Fusion Art announces the Animal Kingdom 2025 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting animals, both domestic and wild. The artwork can include any animals that live on land, in the sea or in the air. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.

This is the 10th annual Animal Kingdom art competition that gallery has held.

The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2025 International Juried Exhibition with over $5,000 in awards! Forty-five juror-selected photographs will be exhibited from December 6, 2025 through January 4, 2026 in historic gallery in Carmel, California, and vie for eight cash awards totaling more than $5,000. These photographs will also be featured in an online gallery on the CPA website along with an additional forty-five juror selected images. An exhibition catalog of the entire gallery and online exhibition will be available for purchase. An entry discount is available for new and current CPA members.

Welcome to Prompt 26! They are pondering the heroic within the human experience. ‍Immersed in a world of AI, it takes a brave soul to pause and honestly ask, "Am I losing myself to ChatGPT?" In this polished world people are cornered at every turn to optimize more, to actually think less. Here at the crossroads, people must free themselves from artificial control. Being human today increasingly requires an act of will. They welcome art and personal statements made by humans only. AI generated or assisted works and statements will not be considered.

This is a open call for artists who would like to exhibit in a professional setting in their galleries in 2026. They have two galleries in our facility (The Harguth Gallery, and the Beckmann Gallery), both are beautiful spaces to show your work in a professional setting. All Minnesota Visual Artists, are welcome to apply. 2026 exhibits begin January 13th- Dec 19th 2026.

Carolinas Rehabilitation is looking for local and regional artists (North and South Carolina) to submit pieces to be hung in their newly renovated, high-traffic space. Every three months the gallery will be filled with new art, chosen by a committee. The artists chosen for each time period will be able to display 3 pieces of art. They are looking for art that creates a positive and welcome distraction for their patients and visitors.

This is a busy lobby and connects to their flagship hospital. The campus is 4 million square feet. This is a fantastic opportunity for local artists to showcase their talent while gaining tremendous exposure. Proposals for your submissions should inspire positive reflection with a focus on community; health, hope and healing.

This residency calls for creatives or collectives to design and develop a concept or reimagined work that responds to Art Gene’s physical spaces within the Nan Tait Centre – their studios, gallery, production areas (see below for more information on the Nan Tait Centre). They’re particularly interested in proposals that explore innovative, critical or imaginative ways to use or activate Art Gene’s indoor spaces – for example, by approaching new ways to host artist residencies, host workshops, or engage the wider community. This could be in the form of a structure such as an eco-pod, a project or intervention that sits within or outside of the building.

The Town of Putnam, in collaboration with the Putnam Arts Council (PAC) and the Putnam Business Association (PBA), invites professional artists and artist teams to submit finished artwork or proposals for one of three permanent, site-specific outdoor sculptures in Downtown Putnam, Connecticut. This initiative is part of a joint effort to enhance the cultural vitality and visual landscape of the community through engaging and accessible public art. The three sculptures will be installed along Main Street, in locations that previously housed trees. These tree sites, now available for creative reuse, are embedded within a highly visible and walkable area, making them ideal for impactful public art. Given this context, proposals inspired by arboreal themes, natural forms, or ecological concepts are strongly encouraged as a way to artistically reintroduce elements of nature into the urban setting.

The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.

Maximum entry are 10 pieces 
Fee: $15 per entry

Online show registration & tech support: Free account setup. 

• All Questions related to show rules or guidelines can be directed to our email at: [email protected] 


• For Tech questions, please contact [email protected] or call 720-900-5506 for any issues relating to creating a free submission only account or logging into the system. Select this icon for online live tech support in your submission only account  You will get live support during business hours. Any after hour questions will be addressed the following business day via email.


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Mandatory information to include for each artwork:

• Setup free submission only account with artwork archive. *** A paid account subscription or 14 free trial IS NOT needed. ***


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  Images of artwork 


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  Title of artwork


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  Price, this is the price you want to sell your artwork for. (do not enter anything in the fields for the wholesale value, fair market value, or insurance value)


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  Medium and Substrate entered in the Medium field box. (example: acrylic on canvas, watercolor on paper, oil on wood panel, etc...) Some artwork may not have a substrate such as jewelry. 


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  Subject Matter of the art is the category of your artwork. (landscape, portrait, still life,  etc....) See below for full list of categories. 


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  Size (size of artwork and size of frame if applicable)


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  Type of art (painting, textile, jewelry, sculpture, etc...)


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  Complete your profile information to include contact information. A photo of yourself can also be uploaded but not mandatory.


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  Division: Answer the fill in the blank question for your division. See below for complete list and details. (Professional, amateur I or II, etc...)

Important Dates & Locations:

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  Show entry deadline: Oct. 1, 2025


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  Show dates: Oct 16, 17, & 18            


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  Artist reception and awards ceremony:  Wednesday, October 15th; 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.


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  Delivery date: Sunday, October 12th;  10:00pm – 4:00pm. 


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  Delivery time slots by Division: (labels for your show pieces will be provided at the check-in table)

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  Pick up date: Saturday, October 18th; 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Show Exhibition Hours:

• Thursday, October 16th; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm


• Friday, October 17th;9:00 am – 5:00 pm


• Saturday, October 18th; 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

 Reception and Awards Ceremony:

• An artist reception and awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 15th from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Tyler Rose Garden Center.  Check in will begin at 6:00 pm with appetizers and beverages, program begins at 6:30.


• Best of Show winners will be awarded at 7:00pm along with other winners in each category.


• The judge will be available for individual critiques at the reception as time allows.

Divisions:

1. 
   Professional Division:  Artist 18 years or older who sells their art and/or teach classes or workshops regularly, who have a Facebook business page, website, or Instagram account to market their art regularly or have been published in a book or magazine


2. 
   Advanced II Division: Artist 18 years or older who has moved from Advanced I and sell art occasionally. 


3. 
   Advanced I Division: Artist 18 years or older who has advanced from Amateur. May only remain in Advanced I for five years.


4. 
   Amateur Division: Adult artist, 18 years or older, who are a beginner in art.  May not show as Amateur for more than 3 years.


5. 
   Junior Level I Division:  Artists 7-12 years old


6. 
   Junior Level II Division:  Artists 13-17 years old


7.  Photography - Professional Division 


8. 
   Photography - Amateur Division  (Photography hanging requirements: Mounted on 11x14 inch foam or mat board, can use double sided tape to mount (no frames due to special display used)


9.  Dimensional Art Division: Artist 18 years or older who create 3-D artwork including ceramics, pottery and mosaics


10. 
    Sculpture Division: 3-D artwork including metal and wire


11. 
    Wearable Art Division: Includes costume jewelry, hats, and clothing 


12. 
    Fine Jewelry Division: Fine jewelry or gold or silver etc


13. Living Art: 

Categories: (Subject Matter)

1. Landscape/Seascape


2. Floral


3. Still Life


4. Portrait/Figure


5. Abstract/Contemporary/Surrealism 


6. Animals, etc.


7. Reproduction- Project that is done in a workshop and design is not originally created by artist. Reproduction category is not eligible for Best of Show.


8. Fiber Art


9. Ceramics/Pottery/Glass/Dimensional


10. Sculpture


11. Living Art


12. Other

Mediums & Substrate: 

1. Oil/Acrylic: Does not have to be displayed under glass


2. 
   Watercolor: Must be displayed under glass/Plexiglas, Unless pre-approved otherwise by board president or show chairman


3. 
   Pastels: Must be displayed under glass/Plexiglas, Unless pre-approved otherwise by board president or show chairman


4. 
   Drawing: Must be displayed under glass/Plexiglas, Unless pre-approved otherwise by board president or show chairman. This medium includes pen and ink, charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, etc. 


