Calls for Artists
Calling All Local Artists!
ArtsFairfax posts opportunities to apply for various art performance or exhibition opportunities and projects on an ongoing basis. Explore below to discover open calls as well as opportunities hosted by ArtsFairfax.
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Call for Art – the divine Midwest Nice Art seeks artworks that explore the ritual, spirit, and ideologies that direct our art practice for their Winter 2024 exhibition “the divine.” The exhibition will examine these ideas through a variety of mediums in art, and any mediums are welcome! | November 20, 2024 |
Open Call for Art – Theme: Mythologies Goddessarts Magazine invites artists of all disciplines to submit work for their upcoming exhibition centered around the theme of Mythologies. This open call seeks to explore the timeless power of myths, legends, and folklore, which have shaped cultures and identities. | November 30, 2024 |
Dupont Circle Metro Station Public Art Project The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is seeking to obtain a unique, memorable, and engaging site-specific, public artwork for the Dupont Circle Metro Station North Entrance. The Art Selection Panel seeks a pool of applicants with a successful history of development (including budgeting), fabrication, and installation of public art, experience with biophilia, experience working in historic districts, and collaboration with public agencies and/or design build projects as evidenced by examples provided in the applicants’ portfolio. | December 9, 2024 |
Workhouse Open Call For Exhibitions 2025 This open call for proposals facilitates submissions from parties interested in having a solo or group exhibition at Workhouse in Building W-16. Applications are reviewed by a jury panel every six months in January and June of each calendar year. | Ongoing |
Paint it, Fairfax! The Paint It, Fairfax! Murals program is open to established professional artists living in the Mid-Atlantic region. Artists residing in the DC Metropolitan Area and particularly in Fairfax County are encouraged to apply. | Ongoing |
Publishing Opportunity: “Vulpecula Poetica” Vulpecula Poetica (“Little Fox Poetry”) is an annual anthology with an emphasis on creative nonfiction poetry and poetry that plays with form. Submission periods for Vulpecula Poetica are open once a year. | Ongoing |
Goddessarts Magazine Virtual Solo Exhibition Have you ever dreamed of having a solo exhibition? And a magazine feature and interview along with it? Now is the time! The virtual exhibition will be accessible for everyone around the world 24h for approximately one month on art spaces that have hundreds of international visitors each day. Everyone is welcome to apply, regardless of your background and stage of career. | Ongoing |
Community Arts Use at Capital One Hall
Capital One Hall opened in October 2021 with a 1500-seat performance hall, The Vault – a 250 seat black box theatre, and classrooms available for community use at specially negotiated rates for Fairfax County-based non-profit art groups, and arts-related programming by Fairfax County agencies and Fairfax County Public Schools.
Exhibit at Tysons Corner Center
ArtsFairfax has partnered with Macerich, the owners and developers of Tysons Corner Center, to showcase local artists, artist teams, and arts organizations in Fairfax County. This unique collaboration will enable the more than 20 million yearly visitors who explore Tysons Corner Center’s retail and entertainment offerings to discover the diversity, creativity, and quality of visual artists from the Fairfax region.