GUIDE TO THE BEST ARTIST GRANTS & OPPORTUNITIES IN 2023

Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2023!

This year, we added another new feature! You can now save the important deadlines for your favorite opportunities right in your Artwork Archive account.

When you find a call that interests you, simply click ‘Add to Schedule' and the call's deadline will be automatically added to your Schedule. You'll also receive weekly reminders to keep you on top of your game.

We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!

Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:

Western United States Guide

Midwestern United States Guide

Southwestern United States Guide

Southeastern United States Guide

Northeastern United States Guide


Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2023

February 9, 2023

2023 Palm Beach Fine Craft Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 17, 2023 - February 19, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working in craftwork. (Basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood)

February 9, 2023

Art Connective Members Group Show
Exhibition

  • Organization: Art Connective
  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2023
  • Event Dates: February 16, 2023 - April 15, 2023
  • Entry Fee: free for members
  • Award Info: Top three pieces awarded prizes
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description

February 10, 2023

CANVAS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2023 – MIXING IDENTITIES
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 3, 2023 - March 21, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 10, 2023

Allegany National Photography Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 1, 2023 - April 22, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: $6,500 in awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based photographers

February 12, 2023

Femina 2023 (Exhibition and Publication)
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 12, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 8, 2023 - April 8, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 13, 2023

Environments
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 13, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 30, 2023 - March 12, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $800 in prizes will be awarded.
  • Eligibility: National
Description

February 15, 2023

Art in the Village
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 24, 2023 - June 25, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $45.00
  • Award Info: Up to $3,000 of award money.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

February 22, 2023

Watercolor USA 2023 at the Springfield Art Museum
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 22, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 10, 2023 - September 3, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $40.00
  • Award Info: $3,000; $2,000; $1,500; $1,000; Possible Museum Purchase Awards; Additional $300 prizes
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based watermedia artists

February 28, 2023

Unleash Your Imagination| Theme: Portrait
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 28, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 5, 2023 - March 31, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10.00
  • Award Info: Up to $2,000 in cash prizes
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 28, 2023

Art Biologic
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 28, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 18, 2023 - June 10, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 28, 2023

Art Biologic
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 28, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 18, 2023 - June 10, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Hudson, New York, United States
Description

March 1, 2023

2023 Prague International Juried Art Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Organization: Prague Intl Juried Art Exhibition
  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 18, 2023 - June 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: 200 Kc per entry, maximum 3 entries
  • Award Info: 30,000 Kc
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Praha 1 11000, Czechia
Description

March 1, 2023

Diversity Lives Here: Representation Through Art
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 15, 2023 - January 1, 2024
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S. based students working with all mediums

March 1, 2023

Tribute To Small Works (2023)
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 1, 2023 - April 27, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35 
  • Award Info: First Prize $450; Second Prize $250; Third Prize $100
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed-media, digital, pastel, encaustic, sculpture, fiber, drawing, and photography

March 6, 2023

13th Annual Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 6, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 5, 2023 - May 13, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35/two works 
  • Award Info: $1,000 in awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artitsts

March 9, 2023

Lab Art Prize - Venice '23 edition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 9, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 13, 2023 - May 27, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $45.00
  • Award Info: 5000,00€ total awards (artwork acquisition award, cash prize, monographic book prize).
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists internationally

March 9, 2023

Red River Watercolor Society 30th Annual National Juried Watermedia Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 9, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $40.00
  • Award Info: $6,000 in awards 
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based water media artists

March 10, 2023

Adams County Arts Council Art Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 1, 2023 - June 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30 for ACAC members, $45 for non-member
  • Award Info: Cash prizes of $1000, $750, $500, $500, $250, $200, and $100.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 10, 2023

Call for Art-BRILLIANCE
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 7, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: $1,250.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description

March 10, 2023

The Healing Garden at The Confluence: Art in Twisp / Calls & Submissions
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 10, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 10, 2023 - July 15, 2023
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 11, 2023

Your Wildest Dreams
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 11, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 25, 2023 - April 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $28.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. and Canada-based artists

March 12, 2023

Inspire(d): Annual Spring Juried Show
Exhibition

  • Organization: Dayton Society of Artists
  • Submission Deadline: March 12, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 7, 2023 - May 20, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $14 for each entry, up to (3) entries
  • Award Info: 1st - $500, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $200
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Dayton, OH 45403, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 12, 2023

Surfing Madonna "Ocean-Earth-Air" Art & Poetry Exhibit
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 12, 2023
  • Event Dates: March 29, 2023 - April 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Award Info: $1,950 in cash awards
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Poway, California, United States
Description

March 13, 2023

The Storms Inside
Exhibition

  • Organization: Eyes On Art
  • Submission Deadline: March 13, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 15, 2023 - April 29, 2023
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: NYC, NY
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all NYC-based artists

March 15, 2023

Americana
Exhibition

  • Organization: The Chateau Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all photographers

March 15, 2023

2nd Annual Book Arts Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Organization: Friedli Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 7, 2023 - May 27, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Saint Paul, MN 55102
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S. based artists

March 15, 2023

EXTINCTION: Save the Planet - 2023 (Exhibition and Publication)
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 22, 2023 - May 22, 2023
  • Award Info: selected artworks will be published in The Book of Art: Extinction publication and showcased in Extinction: Save the Planet international online group exhibition by Gallerium.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

March 16, 2023

2023 Open Call for Artists: The Guardhouse Program
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 16, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 1, 2023
  • Award Info: $2,500, plus up to $2,500 for production-related expenses
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all visual artists

March 17, 2023

VMRC Juried Art Exhibition 2023
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 17, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 28, 2023 - June 27, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Award Info: Total of $5,500 in cash prizes, Best In Show: $1,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artistss

March 18, 2023

Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 18, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 11, 2023 - July 22, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $1,000 Best of Show award
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Quilts, Textile Art 

March 19, 2023

Art that Matters to the Planet 2023: Interconnectivity
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: June 24, 2023 - October 8, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $15.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

March 19, 2023

Art and Poetic Text
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: April 11, 2023 - April 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $15
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

March 20, 2023

"Nostalgia"
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 20, 2023
  • Event Dates: May 3, 2023 - May 28, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25 for one submission, $30 for two, $35 for three.
  • Award Info: $500 Best in Show, $250 Award of Merit, $100 Honorable Mention.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 20, 2023

“In Our Place”
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 20, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $5
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

March 24, 2023

DESTROY THE GAP
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: March 24, 2023
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

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