5. Mixed Media


6. Fiber Art


7. Clay


8. Metal 


9. Glass


10. Other

Awards:

• Selected by division.                                          &nbsp...

With over 10,000 artists exhibited and 500,000+ guests across 20+ cities worldwide, The Holy Art Gallery continues to showcase bold, brilliant, and boundary-pushing creativity.

🌍 Submissions are now open! They welcome artists from all countries and backgrounds to submit their work for their next major physical exhibition in Athens, Greece (17–19 October 2025).

📍 Location: Normanou 3, Athens 105 55, Greece
Their gallery is nestled between Monastiraki and the Acropolis/Parthenon—two of the most iconic and vibrant areas of Athens.

🎨 Theme: OPEN From painting to poetry, film to sculpture, all mediums are welcome.

🖼️ Participation Fee: £80 incl. VAT for one artwork💳 Flexible payment options available via Klarna, Afterpay/Clearpay, and Revolut Pay.

Dorado 806 Projects is excited to announce a four-week artist residency from January 4 – 31, 2026, taking place in our space in the heart of downtown Santa Monica — just minutes walk from the beach and a perfect setting to spend a winter month immersed in your creative practice. This residency culminates in a solo exhibition at the end of the program, offering the artist a platform to share their work with the community. Artists of all disciplines are welcome. They’re drawn to those who embrace experimentation, storytelling, and connection; artists eager to dive into their process, inspired by new environments and the rhythm of coastal life.

Guildford House Gallery invites artists to submit work for the second edition of its art prize. Up to 100 works will be selected for a group exhibition and the winning artist will receive a £1,000 cash prize plus a solo exhibition. There is no set theme—their aim is to present the best contemporary art, whether 2D or 3D, across a range of media. To submit work, please go to online entry and complete the entry form where you will be asked to enter your details and pay for your submission. Entry fees are: £15 for the first submission and £10 for additional artworks. Artists may enter up to 4 artworks.

Apply now for the Kronenringe: Jewellery Residency for Emerging Artists! This unique programme in Germany offers jewellery artists not only a rare, fully equipped goldsmith’s workshop with historical continuity, but also direct access to a vibrant community of colleagues, customers and patrons.

Following the principles of theFoundation, an NGO whose activities are based on ecosophical knowledge, this Artist Residency Program is conceived as an interchange platform between the artists-in-residency projects and the different practices that take place in the Foundation’s house, the city and the region. Mainly, the kind of practices that establish relationships with the environment based on sensitivity towards the planet, the protection of life, human freedoms and respect for individual differences.
This program is aimed at both artists (in a wide sense: from visual to performing arts, from music to writing) and cultural managers or agents interested in putting forward artistic projects aligned with discourses of ecological and social sustainability and, in general terms, with the knowledge and practices related to the values and objectives encouraged by Casa de Mono.

At the beginning of the residency, participants will be introduced to the specific technique of kiln-cast glass sculpture—melting glass shards into custom-made molds. Residents will create a clay model, produce a negative mold, and fill it with glass for casting. The finished piece can then be further refined through grinding, polishing, or sandblasting. Participants will have the opportunity to experience the entire process and create their own glass sculpture under expert guidance in a fully equipped workshop. The residency is open to both experienced glassmakers and complete beginners. All materials are included. At the end of the residency, participants will leave with their finished artwork.

Strata Gallery invites artists from all backgrounds to submit their artwork for our juried exhibition, “Small Works.” This showcase aims to celebrate the power of small artworks that invites viewers to explore the intricacies of minute details. All media is welcome, including: painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc. Artwork must not exceed 16 inches in any dimension, including frame. Small Works is a juried exhibition held at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Center for the Arts Evergreen (CAE), located in Evergreen, Colorado is seeking applicants for its Artist in Residency Program (AIR). The Artist-in-Residence program offers the opportunity for emerging and established artists to foster creativity and community engagement while developing both new works and works-in-progress. Eligible artistic disciplines and media include drawing, painting, sculpture, dance, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction & nonfiction writing, music, spoken word/poetry, and interdisciplinary. All artist mediums are encouraged to apply. Please contact them for further clarification on your medium. Residents will be provided with housing, private studio space, a monthly stipend and teaching and sales opportunities in Evergreen, Colorado, a serene natural setting and a vibrant, creative community in the foothills of metro Denver. Twelve-week residencies are offered three times each year.

Sacramento Fine Arts Center invites artists to apply to their Abstract Intentions 2025 exhibition. Abstract art uses shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with degrees of independence from visual references in the world. Sacramento Fine Arts Center welcome all media to join this exciting exhibition.

They’re inviting you to share your life and community through documentary photography as part of MySide, their new grassroots curatorial project. Every three months they’ll set a new theme, and right now they're looking for responses to the prompt “Places That Made Us”.

Open to MONCAS Members and non-members.

One Columbia for Arts and Culture and United Way of the Midlands is seeking an artist or artist team to create a vibrant public mural that celebrates the United Way of the Midland’s 100th anniversary and honors a century of service, collaboration, and community impact. For the past 100 years, their mission has remained rooted in the belief that people are stronger together—that by uniting across differences, people can build a thriving, equitable community for all. This mural should reflect that enduring spirit, with a strong focus on people, diversity, and the communities they serve across Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, and Richland counties.

Artists & Illustrators is delighted to be back with The British Art Prize 2025. Enter today for the chance to win bigger and better prizes than ever before, have your work exhibited at two major London galleries and be featured in this magazine. This major international art competition will expose winning artists of all levels to a far-reaching platform to gain valuable publicity and recognition for their work. Open to everyone – whether you’re an amateur, emerging or professional artist – all styles, media* and techniques will be considered. 

LiTE-HAUS seeks artists based in or near Berlin to exhibit artworks in a group show in November. There is no theme for this open call but it is temporarily titled “SPLASH”. They also accept proposals for artists who would like to exhibit in one or more of their three bright white rooms, if you prefer not to be part of a group show.

As part of the bicentenary celebration (September 2026 to September 2027) of le Point de vue du gras*, Hangar is launching a call for applications aimed at Belgian photographers and/or photographers residing in Belgium, on the theme "Reinventing Photography." In echo to the major photographic commission by the CNAP (National Centre for Visual Arts in France), Hangar’s commission will complement the selection of 15 photographers already chosen. The full body of work will be showcased in an exhibition at Hangar from September to December 2026.

Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency supports artists and researchers working on media arts projects. The short-term residency is open to applicants from Buffalo and across the United States who are seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Residents have tailored access to facilities, equipment, technical consultation, from Squeaky Wheel, as well as our partners Buffalo Game Space, The Foundry, Mirabo Press, and Silo City. Residents present on their work together in a public event, present a workshop for the Squeaky Wheel community, and participate in tailored activities, such as field trips, critiques, among others.

In 1977, Theatrical Outfit was founded by nine young Atlanta theatre artists who wanted to shake things up and launch some electric new energy into the theatre scene. To continue the tradition, we launched a new festival to re-capture that energy, and launch a new generation of touring work that can light up stages in Atlanta, across Georgia, across the nation, or across the globe. They are providing four artists with a stipend, free rehearsal space, production and marketing support, and four guaranteed performances at Theatrical Outfit. They provide a simple, minimalist set, and a rep lighting and sound plot. The artist puts together their own creative team and their own timeline to make it happen.

They Empower Creators to Partner with Their Local Nonprofits.

Causability is one of the few U.S. nonprofits offering unrestricted grants to creators, enabling them to collaborate with local nonprofits to develop impactful programs that benefit both creators and their communities.

These grants support creators who may or may not yet be partnered with a nonprofit, providing opportunities to co-create initiatives that address underserved or socio-economically marginalized communities through the arts.

