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The Umbrella Art Center’s Galleries present contemporary art primarily featuring regional artists in our two gallery spaces, as well as select outdoor installations. We seek exhibitions and installations that are bold, engaging, fun, educational, and create opportunities for constructive cultural co...
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Celebrating its twentieth year, the Aperture Portfolio Prize is an annual international competition that spotlights new talent in contemporary photography. When choosing the first-prize winner and short list, our judges look for innovative bodies of work that have not been widely seen in major publi...
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On January 19, 2026, ArtSeen will showcase artists on a taxi circulating the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This moving gallery ensures your work is seen by curators, collectors, and art lovers in one of the world’s cultural capitals.
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Exhibition Location: CityArts, Downtown Orlando, Florida. Exhibition Dates: February 19 – March 15, 2026. Frida Kahlo lived and created with extraordinary honesty. She turned pain into power, identity into pride, and emotion into art. This exhibition invites artists to honor that spirit not by...
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New Year. New Art. New Perspectives. Let your work be an opening — a step forward, a moment of clarity, a creative awakening. This is your chance to share your new creation with the world. Selected artists will be included in a curated online group exhibition running from 16 January to 16 February 2...
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CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS! The Sony World Photography Awards are BACK for their 19th edition! No matter your level — beginner, student, or pro — there’s a category that’s perfect for you and your photography! Professional (series). Open (single images). Student (series responding to 2026 bri...
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The Provincetown Compact announces the 2026 dune shack residency applications are now open. The Compact is pleased to offer residences for C-Scape and Fowler Dune Shacks in the Cape Cod National Seashore, available April through November for the general public with applications due January 15, 2025....
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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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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: 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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