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Central Valley Community Foundation 60th Anniversa... Deadline : May 29, 2026 - $1,500 + materials in Awards
PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Motion" – A Cur... Deadline : Apr 27, 2026 - One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced. in Awards
Black Iris Gallery - Seeking Artists ONGOING
(Online Gallery) Automotive Photographers - Paid O... ONGOING
SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - Digital Art... Deadline : Apr 30, 2026 - Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery in Awards
 
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CQ84 International Call for Entries

Deadline : May 01, 2026 Awards: Best of Show, Finalists

Perfect weather to enter our 84th show. Three options. International exposure. Affordable entry fees. Choose from our Quarterly Theme, Portfolio or Standard entries—or all three. This quarter's theme, "Abstraction" is open to all artists and photographers, at all levels, in all countries. Or submit...
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Fusion Art - Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition

Deadline : May 01, 2026 Awards: Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

Fusion Art announces the Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting waterscapes. The theme includes any art which depicts any type of body of water including the ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, coas...
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Manifest - NUDE: 18th Annual Call for Works Exploring the Uncovered Human Form in Current Art

Deadline : May 02, 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 original works that address the uncovered human form. Open to any and all traditional and non-traditional 2D and 3D visual arts media. The human body is a popular subject for ma...
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Open Call: “Word Pictures and Poem Objects” Artsy.net Exhibition

Deadline : May 02, 2026

Curated by Christopher Squier, Word Pictures and Poem Objects is an online-only exhibition hosted by Amos Eno Gallery on Artsy.net, running from May 18 to June 27, 2026. This exhibition invites artists and writers to present works that engage with the poetic and the plastic, inhabiting the interdisc...
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Manifest - PASTEL: A Call for Works Made Of or About Pastel

Deadline : May 03, 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 original works that explore pastel as a material and/or color. Pastel is an old medium, colored dust bound into paste, bridging the gap between painting and drawing. Its brillia...
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L.A. PHOTO CURATOR 'FROM YOUR ARCHIVE'

Deadline : May 03, 2026 Awards: The winning photographer OF THIS CALL will receive a solo online exhibition. Consideration for Top Images of the Year Opportunity to be named Photographer of the Year. First Place winner featured in an online article including a Q&A with juror responses.

JUROR: Laurie Freitag - Founder L.A. Photo Curator 11+ years, named one of the "10 Incredible Women Photographers to Follow" (2026) and with recent sales at Duncan Miller Gallery. Freitag says, "Submit work from your archive--images you believe in. I'm drawn to photographs that feel clear, res...
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Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center - "#HopperHappens" Juried Photography Exhibition

Deadline : May 03, 2026 Awards: First: $500; Second: $300; Third: $200 Juror’s Award: 1-year membership to Friends of the Museum ($150 value)' Visitor’s Choice Award: 1-year membership to Friends of the Museum ($150 value)

Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center (EHHM) is pleased to announce the inaugural Juried "#HopperHappens" Exhibition (June 1 - July 5, 2026). This competitive exhibition is open to photographs by established and emerging artists aged 18 or older. Images are to be inspired by #HopperHappens, t...
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PhotoPlace Gallery - After Dark: Night, Sky, and Shadow

Deadline : May 04, 2026 Awards: Juror’s Award $300, Director’s Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50

After Dark: Night, Sky, and Shadows. What happens when the light fades? PhotoPlace Gallery invites submissions for After Dark, a juried exhibition celebrating photography made in the hours between dusk and dawn. We welcome a wide range of work, including night and astro-landscapes, urban and...
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Blue Koi Gallery - Earth & Element International Art Competition

Deadline : May 04, 2026 Awards: 150 cash Award/Prizes/Exhibition/Promotion

Artists are invited to submit to Earth & Element, an international art competition celebrating creative interpretations of environment and nature. This opportunity offers professional recognition, curated exhibition placement, and global visibility for selected works. Open to artists worldwide, the...
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Experimental Visual Art for Hardcover Book Editions

Deadline : May 04, 2026 Awards: Curatorial Review Catalogue Essay

Selected artists are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue and each featured artist has a generous six-page spread dedicated to them. This extensive linen wrap hardcover art book also includes Point Pleasant Journal and Shoreline Voice publications. The writing by Point Pl...
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