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Back to Basics - Residency program in Finland, Sum... Dec 19, 2025 to Feb 05, 2026
(Online Gallery) Automotive Photographers - Paid O... ONGOING
Montello Foundation - Solitary Retreat in the Neva... Deadline : Jan 18, 2026 - 2 week residency in Awards
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Rockbrook Village Art Fair Deadline : Mar 15, 2026 - $3,000 total, First to Third Place & Merit, juried in Awards
 
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Photography of the Year 2025 Grid Photo Gallery

Deadline : Jan 15, 2026 Awards: €300, Exhibition and publication.

Photography of the Year 2025 at Grid Photo Gallery invites photographers from around the world to take part in our most important annual challenge and compete with the most outstanding images showcased in our gallery throughout the year. With no thematic limitations, this open call celebrates the ve...
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Colors of Humanity Art Gallery - "RED" 2026 Call for Entry - Online Art Show

Deadline : Jan 15, 2026 Awards: Cash Awarads

THEME- "RED" This color is symbolic for many different things and emotions. It is most commonly associated with heat, activity, passion, sexuality, anger, love, joy, and, in some cultures, it is the color of happiness. We want to see your interpretation of RED in our February 2026 show. PAY IT FO...
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Lancaster County Council of the Arts - Art on the Greenway: Textile Columns

Deadline : Jan 15, 2026 Awards: $100 Honorarium

The Lancaster County Council of the Arts invites artists to submit their designs for a new public art installation on the Lindsay Pettus Greenway. Drawing on Lancaster's rich history in textile art, each piece will be inspired by a historic design from the Baxter Mill Archive. A catalogue of designs...
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4th International Photography Competition 'In My Homeland'

Deadline : Jan 15, 2026 Awards: Diplomas

Young photographers from 5 to 18 years old from all countries are welcome to submit their works to the 4th International Photography Competition 'In My Homeland'. Themes of the contest are "In My Homeland" (in genges: peisage; portrait; still life in style; graphics; street photo; B&W photography; p...
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11th International Cartoon Contest 'In My Homeland'

Deadline : Jan 15, 2026 Awards: Diplomas

Young cartoonists and illustrators from 5 to 18 years old from all countries are welcome to submit their works to the 11th International Cartoon Contest 'In My Homeland'. New time brings new opportunities. Digital photos and computers facilitated greatly the hard work on filming cartoons and opened...
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Art on the River Call for Submissions

Deadline : Jan 16, 2026 Awards: $1,000 for Best in Show and $200 for People’s Choice

Stillness in the Driftless invites visitors to pause within the quiet beauty of the Mississippi River and the bluffs that cradle Dubuque. This theme reflects on the ways stillness allows us to listen to the landscape, to memory, and to one another. Featured works will explore presence, reflection, a...
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Academic Labor: Research and Artistry (ALRA) Journal special issue call for proposals

Deadline : Jan 16, 2026

Academic Labor: Research and Artistry (ALRA) journal special issue: Recognizing the Invisible and Expected: Art & Engagement as Critical Response. Editors: Suzanne Faris, MFA and Tobi Jacobi, PhD, Colorado State University. In the spirit of recognizing the ongoing precarities of higher educatio...
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Curatone.art: Light & Shadow

Deadline : Jan 18, 2026 Awards: $100 cash prize, certificates for all finalists

We invite artists from all over the world to join our new Curatone.art exhibition dedicated to the beauty of light and shadow. Show us your own vision - soft light, deep contrast, quiet moments, dramatic moods. Any style, any medium.
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Montello Foundation - Solitary Retreat in the Nevada Desert

Deadline : Jan 18, 2026 Awards: 2 week residency

Montello Foundation is a foundation dedicated to support artists who foster our understanding of nature, its fragility and our need to protect it. The Montello Foundation provides a solitary retreat where artists can experience the vastness of a desert landscape from a safe building, a “base camp,”...
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A Smith Gallery | Online Photographic Call for Entry "Portraits"

Deadline : Jan 19, 2026 Awards: Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100.

Portraits : vignette, profile, figure, depiction, silhouette, image, portrayal, representation, likeness … Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "portraits" to A Smith Gallery by January 19, 2026. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a complementary...
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