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The Arts Federation Opportunities

Seeking August Art Fair Vendors

In addition to the gallery reception on Friday, August 8, TAF will also be hosting our outdoor Art Fair! TAF members are invited to register for a space on our lawn to set up their wares.

It is $10 to participate and an additional $15 if you wish to rent a 10' x 10' canopy tent for the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own table(s) but may borrow one from TAF if necessary.

TAF will not handle any transactions for Art Fair participants and will not be taking a commission. Space is limited, so register today!

Job Opportunities

Claude McNeal Productions

ACT Out Business Manager

DEADLINE: 7/24/2025

The ACT Out Business Manager will oversee the daily administrative, fundraising, financial, and operational functions of the ACT Out program. This individual will serve as a liaison between community and business partners, school districts, and the CMP senior leadership team to ensure smooth scheduling, billing, reporting, and evaluation of ACT Out programming. The position requires a balance of strategic planning, hands-on coordination, and strong communication skills. The position will oversee and maintain current contracts, grant-funded programs, and be responsible for developing new contracts and corporate training programs, while identifying and targeting new partnerships and funding opportunities for the program’s growth to expand and scale the program.

Part Time Tech Director

DEADLINE: 7/15/2025

Claude McNeal Productions, an Indianapolis non-profit theatre organization, is looking for a part-time tech director for their organization. 2025 productions do not begin rehearsals until late August, with shows in October and December. We are looking for a candidate to help maintain equipment, add logistics to installation and tear down of sets and storage, and to assist our lighting and sound design team on productions.

Right now, the position pays $30/hour but may lead to a full-time position next year. Only those with experience working in a theatre or related field within the performing arts will be considered.

Please email your resume’, along with contact information to Jeff Owen, Chief Operating Officer, jowen@claudemcnealproductions.com. McNeal Productions is located within McGowan Hall, 1305 N. Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

Indianapolis Ballet

Seeking Front Desk Assisstant

DEADLINE: 7/31/2025

SPECIFICATIONS:

Hourly position, 10-20 hours/week from 12:00pm to 8:30pm Monday-Friday and Saturdays 8:30am to 4:00pm. Free downtown parking available.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Indianapolis Ballet and the Indianapolis School of Ballet are looking for a motivated person with a friendly demeanor and positive attitude to manage the front desk and to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. Be a part of the team that advances professional ballet and dance education in central Indiana.

Seeking a Wardrobe & Shop Manager

DEADLINE: 7/31/2025

The Wardrobe & Shop Manager oversees all aspects of costume production, maintenance, and management for both Indianapolis Ballet and the Indianapolis School of Ballet. Reporting to the Artistic Director, this position is responsible for costume design integration, budgeting, construction, fittings, and supervision of costume staff. The ideal candidate is highly organized,

Essential requirements: Expert in sewing, patterning, and costume construction techniques, strong organizational and project management skills, ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment with high attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication, proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Salary: $40,000, negotiable based on experience

Director of Development

DEADLINE: 6/30/2025

SPECIFICATIONS: Full-time, salaried position; Approximately 40-45 hours/week with additional evenings and weekends; paid vacation; free downtown parking. Salary $60,000 – $65,000 commensurate with experience.

Benefits offered-Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

POSITION SUMMARY:

Indianapolis Ballet, an equal opportunity employer, is seeking an experienced Director of Development for the advancement of classical ballet in our community. Reporting to the Executive Director, this position leads the fundraising strategy for the organization through donor-centered philanthropy.

– Essential requirements: exceptional time management, excellent writing skills, and attention to detail.

– Oversees work of IB’s Development Associate/Volunteer Coordinator, and IB’s Grant Writer.

– Duties include relationship-based fundraising, stewardship, and department management.

Indianapolis Zoo

Seeking Caricature Artist

DEADLINE: 7/12/2025

Kaman’s Art Shoppes is currently hiring Artists for Positions as a caricature artists inside the Indianapolis Zoo. Kaman’s Art Shoppes is the country’s largest photo and art connoisseur. We are located in Zoo’s and Theme parks all over the country! No experience is required, each employee undergoes extensive training to learn the art of Caricatures. Competitive pay starting at 14 an hour with commission opportunities available! Flexible hours and fun work environment!

Artists with experience in drawing human faces and forms are encouraged to apply!

Kaman’s Art Shoppes is the country’s largest photo and art connoisseur. We are located in Zoo’s and Theme parks all over the country!

Starting at $14 an hour as an hourly seasonal position.

White River Sound Chorus

Seeking Singers

DEADLINE: 9/30/2025

White River Sound Chorus is seeking women to sing with us. We are an A Capella chorus performing throughout the community in Indianapolis and surrounding counties. We also compete yearly at a competition in Cincinnati. We rehearse every Tuesday night 7:00 – 9:00 at Warren Central High School.

Indianapolis Airport

Seeking Arts Program & Marketing Specialist

DEADLINE: 6/30/2025

At the forefront, the position is the lead for the development, implementation and support of all aspects of IAA’s arts programming. This role includes the need to develop and maintain a presence in the Central Indiana Arts community necessary to promote and maintain IAA’s stature at the desired level, as well as maintain a positive working relationship with the Indy Arts Council.

Position will also assist in the strategic planning, development, design and implementation of marketing plans for the organization, both internal and external, contributing to the development of marketing strategies while working with the various departments of the IAA, with the goal of increasing passenger traffic, air cargo market, parking, property/ commercial development, and the overall image of the IAA. The position works with various service providers and departments, as necessary, to implement marketing, communication and community related strategies.

