Artist Start

Below you'll find guides and information for artists interested in getting involved at MoHA. For a list of programs and opportunities for specific fields you can skip to Digital Artist or Visual Artist or Performing Artist for points of entry.

As first steps we recommend joining the MoHA newsletter, signing up for open call list and saying hello on Discord.

Digital Artist

This is a short text description of ways Digital Artists can get involved at MoHA. See below for a list of programs and opportunities or skip down to Visual Artist or Performing Artist for other points of entry.

Digital Arts Programs

CATS+

The Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+) is a residency and community program that encourages thoughtful, critical, creative engagement with technology. The CATS+ Residency Program groups cohorts of artists and tech wizards to learn together, make new projects, and share their process. We host collaborations, artist-led workshops, hangouts, public showcases, and a wiki to remove the mystery from tech and make magic together. ,

Digital Do-Si-Do

Digital Do-Si-Do is an online media exchange presented in partnership with Games Y’all. It happens bi-monthly in our Discord servers and is a fun, low-stakes opportunity to make something creative, try new software or digital techniques, and meet friends. ,

Welcome to my Homepage

An international online residency program that offers artists financial and technical support to explore the internet as a site for creative production. Welcome to my Homepage was founded in 2014 and has since hosted over 65 artists from across the World Wide Web.

Fantastic Arcade Programs

Fantastic Arcade

An annual festival which celebrates, amplifies, and supports the unique and underrepresented in indie video games and play. Fantastic Arcade operates as a community year-round, hosting quarterly game jams, monthly online and physical meetups, an active Discord server and other ongoing digital programs. ,

Games Y'all

Games Y’all is a meetup presented by the Museum of Human Achievement, held every month at venues around Austin for indie devs, digital artists, and games fans. ,

Media Jams

Quarterly themed open calls for submissions of time-based artwork, inspired by Game Jams and 48 hour film festivals.

Digital Arts Opportunities

CATS+ Spring 2024 Residency Open Call

Collaborative residency for artists + tech wizards at all levels. Process-focused weekly gatherings to learn, share, and co-create projects. Stipend, community, mentorship, 24/7 access to equipment and space. Deadline for spring session is Feb 21, 2024.

Link: Application Form

CATS+ Spring 2025 Residency Open Call

Link: Application Form

Discord

These links will invite you to the Fantastic Arcade or MoHA Discord server. Our Discord servers are for creating friendly, positive virtual space for the community to hang out, connect, find collaborators, swap materials, trade secrets, and anything else we can dream up together.

Link: MoHA Discord Server
Link: Fantastic Arcade Discord Server

Fantastic Arcade Committee Application

This form is for anyone seeking a more substantial commitment to Fantastic Arcade's future through committee service.

Link: Fantastic Arcade Committee Application

Fantastic Arcade Community Support

This form is for anyone wanting to become more involved with Fantastic Arcade or Games Y'all!

Link: Want to get Involved Form Link

Fantastic Arcade: Fun Size Edition! - Call for Submissions

Bring us your game submissions and pitches for talks! Our much-awaited return with Fantastic Arcade: Fun Size Edition! on October 26th, 2024 could include you as part of the line up. Show us what you’ve got! We’re also thrilled to pair with CATS+ (Collaborative Art + Technology Situation) to offer stipends and mentor support to 3 artists, solo devs, or small teams. Send in your submissions by Sept 8th.

Link: Application Form

Games Y'all Game Submission

Want to show a game or project at a Games Y'all monthly meet up? You're in in the right place. You can read more information about our selection process https://gamesyall.com/html/Submit-a-game.html

Link: Game Submission Form

Open Calls

Sign up to receive open calls for artists, community programming and other MoHA related things here.

Link: Open Call Form

Studio Fellowship Program

Each semester we host 1-4 student fellows from a variety of colleges in Austin.

Link: Fellowship Program Application

Volunteer

Sign up to join the volunteer list and see upcoming volunteer opportunities here.

Link: Volunteer Form

Welcome to my Homepage Residency Application 2024

Submit to Welcome to my Homepage, an international online residency program that offers artists a no-cost, low-stakes opportunity to expand their practice in new directions, explore the web as a site for creative production, and reach a new audience.

