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NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY - URBAN SUBURBAN RURAL Deadline : Jan 04, 2026 - $4000 TOTAL PRIZES AWARDED in Awards
Montello Foundation - Solitary Retreat in the Neva... Deadline : Jan 18, 2026 - 2 week residency in Awards
SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - ARTE NATURA... Deadline : Feb 28, 2026 - Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery in Awards
Oil Painters of America - 35th National Juried Exh... Deadline : Mar 06, 2026 - Up to $100,000 in awards in Awards
A Smith Gallery | Photographic Mysticism / an inst... Deadline : Dec 29, 2025 - Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Juror's award receives a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100. in Awards
 
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wild Heart Gallery - Masters of Equine Art 2026, International Art Competition, 2nd Annual

Deadline : Jan 20, 2026 Awards: $500

Submit your art and photography that features any species of Equine, for example, horses, donkeys, zebras, etc. There are roughly seven living species of Equine to choose from. Artwork in this field often depicts human connection, emotion, and many forms of symbolism. For this virtual exhibition,...
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The Expressive Hand: Gesture, Figure & Materials A 3-day Intensive Workshop with Edgar Cano

Deadline : Jan 20, 2026

This unique workshop centers on gesture, tactility, and the expressive power of materials through sustained work from the live model. Rather than focusing on a single medium, participants will investigate a wide range of drawing tools—including charcoal, conte, graphite, ballpoint pen, and ink—to ex...
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