Deadline: 06/02/2025

Save the date for our next auditions. AMERICAN SON by Christopher Demos-Brown, directed by Bradley Allan Lowe, will close out our 2024-2025 production season. Auditions will take place June 1 and 2, with possible callbacks on June 4.

SYNOPSIS:

A Florida police station in the middle of the night; a mother searching for her missing teenage son. AMERICAN SON is a gripping tale of two parents caught in our national divide, with their worst fears hanging in the balance. This 90-minute drama explores issues – maternal, paternal, marital, and societal – while tackling the subtle and not-so-subtle racial dynamics in American culture.

CHARACTERS:

Kendra Ellis-Connor – Black, Female, aged 40-50s. A professor of psychology and the mother of a teenage son. Recently separated from her husband. Emotionally raw but trying to keep it together behind a professional façade. Exceptionally intelligent and self-possessed.

Scott Connor – White, Male, Mid 40s-50s. Kendra’s estranged husband. An FBI agent. Takes pride in his family’s long tradition of military service. Though rigid in his views, he has a warm, sensitive side and is a deeply loving and devoted father.

Officer Paul Larkin – White, Male, mid-20s to 30s. An intelligent, congenial younger police officer with bold career ambitions who lacks actual life experience.

Lieutenant John Stokes – Black, Male, 50s-60s. A tough, no-nonsense career police officer who is used to having people listen when he talks. He has paid his dues. He knows the rules and has no hesitation enforcing them.

Dance Dynamics

Hiring Dance Instructors

We are hiring dance instructors. Please send a resume and fill out the interest on our website.

We offer Tap, Jazz, ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, lyrical, and musical theater.

The Haan Museum of Indiana Art

Seeking Administrative Manager

The Haan Museum has an opening for a part-time Administrative Manager (21 -24 Hours per week) to fill a position that is vacant due to a retirement. The Administrative Manager is responsible for financial and accounting duties at the museum, supporting the Finance Committee. The Administrative Manager is considered an important member of the management team and has opportunities to participate in strategic planning, suggesting improvements to museum operations, and in developing grants. A complete job description appears on the museum's website thehaan.org under Careers, or email admin@haanmuseum.org for additional information.

Maker Playground

Seeking Part-Time STEM Focused Instructor

This Part-Time Field Support position at Maker Playground will be responsible for developing and leading engaging, STEAM-focused (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) programs for youth in the Fishers community. This role will focus on identifying community needs, designing solutions, and delivering educational experiences such as camps, workshops, and classes, with a particular emphasis on non-competitive robotics programs. This position will work closely with the Makerspace Manager and educators to ensure successful integration of STEAM principles and innovative use of Maker Playground resources. This is a year-round part-time position, averaging 20-29 hours per week, with evening and weekend availability required.

Show Opportunities

Ignite Studio

Seeks Art for "Large Format"

DEADLINE: 7/16/2025

Ignite Studio seeks submissions for “Large Format,” our upcoming group exhibition that will showcase oversized art. This exhibit seeks your largest work – show us a time you pushed yourself to take up space. There is no minimum size requirement, just show us YOUR biggest work! We want to fill our walls with big canvases, oversized prints, long tapestries, king-sized quilts. Important: While we do want to see your biggest work, please limit the weight of your hanging pieces to 50lbs or less. Our pedestals for 3D work that can’t rest on the floor are 17”x17”. Deadline to submit is July 16.

Artwork will be displayed at Ignite Studio, in the lower level of the Hamilton East Public Library at: 5 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN 46038.

Midwest Nice - Call for Art

Archive the West

DEADLINE: 7/20/2025

The Western United States has become a long-standing art trope. Images of Monument Valley and other iconic landmarks have saturated the art-sphere, but these often seem like one-offs or fetishization devoid of a necessary context. Absent a larger series or archive, these depictions often rely on shallow understandings of the region’s cultural history. For this call, we want to see depictions of the American West that draw upon personal or collective archives. Use them as inspiration or building blocks in the work itself. Dig into dusty prints or negatives that speak to the wild beauty, austere landscape, and diverse happenings of the American West, or provide original pieces from a current project that incorporates or addresses the archives’ informing role. We want to see them!

The exhibition will examine these ideas through a variety of mediums in art. Any mediums are welcome, including but not limited to sculpture, painting, collage, photography, digital art, video art, installation, ceramics, performance art…anything you can think of! You may submit up to 3 artworks for a $5 fee, due July 20, 2025. Artists will receive a notification a week after the deadline. Students may submit for free with the code STUDENT25 (to use this, please use your school email when applying). The exhibition will go live August 2025.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at midwestniceart@gmail.com.

Art Saves Lives Community Art Show

Seeking Artists

DEADLINE: 7/11/2025

Art Saves Lives is a community art show exploring themes of mental health, suicide prevention & survivorship, and the journeys we take towards hope.

This exhibition is hosted in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Indiana Chapter and the Athenaeum Foundation. Accepted works will be displayed through the month of August in the Athenaeum’s Christel DeHaan ArtSpace. The ArtSpace is free and open to the public 7 days a week (excluding holidays.)

Artists must be age 16 or older, and based in the greater Indianapolis area. Submissions of 2D or 3D art will be considered for inclusion. This is a juried show, with limited available space, but don’t let that scare you off! All submissions will be considered. There is no application or installation fee.

Submit your work by clicking the button below or reach out to info@athenaeumindy.org with any questions.

Upward Gallery

Seeking Submissions for "Collage"

DEADLINE: 7/16/2025

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Collage.

