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SPRING* $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Deadline : Jun 18, 2026 - Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 18 x Honorable Mentions in Awards
OPA National Salon: Exhibition of Small Paintings Deadline : Jun 12, 2026 - up to $20,000 in cash & merchandise in Awards
Arts Center in Orange - The Mini Masters Show Deadline : Oct 01, 2026
Arts Center in Orange - As Much Truth As One Can B... Deadline : Oct 01, 2026 - Yes in Awards
SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - Strange Fig... Deadline : Jun 30, 2026 - Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery in Awards
 
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Manifest - VELVET: A Call for Works About, Of, or By the Color Black

Deadline : May 24, 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 exploring or using the variance, darkness, and graphic power of the color black. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media. The color black is f...
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Art Seen Magazine - Call for Art | Fall 2026 Issue

Deadline : May 25, 2026

Art Seen Magazine is an established international quarterly with a global readership spanning collectors, curators, critics and artists We are inviting submissions from artists for the Fall 2026 issue to be published in August 2026. Suitable for artists working in painting, printmaking, sculptur...
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PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Stories" – A Curated International Photography Exhibition, July 25 – August 18, 2026

Deadline : May 25, 2026 Awards: One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced.

While photography is popularly associated with capturing the moment, it has always been a sensitive medium for storytelling as well. Looking at a photograph can allow us to understand much about the past that led up to the moment frozen in time; it can also enable the viewer to imagine the possible...
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A Smith Galley | Online Photographic Call for Entry "Imagined"

Deadline : May 25, 2026 Awards: Both the Juror and Director Award’s will each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book as well as an online solo exhibition. The Visitors’ Award is $100 and is selected by most Instagram likes.

im-ag-ined : thought up, visionary, poetic, fanciful, capricious, curious, dreamlike, fictional, fairy-tale, illusory, mythical, make believe ….. Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "imagined" to A Smith Gallery by May 25, 2026. The entry fee is $40 for th...
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CICA Museum Call for Artists: “Humanity 2027” – An International Exhibition

Deadline : May 25, 2026 Awards: Exhibition Opportunity

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition “Humanity 2027.” This exhibition delves into the essence of humanity and redefines humanism in our era, exploring the virtues that shape us across personal, cultural, technological, and geopolitical dimensions. Arti...
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Sanchez Art Center- Call for Artists! 18th Annual 50|50 Show

Deadline : May 26, 2026

18th Annual 50|50 Show. Create 50 works of art in 50 days! An energizing creative challenge that expands your artistic practice. ABOUT THE SHOW: Sanchez Art Center (SAC) invites California artists (18 and older) to submit an entry to participate in the 50|50 Show. This annual event — a reno...
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Huge Art Gallery - June Exhibition - Montreal

Deadline : May 27, 2026

Join us! June 19th to 21st, 2026 in Montreal: 323 St-Charles Ouest, Longueuil, Quebec, Montreal, J4H 1E5. We’re inviting artists of all kinds to showcase their work, meet fellow creatives, and reach a wider audience. Let your art be seen! Spots are limited. Apply now to be part of this excl...
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery: 16th Annual “Landscapes” Online Art Competition

Deadline : May 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 “Landscapes” Online Art Competition. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, are invited to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art. The...
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Central Valley Community Foundation 60th Anniversary Art Commission

Deadline : May 29, 2026 Awards: $1,500 + materials

The Call for Proposals is open to artists nationwide; however, all subject matter must be related to historic moments of the last 60 years (since 1966) in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley (Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kings Counties) OR national and/or international events th...
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Punk Epistemologies, a free sponsored virtual public session

Deadline : May 29, 2026

Arquetopia announces Punk Epistemologies, a free sponsored virtual public session taking place on June 5, 2026. Conceived as an open house into the conceptual and ethical frameworks informing Arquetopia’s transnational residency programs, the session responds to a global moment marked by war, forced...
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