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Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May5

30th "Solo Art Series" - An Opportunity to Shine
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for online solo art exhibitions, May 15, 2025 - August 15, 2025. Extensive worldwide publicity & promotion, hundreds of press releases for winning artists. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman. There is no theme for this solo 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. $26 entry fee. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 888-490-3530.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May5

Still Life 2025 Art Competition
Fusion Art seeks entries for an online art exhibition, May 15 - August 14, 2025. Cash prizes for Best in Show winners. Complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery. Extensive promotion for winners. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. For this art competition, 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are encouraged to submit their best work depicting an arrangement of everyday inanimate objects. Subjects can range from a single object to a complex arrangement of objects. All artists, regardless of experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May5

Nature - The Master & the Muse
Gallery 4% invites you to step into the wild wonder of creativity with our 3rd Micro & Macro: Nature Juried Art Contest. Submit your nature-inspired works for a chance to win up to $500 in cash prizes, gain global exposure through an exclusive online exhibition, and earn your place in a rare artist showcase on our website, with other exciting perks. Whether you're just picking up your brush or you're a seasoned creative soul, everyone is welcome. Each entry is just $11, and you can submit as many pieces as you'd like. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May7

2025 World Art Awards
American Art Awards & World Art Awards seeks entries for an online art contest. $5000 in prizes. 50 Categories for any artist to enter: Painting, sculpture, photography, digital... Oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, realism, impressionism, naive, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual... $29.95 entry fee, or 7 for $99. Deadline: May 7, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 909-436-9242.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May11

Flower Power Virtual Juried Competition
Camelback Gallery announces a call to artists. Cash award for Best in Show, social and art media promotion for all, virtual award exhibition and award certificates. The selection of artwork will be juried by 2-3 art industry professionals. For this competition we are accepting entries for artwork of flowers, plant blooms and botanicals. Mediums allowed: All drawing and painting mediums, digital art, sculpture, photography, fiber. No AI. $20 for 1-2 images. Deadline: May 11, 2025. More info.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May13

Artist Grants
The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2025 artist grants. We are offering 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an international open call. All media is eligible. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 145k. $40 for 10 artworks. Deadline: May 13, 2025. More info.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May15

"Water" 2025 Call for Entry - Online Art Show
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery seeks entries for an online art exhibition, June 1-30, 2025. Cash prize for Best of Show. Juror: Janelle Cogan. Theme- "Water" covers 71% of the Earth's surface and is vital for all known forms of life. 96.5% of the Earth's crust water is found in seas and oceans. Although the sea moderates the Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, it is often viewed for its beauty, power, and life. We would like to see your interpretation of water. We will be donating 10% of all entry fees to The Water Project, a non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation. All artists 18 and over may enter. $20 for 1 or 2 pieces (You may enter more than once). Deadline: May 15, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May15

Breaking Boundaries | Abstract Art Competition
Push the limits of creativity for a chance to win up to $3,500 in cash prizes and a certificate of recognition. Let vibrant shades of blue, dazzling pink, and crimson red blend with raw emotion in the 14th Abstract International Juried Online Art Competition by TERAVARNA! Here, art breaks all boundaries - 2D or 3D, every medium is welcome. $15 per entry. Deadline: May 15, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May18

Lines & Other Forms
dodomu gallery invites artists to submit work for Lines & Other Forms, an online group exhibition, June 5 - July 24, 2025. The exhibition will explore the visual language of lines, linear mark making and unusual form structures, their physical nature and elements of shape. Whether literal or implied, structured or chaotic, lines guide our perception, define form, and shape movement. This exhibition seeks to showcase diverse interpretations of linearity - where the simplicity of a mark meets the complexity of expression. Contemporary representational and abstract work will be considered. $25 for up to 5 images, $3 for each additional image. Deadline: May 18, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May20