All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.

Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online on the our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.

Seeking Submissions for "Animal"

DEADLINE: 7/14/2025

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Animal.

All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.

Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online on the our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.

Auditions for Crossroads Dance Indy

DEADLINE: 7/23/2025

Calling All Indy Dancers!

Crossroads Dance Indy is excited to announce auditions for our January 2026 performance: Quotable!

This season’s show invites dancers to bring powerful words to life. Each piece will be inspired by a quote—famous, personal, poetic, or profound. Whether it reflects strength, humor, heartbreak, or identity, your chosen quote sets the tone. Let the words spark your vision. Let the movement tell the story.

AUDITION DETAILS

Date: Monday, July 21

Time: 6:30–8:30 PM (Doors open early for warm-up. Please arrive with time to stretch, complete forms, and bring your calendar for scheduling.)

Location: Dance Creations Academy, 9257 Castlegate Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46256

Cost: Free to audition (A project-based dancer fee will apply if selected.)

WHO SHOULD AUDITION

Ages 21+

Intermediate to advanced dancers encouraged, but all experience levels are welcome!

The Other Art Fair, Chicago

Seeking Artists

DEADLINE: 6/30/2025

Apply now for The Other Art Fair Chicago returning to Artifact Events this October 30-2, 2025!”

The Other Art Fair brings together over 125 independent artists to showcase boundary-pushing yet always accessible works, alongside immersive installations, live performances, and unexpected encounters.

Whether you’re at the beginning of your artistic journey or a seasoned pro, The Other Art Fair offers a unique platform for creative game-changing artists to share and sell their work directly to engaged collectors and passionate art lovers.

Invest in your art career – our last edition broke records, reaching new heights in total artwork sales. Over 3,000 pieces found new homes and 98% of artists made sales. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Apply by June 30th to be part of this inspiring event that redefines the way art is experienced.

Indiana State Fair

Seeking Artists for Arts Competition

DEADLINE: 7/26/2025

Entering the Indiana State Fair is a unique opportunity to showcase your creativity, craftsmanship, or culinary talent to a statewide audience while competing for awards and recognition. With divisions for all ages and experience levels—ranging from antiques and photography to needle arts and fine arts—the fair celebrates Indiana’s rich cultural and artistic diversity. Plus, exhibitors receive admission tickets and the chance to connect with fellow artists and makers in a supportive and inspiring environment.

This takes place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and you have the opportunity to even sell your artwork. In 2024 we commissioned over $38,000 in a week week period!

Directions to apply and all requirements can be found in the link below where you can access our entry book.

Damien Center

Seeking Artwork for "Poolside Gossip" Exhibition

DEADLINE: 6/26/2025

Poolside Gossip is the latest exhibition venture from Damien Center and Café Oztara.

The basic idea – it’s summer. The season for girlies to yap and rocket bomb pops to melt. Submit your work if any of the following apply: WET. HOT. SWEATY. RIDICULOUS. SPLASHY. BETCHY. RAUNCHY. FRIENDLY. FUN. NOSTALGIC. SWEET. SPICY. TOP DOWN. DRIVING FAST. MOVING SLOW. LIVING LARGE.

Poolside Gossip will open July 11 and be on display until the end of August, 2025. The exhibition will be covered by local media outlets and Damien Center’s social media platforms. More descriptive details will be made available closer to the date of opening.

Please note that selected artists will be responsible for outfitting 2-D pieces with weight-appropriate D-rings and wire for hanging. Delivery of artwork to the exhibition site must occur between June 30 – July 3.

UPWARD GALLERY

Deadline: 06/12/2025

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Weird.

All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.

Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online on the our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.

Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).

Deadline: June 12, 2025

Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/107/weird for a full information.

The UPWARD Gallery was founded in 2021. Our online platform is designed to share art with new audiences using modern technologies. We help emerging artists to become known and established artists to expand their influence.

Deadline: 06/05/2025

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Portrait.

All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc.

Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online on the our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.

Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).

Deadline: June 5, 2025

Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/105/portrait for a full information.

The UPWARD Gallery was founded in 2021. Our online platform is designed to share art with new audiences using modern technologies. We help emerging artists to become known and established artists to expand their influence.

Ten Moir Gallery

Open Call for Animals & Insects

DEADLINE: 6/1/2025

Ten Moir Gallery invites artists worldwide to participate in the Animals & Insects Art Competition & Exhibition. This online competition celebrates the beauty, diversity, and essence of the animal kingdom, from majestic wildlife to delicate insects. We welcome all styles and mediums, including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, and digital art.

Deadline: 07/02/2025

Hosted by Ten Moir Gallery Deadline: July 1, 2025 Enter now: https://tenmoirgallery.com/memory-lane-2025-online-art-competition/

Ten Moir Gallery invites artists worldwide to explore the themes of nostalgia, memory, and the passage of time in the Memory Lane online competition. All styles and mediums are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, and digital art.

Deadline: 07/01/2025

Deadline: June 30, 2025 Entry Fee: $24 for 3 images Eligibility: Open worldwide, ages 18+

Enter here: https://tenmoirgallery.com/ebb-and-flow-2025-online-art-competition/

Overview: Submit your work to Ebb and Flow 2025, a themed online competition exploring movement, transformation, and the rhythms of nature or life. From literal representations of water and change to symbolic interpretations of personal growth and inner currents, we welcome all styles and perspectives.

