Welcome to Project for Empty Space's Submittable!
Project for Empty Space (PES) is a multifaceted arts organization that includes Exhibitions, Artists Residencies, Public Art initiatives, subsidized Artist Studios, and Artist Professional Development/Granting opportunities. Our programs lean into social discourse, including narratives that have been historically and systemically erased. We strive to course-correct historic instances of forced marginality, in-equity, and in-visibility. Today, in our efforts to support socially-oriented artists, we maintain a commitment to holding space for both looking back and looking to new potentials and futures. Learn more about us at projectforemptyspace.org
We currently invite artists to apply for opportunities connected to our new public art partnership with RWJBarnabas Health, including a large-scale mural commission at 604 Market Street in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood, as well as to join the Newark Artists Database — a free platform created to highlight and celebrate artists whose creative practices are rooted in Newark.
NEWARK GROUNDS FALL NIGHT FEST
When: Friday, October 9, 2026 | 5:00–9:00 PM
Where: Mulberry Commons in Newark, New Jersey
Mark your calendars! Fall NIGHT FEST, Newark's evening makers festival, returns on Friday, October 9, transforming Mulberry Commons into an evening filled with art, music, food, and hands-on creativity under the night sky.
Presented by Newark Grounds, led by PES in partnership with the Newark City Parks Foundation and the Newark Art Festival, the festival invites artists, families, neighbors, and visitors of all ages to gather for an evening of making, learning, and celebrating creativity. Throughout the park, participants can enjoy free workshops, artist demonstrations, live performances, and more!
Call for Makers
We are seeking 10 artists and makers to lead interactive, drop-in art-making activities during the festival. We welcome artists, educators, craftspeople, and creative practitioners who enjoy sharing their skills through engaging, hands-on experiences that are accessible to participants of all ages and experience levels.
Selected makers will receive a $250 honorarium to facilitate their activity. We welcome proposals from artists working across a wide range of creative practices, including book arts, ceramics, cyanotypes, fiber arts, glassblowing demonstrations, kite-making, mixed-media projects, mural arts, paper arts, printmaking, textile arts, zine-making, and other participatory art forms that encourage creativity, experimentation, and community engagement.
In addition to leading a workshop, selected makers are invited to sell small handmade artworks, editions, crafts, and other affordable art objects from their workshop space during the festival. Artists are selected on a rolling basis through September 13th at 11:59pm.