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
| Opportunity | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Fantastic Arcade Community Support | This form is for anyone wanting to become more involved with Fantastic Arcade or Games Y'all! | |
| Open Calls | Sign up to receive open calls for artists, community programming and other MoHA related things here. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
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 ,
EAST at MoHA
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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
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
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 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.
