Opportunities for the Field | | |
June 26, 2025
We compile opportunities for artists and arts organizations that are available in
New Jersey, or benefit those working in the arts in New Jersey. You'll find professional development workshops, grant announcements, calls for artists, resources, and more. Check out all three categories: Featured Opportunities, Opportunities for Artists, and Opportunities for Organizations.
While we do not share Job Opportunities, we do recommend the following resources for those looking for work in the arts field: ArtPride NJ Job Bank, NJ Theatre Alliance, Dance NJ, NJ Motion Picture & Television Commission, and Arts Admin Jobs.
Please note: Some opportunities may require fees to submit or participate. Be sure to read calls thoroughly to decide if it is a good fit for you.
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| | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship | |
Applications are now open for 2026 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grants. State Fellowships are awarded to practicing NJ artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. This year’s categories are:
Film/Video
Digital/Electronic
Interdisciplinary
Painting
Prose
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Early Bird Deadline: July 2, 2025
Deadline: July 16, 2025
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| | | Dance New Jersey Sunday Salon Series | |
Call for Emerging Artists
Dance New Jersey’s Sunday Salon Series is a new initiative designed to help emerging artists develop and show new works in a supportive environment. Artists will be offered up to six hours of pro-bono rehearsal space at participating studios prior to each event, as well as a ticketed studio performance. Each event will feature up to four performing groups and take place in a relaxed salon environment in which patrons are invited for an up close view into the creative process. Propose a project and Dance NJ will match you to a rehearsal/performance venue within your region.
Application Deadline: June 27, 2025
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| | | Levitt Music Series Grants | |
Activate underused public spaces in your town or city and bring your community together through free outdoor concerts. Grants up to $40K per year, for a total of up to $120K over three years.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
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| | | Take the Mid Atlantic Arts Imagine Next Survey! | |
Attention, New Jersey artists, creatives, arts leaders, culture workers, and audiences! Mid Atlantic Arts is shaping its next five-year strategic plan, and they need your input. Please take a moment to complete this survey.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Take the Survey Here
| | | Creating Healthy Communities: Arts in Public Health Convening | |
Presented by the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Creating Healthy Communities will bring together more than 500 people from across the United States who are thinking, working, and innovating at the intersections of arts and culture, public health and community development.
Dates: October 14 - 16, 2025
Early bird pricing ends July 18, 2025.
To apply for a low- or no-fee registration, made possible by support from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation, click here.
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| | | Public Art Opportunity: 2026 Newark Liberty Airport Digital Art Exhibition | |
Call for Artists and Artist Teams
The 250 Years of New Jersey digital exhibition is part of a large-scale public art project at Newark Liberty Airport’s Terminal A, focused on creating a transformative customer experience offering a distinctive NJ sense of place.
Deadline: July 29, 2025
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| | | 2025 Arts & Community Health Request for Proposals | |
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is looking for new and innovative programming that focuses on the powerful role the arts can play in improving health. Arts organizations are invited to submit a grant application that will advance the following areas of focus:
- Directly encourages healthy behaviors - physical and/or mental health
- Promotes greater dialogue on health - specifically the priority areas of obesity, behavioral health, or social determinants of health
- Educates, connects to, or raises awareness of available health services
- Makes health information more clear, memorable, and relevant
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Learn More
| | | Call for South Jersey Photographers | |
South Jersey Cultural Alliance is seeking photographers of all experience levels to capture the energy and spirit of arts and culture events across South Jersey during Fiscal Year 2026.
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Used by more than 175,000 artists and over 800 arts organizations, CaFÉ is the leading application management system for art calls. CaFÉ strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply. Artist registration is FREE!
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| | | Opportunities for Artists | | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship | |
Applications are now open for 2026 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grants. State Fellowships are awarded to practicing NJ artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. This year’s categories are:
Film/Video
Digital/Electronic
Interdisciplinary
Painting
Prose
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Early Bird Deadline: July 2, 2025
Deadline: July 16, 2025
Learn More
| | | Dance New Jersey Sunday Salon Series | |
Call for Emerging Artists
Dance New Jersey’s Sunday Salon Series is a new initiative designed to help emerging artists develop and show new works in a supportive environment. Artists will be offered up to six hours of pro-bono rehearsal space at participating studios prior to each event, as well as a ticketed studio performance. Each event will feature up to four performing groups and take place in a relaxed salon environment in which patrons are invited for an up close view into the creative process. Propose a project and Dance NJ will match you to a rehearsal/performance venue within your region.
