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2025 AMERICAN ART AWARDS

Deadline : Sep 07, 2025 Awards: $5,000.00 in CASH PRIZES: MOST WINS PRIZE / MASTERPIECE PRIZE / BEST OF SHOW PRIZE / 2ND HIGHEST SCORE PRIZE / 3RD HIGHEST SCORE PRIZE / 4TH HIGHEST SCORE PRIZE

Exclusive Offer for TheArtList Readers! If you have not entered this contest before, email amerartawards@aol.com with the subject line "Tell me how to enter 1 free" for one free submission! USA’s 20 Best Galleries sent ONLINE ART images to score (artists in all countries can submit). All ...
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PhotoPlace Gallery - Monochrome

Deadline : Sep 08, 2025 Awards: 35 images selected for gallery exhibition, additional 40 images selected for online exhibition. All selected images published in an exhibition catalog.

Monochrome: Light, Shadow, Form, and Texture. Deadline for submissions: Sep 8, 2025. Juror: Jason Landry. Prints due: Oct 24, 2025. Exhibition: November 7 - November 28, 2025. In a world saturated with color, there is something timeless and powerful about the monochrome image. Stripped to i...
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SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline : Sep 10, 2025 Awards: Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 12 x Honorable Mentions

SUMMER 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be...
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Black Box Gallery - Framed: Trees and Water

Deadline : Sep 12, 2025

Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried group photo show on Trees and Water. This exhibition will look to feature both subjects in a dynamic and diverse exhibition on contemporary photography. Trees and Water are both powerful and important subjects. Water can be an ocean, a river, a pool,...
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American Color Print Society Fall Exhibition - OPEN SHOW

Deadline : Sep 12, 2025 Awards: More than $2,000 in cash awards listed in prospectus

CALL FOR PRINTMAKERS: For 85 years, the American Color Print Society has been dedicated to the advancement of printmaking as a fine art medium. This mission encourages us to create opportunities for established and emerging print artists. Every two years we open our Annual Fall Exhibition to non-m...
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NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY - REFLECTIONS

Deadline : Sep 14, 2025 Awards: $4000 TOTAL PRIZES AWARDED

Think of the amazement of a child’s face the first time they see their reflection and know they can make that image move when they do. It is joy, amusement, surprise. But that is only the beginning. As our life experiences mature, reflections become so much more than a copy of our own image. Virt...
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Colors of Humanity - "LANDSCAPES" 2025 Call for Entry - Online Art Show

Deadline : Sep 15, 2025 Awards: Cash Awarads

THEME- According to Webster Dictionary, the definition of landscape is: “Land´scape n. 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. 2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject bei...
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STREETERS GALLERY: LONDON CALLING

Deadline : Sep 15, 2025

We're throwing open the doors in East London this October — and we want you in the spotlight. No gatekeeping. No boundaries. Just raw, original, unapologetic art....
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A Smith Gallery | photographic call for entry "black/white"

Deadline : Sep 15, 2025 Awards: The Juror’s and Director’s award winner will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as a solo exhibition. The Visitors’ Award is $100 and is selected by most Instagram likes.

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "black/white" to A Smith Gallery by September 15, 2025. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary review by the gallery directors. The entry fee is $40 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional i...
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2025 Foundwork Artist Prize International Open Call: $10,000 Grant + Studio Visits + Interview

Deadline : Sep 26, 2025 Awards: $10,000 Unrestricted grant. Studio visits with each juror. Long-form interview in Foundwork Dialogues Program.

Foundwork is pleased to announce the open call for the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize, an annual juried award for emerging and mid-career artists working in any media. The award includes an unrestricted 10,000 USD grant, remote studio visits with each of this year’s esteemed jurors, and a long-form i...
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Showcase in Athens, Greece

Deadline : Oct 01, 2025

Be Seen. Be Celebrated. Be Part of Something Global. With over 10,000 artists exhibited and 500,000+ guests across 20+ cities worldwide, The Holy Art Gallery continues to showcase bold, brilliant, and boundary-pushing creativity. ...
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3rd Annual – IVAwards - International Visionography Awards

Deadline : Oct 15, 2025 Awards: Trophy and medals

Are you a photographer, digital artist, or visual storyteller ready to share your vision with the world? This is your moment to shine in one of the most prestigious global competitions. Over 70 Classes in 5 Categories: • Composite Art – Multi-layered visual creations • Painted Art – Pa...
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Call for Artists: New York 2025!

Deadline : Oct 28, 2025

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

Deadline : Nov 08, 2025 Awards: Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery

This call is for art as a form of speech and expression, focusing on themes of personal truth, social commentary, identity, resistance and the uninhibited creative voice. Entry is open to all artists working in any media....
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ArtistGrant - $1,200 Grant for Visual Artists

Deadline : Nov 15, 2025 Awards: $1,200

Artist Grant awards an unrestricted $1200 USD grant to one visual artist three times each year. The next deadline is November 15, 2025. International artists, age 18 and older, may apply for a grant. Submissions are accepted in a wide range of media, including: Painting, drawing, photography, scu...
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