Artist Calls

Makers Market 2025
Annual holiday market at the Esther Webster Gallery

Deadline: August 8, 2025 | No Entry Fee

The Wintertide Makers Market connects shoppers with inspiring locally-made gifts in a peaceful natural setting. Artists residing in Clallam and Jefferson counties are invited to apply to be a part of this three weekend market in the stunning Esther Webster Gallery.

Grants for Artists Projects (GAP)
Washington State resident grant program

Deadline: June 23, 2025 | Artist Trust

Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) are unrestricted project-based grants of $1,500 awarded to 65 artists working in all disciplines across Washington State. Funding may be used for but not limited to artist fees, materials, equipment, space rental, travel for research, documentation, professional development opportunities, marketing and promotion, support to continue a current project, support to start a new project, and many other needs related to your project. 

Strait from the Artist Studio Tour
Invitation to participate in the 4th Annual Strait from the Artist Studio Tour

Deadline: July 1, 2025 | Event Date: November 8th & 9th

Strait from the Artists Studio Tour is a self-guided, free and open to the public, tour of multiple artist studios and exhibition spaces from along the inspiring Strait of Juan de Fuca, which includes the Sequim and Port Angeles Cultural Corridors. Attendees can visit, view, and learn directly from the artists about their diverse creative processes and the imaginative community-minded efforts of their work.

Submit your application to partake in opening your studio on this special weekend, or join with a few other artists at a collective venue. Each artist applies themselves. The deadline for applying is July 1, 2025 which includes a per artist $40 registration fee.

85th Annual Northwest Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition
Exhibition at Yuan Ru Gallery in Bellevue, WA

Deadline: July 10, 2025 | Juried by Frank Uber

Renown award winner Frank Ever will jury the 85th Annual Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) International Open Exhibition. This in-gallery show will be held at Yuan Ru Gallery in Bellevue, Washington from November 8th-December 1st, 2025. Watermedia artists are invited to enter their best works by July 10th, 2025.