FEATURED ART & PHOTO CALLS
SPRING* $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Deadline : Jun 18, 2026 - Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 18 x Honorable Mentions in Awards
Art Scene West - Icons: Art for the Ages Deadline : May 18, 2026 - Physical Gallery Exposure & Promotion in Awards
Central Valley Community Foundation 60th Anniversa... Deadline : May 29, 2026 - $1,500 + materials in Awards
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026 Deadline : Jul 17, 2026 - Over USD$77,000 in cash and prizes to be won (prize list still growing!), see the full list of prizes here: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/prizes in Awards
MANIFEST - SEASON 23 (2026/27) PHOTO-SOLO EXHIBIT PROPOSALS
Deadline : Jun 01, 2026 Awards: Includes honorarium of $100 for each exhibiting artist and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit proposals of original bodies of lens-based work for consideration during the 2026/27 exhibit season, to be exhibited during the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial. This call is open to all tr...
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Open Call: Wayfarers Contemporary Art Fair
Deadline : Jun 01, 2026Applications are now open to exhibit and sell at the Wayfarers Contemporary Art Fair that will be located in Southport’s historic Wayfarers Arcade 16-18 July 2026 in the UK. The fair will take place when Southport hosts the Royal Birkdale Open Golf championship, that will bring a quarter of a millio...
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Decagon Gallery: PORTAL — At the Edge of Becoming
Deadline : Jun 03, 2026 Awards: First Place: $500 plus a solo exhibition on the gallery's website. Second Place: $300. Third Place: $200. Inclusion in the curated online exhibition. Feature on Decagon’s Instagram. Inclusion in the exhibition catalogA portal is not simply an opening. It is a condition.
We are interested in photographs that hold a viewer at the edge of something—where a shift is imminent but not yet complete. This may appear as a physical passage, but it does not have to. What matters is not the presence of a doorway, but the...
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A Call for Illinois Artists: Illinois Department of Transportation District 5: Farmland Rest Areas Farmers City, Illinois (DeWitt County)
Deadline : Jun 03, 2026 Awards: 40,000The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Illinois Department of Transportation Farmland Rest Areas in Farmers City, Illinois (DeWitt Coun...
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Blue Koi Gallery - Open Theme International Art Competition
Deadline : Jun 04, 2026 Awards: 150 cash Award/Prizes/Exhibition/PromotionSubmissions Now Open | Open Theme, an international art competition giving artists the freedom to share their strongest and most compelling work. This opportunity offers professional recognition, curated exhibition placement, and global visibility for selected works. Open to artists worldwide, the c...
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Art Fluent: Call for Art - JUST ADD WATER
Deadline : Jun 05, 2026 Awards: 1250.00Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, JUST ADD WATER.
Artists are drawn to water because it’s gorgeous, moody, and a little bit magical. Oceans, rain, rivers, puddles, or even a hint of blue, water gives us a way to splash around with feeling, memory, and t...
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Crystal Bridges Museum Art Fair 2026
Deadline : Jun 05, 2026 Awards: Best of Show - $2500 (1 Award Winner) People’s Choice - $1000 (1 Award Winner) Best in Category 2D - $500 Best in Category 3D - $500 Best in Category Jewelry/Wearables - $500Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is proud to announce its third annual art fair, taking place from October 3-4, 2026, in Bentonville, Arkansas. This fair offers a unique and elevated experience compared to other regional craft fairs. This event goes beyond just showcasing art – it creates an i...
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery: “Summer 5 for $10” 2026 Online Art Competition
Deadline : Jun 05, 2026 Awards: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Extensive online promotion for winning artists.Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces their “Summer 5 for $10” 2026 Online Art Competition.
For this competition, all 2D and 3D artists, from around the world, are called upon to make online submissions for possible inclusion into the Gallery’s “Summer 5 for $10” online group art exhibit...
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LUMINEX 4.0: Resonance of Connection - Request for Qualifications
Deadline : Jun 05, 2026 Awards: There will be an artist honorarium of $1,000 for participants. Any production and technical costs will also be covered based on review and approval of artist concepts.Now in its fourth iteration, LUMINEX is a world-class outdoor art and technology exhibition of renowned artists that offers the opportunity for creative voices to connect with the public at-large. NOW Art initiated this experience as an artist-led public art exhibition and response to revitalizing o...
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NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY - BOTANICALS
Deadline : Jun 07, 2026 Awards: $4000 TOTAL PRIZES AWARDEDBoth through world travel and exploring the neighborhoods we live in, we come across the vast variety of botanicals both indigenous to local areas and, with controlled climates, those native to faraway places. We gain an appreciation for the variety of life that starts with a seed, whether it be the...
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