Call 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.
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+ PHOTOcentric | State of Our Union - Garrison Art Center Open Call
Deadline to Apply: September 4
PHOTOcentric | State of Our Union Exhibition Dates: November 1 - 23, 2025 Opening reception November 1, 2025, 5-7 PM Call for Photography: "State of Our Union"
We invite photographers to submit work for a collaborative exhibition exploring life in the United States over the past decade. In a time of deep polarization, our country has witnessed a range of powerful events, movements, and cultural shifts that have shaped who we are today. This exhibition seeks to present multiple perspectives—personal, political, cultural, and social—through the lens of photography. We are looking for compelling images that reflect the diverse realities, struggles, hopes, and contradictions that define the state of our nation. From moments of unity to voices of dissent, we welcome work that captures the complexity and nuance of contemporary American life.
Timeline: Online application opens June 5th and closes September 4th Artists notified by September 30th Artworks arrive at the art center from October 21 to 24th Opening reception November 1, 2025, 5-7 PM Exhibition Dates: November 1 - 23, 2025
Deadline to Apply: September 4
+ Call for Art & Craft: Cultura Viva
Deadline to Apply: September 4, 2025
Unison Arts is excited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a community art show honoring the many contributions of Hispanic peoples in the Hudson Valley.
We invite artists, makers, and craftspeople of all ages and backgrounds to share works that celebrate Hispanic culture—its traditions, stories, colors, and innovations. From paintings and sculpture to textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and traditional crafts, we want to showcase the creativity that enriches our region.
This exhibition will highlight the ways Hispanic heritage continues to shape and inspire our communities—past, present, and future.
Submission Deadline: September 4, 11:59 pm
Exhibit Dates: September 27 - November 8
Deadline to Apply: September 4, 2025
+ Call for Artists - Poster Contest for Ulster County Artists
Deadline to Apply: September 5, 2025
The City of Kingston, New Yorkers for Cool Refrigerant Management (NY4Cool) and Sustainable Hudson Valley are serious about managing hazardous refrigerant gases and we need your creativity to spread the word! This fall, artists are invited to design educational posters that will be displayed across the city. Please see the video for all the details: https://youtu.be/MD6LDMsvYd8
Size: 8.5" x 11" Deadline for submissions: Friday, September 5, 2025. 1St PLACE: $500 2ND PLACE: 250 Please submit entries to: todd.sustainhv@gmail.com as a pdf or high-resolution .png or jpg.
Deadline to Apply: September 5, 2025
+ Call for Artists - Milton Library Fall Exhibit
Deadline to Apply: September 10, 2025
Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library in Milton, NY Exhibit Theme “Peace” On Display September thru December 2025 Opening Reception Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:00-4:00 pm
The Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library invites artists of the Hudson Valley to enter their work to be considered for the Fall Exhibit.
The theme for the exhibit is Peace ~ harmony, tranquility, serenity, civility, amity, tolerance, grace, and goodwill. Share with us your visual interpretation of peace.
Deadline to Apply: September 10, 2025
+ Call for Artists & Makers! - The Dutchess Handmade Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Arts Mid-Hudson
Deadline to Apply: September 12, 2025
Arts Mid-Hudson is delighted to announce the return of the Dutchess Handmade Holiday Pop-Up Shop, a seasonal showcase and sales opportunity for original, locally crafted works. Taking place in our Poughkeepsie gallery, this curated shop celebrates the artistry and creativity of the Mid-Hudson region during the most festive time of year.
We invite regional artists and makers to submit handmade works that reflect their unique vision and craft—whether shaped by hand, guided by a potter’s wheel, or produced using advanced creative tools such as fine art printers. All work must be original and created within the Mid-Hudson Valley.
This Pop-Up Shop will be thoughtfully curated with an eye toward the fall and winter seasons, including themes of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and other cultural or seasonal celebrations.
Deadline to Apply: September 12, 2025
+ Call for Art - Terrestrial Extra, the Dorsky Museum’s annual exhibition of contemporary art by Hudson Valley artists
Deadline to Apply: September 14, 2025
Now accepting artist submissions for Terrestrial Extra, the Dorsky Museum’s annual exhibition of contemporary art by Hudson Valley artists.
Guest curated by Alta Buden and Craig Monteith, Terrestrial Extra will present work by Hudson Valley-based artists who consider how industrial materials pulled from the Earth’s surface or extracted from its depths become integrated into the visual field.
