Now in its second year, the St Columba’s Art Prize is an annual celebration of Australian artists. It seeks to promote diverse forms of creative expression and technical skill. Building upon the success of the inaugural event in 2025, the 2026 Prize invites artists to present ambitious new works, in a variety of mediums, on any theme. Artists will have the opportunity to engage with collectors, art enthusiasts, and the local community and may also be invited to lead workshops and community talks throughout the exhibition period. All Open Prize entries will be for sale. The exhibition will take place in the historic Brauer Hall at St Columba’s Catholic College in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. This magnificent heritage-listed space provides a striking setting for contemporary art.

Crow’s Nest Baltimore Presents "Solarpunk," A call for art. Artists are invited to share their visions– from grounded to fantastical, of a better world, grounded in justice and restorative systems of living in harmony with nature. Additional Programming Proposals: Events such as performances, workshops, or opportunities to collaborate with scientists or activists are welcome in your proposal. The proposed programming may include a virtual component or be wholly virtual, especially in the name of accessibility-- however, in person programming is preferred.

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Foto Forum Santa Fe is pleased to announce an open call for our 2026 Foto Forum Santa Fe Photography Award, an annual international competition open to emerging and established artists. The award was conceived to support photographers by giving them an opportunity to have their work viewed by our outside jurors as well as our in-house curator Executive Director Sage Paisner, to give the winner the chance to share their work in the photography-friendly city of Santa Fe, and to put a little money in their pocket to help in the production of the work.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the most prestigious showcases of representational oil painting in North America! Oil Painters of America invites you to enter the 35th National Juried Exhibition, hosted by the Steamboat Art Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on view May 29–August 29, 2026. This exceptional exhibition will showcase the finest works in draftsmanship, color, and composition, featuring a diverse range of styles and subjects. OPA membership required. Applications now open. Over $100,000 in awards, including a $25,000 Best in Show!

WABI-SABI is a Japanese term that refers to that which is impermanent, imperfect, aged, humbled, and unconventional. It is a state of mind and a way of being. It expresses a whole new world of seeing. Perhaps being open to mistakes and accidents will lead us somewhere new, beautiful, and authentic. Artists know this all too well. Visually, it is the simplicity of composition and exploring the meaning and beauty of everyday objects. Show them WABI-SABI from your perspective.

La Napoule Art Foundation and Fondation David R. Graham are pleased to bring together Canadian artists of all genres to a new residency program in which artists will receive inspiration, support, and opportunities for career growth, while strengthening the intercultural connection between Canada and France. LNAF will host Canadian artists in month-long residencies to take place in 2 cohorts (10 artists per) annually. Canadian resident artists’ works will be shared and promoted through exhibitions at the Château.

In the Present calls on artists to respond to the urgency of now. This moment is marked by overlapping crises, rapid change, and negotiations of power, identity, survival, and resistance. LA Printmaking Society invites works that grapple with the socio-political and environmental realities shaping present lives, from visible struggles to embodied experiences of living through uncertainty. This call welcomes bold, critical, and vulnerable artistic responses that refuse distance but reflect on the present.

Placer Community Foundation (PCF) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation which manages the Susan Cooley Gilliom Artist in Residence & Teaching Program (SCG ART Program). In partnership with PCF the program is housed through Blue Line Arts in Roseville, CA.

The SCG ART program brings established artists to Placer County for the purpose of teaching and sharing their artistic talents and experience to the greater community. The program was lovingly established at PCF in memory of a local artist, Susan Cooley Gilliom, by her family. Both Susan and her mother took part in workshops from established and talented artists across the country. They appreciated the perspective and expertise it offered their own work and wanted similar opportunities afforded to local artists, art students, art educators and art enthusiasts in Susan's hometown and county.

Call for Entries:
Water is a powerful and ever-present element, shaping landscapes, reflecting light, and carrying movement, memory, and emotion. It appears in countless forms—from oceans, rivers, and rain to ice, fog, reflections, and more abstract expressions.

For this exhibition, they invite photographers to submit work that explores water in all its variations. Submissions may be literal or interpretive, representational or abstract, quiet or dynamic. All photographic approaches are welcome, including landscape, documentary, conceptual, and experimental work.

