Nacán Art Residency invites you to immerse yourself in the breathtaking surroundings of a pristine tropical forest with access to a stunning beach. During this residency, artists will have the opportunity to live and work in the lush and vibrant environment while engaging with the local community and their cultural traditions.

Sensorio, the internationally acclaimed immersive art destination located in the scenic heart of California’s Central Coast, is officially inviting artists, designers, and creators to submit proposals for new groundbreaking outdoor installations. With over 20,000 square feet of open exhibit space available, Sensorio is seeking innovative works that fuse light with landscape, designed specifically for nighttime use. The multi-sensory experience looks forward to submissions from a wide range of creators in its first international, open call for exhibit proposals. These areas offer a rare opportunity to present large-scale, immersive experiences to tens of thousands of visitors under the stars. While artwork that could also be featured in potential future daytime tours is a plus, it is required that all proposals incorporate light as a primary medium and be fully activated at night.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL) is pleased to announce their 2026 open call for a solo or two-person exhibition in the gallery space in Greenville, SC. This year’s call is broadly themed around boundaries, interpreted in the widest sense. TSA welcomes exhibition submissions from individual and two-person artist groups. As a national organization, Tiger Strikes Asteroid is committed to highlighting the breadth and range of artists within the community, and encourages historically underrepresented perspectives and viewpoints to apply. All applicants will be considered for future programming, with finalists being notified.

Building on four decades of cultivating a strong printmaking culture and legacy in North Queensland, New Editions will support four contemporary artists from the Gurambilbarra / Townsville region to develop and present ambitious new bodies of work. With guidance from a master printmaker, participating artists will extend their technical expertise, experiment with advanced processes, and create professional print editions that reflect the highest standards of contemporary practice. Together, these new works will expand the region’s printmaking legacies, offering audiences a bold, innovative and enduring cultural experience. Artists selected for New Editions will undertake an intensive three-week workshop with a master printmaker in The Studio during February or March 2026. The four artists will be supported to create a new body of work that will be exhibited by Umbrella and potentially selected for presentation at Sydney Contemporary and/or Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in 2026.

30th Extremely Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition – Call for Art

A show exclusively for Minnesota resident artists.
November 1 – December 7, 2025

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony:
Saturday November 1 5:30-8 pm

Prize awards totaling $800. Entry ONLY through EntryThingy.com.

Online Entry OPENS Monday, September 1, at 9:00 am Central.
Online Entry CLOSES Friday, October 10, at 11:59 pm Central.
Email notification of Acceptance Monday, October 20.
Delivery to Robbin Gallery Sunday, October 26, 5 – 7 pm and Monday, October 27, 5 – 7 pm.

A juried group photo show on color photography at Black Box Gallery.

For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

Médicos del Mundo Spain has opened the call for the 29th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award. This award honors powerful photo series that document social inequities, injustices, and human rights violations—or the conditions that perpetuate or challenge them.

Named in memory of photographer and humanitarian worker Luis Valtueña, as well as three other members of the organization who were killed while carrying out humanitarian work in Rwanda (1997) and Bosnia (1995), the award serves as a tribute to their legacy and the human values they stood for.

Eligible submissions must tell a visual story related to themes such as health, natural disasters, humanitarian work, international cooperation, social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflict, vulnerable communities, and refugee and/or migrant experiences.

An international craft nouveau competition sponsored by the Creative Arts League of Sacramento featuring handcrafted items to include everything from furniture, elegant vases and jewelry boxes to wall hangings, pottery and sculpture made by hand from glass, clay, wood, metal and fiber.

The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) invites artists worldwide, aged 18 and over, to submit artwork for the ROI Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries. Submission deadline: Friday 10 October 2025 at 12 noon. This year’s special theme is ‘HOME’ – with the ROI Themed Painting Prize awarded for the best interpretation. However, the theme is optional and represents just one aspect of a broader exhibition, which welcomes oil paintings on all subjects.

Each residency will take place over a six-week period in which the artist resides and works in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. Artists will have access to and are encouraged to interact with the land, culture, visitor center and the surrounding area. The culmination of the residency centers the artist’s research and development of new work that showcases ideas and work created during their six-week stay at Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. Public engagement opportunities include, but are not limited to: an artist talk or exhibition, workshop, temporary site-specific installations, performances, etc. Artwork and community engagement should be safe and appropriate for both children and adults, ADA compliant, and should not permanently alter the environment when removed.

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund was established in 1926 to make grants to artists producing murals and work on walls in the UK, with a tradition of supporting serious and ambitious work. Since then, the Trustees of the Fund, who are all artists themselves, have been committed to funding high quality, artistically rigorous public art. The artistic sense of the proposed art work is the first criteria of selection. The Trustees study images and review the artist’s previous works to make their decisions. Additionally, the Trustees want to know who the audience is for theproject, what is its duration (min 3 months) and how the work relates to its site/demographic.