CARES (Community-led Autism Research, Engagement, and Service)

Seeking Submissions for "Exploring Emotions Through Art: Autistic Experiences and Perceptions of Stimming

CARES (Community-led Autism Research, Engagement, and Service) is inviting Autistic individuals to share their perspectives and experiences of stimming—how it feels, what it means, and how it connects to identity, emotions, and relationships through artistic expression. This study centers Autistic voices and explores stimming as a form of communication, regulation, and self-expression.

The study includes artwork submission with brief online survey and a follow-up conversation over Zoom.

Who Can Participate:

– Autistic adults (18+)

– Anyone with an autism diagnosis or who self-identifies as Autistic

– Anyone who can complete the survey independently or with support (supporters should not complete it on someone else’s behalf)

Frankfort Community Public Library

Hispanic Heritage Exhibition - seeking Artists

DEADLINE: 8/1/2025

The Frankfort Community Public Library will be showcasing a Hispanic Heritage Exhibition during the month of September in their Anna & Harlan Hubbard Gallery. If you are an artist with a Hispanic background, please submit your artwork for consideration. The deadline is midnight on August 1 with notifications going out to artists no later than Friday, August 8.

Please email your submissions, or any questions to Lori Brubaker at lorib@myfcpl.org with the subject: Hispanic Heritage Submission along with the following information:

– up to 5 artwork images

– Artwork Titles, medium, size, and price

There is a 30% commission charged for all sales, so please price your work accordingly.

Blue Koi Gallery - More Info>>

Landscapes

DEADLINE: 6/30/2025

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the natural world with the Landscape theme. Open to all mediums and styles, mixed media, digital art, sculpture, and photography. This competition invites you to capture the essence of nature, from sweeping vistas to natural scenes. Showcase your creativity in interpreting the landscapes that inspires you.

MONOCHROME

DEADLINE: 7/2/2025

Explore the raw power of black, white, and everything in between. Monochrome Moments challenges artists to strip away color and focus on contrast, form, and emotion. Whether through painting, photography, drawing, or digital art, this competition invites you to create striking visuals that prove color isn’t necessary to make an impact.

Deadline: 08/04/2025

Her Canvas invites women from around the world to showcase their unique visions, stories, and artistic talent. This competition is open to all mediums and styles, giving you the freedom to express your voice in the most authentic way. Share your creativity and be part of a collective that uplifts and honors women in the arts!

Accepting both 2D and 3D visual art accepted, e.g., Traditional Art, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Sculpture, and Photography. Participate in an exclusive opportunity for women artists to globally show their collective talents in this open theme (Artist’s Choice) competition.

Up to $500 Cash Award | Social Media Promotion | Email to Galleries, Art Admirers & Collectors | Certificate

Early Bird Discount: $25 for 6 images; Standard: $35 for 6 images

Deadline: August 4th, 2025

Deadline: 06/30/2025

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the natural world with the Landscape theme.

Open to all mediums and styles, mixed media, digital art, sculpture, and photography. This competition invites you to capture the essence of nature, from sweeping vistas to natural scenes. Showcase your creativity in interpreting the landscapes that inspires you.

Win $500 worth of prizes and Cash Awards | Social Media Promotion | Email to Galleries, Art Admirers & Collectors | Certificate.

Entry Fee: $20 for 4 images, $35 for 6 images. Deadline: June 30, 2025

Cain's Creative Chaos

Seeking Artists of All Kinds

Deadline: 06/30/2025

Cain’s Creative Chaos is a new art gallery and workshop/event space on the west side. (Between Speedway and Avon)

We are seeking visual and performing artists to join our gallery.

VISUAL ARTISTS: Wall space for rent $45/month. Shelf space for rent $10/month

PERFORMING ARTISTS: We are seeking performing artists who would like to host performance events here.

We have a 900 sqft garage/workshop space with an overhead door. We left room for a small stage area for musicians, poets, comedians, etc. Let’s work together to have some amazing shows in our unique space.

Visit www.cainscreativechaos.com or visit us on facebook and instagram @cainscreativechaos

for more information and pictures of the gallery.

Email cainmj@live.com for more info or to submit your work or ideas for an event.

SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition XX

Call for Entries

DEADLINE: 7/5/2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES

SALI NATIONAL ABSTRACT ART EXHIBITION XX

September 26 – October 18, 2025

NEW Exhibit LOCATION

Gallery Forty-Two

42 East Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46204

Check www.galleryfortytwo.com for Open Hours

Her Canvas

Seeking All Women Artists

DEADLINE: 8/4/2025

Her Canvas invites women from around the world to showcase their unique visions, stories, and artistic talent. This competition is open to all mediums and styles, giving you the freedom to express your voice in the most authentic way. Share your creativity and be part of a collective that uplifts and honors women in the arts!

Accepting both 2D and 3D visual art accepted, e.g., Traditional Art, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Sculpture, and Photography. Participate in an exclusive opportunity for women artists to globally show their collective talents in this open theme (Artist’s Choice) competition.

Up to $500 Cash Award | Social Media Promotion | Email to Galleries, Art Admirers & Collectors | Certificate

Early Bird Discount: $25 for 6 images; Standard: $35 for 6 images

Deadline: August 4th, 2025

Westfield Library Foundation

Artists Wanted: Hispanic Heritage Month

DEADLINE:7/15/2025

The Westfield Library Foundation is looking for artists to submit work for their September Hispanic Heritage Month exhibit. Submissions are due by July 15th. Selected artworks will hang for the month of September on the Mike and Karen Heaton Art Wall at Westfield Washington Public Library.

