Artist Opportunities - October 2025
- agaskins4
- Oct 2
- 7 min read
OCTOBER 2025 ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES QUICK VIEW:
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ARTS COUNCIL OF WINSTON SALEM & FORSYTH COUNTY
SUPPORT GRANTS
Deadline for all application: October 15, 2025, 11:59 PM EST
The following grants are being offered for 2025-2026:
Arts For Everybody Community Project Grant
Arts For EveryBody Community Project Grants were designed to build upon the momentum of the national initiative One Nation One Project/Arts For EveryBody, which assessed how arts improved mental wellbeing in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. In the spirit of Arts For EveryBody, these grant funds will support artist-led and/or community-based projects that foster art participation and improve healthier communities through arts and culture. Eligible applicants can apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $35,000.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 11:59 PM EST
General Operating Support Grant
General Operating Support Grants provides unrestricted support to organizations demonstrating artistic and organizational excellence through high quality programs and services. This program recognizes organizations with strong administrative stability, fiscal responsibility and an established record of programmatic service to Forsyth County. Arts and Culture organizations are eligible to apply for grants ranging from $10,000 to $35,000. No minimum operating budget is required.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:59 PM EST
Multicultural Grassroots Arts Grants
Multicultural Grassroots Arts Grants provides programmatic support to organizations demonstrating artistic excellence and has a mission that reflects African American, Asian American, Latin American, or Native American cultures. This grant is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program and recognizes multicultural organizations with an established record of arts programs and services to Forsyth County. Arts and Culture organizations that meet the multicultural requirement below are eligible to apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $35,000.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 11:59 EST
Wells Fargo Arts-in-Education Grant
The Wells Fargo Arts-In-Education Grant connects artists and arts organizations with elementary, middle and high school students, by funding programs designed to awaken their intellectual and creative curiosity. Some funding is available for artists to conduct programs in private and charter schools. Additional support is provided by Flow Automotive Companies, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Arts Council is the largest funder of arts education in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 11:59 PM EST
The 2025-2026 Grant Applications are live on our website at https://www.intothearts.org/funding. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Shannon Stokes, VP of Strategy and Community Impact, at sstokes@intothearts.org or (336)-747-1416 or Cecile Boynton, Community Grants and Services Manager, at cboynton@intothearts.org or (336)-747-1412
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES
6TH/CHERRY/TRADE PARKING DECK MURAL
Deadline for all application: October 24, 11:59 PM
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County (WS|FC) Public Art Commission is seeking an artist or artist team to design and install a mural on the 6th-Cherry-Trade Parking Deck in downtown Winston-Salem. The budget is between $75,000 and $100,000, depending on the extent of the proposed design. Applications are due by Friday, October 24 at 11:59 PM.
For more information, visit: https://www.cityofws.org/3602/Public-Art-Opportunities
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES
RFQ MLK JR. COMMUNITY CENTER MURAL
Deadline for all application: October 24, 11:59 PM
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public Art Commission is seeking an artist or artist team to design and install a large-scale mural on the exterior of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood.
Boston-Thurmond is a historically Black residential neighborhood north of downtown Winston-Salem and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center acts as a hub for neighborhood activity, attracting residents of all ages. The community center hosts line dancing classes, cyber clubs, summer camps, and so on. Teens and kids come to play volleyball and basketball indoors or cross the street to play at the neighborhood pool during the summer. People can also enjoy the walking trails and exercise equipment outside.
The Community Center mural will become a focal point for the area. Committee members want to ensure there is a great amount of community participation in the creation of the mural to ensure long-term buy-in.
To read the full artist call, visit: https://www.cityofws.org/3602/Public-Art-Opportunities
TRIANGLE ARTWORKS
UPCOMING ARTIST WORKSHOPS
Pricing For Profit
Tuesday, October 7, 6-8 pm
Are you interested in learning more about how to price your artwork?
Are you selling your work but unsure why you are not earning what you expect?
Join Tiffany Coley and Cynthia Deis for this virtual workshop where you’ll learn how to abandon the idea of the starving artist and make a profit with your artwork. This class will cover the details of a profit-driven pricing strategy for artists. You’ll discuss pricing for your artwork or art services, wholesale vs. retail pricing, how to identify productive hours and how to approach pricing to achieve a desired income level from your work. The class will work through pricing using a business case study and the details of pricing You will leave with a method to price your work, including a downloadable file that can be used when pricing your own work. Learn more here.
