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 2024!

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Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2024

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February 1, 2024

De Ateliers Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 1, 2024
  • Award Info: Yearly stipend
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 2, 2024

Texas National Exhibition and Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 12, 2024 - June 30, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: 1st - $2,000; 2nd - $1,000; 3rd - $500; Honorable Mentions
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Texas
Description
Eligibility Info

open to all artists working in the United States. Works may be of any medium (except video and performance)

February 2, 2024

Celebrating 65 years in Ceramics
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 3, 2024 - April 26, 2024
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Sculpture
  • Location: Sedona , Arizona
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Arizona-based ceramic artists

February 2, 2024

Tontitown Art Festival
Other

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Tontiltown, Arkansas
Description

February 2, 2024

42nd National Juried Photography Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 9, 2024 - April 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Yakima, Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based photographers

February 2, 2024

California Dreaming
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 24, 2024 - March 9, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: International
  • Location: California
Description

February 2, 2024

National Sacred Art Exhibit - "Do This In Memory of ME"
Exhibition

National Sacred Art Exhibit - "Do This In Memory of ME"
  • Organization: St. Edmunds Sacred Art Institute
  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Event Dates: April 20, 2024 - August 25, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 25
  • Award Info: over $3000 in Awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New Haven, CONNECTICUT 06511, United States
Description

February 2, 2024

2024 Art on Parade
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
  • Award Info: Each of the six finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium to help offset their expenses. In addition, $1,000 will be awarded to the artist who is the recipient of the annual “People’s Choice Award.”
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Northglenn, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based Sculpture artists

February 3, 2024

Say What?
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 3, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 17, 2024 - March 2, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Oceanside, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

February 3, 2024

Arkansas Quail and Turkey Stamp Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 3, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 16, 2024 - April 27, 2024
  • Award Info: $2,500 and see their work featured on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's 2024 Quail and Turkey Stamps
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Cane Hill, Arkansas
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. residents 18 or older.

February 4, 2024

Juried 44th National Print Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - April 21, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: Three cash awards will be selected by this year's juror, Sachi Yanari-Rizzo.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Indiana
Description
Eligibility Info

over 18 years of age working with any printmaking media in the United States.

February 4, 2024

Maui Public Art 2024 Request for Proposals
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Eligibility: International
  • Location: Hawaii
Description

February 4, 2024

CALL FOR ARTISTS OPEN
Competition

CALL FOR ARTISTS OPEN
  • Organization: BorderLight Festival
  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Event Dates: July 24, 2024 - July 27, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Award Info: www.borderlightcle.org/apply
  • Eligibility: International
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description

February 4, 2024

Nature Homage: A Juried National Exhibition of Animal and Insect Artworks
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • 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 artists. All artwork styles and mediums are welcome.

February 4, 2024

Evergreen Sculpture Walk 2024-2025
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 8, 2024 - June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Evergreen, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based sculpture artists

February 4, 2024

63rd Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 4, 2024
  • Award Info: Cash awards
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Arkansas
Description
Eligibility Info

open to all Kindergarten through 12th grade students residing in Arkansas.

February 5, 2024

Swansea Recreation Center
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Award Info: $200,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Denver, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

open to artists residing in the United States

February 5, 2024

2024 Art Around Town, Carbondale, CO
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 6, 2024 - May 15, 2025
  • Award Info: $1,000 honorarium per sculpture awarded
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Carbondale, Colorado
Description

February 5, 2024

Young & Studio Artist Residencies
Residency

Young & Studio Artist Residencies
  • Organization: Salem Art Works
  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: June 3, 2024 - September 30, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Salem, NY 12865, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 5, 2024

Molten
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - May 2, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $800
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: St. Charles, Illinois
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based glass and metal artists

February 5, 2024

Works on Paper - Make your Mark
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 8, 2024 - March 24, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists, any mediums, 2d & 3d (except video/installations)

February 6, 2024

"Into the Dark" - Free Entry, $1,000 Award Competition
Competition

"Into the Dark" - Free Entry, $1,000 Award Competition
  • Submission Deadline: February 6, 2024
  • Award Info: $1,000
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums except film/new media/video

February 6, 2024

The 2024 Casa Bonita Show - How do you like me now?
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 6, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 16, 2024 - March 3, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

This is a national juried call, and is open to artwork in all mediums.

February 8, 2024

Mountain Plains Contemporary Art Biennial
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 8, 2024
  • Event Dates: May 22, 2024 - September 1, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $3500 in awards
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Salina, Kansas
Description
Eligibility Info

artists of all contemporary media currently working in the Mountain-Plains region of the United States (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming

February 8, 2024

A Woman's Place
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 8, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - April 30, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Location: Los Angeles, California
Description
Eligibility Info

all Los Angeles County visual artists

February 9, 2024

Focus: Shadow and Light
Competition

Focus: Shadow and Light
  • Organization: Black Box Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 1, 2024 - March 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: 40.00
  • Award Info: None
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Portland, Oregon 97214, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to photographers

February 9, 2024

10th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 30, 2024 - April 20, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: $7500 in awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Description
Eligibility Info

open to U.S.-based photographers

February 9, 2024

Ray Charles Easley Memorial Sculpture RFQ
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024
  • Award Info: Finalists will be paid a $1,000 honorarium
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Chicago , Illinois
Description

February 9, 2024

Pottery Night Out: In-Person Ceramics Workshop with Rose Gitlin
Workshops & Classes

  • Organization: Mendocino Art Center
  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 9, 2024
  • Entry Fee: Current MAC Members: $73.50/person Non-members: $105/person
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Mendocino, CA 95460, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to anyone but the class is irl in Mendicino CA

February 9, 2024

37th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024
  • Event Dates: March 21, 2024 - May 3, 2024
  • Entry Fee: $35.00 (Entry Fee)
  • Award Info: $3,000 purchase awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lake Charles , Louisiana
Description

February 10, 2024

MacDowell Residency Fall 2024-Winter 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $30.00,Any applicant experiencing a financial hardship may request a fee waiver
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 10, 2024

FILE 2024
Exhibition

FILE 2024
  • Organization: FILE – Electronic Language International Festival
  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: July 2, 2024 - August 25, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to interactive installations, sound art, video art, robotics, animations, CGI videos, virtual realities, augmented realities, mobile art, games, gifs, internet art, lectures and workshops, among others

February 10, 2024

Nextdoor - Celebrating Community through the Arts
Competition

Nextdoor - Celebrating Community through the Arts
  • Organization: Nextdoor
  • Submission Deadline: February 10, 2024
  • Event Dates: February 15, 2024 - February 18, 2024
  • Award Info: 10 artists will be showcased to 60K+ attendees at the upcoming LA Art Show, with 1 grand prize winner receiving $500 .
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

February 11, 2024

Artists of Color Summer Residency
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: February 11, 2024
  • Award Info: Developing teaching experience through running a workshop(s) Developing a solo show during your time at Mudflat Dedicating your time to creating a body of work
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Somerville, MA 02145, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Self-identifying ceramic artists of color at any stage in their career.

Applicants should have the ability to work independently with clay. Firing and technical support will be provided by the Mudflat staff

February 11, 2024

The Other Art Fair Brooklyn
Other

  • Submission Deadline: February 11, 2024
  • Event Dates: May 16, 2024 - May 19, 2024
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Brooklyn , New York
Description

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