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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Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2025

CATEGORY
ELIGIBILITY

June 27, 2025

On Edge 2025
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2025 - August 17, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $250 Juror's Choice Award
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Colorado , United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists residing in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

June 27, 2025

McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery: Maquette: Sculpture Award at McClelland
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Event Dates: November 15, 2025 - March 1, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: $20,000 acquisitive award
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Langwarrin, Victoria 3910, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Must be an Australia based artist

June 27, 2025

Minimalism Photography Exhibit
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 2, 2025 - August 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Arizona, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

June 27, 2025

The STARTS Award
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Award Info: Exhibition Opportunity, up to £100 in travel expenses
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to anyone connected to the military.

June 27, 2025

15th Annual “Animals” Online Art Competition
Competition

15th Annual “Animals” Online Art Competition
  • Organization: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries / $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries.
  • Award Info: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Extensive online promotion for winning artists.
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

June 27, 2025

Call for Art - SERENITY
Exhibition

Call for Art - SERENITY
  • Organization: Art Fluent
  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25 first entry/$10 for each additional entry
  • Award Info: All accepted pieces will be displayed in their online gallery. Best of Show: $750 Two Director’s Choice awards: $250 each
  • 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 to artists internationally

June 27, 2025

Abstract
Exhibition

Abstract
  • Organization: Part Crowd Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: 20 USD
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

June 28, 2025

The Face, The Figure
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 28, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 3, 2025 - July 27, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Laguna Beach, California, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

June 28, 2025

Amsterdam Open Art
Exhibition

Amsterdam Open Art
  • Organization: The Holy Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 28, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 4, 2025 - July 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: From £90
  • 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 to artists internationally

June 29, 2025

Northwest Community Park - City of Frisco, TX
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Award Info: Finalist design concepts: $3,000, Public art project: $324,580
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Frisco, Texas, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

June 29, 2025

Remix
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 19, 2025 - August 16, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: California, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

June 29, 2025

New Appalachia 2025
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 25, 2025 - August 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Award Info: $1,000.00 Best-in-Show
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: West Virginia, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists residing in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

June 29, 2025

12th edition ArtGeminiPrize2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 11, 2025 - September 28, 2025
  • Entry Fee: From £19
  • Award Info: £3800 cash prizes
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: London, South Kensington, United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

June 29, 2025

Linden New Art JUNCTURE Art Prize
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 20, 2025 - November 9, 2025
  • Award Info: two artists will each receive a cash prize of $20,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: ST KILDA, Victoria 3182, Australia
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Australia based artists

June 29, 2025

Past Perfect / Present Tense: Contemporary Art in Dialogue
Exhibition

Past Perfect / Present Tense: Contemporary Art in Dialogue
  • Organization: See|Me
  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2025
  • Entry Fee: 34.00 / 44.00
  • Award Info: Grand Prize: Capsule Show / Five Finalists: Group Exhibition / One See|Me Member Winner: Group Exhibition / One Student Prize Winner: Group Exhibition / All Winners Receive Invitation to the See|Me Digital Gallery: shop.see.me
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New York, New York 10016, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

June 30, 2025

ACS Studio Prize 2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Award Info: £6,000 prize
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

The Prize is open to nationals of the UK, EEA, Australia and New Zealand only.

June 30, 2025

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2025/26
Exhibition

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2025/26
  • Organization: GIFTS OF ART PROGRAM @ MICHIGAN MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Award Info: N/A
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Michigan, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists based in the United States

June 30, 2025

The Gap Between Art and Life Biennial
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2025 - October 16, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Florida, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Southeastern American artists residing in the U.S. states of AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, or TN.

June 30, 2025

Create! Magazine Issue #53 – International Open Call Juried by Emily McElwreath
Competition

Create! Magazine Issue #53 – International Open Call Juried by Emily McElwreath
  • Organization: Create! Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 15, 2025 - November 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • 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.

June 30, 2025

Radal Printmaking Residency in Patagonia
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 3, 2025 - September 27, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Villa Los Coihues, Argentina
Description
Eligibility Info

open internationally to visual artists, graphic designers, graphic artists, sesigners, printmakers, cartoonists.

June 30, 2025

43rd Annual A Sense of Place Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 5, 2025 - October 10, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $1250 in cash awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Georgia , United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

June 30, 2025

Coeur d'Alene Art Currents 2025
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Award Info: Stipend of $1,000.00
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Idaho, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists residing in the states of Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

June 30, 2025

THE SIGNAL. THE NOISE.
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 7, 2025 - August 10, 2025
  • Entry Fee: £25
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

June 30, 2025

VISIONS OF LOVE
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: November 20, 2025 - December 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: $200
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

June 30, 2025

26th Prospect Community Art Show
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: July 18, 2025 - June 30, 2025
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Prospect, South Australia 5082, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Must be an Australia based artist

June 30, 2025

Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Award Info: tax-exempt stipend of $75,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

All applicants must be either Australian citizens or have permanent resident status in Australia. Be at least 18 years of age. You must be either: a student, currently enrolled in a practice-led visual arts program, having successfully completed at least two years of an undergraduate or post-graduate degree; OR a graduate of a practice-led visual art undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification at an Australian institution of higher education.

June 30, 2025

New American Paintings - Pacific Coast Competition
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $50
  • Award Info: Feature in New American Paintings
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists living/working in U.S. states CA, OR, WA, AK, HI are eligible to apply.

June 30, 2025

Call for Art: Bodies and Borders: Ecologies of Consent
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $45 for non-members
  • Award Info: The online exhibition will be published on WEAD's Kunstmatrix gallery, with an option of show in a physical exhibition at The 109 Gallery in Chickamauga, Georgia. There will be a published catalog of the exhibition, as well as artist talks, screenings, and other engagements (dates to be determined.)
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chickamauga, Georgia, United States
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

All women-identified artists, non-binary, and trans-identified artists are welcome to become members and apply.

June 30, 2025

9x5 Landscape Art Prize
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 11, 2025 - September 14, 2025
  • Entry Fee: from $45
  • Award Info: Over $3,000 prize pool
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Bondi, New South Wales 2026, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Must be an Australia based artist

June 30, 2025

Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists 2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: Previous awards ranged between $1000 and $5000
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: California, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists must reside or work in Santa Clara County.

June 30, 2025

June PleinAir Salon Online Art Competition
Competition

June PleinAir Salon Online Art Competition
  • Organization: PleinAir Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: Early Bird: $29/$12 Regular: $40/$16
  • Award Info: $2,250 per month, $50,000 annually
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Drawing, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

June 30, 2025

The Almenara Art Prize
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: November 7, 2025 - November 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: EURO 45€
  • Award Info: More than 29000€ in cash awards, 16000€ in products and other prizes
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Córdoba, Spain
Description
Eligibility Info

figurative paintings,from Hyperrealism to Impressionism.That includes Hyperrealism,Photorealism,contemporary realism,imaginative Realism,Surrealism,Impressionism,Plein Air Painting and any kind of representational painting are accepted- no other media accepted

June 30, 2025

Australian Fibre Art Award 2025 – Call for Entries – $2,000 first prize!
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Event Dates: August 29, 2025 - September 22, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35.00 entry fee each work submitted
  • Award Info: award of $2000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
  • Location: Victoria 3147, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Contemporary artists residing in Australia are invited to submit recent, unseen works made of any fibre-related media.

June 30, 2025

Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 17 Open Call
Other

  • Organization: Photo Trouvée Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $15-25
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

Ongoing

Production and research residency program in the Peruvian Amazon
Residency

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

Open to all artists internationally

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