Artist Grants & Opportunities with July Deadlines
At Praxis Center, we’re committed to finding the best grants and funding opportunities to help artists thrive.
This July, we’ve put together a curated list of top grants for artists—designed to support your creative work, fund new projects, and move your career forward.
Deadlines come fast, so stay organized and apply early. Keep track of the opportunities that fit you best and give yourself the strongest shot at success.
We’ll be updating this list throughout the month, so check back often—and if you know of a great grant we should add, feel free to let us know!
July 1, 2025
2025 National Stereoscopic Association Student Photography, Call for Entries Exhibition
- Organization: National Stereoscopic Association
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 3, 2025 - April 11, 2025
- Award Info: $300, $200, $100 and free registration to the conference
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
Description
Open to all students.Entries will be juried by Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano by July 15 2025 (his bio is below). The deadline is July 1, 2025. Artists will be notified by July 18 of their inclusion in the digital exhibition via e-mail. Winners work is displayed on screen or in print at the National Stereoscopic Association Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Winners of awards are announced at the Annual NSA conference in early August. Entrants do not need to attend to submit work, all entries will receive free registration to the 3-D Con Conference August 3-11, 2025 (entrants should register in person at the event and bring student ID). Three works will be eligible for one of the following awards [$300, $200 and $100]. Conference website: https://www.3d-con.com/, NSA website: https://stereoworld.org/
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally.
July 1, 2025
Hotel ACTUAL – Open Call for Contemporary Artists Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: January 2, 2026 - January 5, 2026
- Award Info: Production grant of €800.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Logroño, Spain
Description
Hotel ACTUAL will be a small-scale contemporary art fair in which the rooms of a hotel will be transformed into exhibition spaces, each one intervened by selected artists. The initiative, part of the ACTUAL 2026 Festival programme, aims to open a space for the art market in La Rioja by offering a platform where artistic creation, innovation, and dialogue with the public converge. The main objective is to bring high-level art closer to the local community, showcasing both national and international artists, as well as local creators who, despite having external recognition, remain under-appreciated in their immediate surroundings.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 1, 2025
Lines, Shapes & Objects 2025 Art Competition Competition
- Organization: Fusion Art
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: July 5, 2025 - August 4, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
- Award Info: Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Fusion Art announces the Lines, Shapes & Objects 2025 Art Competition.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting lines, shapes & objects.
The artwork for this competition can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representative and/or abstract work in any media.
This is the 7th annual Lines, Shapes & Objects art competition that gallery has held.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 1, 2025
Open Call: Grit Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 8, 2025 - September 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $40
- Award Info: Exhibition Opportunity
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York 12508, United States
Description
BAU Gallery invites artists to apply to their Annual Juried Show with work that relates to visual interpretations of grit. The word “grit” embodies two powerful concepts: the unwavering perseverance required to manifest an artistic vision and the raw, tangible texture of a substance itself. In the imagination, an idea lives in perfection, but making your concept a reality requires true grit. The journey from conception to creation demands resilience, determination, and grit.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 1, 2025
2026 Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibition Competition
- Organization: Embracing Our Differences
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Award Info: Cash prizes totaling $6,000 will be awarded.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
Description
Artists possess a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, they can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world. 'Embracing Our Differences' invites you to participate in creating a society where inclusion is embraced and individuality is celebrated.
Become a part of this change by submitting your original art to 'Embracing Our Differences' and its annual international outdoor juried art exhibit.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally.
July 1, 2025
Wells Art Contemporary 2025 (site-specific installations): Call for Artist Submissions Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: October 8, 2025 - November 1, 2025
- Entry Fee: £30 per work
- Award Info: Over £3,000 in awards
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Wells BA5 2UE, United Kingdom
Description
Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) is an international competition showcasing innovative visual art across all genres. Established in 2012 and open to artists worldwide, WAC offers a unique opportunity to exhibit in the magnificent setting of Wells Cathedral. This beautiful space welcomes 18,000 monthly visitors and offers an inspiring welcome to all artists, regardless of creed, with its pale stone, ethereal light and soaring architecture. The 2025 exhibition will run from 8 October to 1 November 2025. All entries will be considered by a prestigious panel of selectors, and artists will have the chance to win a wide range of prizes, including cash awards, residencies, mentoring, and more. Work may also be offered for sale during the exhibition.
Eligibility Info
Artists based in the UK or internationally, who are over the age of 18 on 1 January 2025 are invited to apply.
July 1, 2025
That's Funny Exhibition
- Organization: McLean County Arts Center
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 1, 2025 - September 10, 2025
- Entry Fee: $10.00
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Bloomington, IL 61701, United States
Description
The McLean County Arts Center is excited to announce an open call for submissions for their upcoming exhibition, "That's Funny". They are looking for work that has wit, irony, and humor. Whether through unexpected juxtapositions or quirky interpretations of familiar scenes (or something else entirely), they invite artists to submit pieces that spark laughter and provoke thought.
There is a $10 entry fee. The deadline to enter is July 1, 2025. Decisions announced by July 16.
Open to all artists age 13+ living in the United States.
Accepted media include painting, drawing, printmaking, video, fiber/textile, photography, new media, and sculpture. Please do not submit AI generated materials.
Submitted work should be completed within the past 2 years.
Eligibility Info
Open to all artists age 13+ living in the United States.
July 1, 2025
Carolinas Rehab Art Gallery - 3rd Quarter Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: North Carolina, United States
Description
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.
Eligibility Info
Must be at least 18 years of age and reside in North Carolina
July 1, 2025
POOLSIDE 2025 Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 9, 2025 - August 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $34 per entry
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Key West, Florida 33040, United States
Description
Now in its 6th year, Poolside is a popular juried exhibit with a call to artists for 2D and 3D original artwork with "swimming pool(s)" as part of the subject or the main subject and not exceed 40 inches finished or famed in any orientation. (Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Photography). This is an open call to to artists for an exhibit in August, opening with a gallery reception on Saturday August 9th at their Key West, Florida location and at Jag's online gallery. Accepted artwork must be for sale and Jag Gallery will assist with pricing determination upon request.
Eligibility Info
Artists must be 18 to apply. Work must be original and have a swimming pool theme.
July 1, 2025
New Mexico Arts’ Art in Public Places program Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $50,000 (minimum purchase price)
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: New Mexico, United States
Description
The Art in Public Places program enriches New Mexico's public spaces through an innovative and diverse art collection. Since its inception in 1986, the program has placed more than 2,500 artworks in all of New Mexico's 33 counties. Their goal is to reflect the diversity of the arts in New Mexico, the Southwest, and the nation while building a dynamic public art collection for the State of New Mexico. The objective of the Large-Scale Purchase Initiative is to diversify the state's public art collection by purchasing artwork from artists at all stages of their career. All media in all genres, suitable for both interior and exterior display, will be considered. Artwork must be durable, permanent, low-maintenance, and in compliance with ADA guidelines upon installation.
Eligibility Info
The project is open to artists who reside in, and galleries that are located in, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
Ongoing
CFP: The Almanac of Artificial Seasons (Book/Site) Other
- Organization: Src Material
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Edited By Delta Ark/World Engines Lab & Ilan Manouach
w/ the support of Src Material (Seattle) and Echo Chamber (Brussels)
What are the (synthetic, mental, etc) landscapes that emerge from the deregulation of climate, the acceleration of machine learning technologies and trend towards neo-feudalism?
The Almanac of Artificial Seasons is a collection exploring the unstable territories emerging at the intersection of these forces.
They invite theoretical articles, comics and documentations for artistic projects such as Unreal Engine environments, motion capture performances and interactive narratives, that delve into the shifting landscapes where climate transformation, ai technologies, network (and anti- network) politics and artistic practice converge.
* Deadline for abstracts: July 1st, 2025
* Notifications of acceptance: August 1st, 2025
Send to: [email protected]
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 1, 2025
On the Street Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Event Dates: September 18, 2025 - October 10, 2025
- Entry Fee: $45 entry fee, $10 media fee
- Award Info: Over $400 in awards
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Street Photography takes many forms and this call looks to provide an updated look at this exciting and often challenging form of photography. This is a chance to explore the world today, to present a largely unscripted reaction to what you see, what you experience and what captures your attention. They want to see the world from your perspective, from what’s outside your front door to what’s happening Downtown and everything in-between. They are looking to celebrate the chance encounters, the random incidents and the challenge of capturing meaningful images without the preplanning or cooperation of models. Work from photographers engaged in long-term projects, and exploring social documentary projects are also welcome.
Eligibility Info
Artists of all levels who are at least 18 years or older are invited to enter. Open to all forms of photographic image-making in any process or technology, current or historical.
July 1, 2025
Summer Residency 2025 – Thasos, Greece Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Thasos, Greece
Description
The Water and Rock Art House is in the beautiful and historical stone, mountain village of Kazaviti on the island of Thasos in the North Aegean in Greece. The residency is open to artists, writers, researchers and scientists who work with the themes of nature as well as to yoga practioners who want to work on their self practice. They want to bring awareness to the beauty and importance of the fauna and flora of the island in an aim to build a greater sense of interdependence. They are also keen to create community and involve the creative residents where possible in local projects to improve the village.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 1, 2025
(street) Artists in Residency at SOON Vienna Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Vienna, Austria
Description
The Soon Art Studio Artist Residency Program in Vienna, Austria, is designed to support both emerging and established artists by providing them with a dedicated space to create and showcase their work. Artists can choose from 2, 3, or 4-week residencies, during which they will have the opportunity to focus on their artistic practice in an inspiring environment. The residencies range from 2 weeks (€650), 3 weeks (€850), and 4 weeks (€1250). Each residency will require the artists to secure their spot by signing our residency agreement and a deposit of €200.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 2, 2025
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Award Info: $10,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Now in its 5th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
Eligibility Info
This is a grant for Black trans women who are early-career working in visual art. This is a grant for U.S. based individuals, including the 50 states and its territories.
July 2, 2025
Switzer Canyon Roundabout Artistic Design - Public Art Proposal Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $200,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Description
The City of Flagstaff is seeking statements of qualifications (“SOQs”) from artists or artist teams to create a 3D artwork to be installed in the center of the Switzer Canyon roundabout located at the intersection of N. Switzer Canyon Drive and N. Turquoise Drive. The City of Flagstaff, through its Beautification and Public Art Commission (BPAC), advocates for the beautification, arts and sciences in Flagstaff and supports this project. This is an opportunity to contextualize, design, fabricate and install artwork within the project scope. An initial design services contract will be offered to the selected artist. Once City of Flagstaff approvals are met and all design documents created, the selected artist will be offered a second contract for fabrication and installation of the artwork.
Eligibility Info
Open to sculptors regional to Flagstaff, Arizona
July 2, 2025
FAC Open Exhibition 2025 Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Event Dates: July 31, 2025 - August 29, 2025
- Entry Fee: $18
- Award Info: The winning artist will be awarded $1,000, a FAC Exhibition and an Opening Event in 2026.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Description
The Frankston Arts Centre is seeking submissions from Victorian artists and all mediums to explore the theme of this year’s theme of ‘Stories’ in Art. The FAC Open Exhibition is a platform for artists to exhibit their artwork and tell stories through their art or share their creative process and what inspires them.
