Olepangi Farm allows artists to luxuriate in the sound of hyena at night and in the long views, to reflect on the objects of art from our travels and to linger over meaningful conversations. Over the years, their lodge has drawn amazing artists who have brought their imagination and creativity to this little paradise. The Olepangi Artist-in-Residence Programme is designed to create a space where people and communities come together to share and learn; and for the artist, to create an exceptional experience for those seeking the time and mental space to investigate new ideas and deepen artistic inquiry. They are open to thinkers and creatives and will consider anyone with deep interest and already well-developed skill in visual arts, writing, culinary arts, composers, musicians, scholars, filmmakers, architects and more.

2027 marks the 23rd annual event for the top ranking Artisphere festival in Greenville, SC. Established in 2005, Artisphere has distinguished itself as both a regional and national highlight. Over 500 volunteers make the three-day event an enjoyable experience for exhibiting artists and the public alike. Artisphere is a 501(c)(3) non-profit art organization. Proceeds are used to produce the annual arts festival and are distributed back to local non-profit arts organizations as part of Artisphere's Volunteer Arts Partnership Program.

Artisphere has been ranked a TOP 10 Fine Art and Fine Craft festival by the Art Fair Sourcebook and #1 USA Today’s Reader’s Choice Award for Best Art Festival. 

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit a series of artwork to their online exhibit, IN SERIES.

IN SERIES highlights artists who explore an idea across multiple works. Five pieces. One vision. They're curating a lineup of mini collections that showcase a cohesive series and each artist's unique voice. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group exhibition. Show them your work IN SERIES.

Sculptures on the Square is Downtown Troy's biennial outdoor public art exhibition celebrating creativity, community, and the power of public spaces. Set throughout Troy's historic downtown, the exhibition transforms sidewalks, plazas, and gathering places into an accessible outdoor gallery enjoyed by thousands of residents and visitors each year. For 2027, artists are invited to explore a community in transformation through their newest theme: Constructing Art
Downtown Troy is in the midst of a once-in-a-generation investment in its future. Streets are being rebuilt. Infrastructure is being strengthened. Public spaces are being reimagined. While cranes, cones, and construction fencing may temporarily change the landscape, they also represent something much greater: a community making intentional investments to ensure its historic downtown remains vibrant.

The Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and Sciences (PJAS) is an independent publication dedicated to presenting contemporary creative work across disciplines. The journal brings together a range of voices, with a primary focus on visual art and poetry, alongside experimental and cross-disciplinary practices.

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and considered for inclusion in quarterly issues. Submissions made before the call deadline will be considered for the upcoming Winter 2027 'Vintage' Issue. Selected work is published both online and in print, with featured artists and writers presented within the journal’s curated editorial framework.

In addition to publication, selected contributors may be included in editorial features, interviews, and broader PJAS releases.

To view past publications, please visit their website, https://pjasmag.org.

The Winter 2027 Editorial Cover Selection recognizes a single work that will serve as the cover for an upcoming 'Vintage' issue of the Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and Sciences.

Works are considered for their ability to function as a strong, self-contained image, with particular attention to composition, clarity, and visual presence. The selection process prioritizes work that holds impact both at full scale and in reproduction, maintaining integrity across formats.

The chosen artist is featured prominently on the issue’s cover and included in accompanying editorial materials; this includes but is not limited to spotlight interviews, prominent social media promotion, and a feature in the magazine newsletter. Finalists are selected for publication within the issue.

The LUX Center for the Arts invites proposals for exhibitions in their upstairs Community Gallery. This gallery has historically been reserved by local organizations, and they are excited to open the opportunity to a broader range of artists, collectives, and community groups.

This opportunity is open to Nebraska-based artists, collectives, and community groups only.

They are seeking proposals from:

• Individual artists (emerging or established)

• Artist collectives

• Community organizations

• Cultural groups

• Collaborative or cross-disciplinary projects

They especially encourage proposals from artists and groups who have faced barriers to exhibiting in traditional gallery spaces.

A biennial open call to Georgia artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, with Georgia artists serving as jurors. Selected work will be shown in the museum's new building. Artists submit three recent works representing their practice.

CSU Spur invites artists to submit proposals for solo exhibitions celebrating the intersection of community, sustainability, and innovation. The organization seeks compelling works exploring environmental stewardship, scientific curiosity, and local storytelling through art. Exhibition proposals around themes of food, water, and health are encouraged. Through exhibitions, the program aims to foster dialogue between artists, scientists, and the public to inspire meaningful connections around shared environment.

