Prisma Art Prize is an international art competition dedicated to promoting emerging painters and visual artists. Their mission is to showcase a diverse range of works that reflect the full potential of the painting medium, embracing both traditional and contemporary techniques. As the name suggests, Prisma Art Prize acts as a prism, refracting the various possibilities within the painting process. They aim to collect and exhibit a variety of artworks, offering an inclusive and diversified platform for artistic expression.

The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Since 2006, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by artists from across the country. The artwork awarded with the Major Prize will be acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. The People’s Choice Award is also decided by way of public vote by exhibition visitors.

• May 27 – July 8 


• 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (EST)

• May 24 – July 5 


• 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM


• Beacon, NY

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Spring 2026 artist grants. For this open call, they have increased grant amounts to $4,500. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD.

2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

This is an open call, all media eligible.

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via their online Journal as well as their Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 160k. Their open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators.

Annual prize for contemporary art from UK and Republic of Ireland. Main winner receives £10,000 cash plus stand at The Other Art Fair. Multiple category awards including Students Award, Art Educators Award, Solo Show Award, and Emerging Artist Award. Shortlisted artists exhibit at The Bomb Factory, London. Judged by respected panel including art historians, curators and practicing artists.

Maryland Federation of Art calls for sculptures that command space and make viewers interact with them physically by walking around, stepping back from, or otherwise engaging with the work. The organization seeks three-dimensional works that have a strong physical presence and impact on the exhibition space. This is part of their ongoing series of juried exhibitions featuring contemporary art.

Entry is open to artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico. Any original free-standing 3D work that follows our exhibition guidelines will be considered. Selected works will be displayed in this MFA organized exhibition at Maryland Hall’s Earl Gallery in Annapolis, MD from July 8 – August 15, 2026. Exhibition Co-Chairs: Nichole Leavy and Amani Freeman

Are you ready to showcase your art on a global stage? Divide Magazine, a leading contemporary art publication, is now accepting submissions for Issue 19, scheduled for release on July 31st, 2026.

For this issue, every artist who submits will be featured in the magazine. No rejections, no waiting — your place is secured once you apply with publication-ready materials.

With a dedicated annual readership and a growing Instagram community of over 30,000 followers at @dividemag, your work will be seen by thousands of art enthusiasts, collectors, and industry professionals worldwide.

Guaranteed Feature
Global Exposure
Expanded Visibility
Established Platform

Submissions may close earlier if capacity is reached, as this issue has limited space due to production constraints. They strongly encourage early submission.

Craft 1o1 is a cross-disciplinary summer program hosted by Arts Letters & Numbers from July 1 through August 30, 2026, in Averill Park, New York. The program brings together artists, educators, and practitioners across visual arts, humanities, performing arts, construction, and mechanics, forming a shared environment where participants engage in hands-on work, seminars, and collaborative processes.

Escape to the Southernmost Point and make new work in a place that has drawn artists, writers, and rule-breakers for generations. Monthlong residencies welcome visual artists, writers, musicians, performers, media artists, and interdisciplinary creatives. Nearly 40 artists annually receive housing at The Studios of Key West in a renovated guesthouse with private studios, plus time and space to create. Residents are encouraged to engage the community through optional workshops, readings, or talks. Additional benefits include yoga classes, a sunset sail, and a bicycle for exploring the island. With a 12–13% acceptance rate, PEAR supports artists with strong vision in a vibrant cultural hub grounded in the spirit of One Human Family.

This is a photography specific category which provides access to a private analog and digital photo studio. It takes place concurrently with other residents in all mediums. *A car is required for this residency. The organization provides 2-week and 4-week artist residencies in rural Maine at the edge of the North Woods. Selected artists receive private studios, private bedrooms in shared housing, all meals prepared, and a stipend.

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts presents the Wachtmeister Award biennially to established interdisciplinary visual artists who push boundaries of traditional and non-traditional materials. The 2027 award targets artists with at least 15 years of professional experience and substantial national or international achievement. Recipients receive a fully-funded 30-day residency at Mt. San Angelo in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, including private studio, lodging, and meals, plus honorarium and travel stipend. The program provides uninterrupted time for creative work within a cross-disciplinary artist community.

