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 2025!
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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!
July 20, 2025
SEA(S) INFINITES GRANTS 2025/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OPEN CALL
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Kefalonia, Greece
SEA(S) INFINITES GRANTS 2025/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OPEN CALL; SEA(S) ARTS 2025. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2025/GRANT CONNECTED. https://seas.ionionartscenter.gr/seas-arts/. All disciplines and interdisciplinary projects in Arts, Sciences and Technologies, Education and Research, included Environmental projects, Literary Arts , Performing Arts and Music, Applied Arts, Visual Arts , New Media are eligible.
July 20, 2025
The University of Southern Mississippi National Juried Painting Exhibition, 2025
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Event Dates: September 4, 2025 - September 26, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: $1000 in awards.
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Painting
- Location: Mississippi , United States
The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art is pleased to announce the 2025 National Juried Painting Exhibition. Artists are invited to submit entries of original works created within the past five years. AWARDS: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd $200. ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to three entries. ENTRY DEADLINE: July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025
VIVID 2025: A Juried National Exhibition of VIBRANT, BOLD & LOUD Artworks
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Event Dates: September 13, 2025 - October 18, 2025
- Entry Fee: $35
- Award Info: $950 in awards.
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: St. Norfolk, Virginia 23510, United States
VIVID is an annual exhibit at d’Art Center that features 2D and 3D artworks from across the country in all mediums that are exceptionally vibrant, bold, loud, and/or brilliant in color! They want their patrons to experience an EXPLOSION of color as they enter this exhibit.
July 20, 2025
Heatwave
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Event Dates: August 7, 2025 - September 18, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 application fee for up to 5 images, $3 for each additional image
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
dodomu gallery is excited to announce an open call Heatwave.
The exhibition will run on their website.
Heatwave is an exhibition that aims to capture the essence, intensity, and vibrancy of summer. They invite artists to explore the multifaceted experiences of summer and its visual language - warmth, bright colors, light, energy and emotions it evokes.
Contemporary representational and abstract work will be considered. Artists are invited to submit their work related to the exhibition theme in various media of drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture, installations, ceramics, textiles, photography, digital and mixed media.
Please submit your application fee here - paypal.me/dodomugallery
Deadline to apply: July 20, 2025 11:59pm PST
July 20, 2025
State of the Arts 2025
Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Event Dates: September 13, 2025 - November 8, 2025
- Entry Fee: $40
- Award Info: Over $2500 in awards.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Kansas , United States
State of The Arts 2025 is the Prairie Village Arts Council's 19th annual juried competition for all 2D and 3D artworks (excluding photography) held every Fall. The Exhibition runs during the months of September & October. The show will open September 15th for People's Choice Voting. Awards: $1,000 award for the State of the Arts 2024 Best in Show (One Presented), $750 Merit Awards (Two Presented), $250 Peoples Choice Award (One Presented), $100 Honorable Mention Awards (up to Three Presented).
July 25, 2025
Fall 2025 Open Residency in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 25, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
The residency space was built with artists’ needs in mind and is nestled in a rural, tree-lined site in the historical town of Atotonilco, 15-minutes away from San Miguel de Allende. The residency offers both a private, quiet environment to work and quick access to the thriving arts and social scene of San Miguel. The invitation for the summer session of their Open Residency is extended to artists in the following disciplines: plastic arts; visual arts, literature, performing arts, digital arts, cinematography. Their residency is perfect for artists in plastic arts; visual arts, literature, digital arts, cinematography. Performing arts can be accommodated thanks to their partnerships with local studios, theaters and cultural centers.
July 26, 2025
Kala Art Institute | Application for 2025/2026 Residencies
Residency
- Organization: Kala Art Institute
- Submission Deadline: July 26, 2025
- Entry Fee: $15
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Berkeley, California 94710, United States
Kala Art Institute offers subsidized contract residency rates for different working needs and artist experiences! Artists share space, equipment, techniques, and ideas and are a vital part of the Kala community. Kala artists-in-residence receive 24/7 access to a shared 8,000-square-foot print studio, digital lab, black and white darkroom, sculpture lab, and 3 individual project spaces.
Artist residency apartments are located across the street from Kala’s facilities. Kala offers two shared artist apartments a block from Kala. Each apartment is a 2-bedroom unit, meaning you will have your own bedroom and be living with a roommate and sharing a kitchen, living room, and bathroom. Limited to artists who reside outside of the Bay Area.
