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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.

To post a call for artists listing:

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2. Log into your CAC account.

3. Click "post your call for artists" on this page and follow the steps.

4. Reach out to contact@chicagoartistscoalition.org with any questions.

[To feature a listing at the top of the Calls for Artists page for 30 days, pay $50 here and send an email to contact@chicagoartistscoalition.org with a link to the post.]

Featured Posts
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call type
deadline
Location
posted on
title
Miserere Review: Art & Writing Contests Open!
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.17.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.20.2024
title
All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators, Art Historians, and Researchers (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2024 & 2025 — Puebla, Mexico – Oaxaca, Mexico – Cusco, Peru
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.02.2024
All Calls for Artists
title
call type
deadline
Location
posted on
title
Leslie Wolfe Gallery - OPEN CALL for 2025 Artist Exhibitions
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2024
location
Old Town Triangle, Chicago, IL
posted on
07.26.2024
title
HOUSE MUSIC Open Call for Chicago Artists
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.25.2024
title
'Transparency' - Juried Union Street Gallery and Surface Design Association open call
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Chicago Heights
posted on
07.25.2024
title
Open Call –Solo Art Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
07.25.2024
title
Open Call – 2nd Women Only Art Competition/Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
07.25.2024
title
SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.12.2024
location
innovateartistgrants.org
posted on
07.25.2024
title
Artist of the Summer | Juried Art Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
07.25.2024
title
Recent Works 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.14.2024
location
Grayslake, Illinois
posted on
07.24.2024
title
Solo Show for a Dynamic Hispanic Artist
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.15.2024
location
Grayslake, Illinois
posted on
07.24.2024
title
A Call for Illinois Artists: Spoon River College Nursing and CTE Building, Macomb, Illinois
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.29.2024
location
Macomb, Illinois
posted on
07.24.2024
title
Echoes: Weaving Identity and Belonging
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.09.2024
location
Zhou B Art Center
posted on
07.24.2024
title
Call for Artists - Solo & Group Exhibition in NYC - September 1-21, 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.14.2024
location
New York City
posted on
07.24.2024
title
Piano Instructor
call type
Music
deadline
09.23.2024
location
336 Park Ave Glencoe, IL
posted on
07.23.2024
title
Voice/Piano Instructor
call type
Music
deadline
09.23.2024
location
336 Park Ave Glencoe, IL
posted on
07.23.2024
title
Call for Art-GETAWAY
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.24.2024
location
Boston, MA
posted on
07.23.2024
title
Vinyls and Sketch workshop
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.27.2024
location
307 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
posted on
07.23.2024
title
Sketchy Nights at Miyagi Record shop
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.27.2024
location
307 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
posted on
07.23.2024
title
Call For Photography: Memento Mori
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.14.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
07.21.2024
title
Call For Photography: Minimalism
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
07.21.2024
title
Call for Artists: “Nature 2025,” the International Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.15.2024
location
Republic of Korea, Gimpo, CICA Museum
posted on
07.20.2024
title
Miserere Review: Art & Writing Contests Open!
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.17.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.20.2024
title
Leslie Wolfe Gallery - Applications OPEN for 2025 Exhibitions
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.01.2024
location
Chicago, IL, 60614
posted on
07.19.2024
title
Call for Artist-Abstract Themed Art Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2024
location
Online
posted on
07.19.2024
title
14th Annual “Open” Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
10.27.2024
location
Online Gallery
posted on
07.19.2024
title
28th “Solo Art Series” – An Opportunity to Shine
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.04.2024
location
Online Gallery
posted on
07.19.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Analog Photography
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Photography
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligiblity
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Film
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Literature
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Dance
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Music
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Grants for Individual Artists of all Disciplines for Creative Endeavors
call type
Theater
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Rock Island, IL / USA Eligibility
posted on
07.18.2024
title
Composer Showcase Application
call type
Music
deadline
08.07.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.17.2024
title
Seeking Asian Pacific Island South Asian American artists
call type
Theater
deadline
08.14.2024
location
Chinese American Museum of Chicago
posted on
07.17.2024
title