Exhibition Dates: February 7 – April 5, 2026
+ Call for Vendors: ArtPort Kingston's Artists & Makers Holiday Market 2025
Deadline to Apply: September 15, 2025
ArtPort Kingston is accepting LOIs from regional creative artisans and makers of all sorts, especially those who overlap between visual art and functional craft. Select vendors will be invited to participate in our third-annual Artists & Makers Holiday Market on December 6-7th. The event will showcase unique & affordable gifts from regional artists and artisans in a spirited marketplace inspired by traditional European Holiday Markets of old. Tapping into our origins in Berlin, ArtPort Kingston will continue to bring this age-old tradition to Kingston.
Deadline to Apply: September 15, 2025
+ Call for Artists - Fluid Patterns: Water and Climate Change
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2025
East End Arts is proud to announce Fluid Patterns: Water and Climate Change, our newest Juried Exhibition. This show examines water as both a vital resource and a force of disruption—through flood, drought, rising seas, and shifting weather.
We’re especially interested in how patterns—natural, visual, ephemeral or symbolic—emerge from water’s behavior and our relationship to it.
How do we as artists see, feel, or trace these patterns—and what do they reveal?
This national open call welcomes work of all media, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, video, and digital art.
Artists may enter up to three original works new to the local public for selection. Artists must be 16 years or older to enter. Juried by artists Marta Baumiller and Rainer Gross.
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2025
+ Call for Visual Artists - Millbrook Arts Project
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2025
Millbrook Arts Project, a community art space, is committed to providing opportunities for visual artists to exhibit their work in the newly renovated Millbrook Library gallery. Our selection committee will be reviewing submissions from which we will curate five exhibitions for the 2026 season.
If you are interested in exhibiting your work, please visit millbrooklibrary.org/millbrook-arts-project for more information
The deadline for all submissions is Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Gallery Manager: Jen McCreery; Gallery Curator: Sharon Bates; Selection Committee: Sharon Bates, Wayne Lempka, Emi Night, Erik Daniel White, Courtney Tsahalis
As an expansion of our relationship and a commitment to support the visual arts in our community, Millbrook Arts Group and Millbrook Library have established Millbrook Arts Project, a community art space, in the newly renovated library gallery.
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2025
+ Seeking vendors for a craft show November 16 at Temple Beth-El in Poughkeepsie
Deadline to Apply: October 1
Temple Beth-El, located at 118 South Grand Avenue in Poughkeepsie, is excited to host its second annual crafts fair on Sunday, November 16. We are currently seeking vendors.
This event will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase and sell crafts. The vendor fee is $55, which includes a table and two chairs. If you prefer to bring your own table, the fee is $50. (We have a few spots left for those who need electricity at an additional $10 cost).
For more details or to confirm your interest, simply reply to educationassist@tbeny.org, and we will have someone reach out to you with more information.
Deadline to Apply: October 1
+ Call for Artists & Artisans: Join Us for “Autumn Artistry” at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center!
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center invites you to participate in Autumn Artistry, a vibrant indoor/outdoor arts festival celebrating the creativity of our community. This exciting event will take place Sunday, September 14, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, rain or shine, coinciding with Poughkeepsie Open Studios weekend.
Festival highlights include: A showcase of local artists and craftspeople Live music performances Delicious food vendors Fun activities for children
Artists and craftspeople are encouraged to display and sell their work. Outdoor spaces (10 ft.) are available for $45, and indoor spaces (8 ft.) for $65. Access to electricity is available for indoor participants only. Participants must bring their own display materials and canopies.
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the arts in the Hudson Valley. Our two historic Victorian-style buildings at 9 & 12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, house a theater, a dance studio, three gallery spaces, private studios, and more.
To apply, please email photos of your work to Carol Padron at CHACexhibits@gmail.com as soon as possible. We look forward to celebrating the arts with you!
+ Call for Art - 8th Annual Small Works Show at Olive Free Library
Deadline to Apply: October 3, 2025
The Olive Free Library Association will be presenting its 8th Annual Small Works Show, this year titled “Animalia”, in time for the 2025 holiday season. All Hudson Valley artists are invited to show their small works in the Olive Free Library Community Gallery. All genres of art are considered but work MUST be wall-hung and properly wired (NO sawtooths!). The exhibition will open on Saturday, November 15, from 3 – 5 pm and will run through January 3, 2026. If you would like to submit work to be considered, please read the submission instructions below.