Eligibility Info
Open to Victorian artists working in any medium
July 2, 2025
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Award Info: $10,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Now in its 5th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
Eligibility Info
This is a grant for Black trans women who are early-career working in visual art. This is a grant for U.S. based individuals, including the 50 states and its territories.
July 2, 2025
"Open Theme” - FREE Entry, $1,000 Award Competition Competition
- Organization: Blue Space Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Award Info: $1,000
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Blue Space Gallery presents the 4th "Open Theme" international competition and virtual exhibition. Artists of all ages from around the world are invited to participate, with complete freedom in choosing their medium and style. All subjects and themes are welcome. Entry is free; only those artists whose submissions are chosen as finalists will be required to pay a $35 participation fee. Finalists will have their artwork showcased in the online exhibition and will advance to the final jurying round in consideration for cash prizes and the opportunity to win the grand prize of $1,000. Awards will be granted to those whose work demonstrates the greatest level of creativity and artistry.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 2, 2025
The Dark Side – Call for Artists Exhibition
- Organization: Boomer Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 2, 2025
- Event Dates: July 11, 2025 - July 16, 2025
- Award Info: Exhibition
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Description
Does a shadow linger in the heart of your art?
Explore the depths of creativity in The Dark Side exhibition, bridging the solitary artist’s studio and the outside world.
Guest of Honour: Lee Sharrock – globally renowned curator and Forbes contributor – will give a talk on the exhibition theme.
Apply now: https://boomergallery.net/the-dark-side-call-for-artists
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 3, 2025
2025 Art Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 3, 2025
- Event Dates: November 9, 2025 - February 1, 2026
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Description
Art Ability is dedicated to creating community awareness of cognitive and physical disabilities, encouraging people with disabilities to reach beyond their limitations and find fulfillment and inspiration through art. Art Ability provides positive role models for people with disabilities while increasing their access to the arts. The program successfully develops new markets for artists with disabilities where they can gain recognition for their technical skill and artistic vision. The annual exhibit and sale will be on display at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Malvern, Pennsylvania, from November 9, 2025 to February 1, 2026 and will be open to the public during the hospital's visiting hours. The event will kick off with a ticketed preview party and fundraising dinner on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. To be eligible for submission, the work must have been created after the onset of a disability or injury.
July 3, 2025
2025 National Multi-Media Juried Art Show Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 3, 2025
- Event Dates: August 7, 2025 - September 18, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30.00
- Award Info: $500 first prize
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: North Carolina
Description
Open to all U.S. artists 18 years of age or older working in any media. Work must be original work, executed within the past three years, and entry cannot be work that has previously been exhibited at Wilson Arts. Entry in this exhibit establishes an agreement on the part of the artist to all conditions listed in the prospectus and is a contract to exhibit entries selected by the juror.
Eligibility Info
Open to all U.S. artists 18 years of age or older working in any media. Work must be original, executed within the past three years, and not previously exhibited at Wilson Arts
July 4, 2025
Singularity Exhibition Open Call Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 4, 2025
- Award Info: Projects are funded for up to $3,000 USD
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Michigan, United States
Description
The MSU Museum CoLab Studio invites bold and innovative proposals for their upcoming exhibition, Singularity. This exhibition and public programming series unravels the enigmatic and transformative concept of the technological singularity, a point in time which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid technological growth and unpredictable change in human civilization. Specifically, this exhibition will examine the singularity through the following subthemes: 1. Humanity Redefined, 2. Artificial Minds, Creative Souls, 3. Democracy through an Algorithmic Lens. Through these lenses, the exhibition aims to illuminate the myriad pathways of society might traverse in the shadow of singularity, prompting profound reflection on the collective destiny.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 4, 2025
Celebrating American Craft 2025 Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 4, 2025
- Event Dates: September 8, 2025 - October 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25.00
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Description
Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University is pleased to announce this call for Celebrating American Craft 2025.
This exhibit is open to all professional craft based artists that are 18 years and older and residing in the United States. All work must be original designs from the artist. All craft art made with clay, metals, wood, fiber arts, and glass will be considered. Works may range from functional to sculptural and should be made primarily of one of the craft mediums. The jury panel will be tasked with finding the best examples of each medium and for strengths in techniques as well as creative expression. Invited Artists are responsible for expense of shipping their work to the Gallery and the Gallery will pay return shipping costs. Invited artists may also deliver and pick up their work but this is at their own expense. All works must have been created in the past five years and may be for sale or from collections (NFS).
Eligibility Info
Artists must be residents of the U.S. Craft based mediums only - clay, metal, wood, glass, fiber arts. Work must be primarily of one of these mediums, but use of other materials is allowed.
July 4, 2025
Call for Applications: Residency program for artists from Baden-Württemberg Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 4, 2025
- Award Info: A monthly stipend of €1,300, Project funding and a one-time material subsidy of €2,000, Visa costs covered
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Stuttgart 70197, Germany
Description
The residency program is aimed at artists from Baden-Württemberg and offers them the opportunity to integrate into new artistic communities and present their work to a wider audience in Namibia. For 2026, the program will award two six-month residency grants from February to July in Windhoek to artists from Baden-Württemberg. The residency will give two artists the opportunity to travel to Namibia together and mentor each other during the residency. In return, two artists from Namibia will have the opportunity to travel to Baden-Württemberg for six months in 2026. These residency grants will be announced in a separate call for applications. The program organizes events such as readings, exhibitions, panel discussions, and workshops to disseminate the results of the residency to a wider audience in Namibia. Applicants are free to choose the thematic focus of their project.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 4, 2025
Open Call — The Movement of Fiber and Texture Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 4, 2025
- Event Dates: August 2, 2025 - September 27, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia 30306, United States
Description
They invite artists to explore the distinct concepts of fiber art and textured art in their upcoming exhibition, “The Movement of Fiber and Texture.” This showcase will celebrate the unique qualities of each medium, highlighting how fiber and texture can evoke emotions and provoke thought through their individual characteristics.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists working in fiber/textured artwork
July 5, 2025
Queen's Wharf Brisbane Art Prize Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 5, 2025
- Event Dates: September 4, 2025 - September 28, 2025
- Entry Fee: $50 per artwork
- Award Info: PRIZE POOL OF $30,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Queensland, Australia
Description
In partnership with Queen’s Wharf Brisbane, The Royal Queensland Art Society Brisbane Branch is pleased to present the 2025 Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize. Artists are asked to submit an artwork that reflects what makes Brisbane and its surrounding attractions unique. Tell the story of what you love about Brisbane and your connection to it through your art. All entries must be accompanied by a statement further describing the connection of the artwork to the Greater Brisbane area. The finalist exhibition will open at Petrie Terrace Gallery on Wednesday 3rd September, and will be on display at from Thursday 4th September to Sunday 28th September. Artwork must be 2D and a painting or drawing in any medium. For works using collage or mixed media, the painting or drawing must be the predominant technique displayed.
Eligibility Info
This is an open exhibition for all artists (including non-RQAS members) residing in Queensland. Entrant must be a resident of Queensland. Proof of Address may be required.
Ongoing
The Lost Vision – 2025 London Contemporary Art Review Exhibition Competition
- Organization: Gallery NAT
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Event Dates: July 15, 2025 - August 15, 2025
- Entry Fee: 33GBP
- Award Info: Best Exhibition Grand Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Gallery NAT is now inviting artists from around the world to participate in “The Lost Vision – 2025 London Contemporary Art Review Exhibition”, a competition combined with an online showcase of selected entries. Competition Result Announcement Date: July 15, 2025.
Online Exhibition & Media Coverage Period: July 15 – August 15, 2025
Awards: Best Exhibition Grand Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize
The jury will select the winners of all awards within 8 working days after the final submission deadline. Official award certificates will be issued to the winners, and their names and works will be featured in major mainstream and art media across the UK, the US, Europe, and other regions.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 5, 2025
Mother Dearest: Eternal Bond - Children and Youth Edition Exhibition
- Organization: Nike Art Gallery USA Inc.
- Submission Deadline: July 5, 2025
- Event Dates: July 19, 2025 - August 8, 2025
- Award Info: Students can win awards and prizes in seven categories, recognizing creativity, technique, storytelling, and originality. Award winners will receive certificates of excellence, art supplies, and special recognition in both our online and physical exhibition spaces.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Huntington, NY 11743, United States
Description
"Mother Dearest: External Bond" — Children and Youth Edition
Nike Art Gallery USA is thrilled to invite young creatives to participate in a special Children and Youth Edition of the celebrated "Mother Dearest" exhibition! We welcome Children and youth from Ages 13-18 from all across the globe to share their artistic voices and perspectives in this powerful celebration of motherhood, caregiving, and mentorship.
This year’s theme, "Mother Dearest: External Bond," explores the unbreakable and timeless connection between a mother and child — a love transcending distance, time, and circumstances. We encourage students to reflect on the many forms of nurturing, care, and guidance, inviting them to expand their ideas of motherhood and celebrate those who have played a significant role in shaping their lives.
We call on art teachers and parents to inspire and support their youth in sharing their creative interpretations of this theme through diverse visual and folkloric media. This is an incredible opportunity for young artists to showcase their talents, tell their stories, and connect with a broader artistic community.
Eligibility Info
Open to children and youth from Ages 13-18 from all across the globe
July 5, 2025
The Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship at Morley College Workshops & Classes
- Submission Deadline: July 5, 2025
- Award Info: Free classes at Morley College and Exhibition Opportunity.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Description
The Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship is intended for a committed figurative artist who have a developed artistic vision, but who need assistance or support with the next steps of their career.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 5, 2025
Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition Exhibition
- Organization: Art Center in Dover
- Submission Deadline: July 5, 2025
- Event Dates: September 8, 2025 - October 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Dover, New Hampshire
Description
The Art Center in Dover, New Hampshire, invites artists to submit original sculptures for a juried exhibition celebrating the diversity and creativity of contemporary sculpture. Artists may submit up to three entries, which must be their original designs and available for sale during the exhibition. The Art Center will retain a 30% commission on all works sold.
Eligibility Info
Open to U.S.-based sculpture artists
July 6, 2025
Drawn from Life 2025: Identity Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: August 7, 2025 - August 24, 2025
- Entry Fee: $45
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Hastings on Hudson , New York , United States
Description
Today’s world is fraught with issues around identity. Who people are, where they came from, whom they love, how they vote- all are increasingly volatile aspects of how people's society defines them. When drawing the human figure, artists are in a sense, always drawing themselves as well. Upstream Gallery invites artists working in any medium except photography to submit work focused on the human figure that speaks to the idea of individual identity. All styles ranging from abstract to representational are welcome.
Eligibility Info
Open to local artists.
July 6, 2025
INK ONLY 5 Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: August 16, 2025 - September 13, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35.00 (INK ONLY 5 Entree Fee, 3 Images)
- Award Info: 1st Place - $500 and a solo exhibition at PWL within the next 2 years; 2nd Place - $300; 3rd Place - $200
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama 35233, United States
Description
Ink Only 5 is a bi-annual juried exhibiton of contemporary prints. Sponsored by PaperWorkers Local, a non-profit artists co-op in Birmingham, AL. This year they are partnering with Birmingham Public Library to bring this exhibit to their 4th Floor Gallery, August 16 -September 13, 2025. Ink Only 5 is open to all printmaking methods with the exception of all digital prints.