Application Deadline: June 27, 2025
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Exhibition: Things We Carry - A Contemporary Asian Experience
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Call for Entries
This exhibition seeks works from artists responding to the multitudes that Asians/Asian-Americans carry, represent and experience, as a modern collective.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
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| | | Get the Word Out: Publicity Incubator for Early Career Authors | |
Under the mentorship of an accomplished book publicist, Get the Word Out fellows will develop and execute publicity strategies to maximize the exposure of their first or second book, reach readers, and create a platform to propel their literary careers.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
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| | | Peters Valley School of Craft Residency | |
This program is open to artists working in blacksmithing, ceramics, fibers, jewelry/fine metals, wood, and printmaking. Residents receive a $500 or $1,000 stipend to work in fully equipped studios for two weeks or one month. Housing is included. There is a $10 application fee.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
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Exhibition: Art Quilt Elements 2026
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Call for Entries
Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
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| | | Rowan University Summer Workshops for Music Educators | |
Neuroscience and Musical Development: Practical Implications for Music Education
Dates: July 7 - 11, 2025
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| | | Exhibition: Aquatic Wonders | |
Call for Artists
Deadline: July 9, 2025
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| | | Exhibition: WAE Open 2025 | |
Call for Artists of All Disciplines and Backgrounds
Deadline: July 11, 2025
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| | | Exhibition: Growing from the Ruins | |
Call for Art
Deadline: July 16, 2025
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| | | Public Art Opportunity: Two Mosaic Artworks | |
Call for Artists and Artist Teams
Creative Philadelphia and Rebuild announce a competition to commission site-specific, permanent, public artworks to be installed at Francis J. Myers Recreation Center.
Deadline: July 17, 2025
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| | | Creating Healthy Communities: Arts in Public Health Convening | |
Presented by the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine and New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Creating Healthy Communities Convening will bring together more than 500 people from across the United States who are thinking, working, and innovating at the intersections of arts and culture, public health and community development.
Dates: October 14 - 16, 2025
Early bird pricing ends July 18, 2025.
To apply for a low- or no-fee registration, made possible by support from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation, click here.
Learn More
| | | Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival | |
Call for Entries
Late Deadline: July 20, 2025
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| | | Public Art Opportunity: 2026 Newark Liberty Airport Digital Art Exhibition | |
Call for Artists and Artist Teams
The 250 Years of New Jersey digital exhibition is part of a large-scale public art project at Newark Liberty Airport’s Terminal A, focused on creating a transformative customer experience offering a distinctive NJ sense of place.
Deadline: July 29, 2025
Learn More
| | | Javiera Rodriguez Legacy Art Fund | |
Call for Jersey City Artists, Teachers, Teaching Artists, and Artist Collectives
The Javiera Rodriguez Legacy Art Fund Micro Grants honor the vibrant legacy of artist and educator Javiera Rodriguez by supporting artists and teachers in Jersey City.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
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| | | New Jersey Photography Forum 31st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition | |
Call for Photographers
Deadline: August 4, 2025
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| | | Public Art Opportunity: Tribute to Members of the Armed Services Sculpture for Stephen R. Gregg Park, Bayonne, NJ | |
Call for Artists
Selected artist will design, fabricate, and install a figurative sculpture in honor of members of the armed services who served in Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, The Gulf War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Deadline: August 12, 2025
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| | | Public Art Opportunity: Stained Glass Window for Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex, Jersey City, NJ | |
Call for Artists
Selected artist will design, fabricate, and install a Hudson County-themed stained glass window for permanent display in the Guarini Justice Complex.
Deadline: August 12, 2025
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Call for submissions in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art,
and wood.
Deadline: September 10, 2025
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| | | Call for South Jersey Photographers | |
South Jersey Cultural Alliance is seeking photographers of all experience levels to capture the energy and spirit of arts and culture events across South Jersey during Fiscal Year 2026.
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| | | Curatorial Review Catalogue Publication | |
Artists who are selected for publication are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue, written by the curator. Artist Feature Catalogue articles are published on the Titan Contemporary Publishing website, Substack page, and in linen wrap hardcover book editions.
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| | | Creative Capital Artist Lab | |
Creative Capital Artist Lab is an online professional development curriculum designed to help artists working at any career stage, and in any discipline, build thriving practices. courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through Zoom lectures and discussions, long-form videos, and text-based learning formats. Artist Lab includes exercises, tips for best practices, and case studies that can be taken at participants’ own pace. Courses and videos are available in English and Spanish, with ASL interpretation.
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| | | The Entertainment Community Fund: Social Service Groups and Workshops | |
The Entertainment Community Fund understands that a life in the arts has its own unique set of challenges. Their free, online groups and workshops - facilitated by social workers - offer a safe and confidential setting where performing arts and entertainment professionals can share and learn, as well as provide and receive support.
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| | | Survey: Developing Equitable Artists’ Contracts | |
Yancey Consulting wants to hear from artists about which contract clauses have the most negative impact on current and future earnings, ownership rights, and protections.