Optimizing Your Online Presence for Artists and Crafters
Thursday, October 9th, 6-8 pm
Are you an artist who struggles with where to start with creating your website? Are you struggling with finding other ways to show your brand online but are unsure where to start?
Join Cami Leisk in this seminar where she’ll walk you through these questions and more.
Define the main pillars of a successful website,
Demystify SEO (search engine optimization), and
Explore best practices for setting up and maintaining a web shop
At the close of this segment, participants will have a clearer understanding of their next steps towards a vibrant online presence, and the confidence to move forward with tips and tricks in their back pockets. Participants will be provided site skeleton worksheets, a workshop overview and handout with notes and best practices. Learn more here.
Getting the Grant
Wednesday, November 5th, 6-8 pm
If you've ever wondered how to navigate the world of arts funding, Getting the Grant for Artists and Performers is the workshop for you. Whether you’re a visual artist or a performing artist, this two-hour virtual session will demystify the grant application process and help you feel more confident when pursuing opportunities that can support and sustain your creative work. Led by acclaimed cellist, singer-songwriter, and teaching artist Shana Tucker, this session will walk you through how to read and interpret grant applications, submission best practices, and creative ways to help your application stand out from the rest. Learn more here.
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES
HOLIDAY SEASON PREPARATION
Deadline for all application: October 24, 11:59 PM
For information about services, programs and to register for counseling, visit: www.forsythtech.edu/SBC
Schedule an appointment: https://calendly.com/mlarson-forsythsbc
The SBC CONFERENCE ROOM MUST BE RESERVED TROUGH NELL PERRY, NPERRY@FORSYTHTECH.EDU. (336) 757-3801.
Also, appointments are suggested for counseling.
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF WINSTON SALEM
CALL FOR ART
Exhibit Deadlines:
Next Monday, Sept 15 - Call For Art: Benton Convention Center Fall/Winter
Thursday, Oct 9 - Call For Art: Layers & Perspectives
Layers and Perspectives gives you the opportunity to show your work in many ways of seeing and allows the viewer to explore the artwork from all levels. This is a loose theme and open for interpretation
Application Deadline: 9 October 2025 by 11:59 PM ET
Tuesday, Oct 21 - Call For Art: Mediums in Motion
For this upcoming exhibition at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, we invite artists across all media—2D, 3D, digital, kinetic, and mixed media—to explore the essence of motion. Consider how movement dances through form and color, how it stirs the still, guides the eye, or breathes life into the inanimate.
Application Deadline: 21 October 2025 by 11:59 PM ET
Tuesday, Oct 28 - Call For Art: Artist Spotlight 2025
Once a year, the Associated Artists of Winston-Salem (AAWS) furnishes the Main Gallery of Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts for a highly competitive juried exhibit called ARTIST SPOTLIGHT. This exhibition showcases recent bodies of 2-D and 3-D work from a select number of AAWS members. Monetary awards will be given to the winners of First, Second, and Third place.
Application Deadline: 28 October 2025 by 11:59 PM ET
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF WINSTON SALEM
WORKSHOPS
Thursday, Sept 25 - Beyond Brushstrokes: 100 Ways to Make Your Mark, 9:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday, Oct 7 - Lunch & Learn: Make Your Own Simple Notebook, 11:30am-1pm
Thursday, Oct 9 - Finishing School: Presenting Your Artwork in a Professional Manner, 9:30am-12:30pm
Learn how to present your artwork professionally so it stands out and gets noticed. We will cover critiquing and editing your work, entering shows, working in a series to create a cohesive collection, and how to put the finishing touches on your completed artwork for display in exhibits and galleries… without breaking the bank!
Sunday, Oct 12 - Words As Art with Calligrapher Joyce Teta, 1-4pm
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF WINSTON SALEM
ARTIST MEETUPS/GRANTS
Saturday, Sept 20 - Q3 Bill Edwards Grant Deadline (more below)
Sunday, Sept 21 - Monthly Artist Meet-Up, 2-3:30pm
Sunday, Oct 19 - Monthly Artist Meet-Up, 2-3:30pm
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