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.

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.

This gift is for visionary artists and creators who draw from deep insights, dreams, and cosmic energy to bring fresh perspectives into the world. They see beyond the obvious, channeling transformative forces to inspire humanity’s growth. Whether artists, entrepreneurs, or innovators, they bridge abstract wisdom with everyday life, creating from the heart with conscious intention. Roze Umbra is a sanctuary and movement for those ready to move beyond surface aesthetics and connect with the vast, invisible consciousness behind true creation. They value vision, originality, authenticity, and long-term impact, supporting artists who craft work that resonates personally and universally. Together, they remember their purpose and build new mythologies through inspired, purposeful creation.

Creative Projects grants fund up to $1500 and are for creating new work that will culminate in a public event focused on artist’s own work. Applications are evaluated by measuring career altering potential, quality of work, concept, and ability to complete project.

Art Quilt Elements 2026, the 17th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art Quilts. Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for Art Quilt Elements 2026, an international juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania.


For eight decades, Skowhegan has offered artists the opportunity to engage within an experimental framework based on the idea of sharing knowledge and skills within and among artists. Applications will be accepted from September 1, 2025 through October 17, 2025. During the nine-week program, artists working across all disciplines have the opportunity to live as a community of peers on Skowhegan’s 350-acre campus in rural Maine. Participants dedicate time to their studio practices while engaging in a collective learning process through a variety of skill-sharing and theoretical workshops, group and individual studio visits, performances, lectures, and reading groups.

Art Scene West invites artists worldwide to submit work for Modern Media, a curated exhibition celebrating innovative and non-traditional approaches in bringing their visions to life. This exhibition continues our commitment to spotlighting works that push boundaries and intrigues diverse audiences. Selected pieces will be displayed in our gallery in Seaport Village of San Diego, California—America’s Finest City.

If you create with acrylic, spray paint, collage, digital art, resin, wood, mixed media, photography, glass, fiber, or other non-traditional methods, this call is for you. Artists may enter up to 4 works, or a total of 4 images, per submission. Artworks are juried according to their originality, overall quality, and relevance to the exhibition theme, as determined by submitted images, compared to all other submissions.

Grants up to $15,000 are awarded to support new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. The Craft Research Fund is the Center for Craft's first and longest-running grant program dedicated to supporting new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. Since 2005, the program has supported 255 projects in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico by distributing over $1,900,000. In addition to receiving this prestigious award and funding, recipients of the Craft Research Fund will become members of the Center for Craft Alumni Network. This social platform is designed exclusively for current and previous grantees and offers valuable resources, networking opportunities, and ongoing support for craft research.

PADA Studios is an independent, not-for-profit, artist-led organisation based in Barreiro, on the south bank of Lisbon. The international residency at PADA welcomes applications from artists in a variety of media for a duration of 1 or 2 months. The residency is primarily self led and artists are expected to be self sufficient. The supplementary programme at PADA is designed to introduce artists to the area, to the Lisbon art scene and to encourage dialogue between those in residence. Artists are provided with large studio space and accommodation in a private double bedroom. The international residency hosts 10 artists at a time and the residency as a whole welcomes 13, including the other programmes.

The New Emergence Art Prize 2025 is open to artists worldwide, has no set theme and welcomes all media. They want to champion emerging artists with meaningful recognition.

This year’s awards are as follows:
• £1,000 Main Award
• NG Art Creative Residency: Emerging Artist Award (2 week residency in Provence, France)
• The Staedtler Award (£350+ worth of Staedtler products)
• The Daler-Rowney Prize (£250 worth of Daler-Rowney materials)
• The New Emergence Art Founder’s Prize (£150)
• The GreatArt Prize (£75 worth of GreatArt materials)

Springboard for the Arts is seeking artists in Saint Paul to propose modest projects that celebrate the magic of winter in Minnesota. Projects are encouraged to either enhance or reinvigorate existing community winter traditions, or try out entirely new ones – all with the goal to draw people outdoors, bring people together across generations, lift spirits, and highlight the unique beauty of winter. Potential projects might include performances on ice, installations that encourage people to explore nature, experiences that bring brightness to dark nights, creative games or competitions …or anything else that brings warmth, joy, and connection to the coldest season.

You are invited to enter the 6th annual Martha’s Vineyard Drawing Prize, a competition established to encourage the pursuit of excellence in drawing.