For over 30 years, it's been ADC's mission to support living artists, and ACA (Art Comes Alive) does just that. Now entering its 16th year, ACA has earned its reputation as the "Academy Awards for Art," and it's only getting bigger

Australia’s most inclusive and exciting contemporary art prize is back, bigger and bolder than ever, running 19 January to 22 March 2026. Whether you’re an emerging or an established artist, the Wyndham Art Prize (WAP) 2026 invites practitioners across Australia to submit their most powerful, thought-provoking, or unexpected work. With a growing prize pool and expanded categories, this year’s edition celebrates the full spectrum of artistic expression. The Wyndham Art Prize proudly champions inclusivity and welcomes works in a variety of artforms including painting, sculpture, photography, video, works on paper and digital media. Held at the newly refurbished Wyndham Art Gallery, the 2026 exhibition will showcase the finalists in a dynamic, high-profile public space.

The Native American Artist-in-Residence (NAAIR) Program was established in 2013 to support the continuation and recovery of traditional Native American arts by utilizing the Minnesota Historical Society’s collections. NAAIR is a 6 to 12 month residency. Artists are supported financially, gain open access to study the MNHS collections, and are provided with support to visit regional museums or knowledgeable peer artists or elders.

ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for the 17th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2025, that will take place in Venice at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello (click here to learn more about this venue) and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings, from October 24 to November 07, 2025, during the same period of the 19th Venice Biennale of Architecture. In its 17th edition, CONTEMPORARY VENICE focuses on the connection between the body and its surroundings, reflecting on the merging of identities and contemporary cultural, physical, social, and urban landscapes through its two curated sections: MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES.

AMADEUS Festival Vienna launches its fourth International Design Competition 2025/26, celebrating emerging talent in visual arts and graphic design. Framed within the Festival’s communication strategy, the competition offers a platform to showcase creativity inspired by classical music while promoting the Festival’s international image. This year’s theme, Metamorphosis, invites artists to explore transformation and creativity, with the chance to gain recognition and visibility on a global stage. AMADEUS Festival International Design Competition 2025/2026 will award the best design of a poster promoting AMADEUS Festival Vienna for the year 2026. They welcome and value a variety of creative approaches and artistic points of view. The theme of this year’s competition is Metamorphosis.

The W. Eugene Smith Grant is designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion as evidenced during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist. Special consideration will be given to work that promotes social change, that embraces new technologies and image distribution, and that seeks to integrate the tradition of photography and social change with contemporary practice. The judges will be looking for a photographer and project that seem most likely to use exemplary and compelling photojournalism and documentary photography (possibly supplemented by or incorporating multi-media) to address an issue of import and impact related to the human condition: social change, humanitarian concern, armed conflict, or other topics of interpersonal, psychological, cultural, social, environmental, scientific, medical and/or political significance, ideally expressing an underlying acknowledgement of our common humanity.

The W. Eugene Smith Grant for Student Photographers is designed to encourage and support students whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion as evidenced during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist. Special consideration will be given to work that promotes social change, that embraces new technologies and image distribution, and that seeks to integrate the tradition of photography and social change with contemporary practice. The judges will be looking for a photographer and project that seem most likely to use exemplary and compelling photojournalism and documentary photography (possibly supplemented by or incorporating multi-media) to address an issue of import and impact related to the human condition: social change, humanitarian concern, armed conflict, or other topics of interpersonal, psychological, cultural, social, environmental, scientific, medical and/or political significance, ideally expressing an underlying acknowledgement of our common humanity.

The Windgate Artist in Residence is made possible through a generous grant from the Windgate foundation. The Windgate Foundation, based in Little Rock Arkansas, is a private foundation established in 1993 whose purpose is to advance contemporary craft and strengthen visual arts education in the United States. Education, health, and community initiatives are an additional area of focus in Arkansas.
This residency offers the selected applicant the opportunity to create work and engage with the School of Art and Design community, as well as the greater Little Rock community. The primary goal of the residency program is to provide time to make and develop work, and the space to make it while interacting with their community.

Coburg House Art Gallery is excited to announce an open call for their upcoming Coburg Print Room, showcasing the very best of Scottish and local printmaking. Coburg House is a building filled with 60+ artist studios, and they have a shop and gallery space that is open on weekends, Saturdays & Sundays, 11am - 4pm.

The City of Sarasota Public Art Program is commissioning a permanent sculpture for this location. The artwork must be original, visually compelling from multiple angles, durable for outdoor display in partial sun, and scaled appropriately to the site. Surrounding landscaping will be adapted to complement the selected piece. The artwork must be safe, stable, and designed so that it does not present hazards to the public or encourage climbing. Surfaces should be free of sharp points or abrasive textures, and materials must be vandal-resistant and suitable for long-term outdoor display in Sarasota’s climate.

Braunschweig Projects: Fellowships for Visual and Sound Artists. The program Braunschweig Projects, HBK Braunschweig offers 7 artistic fellowships on behalf of the State of Lower Saxony for the year 2026/27: Sound art (2 scholarships), Visual arts (5 scholarships). The program is aimed at  artists, who would like to work on a project in the immediate vicinity of HBK Braunschweig. With their project proposal, fellows should make a significant contribution towards the further development of forms of artistic practice. All fellows will be assigned a mentor, who will help with the integration into university life. Mentors are fine arts professor and can be chosen by the fellows themselves. In addition, all professors of the fine arts department will be available for artistic discourse with the fellows. 

Hang onto your energy domes, people! They are thrilled to announce they’re now accepting submissions for BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Inspired by a collaboration with DEVO Fine Art Prints, they’re seeking artwork that aligns with the concepts behind the influential and legendary band DEVO! Works selected for BEAUTIFUL WORLD will be displayed alongside a strictly limited-edition portfolio of rare or never-before-seen DEVO images by world-class photographers: Neal Preston, Ebet Roberts, Allan Tannenbaum, and Richard Alden Peterson. These highly collectible prints are of a set quantity, and each buyer of a print will receive an exclusive invitation to an intimate meet-and-greet with DEVO at Fresh Eye Gallery!(!!) The band will also be selecting a “Best in Show” with an invitation to the meet and greet for the winner.

SaveArtSpace x Slow Factory is proud to present Feed Gaza / End the Genocide, a public art exhibition on billboard ad space in New York, NY, starting November 21, 2025, curated by Slow Factory. Focused on breaking the siege that is currently forcefully starving 2 million people in Gaza, 40,000 newborn, the billboards aim to raise immediate funding and support for SameerProject as well as a series of grassroots initiatives working tirelessly in feeding people in Gaza. They invite artists of all ages and talents to submit their artwork between August 25 and October 6, 2025 in order to be considered for the exhibition. This is an opportunity to have your work exhibited on billboard ad space in New York, NY.

Guildhouse has been engaged by City of Charles Sturt to deliver two significant public artwork opportunities for South Australian artists: EOI Drayton Street Pocket Park Sculpture & EOI Chief Street Pocket Park Pavement Design. City of Charles Sturt is currently developing two small-medium plots of vacant land on Drayton Street, Bowden and Chief Street, Brompton into pocket parks. Drayton Street Pocket Park and Chief Street Pocket Park (yet to be formally named) are currently under construction and due to be completed in December 2025. Individual artists or artist teams are invited to submit their Expressions of Interest in either of these exciting opportunities. Artists are welcome to express their interest in both, however a different artist will be chosen for each pocket park. Artist are not required to be Guildhouse Members to apply. EOI close Monday 6 October, 11:59pm ACDT.

Each year the Lone Tree Arts Commission seeks to beautify the many traffic signal and utility boxes placed within the city through the selection of original designs from area artists. The selected designs will be printed on vinyl wrap and cover the boxes on all four sides. A third-party design fabricator will be used to print the vinyl wraps and will be installed by the same group.

