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Calls For Art

Rhode Island College's Gaige Hall seeks artwork

RISCA is working with Rhode Island College (RIC) on a Call for art for its Gaige Hall, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence. The selection panel stated that an artwork for Gaige Hall might create a welcoming atmosphere, increase collaborative space, and support a sense of community. It also could be a series of artworks that might unite the various spaces throughout, create wayfinding, present an unfolding narrative or be in sequence.

Call for Art: RI State Health Laboratory

RISCA has partnered with the R.I. State Health Laboratory to exhibit artwork in its newly constructed building's first-floor corridor at 150 Richmond St., Providence, a state-of-the-art custom-built facility. This new public gallery space, which will be visible from the sidewalk level, will feature for six months solo exhibitions of artwork that preferably sit at the intersection of art, science, innovation and discovery.

Call for Art: RI Department of Labor and Training Facility

RISCA has partnered with the R.I. Department of Labor and Training to purchase artwork for R.I. DLT’s buildings in Cranston. Wall-hung artwork will be purchased at a fixed price for interior spaces, and classified as small, medium and large (exclusive of framing).

  • $1,000 for small works (up to 24” x 24”, or 576 square inches total).
  • $2,500 for medium works (up to 36” x 48”, or up to 1,728 square inches total).
  • $5,000 for large works (over 1,728 square inches). 

Total budget for acquisition of all artworks: $25,000.

This Call is open to all artists residing in Rhode Island. Undergraduate students are not eligible to apply. Only applications from the artist who created the work(s) will be accepted.

Call for Art: Atrium Gallery's Art Unites Communities Exhibition

RISCA’s Atrium Gallery invites artists working in any medium to submit their artwork for consideration in a group exhibition from Sept. 26, 2025, to Jan. 21, 2026. This exhibition celebrates art, creativity, and understanding by bringing together artists from across Rhode Island.

  • April 14 - Application deadline.
  • Artists must be R.I. residents; students are not eligible. Selected artists will be notified.
  • Interested artists should email 2–3 JPEG images of their artwork along with an artist statement to Elena.patino@arts.ri.gov.

Call for Art: Providence Art Club’s National Open Juried Exhibition

The Providence Art Club is calling for submissions to its annual National Open Juried Exhibition. Founded in 1880, the Providence Art Club is one of the oldest arts organizations in the United States and the first such Club to be co-founded by women and men. This exhibition is open to work in any media, theme, or style and will be juried by Dr. Jane Dini, Curator of Exhibitions at the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Awards: Fourteen Prizes totaling $6,000. Best in Show Prize of $1,000.

  • May 8 - Application deadline. Read more and see the call on CaFE.
  • Entry Fee: $35 for one artwork, $10 for up to one additional artwork. PAC Members are eligible for $10 off the initial entry fee.
  • Open to any artist living and working throughout the United States, its territories, protectorates, and provinces.

Call for Art: Alexey von Schlippe Gallery's All Together Now Regional Artist Juried Exhibition

The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point has a call for artists of Rhode Island (Washington County) and eastern Connecticut (New London, Windham, Tolland and Middlesex counties) to submit two-dimensional artworks that speak to human experience and community. All Together Now references the music hall tradition of inviting everyone to join in singing. The call for art celebrates diverse visual expressions that highlight human relationships, varieties of culture and points of view, and our understanding of the natural world. Themes can include harmony and difference, the individual and the collective, world building, and our environment and its future. Works must be the artist’s own concept and design and created within the last 5 years. No classwork or reproductions.

Vermont Studio Center: Call for a Visual Artist and a Writer

Vermont Studio Center (VSC) has a call for an artist and writer residency. It is located in historic Vermont, overlooking the Gihon River in the northern Green Mountains. The program offers residents and the general public an opportunity to engage with global creative communities. The residency includes mentor residents, present readings, facilitate craft talks, and give lectures that are open to the public.  Applications are juried together in a pool by a rotating jury of practicing artists and writers. 

Sunspot Lit: Call for Writers and Artists

Sunspot Lit has an Inception contest that offers $100 plus publication for the best opening. Beginnings have the power to spark passion or curiosity. A poem handles this differently than a flash piece, which handles an opening differently than a novel. The first photo, painting or frame presented in a gallery, series, or graphic novel strives for the same intent. Openings contain a spark that promises to burn. Authors and artists eligible. All genres accepted.