Calls for Artists
PLEASE NOTE: The opportunities listed below are submitted by external sources and are not affiliated with Arts Mid-Hudson unless explicitly stated otherwise. Please direct any questions or inquiries to the contact provided in the listing.
Have an opportunity we should know about? Email the information to opps@artsmidhudson.org
Click the opportunity for details.
+ Call for Event Committee Members for the Dutchess & Ulster County Executive's Arts Awards - Arts Mid-Hudson
We are looking for folks to help with the Event Committee, which will support our staff with gathering gifts for our event auction and support general event planning for the Arts Awards. This committee is crucial to the success of the event, as well as a driving force in the longevity of Arts Mid-Hudson. The Arts Awards serves as one of Arts Mid-Hudson’s main fundraisers and helps AMH reach its goals for the arts community. Volunteering for the Event Committee will give you the ability to help guide us to even greater prosperity! The Ulster County committee will begin meeting in May, and the Dutchess committee will start meeting in the summer.
To apply, please fill out this form and select Dutchess County and/or Ulster County Executive's Arts Awards as your area of interest: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL2-MDe_Cv9tAieocUkMhe_n_p_vki1s63aZ08lY-dhMp55g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104740020357801142546
Questions? Contact Morgan, Development Coordinator at Arts Mid-Hudson by emailing morgan@artsmidhudson.org or calling (845) 454-3222
+ Call for Panelists - Arts Mid-Hudson
Arts Mid-Hudson assembles peer panels to review applications and recommend funding for our grant programs. We administer funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) in Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties, with annual competitive grants awarded to artists, schools, community groups, and arts organizations. Arts Mid-Hudson also administers funding through Dutchess County Partners in the Arts, and Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund.
Arts Mid-Hudson selects a panel composed of individuals with backgrounds in the arts, education, business, as well as the community at large. The panel is charged with the task of formulating funding recommendations based on each program's priorities and goals, evaluation criteria, adherence to set guidelines, and ethical standards.
You can nominate yourself or someone else. We just ask for a short bio, resume, and references through our nomination form.
Important: Anyone applying to a specific program cannot serve as a panelist for that same program.
Click here for more information & to fill out the form.
+ Call for Makers: Celebrate Global Traditions at the Ulster Youth International Soccer Tournament and Market
Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 1, 2026
Click here for full information.
+ CALL FOR ARTISTS – SHERMAN ARTFEST 2026
Deadline to Apply: May 3, 2026
The Sherman Artists Association invites you to be part of one of the most exciting creative weekends in our region—Sherman ARTFEST 2026! Held in the heart of Sherman, this annual event transforms the Town Green and Charter Hall into a vibrant, high-energy showcase of art and community. In past years, over 30 artists have filled the space with paintings, photography, woodworking, pottery, jewelry, textiles, glass and more—creating an inspiring experience for both artists and attendees. Deadline for Submission is May 3, 2026. For more info: www.shermanartists.org.
+ Call for Artists ~ Milton Library Summer Art Exhibit~ Entries Due MAY 8
Rotating Art Exhibit at the Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library in Milton, NY Exhibit Theme “The Hudson River” Opening Reception Sunday, June 14, 2026, 2:00-4:00 pm
Submissions due by May 8, 2026 Acceptance notification week of May 18, 2026
To enter your work, please fill out this online form: https://forms.gle/xUR9K4tqZUuehfau6
For more information, contact Raven Fonfa, Library Director, ravenfonfa@miltonlib.org
+ Roost Arts Hudson Valley seeks artists for If Not in the World, Then in Each Other, part of Upstate Art Weekend 2026
Deadline to Apply: May 10, 2026
Roost Arts Hudson Valley seeks artists whose lives and work are shaped by displacement, exclusion, or precarity, who are speaking from lived experience in today’s America. The works gathered here reflect the ongoing search for refuge within systems that often deny safety, stability, and belonging.
Rather than presenting refuge as something guaranteed by institutions or borders, this exhibition understands it as relational. It is found in community, memory, care, and resistance. These works do not ask for permission to exist, nor do they translate experience for comfort or consumption.
We are committed to making this exhibition accessible to artists and audiences. If you have access needs, questions about the submission process, or would like to discuss a proposal before applying, please contact Chelsea Herzig at chelseahrzg@gmail.com or 315-663-8553.
Apply Here: https://forms.gle/1fmntfp9HXP2Xwmc6
+ Call for Art - Fairy Tales – 2026 Juried Summer Group Show
Deadline to Apply: Monday, May 11, 2026
The Olive Free Library Association will be presenting its 9th annual summer group show, Fairy Tales, this year juried by Jaime Ransome, a Hudson Valley-based curator, consultant, and educator specializing in immersive, community-driven exhibitions. The exhibition will open on Saturday, July 11, 3 – 5 pm and will run through September 5, 2026. All Hudson Valley artists are invited and all genres of art are considered.
https://www.olivefreelibrary.org/call-for-art
+ 2026 FAR & WIDE: Cityscapes Unseen (Juried) - Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, (WAAM)
Deadline to Apply: April 24, 2026
Far & Wide: Cityscapes Unseen is a juried exhibition highlighting the unique, overlooked, or reimagined elements of urban environments. From real to surreal, literal to abstract— interpretation is wide open, as long as the city is central to the story. Submissions are welcome in any medium—painting, photography, sculpture, video and mixed media.