Epicenter NYC invites artists to submit work for their 2025 group exhibition Music of Many Colours — taking place at The Local NY in Long Island City from Nov. 7 - Dec. 7

The exhibition explores how music carries memory, identity, and resistance across cultures and generations. From ancestral sounds to subcultures and personal playlists, music serves as both archive and amplifier — shaping the way people remember, resist, and belong.

All submissions will be reviewed by special guest juror Sadaf Padder.

Epicenter NYC features the work of a New York area artist every week, sharing examples of their work, accomplishments, and helping generate buzz for upcoming projects.

This proposal presents an opportunity for an emerging artist to create an impactful outdoor sculpture that draws inspiration from the rich cultural and historical landscape of America. The work will explore themes of national music identity, heritage, and community through visual language that honors traditional and contemporary symbols of Americana. By integrating lighting elements, the sculpture will bring a dynamic, immersive experience to the public space, allowing the piece to evolve with the time of day and season, highlighting the timeless nature of the American spirit. The sculpture installation site will be a public, outdoor green space that is part of a larger community that houses a barbecue restaurant, live music stage and kids gathering area. This sculpture will serve as an artistic focal point and contribute to the aesthetic experience for music lovers and families. The sculpture will be viewed year-round in an environment with variable weather conditions. The site is in North Minneapolis on Emerson Avenue.

Turbo Gallery is situated in the rural town of Rainbow in North-West Victoria. Established in 2015, the gallery is a contemporary art space and an integral part of the creative culture in town. Rainbow is situated in a rich agricultural district, right on the edge of the Big Desert and its vast Mallee Wilderness areas. Nestled along the silo art trail,Rainbow is attracting an increasing number of visitors.

• Deadline: Thurs. Oct. 2nd at 1:00pm.


• Acceptance Notification: Friday, Oct. 3rd via email.


• Artwork Delivery: Monday, Oct. 6th between the hours of 11:30am to 6:30pm to Gallery 86:
  • Address: 2084 N. Jim Miller Rd. Suite 102A, Dallas, TX 75217.
  
  


• Show Opening: Sat., Oct. 11th from 6-8pm at Gallery 86.


• Show Closing: Mon., Oct. 13th, from 6-8pm.


• Artwork Pick Up: Thurs., Oct. 16th between the hours of 11:30am to 6:30pm.

The Penland Core Fellowship Program is a one-year work-study fellowship for early career artists looking to expand technical skills and material fluency while working to support the day-to-day operations of a craft school. Artists of all backgrounds who want to advance their educational goals and explore their capacity to contribute to a thriving creative community are encouraged to apply. The goal of the program is to shape the future of contemporary craft by creating opportunity, connection, and immersive education for early career artists who bring a range of perspectives and goals to the school.

Artists Space Gallery announces their fourth Nature online Art Competition for the month of October 2025. The Nature theme may include everything that is nature related (landscapes, seascapes, skies, world of flora and fauna, etc). A variety of interpretations can be submitted (representative, abstract, conceptual). All visual art mediums are allowed. The jury will select award winners in the following art categories: painting, photography, sculpture. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. An article about each artist will be displayed alongside the best of show and three winners. Judging the artwork will be based on the following criteria: creativity, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. The jury will not consider artworks with pornographic or satanic content.

The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) invites artists worldwide, aged 18 and over, to submit artwork for the ROI Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries. Submission deadline: Friday 10 October 2025 at 12 noon. This year’s special theme is ‘HOME’ – with the ROI Themed Painting Prize awarded for the best interpretation. However, the theme is optional and represents just one aspect of a broader exhibition, which welcomes oil paintings on all subjects.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL) is pleased to announce their 2026 open call for a solo or two-person exhibition in the gallery space in Greenville, SC. This year’s call is broadly themed around boundaries, interpreted in the widest sense. TSA welcomes exhibition submissions from individual and two-person artist groups. As a national organization, Tiger Strikes Asteroid is committed to highlighting the breadth and range of artists within the community, and encourages historically underrepresented perspectives and viewpoints to apply. All applicants will be considered for future programming, with finalists being notified.

Nacán Art Residency invites you to immerse yourself in the breathtaking surroundings of a pristine tropical forest with access to a stunning beach. During this residency, artists will have the opportunity to live and work in the lush and vibrant environment while engaging with the local community and their cultural traditions.

Each residency will take place over a six-week period in which the artist resides and works in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. Artists will have access to and are encouraged to interact with the land, culture, visitor center and the surrounding area. The culmination of the residency centers the artist’s research and development of new work that showcases ideas and work created during their six-week stay at Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. Public engagement opportunities include, but are not limited to: an artist talk or exhibition, workshop, temporary site-specific installations, performances, etc. Artwork and community engagement should be safe and appropriate for both children and adults, ADA compliant, and should not permanently alter the environment when removed.

A juried group photo show on color photography at Black Box Gallery.

For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

30th Extremely Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition – Call for Art

A show exclusively for Minnesota resident artists.
November 1 – December 7, 2025

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony:
Saturday November 1 5:30-8 pm

Prize awards totaling $800. Entry ONLY through EntryThingy.com.

Online Entry OPENS Monday, September 1, at 9:00 am Central.
Online Entry CLOSES Friday, October 10, at 11:59 pm Central.
Email notification of Acceptance Monday, October 20.
Delivery to Robbin Gallery Sunday, October 26, 5 – 7 pm and Monday, October 27, 5 – 7 pm.

Building on four decades of cultivating a strong printmaking culture and legacy in North Queensland, New Editions will support four contemporary artists from the Gurambilbarra / Townsville region to develop and present ambitious new bodies of work. With guidance from a master printmaker, participating artists will extend their technical expertise, experiment with advanced processes, and create professional print editions that reflect the highest standards of contemporary practice. Together, these new works will expand the region’s printmaking legacies, offering audiences a bold, innovative and enduring cultural experience. Artists selected for New Editions will undertake an intensive three-week workshop with a master printmaker in The Studio during February or March 2026. The four artists will be supported to create a new body of work that will be exhibited by Umbrella and potentially selected for presentation at Sydney Contemporary and/or Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in 2026.

Sensorio, the internationally acclaimed immersive art destination located in the scenic heart of California’s Central Coast, is officially inviting artists, designers, and creators to submit proposals for new groundbreaking outdoor installations. With over 20,000 square feet of open exhibit space available, Sensorio is seeking innovative works that fuse light with landscape, designed specifically for nighttime use. The multi-sensory experience looks forward to submissions from a wide range of creators in its first international, open call for exhibit proposals. These areas offer a rare opportunity to present large-scale, immersive experiences to tens of thousands of visitors under the stars. While artwork that could also be featured in potential future daytime tours is a plus, it is required that all proposals incorporate light as a primary medium and be fully activated at night.

Médicos del Mundo Spain has opened the call for the 29th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award. This award honors powerful photo series that document social inequities, injustices, and human rights violations—or the conditions that perpetuate or challenge them.

Named in memory of photographer and humanitarian worker Luis Valtueña, as well as three other members of the organization who were killed while carrying out humanitarian work in Rwanda (1997) and Bosnia (1995), the award serves as a tribute to their legacy and the human values they stood for.

Eligible submissions must tell a visual story related to themes such as health, natural disasters, humanitarian work, international cooperation, social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflict, vulnerable communities, and refugee and/or migrant experiences.

An international craft nouveau competition sponsored by the Creative Arts League of Sacramento featuring handcrafted items to include everything from furniture, elegant vases and jewelry boxes to wall hangings, pottery and sculpture made by hand from glass, clay, wood, metal and fiber.