Chicago Fine Art Salon is seeking original, small-scale artwork for their Small Works group exhibition. Each piece must measures under 16” in all directions, challenging exhibiting artists to play with finite scale and composition. Open to all mediums.

Gladstone House, built in 1889, is Toronto’s oldest operating hotel. For more than two decades, it has been a hub for art and creativity, with art by local artists in public and spaces and guest rooms. The Art Studio at Gladstone House is a space for creativity and interaction. Located on the Studio Level of the hotel, the Art Studio is a bright, open, 480 square foot room with 3 spaces for resident artists. Since the program launched in 2021, they have hosted more than 50 artists in the studio. Gladstone House invites applications for short-term (3 month) visual art or craft residencies. Residencies are self-directed: the artists work on projects of their own choosing. Work may be tied to a project, including preparation for an exhibition or show/sale, or may be for portfolio/practice development.

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "animalia". Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary review by the gallery directors. The entry fee is $40 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional image. Up to forty seven images will be selected for exhibition and shown in the online gallery. An exhibition catalogue with all the accepted images will be available for purchase. Also, 27 images from the total 47 images will be selected for “The 27”, a limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Both the Juror and Director Award’s will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as an online solo exhibition and GalleryTalk. The Visitors’ Award is $100 and is selected by most Instagram likes. All exhibition images receive exposure on both Instagram and Facebook over the duration of the exhibition.

Juror for "animalia" will be Traer Scott, photographer and author.

Artist Trust Fellowship Awards are merit-based awards of $10,000 for practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and ability residing in Washington State. These unrestricted awards are open to artists of all disciplines and are given annually to up to 8 artists in recognition of artistic excellence and dedication to their practice. The awards were first selected in 1987, making it Artist Trust's longest-running award program. Recipients have the opportunity to participate in Artist Trust's Meet the Fellows program, a storytelling initiative aimed at helping recipients share their stories, build new audiences for their work, and honor each recipient as a Fellow. All applications are reviewed by one multidisciplinary panel consisting of five artists from across the state with expertise in a range of artistic disciplines. Panelists prioritize Black and Indigenous artists, artists living in rural areas, and artists who identify as LGBTQIA+ by considering structural, institutional, and historical barriers artists face.

The Lucid Art Foundation offers a residency in a retreat-like natural setting in Inverness, California, intended for creative exploration and inquiry into art and consciousness. Residents are provided housing and a dedicated art studio on the Foundation's campus, along with access to the organization's library resources. The Foundation encourages multimedia, conceptual, ecological, and interdisciplinary approaches to art-making. Selected residents may be asked to contribute work to a curated online exhibition of residency artists. The program is juried, with artists selected based on their proposed work and alignment with the Foundation's mission of exploring inner consciousness in harmony with the natural world.

Open to women artists worldwide, age 18 and older. Her Canvas welcomes original 2D and 3D visual artwork in all styles and subjects, including painting, drawing, photography, digital art, mixed media, sculpture, textile art, and other visual media. AI-generated artwork is not accepted. Selected artists will be featured in an international online exhibition presented by Blue Koi Gallery.

$600 in cash awards: First Prize $300, Second Prize $150, Third Prize $100, and Merit Prize $50. Winners and finalists receive placement in the Her Canvas online exhibition, artist recognition, promotional opportunities, and professionally designed award certificates.

Fusion Art announces the RED 2026 Art Competition.

The color RED dominates human emotion as the color of passion, power, and intensity—from blazing anger to tender love. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography using red as the primary color in their work to convey strong feelings and psychological depth. While red should be the predominant visual element, other colors can be used to enhance its emotional impact and meaning.

Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

A call for entries from Novado Gallery in Jersey City, presented with the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, for an exhibition tied to the campaign to save the historic Hudson Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse.

• Feb 1 - April 25, 2027 or


• May 3 - August  8, 2027 

Deck the Walls is back! The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod's Annual Holiday Art Auction is open to artists near and far. Bid online or in person, with a buy-now option available. Free to enter. Proceeds support Cape Cod's arts and cultural community.

