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.

“Ausländer” celebrates the cultural impact of foreign artists on Berlin’s vibrant art scene. This group exhibition brings together 100 international voices that shape and enrich the city’s creative landscape. They invite foreign artists based in or connected to Berlin to apply for this unique opportunity to showcase their work in the heart of Neukölln.

Are you a passionate female artist from Asia ready to showcase your creativity on a global stage? Zeearts is excited to announce the 9th Edition of Art Connects Women, taking place from 8 – 11 February 2026 in Dubai. This landmark edition will bring together 115 female artists from 115 countries, celebrating diversity, cultural exchange, and the power of art to connect beyond borders. Theme: Empower to Educate

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.

ITSLIQUID Group invites artists to the 3rd SENSES International Art Fair at the MUST Museum, Lecce. Open to painting, photography, video, installation, sculpture, and performance art, the fair explores the senses and creative expression. Selected works gain museum visibility and networking opportunities.

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.

XoXo Gallery invites artists, curators, and collectives to submit proposals for exhibitions to be considered for December 8, 2025 - January 11, 2026. They welcome submissions in all media, disciplines, and formats—solo or group exhibitions, curated projects, installations, and interdisciplinary works are encouraged to apply.

For their 2027 Open Call, they invite applications from artists working in any medium and location, whose practices emphasize experimentation, sustainability, and social engagement. As part of this opportunity, selected artists will receive artist fees based on the W.A.G.E. certification schedule, a production budget, and support from Open Source in the form of planning, production and communications. The chosen exhibition(s) will take place in 2027 and will be scheduled according to artists’ availability and other programming dates. Exhibitions are typically 5-6 weeks long.

An international call for artists working with clay. This exhibition will showcase works that draw from nature in some way and rely heavily on the use of clay in a variety of approaches, and forms, and applications in an appreciation for sculptural clay works.

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 Yellowstone Art Museum is pleased to be seeking Silent auction submissions, including small works, to be featured in Yellowstone Art Auction 58. The YAM’s signature annual exhibition and auction event raises crucial support for the exhibitions and educational programs that the museum presents to the community year-round. This exhibition will include silent and live auction artworks. Selected works will be on display at the Yellowstone Art Museum and online, beginning Friday, February 6, 2026, and culminate in a Silent and Live Auction Gala on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.

Art Stop is intended to make art accessible to the community by using city bus shelters as an exhibit space. Regional artists living in Southwestern New Mexico, particularly Las Cruces and Dona Ana County, will have an opportunity to exhibit their artwork at one bus stop location for a full year if selected. The Las Cruces Public Art program strives to achieve the program's goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access for all artists, and to showcase contemporary and traditional arts in unique public art formats. Art Theme - Animals on the Go! Art Stop 2026 will feature animals “on the go”. Artwork should show animals in motion, traveling, moving or going somewhere.

Be a part of Houston FotoFest 2026 at the Art League of Baytown, an official Participating Space. Over the past 12 years the Art League of Baytown (ALB) has issued a call for entry for each FotoFest biennial. This FotoFest season their theme is “A Sense of Place”. Juror Catherine Couturier will select 50 artworks for display in their main gallery from March 12 through May 16. Ms. Couturier is the owner and director of Catherine Couturier Gallery. The gallery has been a member of AIPAD (Association of Photography Art Dealers) since 1998, the most prestigious institute of its kind in the world.

The Art League of Baytown was established in 1954 and has been at the current 110 W. Texas Ave location in Baytown since 2008. They have numerous art events throughout the year so keep abreast of their schedule at artleagueofbaytown.org. Events in Baytown can be found at www.visitBaytown.com.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts invites you to submit work for their Online show: GO FIGURE - The Art of the Human Form. For this online exhibition they are looking for creative and imaginative expressions of the human form, whether it be abstract or representational. All media except video welcome and encouraged. Deadline to apply is Monday Nov 3 by 11 pm Pacific Time.

This exhibition is open to all artists, whether you are a child artist, a first-time creator, or an established professional. Every submitted artwork will be displayed in their gallery on Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD, making SMALL! a truly inclusive showcase for artists of all experience levels. They welcome a diverse range of styles and media, including painting, drawing, photography, prints, textiles, and small sculptural works. They will be awarding prizes during the opening night on Wednesday, November 26, from 5 to 7pm. The award categories include: Under 18 Prize, Painting Prize, Drawing Prize, Photography Prize, Textile Prize and Mixed-Media Prize. Additionally, visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite work in the People’s Choice Award, which will be announced after the conclusion of the exhibition.

Arts North International is a juried, physical exhibition open to artists from around the world. Entering its 31st year, the exhibition is displayed at the Hopkins Center for the Arts in the heart of historic main street Hopkins, 15 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. ANI is a physical exhibition featuring an additional virtual tour supplement. More than $10,000 in awards are available: including juror-selected Best of Show ($3000), 2 Awards of Excellence ($1000 each), 2 Awards of Merit ($500 each), as well as honors for medium specific categories and sponsor-selected awards.

Mark Arts in Wichita, Kansas, invites artists to submit works for the biennial Abstract National Exhibition opening January 9, 2026. Artists may submit original two-dimensional or three-dimensional abstract, nonobjective or nonrepresentational works. Media may include, but is not limited to: watercolor, oil, gouache, sculpture, photographs, acrylics, inks, printmaking, graphite, charcoal, ceramics, pastel, collage, ready-made assemblage, and mixed media. Artwork must be for sale, created in the last two years, and not previously exhibited in Wichita, Kansas.

SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Unexpurgated: Freedom in Form and Color. This exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from March 5 – 28, 2026. The exhibition invites artists to explore the concept of art as a form of speech and expression. Works may address themes of personal truth, social commentary, identity, resistance, or the uninhibited creative voice. All media and stylistic approaches are welcome. All interpretations of the theme Unexpurgated: Freedom in Form and Color, will be reviewed and considered.

Center on Contemporary Art will present the latest incarnation of its storied series exploring contemporary art. The CoCA Annual, a juried group exhibition seeking work from emerging as well as established artists in the Northwest and worldwide. For the 25th edition, CoCA is proud to announce Joseph DeLappe as juror, presenting the the following description of the exhibition: “We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang”. CoCA welcomes submissions in any form—visual art, performance, games, writing, film, sound, installation, digital media, and hybrid practices. This exhibition is rooted in the belief that creativity is both a tool of resistance and a catalyst for change. Let’s come together to insist that another world is possible—and that we don’t need this fascist groove thang!

The CVG Show is an all medium, open-themed juried art competition hosted by Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, WA. Open to artists residing in Washington State and Oregon only. All submitted art work must have been completed on or before January 1, 2021. The exhibition dates are from January 17, 2026 – February 27, 2026, held in person at Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, WA. With over $10,000 in cash and prizes across three categories: Two-Dimensional / Three-Dimensional / Photo/Digital.

The Billboard Creative (TBC) is now accepting submissions for their annual exhibition, transforming Los Angeles into an open-air gallery. This is your chance to have your work displayed on a billboard in LA , reaching millions of people in one of the world’s most vibrant art cities. TBC showcases emerging, underrepresented, and mid-career artists by placing mass-scale works on billboards throughout the city. Strategically located in high-traffic neighborhoods near galleries, museums, and art districts, each billboard amplifies the artist's impact, turning public spaces into a citywide exhibition. Their past exhibitions have been viewed over 82 million times and featured in Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, NPR, and more. They believe art should be accessible to everyone—not confined to gallery walls—and their mission is to provide artists with an opportunity to share their work on a massive scale.

Storied is a juried group exhibition open to all narrative art! Any medium is welcome and all artists 18+ years of age residing in the United States are eligible. Narrative artwork is that which tells a story. Whether it be a personal experience, a historical happening, or an imagined tale… narrative artwork brings people together in a shared experience of curiosity and interpretation. It allows artists to communicate directly to the viewer, pulling them in to a moment in time or a sequence of events.

Artlink Contemporary Gallery is a non-profit creative art space and gallery supporting artists through exhibition, education and community engagement in Fort Wayne, IN since 1978. Held annually, Artlink's Midwest Regional is a juried group exhibition open to Midwest artists working in any medium. This exhibition celebrates the incredible work being created right here in the Midwest and offers 3 cash awards! Midwest states include Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

World Forestry Center seeks artists, foresters, researchers, architects, designers, engineers, and visionary thinkers to submit existing innovative forest-based research and solutions for our upcoming museum exhibition: Forest Hope Through Innovation opening February 2026. In this era of profound climate uncertainty, World Forestry Center is leveraging creativity, aesthetics and art to spotlight forest-based climate solutions as an optimistic path forward. This interdisciplinary exhibition highlights the aesthetics of innovative forest-based research via emerging technology, design, engineering, and imaginative science-art collaborations. It is designed to spark climate hope and inspire community-based solutions that support the sustainability of future forests. By displaying research happening behind the scenes in incubator-type spaces, the exhibition becomes both a gallery and living laboratory; transforming museum visitors from passive observers into curious, playful, and critical participants in imagining solutions for a sustainable forest future.

Business for the Arts Broward (BFA) invites muralists to apply for the inaugural BFA Art Walls Mural Fest, a two-day outdoor festival in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, February 28–March 1, 2026. Compensation: Established Artists: $2,000 mural honorarium, $200 stipend to display artwork in BBX Capital. Emerging Artists: $1,000 mural honorarium, $200 stipend to display in artwork BBX Capital. Artists will create murals on 8’ x 8’ freestanding panels installed on the grounds of History Fort Lauderdale, 231 SW 2nd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. Each muralist will be paired with a local nonprofit organization. Each Muralist will have the opportunity to hang additional artwork in BBX Capital for a 4-month exhibition.

VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2026 solo exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery. Exhibitions in each of the galleries explore the breadth of contemporary art and feature emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art.  

Small in stature, but stronger together. Rock Paper Scissor Collective's December exhibit will feature small artworks that are 10” or less. If you have work that fits these parameters, submit! Pieces must be install ready. Local artists can submit for an in person show. If you live outside the Bay Area you can still submit for our online exhibit. All accepted works will be shown online.

Arch Enemy Arts is an exhibition space for established, mid-career, and emerging artists from all over the world working in the vast and imaginative movement of new-contemporary art. Founded in 2013, AEA is located in the heart of Philadelphia’s historic Old City district and is dedicated to showcasing the striking and unconventional, highly technical, and delightfully strange. The gallery is currently open for submissions to our annual juried Spotlight Showcase group exhibition programmed for January 2026. This show features new and emerging talent, as chosen and curated by Arch Enemy Arts, with no themes or direction in subject matter allowing applicants to focus on their best personal work.

The Chihuly Collection is seeking entries for a juried exhibition specifically for artists working in the medium of neon glass. This is a national exhibition, and any artist age 18 or older living in the US is eligible. The purpose of this show is to draw a connection to Dale Chihuly’s Blue Neon Tumbleweed in the Collection, and to amplify the voices of artists who utilize this engaging medium in their practices.