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PhotoPlace Gallery - The Coastal Landscape

Deadline : Jul 14, 2025 Awards: 35 images for the Exhibition Gallery, and 40 more for our Online Gallery. Distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, and Honorable Mention

The Coastal Landscape. Deadline for submissions: Jul 14, 2025. Juror: Jacob and Alissa Hessler. Prints due: Aug 22, 2025. Exhibition: September 5 - September 26, 2025. The meeting of land and water is a place of transformation—a space where motion and stillness, power and tranquility, exist...
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Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency Open Call

Deadline : Jul 15, 2025

The Woodson Art Museum Artist Residency Program provides space and time for artists to experiment, explore, and produce individually developed or collaborative artwork in any medium. The Artist Residency Program will increase community engagement and accessibility to the visual arts in north central...
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Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025

Deadline : Jul 17, 2025 Awards: Over USD$70,000 in cash and prizes to be won (prize list still growing!), see the full list of prizes here: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/prizes

The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 8th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums: Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles fr...
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Art Scene West - San Diego's Finest Art Show

Deadline : Jul 18, 2025 Awards: Gallery Exposure for all selected Artists with the chance for Cash Prizes and Accolades.

Artists of all styles and mediums are encouraged to submit to our 2nd annual juried art competition for the opportunity to display their artwork before the eyes of a vast and diverse audience. Selected pieces will be displayed on our gallery walls for 35 days during peak travel months in the Seapor...
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NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY - ABANDON/ABANDONMENT

Deadline : Jul 20, 2025 Awards: $4000 TOTAL PRIZES AWARDED

What comes to mind when you hear these two words? Though they have the same root the meanings can be quite far apart. Is your first thought about things abandoned – like that empty building in the tenement section of town that has been left to the elements with broken windows and peeling paint, o...
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PH21 Gallery presents: Portraits Beyond Faces – A Curated International Photography Exhibition, September 20 – October 14, 2025

Deadline : Jul 21, 2025 Awards: One curator's choice and three honourable mentions

Portraiture emerged as one of the most prominent genres of depictive media early in the history of the visual arts; tacit or explicit rules, conventions and cultural expectations have always influenced the ways in which artists approached the genre. Photography is no exception. Numerous different an...
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Creative Quarterly Call for Entries - CQ81 International Awards Show

Deadline : Jul 25, 2025 Awards: Best of Show and Finalist Honors

What's hot. What's not. It's time to share your hot stuff in graphic design, photography, illustration or fine art. Win and we'll shine a light on you and your work. Miss our deadline and chances are you'll be left out of the sun....
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SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - A Show of Heads: Call For Entries

Deadline : Jul 31, 2025 Awards: Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery

A SHOW OF HEADS is a thematic group exhibition of work that includes and/or is based on the portrayal and interpretation of the human head. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, October 9 - November 1, 2025 and is open for entry to all artists working in any media. ...
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A Smith Gallery | Photograhic Call for Entry "open theme | unleashed"

Deadline : Aug 04, 2025 Awards: Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition and a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100.

open-theme | unleashed : release, unbridled, untie, loose, unchain, unloose, discharge, let go of …. Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "open theme | unleashed" to A Smith Gallery by August 4, 2025. Entries of 13 or more images are eligible for a compl...
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PH21 Gallery: Solo Photography Exhibition Opportunity

Deadline : Aug 18, 2025 Awards: solo exhibition opportunity

PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a solo exhibition opportunity. Please submit a cohesive portfolio suitable for a solo exhibition, along with an artist statement, and a short bio. The portfolio should include a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 35 images. Submission may featu...
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Open Call for Artists – Exhibit in Madrid, Spain

Deadline : Aug 18, 2025

Join over 10,000 artists who’ve showcased their work with us across 20+ cities worldwide! We’re now inviting artists from all backgrounds and disciplines to submit their work for our upcoming group exhibition in Madrid, taking place in the heart of the city this September 3–6, 2025. ...
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A Smith Gallery | photographic call for entry "The Imperfect Lens"

Deadline : Aug 18, 2025 Awards: Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition, solo exhibition and GalleryTalk. Visitors' award receives $100.

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "The Imperfect Lens" to A Smith Gallery by August 18, 2025. Images captured using toy, pinhole and any camera using homemade or plastic lenses are eligible for submission. The camera that the lens is attached to is immateri...
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Showcase in Tokyo, Japan

Deadline : Aug 20, 2025

We’re inviting artists from all countries and backgrounds to submit their work for our upcoming group exhibition. The theme? Completely OPEN. We want to see your boldest, most expressive work — in any medium. Painting, photography, sculpture, installation, mixed media, poems, illustration —...
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Exhibit During The Armory Show 2025 in New York City

Deadline : Aug 20, 2025

ArtSeen invites visual artists from around the world to take part in a unique digital showcase during The Armory Show, one of the most influential art fairs in the world. From September 5–7, 2025, your work could be displayed across digital screens in high-traffic locations throughout New York ...
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American Color Print Society Fall Exhibition - OPEN SHOW

Deadline : Sep 12, 2025 Awards: More than $2,000 in cash awards listed in prospectus

CALL FOR PRINTMAKERS: For 85 years, the American Color Print Society has been dedicated to the advancement of printmaking as a fine art medium. This mission encourages us to create opportunities for established and emerging print artists. Every two years we open our Annual Fall Exhibition to non-m...
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