Original work only, all mediums welcome
No size limit, all work must be ready to hang
Submit up to 3 pieces (in most cases, one is chosen)
Art priced $300-$2,000 tends to do well
Donate 100% of the sale to AFCC, or keep 25% or 50%

The submission deadline is Friday, November 6 at 11:59 PM. Visit www.artsfoundation.org/call-for-art for more information.

A juried group exhibition at THE Gallery inside the Belvedere Tiburon Library celebrating saturated, vivid color across painting, illustration, printmaking, photography, textile and mixed media. Submissions are anonymously juried and then curated into a cohesive show seen by thousands of library visitors.

Artworks must incorporate fiber based materials and/or strategies at some stage in the making process. Including but not limited to the following: sewing, quilting, weaving, crochet, embroidery, tapestry, lace-making, natural dyeing, beadwork, wearable work, felting, knitting, knotting, soft sculpture, and expanded fiber practices.

Community art center in Hamilton, Ohio, accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions in all visual art and fine craft media for the 2027-2028 schedule. Four galleries and a corridor gallery host well-attended openings, and lens-based proposals may be considered for a future FotoFocus Biennial.

Now accepting applications for the 17th edition of The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, returning for LA Art Week, February 25 - 28, 2027 at Blueground 7th Street Studios.
The Other Art Fair is a global gathering of creative thinkers, game changers and pleasure seekers sharing emerging talent and unforgettable experiences.
With Fairs across the world in North America and the United Kingdom, The Other Art Fair is a global brand with a local focus.

Are you an early-stage artist facing the traditional barriers of the contemporary art world? You may qualify for their New Futures prize, where one recipient is awarded free exhibition space at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles. Please view the eligibility criteria and New Futures application at https://form.jotform.com/262746231021144.

A juried textile and fiber art exhibition at the Mountain Artists Guild Gallery in Prescott, Arizona, covering art quilts, wearable art and sculptural fiber work. Ribbons are awarded for Best of Show and first through third place.

A juried group photo show with an open theme at Black Box Gallery.

For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

Artist Grant awards an unrestricted $1200 USD grant to one visual artist three times each year. They showcase grantees on their website, social media, and marketing materials. They also feature selected applicants (with permission) on their social media to celebrate and promote artists. They hope this provides insight into the wide range of creative efforts they consider. Artists retain their copyrights.

“Tomorrow, Imagined” invites artists to explore what’s ahead: the hopes, questions, and possibilities that shape where people are headed as a community and a world. This isn’t about predicting what will happen. It's about asking: What future is one imagining—and what future is one helping to create? Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly. All mediums and perspectives are welcome.

The Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship supports the production of original, archives-based scholarship on Ming Fay (1943–2025), whose multidisciplinary practice bridged sculpture, drawing, installation, ecology, and transnational cultural histories. Proposals may address, but are not limited to: ecology and environmental thought; transnational identity and migration; Asian diasporic histories; material experimentation and sculptural practice; intersections of art, science, and spirituality; nature as mythology and cultural symbolism in art; Downtown New York art networks and artist collectives; and public art and site-specific installations.

NYC’s 15th annual WINTER FILM FESTIVAL is now open for submissions! They seek creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, documentary, animation, horror, web series and music videos. Winter Film Festival is dedicated to helping emerging filmmakers get recognition and press – The festival includes a highly regarded filmmaker education series, all screenings include director Q&A sessions and they work to ensure their films get written articles, video promos and red carpet interviews. They create an SEO enhanced page on the website for each accepted film, written reviews for all films over 20 minutes and tons of on camera interviews.

Sixi Museum, a non-profit art institution in Nanjing combining collection, exhibition, academic research and public education, runs the Sixi International Artist-in-Residence Project to support emerging artists. The program invites interdisciplinary explorations spanning literature, linguistics, music and sound, and visual art, encouraging artists to break traditional boundaries between mediums. Selected residents receive a private studio or apartment, living and studio space, staff support, and financial assistance toward production during a three-month stay. The residency is designed to facilitate exchange between artists of different cultural backgrounds and help them achieve creative and professional breakthroughs.

They invite artists to submit work for an upcoming group exhibition exploring the diverse realities of mental health and mental illness.

This show aims to create a supportive, reflective space where personal narratives, emotional landscapes, and unseen struggles can be expressed through visual art.

They welcome both emerging and established artists whose work sparks dialogue, fosters empathy, and challenges stigma around mental well-being.

