SlowArt Productions presents the thirteenth Neoteric Abstract exhibition. This exhibition is exclusively for the abstract artist and will represent a full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. Video artists must provide their own electronic display device. Entry is limited to abstract art.

Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Daydreamers and Other Nightmares – Reimagining Myths and Legends for a Collective Future, curated by Brad Silk. Local artists of Upstate South Carolina are invited to submit works that explore the connection between mythology, nostalgia, and contemporary identity. We are looking for artists who reimagine and reference masterworks, art history, and mythologies. Participating artists will explore how contemporary creators use collective stories to reflect and reinterpret the challenges of our time, from political unrest to climate change and global crises. This is not simply a nostalgic gaze into the past, but an intentional use of myth and nostalgia to process trauma and imagine a hopeful future.

The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize that is valued at $24,000 annually and is open to all artists. All art forms, mediums, and completion dates are eligible. Artworks of all dimensions, on any theme, are welcome. View their outstanding recent Winners on the Homiens website.

Weir Farm’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program is envisioned to be an outstanding National Park Service residency program that reflects the values and character of Weir Farm National Historical Park (NHP) by continuing the creative conversations started by the Weir Family through the work of contemporary artists. Weir Farm’s AIR Program fosters contemporary artistic expression on site and prioritizes experimental and thought-provoking approaches to examining and interpreting our world through the medium of contemporary visual art practice. The AIR Program keeps Weir’s experimental tendencies alive allowing the Park to share new ideas broadly with ever more diverse artists, communities, and visitors.

"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. "

Entries to the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize are now open. It is free to enter the Prize. Entering its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) is one of the Gallery's most popular annual events. The prize provides a powerful visual record of the year that was - a celebration of identity, both collective and individual.

Located in the peaceful village of Fornelo, just 30 minutes from Porto, ORTO is a creative hub within a historic farmstead, offering a distinctive setting for artistic exploration and cultural exchange. They believe in the power of artistic exchange and the importance of reconnecting with the land. Here, you’ll find a peaceful retreat designed for inspiration and collaboration, surrounded by lush gardens, diverse wildlife, and the tranquil rhythms of nature.
ORTO is preparing to welcome its first cohort of artists in 2025, hosting up to 10 residents for a minimum of 3 weeks of stay. Open to all mediums and artistic disciplines, ORTO is a space for exploration, creation, and cultural exchange, with a focus on sustainability, community, and connection to the land.

The 14th Annual PleinAir Salon is an online art competition with 12 monthly cycles, and is open to a variety of mediums and styles. It’s not just for plein air painters! They invite a variety of top master artists, museum directors and gallery owners to judge each month. All monthly winners are automatically included in the Annual Competition where the Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and has their painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine, the #1 representational art magazine at Barnes & Noble.

In addition to a total of $50,000 in ALL Cash Prizes, winners receive exposure and recognition through their various magazines, websites, newsletters and social media platforms.

This grant category is for individual Staten Island artists, collaborative groups of individuals, and community arts and cultural organizations who produce art or cultural programming. All projects must include a public component or simply a public sharing of work (for example, an exhibition/showing at a local venue). * First-time applicants must attend an application info session. Schedule is posted at the start of each grants cycle.

All art and artistic cultural disciplines are considered. Arts Education programs offering arts exposure (but not instruction and curriculum-based programs) at Staten Island public schools are eligible, as are programs taking place at senior centers.

This grant is funded through the Greater New York Arts Development Fund (GNYADF) of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA).

Ground Floor Contemporary (GFC) is an artist-run and supported collective. They are currently composed of thirty local and out-of-state artists. GFC artists commit to a year-long membership/exhibition season and show twice in that year: once in a three-artist group show and in the final all-artist exhibition. Their open calls are for new exhibiting artists/collective members. GFC is a commission-free gallery and artists retain 100% of their sales. Membership dues are $780 per year/season. These dues can be paid monthly, quarterly, or annually. With GFC, artists are challenged to develop their studio and professional practice, and collaborate with other artists.