OPEN CALL: Art is the New Kink Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.10.2024
location
Lakeview, Chicago, IL
posted on
07.17.2024
title
Art For Social Change- Cartoon and Animation Exhibition Call
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.24.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
07.17.2024
title
IT'S A SIGN - OPEN CALL for signs to include in installation
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.07.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
07.17.2024
title
OPEN CALL- Queering The Gallery
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.07.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
07.17.2024
title
2024-2025 Fall Series of Outdoor Sculpture Exhibits
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Midwest
posted on
07.16.2024
title
2024-2025 Fall Series of Outdoor Sculpture Exhibits
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Midwest
posted on
07.16.2024
title
Framed: Shadow and Light
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.08.2024
location
Portland, Oregon
posted on
07.15.2024
title
The Holy Art Gallery Membership
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.04.2024
location
London,UK
posted on
07.15.2024
title
BENEATH THE SURFACE: Spirituality in Art
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.25.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.14.2024
title
Call for Entry – Pop Surrealism
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.29.2024
location
Online
posted on
07.11.2024
title
Day of the Dead Immersive Learning Artist Residency Program — Puebla, Mexico — October/November 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Puebla, Mexico
posted on
07.11.2024
title
Day of the Dead Immersive Learning Artist Residency Program — Puebla, Mexico — October/November 2024
call type
Literature
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Puebla, Mexico
posted on
07.11.2024
title
Decolonial Artist & Writers Residency Subsidized Scholarships — Mexico & Peru — Summer/Fall 2024 & Winter 2025
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.11.2024
title
Decolonial Artist & Writers Residency Subsidized Scholarships — Mexico & Peru — Summer/Fall 2024 & Winter 2025
call type
Literature
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.11.2024
title
Call For DJs, Live Artist, Experimental Artist, Light Art/Video Projection, Temporary Art Instillations
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.11.2024
title
On the Shelf: A Photo Book Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.09.2024
title
10th Annual Figures & Faces Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.01.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
07.08.2024
title
Vashon Artist Residency - All Disciplines - 2025
call type
Music
deadline
08.22.2024
location
Vashon Island, Washington
posted on
07.08.2024
title
Women United ART PRIZE 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
International
posted on
07.07.2024
title
Call for Artists: “Art Is” The International Exhibition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.01.2024
location
Republic of Korea, Gimpo, CICA Museum
posted on
07.06.2024
title
Through a BIPOC Lens: Decolonizing Feminism
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.09.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.06.2024
title
All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators, Art Historians, and Researchers (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2024 & 2025 — Puebla, Mexico – Oaxaca, Mexico – Cusco, Peru
call type
Literature
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.02.2024
title
All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators, Art Historians, and Researchers (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2024 & 2025 — Puebla, Mexico – Oaxaca, Mexico – Cusco, Peru
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.02.2024
title
Decolonial Artist Residency Subsidized Scholarships — Mexico & Peru — Summer/Fall 2024 & Winter 2025
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.02.2024
title
Decolonial Artist & Writers Residency Subsidized Scholarships — Mexico & Peru — Summer/Fall 2024 & Winter 2025
call type
Literature
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
posted on
07.02.2024
title
Day of the Dead Immersive Learning Artist Residency Program — Puebla, Mexico — October/November 2024
call type
Literature
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Puebla, Mexico
posted on
07.02.2024
title
Day of the Dead Immersive Learning Artist Residency Program — Puebla, Mexico — October/November 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.04.2024
location
Puebla, Mexico
posted on
07.02.2024
title
PLAGUE OF FILTH
call type
Theater
deadline
07.31.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
07.01.2024
title
Call for Mural Proposals
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.29.2024
location
Des Plaines
posted on
06.30.2024
title
Call for Mural Proposals
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.29.2024
location
Des Plaines
posted on
06.30.2024
title
Neither Here Nor There
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.28.2024
location
Elgin, Illinois
posted on
06.30.2024
title
“Yellow” Online Art Competition
call type
Photography
deadline
09.27.2024
location
Kansas City
posted on
06.29.2024
title
“Yellow” Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.27.2024
location
Kansas City
posted on
06.29.2024
title
Beyond Earth Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.27.2024
location
Kansas City
posted on
06.29.2024
title
Open Call-Nature Themed International Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
06.29.2024
title
Mystical Wonders International Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
06.29.2024
title
Solar Tree Sculpture with USB Charging Station