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| | | Dance New Jersey’s Resource Directory | |
This online resource is designated to help connect, support, and elevate the vibrant dance artists across New Jersey. Whether you are a professional dancer, dance student, instructor, choreographer, or dance enthusiast, our unique directory will give you quick access to explore new services, opportunities, and partnerships within and beyond the state.
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| | | Calling all New Jersey-based LGBTQ+ artists! | |
Garden State Equality has several paid opportunities for artists across all mediums coming up in 2025! Join their database to be the first to know when they go live.
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| | | CERF+ Emergency Relief Grant | |
Support available for artists working in craft or materials-based folk/traditional disciplines who have experienced a recent, unforeseen, career-threatening emergency.
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| | | 1-on-1 Consultation for Immigrant Artists | |
NYFA 1-on-1 Consultations for Immigrant Artists offers individualized career-centered conversations for creatives of all disciplines. During these free 40-minute online consultation sessions with arts industry experts, you can seek advice on specific topics or general resources and opportunities to help you navigate building your arts career in the U.S.
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| | | Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 | |
This national Semiquincentennial initiative will showcase the importance of the handmade, both throughout our history and in contemporary life. Handwork 2026 is a yearlong collaboration among organizations, educators, and makers to celebrate the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.
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Used by more than 175,000 artists and over 800 arts organizations, CaFÉ is the leading application management system for art calls. CaFÉ strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply. Artist registration is FREE!
Learn More
| | | Opportunities for Arts Organizations | | Levitt Music Series Grants | |
Activate underused public spaces in your town or city and bring your community together through free outdoor concerts. Grants up to $40K per year, for a total of up to $120K over three years.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Learn More
| | | Creating Healthy Communities: Arts in Public Health Convening | |
Presented by the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine and New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Creating Healthy Communities will bring together more than 500 people from across the United States who are thinking, working, and innovating at the intersections of arts and culture, public health and community development.
Dates: October 14 – 16, 2025
Early bird pricing ends July 18, 2025.
To apply for a low- or no-fee registration, made possible by support from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation, click here.
Learn More
| | | 2025 Arts & Community Health Request for Proposals | |
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is looking for new and innovative programming that focuses on the powerful role the arts can play in improving health. Arts organizations are invited to submit a grant application that will advance the following areas of focus:
- Directly encourages healthy behaviors - physical and/or mental health
- Promotes greater dialogue on health - specifically the priority areas of obesity, behavioral health, or social determinants of health
- Educates, connects to, or raises awareness of available health services
- Makes health information more clear, memorable, and relevant
Deadline: September 9, 2025
Learn More
| | | Become an RevolutionNJ Partner Organization! | |
New Jersey's rich arts community has a unique opportunity to engage their audiences with a once-in-a-generation initiative. RevolutionNJ is New Jersey's official commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, happening in 2026.
Watch a recorded informational workshop here.
Already in the know? Become a Proud Partner today by submitting an application here.
If you have any questions about this initiative or the application, please reach out to Marc Lorenc: marc.lorenc@sos.nj.gov
| | | NJ Human Services Opens Fourth Round of Grant Funding to Create Inclusive, Healthy Communities | |
NJ Human Services announces that non-profits and county or municipal government agencies can now apply for the next round of funding in the Inclusive Healthy Communities Grant Program to help communities across NJ support the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities where they live, work, learn and play.
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| | | Arts Reach: The Association of Arts Management, Marketing and Development Professionals | |
Arts Reach supports leading arts professionals the Arts Reach website, conferences, magazine, webinars, and e-letters. The strategies and techniques presented via Arts Reach focus on successful revenue-generating techniques for arts practitioners and leaders.
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| | | Performing Arts Readiness | |
Free webinars on various topics related to emergency preparedness for performing arts organizations.
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| | | The New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Grants Management Office is here to help you! | |
The goal of the Grants Management Office is to make grant opportunities and resources easily accessible for municipalities, counties, nonprofit organizations, and other interested stakeholders. With a mission to increase the amount of federal grant dollars New Jersey receives, GMO works to help build the capacity of its partners to successfully apply for and manage grant programs.
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| | | Succession Planning for Cultural Institutions | | | Learning and Engagement Funding from Art Bridges | |
The purpose of an Art Bridges Learning & Engagement Award is to support art museum transformation and the engagement of new and diverse audiences through innovative programming.
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| | | Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities | |
From the Massachusetts Cultural Council – A Guide for Communities to Develop Programs that Integrate Arts, Culture, and Nature Resources into Local Health and Social Care Systems
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Tools, Resources, and Training for Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice through the Arts
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The dPlan|ArtsReady tool guides you through the steps of creating elements of your performing arts organization’s emergency plan. Organizations can request a free year of access.
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| | | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State and a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Council was established to encourage and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey. The Council believes the arts are central to every element we value most in a modern society including: human understanding; cultural and civic pride; strong communities; excellent schools; lifelong learning; creative expression; and economic opportunity. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov. | | | | |
