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CQ85 Call for Entries: H2O Deadline : Jul 31, 2026 - Best of Show, Merit, Runner Up in Awards
A Smith Gallery | Online Photographic Call for Ent... Deadline : Jul 06, 2026 - Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition as well as a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100. in Awards
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery "Botanicals" 2026 C... Deadline : Jul 15, 2026 - Cash Award and Featured Artist in Awards
Call for Artists – 2027 Embracing Our Differences... Deadline : Jul 01, 2026 - $6,000 in Awards
Arts Center in Orange - The Mini Masters Show Deadline : Oct 01, 2026
 
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CQ85 Call for Entries: H2O

Deadline : Jul 31, 2026 Awards: Best of Show, Merit, Runner Up

How do you see Water? In the history of art water has been a profound symbol of life, destruction and reflection. Calm waters represent tranquility and inner peace. Raging oceans or violent storms emphasize the destructive power of nature and human vulnerability. Water surfaces act as natural mirror...
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PH21 Gallery: Solo exhibition opportunity in Barcelona, October 17 – November 10, 2026

Deadline : Aug 17, 2026 Awards: The total value of the solo exhibition and the special photobook offer is €4500.

PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a solo exhibition opportunity. Applicants should submit a cohesive portfolio suitable for a solo exhibition, together with an artist statement and a short biography. The portfolio should include a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 35 images....
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Arts to Hearts Magazine Issue 14

Deadline : Aug 02, 2026 Awards: A cash award of 500 USD A 4-page feature spread in the book A crystal trophy

Arts to Hearts Magazine is a distinguished international art publication dedicated to celebrating and amplifying the voices of artists from around the world. Since its inception, the magazine has become a platform where creativity, storytelling, and artistic expression come together, creating meanin...
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CICA Museum - Call for Artists: “Art Is #3” The International Exhibition

Deadline : Jul 20, 2026

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition “Art Is #3.” The exhibition will showcase various creative works such as photographs, prints, paintings, video art, sculptures, and installations that explore the questions of what Art is, why artists create Art, an...
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16th Annual “Seascapes” Online Art Competition

Deadline : Jul 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 “Seascapes” Online Art Competition. The gallery invites both 2D and 3D artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract...
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PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Vision & Expression: The Art of Photography" – A Curated International Photography Exhibition

Deadline : Jul 20, 2026 Awards: One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced.

Although photography initially emerged as a technological invention, it quickly evolved into an expressive artistic practice. Pictorialist photographs from the nineteenth century were crafted to resemble paintings, while proponents of straight photography in the early twentieth century aimed for a p...
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☀️ SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

Deadline : Sep 17, 2026 Awards: 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

SUMMER 2026 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00. → → → Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (18) honorable mentions (9 in art and 9 in photo), wil...
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MANIFEST - THE SWEEP OF TIME: Beyond the Horizon

Deadline : Jul 19, 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 lens-based works that explore the orientation of time. Open to all traditional and non-traditional photographic and light-based genre and media. How does the photograph...
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Honeybee Illustration Contest

Deadline : Sep 17, 2026 Awards: All participants will receive a small gift just for entering!

Call for Entries: Honeybee Illustration Contest! Hi everyone! I'm Takahashi, and I’m in charge of our social activities♪ We’re excited to invite you to participate in our annual “Honeybee Illustration Contest!” Since 2013, we’ve held this event to inspire people around the world to think about t...
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ARQUETOPIA FOUNDATION - PRE-COLUMBIAN COLORING TECHNIQUES INSTRUCTIONAL RESIDENCY

Deadline : Nov 29, 2026

The Mesoamerican Codex Painting Instructional Program acknowledges the rich artistic heritage of Mesoamerican codices and offers a nuanced perspective that connects traditional tlacuilo —painter-scribes trained in complex artistic traditions— painting techniques with contemporary artistic practices....
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