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Chicago Artists Coalition is committed to sharing opportunities for artists across disciplines. Our calls board (formerly part of Chicago Artists Resource) features new posts regularly. Registered users can reach the CAC community by posting calls.

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call type
deadline
Location
posted on
title
Full Spectrum Features Community Storytellers
call type
Film
deadline
09.26.2021
location
Chicago, Illinois
posted on
08.06.2021
All Calls for Artists
title
call type
deadline
Location
posted on
title
Occupy the Moment, Intersect History with Impact
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.23.2021
title
POST-URBAN: An International Call for Works About What's Next
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.14.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
POST-URBAN: An International Call for Works About What's Next
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.13.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
The Perspective Gallery Virtual Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
Chicago Metropolitan Area
posted on
09.22.2021
title
URBAN: An International Call for Works About the City, or City Life
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.12.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
WILDERNESS: An International Call for Works Exploring the Beyond
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.09.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
SUBURBAN: An International Call for Works Exploring Suburbia
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.11.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
RURAL: An International Call for Works Exploring the Countryside
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.10.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
09.22.2021
title
Call for Workshop Proposals
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
Saugatuck, Michigan
posted on
09.21.2021
title
Spudnik Press 2022 Artist Residency Program: Call for Applications
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.24.2021
location
Chicago, Illinois
posted on
09.21.2021
title
$3,500 Artist Grants
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.15.2021
location
International
posted on
09.21.2021
title
Open Mic
call type
Music
deadline
09.29.2021
location
Chicago
posted on
09.16.2021
title
Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.29.2022
location
Evanston, IL
posted on
09.16.2021
title
Call for artwork: Nontraditional material
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.02.2021
location
Chicago
posted on
09.16.2021
title
Call for Chicago BIPOC Artists (Dancers, Performance Artists, Actors)
call type
Dance
deadline
09.26.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.16.2021
title
Call for Artists
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
1131 Mission Street SF,CA 94103
posted on
09.15.2021
title
ART OBJECT - Holiday Pop-Up Market @3D4DbyCSI
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.29.2021
location
Bucktown
posted on
09.15.2021
title
NAPLES, ITALY – All Self-Guided Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Naples, Italy
posted on
09.14.2021
title
NAPLES, ITALY – All Self-Guided Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Literature
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Naples, Italy
posted on
09.14.2021
title
OAXACA, MEXICO – All Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers (Self-Guided or With Local Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico
posted on
09.14.2021
title
OAXACA, MEXICO – All Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers (Self-Guided or With Local Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Literature
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico
posted on
09.14.2021
title
CUSCO, PERU – All Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers (Self-Guided or With Local Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Cusco, Peru
posted on
09.14.2021
title
CUSCO, PERU – All Residency Programs for Artists, Art Historians, Writers & Researchers (Self-Guided or With Local Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Literature
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Cusco, Peru
posted on
09.14.2021
title
PUEBLA, MEXICO – All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Curators, Art Historians & Researchers (Self-Guided or With Local Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Puebla, Mexico
posted on
09.14.2021
title
Bridge / Assembly Zones Seeks Performance & Visual Artists & Certified Art Therapists
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.13.2021
title
Bridge / Assembly Zones Seeks Dancers & Certified Dance Therapists
call type
Dance
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.13.2021
title
Focus: Trees and Water
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.07.2021
location
Portland, Oregon
posted on
09.13.2021
title
“Landscapes” International Call - Art & Literature Journal - Deadline October 31, 2021
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.30.2021
location
Online
posted on
09.12.2021
title
Call for Art-TRUE BLUE
call type
Visual Art
deadline
12.02.2021
location
online
posted on
09.12.2021
title
$1000 Working Artist Purchase Award | Call for Submissions Deadline: September 30, 2021
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2021
location
Tacoma WA
posted on
09.11.2021
title
Silence Awareness Existence - Residency program in Finland, Winter 2022
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.03.2021
location
Hämeenkyrö / Finland
posted on
09.11.2021
title
Recent Works 2021 — Call for Entry Robert T. Wright Community Gallery
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.26.2021
location
Grayslake, Illinois
posted on
09.10.2021
title
Off the Wall
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.21.2021
location
South Yarmouth, MA
posted on
09.10.2021
title
CALL FOR ART : Portraits DEADLINE: Oct. 15th
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Wicker Park
posted on
09.09.2021
title
Call for curators
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
1131 Mission Street. San Francisco, CA. 94103
posted on
09.08.2021
title
Contemporary Art Gallery Online Announces an International Call for Artists to Participate in the 8th Annual 2021 “ALL Animal” Art Competition & Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.02.2021
location
Online
posted on
09.08.2021
title
Evanston Art Center Winter Art and Craft Expo
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Evanston, IL
posted on
09.08.2021
title
All Residencies for Painters, Sculptors, Jewelrymakers & Multimedia Artists (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico, Peru & Italy
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy
posted on
09.07.2021
title
All Residencies for Photographers – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico, Peru & Italy
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy
posted on
09.07.2021
title
All Residencies for Writers, Art Historians & Researchers – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico, Peru & Italy
call type
Literature
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy
posted on
09.07.2021
title
All Residencies for Ceramic Artists (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico & Peru
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru
posted on
09.07.2021
title
All Residencies for Fiber/Textiles Artists & Designers (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico & Peru
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Cusco, Peru
posted on
09.07.2021
title
All Residencies for Printmakers (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico
posted on
09.07.2021
title
These are a Few of my Favorite Things...
