Current opportunities for artists in the Florida Keys: local markets and events, gallery openings, and state and national programs. Every listing below was checked at the source, and each one comes down once its deadline passes. A few are kept on afterwards, marked closed, because artists look back at what an application asked for before the next round opens.
Juried exhibition call
Key West Art & Historical Society
Submit one original work for the February 19 to March 28, 2027 exhibition at the Key West Museum of Art & History. Submissions open Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
Before you apply Review the complete prospectus before entering. Accepted work is delivered February 15, 2027 by appointment. Artwork may not be sold during the exhibition.
Exhibition call
The Studios of Key West
Submit one ready-to-hang work on the theme of light for the December 3 to 31 exhibition. Drop off November 12 to 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Sunday. Complete the exhibition form and pay the fee before drop-off.
Before you apply Artwork photography takes place November 23. Late drop-offs will not be professionally photographed. Read the organizer checklist for pickup and shipping instructions.
Grant
South Florida Cultural Consortium
The Consortium awards $15,000 and $7,500 grants to individual visual and media artists across five counties, and Monroe County artists are eligible. Attending one free workshop was required before applying.
Why this is still here This cycle has closed. It is kept here because artists look back at what the application asked for, and because the Consortium runs the grant most years: attending one free workshop was required before applying, so watch for the next round’s workshop dates rather than the deadline.
Fellowship
Key West Literary Seminar
Covers the full $675 workshop fee, plus help toward four nights of lodging, for writers accepted into the January 2027 Writers Workshop Program in Key West. The priority deadline has passed and applications are still being read on a rolling basis.
Before you apply The Seminar says spots often fill in the first round, so applying now is no guarantee. It is also all or nothing: if the application is declined you cannot then pay and attend.
Grant
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grants to individual working artists with no deadline at all: applications are open year round and reviewed on a rolling basis. Awards go up to $50,000, with most around $35,000.
The listings above are the ones the Arts Council has checked. For the wider picture, CaFE is the national board most public art commissions and juried exhibitions are posted to, including several of the calls above. It is free to browse and you can filter by state.
Browse CaFE opportunities (opens in a new tab)The Arts Council is glad to consider calls that are open to Monroe County artists. Send the details to info@keysarts.com or call 305-295-4369. The Council's own grant programs are listed under Our Grant Programs, and the Cultural Umbrella and Cultural Consortium pages stay available year round, including between cycles.