Eligibility Info
This call is open to all artists/printmakers ages 18 and older living in the USA. The call is open to all forms of printmaking including all traditional as well as experimental techniques, with the exception of prints created exclusively by digital means. All entries should have been created in the last 3 years.
July 6, 2025
City of Sarasota Public Art Program - 10th and Osprey Mural Project - Call for Artists Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: Up to $45,000 (All-inclusive)
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Sarasota, Florida, United States
Description
The City of Sarasota Public Art Program invites experienced muralists to apply for a public art commission as part of the Florida Legacy Arts Mural Series. This project will result in a large-scale mural on a multi-family residential building at the corner of 10th Street and Osprey Avenue, a prominent intersection adjacent to Gillespie Park and near Sarasota’s downtown core. The mural must reflect the theme of Florida Flora and Fauna, with a focus on local and native bird species found throughout Sarasota. Artists are encouraged to propose original, nature-based designs that may include species such as the Osprey or Monk/Canaday Parakeet, alongside native plant life. The mural should celebrate Sarasota’s natural environment while enhancing the identity of the surrounding neighborhood.
Eligibility Info
Open to professional muralists or artist teams based locally, regionally, or nationally. Preference will be given to artists listed on the City of Sarasota 2024–2026 Public Art Roster.
July 6, 2025
Orlando Neighborhood Mural: Welcoming Travelers to The City Beautiful Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $20,000-$30,000
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Orlando, Florida, United States
Description
The mural should embody Orlando’s iconic landmarks, culture, and diversity, offering a dynamic and inviting visual experience for travelers. Concepts should incorporate the following: Orlando’s iconic destinations, such as Lake Eola Fountain, Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World, Camping World Stadium, Kia Center, and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts ; Scenes of community and outdoor life, including families, pedestrians, and nature or “Welcome to Orlando” lettering.
Eligibility Info
This opportunity is open to local Orlando artists experienced in designing and implementing large-scale public art projects. This opportunity is open to professional artists and artist teams with experience in large-scale mural installations. Local Central Florida artists are strongly encouraged to apply.
July 6, 2025
Studio Channel Islands, Open Call: All Media 2025 Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: August 2, 2025 - September 13, 2025
- Entry Fee: Non-members $55, members $35 with coupon code
- Award Info: Total Prize Fund: $2,250
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Camarillo, California 93010, United States
Description
Artists are continuously challenging their boundaries and excavating their unique discoveries to create new and bold work. Studio Channel Islands invite you to enter your most recent break-through pieces, the ones that have led you to the horizon of your work’s next evolution! All media and styles are welcome.
Eligibility Info
Open to all artists ages 18 and up.
July 6, 2025
Lanyon Art Prize 2025 Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: August 23, 2025 - November 2, 2025
- Award Info: Prize pool to the value of $20,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Sculpture
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Description
The Lanyon Art Prize 2025 invites artists from the ACT and region to submit works that respond to Lanyon Homestead. Through their response, artists can explore what Lanyon Homestead means within the broader context of Canberra’s past, present and future. The Lanyon Art Prize has a prize pool to the value of $20,000. The purpose of the selected works is to inspire contemporary views and storytelling about Lanyon and its surrounds – its landscape, local and regional context, the First Nations and non-First Nations people who have lived and worked here, tangible and intangible heritage, the collection of objects, and the living heritage of the gardens and its pastoral setting which is still a working farm. Finalist’s works will be exhibited in select locations on the property to create an immersive experience.
Eligibility Info
This call is open to works by artists, musicians, craftspeople and designers aged 18 years and over who are a resident of the ACT or the surrounding Canberra region, including Bega, Eurobodalla, Hilltops, Goulburn Mulwaree, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Snowy Monaro, Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley.
July 6, 2025
STILL: National Still Life Award Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: September 6, 2025 - November 9, 2025
- Award Info: prize pool of $36,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
STILL: National Still Life Award is Yarrila Arts and Museum’s national biennial acquisitive art award. Established in 2017, STILL aims to recognise excellence, diversity and innovation in contemporary still life practice while broadening the interpretation of this enduring genre. STILL: National Still Life Award is open to artists at all stages of their practice and working across all mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and installation. STILL 2025 has a prize pool of $36,000.
Eligibility Info
Artist must be an Australian Resident
July 6, 2025
Calleen Art Award 2025 Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
- Event Dates: August 30, 2025 - October 5, 2025
- Entry Fee: AUD $40 for each work entered
- Award Info: $30,000 prize pool
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Cowra, New South Wales 2794, United States
Description
The Calleen Art Award is an annual acquisitive painting prize and exhibition. It presents the best of contemporary Australian painting in any style, theme or subject. The Award was established in 1977 as an acquisitive art prize by Mrs Patricia Fagan OAM to encourage originality, creativity and excellence in the visual arts, and is made possible by the generous support of the Calleen Trust. The Calleen Art Award 2025 is open to artists across Australia and this year’s award prize is $30,000. The winning artwork will join the Calleen Collection at Cowra Regional Art Gallery.
Eligibility Info
The Artist as Entrant must be aged 18 years or over, based in Australia and an Australian citizen or a permanent resident as at 5pm (AEST) of the closing date.
July 7, 2025
Gosford Art Prize 2025 - Call for Entries Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Event Dates: September 5, 2025
- Award Info: The acquisitive Gosford Art Prize winner is awarded $25,000.
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New South Wales 2250, Australia
Description
Gosford Regional Gallery is pleased to present the 2025 Gosford Art Prize. This year the prize pool has increased in all categories. The acquisitive Gosford Art Prize winner is awarded $25,000. The Gosford Art Prize started as a community-driven project in 1970 that has grown to become one of the highlights of the exhibition calendar and an important part of the cultural landscape of the Central Coast. The 2025 iteration is the 26th time the prize will be presented at Gosford Regional Gallery, and it continues to grow in size and popularity every year.
Eligibility Info
The competition is open to all artists across Australia and attracts entries in all mediums from traditional forms to new media artworks.
July 7, 2025
10th Annual Public Sculpture Exhibit and First Wineries Sculpture Exhibit Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Award Info: up to $1,000 stipend
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Palisade, Colorado
Description
Palisade Art Vision, PAV invites sculptors to exhibit their art in Palisade, "Fruit and Wine Capital of Colorado." Our quaint Victorian town sits amidst orchards and vineyards, surrounded by the natural wonders of the Grand Mesa, Bookcliffs and Colorado National Monument. Palisade has been nominated for USA Todays best small-town arts scene and has been dubbed Americas coolest desert town by the travel.com
Eligibility Info
Open to regional artists who have some connection to Colorado
July 7, 2025
The Windmill Trust Scholarship 2025 Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Award Info: $10,000 scholarship
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New South Wales, Australia
- Online Only: Yes
Description
For regional artists: professional development, exhibition opportunities, or to deepen research with a $10,000 scholarship. Established in 1997 in memory of the artist Penny Meagher, the emphasis of the Windmill Trust Scholarship is to support visual artists from regional NSW to take up career development and/or presentation opportunities for their work. The Windmill Trust Scholarship supports artists in various career aspects, including independent artistic research or practice, professional development, exhibiting and presenting work in new ways. Financial support encompasses studio rental, materials or labour costs, framing, space rental, promotion, artists’ fees, freight, installation, and documentation.
Eligibility Info
Applicants must be the visual art, craft or design practitioner/s undertaking the project. Applicants must be a resident of NSW and have lived more than 70km from the Sydney GPO for a minimum of five years continuously.
July 7, 2025
Gateway Sculpture- Caporella Park- Tamarac, Fl Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $45,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Tamarac, Florida, United States
Description
The City of Tamarac, Florida (City) is seeking to commission an Artist or Artist team to create a vibrant sculpture for the entrance to the City’s Caporella Park’s parking lot entrance located at 5200 Prospect Road, Tamarac, Florida. The sculpture should be vibrant, colorful and impactful to pedestrians and passerby traffic both day and night.
Eligibility Info
Open to all artists nationwide with experience in creating artistic designed benches. Florida artist are encourage to apply.
July 7, 2025
Palisade Art Vision, PAV, 10th Annual Public Sculpture Exhibit and First Wineries Sculpture Exhibit Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Award Info: Stipends depending on sculpture sizing categories
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Palisade, Colorado, United States
Description
PAV was formed in 2015 by a group of local citizens and artists to promote and embrace "Art as a part of everyday life." PAV envisioned an outdoor sculpture program to promote a visible aesthetic voice and to supplement the agritourism of Palisade. This year PAV is seeking 8 to 15 sculptures to enhance the sidewalks, the plaza, and for the first time a local winery! With collaboration of the Town of Palisade, Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, art galleries and artists, PAV has grown from four temporary pieces to over fifteen sculptures and has purchased or sold more than a dozen of the exhibited sculptures. They are excited to coordinate our sculpture unveiling and public sculpture walk/talk with Palisade's Sunday Farmers' Market, 32nd Colorado Mountain Winefest, and Palisade's 5th Annual Mountain Arts Festival.
Eligibility Info
Regional artists who have some connection to Colorado. Previous Public Art experience while valued is not required.
July 7, 2025
Mosaic Arts International 2025 Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Event Dates: August 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $20.00
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Sculpture
- Location: Winter Park, Florida, United States
Description
The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) invites artists working in mosaic media to submit applications to Mosaic Arts International (MAI) 2025: Fine Art & Site-Specific Mosaic. Held in conjunction with SAMA’s annual conference, the juried exhibit presents the best in contemporary fine art mosaics from SAMA’s diverse international membership. Fine Art is a segment of the Mosaic Arts International 2025 exhibition series that will be presented at Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Polasek Gallery, Winter Park, Florida: August 26 – December 7, 2025.
Eligibility Info
Open to all current SAMA members, age 18 and over. Applications will not be accepted by SAMA until membership status is verified. (Dues may be paid on the SAMA Website at americanmosaics.org)
July 8, 2025
Wells Art Contemporary 2025: Call for Artist Submissions - Gallery Exhibition Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 8, 2025
- Event Dates: October 8, 2025 - November 1, 2025
- Entry Fee: £20 per work
- Award Info: Over £3,000 in awards
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Wells BA5 2UE, United Kingdom
Description
Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) is an international competition showcasing innovative visual art across all genres. Established in 2012 and open to artists worldwide, WAC offers a unique opportunity to exhibit in the magnificent setting of Wells Cathedral. This beautiful space welcomes 18,000 monthly visitors and offers an inspiring welcome to all artists, regardless of creed, with its pale stone, ethereal light and soaring architecture. The 2025 exhibition will run from 8 October to 1 November 2025. All entries will be considered by a prestigious panel of selectors, and artists will have the chance to win a wide range of prizes, including cash awards, residencies, mentoring, and more. Work may also be offered for sale during the exhibition.
Eligibility Info
Artists based in the UK or internationally, who are over the age of 18 on 1 January 2025 are invited to apply.
