Artist Resources + Opportunities

ArtWorks provides a list of artist opportunities for creatives in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. If you would like us to add an artist opportunity to this page, please fill out this form.

Please note: ArtWorks may not be affiliated with the opportunities listed. If you have questions, please reach out to the organization directly.

Resources

SofaBurn Inc

SofaBurn Inc. is dedicated to supporting artists by subsidizing healthcare costs and providing financial education to help sustain their careers. Artists can apply for financial assistance if medical expenses or debt are hindering their ability to focus on their work. To apply, artists can submit an online application, after which a volunteer from SofaBurn Inc will reach out within five business days to discuss their situation and explore ways to reduce costs. The organization’s goal is to help ease financial burdens and ensure that artists can continue creating and contributing to their communities.

For more information on how to apply or get involved, visit SofaBurn Inc.’s application page.

Opportunities

Zencinnati Wellness Collective Window Painting

Zencinnati Wellness Collective’s studio is located in OTR, they are looking to get their window painted with seasonal art for the winter. The studio is a black-owned wellness center that hosts yoga, sound baths, meditation and private events.

This is a paid opportunity. Please email Adrienne Daniels at wellness@zencinnati.com with your interest and a couple photos of your work.

Deadline to apply is 11/30/2025.

Call to Artists – Rooms of Grief

Kennedy Heights Art Center presents their latest Call to Artists for “Rooms of Grief,” an exhibition that invites artists to explore the spaces we inhabit when loss rearranges our world. Each “room” becomes a metaphor, where silence, memory, and renewal coexist. This exhibition seeks work that interprets grief not only as sorrow, but as transformation, revealing the textures, colors, and shapes of what remains and what begins again.

Co-curated by Mallory Feltz (KHAC) and Ena Nearon, Ten Talents Network.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible artists are those 18 and over who reside in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Area.

FEE: No cost to submit

DUE DATE: Submissions will be accepted until end of day Saturday, December 6, 2025.

Artists notified by December 13, 2025.

Completed entries and questions can be emailed to curator@kennedyarts.org

Full details on their website!

Bader and Simon – Mural Opportunity

Bader and Simon is a nonprofit community arts hub and gallery opening in Spring 2026 looking to paint an 80 foot long by 6 foot high mural on their concrete parking lot wall across from the entrance into the gallery. The theme of this mural will be diversity, vibrancy, and the arts in Cincinnati throughout the ages. The artist would be asked to draft designs, edit to a final design, and outline the design on the wall in a paint by numbers format as they would like to host community painting days. Their budget is $5,000 with the gallery providing mural painting supplies. They would like the project to be completed by September of 2026. Interested artists can contact them at development@baderandsimon.com

The Genesis Collection Art Exhibit

Breanne Shaw has a women’s boutique inside the Avondale Town Center, called The Genesis Collection. She is hosting a series of art exhibits, inside her space. She’d like to have artwork on display in her store, from 2-4 weeks at a time. The artwork would be available for sale by those coming to view the exhibit.

To apply reach out to Breanne Shaw directly at genesis_art_stidio@yahoo.com. Applications open until 11/30/2025.

Community Engaged Practice Programs

Arquetopia is excited to announce the launch of VAACA (Vinculacion Academica, Artistica y Comunitaria de Arquetopia), their new area of Community Engaged Practice. This initiative focuses on strengthening educational and artistic connections with diverse sectors, fostering the shared responsibility of participating in healthy cultural ecosystems. Through VAACA, they will expand their collaborations with museums and cultural institutions, share their critical perspectives, and build meaningful bridges with cultural heritage.

As part of this effort, they are introducing a series of new residencies that bring critical perspectives to artistic practice, with a special focus on non-dominant forms of knowledge that have historically been ignored. These programs highlight reciprocal learning, encourage situated practices, and invite participants to engage with culture as a living and dynamic system.