What they are looking for:

- Photography, paintings, drawings, mixed media, video, poetry, sculpture.
- Creatives that reside in the United States. Due to potential shipping complications they are not considering work from outside the U.S.
- Work that comes from authentic self-exploration, no commercial or client based work

Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists and culture bearers thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts and culture program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists and culture bearers has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 15 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently, the foundation contributes about $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships. For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships.

Red Gallery is thrilled to announce a call for exhibition proposals as part of Midsumma Festival 2027. They are excited to continue this annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ artists and are seeking three artists to exhibit from 13–24 January 2027, launching their 2027 exhibition calendar. They invite emerging, mid-career, and established artists working across all mediums, including painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, collage, textiles, digital art, performance and installation. To submit proposals that celebrate the richness, diversity, and vibrancy of queer creativity. Whether your practice is contemporary, traditional, or experimental, they welcome authentic and engaging bodies of work that explore identity, connection, belonging and the many ways queer stories are expressed through art.

Sitar Arts Center invites artists to submit original artwork exploring the theme of imagining the future for its 17th annual juried exhibition. Open to a broad range of interpretations including hope, uncertainty, technology, community, and personal vision, the exhibition welcomes all mediums and perspectives. Selected works will be displayed in a juried gallery show, with cash prizes awarded across adult and young adult categories, plus a community-voted People's Choice Award. The exhibition offers artists a professional display opportunity and public recognition within a respected community arts organization.

The primary criteria for acceptance to Byrdcliffe’s Residency program is artistic excellence and demonstrated commitment to one’s field of endeavor. Artists in multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply in three general categories: Visual Arts, Literary Arts and Performing Arts.

The Hopper Prize is accepting submissions for Fall 2026 artist grants. For this open call, grants have been increased to $4,500. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. All visual art media is eligible. This open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators. Additional exposure is available via a 30 artist shortlist, online journal, & Instagram currently reaching over 175k.

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to the online exhibit, GO GREEN.

Green sits at the psychological midpoint of the color spectrum, and the eye processes it with the least strain of any hue. It's tied to safety, stability, and growth, though it can just as easily tip into envy or unease. That range makes it one of the more emotionally loaded colors artists can work with. Submit your version of GO GREEN.

The City of St. Catharines invites professional mural artists and artist-led teams to design a large mural for the Ontario Street Parking Garage facade as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. The commission, titled A Love Letter to a City, draws on the city's history, communities and future. Shortlisted artists integrate an element of a poem by the city's Poet Laureate into their concepts.

UNDERSTORY invites U.S. artists to submit conceptual work for SYNTHETIC TRUTHS, an exhibition on the synthetic, the substitute, and the relationship between synthetic and natural.

Applications are now open for the Summer Small Works Show & Prize 2026, for artworks created since 1 January 2026. Open to Australian artists over 18 years, all 2D and 3D mediums accepted. 2026 theme is EMERGENCE. “Small”: {145 x 145 x 210 mm} maximum dimensions, smaller works welcomed.

The primary criteria for acceptance to Byrdcliffe’s Residency program is artistic excellence and demonstrated commitment to one’s field of endeavor. Artists in multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply in three general categories: Visual Arts, Literary Arts and Performing Arts.

The Artist Support Program has been assisting artists working creatively with sound since 1994. Artists of every genre and style have been represented, including writers, choreographers, multidisciplinary artists, theatre sound designers, radio producers, film makers, visual artists, and musicians and composers of all types. Every year, up to eight artists are awarded twenty hours of studio recording and production time with a Jack Straw engineer. An additional twelve artists receive matching awards for studio time as part of our Artist Assistance Program. Artists for the Artist Support Program are selected by an interdisciplinary peer panel. The opportunity to work in a large professional recording studio with experienced sound engineers is a boon to many artists who may not otherwise be able to afford to produce work in this setting. The Artist Support Program is open to artists of all disciplines whose project proposals include sound as a major component. Projects are presented to the public at artist events at Jack Straw and other venues.

Fusion Art announces the Women Artists 2026 Art Competition.

For this open theme online art competition, any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. All 2D & 3D women artists only, worldwide, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.

Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

The Winter 2027 Editorial Cover Selection recognizes a single work that will serve as the cover for an upcoming Vintage issue of the Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and Sciences. The selected piece is presented as the cover image across both digital and print formats, representing the tone and identity of the issue as a whole.