Indiana Artisan

Seeking Artists

Deadline: 07/15/2025

Indiana Artisan has been helping artists and small-batch food and beverage producers whose work ranks among the best in the state build their businesses and business skills for 17 years. It has opened the application process for 2025.

Prospective applicants can learn about the organization and its benefits in the application package, found at IndianaArtisan.org/become-an-indiana-artisan/. The timeline, art and food guidelines, and art and food applications are also part of that package. Applications are due by noon June 2. There will then be a window when art, food and beverage samples can be delivered. The art and food panels convene in mid-July, and decisions are announced in early August.

For those who would like advice about completing the application, two Zoom Q&As are planned. Details and sign-up for the free sessions are on the timeline.

The state legislature directed Indiana Artisan in 2010 to find and recognize the best art, food and beverage made by Hoosiers. Applications go through a rigorous jury process to ensure only the best earns the honor.

Call for Artists: Healing Art Show Bloomington 2025

DEADLINE: 8/31/2025

Looking for artists who recognize the connection between the creative process and their mental health. Art offers a profound sense of healing and emotional release while also serving as a source of joy and creativity. If you have used art to express your emotions or to sort through feelings that cannot be expressed in words, this show needs your art. Taking place in October on IU Bloomington’s beautiful campus, the Healing Art Show will help to normalize conversations about mental health and bring to light the transformative nature of the creative process. This is an open-call art show, no jury is involved.

Garfield Park Arts Center

Seeking Solo Exhibition Submissions

DEADLINE:12/31/2025

Solo Exhibitions:

Lobby, Second Floor, Third Floor, Library

Artists interested in exhibiting artwork for a longer period of time (1-3 months) are welcome to submit pieces to install inside our facility in our lobby, second floor halls, third floor halls, or library. Outdoor or indoor public art installations can also be accommodated. Group shows, like thesis shows, are welcome to submit as well. Spaces are subject to availability. We generally only exhibit artists from Indianapolis and central Indiana. Interested parties outside of central Indiana must be able to personally hand deliver and pick up artwork. We cannot accept shipment of artwork, to or from our facility.

Grant Opportunities

Creative Risk Fund

Seeking Applications

DEADLINE: 8/11/2025

Herbert Simon Family Foundation is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Indianapolis Creative Risk Fund, a grant opportunity designed to support experimentation in the arts. With an award of $20,000 per recipient, the Creative Risk Fund encourages individual artists, collectives, and collaborative teams to pursue daring creative projects. In addition to financial support, grant recipients will benefit from public exposure, networking, and individualized artistic support. Up to 10 awards will be made in this cycle.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee of arts professionals and community members, including:

Sylvia Thomas, 2024 CRF recipient
Jeri West, 2024 CRF recipient
Joshua A. Thompson, 2024 CRF recipient
Maurice Broaddus, author
Nikki Kirk, Indy Arts Council
André Zhang Sonera, arts administrator

The program includes a final public event and exhibition in October 2026, produced by Rishard Allen, Creative Director and Performing Arts Curator, and Lindsey Lord, Visual Arts Curator. Throughout the year, Allen and Lord will also provide artistic support and guidance to each recipient, helping shape their process and project development. More details about the event will be shared in 2026.

Innovate Grant - Spring$1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline: 06/26/2025

SPRING 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future.

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Innovate Grant awards:

+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist

+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer

+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

Jazz Road Tours Grant

DEADLINE: 08/01/2026

Jazz artists, take your music to places it’s never been. Jazz Road Tours offer grants of up to $15,000 to develop tours into communities across the country.

Deadline: 06/02/2025

Venturous Capital Grants

The goal of our Venturous Capital Grants program is to support writers of bold, experimental, and/or large-scale new plays by giving theaters the ability to say “yes” instead of “no” to writer-driven projects that are unusually heavy lifts, i.e., that are perceived as especially challenging. While we do not fund routine production costs, we offer grants to support specific extraordinary costs that might otherwise make venturous plays difficult or impossible to produce.

Any eligible theater may submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI). We will invite selected companies to submit full applications from the pool of LOIs under consideration. We do not accept unsolicited applications.

For projects selected to submit a full application, the theater will submit a playscript for review by our selection committee for that grant round. The script may be in draft or final form. However, we cannot consider LOIs for plays that have not yet been written.

Awards range from $5,000 – $35,000

LOI Deadline: June 2, 2025

Public Art for Neighborhoods Grants Available

Public Art for Neighborhoods is a City of Indianapolis program that ensures that City incentive funding for private development in certain districts returns benefits to neighborhoods in the form of increased arts and cultural activity. At least 50% of funds granted through this program will support projects in neighborhoods where the average household income is less than 138% of the current Federal poverty line.

The Community Connection Grants are designed to support the work of artists leading in their own communities, partnering with their neighborhoods and neighborhood-based organizations, to help address community-based challenges. Projects that address needs identified in the 2022 Public Art for All equity census will be prioritized for funding; however, any neighborhood-based arts project is eligible. Through this funding, artists can help envision a more connected, just, and equitable future for everyone.

Indy Arts Council Offers Mental Health & Wellness Grants

Indy Arts Council is now offering Mental Health & Wellness Grants to support artists and creative workers in navigating and preventing addiction and substance abuse.

These grants aim to help artists who are experiencing social and emotional challenges, but don’t have sufficient means to obtain treatment.

Andy Warhol Foundation

Arts Writers Grants Available

The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles.

Deadline: 07/18/2025

Apply for a $12,000 Power Plant Grant!