Deadline to apply: 12/31/2025

Upcoming Programs:

Botany and the Mapping of Ignorance (2026): An immersive two-week learning program that rethinks the history of botany through the lens of colonial knowledge and ecological interdependence.
Unmaking Power, Remaking Worlds: A two-week guided art program designed as a cultural ecosystem, where art, knowledge, and community practices intersect to generate new possibilities for inhabiting the world.
Day of the Dead (2026): A two-week immersive learning program centered on the practices, rituals, and ancestral knowledge of Dia de Muertos, combining Spanish language learning, tasting, and creating as pathways into cultural memory and continuity.

Through these new initiatives, Arquetopia continues to nurture critical dialogue, collective learning, and the creation of new methodologies rooted in reciprocity and cultural awareness. Don’t hesitate to contact Nayeli Hernandez for more information at intcommunity@arquetopia.org

Wet Paint Weekly

Wet Paint Weekly is an e-newsletter with writer and artist opportunities. Each week, you’ll learn about everything from church craft bazaars to tenured professorships. You’ll also learn about grants, residences, and more! Many of these gems are available for the taking, right here in our town.

Subscribe here.

To learn more reach out to Anne Skove at askove@askove.com

Titan Contemporary Publishing Curatorial Review Catalogue Publication Editions

Artists who are selected for publication are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue, written by the curator. Catalogue articles are released in editions.

Artist Feature Catalogue articles are published on the Titan Contemporary Publishing website here, Substack page here, and in linen wrap hardcover book editions.

Apply here by 12/31/2045

For more information reach out to Michael Hanna at editor@titancontemporary.net

Call to Artists for Baker Hunt/DBL Regional Art Show

running from September 19^th – February 20^th.

Open to 2D artists ages 16+. There is no fee to apply. An artist reception will be held for the public on October 1^st.

More information and application link here.

BRIDGE Call for Literary and Art Submissions

BRIDGE is Chicago’s independent, intersectional not for profit organization for art and public scholarship. They welcome submissions in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, cultural criticism, design, hybrid work, and book-length pieces and comics from established as well as emerging writers and artists.

Their two submission portals are through here and here.

Fees: $5-$25

For more submission details on their various ongoing publishing projects and live events, visit their submissions page on their website here.

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025 11:59PM

Additionally, BRIDGE accepts submissions in the form of music, dance, architecture, philosophy, and couture. However, they do not accept this work through Submittable. Please pitch ideas directly to the appropriate editorial department by emailing them at bridge.editors@gmail.com

Independence Alliance Hiring Director of Art Programming

Independence Alliance is currently seeking qualified candidates for Director of Art Programming, a leadership role focused on developing, implementing, and overseeing Art Beyond Boundaries, a visual arts program and art gallery for artists with disabilities. This position contributes to the broader mission of Independence Alliance, which is to empower people with disabilities to lead independent and inclusive lives.

Full time position – 37.5 hours per week Cincinnati, Ohio

The ideal candidate will have a BFA, or BA in graphic design, visual communications, or fine arts and/or five years of experience working in visual arts.

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

If you meet the qualifications of this position, please provide your current resume with a cover letter highlighting your skills and experience. For more information or to apply reach out to Executive Director, Rob Festenstein at rob@independencealliance.org or 513-338-5100.

Classes and Workshops

Looking to learn new skills and improve your craft? Here is a list of local community classes and workshops you can attend!

Sew Valley Education Workshops
Discover Contemporary Art Museum Programs
The Professional Practice
ProjectArt – Free Afterschool Art Classes for Youth
Indigo Hippo – Material Play: Free Creative Workshops for Youth
- Indigo Hippo is launching Material Play! A FREE, once-a-month workshop series for youth ages 10-18 (recommended, no restricition for children under 10 but request a parent or guardian present to participate). Learn new creative skills and mediums from local artists and organizations while exploring themes of personal growth, resilience and community.

Membership Opportunities

Creative Ohio
- The statewide advocacy organization that energizes the arts and creative community to crusade for deeper investment in Ohio’s creative economy from Ohio’s state legislature and administration as well as its U.S. senators and Congressional representatives.