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.31.2024
location
Hart, Michigan
posted on
06.28.2024
title
Troll on the Bridge Sculpture Commission
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.31.2024
location
Hart, Michigan
posted on
06.28.2024
title
Future Craft Call for Art, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.25.2024
location
Cambridge, MA
posted on
06.21.2024
title
Mother Earth Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.30.2024
location
Online
posted on
06.21.2024
title
She Safe, We Safe Installation
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.30.2024
location
Chicago, IL
posted on
06.20.2024
title
THIRD PLACES: An International Call for Works that Reference or Illustrate Our Other Spaces
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.28.2024
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
06.20.2024
title
ALTARPIECES: An International Call for Works that Dedicate or Enshrine
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.27.2024
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
06.20.2024
title
Spatial Structures in Painting: Planning Interior Spaces and Landscapes with Matt Klos
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.08.2024
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
06.20.2024
title
ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: STOP MOTION - The Power of Cartoon & Animation
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.24.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
06.19.2024
title
The Miserere Review is seeking to highlight performers!
call type
Theater
deadline
08.17.2024
location
online and in print
posted on
06.19.2024
title
The Miserere Review is looking to highlight original works!
call type
Dance
deadline
08.17.2024
location
online and in print
posted on
06.19.2024
title
The Miserere Review is Looking for highlight performers!
call type
Music
deadline
08.17.2024
location
online and in print
posted on
06.19.2024
title
The Miserere Review: publication & cash awards
call type
Literature
deadline
08.17.2024
location
online and in print
posted on
06.19.2024
title
Free publication & Contests for Artists, writers, performers.
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.17.2024
location
online and in print
posted on
06.19.2024
title
Circle of Life Art Competition: Call for Artists and Photographers
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.27.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
06.18.2024
title
Green Spectrum Online Art Competition – Cash Prizes & Exhibitions
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.27.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
06.18.2024
title
Call for Art-STAND 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.19.2024
location
online
posted on
06.18.2024
title
Call for ART - Image, Text, Protest
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.07.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
06.17.2024
title
Khecari Resource Share Residency 2025
call type
Dance
deadline
09.01.2024
location
Indian Boundary Cultural Center
posted on
06.14.2024
title
Call for Artist - Glass Case Gallery at The Wasteshed
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.30.2024
location
Humboldt park and Evanston
posted on
06.14.2024
title
IT'S A SIGN - OPEN CALL for signs to include in installation
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.07.2024
location
Oak Park, IL
posted on
06.14.2024
title
Weekly FIGURE DRAWING Sessions in Oak Park
call type
Visual Art
deadline
12.28.2024
location
Oak Park, IL 60302
posted on
06.14.2024
title
8th Annual “Patterns, Textures & Forms” Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.26.2024
location
Online Art Gallery
posted on
06.13.2024
title
14th Annual “Animals” Online Art Competition
call type
Visual Art
deadline
09.25.2024
location
Online
posted on
06.13.2024
title
Khecari Audition 2024
call type
Dance
deadline
09.05.2024
location
Rogers Park
posted on
06.11.2024
title
Call for Artists - 34th Annual ArtsThrive Art Show & Sale
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.17.2024
location
Albuquerque, NM
posted on
06.10.2024
title
OAKTON COLLEGE WGSS ART SHOW "INFLECTION POINT: GENDER FUTURES, POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.08.2024
location
OAKTON COLLEGE, DES PLAINES, IL
posted on
06.05.2024
title
CALL FOR WRITERS – AND NOW: Stories from the Edge
call type
Literature
deadline
07.31.2024
location
Agitator Gallery, 3851 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago IL
posted on
06.02.2024
title
CALL FOR PERFORMERS – AND NOW: Stories from the Edge
call type
Theater
deadline
08.01.2024
location
Agitator Gallery, 3851 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago IL
posted on
06.02.2024
title
Silence Awareness Existence - Residency program in Finland, Winter 2025
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.30.2024
location
Hämeenkyrö / Finland
posted on
05.31.2024
title
Artpie Gallery National Open Call - Small Works 2024
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.16.2024
location
Waukegan IL
posted on
05.31.2024
title
LOST AND FOUND: An International Call Exploring Creative Re-Use
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.28.2024
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
05.29.2024
title
CORPUS: International Call Exploring the Photograph as Object
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.28.2024
location
Cincinnati, OH
posted on
05.29.2024
title
Policy of Truth
call type
Visual Art
deadline
08.13.2024
location
Chicago/Bridgeport
posted on
05.29.2024
title
International 2nd Open Theme Art Competition | All Visual Mediums Accepted
call type
Visual Art
deadline
07.30.2024
location
Online Exhibition
posted on
05.28.2024

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