Application Requirements

• Entries may be created using graphite, charcoal, Conté, silverpoint, pen & ink, or other suitable drawing media including colored pencils and chalk.
• Each artist may submit up to 3 works for the $15 fee.
• Categories of drawing can include academic, realistic, contemporary, fantasy, historic, etc.
• This is an online-only competition, so no need to frame or send in your artwork. For that reason, please take your best photos of your artwork.
• Submissions must be entered through Artcall.org by Monday, October 20, 2025 at midnight EST.

They are seeking three socially engaged artists to each create site-specific works to be displayed outdoors at Norwich Cathedral, in collaboration with people in the communities of three local charities. They invite artists to engage with their Benedictine priorities of hospitality, wholeness and healing, and contemplative learning, to produce art work for temporary installation in parallel with an exhibition on the Rule of St Benedict by the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (University of East Anglia). Their art works will be displayed from May-October 2026.

Exhibit your sculpture outdoors in downtown Lafayette, Colorado for one year. Artists who participate in Lafayette's Art on the Street (AOTS) sculpture on loan program tell them that we are one of the best programs they've experienced. They feature each sculpture on its own web page and brochures are printed in English and Spanish. If your sculpture is selected by the Public Art Committee the honorarium is $1,200 for a one year installation. Three additional prizes are awarded each year: the $1000 Jean Mellblom Award for Artistic Excellence; the $500 People's Choice Award; and the $500 Most Inspiring Award.

Each year, BAXTER ST invites emerging lens-based artists living in New York City to apply for the BAXTER ST Residency Program. This residency offers lens-based artists much-needed workspace in New York City as well as access to the BAXTER ST community and programs. Residents shall have the free use of the facilities and equipment at BAXTER ST for the duration of the Residency during respective hours of operation, as well as a materials fee to cover the cost of film, printing, or other costs related to the making of their work. Residents receive a monthly stipend appropriate to our W.A.G.E. certification level during the three months of workspace access, as well as an additional production fee to realize their exhibition.

Be part of Art On Loop & New York Open Art—a global showcase for artists of all styles and mediums! From paintings to video art, poetry to sculpture, this is your chance to shine in the heart of NYC. No theme limits—just pure creative freedom. Show your work in-person or digitally via our cutting-edge displays.

📍 72 Warren St, Tribeca, NYC
🗓 7–10 November 2025

Submit now and share your vision with the world. The Holy Art is waiting! 🌟

Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion.

As such, every professional and amateur photographer from every corner of the world is invited and urged to participate in the 8th edition of this international prestigious photographic competition dedicated to color photography where 20 categories will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of magazine editors, gallery curators, professional agents and other industry professionals.

The Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery invite submissions for Pathways 2026: The Carlos Malamud Prize. Pathways is a biennial, juried art competition and exhibition for emerging professional artists living in Florida. This edition will consist of a juried selection process resulting in a Summer 2026 group exhibition for the competition’s finalists. All exhibited artists will receive support and networking through a series of events and direct engagement with curators, museum and gallery professionals, faculty, and community to expand their connections in the art community. Participating artists will arrive at Pathways: The Carlos Malamud Prize from a variety of places within the state of Florida, with diverse professional experience, and have dynamic creative research and practice.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Open” (No Theme) Online Art Competition.

There is no theme for this open art competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art.

Creators from throughout Australia are invited to submit works into subcultures. They are inviting creators to explore the vibrant and often misunderstood world of subcultures, bringing to light the rich tapestry of alternative identities, communities, and expressions that flourish outside mainstream society. From punk and goth to skateboarding and street art, they encourage creators to celebrate the creativity, resistance, and innovation of those who carve out spaces of belonging in subversive ways. Through a mix of mediums including painting, photography, illustration, and collage, subcultures aims to reflect on how fashion, music, political ideals, and shared lifestyles converge to create powerful subcultural identities. They encourage creators to capture the unique aesthetic markers of these groups but also their stories of solidarity, marginalization, and rebellion. subcultures is a tribute to the underground movements that challenge the status quo and enrich the cultural landscape through their bold, alternative visions of community and identity.

RAISE YOUR ZINE! is an annual photography competition organized by THE DOCKS, a cultural association specializing in photographic publishing and promoting emerging authors. The festival serves as a platform to support the development of editorial projects by talented photographers from around the world.

