Performing, visual and literary artists are in constant demand in California, and the California Arts Council’s website is designed to help streamline the search for artistic talent. Take a look at their current listing of artist calls by the categories noted below. Public Art calls may be found on the Public Art Calls page. Artist Call listings that do not have set deadlines have been set with a “January 1, 2012″ deadline for listing purposes.
http://www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/ for details
Dollhouse
San Francisco Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-31-2010
Painting for Paws
Sacramento Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-01-2010
Call for Entries
Merced Visual Arts
Deadline: 01-01-2011
Innovations in Fiberart V
Sebastopol Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-11-2010
Painting Only
Palo Alto Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-04-2010
Steve Larsen Plaza Public Art
Davis General/mixed
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Call for Entries
Benicia Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-01-2010
35C -35 Women Artists for a Cause
Sacramento Visual Arts
Deadline: 08-21-2010
Expressive Figure Drawing: A creative workshop in multimedia figure drawing on paper
San Luis Obispo Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-28-2010
27th Annual National Juried Show
Redding Other
Deadline: 10-30-2010
Open Call: A Sensory Feast
San Francisco Visual Arts
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Art Fair San Franicsco
San Francisco Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-01-2010
Request For Proposals – Downtown Park Plaza Landmark
Tracy Visual Arts
Deadline: 08-18-2010
Call for Entries – 2010 Bay Area Annual Juried Exhibition
Pacifica Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-14-2010
Activate an Issue / Deactivate a Problem
San Jose General/mixed
Deadline: 08-23-2012
Un-Speak-Able, an exhibit of artist books
Corvallis Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-01-2010
Artist Call-Alphonse Berber Gallery
San Francisco Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-01-2010
Painting Only
Palo Alto Visual Arts
Deadline: 09-04-2010
Open call to artists to present at RoboGames
San Francisco Other
Deadline: 04-05-2011
Gendered Images: The Feminine Divine
Berkeley Visual Arts
Deadline: 11-05-2010
Mapworks: the Map as Art
Sebastopol Visual Arts
Deadline: 08-30-2011
Exhibition in Print
Santa Rosa Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-01-2010
Gallery II Screening for 2011
Sebastopol Visual Arts
Deadline: 08-20-2010
Alphonse Berber Gallery / Call to Artists
Berkeley General/mixed
Description
Deadline: 09-12-2010
Artist In Residence Program, Recology San Francisco
San Francisco General/mixed
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Visions In Clay
Stockton Visual Arts
Deadline: 01-01-2012
El Cerrito City Hall Gallery Space Exhibition Opportunity
City of El Cerrito Museum/Public Facility
Deadline: 01-30-2011
Call for all Bay Area Artists for Large-scale Public Art Display
Los Angeles Visual Arts
Deadline: 05-10-2011
Local Wonder 2 Art by Tenderloin Artists
San Francisco General/mixed
Deadline: 12-31-2010
2011 Visions from the New California Awards
statewide, several locations Visual Arts
Deadline: 05-15-2011
“Featured Artists” international art book
Visual Arts
Deadline: 10-31-2010
Art exhibition opportunities
Oakland, CA Visual Arts
Deadline: 01-01-2011
Public Art Call for Entries
San Rafael Visual Arts
Deadline: 01-01-2012
80th Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit
Santa Cruz Visual Arts
Deadline: 12-31-2010