The Indianapolis-based nonprofit arts organization Big Car Collaborative is accepting applications to its Power Plant Grant program from May 6 through July 18. This annual program supports visual artists or artists teams who live and/or work in Indianapolis. Five $12,000 grants will be awarded in the 2025 round.

This program funds visual artists producing public-facing work which is experimental and brings new energy to the city’s arts community. Power Plant Grants are intended to enable individuals and groups of artists to take new risks with their work, and push the scope and scale of their activities. They can also help artists develop and pursue collaborative projects, and/or engage with the public and public realm in inventive and meaningful ways.

Both an in-person and virtual information session will be available in June for individuals who have any questions about the program. Additionally, questions about Power Plant Grants can be sent to grants@powerplantgrant.org.

Big Car Collaborative is one of 36 regional regranting organizations across the United States working to support artists via funds from the New-York-based The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program.

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant

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.

Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

This program has no deadlines.

FCA Emergency Grant

Created in 1993 to further FCA's 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, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.

B-Side Creative Campus Seeks New Residents

B-SIDE is home to the Ozone Artist-in-Residency program that provides year long subsidized residencies to mid career artists.

National Endowment for the Arts

Arts Project Support

Deadline: 07/10/2025

The NEA is committed to supporting arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Central Library

Exhibit Space Available

Opportunity for artists, community groups, nonprofits, and individuals to display their work at Central Library.

Central Library has display cases available for civic, educational, artistic, or cultural exhibits. This exhibit space is free to utilize, and it is not intended for commercial purposes. Central Library's goal is to highlight voices, spotlight nonprofit efforts, enhance lifelong learning, and bring relevant talking points to the community.

The exhibits will change quarterly, running from January to March, April to June, July to September, and October to December, providing the public with ample opportunities throughout the year to share their work. Individuals can display infographics, signs, paintings, photography, sculpture, documents, artifacts, and ephemera in the cases.

Individuals interested in sharing their work should reach out to Public Services Librarian Stephanie Flood at sflood@indypl.org.

Macdowell Fellowship

Time, Space and an inspiring residential environment to artists of exceptional talent

Deadline: 09/10/2025

MacDowell provides time, space, and an inspiring residential environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to six weeks. There are no residency fees, and MacDowell offers financial assistance to reimburse the costs of direct travel to and from the residency, as well as expenses that artists expect to incur while in residence, including rent, lost income, and childcare.

MacDowell Fellows are selected by our admissions panels, which are comprised of a revolving group of distinguished professionals in each artistic discipline who serve anonymously for up to three years.

Adobe Creative Residency Fund

Grant for those impacted by the invasion of Ukraine.

Welcome to the application for the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund.

We established the Community Fund to provide support to professional creators during times of extraordinary hardship.

This year, we have witnessed the unprovoked, violent attacks on Ukraine and the tragic loss of innocent lives. As we see continue to see this tragedy unfold, we believe we have a responsibility to support professional creators during the growing humanitarian crisis and refugee situation in the region. We will now be focusing our Community Fund efforts on providing support to those creators who have been directly impacted by the unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

Blu Sky Artist Award

July 2025 Edition

DEADLINE: 7/31/2025

Ten Moir Gallery is delighted to announce the July 2025 Edition of the Blu-Sky Artist Award (BSAA), an online international semi-annual grant for artists, photographers, sculptors and more. We offer an unrestricted grant so artists can truly focus on their craft, refine their techniques, and navigate the art industry with confidence.

Other Opportunities

Artists' Own

Seeking Artists and Musicians for the July 18 and/or Sept 19, 2025, Gallery Walk in Downtown Lafayette, IN

We are Seeking Artists and Musicians to pair with a Downtown Lafayette business during the July 19 and/or September Gallery Walk, 6 - 9 p.m. This is an opportunity for local artists/musicians to showcase their talent. Gallery Walk was started in 2002 by the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Artists’ Own, and Susie Gibbs Framing and Gallery. It has continued to be a successful event. Please go to our website for more information and to sign up.

Sam and Adele Golden Artist Residency

DEADLINE: 8/13/2025

In 2012 the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts opened its doors to a one-of a-kind artist residency for artists working in paint. In the beautiful rolling hills of central New York and just several hundred yards from the Golden Artist Colors manufacturing facility, a 19th century barn has been transformed into a 21st century artist residency, with large studio spaces and private apartments for each artist. Artists-in-residence will participate in a completely unique opportunity to explore the widest, most innovative range of materials and technology available today for professional artists working with paint.

Exploratory Residency

The Golden Foundation Residency Program is specifically designed to assist the professional artist in discovering and exploring a wide array of materials and technologies available today.

Our residencies are based on the exploration of innovative uses in waterborne materials, oil paint technology, and now, PanPastel. Residents will discover processes that will challenge the way they think about art materials. They will be introduced to resources that will open up advanced methods and new channels for expression in the creative process.

The Golden Foundation will be offering six Exploratory Residency sessions this year. Each session will last four weeks, with up to three artists per session.

Arts Midwest Applications for Midwest Culture Bearers Award

DEADLINE: 7/21/2025

Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2025 Midwest Culture Bearers Award, which celebrates and supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners.

Culture bearers and folk arts practitioners are deeply rooted in the practice and preservation of cultural traditions through craft, storytelling, dance, performance, visual arts, language preservation, foodways, and more. Cultural identities may include geographic communities, occupational groups, or family traditions.

Folk arts and culture bearer practices are often connected to cultural communities and prioritize sharing knowledge with the next generation. Some of the titles they may use are culture bearer, folk artist, taproot artist, traditional artist, elder artist, and ancestral knowledge bearer.

Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts

Seminar Applications

DEADLINE: 7/25/2025

Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts (RSA) is a program of Herron School of Art +Design at IU Indianapolis that brings together artists, religious leaders, religious communities, humanities experts, and a broad range of publics from diverse backgrounds and disciplinary perspectives for sustained study, analysis, and discussion of religious texts in a classroom environment. These textual discussions will explore the varieties of religious experience and understanding and provide the inspiration for creating new artistic works (e.g. music, poetry, fiction, drama, visual art, dance).

Space on Space

Space on Space Artist Resource Guide

Without artists, Space On Space Magazine would be nothing. Our magazine is here to support artists in their creative practices. Here is an ever-growing list of resources we’ve compiled for you to use.

Visit the website!

Fishers Arts Council

Art Fair and Gallery Exhibit

DEADLINE: 7/25/2025

Fishers Arts Council (FAC) is getting ready for two big, juried events this September. Harvest Fest, sponsored by Hamilton County Tourism, is an annual nonprofit fundraiser and community art fair that returns for its sixth year on Sunday, September 7. This event focuses on helping raise awareness and funds for Fishers-serving nonprofits alongside talented artists and artisans from Hamilton County and surrounding areas. This free event includes live music, art activities for the family, one-of-a-kind artistic creations, Indiana authors, and nonprofits who need our support. There is still space available for nonprofits, authors, and juried artists, but you must submit by the July 7 deadline, or receive a discount if you apply by the June 13 Early Bird date. Details on how to apply are at fishersartscouncil.org/blog.

Indianapolis Children's Choir Fall break Music Camp

DEADLINE: 10/06/2025

Come learn, laugh, sing, and get spooky with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir at Fall Break Music Camp! It’s ideal for kids in grades 1-7 who love music, no matter their level of experience. This week-long camp is packed with part-singing, instruments, music games, and crafts, and ends with a Halloween-themed concert where campers will present all that they’ve learned.

Eiteljorg Museum

Eiteljorg Explorers Summer Camp

DEADLINE: 06/30/2025

Campers aged 9 – 11 will spend time in the museum’s galleries, draw inspiration from nature, and create art alongside staff and visiting artists in the art studio. A variety of indoor and outdoor activities will be offered throughout the week.

Open to campers aged 9 to 11. Registration can be canceled for a full refund no later than Friday, June 13, 2025. Registrations canceled after June 13, 2025 will not be refunded.

Indiana Youth Film Festival 2025

Seeking Volunteers

DEADLINE: 6/26/2025

Volunteer at the second annual Indiana Youth Film Festival! Hang out with cool people, catch some dope films, and a score free lunch. What’s better than that?

Read at Zines!

DEADLINE: 7/20/2025

Looking for 5 to 10 volunteers to read their zine at Zines Please! Each reader will have 5 minutes to read their zine. The theme for this first meeting is Growth. Zines are not required to be on theme. You will be contacted two weeks before the reading on if you will read. Readers will have an online meeting a week before the reading to discuss details. Application deadline: July 20

Zine Please! meets every 2 months.

August 30th from 3 pm to 5:30 pm, Meeting Room 1B at 303 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Masking is encouraged, not required. Masks will be provided.

Animators of the Crossroads

Seeking Committee Members

DEADLINE: 10/30/2025

Help create a wonderful first-ever Animators of the Crossroads screening! We are in the beginning stages of organizing, but are hoping for the screening to be in February 2026. We are looking for committee members; this is currently a volunteer position. Animators of the Crossroads is to showcase animators based in Indiana, 2D, 3D, and experimental animation. The screening will be in Bloomington, IN. Committee members are not allowed to apply to Animators of the Crossroads as artists.

Crankie Festival

Seeking Artists & Committee Members

DEADLINE: 12/30/2026

Be a part of starting the first Crankie Festival in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently looking for artists and committee members, both of which are volunteer positions. This festival showcases the work of artist at any point in their artistic career. No experience required. The festival will be in April 2026.

What are crankies? – They were created in Japan as 11th-century scroll paintings. As this art form spread across the world, its form and name changed many times in the 19th century to moving panoramas. In the 1960s, Peter Schumann invented the term “cranky”. This led to the current name of cranky/ crankie.

A crankie is a form of storytelling. Using a box with dowel rods to attach and crank (turn) a scroll. Usually accompanied by music or poetry, with the imagery on the scroll. A scroll can be as long as the artist wants. The box of a crankie can range in size from a matchbox to as large as you can imagine. There are crankie festivals all across the world, and in the US, and we hope to bring the joy of this art form to Bloomington. Every artist must make their crankie scroll. This can be any medium. AI art will NOT be accepted and will ban you from applying in the future.

West Side Art Gallery

First Friday Free Vending

Deadline: 11/07/2025

West Side Art Gallery offering Free Vending to Artisans every First Friday (weather permitting)

Art Market every First Friday 6-9pm (start earlier if you can! Anytime after 1pm)

We hope to have food vendors and live music/performances at every one.

Let us know if you are interested in vending or performing!

Cain’s Creative Chaos Gallery hosts 28 local artists and on First Fridays they will have even more artists vending out front!

Contact cainmj@live.com if you would like to vend or perform at this or future events.

Cain’s Creative Chaos

1221 Indy Way

Indianpolis, IN 46214

Center For Arts Education

Teaching Artist Professional Development Survey

DEADLINE: 7/15/2025

This survey is for teaching artists and those who work with teaching artists. It asks about current professional offerings and gaps. The survey was created in partnership between Indy Arts Council and the Indianapolis Center for Arts Education and Innovation and informs the Center in its future programs and strategies.

