For this online group exhibition, they invite artists to submit any abstract artwork that celebrates one of the most polarizing forms of art. Abstract art allows artists to express their vision in an array of techniques and styles. Abstract art also leaves room for vast interpretation.

Minimalism – Less is more. Capture the essence of simplicity, clean lines, negative space, and restrained beauty. Whether through stark landscapes, abstract compositions, or quiet moments, they seek images that evoke clarity, balance, and intentional reduction. 26 images will be selected by the juror for exhibition at Decode Gallery. The gallery handles all printing for accepted photographers for free, they print professionally on an Epson printer with Epson Ultra Premium Luster paper. They will only print one exhibition print, after the show the print will be archived in a flat file for 6 months.

ON EDGE is an annual juried exhibition of contemporary work by artists residing in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region who are pushing the boundaries of material and concept. EDGE Gallery has exhibited groundbreaking contemporary art for more than 30 years and has been instrumental in presenting important experimental work in their region. This show is open to contemporary art of any medium, with an emphasis on work that challenges the margins of material, content, artistic process, and technology. The merits and definition of “contemporary” will be defined by the juror. IMPORTANT! Accepted artwork must be hand delivered. Edge Gallery does not have storage or facilities to handle shipped artwork.

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to their online exhibit, SERENITY.

For this call for art, they’re looking for artwork that whispers, not shouts. Serenity is the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. It embodies a sense of tranquility, clarity, and harmony, free from stress or chaos. However you define calm, they want to see it. Show them SERENITY from your perspective.

McClelland is delighted to launch this $20,000 acquisitive award for an original sculpture, thanks to the generous support of Rick Amor. Rick Amor was born in Frankston and has an extensive body of work and is a highly regarded sculptor. In 2025 this award will be granted to an outstanding original sculpture which will become part of the McClelland collection.

The STARTS Award, a creative talent development programme for the military, is once again inviting members of the Armed Forces community to share and showcase their skills in Visual Art. The project champions and nurtures hidden talent and provides an opportunity for individuals to follow their creative ambitions.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Animals” 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 art.

The "Animals" theme will be the artist’s interpretation and depiction of animal art. Animal subjects include any living organisms, mammals, birds, insects and any animals that may also live in water.

Las Laguna Art Gallery is seeking interpretations and depictions of the human face or figure. Both realistic and abstract work is encouraged. The medium for the work is open. A select number of artists will be chosen to send their work to the gallery for the in-person exhibition at their new location in the Hugo Rivera Gallery. This is their new brick-and-mortar location in Laguna Beach, California. Open to all local, national or international artists.

Their Amsterdam event is the perfect opportunity for you to showcase your art to the world. Their annual event offers discounted rates for artists to showcase their work.. This is a unique chance to have your art seen by people from around the world!

They’re inviting artists from around the world to submit their work for their upcoming exhibition in Amsterdam! This is your chance to showcase your art in a prime space with high foot traffic and a vibrant atmosphere.

🎨 THEME: OPEN

They welcome work in any medium—painting, photography, printmaking, video art, film, installation, sculpture, mixed media, poetry, illustration, and beyond. If it’s creative, they want to see it!

Global Exposure – Showcase your work to a diverse audience.

This exhibition explores the intersection of traditional Appalachian craft and contemporary artistic practices, showcasing works that blend age-old techniques with modern materials and concepts. Through metals, glass, fibers, wood, printing, and ceramics, artists connect to the region's cultural heritage while pushing the boundaries of craftsmanship. This show highlights the cross-pollination of traditional and contemporary forms, where methods like wood carving, weaving, and pottery are reimagined through new materials, processes, and conceptual ideas. By merging historical techniques with innovative approaches, the exhibition honors the lasting influence of Appalachian craft while embracing the transformative potential of today's artistic exploration. Six 1st place prizes, one in each category, will be awarded a solo show and workshop opportunities in New Appalachia 2026.

They are seeking bold, original, and unexpected work for REMIX—a group exhibition celebrating the power of reinvention. Whether you're flipping the script on tradition, blending genres, or reworking familiar forms into something totally fresh, this is your chance to show them your take on the remix. All styles and mediums are welcome. Painting, sculpture, photography, video, digital, installation, sound—if it pushes boundaries or spins the familiar in a new direction, they want to see it.

The ArtGemini Prize is a celebration to promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world.

