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PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Silence" – A Cur... Deadline : Nov 09, 2026 - One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced. The juror’s choice receives three free entries for any upcoming themed group exhibition calls at PH21 Gallery. in Awards
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery "BLUE" 2026 Call f... Deadline : Nov 15, 2026 - Cash, Membership in Awards
The Adachi UKIYOE Award 2026 — Seeking Artists to... Deadline : Dec 25, 2026 - Grand Prize: JPY 300,000; Excellence Award: JPY 150,000; Honorable Mention: JPY 50,000. First- and second-prize winners will also create new woodcut prints with professional artisans. in Awards
Decagon Gallery: What the Streets Hold — Street Ph... Deadline : Jan 15, 2027 - $1,000 in cash awards in Awards
Call for Photographers to enter The Photography Fo... Deadline : Dec 31, 2026 - The Photography Foundation Awards in Awards
 
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Call for Artists: Critters & Creatures Group Exhibit at Plant Posse

Deadline : Dec 06, 2026

Plant Posse Gallery in downtown Corvallis invites artists to submit work for Critters & Creatures: Celebrating the Beings We Share Our World With, a group exhibition January 5–February 28, 2027. All mediums welcome (no animal products or AI-generated art). Existing and new work encouraged. Artists r...
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Shadow Work: Virtual Exhibition & Print Catalog, Curated by Etta Harshaw

Deadline : Dec 06, 2026

Shadow Work is a virtual exhibition and print catalog exploring what lies beneath the surface; the hidden, unresolved, unseen, and often unspoken aspects of our inner and outer worlds. We invite visual artists at all stages of their careers to explore themes of identity, memory, grief, desire, the s...
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3rd RPS Historical Group and University of Wolverhampton Research Symposium

Deadline : Dec 07, 2026

3rd RPS Historical Group and University of Wolverhampton Research Symposium 06 March 2027. Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton & Online via Zoom. The Royal Photographic Society Historical Group and the Wolverhampton School of Art invite proposals for papers for the 2027 Resea...
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Manifest Gallery - Painting the Portrait From Life A 3-day Intensive Workshop with Aidan Baker-Hill

Deadline : Dec 07, 2026

Painting from the live model was a cornerstone of historical art training and remains a powerful way to develop the skills of observation, drawing, color, and painting. In a world saturated with photography, learning to paint directly from life offers an opportunity to slow down, look closely, and b...
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Wild Wonders | Wildlife Art Contest | Young Masters

Deadline : Dec 07, 2026 Awards: Official Certificates Global Exposure Feature on TERAVARNA winners’ gallery and social media platforms (star winners)

TERAVARNA Young Masters presents the Wildlife Art Contest for students aged 5 to under 18. The platform is open internationally to all children to showcase their talent globally. Submit any of your child’s artwork on this wildlife theme; let their imaginative side be wild, whether they create in mar...
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PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Upside down" – A Curated International Photography Exhibition, February 6 – March 2, 2027

Deadline : Dec 07, 2026 Awards: One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced. The juror’s choice receives three free entries for any upcoming themed group exhibition calls at PH21 Gallery.

While photographs are valued for their depictive potential and representative content, the non-depictive, non-representational aspects of photographic works are also strongly related to their aesthetic significance. In this spirit, art photography has always aimed for the unity of form and content....
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Gallery Ring BIRDS Art Contest

Deadline : Dec 08, 2026 Awards: Best In Show, Golden Trio, Sapphire Award, Ruby Award, Emerald Award, Crystal Award and others.

Gallery Ring is excited to announce a new online contest and exhibition all about birds. Birds must be the main and obvious subject in the composition or the work must have been created by a bird. The deadline to submit work is Tuesday, December 8th 2026.  The fee is $20 US for 1-3 artworks. 2...
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2027 Fresh A.I.R. Gallery Call for Artists

Deadline : Dec 11, 2026

Fresh A.I.R. Gallery is now accepting submissions for our 2027 exhibition season. We welcome artists whose lives have been impacted by mental illness and/or substance use disorders to share their work in our downtown Columbus gallery. All mediums are welcome, and there are no submission fees. Appl...
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A Smith Gallery | online photographic call for entry "story"

Deadline : Dec 14, 2026 Awards: Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition and a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100.

story: adventure, tale, narrative, myth, drama, fable, saga, fiction, novel, fantasy…. Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "story" to A Smith Gallery by December 14, 2026. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary review by the gallery...
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FALL * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline : Dec 15, 2026 Awards: 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

FALL 2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (18) honorable mentions (9 in art and 9 in photo), will be featured on our platform and join a growing creative community of esteemed artists. Learn more...
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