Visual Artist Opportunities

Artists On the Rise Contest

Montpelier Arts Center presents Artists on the Rise, an annual juried teen exhibition held in the galleries of Montpelier, designed to provide local teens with an opportunity to showcase their artistic accomplishments in a professional setting. Come on, give it a try - YOU are an artist on the rise!

We welcome 13-to 18-year-old students in public or private middle and high school or home school who are residents of Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia to enter one piece of original artwork online. There is no entry fee for this competition, and there are awards given for First Place ($200), Second Place ($150), and Third Place ($100).

Learn more and submit your work here! 

Submission Deadline: February 21, 2020

For more information contact Montpelier Arts Center at 301-377-7800 or via email.

*Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year's competition will be virtual with a physical exhibition that is expected to be by appointment only.

Pieces: A Teen Art Exhibition

How do we pick up the pieces and rebuild ourselves after abuse? With honest love, support, and helping hands. Calling teen artists to submit original art that speaks to the message of how we may be pilled apart but can also come together to stand up and break the cycle of abuse. Submit your art that showcases love, support, hope, self-worth, strength, and cpm[assion. We can pick up the pieces together!

This art call is open to teen artists ages 12 to 18. Selected artists will be featured in an online art exhibition during the Virtual No Excuse for Dating abuse event on February 11, 2021. Artwork will be judged by a panel of professional artists and art managers. The artists with the highest reviewed pieces will receive a prize. 

Submit Here!

Submission Deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021

Black History Program: Teen Exhibition

Within the Black community, there continues to exist a deep mistrust of the medical profession, which is rooted in a history of racism, exclusion, inequality, and exploitation in the nation’s systems of healthcare. This year’s exhibition will delve into this mistrust through an exploration of the history of medicine and healthcare within the African American community. It will explore a variety of subjects on the local and national levels, including the influence of West African healing and health practices on the lives of the enslaved, the exploitation of Black patients for the advancement of American medicine, the struggle of African Americans to enter the medical profession, and the success of the Black community in developing their own medical institutions as well as integrating those established by white Americans.

This exhibition of student artwork will be presented virtually.

Learn more and submit your work here!

Submission Deadline: Friday, January 22, 2021, at 11:59 pm.