FEATURED ART & PHOTO CALLS
Westbrook Legacy Foundation - April Showers: Virtu... Deadline : Mar 01, 2026 - Cash/Prizes + Recognition in Awards
WINTER* $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Deadline : Mar 19, 2026 - 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 in Awards
Not Another Film Lab: Not Another Valentine's Show Deadline : Feb 07, 2026 - Display in our shop gallery for two months, post on our socials (10k+ followers) in Awards
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery: "SKIES" 2026 Call... Deadline : Feb 15, 2026 - Cash Awarads in Awards
Not Another Film Lab: Not Another Valentine's Show
Deadline : Feb 07, 2026 Awards: Display in our shop gallery for two months, post on our socials (10k+ followers)Strange Love is a group exhibition shining a light on everything that lives in and around and under the big rock names affection. We encourage you to submit any work, images or otherwise, that you believe illuminates the occult, transformative, lesser seen, lesser appreciated aspects of love.
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Black Box Gallery - Field Work: Trees and Water
Deadline : Feb 11, 2026Black 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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Gallery Ring CITY International Online Art Contest
Deadline : Feb 12, 2026 Awards: Best In Show, Golden Trio, Sapphire Award, Ruby Award, Emerald Award, Crystal Award and others.Gallery Ring announces an online contest and exhibition all about the city. Depictions of street fronts, skyscrapers, traffic, billboards, shop windows, graffiti and all urban situations are welcome.
The deadline to submit work is Thursday, February 12th 2026. The fee is $20 US for 1-3 artwork...
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Manifest - OUCH!: A Call for Art About Pain
Deadline : Feb 13, 2026 Awards: Includes honorarium of $50 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 works about the myriad things that hurt and the ways pain moves us. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including 2D, 3D, etc.
Pain happens within the b...
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Buddy Holly Center - Illuminance: Darkness After Light
Deadline : Feb 13, 2026 Awards: Best of show $750 First Place $500 Second Place $300 Third Place $200A national competitive exhibition featuring photographic work. The Fine Arts Program of the Buddy Holly Center is committed to the promotion of contemporary visual arts and educational programs.This exhibit explores the way light transitions into darkness and how shadows shape emotion from mystery a...
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Armory Art Center: Tools + Table Exhibition
Deadline : Feb 13, 2026TOOLS AND TABLE :
It showcases the diverse ways artists have depicted or created functional tools, dishware and serving pieces used to make or serve food or enhance and table setting in various media, exploring themes from cultural significance to mass consumption. This exhibit features a wide ra...
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Manifest -MAGNITUDE SEVEN: 22nd Annual International Call for Small Works
Deadline : Feb 14, 2026 Awards: Includes honorarium of $50 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 works measuring no more than 7” in any direction. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including 2D, 3D, etc.
Every year, for 22 years running, Manifest...
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Manifest - RITES OF PASSAGE: 22nd Annual Call for Works from Current and Recent Undergrads*
Deadline : Feb 14, 2026 Awards: Includes honorarium of $50 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 works created by current and recent undergraduate students (includes graduates in 2025 or 2026). Open to any and all 2d and 3d traditional and non-traditional visual arts media, ge...
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35th International Festival of Fine Arts – Color Art
Deadline : Feb 14, 2026 Awards: Multi-day artistic workshops, exhibition presentation, catalog publication, material prizes and certificatesThe International Festival of Fine Arts – Color Art, organized by the Goleniowski House of Culture, invites children and young people aged 6 to 17 to participate in an international art competition.
Under the motto “Recipe for Happiness”, participants are invited to submit drawings, paintings, an...
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Byrdcliffe Artist Residency - Summer Communal Program
Deadline : Feb 15, 2026The Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence (AiR) Program offers uninterrupted time and space for creatives in all disciplines. The Summer Communal Residency contains four different 3 1/2 week sessions. Artists accepted are given a private room and workspace. The main criterion for acceptance to Byrdcliffe...
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