July 9, 2025
Pima County, AZ - Himmel Park Library - Public Art Opportunity RFQ Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 9, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $35,692
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Tucson, Arizona 85716, United States
Description
In partnership with Pima County, SAACA is seeking a Public Artist or Artist Team to create a site-specific public artwork for the newly renovated Himmel Park Library in the historic Sam Hughes neighborhood. This project, funded through Pima County’s 1% for Public Art program, offers a $35,692 budget to design and install an engaging, durable piece that enhances the library’s outdoor reading porch or surrounding exterior spaces. Artists are encouraged to consider designs that reflect the library’s mission of education, inspiration, and community connection while complementing the character of the park and neighborhood. Open to all artists worldwide. The project will begin in June 2025, with completion anticipated by November 2025.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 9, 2025
Art in Public Buildings RFQ: Wyoming Girls' School Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 9, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $90,000.00
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Wyoming, United States
Description
The Wyoming Girls’ School hosts approximately 25 students at any given time ranging in age from 12 to 21 years old. The selection committee has identified three potential locations for artwork. One is the 23-foot clerestory that spans the central hall of the building. The second is a large interior wall across from the library space. The final is an exterior location outside the library space where there is a clear line of sight to the interior wall with clear visibility from public areas. Key words for artwork: Powerful, serene/calming, nurturing, uplifting, inspiring, safe/secure, and change/improvement. Representational sculptures, installations, visually expansive/connected works are of particular interest to the committee, though they are open to all possibilities for the space.
Eligibility Info
Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident and a minimum of 18 years of age.
July 9, 2025
Potomac Yard Innovation District Public Art RFQ Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 9, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: up to $300,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Alexandria, Virginia 22314, United States
Description
The City of Alexandria's Public Art Program is commissioning public art for the northern extension of Potomac Yard Park—a newly constructed city park adjacent to the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. This initiative aims to introduce compelling, site-specific artwork that reflects the site's context and history, attracting both residents and visitors to the Potomac Yard Innovation District. The goal is to create dramatic, visually engaging, and unique art installations that foster an interactive environment for people of all ages.
Eligibility Info
Artists must be 18 years or older to apply and have prior public art experience.
July 9, 2025
Pima County, AZ - Northwest Service Center - Public Art Opportunity RFQ Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 9, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $175,000
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Tucson, Arizona 85705, United States
Description
In partnership with Pima County, SAACA is seeking a Public Artist or Artist Team to create a site-specific public artwork for the new Northwest Service Center, a vital community resource providing public health and workforce development services. This project, funded through Pima County’s 1% for Public Art program, offers a $175,000 budget for the design and installation of a durable, impactful exterior artwork that reflects the center’s mission of fostering a thriving, healthy, and connected community. Potential artwork locations include landscaped areas, a courtyard west of the building, or the curved concrete wall on the south side of the courtyard. The selected artist will work closely with the Public Art Panel to develop a meaningful piece that enhances the facility’s civic presence along the Miracle Mile corridor. Open to all artists worldwide. The project will begin in 2025 and is expected to be completed within two years.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 10, 2025
Drawing Resistance: The Artist’s Dilemma in Political Conflict | A Virtual Exhibition Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 10, 2025
- Event Dates: August 16, 2025 - November 15, 2025
- Entry Fee: $15
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Drawing
- Location: Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Description
“Drawing Resistance: The Artist’s Dilemma in Political Conflict” is a virtual group exhibition that explores the tensions artists face when navigating their creative practice in politically charged environments. The title plays on the dual meaning of “drawing”—as both a visual act and a metaphor for tracing boundaries, beliefs, or courage. They invite women and non-binary artists from around the world to submit work that confronts, reflects on, or challenges political realities—whether global or deeply personal. Submissions may explore war, migration, censorship, social justice, protest, surveillance, gender-based oppression, or the quiet defiance of everyday survival. They are especially interested in works that wrestle with the dilemma of making art in a time of unrest: how to act, what to say, and what it means to resist.
Eligibility Info
Woman Made Gallery is a space for women and non-binary artists, including trans women and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer artists. This exhibit is open to artists from the local, national, and international communities.
July 10, 2025
Town of Windsor Community Development Entryway Sculpture Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 10, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $75,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Windsor, Colorado, United States
Description
The Town of Windsor Arts Commission (WAC) is seeking an artist to create a large-scale sculpture to be located at the Town's newly renovated Community Development Building, located at 200 11th Street, in Windsor, Colorado. This site was formerly the Windsor Police Station and is undergoing renovations to become the new home of the Community Development Department, which includes Planning, Engineering, Water Resources, and Economic Development. The sculpture will act as an entryway marker for the new facility and should reflect the departments that are housed there.
Eligibility Info
Any artist living and working in the continental United States is welcome to apply. Preference will be given to Colorado artists
July 10, 2025
ArtSeen during Ann Arbor Art Fair – USA Public Art & Proposals
- Organization: Art Seen
- Submission Deadline: July 10, 2025
- Event Dates: July 17, 2025 - July 19, 2025
- Entry Fee: $18
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Description
🎨 Open Call: Get Your Art Seen at Ann Arbor Art Fair!
Showcase your art at one of America’s top art fairs — Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 17–19, 2025).
🌍 ArtSeen will display your work on digital screens in front of 400,000+ visitors — art lovers, buyers, and collectors!
🎨 Major exposure in an art-focused environment.
💰 Just $18 to enter | 📅 Deadline: July 10, 2025
👉 Limited spots — apply now!
#ArtSeen #AnnArborArtFair #OpenCall
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 11, 2025
RFQ Interior Public Art Project for the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Arts Center Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $220,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Description
Salt Lake County (“County”) plans to contract with an artist or artist team to create one or more unique interior artworks that will be installed on the site of the new Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Arts Center (“Arts Center”). Artists or artist-led teams are eligible to apply for all three public art projects, provided they meet the specific qualifications for each. Different selection committees will review and select artists for each project. It is the intent of the County to enter into separate contracts for each separate project (Exterior open to US Artists; Interior open to US Artists; and Interior open to State of Utah Artists) with an artist or artist team for this site. Submit your proposals to [email protected]
Eligibility Info
To participate, applicants must have a valid U.S. Tax ID Number (SSN, EIN, ITIN, or other). This interior project (RFQ ART120987) will be open to artists legally authorized to work in the United States.
July 11, 2025
Poster and T-Shirt Art Contest Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Award Info: Grand Prize: $400 and 4 Honorable Mentions: $100 each
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Washington , DC 20009, United States
Description
Sitar Arts Center invites artists of all ages living in Washington, DC to submit original designs for its 25th Anniversary Commemorative Poster and T-Shirt Art Contest!
Help Sitar celebrate 25 years of building a creative community of learning and belonging. This is your chance to have your work featured on official anniversary merchandise, win cash prizes, and have your art become part of Sitar’s permanent collection.
Since 2000, Sitar Arts Center has been a community anchor in Adams Morgan. At the heart of Sitar are the people who make it truly special.
Designs should reflect the essence of community, creativity, and belonging, and may also draw inspiration from Sitar’s multidisciplinary arts offerings and core values: equity, belonging, balance, trust, transformation, and collaboration.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists of all ages living in Washington, DC
July 11, 2025
Call for Artists: Mural for Regan Hospital Courtyard, Exterior Public Art & Proposals
- Organization: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Drawing, Painting
- Location: Rhode Island, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Artwork for the newly renovated Regan Unit of Eleanor Slater Hospital (ESH) will be commissioned for the exterior in the courtyard. A 2d mural only is desired, other genres will not be considered.
Title: Exterior Call for a courtyard mural
Budget: $65,000.
Deadline: July 11, 2025
Medium: Mural should utilize the Polytab or "parachute cloth" method.
Eligibility: Regional. Artists residing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island are eligible.
Eligibility Info
Artists residing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island are eligible.
July 11, 2025
Dynamic: Shadow and Light Competition
- Organization: Black Box Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Event Dates: August 1, 2025 - August 25, 2025
- Entry Fee: 40.00
- Award Info: None
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
- Location: Portland, Oregon 97214, United States
Description
A juried group photo show on shadow and light at Black Box Gallery.
For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 11, 2025
Call for Artists: Mural for Regan Hospital Courtyard Interior Public Art & Proposals
- Organization: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Rhode Island, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Artwork for the newly renovated Regan Unit of Eleanor Slater Hospital (ESH) will be commissioned for the interior in a comprehensive plan.
Title: Interior spaces to support a series of artworks.
Budget: $160,000.
Deadline: July 11, 2025.
Eligibility: National.
Artists with experience working in hospitals, healthcare or psychiatric settings are highly encouraged to apply.
Eligibility Info
Open to U.S. based artists
July 11, 2025
The Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 11, 2025
- Event Dates: September 11, 2025 - December 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $40
- Award Info: Cash prizes: $1000 first place, $500 second place
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Massachusetts, United States
Description
Is Identity something to protect and preserve, or does it push people to seek recognition beyond themselves? "The Shape of Who We Are" will explore how Identity is formed, expressed, and redefined—through race, gender, class, culture, and personal experience. This juried exhibition invites artists to examine themes of origin, extinction, change, and tradition, reflecting who they are now and who they may become. The New Bedford Art Museum welcomes artists worldwide to submit work that engages with the many ways Identity shapes people's lives.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 13, 2025
Jewelry Artist in Residence Program at Mendocino Art Center Oct 22nd- Dec 7th 2025 Residency
- Organization: Mendocino Art Center
- Submission Deadline: July 13, 2025
- Event Dates: October 22, 2025 - December 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $20.00
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
- Location: Mendocino, CA 95460, United States
Description
Located where redwoods meet the Pacific ocean on coastal Pomo land Re-formed, is a 7 week Artist in Residency program at the Mendocino Art Center designed for artists working in the jewelry arts. This residency provides an opportunity for artists to deepen their practice in a spacious studio with an ocean view while engaging in a supportive artist community. The structure of the residency will be self-directed and up to the participants on how they would like to spend their time. AIR’s will be housed in a private studio apartment on-site and have 24-hour access to their studio space. AIRs are invited to exhibit their work at the culmination of the residency in one of our galleries. Teaching opportunities, and discounted classes available. Residents are encouraged to give an artist talk midway through the residency.
Jewelry Facilities
Private bench with flex shaft
Rolling mills
Vented soldering stations ( acetylene air and oxy acetylene torches)
Hammers, anvils , and all forming equipment
Enameling kilns
Polishing machine, ultrasonic , tumbler
Puk laser welder
All hand tools
Drill press / Hydraulic press etc
Private apartment
Each resident will have their own furnished studio apartment, outfitted with a queen bed, seating, kitchen, and bathroom.
A cohort of peers
Residents will live in close proximity to each other, and are encouraged to build community in their time here. Residents will also have access to a shared kitchen space for communal meals.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally to jewelry artists
July 13, 2025
UOB Art in Ink Awards Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 13, 2025
- Award Info: 30, 000 yuan Gold Award (1): 20,000 yuan Silver Award (1) : 10,000 yuan (*The original artworks of Campus Talent prize winners will be officially collected by the organiser and included in the “UOB Art Collection.”
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Launched in 2023, the UOB Art in Ink Awards has become a landmark initiative to uncover young talent and revitalize the heritage of ink art in contemporary contexts. In collaboration with strategic partner Art and Design Education FutureLab (FutureLab), the Awards continues to expand its reach and depth, offering professional guidance and a robust support system for participating artists. Winners will benefit from visibility in major art media, access to curators and institutions, acquisition opportunities, and potential solo exhibitions. Finalists will be showcased at renowned platforms including Art Central (HK), FutureLab Art Fair, and UOB Art Spaces across Asia, building vital connections for artistic growth and exposure.