Deadline to Apply: October 3, 2025
+ WAAM 2025 OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION - Small Works: Textures and Tactility
Deadline to Apply: October 10, 2025
Small Works: Textures and Tactility. This show aims to emphasize the sensory richness of materials—highlighting how texture, layering, and surface can deepen our connection to a piece of art. Artists are encouraged to submit small-scale works that engage the viewer’s sense of touch—even if only visually. Whether through heavily worked surfaces, woven materials, embossed forms, or tactile media like fabric, wax, mixed media, or ceramics, the exhibition will focus on artworks that beg to be closely inspected, inviting viewers into a more intimate and sensory-driven experience.
Open to artists working in all visual disciplines, including but not limited to: Mixed media, Fiber arts, Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture (small-scale) and Photography with a focus on surface or materiality.
ABOUT THE JUROR Juried by Susan Eley, Owner and Director of Susan Eley Fine Art founded in 2006. Conceived as a salon-style gallery, SEFA NYC was initially situated in an Upper West Side townhouse in Manhattan. Currently, SEFA operates its main gallery in Hudson in Upstate New York. Before establishing the Gallery, Susan Eisner Eley was an editor and writer for national and regional publications featuring articles on fine art, dance and travel. Eley worked in public relations and education at the Morgan Library & Museum, NY, the Mayor's Art Commission of the City of New York and interned at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. She is also a former professional ballet dancer with the Feld Ballet, NY. Eley has a BA in Art History from Brown University and an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University.
EXHIBITION DETAILS JUROR: Susan Eley, Owner and Director of Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson and New York City SUBMISSION FEE: FREE for members, $20 for non-members ONLINE APPLICATION DATES: August 25 - October 10, 2025, midnight ARTIST NOTIFICATION: via email, Wednesday, October 22, 2025 ART DROP-OFF DATE: Monday, December 1, 10 am - 5pm EXHIBITION DATES: December 5, 2025 - January 4, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, December 6, 4:00 – 6:00 pm ART PICKUP-DATE: Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm LOCATION: Exhibition will be held in the Founders Gallery of WAAM FORMAT Open to all artists within 50 miles of WAAM Size limit 15 x 15” framed, 24” x 24" x 24" for sculpture All artwork must be clean, framed, wired and ready to hang. (no sawtooth hangers, or fishline) All work must be for sale. No NFS's Artists will submit one jpg/png/mp3/mov file for the juror’s consideration.. All media are welcome Artists receive 60% of sales during the run of the exhibition. WAAM retains 40% of sales as commission in support of its programs. Artists should consider this when pricing submitted work. All media will be considered. Submissions can range from, (but aren’t limited to), painting, sculpture, video, photography, drawing, sound and music. Video artists may submit one text document with one link to a file to be reviewed. Please provide title, date, running time and retail price for the video. Artists must be able to transport or ship work to WAAM. Shipped work must contain a prepaid return label. Shipped work must arrive by intake date. All work should be in good condition and ready to hang or install. Any special installation needs must be supplied by the artist for the duration of the show and should be noted in their submission. All work must be the original conception and execution of the artist listed. No reproductions. WAAM reserves the right to reject works that do not comply with these guidelines or are otherwise found to be unsuitable for display.
SUBMISSION FEES $20 Application Fee for non-members. Members apply for free All submissions welcome . 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
ABOUT WAAM The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, founded in 1919, is a not for profit membership organization. Its mission is to promote and foster the visual arts, art education, and artists through dynamic exhibitions and programs thus enriching and engaging the community. The WAAM is vital to the culture, history, and the economy of the mid-Hudson region and beyond; its Contemporary Galleries, Permanent Collection, Archives and Education Programs provide continuity, linking the past, present and future.
Questions? Email yvonne@woodstockart.org
Deadline to Apply: October 10, 2025
+ Juried Open Call - Darkroom to Lightroom and Beyond
Deadline to Apply: November 2, 2025
From the tactile rituals of analog development to the limitless horizons of digital editing, photography has undergone a transformative journey. “Darkroom to Lightroom and Beyond” invites photographers of all backgrounds to submit work that explores the evolving nature of image-making—from film to pixels, vintage techniques to experimental digital processes.
We seek photographs that reflect personal vision, technical mastery, or conceptual innovation. Whether you’re working in black-and-white 35mm film or pushing the boundaries with new technology, this exhibition honors the rich continuum of photographic practice.
Deadline to Apply: November 2, 2025
+ Calling All Artists - Garrison Art Center
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2026
Garrison Art Center is accepting proposals for the 2027 Gallery Exhibition season. We accept applications for solo, two- and three-person, and small-curated group shows.
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2026
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Artist Opportunities
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.
Calls For Art & Artists
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.