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SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - NEOTERIC AB... Deadline : Jan 31, 2026 - Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery in Awards
Curatorial Review Catalogue Publication Editions ONGOING - Curatorial Review Catalogue Essay in Awards
Montello Foundation - Solitary Retreat in the Neva... Deadline : Jan 18, 2026 - 2 week residency in Awards
PhotoPlace Gallery - Cut. Paste. Transform. Deadline : Jan 05, 2026 - Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, 3 Honorable Mentions All selected photographers will have work published in printed catalog available for purchase and be featured on our website and social media. in Awards
Oil Painters of America - 35th National Juried Exh... Deadline : Mar 06, 2026 - Up to $100,000 in awards in Awards
 
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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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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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Vassar Review

Deadline : Jan 19, 2026

For our eleventh edition, the Vassar Review seeks to address an era of bearing witness. We live in an economy of believability, where testimonies are not taken at face value—they must be maintained through labor. A testimony can voice experiences of injustice; testimonial narrative can, as Cuban...
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Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

Deadline : Jan 23, 2026

Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the RI Exhibition 2026 The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) seeks the best in contemporary watercolour and water-based media painting for the RI 214th Exhibi...
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12th Eurostars Madrid Tower Photography Prize 2025

Deadline : Jan 23, 2026 Awards: €2,500 / €1,000 / 8 runner-up awards (1 night at the Eurostars Hotel Company hotel of their choice)

Eurostars Hotel Company invites citizens and visitors to participate in the 12th Eurostars Madrid Tower Photography Award 2025. The theme of this edition is From Madrid to heaven. Although the origin of this saying is unclear, the meaning is clear: There is no place like Madrid. In this edition...
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Art Fluent: Call for Art - THE BIG CHILL

Deadline : Jan 23, 2026 Awards: 1250.00

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, THE BIG CHILL. Winter strips it all down with its bare trees, frosted mornings, and that sharp breath of cold air. But it’s not all icy; there’s cocoa, cozy fires, and the sparkle of snowflakes, too. Show us your versio...
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Open Call — ArtSeen at The Met

Deadline : Jan 25, 2026

On February 8, 2026, The Met opens Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson — a historic exhibition exploring identity, dignity, and the human condition. ArtSeen invites you to be part of the moment, with your work showcased on a circulating taxi gallery around The Met and through Manhattan.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery - 16th Annual “Botanicals” Online Art Competition

Deadline : Jan 27, 2026 Awards: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 16th Annual “Botanicals” Online Art Competition. The “Botanicals” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of botanical and/or floral art. Botanical subjects include flowers, herbs, fruit, leaves, plants and related botanical and flora...
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