Link: Application Page

Welcome to my Homepage Residency Application 2025

Virtual 3-week artist residencies to create net art

Link: Application form
Link: Residency site

Wizard Registry

If you're a tech wizard or an artist working with computers - we want to know about you! Tell us what you’re excited about and want to see/do by signing up on our Wizard Registry.

Link: Wizard Registry Form

Visual Artist

This is a short text description of ways Visual Artists can get involved at MoHA. See the following for a list of programs and opportunities or skip to Visual Artist or Performing Artist for other points of entry.

Visual Artist Programs

Cage Match Project

CMP is a gallery that lives in an industrial caged-trailer. This weathered and rusted container resides in a gravel parking lot in Austin, Texas where it is under constant exposure to the elements and 24-hour public viewership. It's current curator is Ariel René Jackson, a multidisciplinary artist. Cage Match Project was developed by Ryan Hawk, a Houston based artist ,

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Media Jams

Quarterly themed open calls for submissions of time-based artwork, inspired by Game Jams and 48 hour film festivals. ,

The Mall

The Mall is a small art gallery in Austin, TX. We help artists make a living, with a particular interest in uplifting women artists, queer artists, and artists of color whose voices are more often marginalized, and to create an exciting and beautiful platform and context for their work. A majority of our gallery features works from Austin artists, and is exemplary of the unique culture of Austin. Beyond a space for exhibition, The Mall also actively facilitates education and community via four workshops annually, and the creation of new art via commissions of editioned work. ,

Unlisted Projects

Since 2014, Unlisted Projects has hosted international artists and leaders through an ongoing residency program based at the Museum of Human Achievement. UP facilitates transborder connections and international collaboration through friendship and the production of thoughtful new work. The community-driven nature of UP and its host location MoHA is firmly rooted in the idea of bringing people together to share their lived experience in a trusted and welcoming space. ,

Welcome to my Homepage

An international online residency program that offers artists financial and technical support to explore the internet as a site for creative production. Welcome to my Homepage was founded in 2014 and has since hosted over 65 artists from across the World Wide Web.

Visual Artist Opportunities

Cage Match Project I/O Residency, Round 24 Application

The I/O Residency is tailored to junior and senior undergraduate art students and recently graduated artists in the Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown counties (Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties). We welcome artists interested in the interplay between outdoor space, the confined space of the trailer, and the evolving nature of the artwork itself to apply for our "I/O Residency, Round 24" program.

Qualified applicants must either be juniors or seniors pursuing an undergraduate degree or have graduated in 2023 or 2024 with either an undergraduate or graduate degree.

The title "I/O" stands for "input" and "output," representing the relationship between the artist's studio and the "gallery." We are especially keen on artists who are interested in thinking and creating outside the traditional gallery. This opportunity provides financial and spatial support to stage a narrative of the artist-at-odds, with either history, space, or a work of art itself.

Link: Application Form

CopenhAustin

Warehouse9 (Copenhagen, Denmark), Unlisted Projects (Austin, TX) and The Museum of Human Achievement (Austin, Texas) have come together to offer a residency exchange of one artist from Texas and one artist from Denmark. This international residency opportunity is intended for queer artists working within live performance and designed to support network building, the creation and sharing of new work in an international context. Residents are given the time, space, freedom and financial support to concentrate upon the development of their own work. This residency programme is funded and has a fixed duration of one month. This residency opportunity will be awarded following an open call and application process. Residency artists will be selected in partnership with participating organizations and host a public sharing of work created during their residency at both their host and home organization.

The purpose of this residency programme is to support artistic development and facilitate cultural exchange, and long-term connections between artists, organizations and the greater communities of Texas and Denmark. A unique dimension of the call is a commitment to the intersection of LGBTQIA+ issues and environmental sustainability practices.

Link: Application Form
Link: Press Release

CopenhAustin Residency Open Call 2025

CopenhAustin is an annual arts residency exchange program of one queer performance artist/organizer from Texas and one queer performance artist/organizer from Denmark. The purpose of this residency program is to support artistic development, facilitate cultural exchange, and encourage environmental sustainability practices in the larger arts community. A unique dimension of the call is a commitment to the intersection of LGBTQIA+ issues and environmental sustainability practices. Residents are given the time, space, freedom, and financial support to concentrate on developing their work. This residency program is funded and has a fixed duration of one month. In the inaugural year of the CopenhAustin, 2024, the selected residency artists made a total of eight public appearances, four in Denmark and four in Texas. Artists are expected to contribute to public programming, including but not limited to, performances, workshops, and panel discussions.

