Fall + Winter 2023 | Creative Opportunities in Colorado
Union Hall seeks to make professional creative opportunities accessible to the public and support the development of the arts in the state of Colorado. This list was created for those who are looking to broaden their experiences, get more eyes on their work, focus on their practice, or acquire funding for projects. Scroll down to view opportunities in the categories of fellowships & residencies, calls for entry, and grants. The calls for entry sections contains availability in the areas of public art and exhibitions.
Some of the deadlines are right around the corner! While this list focuses on opportunities with deadlines within the fall and winter of 2023 into 2024, many of the residences and exhibitions do not take place until later in 2024 or beyond. Be sure to check all of the activity dates for each opportunity before applying.
This is a living blog; check back regularly for additions or changes. Union Hall is not affiliated with the organizations listed on this blog. For specific questions regarding content on this list please contact the organizations directly.
Residencies
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Fellowships
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Residencies // Fellowships //
Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellowship
Applications close on September 18, 2023 | Aspen
Availability: 6
Eligibility: local
Duration: 9 months
The Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellowship provides a mentored professional development opportunity for six artists (from emerging to established) living and working in the extended Roaring Fork Valley. Over the course of the program artist fellows develop a project and share their work with the community in a public program. Both emerging and established artists are encouraged to apply.
Elsewhere Studio Artist Residency
Rolling admission: booking August 2023 - February 2024 | Paonia, Colorado
Availability: 4 - 6
Eligibility: Global
Duration: monthly to month
Financial Support: various scholarships available
Entry fee: $25.00
Elsewhere hosts artists from around the world and provides them with the opportunity to focus on their work in a unique and supportive environment. Elsewhere is a choose-your-own-adventure style residency and there is minimal oversight. The esidency program welcomes artists, artist pairs, collectives as well as parent artists. Those working in visual art, writing, poets, composition/ music, science, teaching, and more at any stage of their creative career can apply. Limited scholarships are available. Underrepresented folks and those with financial need are encouraged to apply.
Land Line: Artist Residency Program
Applications close on October 31, 2023 | Denver Botanic Gardens
Availability: varies each year
Eligibility: regional
Duration: 2-3 months
Financial Support: $3,500 honorarium
Entry fee: none
This artist residency program is dedicated to supporting artists who foster appreciation, understanding and stewardship of the natural world. Land Line’s format allows artists to maintain other professional pursuits while being supported by the residency. Artists working in a variety of media in the visual arts will be considered. The Gardens seeks to support and strengthen diverse perspectives—people in the LGBTQ community and from various racial and ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Artists outside of Colorado can conduct the majority of their residency remotely, but will be required to visit in person at least once.
Center for the Arts Evergreen’s Artist-in-Residence Program
Applications close September 15, 2023 | Evergreen
Eligibility: International
Duration: 12 weeks
Financial Support: $250 stipend per month ($750 total)
Entry fee: $40.00
This program offers the opportunity for emerging and established artists to foster creativity and community engagement while developing both new works and works-in-progress. All artist mediums are encouraged to apply. Residents will be provided housing, private studio space, and teaching and sales opportunities. Residencies are offered 3 times per year. Each artist will develop and facilitate a community program related to their residency plan.
2024 Open Residency Proposals at Green Box
Applications close on October 15, 2023 | Green Mountain Falls
Eligibility: international
Duration: 1 month
Financial Support: stipends ranging from $9,000 - $15,000
The Green Box Artist in Residence program offers artists from diverse disciplines, and at any stage in their career the opportunity to create new works during Open Project Residencies. Open to individual artists as well as duos and trios. In addition to the application for Open Projects, Green Box is seeking proposals for a specific project residency that will design and create a Period Room. Private housing in a shared housing facility will be provided. Stipends are the same for both opportunities.
Art on the Street Fellowship
Applications close on November 2, 2023 | Colorado Springs
Availability: Up to 2 fellowships
Eligibility: Pikes Peak region (El Paso or Teller counties of Colorado)
Duration: 7 months
Financial Support: $2,000 stipend (paid after installation). Up to $3,500 to defray fabrication costs
The Art on the Streets Fellowship program is designed to provide pathways to entry into public art for Pikes Peak region visual artists. Seeking artists without significant experience in public art, who represent the diversity of voices in the Pikes Peak region, and want to expand their artistic practice to include public art.