Works are considered for their ability to function as a strong, self-contained image, with particular attention to composition, clarity, and visual presence. The selection process prioritizes work that holds impact both at full scale and in reproduction, maintaining integrity across formats.

The Guelph Public Library Board invites professional artists and artist-led teams to create an original three-dimensional public artwork for the atrium of the new Central Library. The work becomes part of the City of Guelph Public Art Collection and is intended to give the building a strong visual identity. The call runs in two phases, with up to five shortlisted artists developing full proposals.

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work for "pinhole. Both digital and analog pinhole images are eligible for this call. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary review by the gallery directors. Also, 27 images from the total 47 images will be selected for “The 27”, a limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Both the Juror and Director Award’s will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as an online solo exhibition and GalleryTalk. The Visitors’ Award is $100. All exhibition images receive exposure on both Instagram and Facebook over the duration of the exhibition.

Juror will be Amanda Smith, gallery director and artist

Open to photographers of all levels and nationalities, this competition celebrates outstanding standalone images responding to a set annual theme. Submissions are judged on quality, creativity, originality, and visual impact, with a range of photographic styles and techniques accepted. The winning photographer receives a cash prize and editorial coverage in a future issue of Anthology magazine, providing a publication platform and increased visibility for their work.

The Loppet Foundation is seeking local artists to showcase their work in the Trailhead Gallery, a bright, welcoming space in the Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Park — where art, connection to the outdoors, and community meet. Artists receive full visibility in a high-traffic community space. Priority consideration will be given to local, Minnesota artists.

West Virginia University Libraries' Art in the Libraries program hosts an artist in residence to develop a project from union records, company town archives and oral histories at the West Virginia and Regional History Center. The residency ends with a library exhibition display and a public presentation.

This residency program brings creative practitioners from around the world to a shared live-work environment for up to twelve weeks. The program is designed to support emerging artists transitioning into professional practice by offering an environment for creative freedom, discovery, and refinement of an individual body of work. Selected participants are provided housing for the duration of the residency, removing a significant barrier to sustained, focused studio time. The setting is intended to foster a community of practitioners working alongside one another during their stay. This structure is well suited to emerging artists seeking uninterrupted time and space away from everyday obligations to develop new work or advance an existing project.

The Halloran Contemporary Art Prize is an acquisitive art prize that engages with and responds to the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum’s Halloran Collection: Science & the Sea. Open to NSW and ACT residents. With a total prize pool of $27,000, including First Place (acquisitive), Runner-Up People’s Choice the Halloran Art Prize continues to position itself as a significant regional art award. Providing a significant platform for artists to engage with history through a contemporary lens, connecting enlightenment ideas with present-day concerns around perception, knowledge, power, and uncertainty.

This residency program brings creative practitioners from around the world to a shared live-work environment for up to twelve weeks. The program is designed to support emerging artists transitioning into professional practice by offering an environment for creative freedom, discovery, and refinement of an individual body of work. Selected participants are provided housing for the duration of the residency, removing a significant barrier to sustained, focused studio time. The setting is intended to foster a community of practitioners working alongside one another during their stay. This structure is well suited to emerging artists seeking uninterrupted time and space away from everyday obligations to develop new work or advance an existing project.

The Robert & Margaret Carolla Arts Exhibition Center at Missouri State University invites artists to submit work for Under the Current, a regional exhibition of contemporary craft taking place February 1 – March 5, 2027. Under the Current is a juried exhibition serving as a platform for artists from across the Midwest whose work reflects the currents shaping the present moment. The exhibition seeks artworks from artists that explore personal experiences, shared concerns, and broader social and cultural conditions. The goal is to showcase a range of viewpoints and responses that reveal how making can become a way to observe, question, and engage with the world.

Blah Blah Gallery announces a call for artworks for their 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, open to emerging and mid-career artists working in any medium. This group exhibition will be curated by Blah Blah Gallery Director Megan Galardi and will open in late January 2027.

Flow Space Gallery is excited to announce their Winter open call. They are looking for emerging and mid career artists who identify as women or queer for solo and group shows. All work will be considered for future exhibition opportunities and they would love to see your work!

Office Space Gallery invites artists to submit work for an upcoming exhibition inspired by Legends of Le Détroit, a collection of early Detroit folklore rooted in the city’s French colonial past.

