Art is Our Business

CaFÉ is a trusted call for entry platform, with more than 20 years of experience handling and processing hundreds of thousands of submissions for more than 18,000 open calls. With a community of nearly 200K artists, CaFÉ is more than a submission platform — it’s a creative network built with and for the artists and arts organizations who keep communities thriving.

The best call for entries inspire artists to show their best. That’s why our staff works to ensure your call is a good match for CaFÉ. Our four key goals are trust, advocacy, diversity, and technology. We value your trust and we want you to succeed. If this is your first-year event – congratulations for investing in artists and undertaking a responsibility in shaping cultural life! We’ll ask you to provide details about your call and we won’t rush you through the signup process. We have a 45-year history of helping arts organization succeed, and we’re proud of what we do to help the arts thrive.

Through programs, partnerships and its own equity, inclusion and anti-racism practices, Creative West applies the belief that the arts are an expression of the unique identities of all people.