Eligibility Info
Open to domestic and international tertiary students currently enrolled or graduating in 2025.
July 14, 2025
The Coastal Landscape Competition
- Organization: PhotoPlace Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 14, 2025
- Event Dates: September 5, 2025 - September 26, 2025
- Entry Fee: 35 images for the Exhibition Gallery; 40 more for their Online Gallery
- Award Info: Distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, and Honorable Mention
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Coastal Landscape
Deadline for submissions: Jul 14, 2025
Juror: Jacob and Alissa Hessler
Prints due: Aug 22, 2025
Exhibition: September 5 - September 26, 2025
The meeting of land and water is a place of transformation—a space where motion and stillness, power and tranquility, exist side by side. The Coastal Landscape is a juried photography exhibition celebrating the diverse character of coastlines, shorelines, and waterscapes.
They’re seeking photographs that capture the beauty, power, and mood of coastal environments—from dramatic waves to quiet shores. All photographic styles, from traditional to experimental, are welcome.
Eligibility Info
Open to photographers internationally
July 14, 2025
Winter | Last Ship, Khajuraho (UNESCO World Heritage site) Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 14, 2025
- Award Info: 6 to 8 week residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Khajuraho, MP 471606, India
Description
Last Ship is now in Khajuraho, the UNESCO World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, and Kalinjar, Uttar Pradesh, India. In the region between Khajuraho and Kalinjar lies the heart of ancient India, in its most rural and undeveloped sites, with temples and archaeological sites that go back from the famous 1,000 year old temples to prehistoric cave shelters. The Last Ship residency program is a one-of-a-kind experience of a history, nature and culture, hidden in the chaos and turmoil of contemporary India, and artists whose development would benefit the most from this experience are selected for the program.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 15, 2025
Cyprus Art Retreat Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Award Info: 1 month residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
Description
Cyprus Art Retreat offers an art centric environment that allows established artists to reside and work in a remote environment (away from the busy, crazy world) whilst creating a micro-climate for an inspiring artistic-cultural destination (Cyprus Art Retreat) in Agioi Vavatsinias, Cyprus, is established in a peaceful, serene, country setting – that celebrates and promotes the coming together of artistic endeavor from diverse places and cultures around the world. Agioli Vavatsinias offers a world-class, legendary destination, a place of peace, harmony, imagination, and creativity. Open to Visual Arts, media, Lapidary, Root Burl Sculpting, Painting, Sculpture and Photography.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 15, 2025
Needle Felting: A Sculptural Approach Workshop Workshops & Classes
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Event Dates: August 15, 2025 - August 18, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: San Luis Obispo, California
Description
In this intermediate/advanced workshop you will sample multiple ways to take your three-dimensional needle felting to the next level. Stephanie Metz incorporates techniques from other sculpture traditions (working in clay, carving stone, and joining metal) to reframe your thinking about needle felting. Her visceral organic sculptures—physically and conceptually both soft and edgy—reference the body as both subject and object. Her process and entire body of work a full of intricacy and intrigue and this workshop is likely to fill quickly.
Eligibility Info
Prior experience in needle felting is requested but you don’t have to be an expert, only willing to play and experiment. Students are welcome to bring their own favorite needle felting tools, materials, and supplies.
July 15, 2025
Loghaven Artist Residency Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Knoxville, TN, United States
Description
Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space. All Loghaven Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency.
Eligibility Info
Due to the living stipend and other support Loghaven provides, artists applying for a residency must already have the ability to work in the United States and receive income from Loghaven Artist Residency and the Aslan Foundation, per US tax law. International artists are not eligible unless they have a previously established way to work and receive income. Artists must be at least twenty-one years old and live more than 120 miles away from Knoxville.
July 15, 2025
Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency Open Call Residency
- Organization: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Wausau, Wisconsin 54403, United States
Description
The Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency Program provides space and time for artists to experiment, explore, and produce individually developed or collaborative artwork in any medium. The Artist Residency Program will increase community engagement and accessibility to the visual arts in north central Wisconsin by providing opportunities for artists to share their creative processes through outreach, workshops, and programming. The program supports artists by providing studio space, living space, honorarium, as well as networking and outreach opportunities.
Eligibility Info
Open to U.S. based artists
July 15, 2025
Ucross Foundation Residency - Spring 2026 Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Clearmont, WY 82835, United States
Description
Ucross strives to provide a respectful, comfortable, and productive environment, freeing artists from the pressures and distractions of daily life. Each year, they provide residencies to approximately 115 individuals. Residencies range from two weeks to six weeks in length. At any one time, there are up to ten individuals in residence, typically four writers, four visual artists, and two composers. Ucross provides each artist with living accommodations, meals, work space, and uninterrupted time so that the artists can focus on their creative process. Residents are responsible for providing their own working materials and for their travel to Sheridan, Wyoming. There is no charge for a residency. The residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 15, 2025
Open call for Autumn Residency 2025 – Palanga Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Award Info: 1-2 month residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
International Palanga Art residency accepting 4 applicants for their 2025 Autumn (September and/or October) Residency programme. Residency duration – from 1 to 2 months. Preference is given to artists choosing 2 months residency program. Palanga Art residency is located in specific area – beside Palanga Botanical Park, which has started at the end of XIX century by famous French landscape architect Édouard François André. International residency links sharing skills and experiences, implementation of collaborative projects, dedicated to local and professional community as well as in a global scale. This residency strengthens a partnership among different countries and Lithuania, which stimulates the new ideas and projects of regional and international scale. Participating artists are able to create international networks among other professionals from art field.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 16, 2025
Artist of the Year Awards 2025 Competition
- Organization: Visual Artist Association
- Submission Deadline: July 16, 2025
- Entry Fee: 0-60
- Award Info: £10,000 prize package
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The VAA Artist of the Year Awards 2025 is a celebration of artistic talent across all levels. With a generous £10,000 prize package, career-boosting opportunities, and a prestigious group exhibition in London for the overall winner, these awards provide artists the recognition and support they need to elevate their careers to new heights.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 17, 2025
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Competition
- Organization: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
- Submission Deadline: July 17, 2025
- Entry Fee: USD$40
- Award Info: Over USD$70,000 in cash and prizes to be won! See the full list of prizes here: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/prizes
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums: Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow.
There are six award categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art, and Emerging Artist award. All Finalists also have the chance to win the People's Choice award, as voted for by the public.
With a prize pool of over USD$70,000 in cash and prizes, The Prize seeks to inspire creatives to pursue a life and career in the arts, and to help careers grow through funding and increased exposure of their work globally.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 17, 2025
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025 Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 17, 2025
- Event Dates: October 25, 2025 - November 23, 2025
- Entry Fee: $40
- Award Info: Over USD$70,000 worth of cash and product prizes.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Northport, New York
Description
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 8th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. The exhibition opens at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, USA. Over USD$70,000 worth of cash and product prizes. Open to all static mediums: Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow. It has 5 award categories you can enter: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Digital Art, and Emerging Artist award. You can enter more than one category if you wish.
Eligibility Info
Open to all static mediums (internationally)
Ongoing
2025 New York International Art Competition -The Light from the Other Shore Competition
- Organization: Whitelock Art Center
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Event Dates: July 27, 2025 - August 27, 2025
- Entry Fee: 45USD in total. Each artist may submit up to five artworks.
- Award Info: Awards: Grand Exhibition Award, Gold Award Silver, Award Bronze Award, Excellence Award
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Whitelock Art Center in New York, USA, is issuing a global call for entries for the “2025 New York International Art Competition – The Light from the Other Shore.”
The announcement of award winners and the online exhibition will take place from July 27 to August 27, 2025.
The competition will present the following awards: Grand Exhibition Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize, and Excellence Award. Winners will be selected by the Academic Committee Jury of the Whitelock Art Center. Award recipients will receive official honor certificates and be featured in major mainstream and art media outlets both in the United States and internationally, in addition to an online exhibition.
Submission deadline: July 17, 2025 (midnight, U.S. Eastern Time).
Eligibility Info
The competition is open to artists worldwide with an international perspective.
July 17, 2025
OPEN CALL - 75th A•ONE Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 17, 2025
- Event Dates: August 30, 2025 - October 23, 2025
- Entry Fee: $50
- Award Info: $2500 in awards.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Description
A•ONE is an international competition/exhibition highlighting the diversity of work currently being made by established and emerging artists. Open to all artists, 18 years of age and older. Original artwork in any media will be considered. Giclée reproductions of original works will not be accepted. Eligible artwork must have been completed after January 1, 2023, and fall within the restrictions. The Grand Prize awards an artist a solo exhibition at Silvermine Arts Center with a $1,000 stipend for exhibit-related expenses. The juror has additional awards to give at their discretion, including $500 Carole Eisner Sculpture Award, $500 Mollie & Albert Jacobson Sculpture Award, $500 Patricia Warfield Jinishian Figurative Award.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 18, 2025
RFQ Exterior Public Art Project for the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Arts Center Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 18, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $300,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Description
Salt Lake County plans to contract with an artist or artist team to create one or more unique exterior artworks that will be installed on the site of the new Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Arts Center. In addition, each semi-finalist will be required to present their proposal in person to the Selection Committee on October 14th, 2025. The meeting will take place in Salt Lake City, and each semi-finalist will have up to one hour to present their proposal. Semifinalists will receive a $2,500 honorarium to prepare and present their proposals. This honorarium is inclusive of any expenses incurred for the creation of their proposal, including travel expenses, hotel, shipping, etc.
Eligibility Info
To participate, applicants must have a valid U.S. Tax ID Number (SSN, EIN, ITIN, or other). This interior project (RFQ ART120987) will be open to artists legally authorized to work in the United States.
July 18, 2025
Against the Grain Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 18, 2025
- Event Dates: September 13, 2025 - October 25, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Description
"Florida CraftArt announces Against the Grain, a curated exhibition celebrating the timeless art of woodworking while pushing the boundaries of tradition. This innovative exhibition highlights cutting-edge concepts, contemporary techniques, and the evolving relationship between function and form. Against the Grain seeks furniture, sculpture, utilitarian objects, and more. Each piece reveals the unique beauty of wood as a medium and the boundless creativity that skilled hands and meticulous craftsmanship can achieve.
Curated by Tampa-based furniture maker and artist Kurt Raschke, the exhibition will be on view at Florida CraftArt in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, showcasing contemporary wood artists from all over the nation."
Eligibility Info
Open to artists living in the United States.
All artwork must include wood as the primary medium but may include other media as well.
July 18, 2025
INTERNATIIONAL CALL FOR ARTISTS - Divide Magazine Issue 15 Competition
- Organization: Divide Magazine
- Submission Deadline: July 18, 2025
- Entry Fee: £35
- Award Info: Selected artists will have their work showcased in Issue 15 of Divide Magazine and featured on their Instagram page. A few artists will also have the exclusive opportunity to be interviewed and highlighted in the Issue.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Art by @Lea Baeriswyl
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 15.
With a dedicated annual readership of over 86,000+ and a vibrant Instagram community of 22,000+ followers at @dividemag, your work will be seen by thousands of art enthusiasts, collectors, and industry professionals from around the world.