Contact Office Space Gallery for more information: [email protected]

The King Heritage and Cultural Centre presents its sixth annual International Women's Day exhibition, Material World, exploring how dress, fashion and adornment reflect women's lives. All media are welcome, including textiles, wearable works and garments. Each artist enters one original work with a short accompanying statement, story or poem.

Passages aims to explore the experience of moving through spaces and states of all kinds, whether through intimate personal narratives, structural environments, or metaphorical journeys. For this open call, they invite artists to interpret the theme both broadly and personally: to explore physical journeys and manifestations, emotional shifts, the passage of time, or transitions, including those reflected in materials or media, or the creative process itself.

The Material Works Art Award supports artists through a one-time $2500.00 award in exchange for an original artwork that will join our growing contemporary art collection. This award recognizes artistic excellence and aims to promote career advancement through increasing visibility and exposure.

They are currently accepting applications from artists with contemporary art practices. Visual artists working worldwide in painting, photography, installation, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, experimental, and conceptual art are eligible to apply.

- The award is exchanged for an original artwork ( one of similar monetary value to the award )
- This artwork will be negotiated and determined with the selected artist
- The artwork joins their collection and is considered for future exhibition opportunities
- MW will cover shipping costs

Sharing Artists’ Successes & What’s Coming in 2027
Tuesday 8 December | 14:00 GMT | Online | Free

As 2026 comes to a close, this uplifting Art Café brings the VAA community together to celebrate the artists who have taken risks, grown their practice, and achieved meaningful milestones this year. Members will share the exhibitions, sales, breakthroughs, and lessons that shaped their 2026, offering honest reflections on what it takes to keep building a creative career.

You’ll also get an exclusive first look at the VAA’s plans and opportunities for 2027.

Open to all artists — a warm, inspiring space to reflect on your year and step into 2027 with clarity and momentum.

American Women Artists is pleased to announce its twelfth museum exhibition as part of the 25 in 25 campaign, an initiative to have 25 museum shows for women artists over 25 years, thereby better recognizing the work of women artists and increasing the historically low representation of women artists in museums and permanent collections. This exhibition at Brookgreen Gardens, May 8 – July 25, 2027, in Murrells Inlet, SC, is open to all American Women Artists members. Not a member? Join today! Call for Entries: October 10, 2026, through December 10, 2026. Selected artists will be notified on December 17, 2026.

The Co-Designing a Smartwear Revolution project at the University of Alberta invites artists, designers and artist-researchers to propose new or existing work for the Support festival in Edmonton in 2028. Themes include disability, smart textiles, technology, access and embodiment. The call also includes two artist-in-residence opportunities, one in person and one fully remote. Selection is a two-stage process starting with an expression of interest.

FALL 2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce their newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (18) honorable mentions (9 in art and 9 in photo), will be featured on their website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant's commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at https://innovateartistgrants.org

Deadline: Tuesday, December 15 2026 – Submit by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time

Established in 2002, Red Gallery is an independent art gallery in Melbourne, Australia, supporting artists across all career stages. They invite artists based in Australia to join the conversation and submit work for their 2027 exhibition program. This is a unique opportunity to showcase your practice and become part of Red Gallery’s vibrant artistic community. They welcome exhibition proposals from artists, curators, collectives, artist groups, and events.

FVU:LAB provides opportunities for four UK-based emerging moving image artists to work with cutting-edge technologies at Nottingham Trent University's new Design and Digital Arts building. Artists can apply for specific project outcomes or research and development time to explore technology integration into their practice. Selected artists receive mentoring from FVU's Director and potential presentation opportunities at NTU and on FVU's digital channels.

The Mentorship Residency Program at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine, brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative processes while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. The program pairs a National or International artist with a Local/Regional artist to foster rich conversations, collaborations, and exchanges of experiences, knowledge, and technical skills. Artists are encouraged to work independently but are expected to dedicate 8–10 hours weekly to joint activities, including community engagement and collaborative projects. The residency provides 24-hour access to a flexible 3,000-square-foot community studio equipped for various disciplines. Visiting Artists are provided with private housing within walking distance of the studio.

A4 International Residency Program offers 8-10 week sessions open to creators from all fields including artists, scientists, writers, poets, scholars, musicians, architects, and designers. Participants receive round-trip airfare, accommodation in shared apartments, studio space, materials, and 'Super Agent' connection system. The program encourages collaboration across disciplines and community engagement.

