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Fusion Art announces the RED 2026 Art Competition. The color RED dominates human emotion as the color of passion, power, and intensity—from blazing anger to tender love. For this competition, both 2D and 3D...
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Artist Grant awards an unrestricted $1200 USD grant to one visual artist three times each year. They showcase grantees on their website, social media, and marketing materials. They also feature selected...
“Tomorrow, Imagined” invites artists to explore what’s ahead: the hopes, questions, and possibilities that shape where people are headed as a community and a world. This isn’t about predicting what will...
The Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship supports the production of original, archives-based scholarship on Ming Fay (1943–2025), whose multidisciplinary practice bridged sculpture, drawing, installation,...
NYC’s 15th annual WINTER FILM FESTIVAL is now open for submissions! They seek creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative...
Sixi Museum, a non-profit art institution in Nanjing combining collection, exhibition, academic research and public education, runs the Sixi International Artist-in-Residence Project to support emerging...
The Hopper Prize is accepting submissions for Fall 2026 artist grants. For this open call, grants have been increased to $4,500. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD. 2 artists will each...
Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to the online exhibit, GO GREEN. Green sits at the psychological midpoint of the color spectrum, and the eye processes it with the least strain of any...
Applications are now open for the Summer Small Works Show & Prize 2026, for artworks created since 1 January 2026. Open to Australian artists over 18 years, all 2D and 3D mediums accepted. 2026 theme is...
Fusion Art announces the Women Artists 2026 Art Competition. For this open theme online art competition, any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. All 2D & 3D women artists only,...
The Loppet Foundation is seeking local artists to showcase their work in the Trailhead Gallery, a bright, welcoming space in the Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Park — where art, connection to the outdoors, and...
The Halloran Contemporary Art Prize is an acquisitive art prize that engages with and responds to the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum’s Halloran Collection: Science & the Sea. Open to NSW and ACT residents....
Arquetopia offers a three-week mentored instructional program in Mesoamerican codex painting, connecting traditional tlacuilo painting techniques with contemporary practice. Participants receive 27 hours of...
Open to photographers of all levels and nationalities, this competition celebrates outstanding standalone images responding to a set annual theme. Submissions are judged on quality, creativity, originality,...
A Global Call for Emerging Artists from the African DiasporaThe SAVAGE Emerging Artist Competition is a premier global platform dedicated to discovering and elevating exceptional emerging artists from the...
The Material Works Art Award supports artists through a one-time $2500.00 award in exchange for an original artwork that will join our growing contemporary art collection. This award recognizes artistic...
Sharing Artists’ Successes & What’s Coming in 2027 Tuesday 8 December | 14:00 GMT | Online | Free As 2026 comes to a close, this uplifting Art Café brings the VAA community together to celebrate the...
The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation...
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) emergency relief grant focuses on artists working in craft or materials-based folk/traditional disciplines that are 18 years or older and have resided and worked in...