Masters of Wildlife Art 2025
Wild Heart Gallery announces a call to artists for a virtual art exhibition in June. Over $700 in cash awards. Jurors: Sarah Soward, Sharon Eisley, and TBA. Artists may submit wildlife art in any 2D or 3D medium. Categories include, but are not limited to painting, drawing, pastels, sculpture, photography, printmaking, mixed media, and other media. All art styles are welcome, including all forms of abstraction, Impressionism, Surrealism, Pop Art, Realism, Contemporary Wildlife Art, and more. $17 entry fee. Deadline: May 20, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May20

Art Everything. Even the 3AM Madness. | 5th Open Art Contest
Grab your brushes, pixels, glitter, or whatever weird art weapon you wield, because Gallery 4% is back with its 5th Anything & Everything Open Online Art Contest - and yes, it's just as wonderfully unhinged as it sounds! No rules, no themes, no judgment (okay, except by actual judges), just glorious creative chaos. $500 in prizes! $11 per entry. Deadline: May 20, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
May27

15th Annual "Landscapes" Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, June 1-30, 2025. Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman. The "Landscapes" theme will be the artist's interpretation and depiction of the natural world, outdoor scenery, geographical environments, scenic vistas and related landscape subjects. $18 for 1 to 2 entries / $26 for 3 to 5 entries. Deadline: May 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 888-490-3530.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun1

Figures & Faces 2025 Art Competition
Fusion Art announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, June 5 - July 4, 2025. Cash prizes for Best in Show winners. Complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery. Extensive promotion for winners. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting the human form - both figures & faces. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit representational and/or abstract art and photography. $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. Deadline: June 1, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun1

NYC4PA Call for Entry - Apparel
The New York Center for Photographic Art seeks entries for an online photography exhibition. $4,000 in awards. Juror: Niamh Treacy. All photographers worldwide are welcome to submit images relevant to the theme. $35 for 3 images, $10 each add'l. Deadline: June 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 917-359-2642.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun12

18th International ARC Salon Competition
Art Renewal Center seeks entries for the 18th International ARC Salon Competition. Over $130,000 in cash awards. All entries must be original artwork, conceived and created by the entrant within the past 3 years. We do not accept etchings, photography, or other forms of prints whatsoever, nor do we accept digital art or art with digital elements. This is a competition for fine quality representational based works of art, no modernist works such as abstract expressionism will be accepted. Representational work in all styles spanning from highly realistic to impressionistic to imaginative qualify. First entry: $93, Additional entries: $73, Same work in additional category: $53. Deadline: June 12, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 732-636-2060.National
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun14

94th Annual Online Juried Open Exhibition
The National Art League seeks entries for a virtual art exhibition, July 1 - September 1, 2025. Over $2,000 in Awards. First Place $500. Juror: Chris Lucore, owner and curator of The Lucore Art Gallery, NY. Open to all artists 18 years of age or older living in the US, working in all styles of artwork, both 2D and 3D media, including sculpture. Artwork must be original in concept, design and execution. Photography, digital art, computer art, reproductions (such as giclee, prints) are not acceptable unless part of a mixed media artwork. Film, video, AI generated art, installation art or performance art are not accepted. No crafts (such as jewelry, beads) or kit work. No artwork previously exhibited in a judged show at the NAL. $25 for one entry, $10 second entry. Fees are not refundable. Deadline: June 14, 2025. More info. Contact: emailNational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun15

Define Your Vibe: A HiFiCo.Shop Call for Art
The High-Fidelity Company announces an art contest open to U.S.-based artists. $2,000 in awards. Juror: Chris Macek. We accept 2D artwork in any medium that can be formatted for print, including illustration, digital painting, mixed media, and photography-based artwork. Work should align with the theme of creative expression and the artistic process. Selected pieces will be printed on HiFi's seasonal product packaging. No entry fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 713.568.2716.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun15