CopenhAustin is a collaborative program organized by Unlisted Projects, Warehouse9, and The Museum of Human Achievement.

Link: Application form

Curator Cage Match Project Gallery

Cage Match Project (CMP) seeks a dedicated and organized Curator to manage all aspects of CMP programming and oversee Marketing with Admin Support. In a part-time position, an ideal candidate would be responsible for updating and maintaining the CMP website using WordPress. In this position you will be expected to submit all exhibition information promptly along with coordinating installation logistics, including scheduling, accommodations, and artist support.

Mallunteer Volunteer Signup

We're seeking volunteers to support The Mall through retail support, social media, shipping and artist communications.

Link: Mallunteer Signup Form

Program Coordinator Unlisted Projects

Unlisted Projects is looking for a Program Coordinator. This position is grant funded for one year with the intention of securing additional ongoing funding.

Link: Application Info

Studio Fellowship Program

Each semester we host 1-4 student fellows from a variety of colleges in Austin.

Link: Fellowship Program Application

The Mall Vendor Application

This application form is for any artist seeking to vend goods at The Mall.

Link: The Mall Vendor Form

Unlisted Projects 24-hour Artist Lock-In Residency Open Call 2024

Unlisted Projects and The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) present a new 24-hour Lock-In Arts Residency program. We welcome all artistic mediums and individuals whose work is outside the box. Residents will work on-site in a climate-controlled renovated 1970s trailer with a private yard and have access to the larger production and workshop spaces inside of MoHA.

Link: Application Form

Unlisted Projects 24-hour Artist Lock-In Residency Open Call 2025

Unlisted Projects and The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) present a new 24-hour Lock-In Arts Residency program. We welcome all artistic mediums and individuals whose work is outside the box. Residents will work on-site in a climate-controlled renovated 1970s trailer with a private yard and have access to the larger production and workshop spaces inside of MoHA.

Artists will spend the weekend in “shifts” working on their project: one 12-hour day and then another 12-hour day, both with built-in breaks and meals. A $500 stipend will be provided per weekend resident, along with additional funds available toward childcare, animal boarding, or costs that would make the residency more accessible to the resident. 3 Meals per day and any delivery costs will be covered while in residence. Residents will be asked to be a part of an Unlisted Projects public event to perform and/or speak to their residency experience.

Link: Application Form

Unlisted Projects Board Member Application

Submit to be on the Board of Directors at Unlisted Projects.

Link: Board Member Application Link

Unlisted Projects Buddy System

We’re always seeking buddies to help welcome in visiting artists. This form is for anyone local to Austin who seeks to join our buddy program.

Link: Buddy System Sign-Up

Unlisted Projects Residency Application

This form is to submit to the Unlisted Projects residency program.

Link: Unlisted Projects Residency Application

Volunteer

Sign up to join the volunteer list and see upcoming volunteer opportunities here.

Link: Volunteer Form

Welcome to my Homepage Residency Application 2024

Submit to Welcome to my Homepage, an international online residency program that offers artists a no-cost, low-stakes opportunity to expand their practice in new directions, explore the web as a site for creative production, and reach a new audience.

Link: Application Page

Welcome to my Homepage Residency Application 2025

Virtual 3-week artist residencies to create net art

Link: Application form
Link: Residency site

Wizard Registry

If you're a tech wizard or an artist working with computers - we want to know about you! Tell us what you’re excited about and want to see/do by signing up on our Wizard Registry.

Link: Wizard Registry Form

Performing Artist

This is a short text description of ways Performing Artists can get involved at MoHA. See the following for a list of programs and opportunities or skip to Digial Artist or Performing Artist for other points of entry.

Performing Artist Programs

Unlisted Projects

Since 2014, Unlisted Projects has hosted international artists and leaders through an ongoing residency program based at the Museum of Human Achievement. UP facilitates transborder connections and international collaboration through friendship and the production of thoughtful new work. The community-driven nature of UP and its host location MoHA is firmly rooted in the idea of bringing people together to share their lived experience in a trusted and welcoming space.