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund was established in 1926 to make grants to artists producing murals and work on walls in the UK, with a tradition of supporting serious and ambitious work. Since then, the Trustees of the Fund, who are all artists themselves, have been committed to funding high quality, artistically rigorous public art. The artistic sense of the proposed art work is the first criteria of selection. The Trustees study images and review the artist’s previous works to make their decisions. Additionally, the Trustees want to know who the audience is for theproject, what is its duration (min 3 months) and how the work relates to its site/demographic.

The Fine Art Photography Awards return in 2025 as a celebration of bold vision and creative freedom. Open to both professionals and amateurs, the competition invites photographers who challenge convention and explore new artistic frontiers.

This international contest honors the power of personal perspective—welcoming work that spans simplicity to complexity, classic technique to contemporary expression. There are no rules, no required tools—only the image and the story it tells.

Entries will be judged across 20 diverse categories by a panel of esteemed industry professionals. The Fine Art Photography Awards are not about conformity—they’re about creation, experimentation, and making your mark.

The committee is interested in purchasing existing works made by New Mexico artists that show compelling craftsmanship and technique in a range of media including: painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, weaving, mixed media photography and assemblage. Digital photography and original works must be printed on archival paper using archival inks; Giclée reproductions of original works will not be accepted. Exhibition sites for this collection of 2-D artwork will include, but not be limited to, Albuquerque City Hall, the east and/or west complexes of the Convention Center, city libraries, community centers and other city-owned facilities deemed appropriate by the Albuquerque Arts Board.

Oregon Contemporary invites proposals for its Curator in Residence (CIR) program for the 2026–27 exhibition season. The CIR program offers a unique opportunity for mid-career curators to deepen their practice through a research residency that culminates in a major group exhibition in FY2027. Designed for curators with an established body of work, the program supports rigorous research, interdisciplinary exchange, and engagement with contemporary discourse, with a special emphasis on Oregon’s artistic landscape. The curator will visit Portland in late spring of 2026 and be in residence for up to a month at Sitka in fall of 2026 as they prepare for a 2027 exhibition at Oregon Contemporary. The exhibition curatorial honorarium is $8000 with an additional stipend of $500 per week available during the Sitka residency.

Microclimates, pigeons, algae on canal walls, ride-sharing data, soil sensors, CCTV acoustics, and people's own biometrics all co-produce a living feedback loop. THE CITY LISTENS BACK invites works that treat the city as a sentient mesh: code like mycelium, rivers as data pipes, bodies as antennas. We’re interested in practices that pair technology with organism — bio-sensing wearables, machine-learning trained on field recordings, e-waste turned habitat, speculative infrastructures that host both networks and nonhuman life. The show asks: when every surface is instrumented and every organism emits a signal, who is actually listening — and to whom?

The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize invites submissions in traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative, experimental formats that extend and challenge understandings of what constitutes drawing in contemporary art practices. As a staple in their exhibition calendar since 2006, this prestigious prize celebrates the breadth and diversity of contemporary drawing practice, attracting hundreds of entries from across Australia.

Pedantic Arts Residency (Pedantic) re-embraces the significant impact that education, study, and structured contemplation can have on artistic output by emphasizing the art world tradition of interconnecting creators, organizers, and critics. Pedantic is an opportunity for exchange and inspiration between 3 such creatives who practice visual art, curating, and writing. It is a unique invitation to open greater and more cross-disciplinary dialogue within the arts where each singular, definitive role becomes part of a collective, exploratory experience.

There are various natural, artificial, and even staged scenes that seize the attention of photographers, compelling and inspiring them to pause, observe, and create an image to convey a personal interpretation of what they see. Among these photographs, the most successful ones go well beyond the mere recording of the visual qualities of a place; they bear the marks of the interpretive insights of the photographer. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition themed –scapes. They are looking for submissions from all photographers who are interested in this subject and would like to share their work with a wider international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery.

City of Tamarac Inspiration Way 2024-2025 Sculpture on loan program. Location: Corridor of Nob Hill Road Between Commercial Blvd. and McNab. Open to all artists nationwide creating original three-dimensional artwork of a scale and material suitable for outdoor display. Florida artists are encouraged to apply. Previous years of experience in outdoor installation of public work is preferred but not necessary. Selected artists will receive a total honorarium of $3,500 per selected artwork that is intended to cover all expenses, including travel and property insurance should the artist choose to have the artwork covered for property damage or loss while on loan to the City.

The Gilbert Bayes Award for early career sculptors is given annually by the Society to a small group of outstandingly talented sculptors. Selected by the sculptor members of the Society’s Board and a guest judge, the award provides vital support during what can be a difficult transition from study to professional practice. The award is open to sculptors of any age or nationality, with or without formal training and working in any style of media. Award winners receive a year’s worth of professional development (including talks from guest speakers working in commercial galleries, art charities and private collections) and free membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors for a year.

For FROZEN, they seek photography that captures the distilled essence of winter—its clean lines, soft textures, and silent spaces. Think snow-covered hills at dawn, delicate frost crystals, breath turning to mist, frozen rivers, or the quiet geometry of ice.

Whether stark and minimal or rich with detail, they welcome work that celebrates winter’s ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. All photographic approaches are encouraged—black and white, color, traditional, experimental, and everything in between.

They look forward to seeing how you capture the frozen world.

Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2025 is open for entries. There are lots of cash prizes and imaging software to be won, with additional prizes coming soon.

Artists may submit up to four (4) works for consideration.

Studio Luce is a self-directed artist residency set in the quiet fishing village of El Paredón, along Guatemala’s black sand Pacific coast. Hosted at the stunning Villa Rosa—a luxury home in a protected national park—the residency offers artists a serene, inspiring environment to create without deadlines or pressure. Whether you’re painting, sketching, taking photos, writing, composing or simply exploring new ideas, Studio Luce gives you the space and freedom to focus on your practice. This is a hands-off, self-funded residency: they trust that artists know what they need, and they’re there to support rather than direct.

Photographers, visual designers and video artists are invited to submit 1 up to 3 works addressing the theme. The “Aesthetic Dynamics” call deals with a theme that inherits intellectual historical precepts from which, thanks to continuous scientific and technological development, it is still possible to provide new perceptions of reality. The aesthetic elaborations that turn their gaze towards formal dynamics have originated from the studies on the organic world. These have been being developed since the nineteenth century, thanks to scientific discoveries and technological inventions such as the microscope, x-rays, microphotography, etc., and all these are tools through which artists could also observe the natural world: in this cultural context Art Noveau develops as an artistic phenomenon characterized by a style that uses curved and sinuous lines to create fluid and dynamic shapes inspired by nature.

Community / Artist Partnership grants fund up to $1500 and are for initiating community-based projects leading to artwork creation. Applications are evaluated by measuring quality of work, community impact, concept, and ability to complete project.

An Open Call for Fotofestiwal Open Program gives you an opportunity to present your works to the audience of the International Festival of Photography held in June 2026 in Łódź (Poland). They are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. The call for entries is open – with no thematic or age limits. They invite specialists from the world's most important media and photographic institutions to join the jury. From among the submitted projects, the jury will select six which, in cooperation with the curators of Fotofestiwal, will be presented in the form of an exhibition.

Education Assistance grants fund up to $500 and are for educational opportunities such as: conferences, residencies, studio workshops, or study trips and can includes travel fees. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of educational opportunity, potential impact on practice/career, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.

The Grants for Artists program fosters Oklahoma’s visual artistic creative excellence. The grants committee supports the mission of OVAC and scores submissions based on the merit of each application according to the pertinent grant category and its associated criteria. Grants for Artists help individual Oklahoma artists create visual art for public presentation, develop their professional practices, and lead community projects. Grants are open to artists working in visual-based mediums, curation, and art writing.

