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.

Professional Basics grants fund up to $500 and are for the essentials of an art practice such as quality artwork samples, display/framing, shipping, travel to professional events, website development, etc. Applications are evaluated by measuring the quality of the proposed project, ability to complete project, and relevance based on portfolio.

The Baytown Sculpture Trail is pleased to announce the call for entry for the 2026 exhibition. The exhibition will be installed in early April 2026 and will be on display until March 2027.

Each artist’s accepted artwork will receive a $1500 honorarium. Additionally they will have a Best of Show Award and a People’s Choice Award of $1,500 each. They will reserve a room for two nights for their accepted artists so they might attend their artist dinner followed by the opening reception event. They’ve had a pretty good track record in selling and leasing the artworks in their first three years. They have sold 25 pieces and leased 12. So far this ongoing fourth year they have sold 2 and leased 5 and still have 7 months to go! Entries for the juried art call can be submitted at https://sculpturetrailbaytown2026.artcall.org/. Previous public art exhibitions can be found at https://baytownsculpturetrail.org/.

The 41st Annual International Exhibition is a juried visual art competition organized by the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Tyler. Internationally known artists, curators, and scholars have served as jurors selecting works for exhibition created by some of the best contemporary artists working today. The Department purchases three to six works from the exhibition each year; purchased works are added to our permanent collection. The permanent collection serves as an educational teaching resource; much of the permanent collection is exhibited throughout the UT Tyler main campus.