Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2025!

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Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2025

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September 5, 2025 Ends today

Arts on the Green Fall Arts Festival
Art fair

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Jackson, Wyomin
Description
Eligibility Info

No mass-produced or buy-sell artwork or products. Applicants must live in Wyoming or in a state bordering Wyoming to qualify for this show. Acceptable states are Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, & South Dakota.

September 5, 2025 Ends today

2025 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Entry Fee: From $20 (early bird) to $50
  • Award Info: Over $10,000 in awards
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: New York, New York, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to photographers internationally

September 5, 2025 Ends today

Women Artists 2025 Art Competition
Competition

Women Artists 2025 Art Competition
  • Organization: Fusion Art
  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 15, 2025 - December 14, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
  • Award Info: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

September 5, 2025 Ends today

31st “Solo Art Series” – An Opportunity to Shine
Competition

31st “Solo Art Series” – An Opportunity to Shine
  • Organization: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 15, 2025 - January 14, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $26.00
  • Award Info: 4 Solo Exhibitions & 8 Artist Showcases will be awarded. Extensive worldwide publicity & promotion, hundreds of press releases for winning artists.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

September 5, 2025 Ends today

A. Price Woodard Jr. Bronze Bust
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $40,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 5, 2025 Ends today

Autumn Glow
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 4, 2025 - November 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $20.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Pawtucket , Rhode Island, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 5, 2025 Ends today

2026 Bresler Resident Artists + Montgomery College Collaborative AiR
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
  • Award Info: $2,000 stipend and additional $3,000 project stipend available
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Rockville, MD, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 5, 2025 Ends today

Bryant Park Sculpture RFQ
Public Art & Proposals

  • Organization: City of Bloomington
  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Award Info: $150,000
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Bloomington, MN 55420, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Applicants must be 18 years or older and residents of Minnesota, with priority consideration given to teams who include a Bloomington resident.

September 5, 2025 Ends today

Bryant Park Sculpture
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $150,000
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Minnesota, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists residents of Minnesota.

September 5, 2025 Ends today

"Passing Through" Juried Exhibition
Exhibition

"Passing Through" Juried Exhibition
  • Organization: Gulf Coast Artists' Alliance Inc.
  • Submission Deadline: September 5, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - November 29, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: First Place $100; Second Place $50; Two Honorable Mentions
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: St. Petersburg, Florida 33710, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 6, 2025 1 day left

Community Exhibition 2025
Exhibition

Community Exhibition 2025
  • Organization: Art League RI
  • Submission Deadline: September 6, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 29, 2025 - October 5, 2025
  • Location: Pawtucket, RI 02860, United States
Description

September 6, 2025 1 day left

Series 27 - Art Reviews Published in Hardcover Book Editions
Other

Series 27 - Art Reviews Published in Hardcover Book Editions
  • Organization: Titan Contemporary Publishing
  • Submission Deadline: September 6, 2025
  • Award Info: Curatorial Review Essay Published in the Artist Feature Catalogue, written by the curator.
  • Eligibility: International
Description

September 7, 2025 2 days left

photo access Tutor Call-Out
Workshops & Classes

  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Griffith, Australian Capital Territory 2603, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to photographers in Canberra, ACT, Australia

September 7, 2025 2 days left

LITHO-LINO-MONO-MORE 2025
Exhibition

LITHO-LINO-MONO-MORE 2025
  • Organization: Dayton Society of Artists
  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 3, 2025 - October 25, 2025
  • Entry Fee: 15 ea. piece up to 3 pieces
  • Award Info: $600 in Awards
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Dayton, OH 45403, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

All printmakers, 18 years or older, living, working, or attending school in the state of Ohio are eligible for entry.

September 7, 2025 2 days left

Paid artist opportunities to exhibit at Kingston Arts in 2026
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Victoria, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

They are looking for applicants across all fields of contemporary art, including sculpture, installation, moving image, painting, drawing, textiles, digital media, sound, photography, and live art.