July 27, 2025
2025 Shape Open exhibition
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 27, 2025
- Award Info: £250 participation grant
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Shape Arts' annual call out is now open. This year, to address the cuts to payments and funding that threaten disabled people’s lives, they are seeking work which responds imaginatively to themes of rights, protest, power, and the state of the British welfare system.
July 28, 2025
Local Perspectives 2025
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Event Dates: October 2, 2025 - February 9, 2026
- Award Info: $1000 in awards.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Iowa, United States
Local Perspectives, the longest running-juried exhibition featuring Siouxland’s creative communities, will be on view October 2, 2025 - February 9, 2026. Local Perspectives will be juried by Sioux City Art Center Curator Christopher Atkins, and will be installed in the JET Gallery, located on the 3rd floor of the Art Center. Who can submit? ALL artists, 18 and over who live within 75 miles of Sioux City can submit up to 3 artworks for consideration. The number of artworks selected will be based on the dimensions of 2D and 3D pieces. It is FREE to submit work.
July 28, 2025
AMPLIFY 2025 - Spruill's Annual Outdoor Art Installation
Public Art & Proposals
- Organization: Spruill Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Event Dates: October 25, 2025 - September 25, 2026
- Award Info: The winning submission will receive a $10,000 award, along with a $1,000 materials stipend for the installation. The artist will also receive a complimentary up to a week-long stay at the Marriott Residence Inn Hotel, located a few steps from the project installation site (valid only during the installation dates). The Gallery will host an Artist's Talk in celebration of the work, welcoming an audience of Spruill Center for the Arts staff, students, board of directors, Dunwoody government officials and the broader business and residential community at a mutually agreeable time for the artist and the Gallery over the course of the 11-month exhibition period. All entries submitted will be eligible for inclusion in the City of Dunwoody's ongoing database of artists and art projects for future consideration of public art projects, including both municipal and commercial projects.
- Eligibility: National
- Location: Dunwoody, GA 30338, United States
The installation site is located on the side of the "Smoke House" on the Spruill Gallery grounds at 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, facing the intersection of Ashford Dunwoody in Meadow Lane in Dunwoody, GA, in the Perimeter area. The space is currently home to Rest and Rise by the 2024 AMPLIFY winner, Manty Dey. Other recent winners include Charity Hamidullah, Big Hug, 2023; Alice Stone Collins, The Forest for the Trees, 2022; and Alea Hurst, Together We Bloom, 2021.
July 28, 2025
2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025
- Event Dates: September 27, 2025 - November 21, 2025
- Entry Fee: $50 per artwork
- Award Info: $60,000 to be won across a variety of artistic categories
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Campbelltown, New South Wales 2560, Australia
The 2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award invites artists to submit work in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 63rd year, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, is valued at $50,000. Over the years, the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Tina Havelock Stevens, Robert Fielding, Angela Tiatia, and most recently Katy B Plummer. The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over ten days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.
July 30, 2025
Express Yourself July Contest
Competition
- Organization: Red Willow Art, LLC
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Event Dates: August 11, 2025 - September 6, 2025
- Entry Fee: $9.00
- Award Info: Winners and Finalists have a chance to win $1000
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Summer 2025--Express Yourself!
The winner will be featured on the Red Willow Art website, and the Winner and finalists are eligible for the Grand Finale Salon in December 2025.
Red Willow Art celebrates YOU with a call for entry for an international competition and virtual exhibition. Artists worldwide are invited to participate, with complete freedom in choosing their medium and style. Submissions should revolve around the central theme "Expressing Yourself!"
They want to see your creativity at its best. Tell them your thoughts, desires, heartaches, passion—what best describes you and your creativity? Entries can express concerns (social to personal), emotions, cultural heritage, or preserving a way of life, just to name a few.
July 30, 2025
2026 Tim Murphy Art Gallery Call for Artists
Exhibition
- Organization: Merriam Parks & Recreation
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Merriam, Kansas 66202, United States
Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 ▶ FREE to Submit
Interested artists may submit five digital images of their work. At least 90% of the show’s work must be for sale.
July 30, 2025
MAC yapang Art Prize 2025
Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Event Dates: October 18, 2025 - December 7, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30 per artwork, or $25 for Lake Mac Arts Members
- Award Info: $30,000 acquisitive prize and a total prize pool of $40,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Booragul, New South Wales 2284, Australia
MAC yapang Art Prize is a national, acquisitive art prize. This new Art Prize has a total prize pool of $40,000 and is open to artists from all disciplines across Australia, with artworks in any medium. The winning artist of the acquisitive prize will be awarded $30,000, and their artwork will be acquired by the Museum of Art and Culture, yapang (MAC yapang) for their permanent collection. Finalists will have their artworks displayed in the MAC yapang Art Prize exhibition.