Sponsored by the CSB and SJU Art Department, this unique residency provides six weeks of studio time, housing, and a modest stipend. Artists receive a private studio and access to departmental studio equipment. Residents are required to offer an opening lecture, student studio visits, and a closing open studio event. There is no fee to apply.

The Mudhouse is an artist residency located in the village of Agios Ioannis on the Island of Crete, Greece. The Mudhouse Residency aims to provide artists inspiration derived from an engagement with the stunning natural beauty of its environment, solitude to foster creative growth, an artistic community to enrich professional practices, and an immersive cultural experience within a profoundly rich historical context.

The organization provides 2-week and 4-week artist residencies in rural Maine at the edge of the North Woods. Selected artists receive private studios, private bedrooms in shared housing, all meals prepared, and a stipend. Studios are outfitted for various artistic practices with access to wood and metal shops. The program supports both emerging and established artists across all visual art mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, and installation.

The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum invite community members to participate in the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project, a public art display of handmade peace flags that will represent a shared expression of hope, unity and goodwill. Community members are asked to create peace flags that will be displayed together outside the two museums. Inspired by traditional prayer flags, each piece reflects the maker’s personal interpretation of the question: “What does peace look like to you?” Through symbols, colors, words, images or textures, every flag becomes a message of peace carried outward into the world.The Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America’s nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft the defines America.

This unique collaborative opportunity is open to artists internationally and is not confined to any single aesthetic, theme or medium. Artists with no previous experience of working with scientists or in a scientific environment are particularly encouraged to apply. The Fellowship offers opportunities for playful experimentation and the space to re-imagine beyond conventional artistic and scientific boundaries. It is conceived as a transformative artistic fellowship, designed for artists to explore new approaches and ways of thinking through engagement with scientists and beyond, and to use these explorations as a springboard for experimenting with and developing new artistic work.

NEW WORK Focus on Los Angeles 2027–2028 Artist Commission and Exhibition. The 2027 and 2028 NEW WORK Focus on Los Angeles program, is seeking applications from Los Angeles–based visual artists. Two artists or collaborative teams will be selected, one for 2027 and one for 2028. Each selected artist will receive a $1,500 project commission, an exhibition at Winslow Garage, and a feature in our ONE WORK online publication series. This opportunity supports innovative, self-contained projects that are intended to be fully realized within the exhibition space and have not been previously exhibited. Projects should be completed by June in their respective year, 2027 or 2028.

The mission of the 2026 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards is to promote excellence in Australian prints and drawings; present an outstanding exhibition of contemporary Australian prints and drawings, and continue to build a high-quality collection for Art Gallery of Swan Hill. Two awards will be given. One print and one drawing will be acquired by Art Gallery of Swan Hill. Selected artists will receive the value of their work and an additional amount up to a total of $10,000.

Gallery One Visual Arts Center is proud to announce its ninth national juried exhibition, "America 250," celebrating the Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary of the United States of America. The exhibition will run from June 19 through August 1, 2026, at Gallery One's multi-level space in downtown Ellensburg, Washington.
The national call for entries invites photographers across the United States to submit works that explore the theme of America's 250th anniversary. The exhibition seeks photography that "turns the camera lens onto our nation" and reflects aspects of what America means, stands for, or could become.

Site:Brooklyn invites submissions from across all mediums that explore the connection between artistic creation and political life.

Artists, scholars, and researchers from around the world are invited to participate in the International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2026. The symposium brings together a global community of artists, researchers, and academics in vibrant downtown Silver Spring, adjacent to Washington, DC, USA. The symposium and popup show will be hosted by Montgomery College, while the international exhibition will take place at the CICA Museum in Korea. These events are organized in collaboration with the CICA Museum and the Visual and Performing Arts Department of Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring.