Why Submit?
Global Exposure: Your work will 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.
Eligibility Info
Artists from any country are welcome to apply with works in any medium: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, photography, mixed media, installation, crafts, fashion, illustration, and more. Must be 18 and over.
July 19, 2025
2025 New England Regional Juried Exhibition Exhibition
- Organization: The Guild of Boston Artists
- Submission Deadline: July 19, 2025
- Event Dates: August 30, 2025 - September 27, 2025
- Entry Fee: $50.00
- Award Info: Over $2,500 in cash awards
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts 02116, United States
Description
August 30 - September 27
The New England Regional Juried Exhibition is a juried show featuring the best of representational painting, drawing, and sculpture by regional artists who work in the realist tradition.
The exhibition will be on view in the historic President's Gallery at the Guild's Newbury Street location, which features a skylight to allow viewing of artworks in natural light.
Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit where the great artists of the Boston School showed their work. Please review the prospectus and apply on their website, and if you have any questions, please call the gallery at 617.536.7660 or e-mail them at [email protected].
Eligibility Info
The New England Regional Juried Exhibition is a juried show featuring the best of representational painting, drawing, and sculpture by regional artists who work in the realist tradition. Must be regional to Boston, Massachusetts.
July 20, 2025
Self Portrait Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Event Dates: August 21, 2025 - September 27, 2025
- Entry Fee: From $20
- Award Info: $1,000 in awards
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Sarasota, Florida 34236, United States
Description
Self Portrait invites artists to look inward and create work in which they are the subject. This exhibition asks artists to consider what they want to reveal about their inner narrative, their role as an artist, their hopes and fears. Self portraits provide viewers a window into the soul of the artist, highlighting their cultural reference points and their place in that moment of time. Whether created for self promotion, personal discovery, validation of the artist title or simply just for fun, self portraits act as a portal into the shared human existence of each generation.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists located regionally near Sarasota, FL
July 20, 2025
SEA(S) INFINITES GRANTS 2025/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OPEN CALL Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Kefalonia, Greece
Description
SEA(S) INFINITES GRANTS 2025/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OPEN CALL; SEA(S) ARTS 2025. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2025/GRANT CONNECTED. https://seas.ionionartscenter.gr/seas-arts/. All disciplines and interdisciplinary projects in Arts, Sciences and Technologies, Education and Research, included Environmental projects, Literary Arts , Performing Arts and Music, Applied Arts, Visual Arts , New Media are eligible.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 21, 2025
Cohort V Residency
- Organization: The Connect Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 21, 2025
- Event Dates: July 28, 2025 - August 25, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Description
The Connect International Residency is accepting applications for it’s 5th cohort. The residency entails 5 virtual meetings between international and local artists and industry professionals. Each virtual meeting will be facilitated by Hollie Davis and the Connect Fellows culminating with an exhibition at Tribehouse LLC.
Through the virtual sessions, the residents can develop their project, expose it, share their concerns, and receive advice and critique that can be used to promote and direct their creations. Guest speakers that span a variety of creative avenues are interviewed during each meeting to inform and expand the artists’ networks in Chicago and beyond.
Virtual meetings will be held 6:00-8:00PM CST US on Mondays in August and one Monday in July.
Eligibility Info
Artists not residing in Chicago are eligible as long as they secure shipping of their art to and from the residency team on time for the exhibition.
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Fall 2025 Open Residency in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 25, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
The residency space was built with artists’ needs in mind and is nestled in a rural, tree-lined site in the historical town of Atotonilco, 15-minutes away from San Miguel de Allende. The residency offers both a private, quiet environment to work and quick access to the thriving arts and social scene of San Miguel. The invitation for the summer session of their Open Residency is extended to artists in the following disciplines: plastic arts; visual arts, literature, performing arts, digital arts, cinematography. Their residency is perfect for artists in plastic arts; visual arts, literature, digital arts, cinematography. Performing arts can be accommodated thanks to their partnerships with local studios, theaters and cultural centers.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
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Cafe Gallery Art Exhibit 2025: "Elemental" Exhibition
- Organization: Arts in Medicine
- Submission Deadline: July 25, 2025
- Event Dates: September 1, 2025 - August 21, 2026
- Award Info: Ribbons will be awarded for 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and Honorable Mentions. Additionally, Arts in Medicine is excited to announce the introduction of the Fan Favorite award! The Fan Favorite award-winning piece will receive special recognition and VIP placement within the exhibit and be marked as 'SOLD', as it will be purchased by Arts in Medicine and become part of its permanent collection.
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809, United States
Description
- Baton Rouge General Arts in Medicine program is pleased to announce its annual “Call for Entry” for the Café Gallery Art Exhibit located in the cafeteria on our Bluebonnet campus. We are looking for works that demonstrate the theme, “Elemental.” Explore the basic building blocks of life and the powerful forces of nature from an aesthetic, emotional, environmental, scientific, and/or philosophical perspective.
Eligibility Info
Open to original or giclée; oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, collage, ink, photography. All work must be 2-dimensional.
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Kala Art Institute | Application for 2025/2026 Residencies Residency
- Organization: Kala Art Institute
- Submission Deadline: July 26, 2025
- Entry Fee: $15
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Berkeley, California 94710, United States
Description
Kala Art Institute offers subsidized contract residency rates for different working needs and artist experiences! Artists share space, equipment, techniques, and ideas and are a vital part of the Kala community. Kala artists-in-residence receive 24/7 access to a shared 8,000-square-foot print studio, digital lab, black and white darkroom, sculpture lab, and 3 individual project spaces.
Artist residency apartments are located across the street from Kala’s facilities. Kala offers two shared artist apartments a block from Kala. Each apartment is a 2-bedroom unit, meaning you will have your own bedroom and be living with a roommate and sharing a kitchen, living room, and bathroom. Limited to artists who reside outside of the Bay Area.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
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15th Annual “Cityscapes” Online Art Competition Competition
- Organization: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 27, 2025
- Event Dates: August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries / $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries. Early entry and art student discounts.
- Award Info: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Extensive online promotion for winning artists.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Cityscapes” Online Art Competition.
Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, are invited to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art.
The “Cityscapes” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of cityscape art. Cityscape subjects include cities, towns, urban scenes and any related metropolitan subjects.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
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2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Event Dates: September 27, 2025 - November 21, 2025
- Entry Fee: $50 per artwork
- Award Info: $60,000 to be won across a variety of artistic categories
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Campbelltown, New South Wales 2560, Australia
Description
The 2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award invites artists to submit work in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 63rd year, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, is valued at $50,000. Over the years, the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Tina Havelock Stevens, Robert Fielding, Angela Tiatia, and most recently Katy B Plummer. The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over ten days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.
Eligibility Info
Open to Australia based artists
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MERZ Summer Residencies Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Award Info: 2-6 month residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Sanquhar, Scotland DG4 6DH, United Kingdom
Description
Established in 2018 MERZ has provided an international residency programme for upwards of 100 artists, writers and architects. Scroll through www.merz.gallery/news for short clips on projects and research undertaken by artists at MERZ. Artists/writers can participate in filming their work in progress with interviews and in exhibiting both original work and/or relevant prints in the gallery, museum or studio, contributing to festivals alongside local artists.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
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Manatee Pocket Mooring Field Mosaic Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $15,000
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Sculpture
- Location: Stuart, Florida, United States
Description
The newly constructed Manatee Pocket Mooring Field facility, located within the Port Salerno Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) boundary, embodies architectural elements inspired by Florida Vernacular design in its single-story structure. On SE Park Drive, the facility’s back wall offers a canvas for an approximately 7 feet tall by 6 feet wide mosaic and acts as the "front door" of the building in the context of the street and neighborhood. This artwork aims to celebrate the rich local culture, history, and natural beauty of Port Salerno and Martin County, seamlessly integrating with the surrounding architectural aesthetics.
Eligibility Info
The project is open to all professional artists from the region, as defined in the Art in Public Places Ordinance No. 1103, Chapter 13, General Ordinances, Martin County Code. Artists with experience implementing their ideas and work in the public realm and collaborating with public agencies are encouraged to apply.
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Funded opportunity to create new site-specific work - Locust Projects Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Award Info: $5000 production budget, $3100 artist fee.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Description
Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to apply for the opportunity to access the space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work in their 625 sq ft PROJECT ROOM. Locust Projects provides selected artists with curatorial guidance, production budget, artist W.A.G.E. fee, documentation, and an opportunity to stay in the Locust Projects residency. $5000 max Production Budget (may include but is not limited to: production/fabrication, equipment rental, materials, professional/technical support, installation/construction labor, assistants, shipping, de-installation.) Final budget determined based upon dates, proposal scope and scale of project, feasibility. $3100 Artist Fee. Artists may use the Artist Fee at their discretion. Open for installation-based work created specifically for Locust Projects Project Room.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 30, 2025 3
Express Yourself July Contest Competition
- Organization: Red Willow Art, LLC
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Event Dates: August 11, 2025 - September 6, 2025
- Entry Fee: $9.00
- Award Info: Winners and Finalists have a chance to win $1000
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Summer 2025--Express Yourself!
The winner will be featured on the Red Willow Art website, and the Winner and finalists are eligible for the Grand Finale Salon in December 2025.
Red Willow Art celebrates YOU with a call for entry for an international competition and virtual exhibition. Artists worldwide are invited to participate, with complete freedom in choosing their medium and style. Submissions should revolve around the central theme "Expressing Yourself!"
They want to see your creativity at its best. Tell them your thoughts, desires, heartaches, passion—what best describes you and your creativity? Entries can express concerns (social to personal), emotions, cultural heritage, or preserving a way of life, just to name a few.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
July 30, 2025 3
2026 Tim Murphy Art Gallery Call for Artists Exhibition
- Organization: Merriam Parks & Recreation
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Merriam, Kansas 66202, United States
Description
Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 ▶ FREE to Submit
Interested artists may submit five digital images of their work. At least 90% of the show’s work must be for sale.
Eligibility Info
Open to U.S. based artists
July 30, 2025 3
MAC yapang Art Prize 2025 Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Event Dates: October 18, 2025 - December 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30 per artwork, or $25 for Lake Mac Arts Members
- Award Info: $30,000 acquisitive prize and a total prize pool of $40,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Booragul, New South Wales 2284, Australia
Description
MAC yapang Art Prize is a national, acquisitive art prize. This new Art Prize has a total prize pool of $40,000 and is open to artists from all disciplines across Australia, with artworks in any medium. The winning artist of the acquisitive prize will be awarded $30,000, and their artwork will be acquired by the Museum of Art and Culture, yapang (MAC yapang) for their permanent collection. Finalists will have their artworks displayed in the MAC yapang Art Prize exhibition.
Eligibility Info
The Prize is open to all Australians (citizens or residents) who are 18 years and older on 30 July 2025 and must be living in Australia as their main place of residence. (Proof of age or residency may be required.)
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Call for Artists: Boynes Artist Award – 12th Edition Now Open! Competition
- Organization: Boynes Artist Award
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Entry Fee: 40
- Award Info: $2,000 USD, a double-spread feature in Create! Magazine, an ad campaign, a published interview, a showcase on our website, and global exposure
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Boynes Artist Award is now accepting submissions for its 12th Edition! Open to emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide, this international art award welcomes all visual mediums including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, digital, sculpture, and printmaking.