Children’s Museum Artist-in-Residence Program
Applications close on October 31, 2023 | Denver, Colorado
Eligibility: Regional
Duration: 3 months
Financial support: $1,000/mo for the duration of the residency + materials stipend up to $1,000
Entry fee: none
This program provides an opportunity for families who visit the Museum to observe and create with professional artists through open studio hours. Artists will design a custom piece for the Museum. The Program is open to professional artists working in a variety of media including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, clay, textiles, illustration and digital media. In addition to working on-site in the studio and participating in museum programming, artists will create a piece of art, other artifact or product exhibition that will remain part of the growing community art collection at the Museum.
The Residency Project @ 1303
Applications close on January 15, 2024 | Silverton, Colorado
Eligibility: International
Duration: 2 weeks
Financial support: Accommodations, studio space, grocery essentials and some transportation support are provided
Entry fee: $25.00
The Retreat @ 1303 is not medium-specific or production-oriented and is perfect for creative practitioners from many different disciplinary backgrounds or with a cross-disciplinary practice. Residents are encouraged to use this opportunity to research, reflect, connect with their cohort, explore both in and outside of the studio, and to gather inspiration for current and/or upcoming projects. Artists at any stage of their career are welcome to apply. Applicants are welcome to apply with your intimate partner or a collaborative partner if both parties maintain a creative practice, either collaborative or independent from one another.
Willowtail Residency
Rolling Deadlines | Mancos
Eligibility: local, national and international applicants
Duration: 1 or 2 weeks
Financial Support: Apply for full or partial scholarships
This residency has has rolling deadlines and residency dates, so there’s some flexibility built into it. Applicants must be an emerging, established or mid-career practitioner in the visual arts, performing arts, film/multi-media, literature, music, ecology or natural sciences.Following the residency, participants must deliver a “community offering” within one year—this could be a lecture, an exhibition, or something else. Willowtail is looking for individual practitioners as well as two residents in different mediums to participate in a collaborative Residency.
Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence
Applications close on February 6, 2023 | Crested Butte
Availability: 5
Eligibility: National
Duration: 1 month
Entry fee: none
Financial Support: $5,000 stipend + lodging
The Mountain Words Writers-in-Residence program invites writers to Crested Butte for a month of focused writing. There will be a public celebration of completed works at The Mountain Words Literary Festival. Applications from writers working in multiple genres, and are particularly keen to hear from those of underrepresented communities, and candidates who self-identify as disabled are encouraged to apply.
Call For Entry
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24 Road & G Road Roundabout Gateway Art - Grand Junction
Deadline to apply is October 2, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: Colorado artists
Entry Fee: none
Budget: $136,500
This is an opportunity for an artist or an artist team to be part of a landscape design team and to create unique outdoor public art for the new traffic roundabout. The artwork should be able to be appreciated in a drive-by setting, dynamic, distinctive, bold, lively, and large. The artwork can reflect or represent the natural environment, water, local landscape, and scenic features, and/or can be very abstract, colorful, and geometric in design.
An eye not told what to see, sees more...
Deadline to apply is September 10, 2023
Type: Exhibition
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: $35.00
Bitfactory Gallery in the Santa Fe Art District of Denver is accepting a national call for entry for the An Eye not Told what to See, Sees More… exhibition to be held September 29 - October 12, 2023. Entries must be original art in any form of two-dimensional media, including photography, painting, collage, fiber/textile, mixed media, wood, glass, and printed works for which the artist's hand manipulated the plates, stones or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition. Bitfactory Gallery will retain a 30% commission of all sales.
CU Boulder Hellem Arts & Sciences Building - Request for Qualifications
Deadline to apply is September 26, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
Budget: $$255,000
The committee is looking for artworks that address one or more of the potential locations within the Hellems Arts and Sciences Building. Among the locations available for artwork are wall-mounted opportunities and one ceiling-hung location. The building cannot accommodate 3-D sculptural artworks on the floor of any spaces. The committee is interested in multiple artworks from multiple artists; the total budget will be split between multiple commissions, in amounts to be determined. Diversity in artists and type of artworks is desired to best represent the diversity of CU Boulder’s students.