The APA Art Prize categories reflect a commitment to showcasing the breadth of artistic talent, while paying homage to the inspiring beauty and significance of your Park Lands. Artists of all ages and skill levels, practising in any media, from Australia and international, can enter.

& Gallery Australia is excited to announce the launch of a prestigious new art prize, designed significantly to impact the artist's career. Sixty artists from across Australia will be showcased over an eight week exhibition, enriched with a series of artist talks, forums and events. Exhibition Dates 28 June - 31 August 2025 Australia’s Largest Art Prize

The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund provides support grants to individual feminist women in the arts. Applicants should exhibit high quality and originality in their work, use feminism as their central interpretive lens, and express an inclusive vision of social justice focusing on justice for women.

Las Laguna Art Gallery invites artists of all levels to submit to this Open Theme/All Media Group Exhibition. Acceptable mediums include: Acrylic, Airbrush, Alcohol Ink, Ceramics, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Gouache, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Photo Assemblage, Printmaking, Sculpture, Traditional Photography, Video, or Watercolor. All artists who submit to this show will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works posted and promoted. A select number of artists will be chosen to send their work to the gallery for the in-person exhibition.

Bighorn Canyon will be taking applications for the 2025 season. The park is looking for four artists to participate in 2025. Applications will be taken from November 15, 2024 to January 31, 2025.

Artists in this program will be able to discover and interpret Bighorn Canyon through their own creative projects. Writers, sculptors, musicians, composers, photographers, painters, culinary and performing artists are all welcome to apply for this program.

To apply, artists must submit a resume and a letter of intent via email to Christy Fleming, Interpretation and Education Division Lead ([email protected]). The letter should include why the artist is interested in helping to preserve Bighorn Canyon’s resources through their work, a rough idea of when the artist is available, one reference, and photos or online links to their work."

Each year the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offers three grants to artists who have exceptional talent and demonstrated ability in ceramic sculpture or sculpture of diverse mediums. The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant was established so that ceramic sculpture artists or sculptors of diverse mediums may have the opportunity to devote a substantial period of time to the development of his or her own work. For more than 30 years, the foundation has supported artists in launching their body of work, furthering their artistic careers, expanding their talent or skill set, and create a community of like-minded individuals.

Are you tired of running large furnaces? Tapping 2000 pounds every six minutes getting old? Why not try something new? The NCCCIAP is proud to bring back the World’s Tiniest Cupola Contest™! Try your hand at building the smallest iron furnace you can. They invite you to construct a really, really small furnace and try to achieve tiny iron superiority! Space is limited and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, so don’t delay! That will only make your tiny furnace run slower.

Create! Magazine is thrilled to announce the call for entries for our 2025 Women’s Issue. This annual print and digital publication celebrates the creativity, resilience, and brilliance of women artists around the world. Create! Magazine warmly welcome submissions from women-identifying and gender non-conforming artists who resonate with the theme of celebrating women in art. This special edition is dedicated to increasing representation and visibility in the art world. Whether you’re an emerging or established artist, this is an opportunity to share your work with a global audience of curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts.

They invite artists to submit their work for their upcoming group show titled "Under the Influence."
This exhibition will explore the profound impact that artists have on one another. Art is a dynamic conversation—a dialogue that transcends time and space, where each artist builds upon the ideas and styles of those who inspire them.

In "Under the Influence," they invite you to showcase how your work reflects this interconnectedness, whether it’s a nod to a lesser-known contemporary artist, a dialogue with a peer, or a response to a collective movement. Every artist, regardless of their level of recognition, contributes to the evolving narrative of art, shaping the way we perceive and create.

