CALL FOR ARTISTS
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 is our community.
Interested in volunteering at one of our events? Learn more here.
Community Call for Artists, Musicians, Poets and YOU!
Application Deadline – March 31, 2023
Collaborage
Local artists, submit your applications to participate in Collaborage, a group exhibition imagined by Heights Arts and our partner, No Exit Music Ensemble. This exhibition is part of a series of multidisciplinary surrealist programs interwoven into a theme inspired by games developed during the surrealist movement to challenge conventional art and inspire provocative creativity!
Learn More and Apply HERE
Applications reviewed monthly
Open Call for Musicians
If you are professional ensemble of any genre in Northeast Ohio, we welcome your application to perform a paid gig in the Heights Arts FREE Gallery Concert series or ticketed ARTbar nights that create an elevated atmosphere with celebrated dynamic performers and signature ARTinis.
Learn more and apply.
Booking dates for 2023
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 in outdoor setting 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 Stephan at music@heightsarts.org
Applications reopen in 2026
Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate
Poets across northeast Ohio are eligible to apply. Heights Arts, in collaboration with Cleveland Heights City Council, has supported this Poet Laureate program for over 20 years. Applications reopen in 2026.
Applications accepted year-round
Exhibitions
We welcome artists from our region to submit artwork for inclusion in our gallery exhibitions. Heights Arts presents five group shows and five solo artist shows per year. Solo artists do not have to be members to apply, but must become members if they are accepted.
Learn more and apply to be featured in a future group or spotlight exhibition.
Applications accepted year-round and by invitation for our annual Holiday Store
Year-Round Store
Heights Arts’ galleries include our store, where we sell jewelry, glassware, photographs, and other hand-crafted work by local artists. In addition, we fill our gallery space from November through December for our yearly Holiday Store event. Applications recieved between October-December will be reviewed in the following year.
Learn more and apply to sell your work in our year-round Store.
Applications reopen in December 2023
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.
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
Call for Random Acts of Art!
Random Acts of Art is an open call for artists, musicians / composers, poets and community members to share work as part of a Heights Arts digital exhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ONGOING CALL FOR VISUAL EXHIBITION ARTISTS
EXHIBIT IN OUR GALLERY SPACE Interested in curating or being part of an exhibition at Heights Arts? We accept proposals for guest curators and exhibitions year-round, from individuals as well as groups residing in Northeast Ohio. About our planning and…
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Rolling Open Call for Musicians
If you are professional ensemble of any genre in Northeast Ohio, we welcome your application to perform a paid gig in the Heights Arts FREE Gallery Concert series or ticketed ARTbar nights that create an elevated atmosphere with celebrated dynamic performers…
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SELL YOUR WORK IN OUR ART + GIFT SHOP
SELL YOUR WORK IN OUR ART + GIFT SHOP Located in the popular Cedar Lee entertainment district and open five days a week year-round (and every day in November and December), our shop sells and markets the creative output of …