July 30, 2025
Abstract Catalyst #10
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Abstract Catalyst #10, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland OR. Requirements: Images - Minimum: 1, Maximum: 5. Entry Fee (Verum Ultimum): $25.00 for 1 image (additional images are optional and not required). Submission deadline: July 30, 2025. Schedle: Notification (by email) of accepted work, August 15th 2025. Exhibition dates: The exhibition will open at Verum's brick and mortar gallery in Southeast Portland in late August of 2025.
July 30, 2025
Call for Artists: Boynes Artist Award – 12th Edition Now Open!
Competition
- Organization: Boynes Artist Award
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Entry Fee: 40
- Award Info: $2,000 USD, a double-spread feature in Create! Magazine, an ad campaign, a published interview, a showcase on our website, and global exposure
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
The Boynes Artist Award is now accepting submissions for its 12th Edition! Open to emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide, this international art award welcomes all visual mediums including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, digital, sculpture, and printmaking.
Enter the 12th Edition of the Boynes Artist Award for a chance to win $2,000 USD, a double-spread feature in Create! Magazine, an ad campaign, a published interview, a showcase on our website, and global exposure. 2nd and 3rd place winners also receive cash prizes, interviews, and promotions. Submit up to 10 artworks, starting at $40 USD for 3 pieces ($10 per additional artwork). Enjoy 25% off with our Early Bird Deadline on May 30, 2025. Final submissions close July 30, 2025. Winners announced September 2025.
July 31, 2025
Blu Sky Artist Award: July 2025 Edition | $1000 in Grants for Artists
Grants & Fellowships
- Organization: Ten Moir Gallery
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: Early Bird$25-$35
- Award Info: 2x $500 cash prize, A Published Interview, and more
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
The Blu-Sky Artist Award (BSAA) is an online international semi-annual prize put forward by Ten Moir Gallery. Through this award, the gallery aims to recognize and encourage upcoming talented artists from across the world and provide them with a platform to showcase their work.
This award comes with an unrestricted financial reward, which allows aspiring talents to develop their skills and increase their chances of becoming successful professionally within the art field. Moreover, Ten Moir Gallery takes this award one step further by enhancing the careers of these artists through $500 cash prize and published interview.
July 31, 2025
3rd Open Call 2025 | ´acePIRAR Artist-in-Residence International Program—Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Residency
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
They host 4-weeks Production and Exploration residencies, 2-weeks micro-Residencies and 8-days Mural Painting residencies. Their residencies support contemporary visual art practices and trans-disciplinary projects (including performance art, sound art and curatorial proposals. All of their residencies have a reduced fee for candidates who are 30 years old and under, and they don’t charge for an application fee. The´ace team has deep knowledge and expertise in art criticism, performance art, installations, print media, and photography, and is available at all stages of the residency period to discuss possible ideas with active residents.
July 31, 2025
American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition
Competition
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30
- Award Info: $5250 in juror prizes
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
- Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, MD seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, October 1-31, 2025. $5250 in prizes. Juror: Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen. Two-dimensional artwork only. This exhibition is unusual in that it welcomes fine art print submissions and original artwork. Artists may also submit digital files, which, if accepted into the exhibition, the Gallery will print for the brick-and-mortar show. There will be an online exhibition as well. Artwork must depict North, Central, or South American wildlife and may include extinct species, including dinosaurs. Artwork may not be priced higher than $4000 and must have been created within the last seven years.
July 31, 2025
Art on the Corner, Downtown Grand Junction 2025
Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Award Info: Best in Show Awards
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
- Location: Downtown Grand Junction, Colorado
Downtown Grand Junction's Art on the Corner (AOTC) is entering its 41st year as a year-round outdoor sculpture exhibition. AOTC was one of the first of its kind in the nation and many communities have modeled their programs after it. The temporary exhibit is displayed in Grand Junction's historical creative district.
For the upcoming year, submissions of works that advocate a sculptor’s passion, environmental, observation or cultural expression are highly encouraged. Public artists have an opportunity to share ideas, concepts and explore relationships. Public art promotes conversation, engages stewardship and develops awareness. It provides a visual enhancement that is accessible and brightens the everyday cultural experience.
The exhibition is open to all 3D sculpture artists. The sculpture must be an original creation by the artist. Interested artists are required to submit an application along with the requested supplemental materials for consideration by Thursday, July 31, 2025...
