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

August 31, 2025

Hotter 'N Hell: National Collegiate Juried Exhibition 2025
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $750 in prizes
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Louisiana, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all artists within the US.

August 31, 2025

Botanicals—flora of the world
Competition

Botanicals—flora of the world
  • Organization: Decagon Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 15, 2025 - November 15, 2025
  • Entry Fee: 24
  • Award Info: First Place: $500 + solo show. Second Place: $300. Third Place: $200
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

August 31, 2025

Cortijo el Moro Art Residency - Andalucia – Sept / Oct 2025
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
  • Award Info: 1 week - 2 month residency
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Almeria, Andalucia, Spain
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

August 31, 2025

Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: £50 per entry
  • Award Info: "A photo book published by renowned publisher GOST Books £5,000 towards completion of their chosen project Expenses paid trip to oversee printing in Verona"
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Verona, Italy
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally. You must be 18 years of age or older to apply for this grant. This award, which differs from the IPPG, offers established photographers working in long form documentary photography a photo book produced by world renowned publisher GOST Books.

September 1, 2025

High Line Canal Trail
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $112,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 1, 2025

Open Call: Be Seen at Berlin Art Week 2025
Public Art & Proposals

Open Call: Be Seen at Berlin Art Week 2025
  • Organization: Art Seen
  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 10, 2025 - September 14, 2025
  • Entry Fee: Free Application
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Berlin, Germany
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

September 1, 2025

Teapots and Vessels That Pour, with Richard Notkin!
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 16, 2025 - October 25, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $10.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 1, 2025

Digital Motion Art for Art2 Pocket Park
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $1,500.00
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Orlando, Florida, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally.

September 1, 2025

Bindi Digital Art Prize 2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 24, 2025 - November 21, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25 per artwork (maximum of 4 artworks per artist)
  • Award Info: Over $3,000 in awards
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to digital artists across Australia

September 1, 2025

Trades Hall Art Prize 2025
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2025
  • Award Info: The winning artist will take home $5,000 and the piece will become part of Trades Hall’s permanent collection. The 9 other finalists will receive $750 for their entry and loaning of their piece for the duration of the exhibition which will be on display throughout Melbourne Fringe Festival.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Victoria 3053, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists residing in Australia. Participating artists must be 18 years or above.

September 1, 2025

Lavender Lens' Queer Animation Night
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 17, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Your films should positively represent the Queer/LGBTQ+/Trans community and/or be made by a Queer filmmaker.

September 1, 2025

AA2A Artist Residencies Across England
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 1, 2025

The Inaugural Defiance Award for Painting
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: February 7, 2026 - February 28, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $44.00 (incl. GST)
  • Award Info: $3,000 cash prize, 2 week residency at Giverny Artist Residency in Queenstown, New Zealand proudly sponsored by the Nock Art Foundation, return flights to Queenstown from an Australian capital city, Solo Exhibition at Defiance Gallery
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Painting
  • Location: Paddington, New South Wales 2021, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

The Defiance Award is open to artists over the age of 18, living and working in Australia who are Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents.

September 1, 2025

Landscapes 2025 Art Competition
Competition

Landscapes 2025 Art Competition
  • Organization: Fusion Art
  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 5, 2025 - October 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
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists internationally

September 1, 2025

The Ian Parry PhotoJournalism Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: £10,000 towards your chosen project
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to young photographers who are 24 years of age or under, or anyone who is studying in a full-time photographic course

September 1, 2025

Transforming Traditions: Art and Folklore in 2025
Exhibition

Transforming Traditions: Art and Folklore in 2025
  • Organization: Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 3, 2025 - November 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: TBD
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Prescott, Arizona
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

September 1, 2025

Transforming Traditions: Art and Folklore in 2025
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 3, 2025 - November 7, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $10 for 1 submission; $5 for each additional submission; limit of 6 submissions
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Prescott, Arizona 86301, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists working in any medium, including painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, ceramics, digital art, and beyond are encouraged to showcase their work in a vibrant and inclusive gallery setting.