The 2025 Henki Art Prize invites artists worldwide to respond to the theme Camminare – Avanti, camminate sempre, inspired by Pope Francis’ words on the importance of movement and resilience. Submissions must relate to the theme Camminare and explore water in its physical, symbolic, cultural, or environmental dimensions. All media are welcome, including painting, sculpture, photography, and video (up to 5 minutes). Entries are free and limited to one original work created in the last two years.

The Grand Center for Arts & Culture (GCAC) is pleased to announce their artist residency program for the calendar year 2026. They are inviting guest artists to apply for a residency with the opportunity to use our Cellar Press studios — letterpress, printmaking, and bookbinding — to create works of art or as an integral part of their artistic practice. Residencies last two–three weeks, and while artists are not required to live in New Ulm, they are expected to spend a significant amount of time in the studios gaining skills and producing work.

Professional Basics grants fund up to $500 and are for the essentials of an art practice such as quality artwork samples, display/framing, shipping, travel to professional events, website development, etc. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of the proposed project, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.

This gift is for visionary artists and creators who draw from deep insights, dreams, and cosmic energy to bring fresh perspectives into the world. They see beyond the obvious, channeling transformative forces to inspire humanity’s growth. Whether artists, entrepreneurs, or innovators, they bridge abstract wisdom with everyday life, creating from the heart with conscious intention. Roze Umbra is a sanctuary and movement for those ready to move beyond surface aesthetics and connect with the vast, invisible consciousness behind true creation. They value vision, originality, authenticity, and long-term impact, supporting artists who craft work that resonates personally and universally. Together, they remember their purpose and build new mythologies through inspired, purposeful creation.

Since 2007, the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, has offered residencies of one to two months to mid-career arts and humanities professionals to focus on their areas of expertise. The application cycle for the 2025 Artists Residency Program is now accepting applications. There is no cost. They provide Fellows with a stipend of $1500 and they provide a travel award of the average fare from their home to Paris.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and its Renwick Gallery invites applications to its premier fellowship program, the oldest and largest in American art. Scholars from any discipline whose research engages the art, craft, and visual culture of the United States are encouraged to apply, as are those who foreground new perspectives, materials, and methodologies. Fellowships are residential and support full-time research in the Smithsonian collections. SAAM is devoted to advancing excellence in art history and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Each fellow is provided a carrel in SAAM’s Research and Scholars Center. There, they have access to the museum’s collection of over 46,500 works, specialized study collections and databases, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and an 180,000-volume branch library specializing in American art.

Creative Projects grants fund up to $1500 and are for creating new work that will culminate in a public event focused on artist’s own work. Applications are evaluated by measuring career altering potential, quality of work, concept, and ability to complete project.

Art Quilt Elements 2026, the 17th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art Quilts. Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for Art Quilt Elements 2026, an international juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania.


UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for the juried online art exhibition, Dreams and Fantasy. This exhibition explores how the subconscious and imagination are refracted through the prism of surrealism and magical realism, how dreams and fantasies reflect the conflict between fate and choice, transformation, personal fears, and desires. UPWARD Gallery welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.

Of Mark & Meaning: American Women Artists will be exhibited at the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, TN from February 13, 2026 – April 26, 2026. Call for Entries: August 22 through October 17, 2025. Selected artists will be notified October 31, 2025. AWA will award a $10,000 Grand Prize Cash Award in addition to approximately $20,000 in other cash and merchandise awards.

For eight decades, Skowhegan has offered artists the opportunity to engage within an experimental framework based on the idea of sharing knowledge and skills within and among artists. Applications will be accepted from September 1, 2025 through October 17, 2025. During the nine-week program, artists working across all disciplines have the opportunity to live as a community of peers on Skowhegan’s 350-acre campus in rural Maine. Participants dedicate time to their studio practices while engaging in a collective learning process through a variety of skill-sharing and theoretical workshops, group and individual studio visits, performances, lectures, and reading groups.

Grants up to $15,000 are awarded to support new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. The Craft Research Fund is the Center for Craft's first and longest-running grant program dedicated to supporting new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. Since 2005, the program has supported 255 projects in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico by distributing over $1,900,000. In addition to receiving this prestigious award and funding, recipients of the Craft Research Fund will become members of the Center for Craft Alumni Network. This social platform is designed exclusively for current and previous grantees and offers valuable resources, networking opportunities, and ongoing support for craft research.

Art Scene West invites artists worldwide to submit work for Modern Media, a curated exhibition celebrating innovative and non-traditional approaches in bringing their visions to life. This exhibition continues our commitment to spotlighting works that push boundaries and intrigues diverse audiences. Selected pieces will be displayed in our gallery in Seaport Village of San Diego, California—America’s Finest City.

If you create with acrylic, spray paint, collage, digital art, resin, wood, mixed media, photography, glass, fiber, or other non-traditional methods, this call is for you. Artists may enter up to 4 works, or a total of 4 images, per submission. Artworks are juried according to their originality, overall quality, and relevance to the exhibition theme, as determined by submitted images, compared to all other submissions.

Springboard for the Arts is seeking artists in Saint Paul to propose modest projects that celebrate the magic of winter in Minnesota. Projects are encouraged to either enhance or reinvigorate existing community winter traditions, or try out entirely new ones – all with the goal to draw people outdoors, bring people together across generations, lift spirits, and highlight the unique beauty of winter. Potential projects might include performances on ice, installations that encourage people to explore nature, experiences that bring brightness to dark nights, creative games or competitions …or anything else that brings warmth, joy, and connection to the coldest season.

PADA Studios is an independent, not-for-profit, artist-led organisation based in Barreiro, on the south bank of Lisbon. The international residency at PADA welcomes applications from artists in a variety of media for a duration of 1 or 2 months. The residency is primarily self led and artists are expected to be self sufficient. The supplementary programme at PADA is designed to introduce artists to the area, to the Lisbon art scene and to encourage dialogue between those in residence. Artists are provided with large studio space and accommodation in a private double bedroom. The international residency hosts 10 artists at a time and the residency as a whole welcomes 13, including the other programmes.

The New Emergence Art Prize 2025 is open to artists worldwide, has no set theme and welcomes all media. They want to champion emerging artists with meaningful recognition.

This year’s awards are as follows:
• £1,000 Main Award
• NG Art Creative Residency: Emerging Artist Award (2 week residency in Provence, France)
• The Staedtler Award (£350+ worth of Staedtler products)
• The Daler-Rowney Prize (£250 worth of Daler-Rowney materials)
• The New Emergence Art Founder’s Prize (£150)
• The GreatArt Prize (£75 worth of GreatArt materials)

You are invited to enter the 6th annual Martha’s Vineyard Drawing Prize, a competition established to encourage the pursuit of excellence in drawing.

Application Requirements

• Entries may be created using graphite, charcoal, Conté, silverpoint, pen & ink, or other suitable drawing media including colored pencils and chalk.
• Each artist may submit up to 3 works for the $15 fee.
• Categories of drawing can include academic, realistic, contemporary, fantasy, historic, etc.
• This is an online-only competition, so no need to frame or send in your artwork. For that reason, please take your best photos of your artwork.
• Submissions must be entered through Artcall.org by Monday, October 20, 2025 at midnight EST.

The 11th Annual MFA Online Exhibition titled ‘Residue’ is now open for submissions! This international exhibition is organized and juried by graduate students from the University of Montana and Montana State University.

This exhibition provides graduate students the chance to see what their peers are creating, to connect with one another, build their resume and network. Last year, students from more than half of the MFA programs in North America, as well as from eight countries, participated. All visual art mediums are welcome.