Ongoing
Publish Your Artwork in an Ivy League Magazine: Summer 2025 Issue
Other
- Organization: PJAS Magazine
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
PJAS is a vibrant platform for individuals all around the world to share their scholarly and creative pursuits. The diverse voices amplified by their journal showcase all types of creative work--from visual arts and installations to literary arts and poetry. With contributors from all walks of life, PJAS aims to cultivate a community rich with intellectual curiosity. They accept submissions on a rolling basis year-round, with their upcoming quarterly issue published online and in print in Spring 2025.
Ongoing
$1K Open Theme Competition
Competition
- Organization: PJAS Magazine
- Submission Deadline: Ongoing
- Entry Fee: 10
- Award Info: One standout entry will receive a $1000 cash prize and a feature in their upcoming issue
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
They invite you to take part in their 2025 Open Theme Competition. Whether you paint, sculpt, photograph, or create digital art, they want to see how you push boundaries, provoke thought, or capture a moment. One standout entry will receive a $1000 cash prize and a feature in their upcoming issue.
Theme: Completely open—interpret freely, without restrictions.
Mediums: All artistic forms welcomed (including traditional, digital, mixed media, photography, and experimental).
Submission: Provide high-resolution images or files of your work along with a concise artist statement (max 200 words) that highlights your concept or process.
August 1, 2025
Waterscapes 2025 Art Competition
Competition
- Organization: Fusion Art
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: August 5, 2025 - September 4, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
- Award Info: Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Online Only: Yes
Fusion Art announces the Waterscapes 2025 Art Competition.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting waterscapes.
The theme includes any art which depicts any type of body of water including the ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, coastal living, any ocean activities, seaside vistas, beaches, and any related seashore or lakeside subjects. It can also include rain, puddles and frozen waterscapes.
August 1, 2025
(Street) Artist in Residency in Vienna *Fall/Winter 2025
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Award Info: 2-4 week residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Vienna 1200, Austria
Run by artists, for artists!
The Soon Art Studio Artist Residency Program in Vienna, Austria, is designed to support both emerging and established artists by providing them with a dedicated space to create and showcase their work. Artists can choose from 2, 3, or 4-week residencies, during which they will have the opportunity to focus on their artistic practice in an inspiring environment.
August 1, 2025
Impulse & Inspiration: 2025 Juried Exhibition
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: September 3, 2025 - September 25, 2025
- Entry Fee: $30
- Award Info: Over $400 in awards
- Eligibility: Local
- Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Lagrange, Illinois 60525, United States
The invite artists working in 2D media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and mixed media to submit their work. This juried exhibition celebrates both impulse-driven creativity and thoughtful inspiration.
August 1, 2025
Artist commission - walls by the canal at Little Venice
Public Art & Proposals
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Award Info: Budget £50,000.00 (+VAT)
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Painting
- Location: London, United Kingdom
The Westminster City Council is seeking an artist or collective to design a series of local tiled murals under two bridges at Little Venice. This opportunity is being taken forward following community feedback on wider concept design proposals for the northern Canalside at Little Venice in Spring 2025. The briefing document gives full details including the project background, requirements and submission criteria.
August 1, 2025
Open Call – 2025 Kintsugi Residency Program
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Event Dates: October 4, 2025 - December 5, 2025
- Award Info: 4 week residency
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Sculpture
- Location: Nara-shi, Nara 630-8301, Japan
This is a 4-week English-taught intensive program designed for those seeking to build a strong foundation in traditional Kintsugi – the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramic with urushi lacquer and gold. The program is led by Clementine Nuttall, a British artist and conservator with over a decade of experience in Kintsugi and urushi lacquer. Artists will explore the artistry, culture, and philosophy of Kintsugi while gaining practical skills in Kintsugi ceramic repair and traditional tool-making. Each artist will receive a valuable set of artisan-grade Kintsugi tools and an English-language Kintsugi Handbook for use during and after the residency to support their continued practice.The program aims to empower artists to integrate kintsugi techniques into their future works and personal projects.
August 1, 2025
2025 Betty Bowen Award
Competition
- Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025
- Entry Fee: $10.00
- Award Info: The winner is awarded an unrestricted cash prize of $20,000 and a solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. In addition, up to two Special Recognition Awards ($4,000 each) and three Special Commendation Awards ($2,500 each) are often granted at the discretion of the Betty Bowen Committee.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Seattle, Washington 98101, United States
THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM is now accepting entries for the 48th ANNUAL BETTY BOWEN AWARD. Administered by the Seattle Art Museum, the annual Betty Bowen Award honors a Northwest artist for their original, exceptional, and compelling work. The winner is awarded an unrestricted cash prize of $20,000 and a solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. In addition, up to two Special Recognition Awards ($4,000 each) and three Special Commendation Awards ($2,500 each) are often granted at the discretion of the Betty Bowen Committee. Since 1977, the Seattle Art Museum has hosted the yearly open call process by which the Betty Bowen Committee chooses one visual artist working in the Northwest to receive the unrestricted cash award.