Launched in 2025 and based in Berlin, this annual photography grant aims at supporting FLINTA artists (female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender). Each year, one artist is awarded €3,000 to develop a project. The focus is on giving time, support, and space to pursue new or ongoing work. We want to give visibility to artists who reflect on the world in thoughtful, critical, or imaginative ways. No expectations of finished work. Just the possibility of time, space, and focus.

Nuwave Gallery invites artists working in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and digital works to submit to Trailblazers. Submissions should reflect the theme of pioneering spirit, exploration, or modern reinvention of the West. Both literal and abstract approaches are encouraged. From the rugged ranges of Central Washington to the vast Pacific shores, trailblazers have always shaped the way we see and experience the world. This show celebrates the spirit of those who forge new paths—whether cowboys and pioneers of the past, modern explorers pushing boundaries, or individuals who challenge convention in bold new ways.

They 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.

Penang Art District once again invites young and emerging artists (aged 35 and below) to apply for Spotlight 2025 — a transformative mentorship programme that empowers young artists to develop and exhibit a solo body of work. They’re looking for bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and artists ready to challenge norms and spark dialogue through their work.

apexart's Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine their programming through an online jury process. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart’s programming.

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit a series of artwork to their online exhibit, GIVE ME FIVE.

AF is turning 5, and they want your five! Five pieces. One vision. They’re curating a lineup of mini collections, and yours could be one of them. Five pieces that reflect an intentional, cohesive series that showcases your unique style. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group celebration. Show them GIVE ME FIVE from your perspective.

JPEGs due by Friday, October 31, 2025 at midnight (MST). All accepted artists will have their series displayed in their online gallery at www.art-fluent.com and will receive a cash prize of $250 each. Visit www.art-fluent.com/calls-for-art/give-me-five-prospectus/ for a full prospectus.

If you love taking pictures of birds then you are invited to enter the SINWP Bird Photographer of the Year 2025 Competition and help raise vital funds for The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
This is your chance to showcase your talent and help raise funds in aid of the RSPB.

A minimum donation of £1 per image is requested and 100% of the donations will go straight to the RSPB to help them protect wildlife and the wider countryside you love.

The Art Around the Corner Foundation (AACF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the arts, enriching the community, and bringing fine art to Southern Utah. AACF works in close partnership with the City of St. George to curate its nationally recognized annual outdoor sculpture show. Now in its 22nd year, AACF recruits world-class, professional artists to participate in a unique “art-on-loan” program. Each year, the Foundation solicits, selects, and installs approximately 35 new sculptures throughout Historic Downtown St. George, creating a vibrant cultural experience that is freely accessible to the public year-round. Sculptures are exhibited for one year and are available for sale or lease to public and private collectors. More than $1,000,000 in sales have been generated to date, including acquisitions by local businesses and the City of St. George for its permanent collection.

Tun Razak Exchange is calling on artists to shape the future cityscape. Through bold, dynamic public sculptures, they invite you to express what it means to live at the intersection of global ambition and local spirit — a city where heritage and innovation, community and capital, architecture and nature all converge.

The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program invites artists and artist-led teams residing in Utah to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in the 2026 – 2028 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool for upcoming public art opportunities located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Pre-Qualified Artist Pool supports Utah-based public artists by integrating more artwork and artistic elements into citywide infrastructure. It also serves as a community resource for recommending artists for a variety of new public art commissions. In recent years, the Public Art Program has received increased interest from private developers, local businesses, other Salt Lake City divisions and departments, and community members seeking to collaborate with local artists. Artists in the Pool will be featured on a public roster that is publicly available to anyone looking to commission public art.

Pinkwater Gallery -@- Kingston Social in Kingston NY invites artists to reinterpret the most ordinary, everyday objects in fresh, creative ways. This exhibition explores how the items that surround people- often overlooked, taken for granted, or dismissed as mundane - can become sources of inspiration, wonder, and reflection when seen through an artistic lens.

They encourage all approaches, whether abstract interpretations or figurative works. By gathering these perspectives, they aim to highlight the extraordinary within the ordinary and invite viewers to see their surroundings anew.

All 2D work is welcome—painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, photography, and mixed media—abstract or figurative, minimal or richly layered.