The Fish Factory Arts offers a rolling programme of 2-4 week residencies at it's venue in a former sail loft in Penryn, Cornwall, South West England. Opened in 2011 by local artist Rose Hatcher, the Fish Factory has provided a forum for both Cornish emerging artists and international collaborators working in challenging and diverse mediums from interactive installations, murals, photo-montage, printmaking, music and film. The 'Fish' houses studios, an event space/independent gallery, a vegan café, a music shop and a photographic darkroom. These diverse offerings have one thing in common: they flourish in the open and welcoming atmosphere the Fish Factory offers, a definite alternative to the corporate mainstream face of modern art today.

The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen one's understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. They operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world.

MMCA offers residencies for individual visual artists in three terms throughout 2026. Participants are required to actively participate in MMCA residency programs, activities, and events. The application must include portfolio with up to 10 works, CV with exhibition history, and project proposal. Artists must provide insurance certificate.

Belgrade Art Studio brings its quirky formula of contemporary art and a warm, homey ambience to the Serbian capital. The studio opened during 2011 in a 19th-century listed building in Belgrade’s historic neighborhood of Dorćol. It provides artists with an environment to take themselves out of their daily routines, find new inspiration, conduct research and create new work. The ability to work uninterrupted for hours, days, weeks in a quiet studio. These are just a few of the reasons why so many world’s visual artists, curators, writers come to Belgrade Art Studio each year. Typically, their artists find they accomplish more in a matter of weeks at Belgrade Art Studio than they can in a year at home. It’s all about the work – art.

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

Creston Arts is looking for talented artists to show at the Creston Arts Depot Gallery for 2026! Creston Arts Gallery is located on the first floor of Creston's historic Restored Depot, which also serves as Creston City Hall and administrative offices, located prominently at 116 W. Adams St. Gallery exhibits run for one month, with an artist's reception/opening night held on the first Friday of the month.

The Black Artists Grant (BAG) is a no-strings-attached financial support initiative by Creative Debuts aimed at assisting Black artists in the UK. Recognizing the systemic under-support of Black artists within the art world, this grant provides recipients with £500 to use as they see fit, whether for artistic development or personal needs. The grant is awarded monthly, with recipients selected from ongoing applications. There is no age limit, and the grant does not require any specific outcomes or reporting.

They are offering month-long residencies at The Hide Artist Retreat, nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds. Surrounded by rolling hills, wild woodlands, and protected common lands, the retreat is just a stone's throw from the idyllic Cotswold town of Nailsworth. This unique opportunity provides a one-month, self-led residency for creatives of any discipline, whether they are based locally, nationally, or internationally. The Live/Work studio offers a private, fully contained, versatile workspace designed to provide uninterrupted time for focusing solely on your practice in a peaceful and inspiring location.

Breck Create’s Artist-in-Residence program offers artists across all disciplines the opportunity to focus on their creative process while engaging meaningfully with the local community. Residencies span 2 to 4 months, during which artists reside in a live/work studio within the Breckenridge Arts District, an intimate campus of historic structures nestled under majestic snow-capped peaks in cozy downtown Breckenridge. During the school year, artists serve as guest instructors in Summit County schools, providing support and supplemental curriculum to teachers. In the summertime, artists identify and collaborate with a community partner or organization on educational programs. Artists are expected to facilitate two weekly open studios on campus, instruct weekly lessons in schools and on campus, participate in on-campus public events, and collaborate with a community partner. Priority is given to artists with teaching experience.

Project Grants can support individual practitioners, communities and cultural organisations with projects that focus on:
Combined Arts including festivals and carnivals, Dance, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, Theatre, or Visual Arts

Your project will have a start and an end date, and a set of measurable aims that you’d like to achieve in that time.
Before you apply to Project Grants you should read their ten year plan called Let’s Create. Their plan is made up of 3 Outcomes and 4 Investment Principles.

Price Sculpture Forest is reaching out to sculptors who would like to publicly exhibit your outdoor work for sale or otherwise for public exhibition at this exciting and beautiful new sculpture park. For early participants, they are offering zero commission (100% to artist), marketing of your work, and no jury submission fee. They present two focus themes: Nature Nurtured (evoking natural elements, ecosystems, wildlife, or our interaction with those) and Whimsy Way (bring on the fun factor with unusual, humorous, or “cool”). Selection is based on quality of sculptures and relevance to either of the two opening themes.