August 3, 2025
Chicago Sculpture International 2025 Biennale
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 3, 2025
- Event Dates: September 27, 2025 - November 9, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Evanston, Illinois 60201, United States
This exhibition explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance. Formats include freestanding, wall hung, interactive, installation & video. Open interpretations of the exhibit theme are welcomed.
August 3, 2025
Free exhibition space - 1 Poultry, London
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 3, 2025
- Award Info: Exhibition Opportunity
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: London EC2R 8EN, United Kingdom
Hypha Studios is looking for artists & curators for their brand new gallery hub (3 spaces) in the City of London, launching Frieze Week 2025. This is a unique opportunity to organise an exhibition in one of the world’s most important postmodern buildings, designed by architect James Stirling & completed in 1997.
August 3, 2025
2025 Lane Cove Art Award - Call for Entries
Competition
- Submission Deadline: August 3, 2025
- Event Dates: September 17, 2025 - October 4, 2025
- Entry Fee: $45 per artwork (Lane Cove Art Society Members $30 per artwork)
- Award Info: $15,000 acquisitive First Prize; ommended Prize of $1,000
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Lane Cove, New South Wales 2066, Australia
The Lane Cove Art Society is proud to announce that entries are now open for the prestigious 2025 Lane Cove Art Award. Open to artists across Australia, this long-running and highly regarded prize continues to recognise and celebrate outstanding artistic talent.
August 3, 2025
ILLAPSE – FALL 2025
Residency
- Submission Deadline: August 3, 2025
- Event Dates: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
ILLAPSE is the artist residency program of Lapse. The program offers a studio space in Barcelona where artists and other professionals within the field of contemporary art can develop their work. The ILLAPSE studio is located within the Lapse facilities, where the resident will share common areas with three other artists. Residents are welcomed to give a public presentation of their work, either during an open studio session or in the form of a talk. Lapse welcomes proposals that incorporate a wide range of media and contemporary artistic practices. Residencies are available in September, October, and November. Applicants may choose to stay for one, two, or all three months, and should indicate their preferred start month and desired duration in the application. All residencies begin on the first day of the month.
August 3, 2025
PressForward 2025
Exhibition
- Submission Deadline: August 3, 2025
- Event Dates: October 24, 2025 - November 22, 2025
- Entry Fee: $25.00
- Award Info: First Place - $450, Second Place - $300, Third Place - $150
- Eligibility: National
- Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
- Location: Houston, Texas 77009, United States
PrintHouston is pleased to announce PressForward, a contemporary student printmaking exhibition to be held in Houston, TX in the fall of 2025. They are looking for exceptional works from current student printmakers that explore the wide range of traditional and innovative printmaking processes. Original works in all printmaking media are eligible, including lithographs, screenprints, relief prints, intaglio, monoprints, and letterpress. Digital and mixed media works are accepted which incorporate a traditional printmaking medium as a main component. No photography or digital reproductions of original works will be accepted. Works must be completed within the last two years.This exhibition is open to current students in high school or students currently enrolled in a degree or certificate program.
August 4, 2025
2025/2026 Creative Arts Grant Program
Grants & Fellowships
- Submission Deadline: August 4, 2025
- Award Info: Grant awards are between $500 to $10,000.
- Eligibility: Regional
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Bothell, Washington, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Individual artists and cultural arts organizations are invited to apply for funding through a grant program that supports projects serving residents and visitors of Bothell, Washington. An entry fee is not required to submit an application.
August 6, 2025
Street Photography Awards 2025
Competition
- Submission Deadline: August 6, 2025
- Award Info: Cash awards, group show in NYC
- Eligibility: International
- Categories: Photography
"LensCulture invites you to enter the Street Photography Awards and share how you see the world. From fleeting gestures to monumental scenes, your images can echo far beyond the instant they were captured.
Selected photographers will receive international recognition, career-changing opportunities, cash awards, a group show in New York, and a place among the voices shaping street photography today. Every vision matters—submit your work and join a global community celebrating the art of seeing.
There is a free entry option for single images"