Residue
The aftermath of events—whether within the environment, artist studio practice, or one's self—often lingers far longer than the events themselves. Residue is an online exhibition highlighting graduate students from all visual art disciplines, showcasing the ways these experiences shape people and continue to influence the present. This year’s theme encourages exploration of what remains: joy, nostalgia, anxiety, grief, anger, or otherwise—the lasting impressions embedded in people's lives.

Accepted Mediums

Alternative Prints
Digital Art
Photography
Risograph
Giclée
Collage
Multimedia

🎨 What They're Looking For
Work that expands traditional definitions of print
Prints that use experimentation, technology, or material play
Drawings, paintings, and digital works that have been transformed into high-quality prints
Artworks that stand on their own rather than serving as simple reproductions
High Quality Photography, Collage, and MultiMedia

Peninsula Art League (PAL) is proud to present the 23rd National Fine Art Show (NFAS), their annual juried art exhibition celebrating excellence in two- and three-dimensional and photo/digital art. This prestigious show (formerly the Open Juried Show) has a long-standing tradition of attracting outstanding submissions from talented artists across the country. PAL invites local, regional, and national artists to submit their work to be juried for exhibition by noted Northwest artist, educator, and curator Cable Griffith. Prizes and gift certificates totaling more than $6,500 will be awarded.

Artist Space Gallery announce their third Blue online Art Competition for the month of October 2025. The theme may feature any work that interprets the color blue or its various shades as either a primary or secondary element. All visual art mediums are allowed. In addition to the selected artists, the jury will select award winners in the following art categories: painting, photography, sculpture. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. An article about each artist will be displayed alongside the best of show and three winners. The best of show will be displayed on the poster of the exhibition. Judging the artwork will be based on the following criteria: creativity, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. 

They are seeking three socially engaged artists to each create site-specific works to be displayed outdoors at Norwich Cathedral, in collaboration with people in the communities of three local charities. They invite artists to engage with their Benedictine priorities of hospitality, wholeness and healing, and contemplative learning, to produce art work for temporary installation in parallel with an exhibition on the Rule of St Benedict by the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (University of East Anglia). Their art works will be displayed from May-October 2026.

The Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award is an exciting opportunity providing recent graduates from universities colleges and alternative art education programmes with a free studio space, a mentorship programme and production support for one year. The Graduate Award was started in 2010, to help artists who have recently left art school and were faced with an increasingly expensive and difficult task of continuing to make art. As an artist led cooperative, they understand the challenges of sustaining an art practice in London and decided collectively to dedicate one of their studios permanently as a free space for a recent graduate and to fund the project themselves.

Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth "Yellow" online art contest for the month of October 2025. Contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. The theme may include any work with depiction of the color “Yellow” or shades of Yellow (beige, lemon yellow, canary yellow, golden yellow). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. Best of Show artwork will be on the poster of the show. Winning artists (Merit Award & Honorable Mention) will receive a digital award certificate. The deadline to submit entries is the October 23, 2025.

Exhibit your sculpture outdoors in downtown Lafayette, Colorado for one year. Artists who participate in Lafayette's Art on the Street (AOTS) sculpture on loan program tell them that we are one of the best programs they've experienced. They feature each sculpture on its own web page and brochures are printed in English and Spanish. If your sculpture is selected by the Public Art Committee the honorarium is $1,200 for a one year installation. Three additional prizes are awarded each year: the $1000 Jean Mellblom Award for Artistic Excellence; the $500 People's Choice Award; and the $500 Most Inspiring Award.

Each year, BAXTER ST invites emerging lens-based artists living in New York City to apply for the BAXTER ST Residency Program. This residency offers lens-based artists much-needed workspace in New York City as well as access to the BAXTER ST community and programs. Residents shall have the free use of the facilities and equipment at BAXTER ST for the duration of the Residency during respective hours of operation, as well as a materials fee to cover the cost of film, printing, or other costs related to the making of their work. Residents receive a monthly stipend appropriate to our W.A.G.E. certification level during the three months of workspace access, as well as an additional production fee to realize their exhibition.

Be part of Art On Loop & New York Open Art—a global showcase for artists of all styles and mediums! From paintings to video art, poetry to sculpture, this is your chance to shine in the heart of NYC. No theme limits—just pure creative freedom. Show your work in-person or digitally via our cutting-edge displays.

📍 72 Warren St, Tribeca, NYC
🗓 7–10 November 2025

Submit now and share your vision with the world. The Holy Art is waiting! 🌟

Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion.

As such, every professional and amateur photographer from every corner of the world is invited and urged to participate in the 8th edition of this international prestigious photographic competition dedicated to color photography where 20 categories will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of magazine editors, gallery curators, professional agents and other industry professionals.

The Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery invite submissions for Pathways 2026: The Carlos Malamud Prize. Pathways is a biennial, juried art competition and exhibition for emerging professional artists living in Florida. This edition will consist of a juried selection process resulting in a Summer 2026 group exhibition for the competition’s finalists. All exhibited artists will receive support and networking through a series of events and direct engagement with curators, museum and gallery professionals, faculty, and community to expand their connections in the art community. Participating artists will arrive at Pathways: The Carlos Malamud Prize from a variety of places within the state of Florida, with diverse professional experience, and have dynamic creative research and practice.

City of Lynnwood Arts Commission invite visual artists of ALL AGES who reside in Washington State to apply. Exhibits are held at beautiful City Hall Art Gallery. Artists are juried by the Lynnwood Arts Commission and will be notified by early December. (Youth artists can also apply to exhibit at the Lynnwood Rec Center. See www.LynnwoodArts.org).

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Open” (No Theme) Online Art Competition.

There is no theme for this open art competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art.

Creators from throughout Australia are invited to submit works into subcultures. They are inviting creators to explore the vibrant and often misunderstood world of subcultures, bringing to light the rich tapestry of alternative identities, communities, and expressions that flourish outside mainstream society. From punk and goth to skateboarding and street art, they encourage creators to celebrate the creativity, resistance, and innovation of those who carve out spaces of belonging in subversive ways. Through a mix of mediums including painting, photography, illustration, and collage, subcultures aims to reflect on how fashion, music, political ideals, and shared lifestyles converge to create powerful subcultural identities. They encourage creators to capture the unique aesthetic markers of these groups but also their stories of solidarity, marginalization, and rebellion. subcultures is a tribute to the underground movements that challenge the status quo and enrich the cultural landscape through their bold, alternative visions of community and identity.

Eastleigh Borough Council is inviting submissions from Artists to develop and deliver a Public Art Commission providing new wildlife habitats. This project aims to use funding available to commission public art providing new wildlife habitats at Tree and Bee Network sites in the villages of Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath.

RAISE YOUR ZINE! is an annual photography competition organized by THE DOCKS, a cultural association specializing in photographic publishing and promoting emerging authors. The festival serves as a platform to support the development of editorial projects by talented photographers from around the world.

Visual Art Journal is a magazine that selects and publishes works of talented emerging artists.
Magazine features up to 120 elegantly designed pages, printed on high-quality paper and is distributed worldwide.

Artists are encouraged to submit their work. Submission is free for all applicants.
Submissions are open to artists from any country who are 18 years and older. All forms of visual art are accepted.
Selected artists will be featured in both the print and digital versions of the magazine.
Chosen artists will receive a free digital copy of the magazine (in PDF format) and photos of their physical magazine pages.
Have the opportunity to participate in a Times Square billboard showcase in New York City.
All selected artists will also be featured on their Instagram account (40k+ subscribers).

The magazine is curated by artist Anna Gvozdeva.

Are you ready to showcase your art on a global stage? Divide Magazine, a leading Contemporary Art Magazine, is excited to announce their Open Call for Issue 16.