The Abbey Mural Prize supports projects with substantial grants for creating or restoring public murals. The program especially prioritizes projects promoting accessibility and serving local audiences. While traditionally supporting paintings or mosaics on walls, the prize encourages proposals that broaden and expand the definition of contemporary murals. Projects are selected by a jury of National Academicians.

Project proposals must be for sites located within the United States, Tribal Nations, or U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Projects must have an intended start date before June 30, 2027.

This year they are accepting a few types of proposals: site-specific installations in Luther Barn, outdoor installations, and performances. They will prioritize interactive and immersive proposals. They want to see your haunted games, your creepy trick or treat stations, and all of the spooky experiences you dream up.

Artists will have complete creative control over their installation, as long as they keep their work PG-13. They’re looking for artists who are excited to participate and get weird, and who are self-directed and independent with their projects. For installation artists, they offer housing in one of their residency houses (for 1–4 weeks between October 2 and November 3) alongside private studio space in Maxon Mills, and additional studio space in Luther Barn. They offer all participating artists and artistic teams a modest honorarium.

ArtReach St. Croix is seeking submissions from artists interested in exhibiting their work in ArtReach’s Royal Credit Union Foundation Gallery. The exhibitions typically feature 3-5 artists. Accepted submissions to this call will fill 6 week long exhibitions between August 2027 and June 2028. All forms of creative work will be considered. Artists living and/or working in the Lower St. Croix Valley in Minnesota and Wisconsin are especially encouraged to submit applications. Applications will be accepted through the online application form found at artreachstcroix.org/opportunities/ or by mail, in-person, or email using the PDF/paper application form.

History is made in minutes and hours that culminate in days, weeks, months, and years of consequences from decisions and actions. The exhibition, 2,191,464 Hours of History asks you to choose a point in American History and react to it as an artist. To acknowledge the 250th Birthday of the United States, you're invited to choose a moment or period in history that is significant to you and express that importance and/or consequence through a work of art. All media are welcome.
The M. G. Nelson Family Gallery at the Springfield Art Association in Springfield, Illinois will present this exhibition from July 3rd through July 31, 2026.

The Nicholson Project was founded with a deep commitment to providing artists with the time, space, and support to create and further their practice. They want you to feel 100% supported during your time at Nicholson and beyond. Their flagship residency program is our 10-week In-House Residency. As part of the In-House Residency award, you will receive the following: Time and space to create to include 10-weeks of on-site live and work space at The Nicholson Project; $5,000 artist stipend; Private access to the Residency Suite which includes an apartment inside of a converted row-house, with an artist studio attached. The apartment includes a fully furnished bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. See more details about the Residency Suite below; Studio visits with a guest curators throughout your residency; One-on-one support from staff; Introductions to artists, curators, and others you would like to meet for research related to your practice; Professional documentation of your work and headshots; Promotional support (press releases for residency, social media promotion, etc); Up to $2,000 and staff support to develop and implement a Residency Project.

WMG invites women and non-binary artists to submit works that feature encaustic materials or techniques, either wholly or in part. Artists must incorporate hot wax methods in their submitted works. The exhibition focuses specifically on the encaustic medium and its various applications in contemporary art practice.

Selected artists are awarded an eight-month shared studio residency and receive a $2,000 artist stipend. Residents are expected to be based in the Washington, DC area and must maintain their own local housing. The studio is located in a newly renovated building (adjacent to their main residency house).

The Macquarie Group Collection invites entries for the 2026 Emerging Artist Prize, continuing over 35 years of supporting emerging Australian artists. Open to artists across Australia, the prize offers a significant platform for exposure and career development. Artists may submit up to three original works responding to the 2026 theme, The Land and Its Psyche. Selected finalist works may be acquired into the Macquarie Group Collection, while others will be available for purchase, with 100% of proceeds going directly to the artist.

This residency program welcomes creatives spanning various disciplines, including Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, New Media, Video, Sound, Performance, Design, Writing, Curatorial, and more. Our program offers artists and writers with the opportunity to reside and work in the charming town of Messejana, with durations ranging from two weeks to two months