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.20.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.05.2021
title
Celebrate LGBTQ
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.09.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
09.05.2021
title
The Nutcracker Ballet - Prince
call type
Dance
deadline
10.04.2021
location
River Forest
posted on
09.03.2021
title
Expressions: Art & Verse 2022 Festival
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.28.2021
location
Addison, IL
posted on
09.03.2021
title
PRIMAL DISPOSITION
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2021
location
Pittsburgh, PA
posted on
09.01.2021
title
South/West Side Speaks
call type
Dance
deadline
10.01.2021
location
South/West Chicago
posted on
08.31.2021
title
South/West Side Speaks
call type
Music
deadline
10.01.2021
location
South/West Chicago
posted on
08.31.2021
title
South/West Side Speaks
call type
Theater
deadline
10.01.2021
location
South/West Chicago
posted on
08.31.2021
title
South/West Side Speaks
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2021
location
South/West Chicago
posted on
08.31.2021
title
Call for Art: Dreams & Nightmares
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2021
location
West Town, Chicago
posted on
08.29.2021
title
Holiday Artisan Market
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Jackson Junge Gallery - Chicago
posted on
08.28.2021
title
Call for Makers - Sundays in October!
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.30.2021
location
West Town
posted on
08.28.2021
title
SIDE STREET TV NETWORK - OPEN SUBMISSIONS for short films, animation, experimental and avant-garde videos, live performance, virtual installations, and alt video media.
call type
Theater
deadline
12.30.2021
location
ELGIN, IL
posted on
08.28.2021
title
SIDE STREET TV NETWORK - OPEN SUBMISSIONS for short films, animation, experimental and avant-garde videos, live performance, virtual installations, and alt video media.
call type
Music
deadline
12.30.2021
location
ELGIN, IL
posted on
08.28.2021
title
SIDE STREET TV NETWORK - OPEN SUBMISSIONS for short films, animation, experimental and avant-garde videos, live performance, virtual installations, and alt video media.
call type
Dance
deadline
12.30.2021
location
ELGIN, IL
posted on
08.28.2021
title
SIDE STREET TV - OPEN SUBMISSIONS for short films, animation, experimental and avant-garde videos, performance videos, and alt video media.
call type
Film
deadline
12.30.2021
location
ELGIN, IL
posted on
08.28.2021
title
Woman Made Gallery CFA: Word of Mouth (Food + feminism)
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2021
location
Chicago, Pilsen, International
posted on
08.27.2021
title
TONDO: International Call for Round Works, or Works Featuring the Circle as Primary Element
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
08.25.2021
title
12th Annual TAPPED: Works by Artists and their Current or Former Instructors
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.30.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
08.25.2021
title
PERCEPTUAL: International Call for Works Made from Direct Observation
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
08.25.2021
title
12th Annual MANIFEST PRIZE - $5,000 Cash Award!
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2021
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
08.25.2021
title
2021 Foundwork Artist Prize | $10,000 Juried Grants with Studio Visits and Interviews
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.10.2021
location
International
posted on
08.25.2021
title
All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators & Art Historians (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2022 & 2023
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy
posted on
08.22.2021
title
Seeking Dance Artist Collaborators for Upcoming Terrain Biennial / The Martin Exhibitions
call type
Dance
deadline
10.31.2021
location
Chicago
posted on
08.20.2021
title
SKETCHBOOK
call type
Film
deadline
11.21.2021
location
Elgin, IL
posted on
08.20.2021
title
SIDE STREET TV
call type
Film
deadline
12.30.2021
location
Elgin, IL
posted on
08.20.2021
title
The Thin Line
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.21.2021
location
Highland Park/ Chicago
posted on
08.20.2021
title
Public Mural Call For Artist- Town of Highland, IN
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.30.2021
location
Highland, Indiana
posted on
08.20.2021
title
Ann Metzger Memorial National Biennial Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.08.2021
location
St. Louis, Missouri
posted on
08.20.2021
title
ART & ORNAMENT MARKET
call type
Visual Art
deadline
11.20.2021
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
08.17.2021
title
All Residencies for Writers, Art Historians & Researchers – All Dates in 2022 & 2023 – Mexico, Peru, Italy
call type
Literature
deadline
10.03.2021
location
Oaxaca, Mexico – Puebla, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy
posted on
08.17.2021
title
FALL CENTENNIAL ARTIST MEMBER SHOW
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.30.2021
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
08.17.2021
title
Call For Exhibitions- International Museum of Surgical Science
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.29.2021
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
08.11.2021
title
Seeking Writers
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.30.2021
location
Winnipeg, Canada
posted on
08.09.2021
title
The Evolution Grant
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Boston, MA
posted on
08.08.2021
title
Call for Art-WHATEVS
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.28.2021
location
online
posted on
08.08.2021
title
Call for Submissions: CURRENTS Festival 2022
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
Santa Fe, NM
posted on
08.07.2021
title
Full Spectrum Features Community Storytellers
call type
Film
deadline
09.26.2021
location
Chicago, Illinois
posted on
08.06.2021
title
$500 Grant for Visual Artists
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.14.2021
location
Cedar Rapids, IA
posted on
08.05.2021
title
2021 Nature-Inspired Holiday Art Market
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.31.2021
location
Riverwoods, IL, Chicago north suburbs
posted on
07.27.2021

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