Enter the 12th Edition of the Boynes Artist Award for a chance to win $2,000 USD, a double-spread feature in Create! Magazine, an ad campaign, a published interview, a showcase on our website, and global exposure. 2nd and 3rd place winners also receive cash prizes, interviews, and promotions. Submit up to 10 artworks, starting at $40 USD for 3 pieces ($10 per additional artwork). Enjoy 25% off with our Early Bird Deadline on May 30, 2025. Final submissions close July 30, 2025. Winners announced September 2025.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists 18+ worldwide, working in any visual medium, with artwork created in the past 5 years.
July 31, 2025 3
Sterling Sculptures Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Award Info: Budget: $2,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Sterling, Colorado
Description
Sterling is already known as the City of Living Trees, celebrated for its incredible hand-carved tree sculptures. But the city has been actively growing and expanding its art scene within its Colorado-certified Creative District. For this year’s Sculpture in Sterling program—part of the city’s effort to bring new and exciting sculptures and artists to the community—organizers are seeking at least one of the two selected sculptures to reflect either Colorado history or a patriotic theme, in honor of the 150/250 Colorado/USA anniversary celebration. Artists are invited to take part in Sterling’s second year as a sculpture-on-loan community.
Eligibility Info
Open to sculpture artists nationwide
July 31, 2025 3
Art on the Corner, Downtown Grand Junction 2025 Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Award Info: Best in Show Awards
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Downtown Grand Junction, Colorado
Description
Downtown Grand Junction's Art on the Corner (AOTC) is entering its 41st year as a year-round outdoor sculpture exhibition. AOTC was one of the first of its kind in the nation and many communities have modeled their programs after it. The temporary exhibit is displayed in Grand Junction's historical creative district.
For the upcoming year, submissions of works that advocate a sculptor’s passion, environmental, observation or cultural expression are highly encouraged. Public artists have an opportunity to share ideas, concepts and explore relationships. Public art promotes conversation, engages stewardship and develops awareness. It provides a visual enhancement that is accessible and brightens the everyday cultural experience.
The exhibition is open to all 3D sculpture artists. The sculpture must be an original creation by the artist. Interested artists are required to submit an application along with the requested supplemental materials for consideration by Thursday, July 31, 2025...
Eligibility Info
The Artist or representative is required to deliver their artwork and must be present for the installation scheduled on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 7:00 a.m.
July 31, 2025 3
Ten Moir Gallery - Blue-Sky Artist Award Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 USD for 10 works
- Award Info: $500 cash prize and published interview
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Blu-Sky Artist Award (BSAA) is an online international semi-annual prize put forward by Ten Moir Gallery. Through this award, the gallery aims to recognize and encourage upcoming talented artists from across the world and provide them with a platform to showcase their work.
Eligibility Info
Award recognition to creators producing art of any type and working with any media. Must be 18 years of age and older at the time of submission.
Ongoing
Publish Your Artwork in an Ivy League Magazine: Summer 2025 Issue Other
- Organization: PJAS Magazine
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
PJAS is a vibrant platform for individuals all around the world to share their scholarly and creative pursuits. The diverse voices amplified by their journal showcase all types of creative work--from visual arts and installations to literary arts and poetry. With contributors from all walks of life, PJAS aims to cultivate a community rich with intellectual curiosity. They accept submissions on a rolling basis year-round, with their upcoming quarterly issue published online and in print in Spring 2025.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally. All are welcome to submit creative work of any kind. No requirement for applicants to be affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in any capacity.
Ongoing
$1K Open Theme Competition Competition
- Organization: PJAS Magazine
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Entry Fee: 10
- Award Info: One standout entry will receive a $1000 cash prize and a feature in their upcoming issue
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
They invite you to take part in their 2025 Open Theme Competition. Whether you paint, sculpt, photograph, or create digital art, they want to see how you push boundaries, provoke thought, or capture a moment. One standout entry will receive a $1000 cash prize and a feature in their upcoming issue.
Theme: Completely open—interpret freely, without restrictions.
Mediums: All artistic forms welcomed (including traditional, digital, mixed media, photography, and experimental).
Submission: Provide high-resolution images or files of your work along with a concise artist statement (max 200 words) that highlights your concept or process.
Eligibility Info
All artistic forms welcomed (including traditional, digital, mixed media, photography, and experimental)
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Blu Sky Artist Award: July 2025 Edition | $1000 in Grants for Artists Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: Ten Moir Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: Early Bird$25-$35
- Award Info: 2x $500 cash prize, A Published Interview, and more
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Blu-Sky Artist Award (BSAA) is an online international semi-annual prize put forward by Ten Moir Gallery. Through this award, the gallery aims to recognize and encourage upcoming talented artists from across the world and provide them with a platform to showcase their work.
This award comes with an unrestricted financial reward, which allows aspiring talents to develop their skills and increase their chances of becoming successful professionally within the art field. Moreover, Ten Moir Gallery takes this award one step further by enhancing the careers of these artists through $500 cash prize and published interview.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 31, 2025 3
American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30
- Award Info: $5250 in juror prizes
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
- Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Description
Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, MD seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, October 1-31, 2025. $5250 in prizes. Juror: Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen. Two-dimensional artwork only. This exhibition is unusual in that it welcomes fine art print submissions and original artwork. Artists may also submit digital files, which, if accepted into the exhibition, the Gallery will print for the brick-and-mortar show. There will be an online exhibition as well. Artwork must depict North, Central, or South American wildlife and may include extinct species, including dinosaurs. Artwork may not be priced higher than $4000 and must have been created within the last seven years.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally to Two-dimensional artwork only.
July 31, 2025 3
3rd Open Call 2025 | ´acePIRAR Artist-in-Residence International Program—Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description
They host 4-weeks Production and Exploration residencies, 2-weeks micro-Residencies and 8-days Mural Painting residencies. Their residencies support contemporary visual art practices and trans-disciplinary projects (including performance art, sound art and curatorial proposals. All of their residencies have a reduced fee for candidates who are 30 years old and under, and they don’t charge for an application fee. The´ace team has deep knowledge and expertise in art criticism, performance art, installations, print media, and photography, and is available at all stages of the residency period to discuss possible ideas with active residents.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 31, 2025 3
Edenhope Artist Residency – Open call Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Award Info: 1-3 month residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Edenhope Artist Residency is a local artist-run small business in Edenhope, Victoria, Australia. The residency program is open to all types of artists, scientists, makers, designers, and educators looking for time and space to work on their own projects in an open-plan studio space. Activities held at EAR include workshops open to the local community, artist talks, and pop-up exhibitions and performances. EAR aims to engage international and local Australian artists interested in experiencing a new location with stays between 1 and 3 months. Their lake view house and studio space in the centre of town currently accommodates up to 4 artists at a time.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 31, 2025 3
The Distance of Blue Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
The Distance of Blue explores the ocean as a metaphor for longing, displacement, and transformation. Inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s The Blue of Distance, this exhibition embraces blue as the color of the unreachable, the in-between, and the threshold between memory and the unknown. By engaging with the ocean’s vastness, power, and mystery, the exhibition seeks to blur the lines between natural and artificial, familiar and foreign, past and future. Artists are invited to reflect on themes of distance, memory, technology, and nature, questioning how digital interpretations of the ocean reshape our understanding of belonging and change.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
July 31, 2025 3
Artist and Curator Exhibition Proposals Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Award Info: Exhibition Opportunity
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Description
Art at the Alison Richard Building invites exhibition proposals from artists and curators. They are looking to support innovative curatorial ideas that engage the University and wider public. Exhibitions should include at least two artists and typically run for 8 weeks. Open to UK-based artists, curators, researchers or facilitators of any age. Must be able to cover travel/transport to Cambridge. What the artist gets: free exhibition space at the University of Cambridge, no commission on sales, engagement with academic and public audiences.
Eligibility Info
Open nationally.
July 31, 2025 3
Open Call: KINETIC at MAKE Southwest Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Event Dates: January 24, 2026 - April 18, 2026
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
Description
Open to artists, makers, and designers from across the UK to exhibit in KINETIC, an exhibition showing the possibilities of movement and making at MAKE Southwest in South Devon, UK. KINETIC will feature work in a range of scales, powered by hand, engine, wind, or clockwork, and using diverse media. The show will be a playful introduction to the world of artists who incorporate engineering into their craft, or craft into their engineering. Open to artists who are using craft/manufacturing techniques to produce their work; as a charity championing making, they are unable to accept painting or drawing without an element of making incorporated. Any craft or medium is accepted, as long as they incorporate some moving element.
Eligibility Info
Open nationally.
July 31, 2025 3
The Homiens Art Prize ($12,000 Awarded Annually) Competition
- Organization: Homiens
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30
- Award Info: The Homiens Art Prize awards artists over $12,000 USD annually, which means that it is one of the highest paying art prizes maintained by an independent art gallery that, to protect the artistic integrity of the prize, accepts no sponsorship.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Their prize is open to all artists and art forms internationally. Artworks completed in any year are eligible. No theme or size restrictions.
This round, 3 winning artists and 12 finalists will exhibit with Homiens as part of their seasonal exhibition program.
Each winning artist receives an unrestricted cash award of $1,000 USD, may participate in an optional interview, and may request a letter of recommendation from their Jurors.
Up to 200 artists per round are highly commended and celebrated across their media.
Each entrant to The Homiens Art Prize receives a certificate which can be used to contribute towards a demonstration of professional participation in the art industry.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
August 1, 2025
Witchita National All Craft Media Exhibition Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: October 9, 2025 - December 13, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Award Info: $3,000 in Cash Awards
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description
Mark Arts is pleased to present the Wichita National All Craft Media Exhibition, a historic show featuring diverse works by artists across the country. Artists are encouraged to enter artwork in any traditional or non-traditional craft media. The exhibition is open, but is not limited, to the following: ceramics, enamels, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metalsmithing, paper, wood, and mixed media. Both 2D and 3D works are welcome.
Eligibility Info
open to all artists living and working in the United States, both amateur and professional. Work must be ready to exhibit, created in the past two years, and not previously exhibited in Wichita, KS. Each artist may enter up to four pieces. Artwork should promote an environment conducive to welcoming all audiences to Mark Arts, including school tours and community outreach programs. All artworks must be for sale.
August 1, 2025
Waterscapes 2025 Art Competition Competition
- Organization: Fusion Art
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 5, 2025 - September 4, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
- Award Info: Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Fusion Art announces the Waterscapes 2025 Art Competition.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting waterscapes.
The theme includes any art which depicts any type of body of water including the ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, coastal living, any ocean activities, seaside vistas, beaches, and any related seashore or lakeside subjects. It can also include rain, puddles and frozen waterscapes.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
August 1, 2025
(Street) Artist in Residency in Vienna *Fall/Winter 2025 Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Award Info: 2-4 week residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Vienna 1200, Austria
Description
Run by artists, for artists!
