Artist Opportunities – January 2022
Call for Art: Faces & Figures
Enter online by Monday, January 31, 2022, 3pm
Expressions of the human form bring personality to this exhibit. Drawing studies, formal portraits, everyday life subjects and other figures are presented in 2D & 3D media. Artists may enter up to 2 pieces in any medium or style.
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and the Lightner Museum have opportunities for artists! See below for details.
Individual Artist Art Ventures Grant – Deadline to Apply is February 15, 2022.
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida is pleased to announce that grant applications for individual artists are now open. Art Ventures grants are designed to help individual artists achieve the next step in their artistic and professional development. Grants of up to $3,500 will be awarded for one year. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and reside in Duval, Clay, Nassau, St. Johns, Putnam or Baker County.
Lightner Local: The Lightner Museum Artists Initiative
With support from the Benjamin and Jean Troemel Arts Foundation, the Lightner Museum announces the second year of Lightner Local. Created to showcase the extraordinary talents of artists who live in the Northeast and Central Florida regions, four artists will be awarded with solo exhibitions at the Lightner.
Painters in Northeast and Central Florida are invited to apply for solo exhibitions to be displayed in the museum’s East Room Gallery. The gallery space includes approximately 90 feet of linear wall space for hanging artwork. The Lightner will host four separate exhibitions in April, July, August, and October 2022. Each exhibition will be on display for approximately six weeks.