already written that fits one of the themes. Performers must have a high quality microphone and webcam in addition to a reliable computer and internet connection in order to participate in the stream. Performers must live in the United Stated and be trans and/or intersex to be considered. Apply by Friday, July 24 at 12:00 noon CST to be considered.
Manifest Gallery | Call for Photographic or Lens-Based Art About Tangibility
Manifest, invites visual artists to submit photographic or lens-based works of art about tangibility. Photography and lens-based art is often, even unconsciously, taken for granted as being disembodied from physical reality. However, without catalytic objects such works would not be possible.

For this exhibition Manifest is interested in showcasing works that reveal the 'objectness' of photography either through display of the works themselves, the mechanisms crafted to create lens-based experiences, dialogues between photographic works and their physical subjects, or narrative works explaining the complicated entanglement of light and form. The theme is open to very broad interpretation. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual, abstract, or experimental photography, photo-based, or lens-based works


Submission Deadline: July 25, 2020
Summerfair Cincinnati | Aid to Individual Artists award
Summerfair Cincinnati's Aid to Individual Artists award (AIA) is an annual juried award to assist with funding a classes/programs to learn new ideas or techniques, materials for a new medium, expanding a work area or any other needs the applicant may deem necessary to continue their artistic works.

Each selected artist will receive an award of $5,000 at their October Membership Meeting or thru USPS if not able to attend.

Individuals permanently residing within a 40 mile radius of Cincinnati and at least 18 years of age may apply. Artists may not submit more than one application per year. Faculty sponsorship is required of any students (over 18 years of age) enrolled in a degree-granting program. Members of Summerfair Cincinnati and any artist who has received a Summerfair Cincinnati Aid to Individual Artists Award within the past three years are not eligible to apply.

Applications for the 2020 AIA Award Program are now open. Applications are due no later than Monday, August 24, 2020 at 11:59 PM
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