The Soon Art Studio Artist Residency Program in Vienna, Austria, is designed to support both emerging and established artists by providing them with a dedicated space to create and showcase their work. Artists can choose from 2, 3, or 4-week residencies, during which they will have the opportunity to focus on their artistic practice in an inspiring environment.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
August 1, 2025
Delicate Expressions: An Open Call for Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: September 11, 2025 - November 15, 2025
- Entry Fee: $40
- Award Info: First Place $1,000
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Tequesta, Florida
Description
"“Delicate Expressions” is an exhibition that pairs the finely detailed mixed-media portraits of Baltimore, Maryland artist Tommy Mitchell with contemporary art jewelry selected from this open call.
Drawing inspiration from diverse influences such as Byzantine icon painting and fashion photography, Mitchell creates striking portraits that honor the BIPOC individuals in his life. His compositions incorporate abstract elements, architecture, motifs from local street art, and other designs that ground his figures in a specific place while elevating them to a state of exalted veneration. Mitchell uses ballpoint pen to achieve the meticulously detailed features of his subjects, and paint for the surrounding elements, exploring themes of perfection and the complexities of idealized beauty.
In addition to Mitchell's portraits, the exhibition includes jewelry artists selected through an open call. Artists selected for this exhibition use jewelry as a medium for historical and social commentary, storytelling, commemoration, expressions of social status, and other approaches to adornment. You can draw direct inspiration from Mitchell’s work, or interpret “Delicate Expressions” through the lens of your own artistic practice."
Eligibility Info
Open internationally to all jewelry artists.
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Villa Barr Art Park Artist in Residency 2026 Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 6, 2025
- Entry Fee: $20
- Award Info: awarded $500 stipend and private studio space
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Novi, Michigan
Description
The Villa Barr Art Park Artist Residency in Novi, MI, offers a unique retreat for artists to create and explore. With opportunities for local and visiting artists seeking inspiration and focus, the program fosters creative growth in peaceful environment rich with artistic history. The sculpture park and studios are located in in the countryside outside Detroit, on beautifully landscaped grounds with a pond and mature trees and gardens. The residency provides private studio space, onsite housing for selected visiting artists, and access to wood and metal-working tools. All residents are awarded a $500 stipend and private studio space. Artists traveling from out of the area are also awarded a $500 travel stipend.
Eligibility Info
artists must be 18 years of age
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Rosewood Arts Center's 19th Annual HWD Juried Sculpture Exhibition Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 7, 2025
- Event Dates: September 29, 2025 - November 8, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Award Info: Awards totaling $1,100
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Kettering, Ohio
Description
Rosewood Arts Center announces a call to artists in Ohio and surrounding states to participate in the 19th annual HWD Juried Sculpture Exhibition with the Kettering Health Art Gallery at Rosewood Arts Center. HWD (Height x Width x Depth) is the area's only gallery exhibition devoted exclusively to sculpture. This is a regional call. Entries must be original works in sculpture (3-D), completed within the last four years.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists in Ohio and surrounding states working in all types of three-dimensional media are accepted including wood, fiber, stone, metal, glass and mixed media.
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2025 Vessels Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 8, 2025
- Event Dates: September 5, 2025 - September 25, 2025
- Entry Fee: $20
- Award Info: Monetary awards will be awarded
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Hilo , Hawaii
Description
Vessels: that which hold-
All Media Juried Exhibit
Juror: Jamison Keʻa Rosehill
What does it mean to be a vessel? What does it mean to hold? To contain?
In this exhibit we invite artists to explore the meaning and media of a vessel both literally and figuratively. Artwork may be a vessel by form or explore the theme of the word vessel.
Open to 2D and 3D works from Hawaiʻi based artists. Accepted works will be displayed along with Hawaiʻi Island pieces from the annual Hawaiʻi Handweavers Hui exhibit.
Open to all Hawaiʻi based 2D and 3D artists in all mediums and styles.
Eligibility Info
Open artists who are Hawaii State residents
August 8, 2025 4
No Apologies: National Call for Entry Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 8, 2025
- Event Dates: October 3, 2025 - November 2, 2025
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Somerville, Massachusetts , United States
Description
Artists are invited to submit functional or sculptural work relating to the theme No Apologies. No Apologies is a celebration of womxn and femme artists who reject containment—who shout, clash, rupture, and insist. In a world that still rewards the quiet, the delicate, the pleasing, these artists take up space with unapologetic force. Their work is wild, messy, defiant—an aesthetic rebellion against the idea that femininity must be soft or silent.
Eligibility Info
Artists residing in the US or Canada.
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Call for Art - OBSCURA Competition
- Organization: Art Fluent
- Submission Deadline: August 8, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 first entry/$10 for each additional entry
- Award Info: Prize pool totaling to $1,250. All accepted pieces will be displayed in their online gallery.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Description
Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to their online exhibit, OBSCURA.
Theme is to talk shadows, secrets, and mystery. Bring the moody. The dark. The silenced. The distorted. The vulnerable. The unsaid. Go full obscura. They’re ready to get lost in it. Show them OBSCURA from your perspective.
All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at www.art-fluent.com Best of Show: $750 Two Director’s Choice awards: $250 each
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally
August 8, 2025 4
2026 Exhibition Proposal Exhibition
- Organization: Maggie Spencer
- Submission Deadline: August 8, 2025
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, United States
Description
Riverside Arts Center (RAC) is looking for exhibition proposals for 2026. This includes groups of artists, guilds, and collectives. This call prioritizes collaborative, thematically-driven shows that foster dialogue, experimentation, and community engagement.
The North Gallery is best suited for projects that benefit from a shared curatorial vision, multiple artistic voices, and dynamic use of space. While we appreciate the ambition of solo exhibitions, proposals that feature two or more artists tend to be a better fit for the scale and intent of this gallery. We are not accepting proposals for solo exhibitions at this time.
We’re especially interested in proposals that:
Present a cohesive curatorial or conceptual framework across works by multiple artists
Encourage cross-disciplinary or cross-cultural perspectives
Foster collaboration or dialogue between emerging and established voices
Engage with the social, historical, or material context of Southeast Michigan
We encourage artists to think beyond traditional exhibitions—consider proposals that include participatory elements, site-specific installations, public programming, or community partnerships.
Selection Process
All proposals will be reviewed by the Riverside Arts Center Program Committee. One to two exhibition proposals will be selected and announced in August 2025. Selected exhibitions will be scheduled for Fall 2026. Final dates will be coordinated with selected artists after notification.
The program committee will be looking for professionally finished work with a cohesive theme and unique viewpoint.
*Content Disclaimer* Riverside Arts Center does not wish to censor artists from making their own social and geo-political statements, especially through the means of their creative works. However, RAC maintains an all ages environment and serves a wide and general public. As such, RAC does require artists to work with the staff and board to either make clear disclaimers to the public about the nature of their work in advance of observing it and / or decide together that RAC is the right venue for potentially offensive works.
Gallery Information
Riverside Arts Center offers a 3000 sq/ft gallery with eleven panels for 2D art and a multitude of pedestals for 3D objects.
Gallery Layout
We use the Walker hanging system. Information can be found at https://walkerdisplay.com/product-category/hooks-holders/
Riverside Arts Center recommends an exhibition with no fewer than 30 works and no more than 60, depending on size. RAC staff will assist in installation and will have final say on exhibited pieces.
Venue: Riverside Arts Center 76 N. Huron St. Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Eligibility Info
Open to groups of artists, guilds, and collectives. Participating artists (or a designated representative) must deliver and pick up work within the designated window
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Lumpia Fusion: Filipino Americans at a Crossroads Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 15, 2025
- Event Dates: September 19, 2025 - November 7, 2025
- Award Info: People's Choice Awards
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Chicago, IL 60607, United States
Description
Filipinos, with a heritage woven from Malay, Chinese, Spanish, American, and indigenous influences, have cultivated a rich cultural tapestry. As immigrants, Filipino Americans have further diversified this vibrant heritage, creating a natural predisposition to adaptation, fluidity, and an appreciation of inter-cultural exchange. Filipino Americans often find themselves at a crossroads, negotiating change with maintaining deep-rooted cultural connections. This experience provides fertile ground for artistic exploration.
Now in its third year, the Lumpia series celebrates Filipino American History Month with “Lumpia Fusion: Filipino Americans at a Crossroads.” This exhibition provides a platform for Filipino American artists to navigate this crossroads and transcend stereotypical representations that may limit their art to specific themes or aesthetics.
Eligibility Info
Entry is open to Filipino American artists 18 years of age and older, at all stages in their careers. This year, they also welcome collaborations that include at least one Filipino American artist.
August 15, 2025 5
Encounter: Online Group Exhibition Exhibition
- Organization: LAS Contemporary
- Submission Deadline: August 15, 2025
- Event Dates: September 10, 2025
- Entry Fee: $15
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Online Only: Yes
Description
LAS Contemporary invites submissions for Encounter, an online exhibition exploring moments of contact, whether brief or sustained, intimate or estranging, visible or internal. They’re looking for work that captures the emotional and psychological weight of an encounter, where something is met: another person, a memory, a rupture, a presence, a threshold, or even oneself.
An encounter can be transformative or disorienting, comforting or uncanny. It can leave an imprint, a question, a shift. Whether grounded in narrative, abstraction, or atmosphere, they’re interested in work that lingers in this tension, work that gestures toward something just outside the frame.
Entry Fee:
1 image: $15
2–3 images: $35
4–6 images: $50
Eligibility Info
Open internationally to all artists, regardless of location or career stage. Eligible submissions can include 2D visual mediums, including painting, photography, collage, drawing, video, and mixed media.
August 15, 2025 5
Truth Unveiled Exhibition
- Organization: Art League RI
- Submission Deadline: August 15, 2025
- Event Dates: October 18, 2025 - December 6, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: First Place: $500 Second Place: $300 Third Place: $150 Honorable Mention (2)
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, United States
Description
In a time when truth and falsehood are increasingly blurred, the Art League of RI invites artists of all media from all regions of the world to submit works for the Truth Unveiled exhibition. The artists’ work chosen for this exhibition will reflect on how art—as an inherently imaginative, subjective expression—can open minds, raise awareness, and convey truth in ways that straight facts cannot.
They believe that art provides a unique lens to reveal both personal and universal truths, engaging viewers in a conversation about authenticity, perception, and illusion. Truth Unveiled aims to provoke conversation about art as both a vehicle for and a challenger of truth.
Eligibility Info
Open internationally.
August 16, 2025 5
Future Stars: Athens Exhibition
- Organization: The Holy Art Gallery
- Submission Deadline: August 16, 2025
- Event Dates: August 22, 2025 - August 29, 2025
- Entry Fee: From 30
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Athens, Attiki 105 61, Greece
Description
Artists from around the world are invited to submit their work for Future Stars—an exclusive annual exhibition in Athens! This is your chance to showcase your art in a prime gallery space with global exposure and a vibrant atmosphere.
They welcome work in any medium—painting, sculpture, photography, video art, film, installation, mixed media, poetry, illustration, and beyond.
🎉 Opening Night: 22nd August 2025
📍 Location: The Holy Art Gallery, Praxitelous 26, Athina 105 61, Greece
✨ Nestled in the heart of the city center, their Athens galleryrdaes energy and creativity!
🆓 Free to Submit – No application fee!
📺 Digital Display: £30 for 1 artwork | £50 for 2 artworks | £80 for 3 artworks.
Eligibility Info
Open to artists internationally