Week of April 1, 2026
The Resource Roundup is a twice-monthly blog series highlighting new and current opportunities for artists and arts and culture organizations.
Have an opportunity to share?
Contact Community Engagement Strategist Calie Bain at calie@richmondcultureworks.org.
Arts and Culture Networking Mixer
Join CultureWorks for the 2026 Spring Arts & Culture Networking Mixer!
Date/Time: Monday, May 18 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Visual Arts Center of Richmond (1812 W Main St.)
Celebrate springtime with connection and community-building!
Meet or reconnect with fellow artists and arts and culture administrators and leaders. Spark new, unexpected collaborations.
Guests can look forward to a tour of VisArts' facilities and available resources and hear from representatives from Sportsbackers about upcoming efforts to bring arts and culture to the Fall Line Trail.
Questions? Contact Community Engagement Strategist Calie Bain at calie@richmondcultureworks.org.
Children’s museum seeking creative in residence
Deadline: April 6, 2026
The Creative in Residence (CiR) this year will focus on creating a mural on a wall inside the Chesterfield museum location. We are open to using various mediums. The selected candidate will lead creative workshops and art activities for children and families as well as participate in events. This individual should be passionate about the role creativity plays in early childhood education and eager to engage the public with their skills. The CiR program creates opportunities for children and families to observe and interact with art and an emerging or professional creative.
2027 Mary B. Howard Invitational Call for Artists
Every two years, Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art(Tephra ICA) presents the Mary B. Howard Invitational, a group exhibition featuring the work of regional contemporary artists.
Regional artists working in any medium are invited to submit their qualifications in consideration of the 2027 Mary B. Howard Invitational Exhibition.
Exhibition dates: June 12–September 11, 2027
Deadline to apply: May 1, 2026
This year, Guest Organizer Tariq Allana will work with the selected artists to develop a group exhibition, for which each artist creates and presents new work.
This open call invites artists to respond to the idea of ‘assimilation’ as a complex and layered condition— that includes regional, social, political, historical, and material interventions. It is a concept that suggest not only as inclusion, but also serves as a site of tension, negotiation, and resistance.
Eligibility Requirements
• Artist must live or work in Washington, DC; Maryland; or Virginia
• Artist must pay a $25 application fee
• Artist must have availability during the first two weeks of December 2024 for installation and exhibition opening
For more information and to apply, click here.
Loudon County Public Schools Seeking Submissions for Mural and Sculpture Projects
Loudoun County Public Schools (“LCPS”) seeks submissions for the design, creation, and placement of a sculpture of Benjamin Banneker seated on a bench placed along the front sidewalk of Banneker Elementary School.
For more information, click here.
LCPS also seeks submissions for the design, creation, and placement of a mural on the outside wall of the gym at Banneker Elementary School.
For more information, click here.
Artists may submit for consideration by May 12 at 2:00 pm.
Art Works Call for Entires for Art in Bloom
Art in Bloom, presented in collaboration with the Historic Richmond Foundation during Virginia Historic Garden Week, will bring the season indoors. We’re looking for artists from across Virginia to share their interpretation of the natural world — in any medium.
The juried exhibition opens April 17, 2026, in the Center Gallery at Art Works and runs through May 16, 2026. There are cash prizes.
If you’ve been inspired by gardens, blossoms, landscapes, as well as the architecture of Richmond, this is your invitation
Deadline: April 4, 2026
Submit your work through the online entry form.
Call for Entries for 2026 Appalachian Nature Art & Photography Competition and Exhibition
Appalachian Nature Art & Photography Competition & Exhibition, a juried regional competition celebrating nature across Appalachia, invites artists and photographers age 18 and older who reside in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC to enter.
There are over $2000 in prizes. Eligible submissions include two-dimensional artwork and photography depicting nature in Appalachia—landscapes, plants, wildlife, and other natural subjects. While eligibility is limited to residents of the four-state region, entries may portray nature from any Appalachian state.
Entry Deadline: April 7, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, May 15, 2026
Exhibition Dates: May 15 – June 20, 2026
For more information and to apply, click here.