September 7, 2025 2 days left

New Visionary Magazine
Other

  • Organization: New Visionary Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35 application fee and $45 publishing fee
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists over 18

September 7, 2025 2 days left

Aggregate III: Avalanche of Talent
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $10.00
  • Award Info: $800 in awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Kent, Ohio, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 7, 2025 2 days left

Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence
Residency

  • Organization: Erie Canal Museum
  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Event Dates: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
  • Award Info: $10,000 stipend
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Syracuse, NY, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists must be (18) eighteen years of age or older

September 7, 2025 2 days left

The Places We Call Home
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Women-identifying and non-binary creators aged 18 and above

September 7, 2025 2 days left

Small Works
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 7, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 9, 2025 - November 15, 2025
  • Entry Fee: From $20
  • Award Info: $1,000 in awards
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Sarasota, Florida , United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists located regionally near Sarasota, FL

September 8, 2025 3 days left

Excellence in Fibers XI
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Eugene, OR 97440, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

International subscribers and nonsubscribers of Fiber Art Now are both eligible to enter Fiber Reimagined III.

September 8, 2025 3 days left

Red Rocks Public Art Project
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: 235,000.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Colorado, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 8, 2025 3 days left

Young Creatives Lab EOI Applications
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025
  • Award Info: Project funding between $5000 and $8000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Melbourne, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists ages 18 to 25 based in Australia

September 8, 2025 3 days left

Monochrome
Competition

Monochrome
  • Organization: PhotoPlace Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025
  • Event Dates: November 7, 2025 - November 28, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $39 for the first 5 images, $6 each additional
  • Award Info: 35 images for the Exhibition Gallery, and 40 more for their Online Gallery. Distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, and Honorable Mention
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

September 8, 2025 3 days left

The Body Re-Formed: Contemporary Approaches to Figure Drawing
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $12.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 9, 2025 4 days left

Series 28 - Art Reviews Published in Hardcover Book Editions
Other

Series 28 - Art Reviews Published in Hardcover Book Editions
  • Organization: Titan Contemporary Publishing
  • Submission Deadline: September 9, 2025
  • Award Info: Curatorial Review Essay Published in the Artist Feature Catalogue, written by the curator.
  • Eligibility: International
Description

September 9, 2025 4 days left

Princeton Arts Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: September 9, 2025
  • Award Info: $93,000 a year stipend
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New Jersey, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 9, 2025 4 days left

The Hodder Fellowship
Grants & Fellowships

  • Organization: Princeton University
  • Submission Deadline: September 9, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
  • Award Info: $93,000 stipend for 10 month academic year
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Princeton, NJ, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists internationally

September 9, 2025 4 days left

ART CALL | Orange County Multicultural Senior Center—RFQ
Public Art & Proposals

ART CALL | Orange County Multicultural Senior Center—RFQ
  • Organization: Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
  • Submission Deadline: September 9, 2025
  • Award Info: FINALISTS DESIGN STIPEND: $500 | COMMISSION: $48,500
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Florida, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

This opportunity is open to professional artists working in any appropriate media. Student artists may apply if they can secure an experienced public artist to serve as a mentor to oversee their work.

September 10, 2025 5 days left

RONDO Residency Program - Spring 2026
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Entry Fee: Residency fee applies
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 10, 2025 5 days left

Wildness: Juried Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Rome, Italy
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 10, 2025 5 days left

City of Wilsonville - Wilsonville Public Library: Children's Section Murals Call for Artists
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $20,000
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Wilsonville, Oregon , United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists must reside in Oregon.

September 10, 2025 5 days left

CraftForms 2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Event Dates: December 7, 2025 - January 24, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $50.00
  • Award Info: $10,000 in prize awards
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

open internationally to artists in Basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood, as well as submissions created utilizing CAD/CAM technologies and 3D printing tools.

September 10, 2025 5 days left

Digital Constellations: Production & Post-Production Residency 2026
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Event Dates: March 2, 2026 - March 27, 2026
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Banff, Canada
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Indigenous digital media artists, filmmakers, and animators working in the production or post phases of their project who want to focus on a component of their project with the support of our facilities. Domestic and international applications are welcome.

September 10, 2025 5 days left

☀️ SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
Competition

☀️ SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
  • Organization: Innovate Grant
  • Submission Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 12 x Honorable Mentions
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted.

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