"The meeting of land and water is a place of transformation—a space where motion and stillness, power and tranquility, coexist. The Coastal Landscape is a juried photography exhibition that celebrates the varied and dynamic character of coastlines, shorelines, and waterscapes.

This call invites photographic works that convey the beauty, force, and atmosphere of coastal environments, from dramatic seascapes to quiet, contemplative shores. All photographic approaches—traditional, digital, and experimental—are welcome.

Jurors Alissa and Jacob Hessler will select up to 35 photographs for display in the Middlebury, Vermont Exhibition Gallery and an additional 40 for the Online Gallery. All 75 selected works will be featured in the exhibition catalog, archived on the gallery’s website, and promoted across social media platforms with direct links to the artists’ websites."

Oregon Contemporary invites proposals for its Curator in Residence (CIR) program for the 2026–27 exhibition season. The CIR program offers a unique opportunity for mid-career curators to deepen their practice through a research residency that culminates in a major group exhibition in FY2027. Designed for curators with an established body of work, the program supports rigorous research, interdisciplinary exchange, and engagement with contemporary discourse, with a special emphasis on Oregon’s artistic landscape. The curator will visit Portland in late spring of 2026 and be in residence for up to a month at Sitka in fall of 2026 as they prepare for a 2027 exhibition at Oregon Contemporary. The exhibition curatorial honorarium is $8000 with an additional stipend of $500 per week available during the Sitka residency.

The Fine Art Photography Awards return in 2025 as a celebration of bold vision and creative freedom. Open to both professionals and amateurs, the competition invites photographers who challenge convention and explore new artistic frontiers.

This international contest honors the power of personal perspective—welcoming work that spans simplicity to complexity, classic technique to contemporary expression. There are no rules, no required tools—only the image and the story it tells.

Entries will be judged across 20 diverse categories by a panel of esteemed industry professionals. The Fine Art Photography Awards are not about conformity—they’re about creation, experimentation, and making your mark.

The committee is interested in purchasing existing works made by New Mexico artists that show compelling craftsmanship and technique in a range of media including: painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, weaving, mixed media photography and assemblage. Digital photography and original works must be printed on archival paper using archival inks; Giclée reproductions of original works will not be accepted. Exhibition sites for this collection of 2-D artwork will include, but not be limited to, Albuquerque City Hall, the east and/or west complexes of the Convention Center, city libraries, community centers and other city-owned facilities deemed appropriate by the Albuquerque Arts Board.

The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize invites submissions in traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative, experimental formats that extend and challenge understandings of what constitutes drawing in contemporary art practices. As a staple in their exhibition calendar since 2006, this prestigious prize celebrates the breadth and diversity of contemporary drawing practice, attracting hundreds of entries from across Australia.

Microclimates, pigeons, algae on canal walls, ride-sharing data, soil sensors, CCTV acoustics, and people's own biometrics all co-produce a living feedback loop. THE CITY LISTENS BACK invites works that treat the city as a sentient mesh: code like mycelium, rivers as data pipes, bodies as antennas. We’re interested in practices that pair technology with organism — bio-sensing wearables, machine-learning trained on field recordings, e-waste turned habitat, speculative infrastructures that host both networks and nonhuman life. The show asks: when every surface is instrumented and every organism emits a signal, who is actually listening — and to whom?

The Gilbert Bayes Award for early career sculptors is given annually by the Society to a small group of outstandingly talented sculptors. Selected by the sculptor members of the Society’s Board and a guest judge, the award provides vital support during what can be a difficult transition from study to professional practice. The award is open to sculptors of any age or nationality, with or without formal training and working in any style of media. Award winners receive a year’s worth of professional development (including talks from guest speakers working in commercial galleries, art charities and private collections) and free membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors for a year.

Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2025 is open for entries. There are lots of cash prizes and imaging software to be won, with additional prizes coming soon.

City of Tamarac Inspiration Way 2024-2025 Sculpture on loan program. Location: Corridor of Nob Hill Road Between Commercial Blvd. and McNab. Open to all artists nationwide creating original three-dimensional artwork of a scale and material suitable for outdoor display. Florida artists are encouraged to apply. Previous years of experience in outdoor installation of public work is preferred but not necessary. Selected artists will receive a total honorarium of $3,500 per selected artwork that is intended to cover all expenses, including travel and property insurance should the artist choose to have the artwork covered for property damage or loss while on loan to the City.

For FROZEN, they seek photography that captures the distilled essence of winter—its clean lines, soft textures, and silent spaces. Think snow-covered hills at dawn, delicate frost crystals, breath turning to mist, frozen rivers, or the quiet geometry of ice.

Whether stark and minimal or rich with detail, they welcome work that celebrates winter’s ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. All photographic approaches are encouraged—black and white, color, traditional, experimental, and everything in between.

They look forward to seeing how you capture the frozen world.