ARCUS Research is a short-term and self-funded program that offers an uninterrupted time and contemplative environment for creative experimentation, in-depth fieldwork, and research for practitioners and professionals in art and other cultural fields, including artists, curators, researchers, university educators, or writers. Located around an hour from Tokyo and a half hour from Tsukuba City, known for hosting one of the largest accumulations of science and technology institutes in the world, ARCUS Research allows participants to come into contact with the contemporary art scene and leading research institutions, as well as devote themselves to their creative endeavors in a calm environment. The program provides participants from around the world with valuable time and space to reflect, unwind, and nurture the creative process.

The Wabash College Art Department seeks artists with demonstrated experience in and a commitment to socially engaged art practice and/or community-based art projects to apply for our Restoring Hope, Restoring Trust Artist-in-Residence position for Spring 2026. The Artist-in-Residence will be a mentor for undergraduate students and engage in creative collaborations that involve students/campus community and local community partners in Crawfordsville/Montgomery County. 

The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art (PMJA) at Rodeph Shalom has a long tradition of art exhibitions. Last year, with the reopening of the exhibition programming, PMJA began with an open call exhibition, which turned out to be an overwhelming success, bringing a new vision for community, artists and attendance to our vibrant urban gallery. PMJA’s intention with this open call is to build on this momentum by inviting artists to reflect upon and give expression to the theme of “Tikkun Olam” – duty to confront the challenges of repairing our world. PMJA invite artists to submit works that give expression to this concept. A PMJA exhibition committee will be jurying the submissions and will select artworks that respond best to the theme and also work in dialogue as an exhibition.

The Art Gallery at East Central College in Union, MO is pleased to announce an open call for proposals for exhibitions in Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. Open to artists in North America working in all visual media, the call encourages proposals for exhibition by both individuals and groups. The ECC Art Gallery enhances the education and culturally enriches the daily life of Art and Design majors, non-majors, ECC faculty and staff, and the broader community. In choosing exhibition programming for the Art Gallery, attention is paid to crafting a schedule that is diverse in media, style, and content providing students and the community with a wide range of art forms, means of visual communication, and messages.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) invites you to participate in the “Artistic Signal Box” project, an exciting initiative to transform 19 signal boxes into vibrant public art pieces. These boxes, located between the Zoo and Holman Road in the PhinneyWood area—a community born from the blend of Phinney Ridge and Greenwood—will celebrate the area’s rich creativity and community spirit.

Wave Farm welcomes submissions from artists, researchers, tinkerers, and writers, from a variety of disciplines who will embrace this opportunity to create work for a terrestrial radio station that celebrates risk-taking work and prioritizes the uniquely urgent and intimate nature of the radio medium. This is an opportunity open to international applicants. Women, gender non-conforming people, and people of color are encouraged to apply. Artists-in-residence will spend 10-days on-site at Wave Farm (Acra, NY) developing a new 55-minute radio artwork designed explicitly for terrestrial radio broadcast on Wave Farm’s creative community radio station WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears. In 2025, residencies will be offered monthly, May through October.

A juried selection is held annually to award artists three-to-twelve month residencies. Artists selected for the program receive 24/7 access to studio space, cultural and professional development opportunities, a monthly stipend that includes a small housing/materials allowance, and the opportunity to give an artist talk. The studios are equipped with sinks, telephones and wireless Internet access. Artists are selected based on the quality of their creative work, ability to interact with the public, career direction, and program diversity. To support artistic development, the program offers additional opportunities such as discussions with curators and gallery owners, exposure at HCCC events, and interactions with visiting art professional.

This exhibition will explore the profound impact that artists have on one another. Art is a dynamic conversation—a dialogue that transcends time and space, where each artist builds upon the ideas and styles of those who inspire them. In "Under the Influence," they invite you to showcase how your work reflects this interconnectedness, whether it’s a nod to a lesser-known contemporary artist, a dialogue with a peer, or a response to a collective movement. Every artist, regardless of their level of recognition, contributes to the evolving narrative of art.

