Open Calls for Art
CMP Mentor Call
CMP mentors are artistic practitioners who serve as advisors and guides for each student’s creative journey during this program. Mentors also serve as compassionate adult figures and role models for the students with whom they are paired. While the students select the media they would like to work with, mentors help students solve creative problems, provide feedback on their projects, and, when appropriate, provide technical and professional advice and assistance. Mentors work with the students to create and manage a program budget and oversee the project timeline to ensure the project will be finished by the exhibition date.
Contact Anthony Patterson at anthony@durhamartguild.org if you have any questions or need further assistance.
2025 DAG Gallery Shows
The calls for 2025 exhibition proposals for Truist Gallery Group Shows and Golden Belt Gallery Solo Shows open November 1 - December 1, 2024.
Group Shows should include 3+ artists for a cohesive exhibition.
Solo Show applicants should provide examples of works and a clear description of the exhibition.
This year’s jurors selecting works for our two galleries will be Lois Bronstein, Maya Ghanem, Clarence Heyward, Sanjé James, William Paul Thomas, Anna Wallace, MFA
DAG Member Show @ Golden Belt
DAG Member Show @ Brightleaf
Canvas from the Past...Informing our Futures: A DAG Members' Retrospective
Eligibility: Open to all Durham Art Guild members. Submissions must include artwork created five + years ago.
Submission Guidelines:
Must be a member of the Durham Art Guild
Artwork must be original and completed at least five years prior to this call (5 - 50+ years ago)
Acceptable media: painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media
Limit of 1 submission per artist
Provide a brief artist statement about the piece(s) and why you created it ... if you can remember.
All artwork must have a hanging system
Deadline: November 25, 2024
Exhibition Dates: TBD (December 2024/January 2025)
Artist Opportunities Throughout the Year
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Our annual member show is an opportunity for all our DAG Artist Members to exhibit in our Truist Gallery in a beautiful and highly anticipated group exhibition. This is a non-juried exhibition and each member will be allowed one (1) piece of work to automatically be entered into the showcase.
Applications will open in the Spring of 2025.
Annual Members’ Showcase
We’re excited to have brought back the annual artist market! This is an opportunity for any of our members to sign up to be a vendor (for free!) for our market held in the fall.
The 2024 Market was held on October 25 at Uhill Apartments, Durham.
Applications for 2026 will open next Fall.
Artist Market Fall 2025
This is one of the largest exhibitions of work shown all year in the Truist Gallery. Artists from anywhere, member or non-member, are invited to submit work to be juried into this historic exhibition. Applications will open in the late Summer/early Fall each year.
Annual Juried Exhibition Winter 2024
Our DAG members are tapped monthly to submit work for themed exhibitions in the Durham Bottling Company in downtown Durham. These exhibitions run 1-2 months and include receptions during Third-Friday art-walks. Any open calls for this space will be posted above.
Member Exhibitions 2024
DAG partners with local businesses and spaces around the Triangle to install artwork leased from local and regional artists. Art is selected on a rolling basis throughout the year, based on demand from partners. Any member artist can submit an application HERE to be considered for this program and artists already in the system should reach out regularly to update their application with their most recent work. Contact Dara at dara@durhamartguild.org for more information.
Art@Work 2024
Want to exhibit solo or with a group in our Truist Gallery or Golden Belt Gallery? A call is pushed out to our members in the early fall every year to submit proposals to be considered.
2024 applications are closed. The 2025 submission portal will open in the Fall of 2024.
DAG Gallery Shows
CMP mentors are artistic practitioners who serve as advisors and guides for each student’s creative journey during this program. Mentors also serve as compassionate adult figures and role models for the students with whom they are paired. While the students select the media they would like to work with, mentors help students solve creative problems, provide feedback on their projects, and, when appropriate, provide technical and professional advice and assistance. Mentors work with the students to create and manage a program budget and oversee the project timeline to ensure the project will be finished by the exhibition date.
Contact Anthony Patterson at anthony@durhamartguild.org if you have any questions or need further assistance.
2024 applications are closed. Applications for 2025 will open in late Fall of 2024.
CMP Mentors
The Durham Art Guild seeks artwork donations annually from our valued network of talented members and other community artists for our annual fundraising event. This year's Swing into Spring artwork donations will be on view in DAG’s Truist Gallery March 23 – April 5 leading up to and during the online auction. People are welcome to come see the items in person before bidding online.
All donating artists have the option to receive: a free ticket to the in-person fundraiser upon delivery of the donation AND/OR receive 25% commission on work that sells.
Swing into Spring 2025
Artist in Residence
The Artist in Residence Program provides 6 months’ of free, professional studio space at the Golden Belt Campus or Durham Bottling Co. in Durham for three local artist(s) each year. Resident Artists also receive a $1,500 stipend, regular support from local professional artists, access to DAG’s professional resources and networks, and an exhibition in the DAG Gallery at Golden Belt at the end of the residency.
Next call for applications will be Spring 2025.