Take the survey!

Easley Winery

Groovin' in the Garden - Seeking Vendors!

DEADLINE: 7/26/2025

Easley Winery is thrilled to invite you to participate in Groovin’ in the Garden, a free music series sponsored by Greg Lloyd insurance and Indiana Farmers, every Saturday in June and July from 2-5pm. The fourth Saturday is July 26th!

This is a fantastic FREE opportunity to showcase and sell your handcrafted items to a lively and diverse crowd in the heart of Indiana’s largest city. You’ll be set up just steps away from the live music and festivities, right outside in the parking lot—no vendor fee required!

What We Provide:

A high-traffic, high-energy location

A built-in audience of art and music lovers

Free parking

What You Bring:

A tent, table, chair(s), and your amazing creations!

City of Indianapolis

Arts Council Offers Partnership for Traffic Signal Box Art

Deadline: 09/28/2025

Streetcorner Canvases is the City of Indianapolis’ traffic signal box (“TSB”) art program, through which communities can engage with artists and each other to develop artwork on TSBs in their neighborhood. The Indy Arts Council has been managing the program on behalf of the City since 2015. Thanks to funding from the City of Indianapolis and the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors (MIBOR), neighborhoods can now apply to partner with the Arts Council on TSB projects and have costs paid by the Arts Council.

Unused Cloth Masks Available for Artist Use: FREE!!!

DEADLINE: 6/30/2025

The City of Indianapolis has a supply of unused cloth face masks they are eager to give to any artist who can use them, for a project or for other purposes.

If interested, contact Aminah Coyne, Project Manager of Programming & Public Use, Department of Metropolitan Development, aminah.coyne@indy.gov or 317-327-5829.

Deja Vu & Fine Art Craft Show

Seeking Vendors

DEADLINE: 11/08/2025

We’re pleased to invite artists to apply for the twentieth, annual Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show to be held on Saturday, November 8th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., EST. The event will take place at The Commons, which is located at 300 Washington Street in downtown Columbus, Indiana.

Déjà Vu is held in celebration of America Recycles Day, so all work exhibited must be made of scrap or repurposed materials. A few artists who create work from natural and/or sustainable materials will be accepted, too. If you have questions about your art or fine craft being eligible, please write.

Quills Coffee Indy

Seeking Artwork

DEADLINE: 5/1/2026

Looking for artists to display their art in Quills Coffee Indy. Rotating roughly every 3 months.

Shoot us an email with any questions and examples of your work if interested. Thanks!

tymason@quillscoffee.com

First Baptist Church Indianapolis

Seeking Art for Exterior Installation

DEADLINE: 9/1/2025

First Baptist Church of Indianapolis invites artists to submit public art qualifications for the design and installation of exterior artwork on the southeast facade of the First Baptist Church building located at 8600 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN. The wall faces the intersection of 86th Street and College Avenue and is visible to pedestrians and vehicles passing through the Nora neighborhood or entering the First Baptist Church campus from the south or east. The leadership of First Baptist Church of Indianapolis intends for the design and content of the artwork to reflect the congregation’s history and impact on the community and/or to express the congregation’s core values of inclusive diversity, effective collaboration, health and wellness, and justice and peace.

Indiana Wildlife Artists

Seeking Sponsor for Youth Exhibition

DEADLINE: 12/31/2026

IWA needs a group who will sponsor a youth art exhibit. The Indiana Wildlife Artists (IWA–https://indianawildlifeartists.org/) wants to encourage youth wildlife artists by giving significant gift cards specified for art supplies.

The sponsoring organization needs to be in Indiana at a physical location that is open for others to view. 2-D and 3-D art in any art form including photography is acceptable as long as the subject is wildlife or native plants. (not domestic animals and not tulips or other common plants.

The exhibit does not have to be limited to wildlife art; however, our awards will only be given to youths who are exhibiting wildlife art. Youths are defined as those in middle school through those in undergraduate universities. Students can be in public schools, private schools, or home schools.

The organization sponsoring the art exhibit may be a school but does NOT have to be a school. To be eligible for our awards, the youth artwork must have wildlife or wild plants (fauna or flora) as the subject. The youths must live in the State of Indiana.

We are looking for existing exhibits during 2025 or 2026. It is anticipated that IWA will give art supply gift cards in the amount of $100 and above. Members of IWA will serve as those who select the award-winning artwork. The decision of our judges is final. IWA must agree that the exhibit is suitable for the purposes of encouraging youth wildlife art. IWA reserves the right to change our terms at any time.

Margie Towery

Free Thursday Hand Stitchers Group

Calling hand stitchers to join in an open group focused on sharing work and ideas with other stitchers. We meet on the third Thursdays of the month.

Upcoming Meetings:

June 19th @ 100 W. Sunset Lane West Lafayette
July 17th @ The Arts Federation (638 North St. Lafayette, IN)
August 21st @ The Arts Federation (638 North St. Lafayette, IN)

Questions? Contact margietowery@gmail.com.

Arthentic Arts 2025

Artist Development Workshop Series

Arthentic Arts 2025 Artist Development Workshop series is underway! Register today for these free sessions to polish your creative plan and be prepared for artist opportunities, submissions, and proposals. New or improved, join in today for best practices, and have dedicated time after each session for a Q&A.

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Submit information about auditions, classes, and other career development opportunities with the form by clicking HERE!

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