Pedantic Arts Residency (Pedantic) re-embraces the significant impact that education, study, and structured contemplation can have on artistic output by emphasizing the art world tradition of interconnecting creators, organizers, and critics. Pedantic is an opportunity for exchange and inspiration between 3 such creatives who practice visual art, curating, and writing. It is a unique invitation to open greater and more cross-disciplinary dialogue within the arts where each singular, definitive role becomes part of a collective, exploratory experience.

There are various natural, artificial, and even staged scenes that seize the attention of photographers, compelling and inspiring them to pause, observe, and create an image to convey a personal interpretation of what they see. Among these photographs, the most successful ones go well beyond the mere recording of the visual qualities of a place; they bear the marks of the interpretive insights of the photographer. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition themed –scapes. They are looking for submissions from all photographers who are interested in this subject and would like to share their work with a wider international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery.

Photographers, visual designers and video artists are invited to submit 1 up to 3 works addressing the theme. The “Aesthetic Dynamics” call deals with a theme that inherits intellectual historical precepts from which, thanks to continuous scientific and technological development, it is still possible to provide new perceptions of reality. The aesthetic elaborations that turn their gaze towards formal dynamics have originated from the studies on the organic world. These have been being developed since the nineteenth century, thanks to scientific discoveries and technological inventions such as the microscope, x-rays, microphotography, etc., and all these are tools through which artists could also observe the natural world: in this cultural context Art Noveau develops as an artistic phenomenon characterized by a style that uses curved and sinuous lines to create fluid and dynamic shapes inspired by nature.

Studio Luce is a self-directed artist residency set in the quiet fishing village of El Paredón, along Guatemala’s black sand Pacific coast. Hosted at the stunning Villa Rosa—a luxury home in a protected national park—the residency offers artists a serene, inspiring environment to create without deadlines or pressure. Whether you’re painting, sketching, taking photos, writing, composing or simply exploring new ideas, Studio Luce gives you the space and freedom to focus on your practice. This is a hands-off, self-funded residency: they trust that artists know what they need, and they’re there to support rather than direct.

Artists may submit up to four (4) works for consideration.

The 2025 Henki Art Prize invites artists worldwide to respond to the theme Camminare – Avanti, camminate sempre, inspired by Pope Francis’ words on the importance of movement and resilience. Submissions must relate to the theme Camminare and explore water in its physical, symbolic, cultural, or environmental dimensions. All media are welcome, including painting, sculpture, photography, and video (up to 5 minutes). Entries are free and limited to one original work created in the last two years.

Education Assistance grants fund up to $500 and are for educational opportunities such as: conferences, residencies, studio workshops, or study trips and can includes travel fees. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of educational opportunity, potential impact on practice/career, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.

Community / Artist Partnership grants fund up to $1500 and are for initiating community-based projects leading to artwork creation. Applications are evaluated by measuring quality of work, community impact, concept, and ability to complete project.

An Open Call for Fotofestiwal Open Program gives you an opportunity to present your works to the audience of the International Festival of Photography held in June 2026 in Łódź (Poland). They are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. The call for entries is open – with no thematic or age limits. They invite specialists from the world's most important media and photographic institutions to join the jury. From among the submitted projects, the jury will select six which, in cooperation with the curators of Fotofestiwal, will be presented in the form of an exhibition.

Since 2007, the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, has offered residencies of one to two months to mid-career arts and humanities professionals to focus on their areas of expertise. The application cycle for the 2025 Artists Residency Program is now accepting applications. There is no cost. They provide Fellows with a stipend of $1500 and they provide a travel award of the average fare from their home to Paris.

The Grants for Artists program fosters Oklahoma’s visual artistic creative excellence. The grants committee supports the mission of OVAC and scores submissions based on the merit of each application according to the pertinent grant category and its associated criteria. Grants for Artists help individual Oklahoma artists create visual art for public presentation, develop their professional practices, and lead community projects. Grants are open to artists working in visual-based mediums, curation, and art writing.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and its Renwick Gallery invites applications to its premier fellowship program, the oldest and largest in American art. Scholars from any discipline whose research engages the art, craft, and visual culture of the United States are encouraged to apply, as are those who foreground new perspectives, materials, and methodologies. Fellowships are residential and support full-time research in the Smithsonian collections. SAAM is devoted to advancing excellence in art history and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Each fellow is provided a carrel in SAAM’s Research and Scholars Center. There, they have access to the museum’s collection of over 46,500 works, specialized study collections and databases, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and an 180,000-volume branch library specializing in American art.

The Grand Center for Arts & Culture (GCAC) is pleased to announce their artist residency program for the calendar year 2026. They are inviting guest artists to apply for a residency with the opportunity to use our Cellar Press studios — letterpress, printmaking, and bookbinding — to create works of art or as an integral part of their artistic practice. Residencies last two–three weeks, and while artists are not required to live in New Ulm, they are expected to spend a significant amount of time in the studios gaining skills and producing work.