The artist chosen for this project will be commissioned to create public art in two parts: a large iconic artwork in the Welcome Plaza or Discovery Garden areas, and a smaller, related artwork in the Prairie area of the park that encourages exploration. The artist will be commissioned to create public art that supports the efforts to conserve the natural areas that make the site so unique. The Northwest Community Park public art budget is all-inclusive, including, but not limited to, artist fee, fabrication costs, transportation, insurance, engineering services, permit fees, site prep, installation, and/or any other related expenses. The project budget is $324,580.

Established in 2023, JUNCTURE is a biennial prize, awarded to two mid-career artists by Linden New Art. It is a national open callout, with the artists selected by a panel of industry professionals. The two artists will each receive a cash prize of $20,000, to support exciting new directions in their practices, culminating in an exhibition at Linden New Art in 2026. The selection framework for JUNCTURE is defined by a demonstrated history of success, and the potential for substantial future outcomes. It is designed to support radical thinking, conversations, and the development of artistic practice. JUNCTURE is a platform to support those on the precipice of a significant advancement in their practice.

For this open call, they invite you to submit art that shows how the past continues to inform, energize, and challenge the present, artwork that draws on and reinterprets the rich legacies of past art movements, masters, and genres, and creates a dialogue between what has come before and currently. Art references might include revisited techniques, styles, materials, ideologies or moments that inform and enrich contemporary narratives.

The City of Mühlhausen invites artists to creatively reinterpret its historic old town through light art, projections, and videomapping — as part of the 2025 commemorative program "freiheyt 1525 – 500 Years of the Peasants’ War". They are seeking contemporary visual works that engage with themes of freedom, resistance, social transformation, and memory. Anyone can apply, the artists get: One of the featured sites, Marienkirche, is part of a competition with a 10,000 Euro prize for the winning videomapping concept. For all other locations, artists are invited to submit a concept along with a budget proposal.

The Cicek Artist Prize is an annual program hosted by Cicek Gallery, dedicated to discovering and celebrating emerging artists from all backgrounds. This initiative aims to provide artists with a platform to showcase their talents, gain recognition, and further their creative journeys. By entering the competition, artists have the chance to win significant cash prizes and other opportunities, including exhibitions, mentorship, and promotion through Cicek Gallery.

The Landscape Art Competition welcomes artists of all styles and mediums, including painting, mixed media, digital art, photography, and sculpture. This international competition invites you to share your vision of landscapes, mountains, seascapes, dense forests, or dynamic cityscapes.

The International Exhibition on Animals in Art ran for 28 years before it was put on hiatus due to building renovations and then the pandemic. But they brought it back in 2022. Animals in Art celebrates animals. Pieces must depict an animal (fish and insects are considered animals for the purposes of this exhibition). Any work that is determined not to meet the spirit of the exhibit will not be accepted. The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is one of only 33 veterinary schools in the U.S. and the only one in Louisiana. LSU Vet Med is dedicated to improving and protecting the lives of animals and people through superior education, transformational research, and compassionate care.

Taller Radal is an artist-run space, printmaking studio and artist-in-residence program at the gates of the patagonian andean forest, with easy access from San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport and a few minutes walk from Lago Gutiérrez. The artist-in residence programs are designed to provide a creative and supportive environment for printmakers from all over the world who seek to immerse themselves in an atmosphere surrounded by forest and mountains that vary their colors during the four seasons of the year. The program offers technical support, shared professional experience, and 24/7 access to fully equipped studio

They are looking for accomplished, but relatively unknown, artists whose art discipline benefits the residents of Santa Clara County. Created in honor of their community’s iconic columnist and patron of the arts Leigh Weimers, these cash awards are meant to support and encourage emerging artists. Artists in all genres may apply for this award. Previous awards have ranged between a $1,000 and $5,000 cash prize, and up to four winners will be invited to show their work and/or speak at a lunch meeting of one of the world’s 10 largest Rotary Clubs.

The Prospect Community Art Show showcases artworks made by the people of Prospect or those with a strong connection to their city. Now held annually and part of the South Australian Living Artist Festival. Residents of Prospect or those with a strong connection to their City are invited to submit an artwork for this cherished event in the Newmarch Gallery calendar.

The Australian Fibre Art Award is a biennial, juried, non-acquisitive competition with a $2,000 first prize. Contemporary artists residing in Australia are invited to submit recent, unseen works made of any fibre-related media. Gallery76, in Sydney’s inner west, will stage an exhibition of the 2025 finalists with the winner announced at the opening event on 30 August 2025. The organisers are ArtWear Publications, an Australian independent publishing company, providing quality magazines for the textile and fibre arts. It is the third time it has held the competition.