Grants for Artists & Photographers
Applications are now open for the ArtFund.ME Quarterly Grant, offering $1,000 in unrestricted funding to visual artists and photographers worldwide. Artists must be 18+ years old. Don't miss this opportunity for funding and global exposure! No lengthy applications, project proposals, or recommendations needed. Just submit your work, and let our expert panel do the rest! £35 application fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun17

"Summer 5 for $10" 2025 Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists from around the world to submit entries for their "Summer 5 for $10" Online Art Competition, July 5 - September 5, 2025. Cash prizes for Overall Top Winning Artist. Extensive online promotion for winning artists. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. This is an "Open" (No Theme) art competition open to representational and/or abstract art. The artwork does not need to be "Summer" themed. Any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. $10 fee. Deadline: June 17, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun17

Allied Artists of America, 112th Annual Online Exhibition
Allied Artists of America announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2026. $45,000 in awards. 100 works from the online exhibition will be selected for an exhibit at the Reading Public Museum. Jury of Selection: Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Annie Patt, and Steve Scheuring. Jury of Awards: Thomas Folk, PhD, Dr. Open to all artists from around the world 18 years and older. You do not need to be a member. Original 2-dimensional artwork in oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, graphic, mixed media and sculpture. No photography, digital art, or AI. You do not need to be an award winner to be invited to the Reading Public Museum exhibition. You can win an award, without exhibiting at the Reading. Work must be framed for the Reading Public Museum show. $65 for one work, $15 for the second. Deadline: June 17, 2025. More info. Contact: emailNational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun23

Dexter Jones Award
The National Sculpture Society announces a call to artists for the Dexter Jones Award of $5,000. The jury will determine the recipient based on an outstanding work of sculpture in bas-relief. The use of figurative or representational sculpture is of greatest interest. Applicants must have been born between 1985 - 2006 and must be citizens of or residents in the United States with a social security number. No application fee. Deadline: June 23, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 212-764-5645.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun26

Spring Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
Innovate Grant awards: $1,800 Grant to a Visual Artist + $1,800 Grant to a Photographer + 12 Honorable Mentions. Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. $35 fee. Deadline: June 26, 2025. More info.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun27

Abstract
Part Crowd Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, July 1 - August 31, 2025. We invite artists to submit any abstract artwork that celebrates one of the most polarizing forms of art. Abstract art allows artists to express their vision in an array of techniques and styles. Abstract art also leaves room for vast interpretation. We will accept artwork in any medium, from any year, and any size you are willing to ship to a potential buyer. $20 entry fee. Deadline: June 27, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun27

International Art Competition and Online Exhibition
Influence Gallery invites artists worldwide to submit their work for a juried art competition & online exhibition. 1st Place: $250, 2nd Place: $150, 3rd Place: $80. Merit Awards: Free entry vouchers. Other prizes: certificates of participation, features on social media, interview articles, and extensive worldwide promotion. "The Power of Color" invites artists to explore the emotional, cultural, or symbolic impact of colors. Open to all mediums & styles - painting, photography, digital art, sculpture, mixed media, and video art. $25 for 2 artworks, multiple entries allowed. Deadline: June 27, 2025. More info. Contact: emailInternational
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Jun30

Copic Award 2025
Too Marker Products invites artists to apply for the Copic Award. Over $2,500 USD in awards. There are no restrictions for nationality, age, experience, residence area, genre, theme etc. Applicants must be individual artists, not groups. Entry is limited to artworks which have not already been made public either through another competition or an exhibition (excluding personal exhibition or own social media pages). Your artwork must have been created using Copic products. The artwork should be no larger than 420mm x 297mm x 300mm and weigh no more than 5kg. L420mm x W297mm is equivalent to the international paper size A3. There is no restriction on the orientation of length and width. Three-dimensional works are also welcome. The base material does not have to be paper, but the use of fragile materials such as ceramic or glass is prohibited. Only one piece of artwork may be submitted per person. Free entry. Deadline: June 30, 2025. More info.International
Call for Artists
Call for Artists
Oct31