ArtLab brings artists and scientists together to share viewpoints, observations, philosophies, and perspectives in their common quest to observe and understand the world around them. The ArtLab Artists-in-Residence program began informally in 2013 when 13 artists were invited to stay at Mountain Lake for part of the summer. Artists were recruited from Virginia, nationally, and globally. Most stayed for about two weeks. The program has continued ever since. Six artists-in-residence are invited to live and work at MLBS alongside six undergraduate student artists from the University of Virginia, and a Lucile Walton Fellow. Residents share studio space. All studio fees, user fees, and housing costs are covered by the program. The ArtLab program typically runs in early or mid July.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography using black & white & the nuanced shades in between. This is the 9th annual black & white art competition that competitions has held.
All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.
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.

The Kinder Padon Gallery at the Center for the Arts Crested Butte is seeking Colorado-based artists for a June 2025 group exhibition. Artists are invited to create works on blank skate decks, exploring traditional, non-traditional, and contemporary interpretations of the rainbow, with an emphasis on the use of color. This exhibition honors Pride Month, encouraging participation from allies and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Final works must be completed by May 1, 2025. Artists of all 2D media are encouraged to apply. This show will be in honor of Pride Month, and allies and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are also encouraged to apply.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is seeking a professional artist or team to create artwork for the new CORE Building, a hub for health-focused scientific discovery and research. The artwork should be striking and bold, and exemplifies the cutting edge nature of the work being done on this campus. The committee has a preference for artwork that combines concepts from both art and science, reflecting the building's focus on scientific discovery and technological advancement.

Kala Fellowship is an artist residency for international, national, and local artists producing innovative work in and across multiple media. For over 30 years, Kala Art Institute has provided artists with equipment, time, space, and financial support for their work through Kala Fellowship. The Fellowship is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment. In 2025, Kala will support up to 6 artists with a $3000 stipend, 1 month of housing for artists outside of the 9 Bay Area counties, 24/7 access to Kala’s facilities for 1-9 months, a Kala class or workshop, and a culminating group show in the Kala Gallery.

Incinerator Gallery and Moonee Valley City Council invite expressions of interest from First Nations artists for a playable public art sculpture commission. The artwork will be temporarily installed at Incinerator Gallery to coincide with a major exhibition in mid-2025, before being permanently relocated to the neighbouring Maribyrnong River in Aberfeldie, Victoria, on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. For over 40,000 years, the Maribyrnong River has been a site of significant cultural connection for the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung First Peoples. Drawing on the diverse histories of the river, artists are encouraged to design a sculpture that explores themes of childhood, play, togetherness, and renewal. The design will reflect the river’s cultural and environmental significance, creating a public art sculpture that fosters inter-generational exchange.

The Untitled Space invites artists to apply for a Solo Exhibition to take place at the gallery in Tribeca, New York in 2025. The selected artist will be awarded a solo exhibition that will be presented as an in-person solo show at the gallery on Lispenard Street located in the Tribeca Arts District of New York City. The solo exhibition will be supported by an online exclusive of the exhibition on Artsy, as well as special coverage of the exhibition on a variety of media outlets including The Untitled Magazine, Art Forum, Art Week, and Widewalls, among many other publications. The exhibition will be promoted online on the gallery’s websites, social media channels, and on a variety of publishing platforms.

The Museum of Northern California Art invites artists to submit their original artwork for Family Portraits, an upcoming exhibition that celebrates the complex and personal concept of “family” leaving open the interpretation of what a family is and can be. They aim to create a tapestry of stories that reflect the variety of familial bonds that shape individuals and communities in today’s world.

The exhibit will be held at the Museum of Northern California Art in Chico.

The Museum of Northern California Art (monca) is seeking original artworks, not previously exhibited at monca. They welcome original artwork in any medium (no AI) that captures the essence of family, whether by representing biological ties, chosen families, close-knit friendships, cultural bonds, communities, or something entirely unique.