City of Newcastle is seeking expressions of interest from Aboriginal artists to create public artworks that celebrate Country, community, and culture at iconic cultural sites across Newcastle. Aboriginal artists at all stages of their careers are invited to apply. Share stories and inspire connection through murals, sculptures, pavement designs, street furniture, walking trails, and more! They're inviting artists to develop artworks at iconic cultural sites including the Newcastle Ocean Baths, Bathers Way - King Edward Park, Union Street – Wickham, and Market Street in the East End.

The Sitka Center welcomes art and ecology informed applications from a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices. Residencies at Sitka are a gift of time and space. There is no obligation to create work or participate in any programs while here, though Sitka offers optional opportunities such as artist talks, citizen science projects with Coast Watch and connection with our local native arts community through our partnership with the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center.

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

For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

Crafted Futures: West is a creative professional development program brought to you by Craft in partnership with Wyndham City Council. Craft is the leading professional organisation championing contemporary craft and Australian makers. Emerging and established visual artists and makers are invited to submit an expression of interest for this new and exciting four-month mentoring and professional development opportunity. This new program is designed to strengthen the capacity of local artists and makers to develop sustainable, long-term creative careers. This initiative is offered at no cost to participants and will support 15 creative practitioners connected to Wyndham who wish to enhance their professional skills within the visual arts, craft, and design sectors. The program focuses on fostering professional growth, sustainability, and confidence in navigating the creative industries.

The Windgate Artist in Residence at UA Little Rock is a semester-long residency program open to artists, designers, and craftspeople. 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 our community. This program provides a $30,000 stipend, housing, funding for materials and travel, studio space, and access to UA Little Rock’s extensive studios.

For full details, please review the Program and application information:
https://ualr.edu/art/artist-in-residence/

Direct Links to Workday Applications:
Fall 2026: https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Little-Rock/Adjunct-Lecturer_R0081392
Spring 2027: https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Little-Rock/Adjunct-Lecturer_R0081643

Arts Council Korea (ARKO) invites artists, producers, and engineers aged 39 or under from around the world to APE CAMP 2026. The program aims to nurture creative talent and activate sustainable networks for the convergence of art and technology. Through the camp, participants are supported in developing new ideas and building global networks.

Selected participants, referred to as ‘Campers,' will gather in Seoul metropolitan area and be randomly assigned to 24 teams. Each team will consist of artists, producers, and engineers from diverse countries and fields. Team members will brainstorm innovative ideas, develop collaborative concepts into feasible projects, and ultimately pitch their outcomes to fellow participants.

They look forward to welcoming 120 creative practitioners from around the world. The APE CAMP 2025 Open Call received applications from more than 40 countries. Campers selected through the APE CAMP 2026 Open Call will have the opportunity to meet leading global experts working across art and technology.

Bogliasco Fellowships are merit-based and awarded to gifted artists and scholars without regard to nationality, age, race, gender, religion, physical ability or any other status. In the Arts, the Center welcomes individuals doing both creative and scholarly work. A typical residency cohort includes one individual from each discipline area, an age range between 30 and 80, a mix of genders, and at least half from countries outside the United States. Bogliasco awards approximately 60 one-month Fellowships each year.

La Becque | Artist Residency was developed under the auspices of the Fondation Françoise Siegfried-Meier. The program is oriented towards established as well as up-and-coming artists with high potential for development. The residency program dedicates particular attention to projects that focus on the interplay between nature and technology—two notions that are more than ever intertwined and lie at the heart of contemporary concerns.

SOMA Summer is a summer school conducted in English that weaves together theoretical inquiry, artistic practice, and the discussion of contemporary global issues. Each edition is framed by a specific theme that serves as a point of departure for fostering processes of mutual listening, dialogue, and collective learning. "Towards a Planetary Consciousness for Hyper-Mediated Times". SOMA Summer 2026 will explore how to imagine a planetary consciousness in hyper-mediated and fragmented times. Drawing on Achille Mbembe’s concept of borderization and the notion of planetary entanglement, the program will look at how contemporary media regimes, politics, and technologies operate within these conditions.

