Hera Gallery is looking for 52 selections of visual art that speak to invisible job descriptions most often designated to those assigned female at birth. LABOR will take place throughout the year of 2026. All selected works will be on virtual display throughout the duration of the exhibition on heragallery.org. Each week, Hera Gallery will choose one featured artist and their work from the exhibition to be posted on all social media accounts.

OPEN CALL: Evident Nature
NY, NJ, and CT artists

The Idea Kitchen, Larchmont, NY | Feb 2 - April 30, 2026
Curated by Allison Belolan

Seeking Tri-State Area artists who investigate nature with the curiosity of a scientist and the eye of an artist. They welcome work exploring botanical studies, urban ecology, scientific processes (cyanotypes, specimen documentation), natural systems, close observation of overlooked landscapes, and more.

Eligibility: NY/CT/NJ artists, 18+

Artwork: 16x20" min, 48x60" max, wall-mounted only

Submission fee: $20

Full details & submission form: allisonbelolan.com/open-call-evident-nature

The House hosts the Envelope Art Contest every year in honor of Edward Gorey’s prodigious legacy of envelope art. It is a tradition beloved by House staff and patrons alike — and deeply feared by their local postal workers.

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” – Diane Arbus
From fleeting glances to bold confrontations, street photography captures the unscripted rhythm of life. For this exhibition, they invite images that reflect the beauty, humor, tension, and humanity found in everyday moments. Whether shot in a bustling city, a small-town fair, or a quiet rural intersection, they’re looking for photographs that tell stories of people, places, and the pulse of the street.
Show them how you observe the world when life doesn’t pose—when gestures, light, and chance align in a single frame.
They look forward to seeing how you see the street.

Visionary Art Collective is partnering with Warnes Contemporary in New York City to present their annual in-person juried group exhibition, From the Ground Up, curated by Erika b Hess. Submissions are invited across all disciplines that engage landscape—urban or rural, real or imagined, material or symbolic to submit work for consideration. From the Ground Up: Contemporary Landscape is an exhibition that explores how artists investigate the landscape today.  Framed as a point of departure rather than a fixed view, the landscape becomes a jumping off point. From abstracted terrains and constructed environments to fleeting moments of light in plein air, artists engage the landscape to examine perception and how it relates to culture, politics, and memory.

All The Small Things: A Small Works Exhibition invites South Jersey artists 18 years and older to submit up to three artwork sample work images that can be translated onto a 10 inch x 10 inch cradled wooden panel. Eligible media includes drawing, painting, collage, photography, watercolor, pastel, hand-pulled prints, mosaic, glass, ceramics, metal, jewelry, and wood. Artists can also submit finished artwork created within the past two years that comply with this 10 inch x10 inch x ⅞" inch cradled wooded panel specified for use in this exhibition.

Beam Center seeks design proposals for an ambitious public artwork that will be brought to life through collaborations between youth, Beam Camp staff and the selected proposer. Projects will be realized by a community of more than 100 young people at Beam Camp in July 2026.

Beam Camp is a specialized summer camp for building and collaboration located in Strafford, NH. Their award-winning program offers youth (ages 10-17) the opportunity to cultivate hands-on skills while exploring innovative thinking, design, problem solving and the creative process.

Every year, Beam Camp solicits proposals for unique and spectacular large-scale projects that serve as the centerpiece for the 29-day session of camp.

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

The Mentorship Residency Program at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine, brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative processes while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. The program pairs a National or International artist with a Local/Regional artist to foster rich conversations, collaborations, and exchanges of experiences, knowledge, and technical skills. Artists are encouraged to work independently but are expected to dedicate 8–10 hours weekly to joint activities, including community engagement and collaborative projects. The residency provides 24-hour access to a flexible 3,000-square-foot community studio equipped for various disciplines. Visiting Artists are provided with private housing within walking distance of the studio.

The Town of Putnam, in collaboration with the Putnam Arts Council (PAC) and the Putnam Business Association (PBA), is seeking proposals for three permanent outdoor sculptures to be installed along Main Street in Downtown Putnam. These sculptures will replace former tree sites and are intended to reflect the town's creativity and natural heritage.

Compensation of up to $4,000 is available per sculpture, which includes design, fabrication, and transportation.