Caution, please note: some calls require entry fees.
October 03, 2016 – SHADES OF GRAY
Shades of Gray offers artists a chance to win recognition and have their work featured in Drawing magazine. The competition is open to all work created entirely in black, white, and gray in media. Details: http://bitly.com/1TxbeFz
January 10, 2017 – CALL TO ARTISTS – CASH AWARDS – JURIED EXHIBIT
Embracing Our Differences is accepting submissions for its juried art exhibit celebrating diversity held April – May 2017 in Sarasota, FL USA. National and international submissions accepted. $3,000 in awards. No submission fee. Details: 941-928-0567 OR http://
November 30, 2016 – LIMNER GALLERY : EMERGING ARTISTS 2017
The 25th annual competition for gallery exhibition and $1000 cash award. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in March 1 – 25, 2017 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2bCuAwK OR slowart@aol.com
September 30, 2016 – AS | US RESIDENCY AS |
ARTISTS STUDIOS offers a 3-month, project-based residency that will take place directly in the artist’s studio,mediated by online video stream. AS | US includes studio visits,artist statement editing,online presence assessment,and permanent listing with AS. Send 10 images of recent work,artist’s statement and CV. Preference: Artists living outside the Greater New York area. Tuition: $500. Details: http://www.artists-studios.com ORsubmissions@artists-studios.
September 30, 2016 – CLARK HULINGS FUND’S BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM & GRANTS
CALL TO ARTISTS – BUSINESS TRAINING – FUNDING – The Clark Hulings Fund is accepting submissions to their Business Accelerator Program to 20 artists seeking to establish their careers. Up to 10 participants will receive direct funding to cover targeted business expenses. Application fee. APPLY THROUGH CaFE! Details: 505-983-4339 ORhttp://bitly.com/2bMpwmP OR info@clarkhulingsfund.org
October 03, 2016 – SHADES OF GRAY
Shades of Gray offers artists a chance to win recognition and have their work featured in Drawing magazine. The competition is open to all work created entirely in black, white, and gray in media. Details: http://bitly.com/1TxbeFz
October 03, 2016 – CALL FOR LINE ART
The squares will be 1.5″ x 1.5″ with one color line designs, scalable file types preferred (eps, ai) but jpgs and pngs accepted. You are invited to submit up to 5 entries. Email submission(s) to be considered. Chosen artists will get their name, website and tagline below the image in the planner. A great opportunity for name recognition and connecting with fellow creatives. No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2c9XzZd ORdanielle@creativelivingworks.
October 05, 2016 – INSIDE OUT GALLERY MYSTERIOUS BOX ART CALL DEADLINE
This Halloween the Inside-OUT Gallery will house a most unusual collection. Give us a glimpse into a delicate macabre world of your own machinations with a delightfully dark diorama. No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2cy2u3v OR jgklausner@gmail.com
October 05, 2016 – GREEN (THE COLOR OF LIFE)
Green is everywhere. It’s the most common color in the natural world. It’s the color we associate with money, the environment, and aliens. It’s the color of revitalization and rebirth. It also carries negative connotations: envy, greed, nausea, poison. Details: 802-777-3686OR http://www.darkroomgallery.
October 09, 2016 – CALL FOR ART OIL VS. ACRYLIC CHALLENGE
Las Laguna Gallery is seeking submissions from Oil and Acrylic painters. This unique Open Theme exhibition is designed to explore the differences and similarities between the two mediums. All local, national and international artists, professional and amateur will be considered in this call for art. Details: 949-667-1803 OR http://www.laslagunagallery.
October 10, 2016 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2017 ACFNY TRANSLATION PRIZE
New York, May 2016 – The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is pleased to announce its call for the 2017 Translation Prize. This year’ call will be launched at an expert panel held at the ACFNY on 17 May addressing “the sound of translation.” The ACFNY now invites qualified translators into English to submit proposals by 10 October 2016. No Entry Fee. Details:http://bitly.com/2cywYCc OR translation@acfny.org
October 11, 2016 – CALL FOR WORK: SECOND ANNUAL HORRORFEST FILM FESTIVAL
CCTV will host a juried screening of film/video work at the Bartos Theater on October 26ththat addresses the theme of horror. We are looking for all types of short films and video projects in any category of horror. Running time must be under 20 minutes. Submission is FREE! Please visit website for more information. Details: 617-401-4009 ORhttp://bitly.com/2aTd7fS OR allison@cctvcambridge.org
October 15, 2016 – TEACHERS AGAINST PREJUDICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ART CONTEST
Open to students in grades 1-4 in any country. Submit artwork on the theme of “Friends from Far Away” in jpeg format by e-mail or on disk. First and second prizes ($100-$150) awarded in two categories. No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2b5A13R
October 16, 2016 – SQUEEZE IT CONTEST 2016
Squeeze your mind too and prepare an original small format / low budget theatrical action merging theatre, visual arts and new media. Your project must fit in an ideal 4mx4mx4m box and last no longer than 16 minutes! No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/1TjYmSf
October 17, 2016 – 15TH ANNUAL INDIAN WELLS ARTS FESTIVAL
Join more than 10,000 art enthusiasts, collectors and serious buyers in attendance for an International Palette of fine art, March 31 – April 1 & 2, 2017, at one of the most pristine venues in the beautiful Palm Springs Desert Resorts area, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. 100% of Sunshine Artist auditors recommend coming back to the Indian Wells Arts Festival, rated 9.6 for show prestige. Jury fee Details: 760-346-0042 OR info@indianwellsartsfestival.