Artist Grant has supported artists worldwide since 2017 by providing an unrestricted $1,200 grant to one artist three times each year. The next deadline is March 15, 2026. The grant is open to visual artists 18 years of age and older from anywhere in the world, working in any media (excluding film/video, music, theater, and dance).

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  Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum, OR


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  Demetri Broxton, Artist and Executive Director of Root Division, San Francisco


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  Jennifer McCabe,  Director and Chief Curator of SFO Museum, San Francisco

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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 their various magazines, websites, newsletters and social media platforms. Early Bird Registration ends on the 15th.

In 2026, The Image Centre will offer five competitive fellowships for research related to photography. Since 2014, The Image Centre has offered a variety of fellowships for research related to photography. Research fellows have the opportunity to study select areas of The Image Centre's photography collections first-hand. These include the acclaimed Black Star Collection of photo-reportage, with over a quarter-million prints spanning the 20th century; a historic and fine art photography collection; The Francis Bedford Research Collection; The Edward Burtynsky Collection; The Braun-Epstein Collection; The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection (NYT); and several archives devoted to the life and work of a diverse group of photographers, including Werner Wolff, Jo Spence, Wendy Snyder MacNeil, Berenice Abbott, Minna Keene, Violet Keene Perinchief and Richard Harrington.

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

The Eureka Springs School of the Arts is looking for emerging and established painting and drawing artists who are seeking focused time to refine their abilities, enrich their creative journey, experiment with new techniques, and/or complete existing project(s). The 2026 Summer Painting and Drawing Residency will span approximately 4 weeks beginning on June 27th, 2026, through July 24th, 2026, with a required orientation on June 27th, 2026.

The State of New York, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation and the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Commission has issued a “Call for Artists” inviting artists, architects, or teams to submit plans for the design of a new and permanent memorial in Brooklyn, NY dedicated to honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). A joint committee will review submissions and select a group of finalists to move forward into the second round. The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Commission will make a final recommendation among the finalists to Governor Kathy Hochul, who will announce a winning artist to design, fabricate, and install the artwork.

Call for submissions are now open for the 2026 Burwood Art Prize, inviting Sydney-based artists to respond to this year’s theme I AM HERE. The Burwood Art Prize encourages thoughtful reflections on cultural identity, personal narrative and a celebration of the many voices that shape contemporary multicultural Australia. The 2026 Burwood Art Prize includes a $20,000 acquisitive award, offering a significant opportunity for artists to have their work recognised and acquired for the Burwood Council Collection.

Art of Possibilities Art Show & Sale (AOP) is a project of the Allina Health Foundation and Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute (CKRI). It is one of only a handful of juried art shows in the world exclusively featuring artists with disabilities. The first of its kind and held every year since 1963, the Art Show & Sale is a much-anticipated celebration of fine arts attracting hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors from Minnesota and around the world. AOP provides a forum for artists with disabilities to sell their work, promotes the talents of artists with disabilities, and creates a cherished and inclusive community event for people of all abilities.

This is an open call for all artists in New Mexico to submit their best work to them for their inaugural exhibition, This is Us. This extraordinary exhibition is a celebration of the art and artists of New Mexico. Their beautiful exhibition space is 14,000 square feet and is located on Central Avenue (the historic Route 66) in downtown ​Albuquerque. Their building is on the National Register of Historic Places, too.

This is not a juried exhibition. All artwork should be priced. Artists retain 60% of their sales.

In cooperation with the Liturgical Arts Festival of Springfield (LAFS), in Springfield, Illinois, the Springfield Art Association (SAA) will host a juried exhibition of liturgical and sacred art as part of the biennial, interfaith Liturgical Arts Festival: Sacred Rhythm/Sacred Pattern. All spiritual interpretations, approaches and media are welcome. A theme of rhythm and pattern is a subtext. We aim for an exhibition of work that will support diversity, promote understanding, and foster tolerance.

Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to announce an Open Call for TWO Solo Exhibitions opening in January, 2027: one in the Main gallery space at OyG and one in The Skirt, OyG's dedicated space for site-specific installations. Both opportunities will include an opening reception on Saturday, January 9th, 2027, a programmed event (an artist talk or a closing event), a honorarium of $1000 for each artist/proposal, and promotion on all OyG social media outlets.