Questions may be addressed to: suzy@woodstockart.org Exhibition Policy: For full details, refer to our WAAM Exhibition Policy located under the open
calls page of our website: https://www.woodstockart.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/06/WAAM-Exhibition-Policy-2024-.pdf
Link to Submittable application:
https://woodstockartistsassociationmuseum.submittable.com/submit/349687/2026-far-wide- cityscapes-unseen-juried
+ Dutchess County "I Voted" Sticker Contest
Deadline: May 29, 2026
The Dutchess County Board of Elections is proud to announce its 2026 “I Voted” Sticker Design Contest! This contest helps educate our young voters and engage the community in the democratic process. We invite all Dutchess County youth age 9-18 to submit an original “I Voted” sticker design to be used in the 2026 General Election in Dutchess County voting locations.
https://elections.dutchessny.gov/i-voted-sticker-design-contest/
+ Call for Artists - Banned Books Trading Card Project
Deadline to Apply: May 31, 2026
The Valley Cottage Library is celebrating Banned Books Week by creating a deck of trading cards featuring the juried artwork of local artists. Artists are asked to depict their reimagining of a banned or challenged book cover. All artists accepted to participate will receive a trading card deck containing the art from all participants after our Art Reception event on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 1PM.
Fill out and submit the application below by the May 31st deadline.
Chosen artists will have a deadline of July 15th up to 8:00pm to drop off their original artwork.
To apply, and for more information, visit https://www.valleycottagelibrary.org/banned-books-week
+ Call for Small Works & Sculptures: "Refraction" at the Hudson Milliner Art Salon
Deadline to Apply: May 20, 2026
Gallery Location: 415 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534 Further Info/Pictures: https://www.hudsonmillinerartsalon.com/open-calls
The Hudson Milliner Art Salon is seeking small paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures (any width, up to 9” tall—sculptures may be up to 15" tall) to be displayed in our current show, Refraction! Refraction is chiefly a show dedicated to portraits and people, but we’re open to any art that explores perception and point of view. All subject matters are welcome, from architecture, abstract, to anything in-between! We want a broad range of works, so if in doubt, submit!
Accepted works will be displayed in our vintage display case for all gallery viewers to see, from the date received until the end of the exhibition on June 12th, 2026. Acceptance letters will all be sent within a few days of the submission deadline. Sculptures over 9" tall will be displayed in street-facing windows or on pedestals.
Interested artists should submit images of up to 5 works and a brief artist’s statement to hudsonmillinersubmissions@gmail.com. Please specify dimensions, medium, and price if for sale. A $12 entry fee is required for consideration: all submissions will receive a payment link in reply.
+ Call for Art - BITS AND PIECES
Deadline to Apply: June 1, 2026
In connection with the symposium “Making Meaning”, planned for July 22-24, 2026 at Vassar College, Gallery 40 is seeking submissions of collage work from young and/or emerging artists. Collage is an art form in which individual elements — pieces of paper, fabric, photographs, found paper and the like — are assembled into new, autonomous artworks. Assemblage and sculpture with collage elements are also welcome. Both collage and assemblage fundamentally depend on bringing together two or more existing elements in a way that makes us consider these elements both in new ways as individual items and taken together as a new whole.
All the symposium attendees will be invited to visit local galleries exhibiting different forms of collage. The symposium will explore new perspectives on collage’s history and current approaches to cutting, publishing, and making through presentations, panels, workshops, publications and exhibitions. The symposium is organized by Andrea Burgay and Monica Church.
Location: Hallway Art Space, 40 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Show Dates: July 1 through July 31, 2026 Submission Deadline: June 1, 2026 11:00pm EST Entries received after this date will not be accepted. Artwork should be submitted digitally via Google form with all required and pertinent information included. Acceptance Notification: Saturday June 6 via email
Details and application: https://www.gallery40pok.com/artist-opportunity
+ BAU Gallery invites you to apply to DRIFT 2026 annual Juried Open + Awards Exhibition
Deadline to Apply: June 20, 2026
For full info & to apply: https://www.jotform.com/build/260484642580157
+ Ulster County 6th Annual I Voted Sticker Contest
Deadline to Apply: June 30, 2026
For full info & to apply: https://elections.ulstercountyny.gov/
+ M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival Artist Applications
Deadline to Apply: August 16, 2026
The M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival Call for Artists is now available, and we hope to have it posted on your site. The dates for the festival this year are August 29 & 30, 2026, 10:00 am–5:00 pm. All details can be found at https://mag.rochester.edu/clothesline/, including artist applications for 2026. The M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival has been MAG’s largest annual fundraiser and biggest celebration of the arts for almost 70 years. Over 300 artists from across the country offer their work for purchase at this juried, two-day festival that takes place on the beautiful grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Clothesline is also the place to experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.
Deadline to Apply: August 16, 2026
+ Call for Artists - The Voice of Art's Fine Art Festival 2026
Deadline to Apply: Rolling
https://www.thevoiceofart.org/call-for-fine-art-festival
+ The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center - 2027 Exhibits
Deadline to Apply: December 12, 2026
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center has begun accepting artists to exhibit with us in 2027. We have three beautiful galleries to fill, and this is a wonderful opportunity for artists to show their work in either solo or group exhibitions. The Artists in our galleries are promoted via our press releases, our website, our newsletters, and through our printed brochures. Please be aware that we are able to exhibit wall-hung art only. Interested artists should contact Carol Padron at CHACexhibits@gmail.com. Please include some introductory information about yourself as well as some images of your work. The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center is a non-profit organization located at 9 & 12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY. Visit us on the web at cunneen-hackett.org.