We Want to Support You,
Our Local Visual, Musical and Literary Artists!
Heights Arts is always looking for new artists from Northeast Ohio to promote through our ongoing Visual Arts, Music and Literary programming. We aim to connect these groups with audiences by providing exhibitions, concerts, poetry events, a year-round and Holiday Store, and programs which support the creativity that reflects our community.
Interested in volunteering at one of our events? Learn more here.
Community Call for Artists, Musicians, Poets and YOU!
Applications reviewed monthly.
Open Call for Musicians
If you are professional ensemble of any genre in Northeast Ohio, we welcome your application to perform in the Heights Arts Gallery Concert or ARTbar series.
About ARTbar
ARTbar is a ticketed series that mixes a special menu of music, (and sometimes poetry), and ARTinis, where attendees can enjoy an evening of celebrated dynamic performers and curated cocktails.
About Gallery Concerts
Gallery concerts provide paid opportunities for local musicians of diverse musical genres to perform in a unique setting. All performances are free to the public.
We are now taking applications for our 2025-2026 season — September of 2025 through August of 2026. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Learn more and apply.
Booking dates for 2024
Random Acts of Art LIVE!
Born during the pandemic, the series features concerts at private homes and in partnership with community organizations. It provides meaningful work for Cleveland professional musicians beyond the gallery setting in your own neighborhoods. Let us connect you with musicians from a wide range of genres! Private bookings for these performances start at $200.00 for Heights Arts members and $250.00 for non-members, and can be tailored based upon preference or size. Apply to be a RAAL Host/Organizational partner or a Performer
For more information, contact programs@heightsarts.org
Applications now open
Heights’ Poet Laureate
Heights Arts is now accepting applications for Cleveland Heights’ 12th Poet Laureate, serving a two-year term from April 2025 to March 2027, coinciding with the organization’s 25th anniversary. The Poet Laureate will receive a $6,000 stipend and engage in community events, including the popular Ekphrastacy series.
Established in 2000, this is Ohio’s first and longest-running Poet Laureateship. Interested poets are invited to join an Info Session via Zoom on November 11 at 12 PM.
Applications will be accepted from November 1 to December 31, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.
Applications accepted until January 2, 2025.
Open Call for Regional Perspectives
About the Exhibition: Heights Arts presents Regional Perspectives, a celebration of North East Ohio’s vibrant artistic talent. On view from March 14 to May 11, 2025, this exhibition will highlight the region’s creative community and its emergence as a flourishing arts hub.
Exhibition date:
March 14 to May 11, 2025 , 2025
Applications CLOSED.
Open Call For Annual Holiday Store
We want your work in our 23rd annual Holiday Store! Open November 1 through December 30, the Holiday Store fills the entire Heights Arts gallery on Lee Road with fine art prints, paintings, and photographs; functional art in ceramics, glass, wood, and fiber; plus, jewelry, clothing, music, handmade artist cards, books, and distinctive holiday items.
Our annual Holiday Store is now accepting submissions until September 8, 2024.
Applications are now closed.
Applications accepted year-round
Open Call for Visual Artists
We invite individuals and groups to submit proposals for exhibitions, gallery store, and other artist opportunities at Heights Arts. Heights Arts has adopted a hybrid rolling submission in addition to specific call for entries model. We encourage you to apply for a specific call for entries if one applies to your work for expedited response time. All rolling entries will be evaluated within a maximum of 4 months, and artists will be provided opportunities as they become available.
Rolling Applications
Ekphrastacy (artists talk + poets respond)
Ekphrastacy is Heights Arts’ yearly series of poetry programs. Poets compose new poems inspired by exhibitions on view in our galleries and participate in a public reading of their work. Selected poets will collaborate with our Poet Laureate for each program. Click here to learn more and apply.
Applications accepted year-round and by invitation
Volunteer with us
Heights Arts is looking for volunteers with professional experience and/or connections with our community of the literary, musical and visual arts. These Volunteer Community Teams represent each of our disciplines and provide a valuable link to our local arts community. Team members provide expertise, programming ideas, and connections to poets, musicians and artists for inclusion in our programs each year. Applications are open until openings are filled.
Apply to be a member of one of our Volunteer Community Teams