Spend twelve months studying abroad with a Samstag Scholarship – where could it take you? The annual Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships enable Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities and skills through a dedicated period of practice-based learning at a leading international art school of their choice. Each scholarship covers reasonable costs for twelve months overseas, including institutional fees for one academic year of study (where applicable), a generous tax-exempt stipend of $75,000, return airfares, and travel and medical insurance. Established in 1991, this scholarship has supported over 140 artists in building impactful international careers. This competitive national scholarship program is open to current visual arts students and artists who are graduates from a tertiary institution.

ArtCurrents is looking for creative artists who capture the spirit and atmosphere of the environment in which they live. They are interested in seeing high quality, thoughtful art pieces with an emphasis on excellent craftsmanship. Pieces are encouraged which center on themes or interpretations of the Northwest in any form and are family-oriented. These artworks may be in any medium that will withstand the elements year-round and can be abstract or realistic. ArtCurrents provides high visibility outdoor gallery space for each piece chosen throughout high traffic streets, parks, and public spaces in town. These pieces enrich the beauty of the city landscape while providing exposure to the artist with the intent of selling the piece.

ACS is offering a recent graduate the chance to win £6,000 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in a UK city of their choice. ACS is delighted to announce that this year’s Studio Prize will be judged by Victoria Miro, Melanie Gerlis, Hester Westley and Harriet Bridgeman. The Studio Prize was established after a number of our members’ spoke of the economic challenges they faced when starting their artistic careers. ACS realises how difficult it is to focus on your art especially after leaving university. The ACS Studio Prize was founded to help.

Photo Trouvée Magazine is pleased to announce an international open call for print issue 17. They are looking for artists who work with or are inspired by vintage, found or family photographs in any media and at any stage in their career. This issue has no theme and you may submit works previously created and/or published or they also encourage you to create something specific for this issue.

New American Paintings sponsor six juried competitions per year. The forty winners of each competition receive a four-page, full-color spread in New American Paintings. Five of the annual competitions focus on geographic regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast), and the sixth is only open to current Masters of Fine Arts candidates who are attending schools based in the United States, and current year graduates. New American Paintings has a targeted readership of more than ten thousand art collectors, art world professionals and art enthusiasts who have a deep interest in contemporary painting and discovering new artists. Juror: Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic, New York Magazine

Entries are open for the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2025, a $26,000 national award that celebrates works made with, on or about paper. Since its inception in 2001, the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award has become a significant national award dedicated to celebrating and elevating the significance of work on paper. The Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award promotes excellence and innovation in the field of art on paper while supporting and encouraging artists who specialise in this medium. With a total prize pool of $26,000, the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award recognises outstanding artworks created with, on, or about paper. Artforms can include, but are not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed media and video.

The Gifts of Art Program is seeking submissions for individual and group art exhibits for the September 2025 to August 2026 exhibition year. One of the first arts in healthcare programs in the nation, Gifts of Art brings the world of art and music to Michigan Medicine. Their 2-D and 3-D galleries throughout the medical center are viewed by thousands of people each day and display over 30 exhibits per year.

Gifts of Art’s rotating gallery program is intended to support the healing process and reduce the stress and anxiety often associated with healthcare settings. At Michigan Medicine, creating an environment of care is a core value with the goal of fostering a healing space where everyone feels seen, and has a sense of belonging.

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is pleased to announce the 2025 juried fine art competition, A Sense of Place. Open to participants from throughout the United States, this event, now in its 43rd year, seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by contemporary American artists. Three cash prizes will be given, including a $750 Best of Show Award and two $500 Juror’s Awards. At the juror’s discretion, additional noncash Merit awards may also be presented. Award recipients will be announced on Friday, September 5, 2025, at the opening reception for A Sense of Place.

Celebrate the spirit of Australian Impressionism with the Waverley Woollahra Art School’s 9×5 Landscape Art Prize, now in its 10th year. This prestigious competition invites artists to explore the beauty of the Australian landscape, echoing the spontaneity of early outdoor painters who famously used small cigar boxes as their canvases.

Amazónica Artists-in-Residence is a production and research residency program located in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. The Amazónica program offers residents an immersive experience in the socio-cultural landscape of the Peruvian Amazon, fostering critical research through both traditional and contemporary artistic practices in close collaboration with local communities. The residency encourages a complete disconnection from daily routines, allowing participants to reconnect with local nature and engage in creative processes in a unique and traditional setting. This program provides an alternative space for creation from an intercultural perspective, encouraging both personal and collective exploration. It aims to cultivate an environment of knowledge exchange, cultural dialogue, and artistic production or research in contemporary arts. Residency fee applies