City of Wheat Ridge: Ward Road Station Public Art
Deadline to apply is September 29, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
Budget: $160,000
Qualifications are requested from qualified artists and/or artist teams interested in creating site-specific public artworks(s) for the Ward Road Station Public Art project, located in the city of Wheat Ridge. This is a multi-site project and the budget will be split between all site locations. A short list of semifinalists will be invited to prepare and present a design proposal or an interview. Semi-finalists will be paid an honorarium of between $750-1500 (depending on artists’ residence) for the design and presentation of the proposal.
Firehouse Open Call for 2024
Deadline to apply is September 30, 2023
Type: Exhibitions
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: $35.00
Firehouse Arts Center in Logmont is accepting proposals for the 2024 exhibition calendar. Preference is given to submissions that are culturally relevant with a unique perspective and the ability to provide a diverse art experience. Cutting edge contemporary work and multi-disciplinary artists are strongly encouraged. Group exhibitions and curatorial proposals are welcomed, as well as solo exhibition proposals from established and emerging artists in all mediums.
Dairy Arts Center Annual Call for Art 2024 - 2025
Deadline to apply is October 15, 2023
Type: Exhibition
Eligibility: Local
Entry fee: $40.00
The Dairy Arts Center invites artists who work in all visual art mediums to submit for consideration. Selected applicants will work with Curator of Visual Arts, Drew Austin, to develop and program exhibitions to be shown between September 2024 - August 2025. Applications may be submitted for an individual artist, a group of artists/collective, or a curated exhibition of artists. All visual art mediums are acceptable for entry.
City of Lafayette Gallery Walls - 2024
Deadline to apply is October 19, 2023
Type: Exhibition
Eligibility: Local
Entry fee: None
The City of Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources Department invites Colorado artists to submit work for display in a City facility. All works must be suitable to be hung in a public space. 2-dimensional media preferred. Wall-hung 3-dimensional media will be reviewed on a case by case, and space available basis. Artwork will be selected by a panel of City staff members. Preference given to local, Colorado artists.
Art on the Street 2024 Call for Outdoor Sculptures
Deadline to apply is October 24, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: None
Award: $500 - $1,200
Exhibit your sculpture outdoors in Old Town Lafayette, Colorado for one year. If your sculpture is selected by the Public Art Committee the honorarium is $1,200 for a one year installation. Twenty Art on the Street sculpture locations to fill. Three additional prizes are awarded each year: the $1000 Jean Mellblom Award for Artistic Excellence; the $500 People's Choice Award; and the $500 Most Inspiring! Award.
Art in the Galleria at Loveland Public Library (2024)
Deadline to apply is October 31, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: Regional
Entry fee: None
The Art Selection Committee of the Loveland Public Library seeks art by Colorado artists or artist teams for 2024 exhibits in the Galleria vitrines. The inside dimensions of the display cases are 69” H x 21” W x 19” D. Artwork must work well within the limits of the display case, and the hanging systems allowed limit weight of hanging art to 16 pounds. Art work selected in 2023 will be on display for one of four three-month periods in 2024. Applicants must reside in Colorado.
2023 General Call for Portfolios and Exhibit Proposals
Deadline to apply is December 31, 2023
Type: Exhibition
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: $35.00
The Lincoln Center, an arts center in Fort Collins, is seeking proposals for solo and group exhibitions in all media from artists and curators for exhibitions through 2024. Artists or curators selected for exhibition may be asked to present an educational program that relates to the exhibition. The Lincoln Center may elect to combine multiple applicants for group exhibitions and will determine the amount of support or honorarium for the artist(s).