With a dedicated annual readership of over 86,000+ and a vibrant Instagram community of 22,000+ followers at @dividemag, your work could be seen by thousands of art enthusiasts, collectors, and industry professionals from around the world.

Your work could be featured alongside some of the most exciting emerging and established artists.
Influential Platform: Artists like the Popovy Sisters, Coderch & Malavia Sculptors, Erik Minter, and Annan Affotey have all graced their pages.
Instagram Features: Selected submissions may also be showcased on their Instagram, giving your work even more visibility.

Artists may submit up to 3 artworks per project submission.
You can enter multiple times and in each submission you will have the opportunity to upload 3 items.

UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for their juried online art exhibition, Urban Life. This exhibition features artworks exploring themes of city life, such as community, culture, movement, and the complexity of urban landscapes. UPWARD Gallery welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.

Nuwave Gallery invites artists working in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and digital works to submit to Trailblazers. Submissions should reflect the theme of pioneering spirit, exploration, or modern reinvention of the West. Both literal and abstract approaches are encouraged. From the rugged ranges of Central Washington to the vast Pacific shores, trailblazers have always shaped the way we see and experience the world. This show celebrates the spirit of those who forge new paths—whether cowboys and pioneers of the past, modern explorers pushing boundaries, or individuals who challenge convention in bold new ways.

“Ausländer” celebrates the cultural impact of foreign artists on Berlin’s vibrant art scene. This group exhibition brings together 100 international voices that shape and enrich the city’s creative landscape. They invite foreign artists based in or connected to Berlin to apply for this unique opportunity to showcase their work in the heart of Neukölln.

Launched in 2025 and based in Berlin, this annual photography grant aims at supporting FLINTA artists (female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender). Each year, one artist is awarded €3,000 to develop a project. The focus is on giving time, support, and space to pursue new or ongoing work. We want to give visibility to artists who reflect on the world in thoughtful, critical, or imaginative ways. No expectations of finished work. Just the possibility of time, space, and focus.

The 15th Annual PleinAir Salon is an online art competition with 11 monthly cycles, and is open to a variety of mediums and styles. It’s not just for plein air painters! They invite a variety of top master artists, museum directors and gallery owners to judge each month. All monthly winners are automatically included in the Annual Competition where the Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and has their painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine, the #1 representational art magazine at Barnes & Noble.

In addition to over $50,000 in ALL Cash Prizes, winners receive exposure and recognition through our various magazines, websites, newsletters and social media platforms.

Early Bird Registration ends on the 15th. Enter before the deadline to receive 25% off every entry. The regular cost is $40 for the first entry, and just $16 for each additional entry. Artists are welcome to enter as many paintings as they like, in as many categories as they like. There are 19 categories in all.

ITSLIQUID Group invites artists to the 3rd SENSES International Art Fair at the MUST Museum, Lecce. Open to painting, photography, video, installation, sculpture, and performance art, the fair explores the senses and creative expression. Selected works gain museum visibility and networking opportunities.

The Homiens Art Prize, which awards over $12,000 USD annually to artists, is an internationally celebrated event that elevates art careers to new heights.

Homiens celebrates selected artists across their media, exhibiting their art online where it is viewed by artists and collectors throughout the world. The gallery sponsors a platform for artists to network and collaborate, reach a global audience of buyers and collectors, gain institutional validation, and locate opportunities in the professional artistic industries. This round, 3 winning artists and 12 finalists will exhibit with Homiens as part of their seasonal exhibition program.

Up to 200 artists per round are highly commended and celebrated across Homiens' media (including their website which receives 100,000+ annual visitors, and their extensive mailing list). Each entrant to the Homiens Art Prize receives a certificate of participation which can be used to contribute towards a demonstration of professional participation in the art industry. Entries close 11:59 p.m. ET Friday, October 31, 2025.

Tun Razak Exchange is calling on artists to shape the future cityscape. Through bold, dynamic public sculptures, they invite you to express what it means to live at the intersection of global ambition and local spirit — a city where heritage and innovation, community and capital, architecture and nature all converge.

They sponsor six juried competitions per year. The forty winners of each competition receive a four-page, full-color spread in New American Paintings. Five of the annual competitions focus on geographic regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast), and the sixth is only open to current Masters of Fine Arts candidates who are attending schools based in the United States, and current year graduates.

Are you a passionate female artist from Asia ready to showcase your creativity on a global stage? Zeearts is excited to announce the 9th Edition of Art Connects Women, taking place from 8 – 11 February 2026 in Dubai. This landmark edition will bring together 115 female artists from 115 countries, celebrating diversity, cultural exchange, and the power of art to connect beyond borders. Theme: Empower to Educate

The Art Around the Corner Foundation (AACF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the arts, enriching the community, and bringing fine art to Southern Utah. AACF works in close partnership with the City of St. George to curate its nationally recognized annual outdoor sculpture show. Now in its 22nd year, AACF recruits world-class, professional artists to participate in a unique “art-on-loan” program. Each year, the Foundation solicits, selects, and installs approximately 35 new sculptures throughout Historic Downtown St. George, creating a vibrant cultural experience that is freely accessible to the public year-round. Sculptures are exhibited for one year and are available for sale or lease to public and private collectors. More than $1,000,000 in sales have been generated to date, including acquisitions by local businesses and the City of St. George for its permanent collection.

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is pleased to announce an open call for applications to the sixth annual Archives Research Residency, a one- to three-week research intensive at the Rauschenberg Foundation Archives in New York City. The program provides support for accommodations and other expenses related to the visit. The Rauschenberg Foundation Archives, consisting of Robert Rauschenberg’s personal papers and the records from his Florida and New York studios, is the most comprehensive body of information on the artist’s life and career. In addition, the archives holds unique materials on arts organizations, art movements, and collaborations in which Rauschenberg was involved. Scholars, academics, artists, as well as non-traditional researchers are encouraged to apply

The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program invites artists and artist-led teams residing in Utah to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in the 2026 – 2028 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool for upcoming public art opportunities located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Pre-Qualified Artist Pool supports Utah-based public artists by integrating more artwork and artistic elements into citywide infrastructure. It also serves as a community resource for recommending artists for a variety of new public art commissions. In recent years, the Public Art Program has received increased interest from private developers, local businesses, other Salt Lake City divisions and departments, and community members seeking to collaborate with local artists. Artists in the Pool will be featured on a public roster that is publicly available to anyone looking to commission public art.

If you love taking pictures of birds then you are invited to enter the SINWP Bird Photographer of the Year 2025 Competition and help raise vital funds for The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
This is your chance to showcase your talent and help raise funds in aid of the RSPB.

A minimum donation of £1 per image is requested and 100% of the donations will go straight to the RSPB to help them protect wildlife and the wider countryside you love.

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit a series of artwork to their online exhibit, GIVE ME FIVE.

AF is turning 5, and they want your five! Five pieces. One vision. They’re curating a lineup of mini collections, and yours could be one of them. Five pieces that reflect an intentional, cohesive series that showcases your unique style. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group celebration. Show them GIVE ME FIVE from your perspective.

JPEGs due by Friday, October 31, 2025 at midnight (MST). All accepted artists will have their series displayed in their online gallery at www.art-fluent.com and will receive a cash prize of $250 each. Visit www.art-fluent.com/calls-for-art/give-me-five-prospectus/ for a full prospectus.

apexart's Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine their programming through an online jury process. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart’s programming.

Penang Art District once again invites young and emerging artists (aged 35 and below) to apply for Spotlight 2025 — a transformative mentorship programme that empowers young artists to develop and exhibit a solo body of work. They’re looking for bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and artists ready to challenge norms and spark dialogue through their work.