AUDITIONS: Saturday, March 25th from 12-3 PM CALLBACKS: Sunday, March 26th from 5-8 PM THE AUDITION: Initial auditions will begin with a dance call at 12:00 p.m. SHARP. Please arrive with enough time to warm up and stretch, and come ready to move with appropriate footwear (sneakers, jazz shoes, character shoes, etc.). For the vocal...

The annual Corn Hill Arts Festival promotes the creation of original art, encourages community cohesiveness and raises funds for the Corn Hill Neighbors Association and community. With approximately 350 talented artists and fine craftspeople, and an impressive offering of a variety of food and musical entertainment, this unique outdoor festival springs to life annually on...

USArtists International supports in-person and virtual performances by American artists at engagements at international festivals and global presenting arts marketplaces outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. USArtists International is designed to encourage the presence of U.S. performing artists on international stages and in...

Create! Magazine is thrilled to announce an open for international print issue #38, juried by Maria Brito. Get your work in front of a leading contemporary art advisor, entrepreneur, author and curator.We are thrilled to announce an open call for entries curated by Maria Brito for print issue #38, due out by the end of summer...

Anthropology of Motherhood (AoM) is seeking works of art and design focused on Deaf and Disability culture and its synchronicity with the culture of care and maternal feminism. We are calling on artists and artist-caregivers of persons who identify as d/Deaf, d/Disabled, Blind, Crip, Neurodivergent to submit works in all media and innovative use of...

The New York State DanceForce, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, is publicly seeking 3 new members. The New York State DanceForce is a statewide consortium of 19 dance activists committed to increasing the quantity and quality of dance activity throughout New York State. Each member receives annual funding (currently $10,000)...

Sarah’s Country Barn’s FALL FEST 2023 is October 14th, 2023 at Ontario Fireman’s Exempt Field (1840 State Route 104, Ontario, NY), 9AM – 5PM. If you’re a local artisan based in New York,  apply to be a part of our event. Established with hopes to connect local sellers to local buyers, Sarah’s Country Barn gives...

ROC ARTS UNITED invites NY-based artists to create public mosaics in the Upper Falls neighborhood of Rochester. The total project budget of $80,000 will be used to cover the cost of two or more mosaic artworks. Up to 5 finalists will be paid to create proposals, and a single artist/team will be selected from those...

The Signpost Fellowship is a six-month situation intended for a person of color age 18 or over who’s interested in shadowing a professional playwright or screenwriter of color. What that looks like is entirely up to you and your Writer-Mentor but could involve: ​being invited to meetings, auditions, rehearsals, and events giving and receiving feedback on...

Located in Cornish and at the country’s premier cartooning college, The Cornish CCS Residency is designed to create a focused and inspiring environment for cartoonists in order to create exceptional work. Cornish is located 16 miles from The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) in rural New Hampshire. We are currently taking applications for the following...

The City of Rochester (“City”) recently submitted an application to the first round of the Bloomberg Public Art Challenge. The City is seeking organizations and artists to collaborate with the City on further development of the project proposal. In the event that the City is selected as a finalist and invited to apply to the...

This is an artist call intake (no fee collected) application for artists interested in this event starting in the Spring of 2023. This Artists Open Market will filled with unique fine artists, makers and craftsmanship of functional and decorative arts, in the heart of downtown Rochester NY, at Innovation Square; a festive community experience that...

We—new directors, Donna Davenport and Nanako Horikawa Mandrino–are seeking contemporary dance/experimental works by independent artists; companies; faculty; graduate students; and community-based groups. Together we’ll create two shared programs. Mutual support and generosity are central to this annual dance festival, produced in a small community theater, the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) on 142 Atlantic Ave. in...

Each summer Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6×6 exhibition brings together thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international & local artists, designers, youth and YOU. Each artist may enter up to four artworks of any medium except glitter (2D or 3D). Artworks must be six inches square (15cm) and signed only on the...

The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) will support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence,...

Join us for a deeply creative and communal week among the hills, sun, sheep, bells, and monks at Mt. Saviour monastery in upstate NY.⁠ ⁠ Who should apply? Let’s see… artists, musicians, writers, poets, performers, plein air painters, pianists, collage artists, actors, mixed-media artists, performance artists, essayists, art teachers, comedians, playwrights, actors, jugglers…should we go...

Artists from across the United States are invited to apply for spaces at the 2023 M&T Bank Clothesline Festival. Now in its 67th year, the juried fine arts festival showcasing more than 375 artists will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 9th and 10th. Rochester’s largest and longest-running fine arts festival continues to evolve. Originating...

Vayo Collage Gallery is pleased to announce the open call for its 4th international exhibition of collage art, to take place in Rochester, New York from June 3–24, 2023. NEW DIMENSIONS IN COLLAGE aims to disrupt the notion that fine art comes in a flat, four-sided shape. This exhibition will challenge the way we see collage,...

We are excited to invite composers to enter the 2023 VOCES8 Composition Competition. We are looking for a new unaccompanied choral work which shows sensitivity in responding to words, a distinctive musical style and fluency in writing for unaccompanied voices. Shortlisted entries will be judged anonymously by a panel including composers Jonathan Dove, Roxanna Panufnik...

Rochester Documentary Filmmakers (RocDocs) is a collaborative of creative production professionals and amateurs focused on non-fiction storytelling. Based in Rochester, New York, we offer filmmakers the opportunity to screen their films in progress and receive constructive critiques, learn about the many aspects of filmmaking, and access industry news and resources to help them succeed. Rochester...

AUDITIONS: Monday, May 15th from 6-10 PM** CALLBACKS: Wednesday, May 17th from 6-9 PM **INITIAL AUDITIONS WILL BE COMBINED WITH JCC SUMMERSTAGE @ 1200 EDGEWOOD AVE; CALLBACKS WILL TAKE PLACE AT BLACKFRIARS THEATRE THE AUDITION: Initial auditions at the JCC will begin with a dance call at 6:00 p.m. SHARP. Please arrive with enough time...

OVERVIEW Funding decisions for the Genesee Valley Arts Grants are made by a process of peer review. All panels are selected, trained, and administered by GVCA (Genesee Valley Council on the Arts) staff. Genesee Valley Arts Grants Panelists are comprised of community leaders and arts and cultural professionals with a commitment to the development of...

Jazz Road Tours supports small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre. This artist-centric grant program—designed to support approximately 50 tours each year—is made possible with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Mellon Foundation. Grant amounts generally range...

The Corn Hill Arts Festival is a two-day festival that has become a fabric of the Rochester community and a venue for new and emerging artists to come on to the scene. The Festival, which takes place over nine streets, showcases hundreds of established artists from across the country, as well as talented musicians from near and...

Submit your work for consideration to our upcoming exhibition, which will focus on inspiration taken from the natural world. This call for work will result in an invitational group exhibition and all media and interpretations of the theme are welcome. Artists may submit up to 10 pieces and are encouraged to submit that many, as...

WXXI Public Media and the Little Theatre are proud to sponsor the Rochester Teen Film Festival, a collaborative, juried media competition for youth (13-18 years old) in the Rochester region. The screening and awards ceremony will be held on August 3, 2023 at the Little Theatre. All submissions are judged by a jury and finalists...

The Festival of New American Music brings extraordinary musicians to Sacramento, California, each year to present high-quality performances of a broad body of recently composed or improvised music by some of America’s most exciting artists. 2023 marks the 46th annual Festival! Through public concerts, educational events, and outreach, the Festival serves three principal communities: those...