Professional, contemporary artists/art professionals from all disciplines for whom nature and the surrounding seaside could be an interesting theme to work on are invited to apply.

Their environment is a unique archipelago. With the National Parks and the Archipelago Sea Biosphere Reserve, frozen seas, light summer nights, rich birdlife as well as amazing star nights – this place has something to offer around the year: Outer archipelago or the nearby wild forest lake, the seaside is straight outside AARK, passing ships.

AARK can offer a quiet retreat as well as a more social setting depending on the artist’s needs and other art professionals visiting. They organize a weekly informal meeting in the residency. Travel and working plans, questions, dinners and sauna … or just some coffee together.

The Ou-telier is a process based artist residency and writing retreat located in a historic boatbuilding workshop in the beautiful Quw’utsun/Warmland of the Cowichan Valley, the heart of Vancouver Island. They welcome applications from emerging and established writers, painters, photographers, textile + 2D artists. They're looking for creatives who demonstrate a commitment to their practice and love hosting folks who are self-directed, focused and kind.

The Creative Center in Stöðvarfjörður, established in 2011 within a 2800 m² repurposed former fish factory, marks a transition from its industrial origins to becoming a focal point of culture and innovation in the region. They accept applications throughout the year. To be considered for the Residency, please send them a completed Residency
Application Form, CV and 5-10 recent work samples to [email protected]. If your medium is written then they would ask you to send at least one excerpt from a recent work.

The Artist In Residence Program (AIR) serves K – 5 students in all six Jamestown elementary schools following the school calendar. Residency options include a fall semester and a winter/spring semester, or both. Artists follow a visual arts curriculum structured on basic design elements working with teachers and administrators. Each rotation requires a completed “Unit Plan” which includes lesson plans or goals, supplies needed, and a section for teacher feedback. The resident artist may use the rest of the day and the weekends for personal studio time, including access to the pottery studio and print shop, and teaching classes at the Arts Center.

The Ano Asites Artists Residency is the sister residency to the Lakkos Artists Residency in Heraklion city. The Lakkos Artists Residency has been running since 2015. After a request from some of the locals in Ano Asites village a new residency was started. The project started in 2019 and hopes over time to create an artistic community based in the village.

La Wayaka Current is an artist-led organisation working at the intersection of ecology, local knowledge, and contemporary creative practice. Founded in 2015, they have curated site-responsive residencies and interdisciplinary research programs in ecologically significant regions, with a strong focus between Latin America and the UK. Their work supports critical, place-based engagement through collaborations with over 400 artists and cultural practitioners from more than 50 countries, in dialogue with local knowledge, ecosystems, and Territories. As an award-winning cultural initiative with internationally recognised programs, La Wayaka Current has earned a strong reputation for supporting artists at the forefront of ecological and interdisciplinary practice over the last decade. As an artist-led, independently-run cultural project they have been awarded grants and support from international funding bodies including Arts Council England and OCA Norway and they are a member of Res Artis - Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies.

Interlace Emergency Grants are intended to respond to various emergency needs. These grants are modest but intended to mitigate the harmful effects of emergency situations and crises, such as eviction, utility shut-off, healthcare expenses, phone or internet service interruption, and more. Interlace Emergency Grants are open to all self-identifying Providence area visual artists. Funds are dispersed monthly. Awards range from $50-$500 monthly, with a total pool of $1250 awarded monthly. If there are less than $1250 worth of qualified requests during a given month, funds roll over to the next month. Interlace awards Emergency Grants on a monthly basis: Applications are due on the 7th of each month

Each year, Lacawac welcomes a select group of professional and emerging artists for week-long residencies. During their stay, artists are encouraged to explore, reflect, and create, drawing inspiration from the Sanctuary’s remarkable natural beauty. Housing and studio space are provided to support a focused and meaningful creative experience. There are no hard deadlines for the submission of registration. However it is strongly recommended that registrations be submitted two weeks prior to the retreat start date.

Anandvan Residency is for artists, architects, writers, art historians, directors, actors, publishers, musicians and other creative professionals, from all over the world, regardless of race, gender, age and orientation, with open ideas and opinions, are invited and encouraged to share the garden space in Varanasi / Banaras.