Impressed 2024: National Juried Printmaking Exhibition
Deadline to apply is January 28, 2024
Type: Exhibition
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: $25.00
Awards: $50 - $400
Art Gym Gallery is inviting artists to submit work to the 6th Impressed national juried printmaking exhibit. Launched in 2016, Impressed celebrates a cross-section of both traditional and alternative printmaking methods being used in contemporary printmaking from artists of all professional levels. This exhibition runs in conjunction with Denver’s Month of Printmaking (Mo’Print). Four cash prizes will be awarded, selected by the juror and the Art Gym Gallery Curator.
Lands & Lifestyles: Art of the West
Deadline to apply is September 15, 2023
Type: Exhibitions
Eligibility: National
Entry fee: $40.00
Life in the West Art Gallery invites artists to participate in a juried Exhibition and Sale showcasing images of the West. The objective of this Exhibition and Sale is to showcase the Landscape and the Lifestyles of the people living in the West, today and in the past. All styles of 2D and 3D artwork will be considered except for jewelry. 30% of sales is retained by the Gallery
Exterior Mural Project for Blue Federal Credit Union & Blue Sport Stable
Deadline to apply is September 13, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
Budget: $1,500 design stipend
Blue Federal Credit Union and Blue Sport Stable is seeking design qualification applications for a future mural on the main exterior wall near the entrance of the Blue Sports Stable in Superior, CO. Experienced mural artists are eligible to apply and to be considered for the site-specific design commission. The selected design will be professionally vinyl printed and installed by a print contractor. Semi-finalists will be paid a stipend of $1,500 each to prepare and present a mural design proposal.
2023 Lone Tree Cabinet Wrap Program
Deadline to apply is September 12, 2023
Type: Public Art
Eligibility: Local
Budget: $500
the Lone Tree Arts Commission seeks to beautify the many traffic signal and utility boxes placed within the city through the selection of original designs from area artists. The selected designs will be printed on vinyl and will cover the box. Must be a Colorado resident. Each artist or team may submit up to three ideas. Two designs will be selected. All work should be finalized artwork, not conceptual. $500 will be awarded to each artist/group selected.
Tell Me a Story: The Role of Storytelling in Photography - CPAC Juried Show
Deadline to apply is September 22, 2023
Type: Photography
Eligibility: International
Entry fee: $40.00
This exhibition explores how photographs tell stories through the depiction of objects, people, and places. It asks which stories are important to tell now as well as how photography can tell stories in compelling and honest ways. In photography books and exhibitions, narratives are often constructed by sequencing multiple images. This exhibition focuses on how single photographs can summarize or represent larger narratives and stand on their own.
Grants
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Awards
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Grants // Awards //
Foundwork Artist Prize
Deadline to apply is September 26, 2023
Availability: 1 Honoree, 3 Shortlist
Compensation: $10,000
Entry fee: $12 - subscription to Foundwork Website
The Foundwork Artist Prize is an annual juried award for emerging and mid-career artists worldwide working in any media. Honorees receive unrestricted $10,000 grants and studio visits with our jurors who include distinguished curators, gallerists, and artists. To be considered, you will need to maintain a published artist profile on Foundwork, with at least 6 artworks and an artist statement published on your profile page. Selections are made on the basis of artistic merit, which they define as demonstrating a critical engagement with, and making a distinctive contribution to, one’s chosen media.
JustFilms supports independent film and emerging media projects that explore urgent social justice issues and seek to challenge inequality in all its forms. We also support the organizations and networks that help further these projects. Funds are distributed in two areas, social justice storytelling and 21st-century infrastructure, which together aim to transform pervasive narratives that produce and maintain inequality, and attract more resources for artist-driven creative visual storytelling around the world.
2023 ArtPark Satellite Studios Program
Deadline to apply is October 1, 2023
Availability: 8
Rent: $250/month per studio
Satellite Studios at ArtPark provide local emerging and mid-career artists a space to grow their practice and connect with community. The ArtPark campus will be managed by RedLine and subleased to emerging and mid-career artists for one year with a one year option to renew. RedLine is prioritizing artists from all backgrounds who have connections to the surrounding neighborhoods including Five Points, Globeville-Elyria-Swansea, Cole and Whittier. Studios range from 150-180 sq. ft. Lease-terms will begin on November 1, 2023. Selected applicants must also be willing to participate in an active community of artists and program partners that share the campus.