October 17, 2016 – SMALL WORKS 2016
Artists are invited to submit to the 3rd national juried exhibition of small artwork (under 12 inches in any direction) at Main Street Arts. This annual show is open to all media excluding video/sound & installation art. Juror: Bleu Cease, Executive Director/Curator of Rochester Contemporary Art Center. $2,000 in cash awards! Entry Fee. Details: 315-462-0210 ORhttp://www.
October 17, 2016 – THE CUP, THE MUG: A JURIED EXHIBITION OF DRINKING VESSELS
Main Street Arts announces a national juried exhibition open to U.S. artists 18 years and older working in ceramics, glass, wood, or metal. Submissions must be cups, mugs, or other drinking vessels. All work must be for sale. Juror: Peter Pincus, ceramic artist/instructor. $1,000 in cash awards! Entry Fee. Details: 315-462-0210 OR http://www.
October 19, 2016 – FUTURE OF ENERGY EXHIBITION
The Future of Energy Art Exhibition is a pop-up exhibition that will bring together artists, engineers, urban planners, architects, environmental scientists, and others to provide a space for the exchange of innovative ideas related to clean energy. 350 Pensacola seeks your participation in this all-media juried exhibition to be held on Saturday, November 5, 2016. No Entry Fee. Details: 850-426-4226 OR http://world.350.org/
October 24, 2016 – CALL FOR RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS: ARTS LETTERS & NUMBERS
Artists. Thinkers. Makers. Scientists. Architects. Dreamers. An interdisciplinary artist residency in rural upstate New York, Arts Letters & Numbers is a place of creative urgency and intensity of purpose. It is what happens when worlds collide. Entry Fee. Details: 518-712-5462 OR http://www.
October 28, 2016 – CQ46 A TOUGH SHOW TO GET INTO HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD
Only the best work gets past our Creative Quarterly judges. In photography. Illustration. Fine Art. Graphic design.We’re quickly becoming a tour de force in art and design competitions. Professional, amateur or undergraduate or graduate student. Published or unpublished work is accepted. Low entry fees for professionals, recent grads and current students. Winners published in print and online. Entry Fee. Details: 718-435-4047 OR http://cqjournal.com/
October 31, 2016 – AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2016
Amateur Photographer of the Year 2016 – Your chance to enter the UK’s most prestigious competition for amateur photographers No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2alQyAo
November 10, 2016 – STARTUP ART FAIR LA 2017 CALL FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
stARTup Art Fair Los Angeles is a contemporary hotel art fair for independent artists.January 27-29, 2017 at the fabled Highland Gardens Hotel in Hollywood. Those selected from the open application process will each take over a hotel room for the course of three days to present a solo show of their work. There are application and exhibitor fees. Details:415-297-2319 OR http://startupartfair.
January 10, 2017 – CALL TO ARTISTS – CASH AWARDS – JURIED EXHIBIT
Embracing Our Differences is accepting submissions for its juried art exhibit celebrating diversity held April – May 2017 in Sarasota, FL USA. National and international submissions accepted. $3,000 in awards. No submission fee. Details: 941-928-0567 OR http://
March 1, 2017 – CALL TO ARTISTS FOR ST. JOHNS RIVER FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
We invite you to apply to the sixth annual fine art and fine craft juried art show held May 6th and May 7th, 2017.Over $15,000 in award money. Attendance is estimated at 35,000 +. Strong advertising campaign with TV, radio, billboards, newspaper, direct mail, magazines, calendars, social media etc. Entry fee. Easy load in and load out. Artist retreat. Breakfast, lunch provided Saturday and Sunday. Details: 407-416-1779 OR http://www.