September 1, 2025

Chrissie Cotter Gallery EOI 2026
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: January 27, 2026 - December 7, 2025
  • Award Info: Free space to exhibit your work, $500-$1000 stipend
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Petersham, New South Wales 2049, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Applicants must be over 18 years old. Must be an Australian citizen or resident with valid working rights

September 1, 2025

Special Residencies for Artists, Designers, Art Historians & Researchers
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artist age 20 and over

September 1, 2025

VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Award Info: Two artists will each receive an unrestricted prize of $25,000.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description
Eligibility Info

The VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography is open to United States citizens and permanent residents who are at least 18 years of age and for whom photography is a primary vocation.

September 1, 2025

18th & Lydia parking garage
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: Budget: $185,000
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Missouri, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 1, 2025

KBr Photo Award
Competition

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: 25,000 Euros (twenty-five thousand Euros) cash prize, two exhibitions, and an associated catalogue
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to photographers with an established professional career

September 1, 2025

Call for projects | XXL heron sculpture
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: Total budget allocated for the installation of this sculpture = €8,000 including tax
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Melun, France
Description
Eligibility Info

Any adult individual or artist collective may apply. Candidates must have a status allowing them to invoice for the service. They must also provide proof of civil and/or professional liability. A contract specifying the commitments of the artist or artist collective and the city of Melun is signed before the start of the project.

September 1, 2025

Napa Lighted Art Festival 2026
Art fair

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: January 17, 2026 - February 15, 2026
  • Award Info: Stipends between $2,000 and $10,000 will be awarded for installation arts
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Downtown Napa, California 94559, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to installation artists working with light

September 1, 2025

Flow Filmmakers Vol 3
Exhibition

Flow Filmmakers Vol 3
  • Organization: Rachael McArthur
  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Event Dates: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Film/Video/New Media
  • Location: Manhattan , New York 10001, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists working in short films internationally

September 1, 2025

Guest Curator EOI -The Australian Ceramics Association 2027 Members’ Exhibition
Other

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Award Info: Guest Curator remuneration: $3,500. Additional stipend for curator attendance at exhibition install and opening: $1,800
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Alexandria, New South Wales 2015, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to Australian based curators

September 1, 2025

2025 Lucie Scholarship Program
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
  • Entry Fee: $25/$15
  • Award Info: Multiple cash awards
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

The Lucie Scholarships are open to professional and emerging photographers 18 years and older, worldwide.

September 2, 2025

Applications Now Open for First Friday Art Walk 2025-2026
Other

Applications Now Open for First Friday Art Walk 2025-2026
  • Organization: City of Ocala
  • Submission Deadline: September 2, 2025
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Ocala, Florida 34471, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Visual artists, performing artists, art organizations, and community sponsors are invited to participate in this downtown Ocala event.

September 2, 2025

Cromer Open Call 2025
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 2, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 15, 2025 - October 31, 2025
  • Entry Fee: £5 per artwork
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Cromer NR27 9FA, Italy
Description
Eligibility Info

Work will be welcomed from artists anywhere, but selected artists will be responsible for insuring, delivering and collecting work.

September 3, 2025

In My Space: Functional Craft for the Home
Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: September 3, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 1, 2025 - January 9, 2026
  • Entry Fee: $10.00
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open nationally.

September 3, 2025

Expression of Interest – Frankston Regional Arts Trail – Key Gateway Sculpture Opportunity
Public Art & Proposals

  • Submission Deadline: September 3, 2025
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Frankston 3199, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists based in Australia

September 3, 2025

Transformed 2025
Exhibition

  • Organization: Maryland Federation of Art
  • Submission Deadline: September 3, 2025
  • Event Dates: October 30, 2025 - November 22, 2025
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Annapolis, MD, United States
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally

September 4, 2025

Call for Art- PROJECT SUBMISSIONS
Other

Call for Art- PROJECT SUBMISSIONS
  • Organization: Art Fluent
  • Submission Deadline: September 4, 2025
  • 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

September 4, 2025

VID Grant
Grants & Fellowships

  • Submission Deadline: September 4, 2025
  • Award Info: 1,000 Euro
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to visual storytellers that expose often unseen, relevant, social issues from the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia).

September 4, 2025

Sauerbier House - Artist in Residence Program 2026-2027
Residency

  • Submission Deadline: September 4, 2025
  • Award Info: Residencies are programmed to take place across twelve or six-weeks. Artist will be paid material support payments by schedule.
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Onkaparinga, South Australia 5168, Australia
Description
Eligibility Info

Artists at any stage in their career, working across any discipline can apply.

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