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Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026 Deadline : Jul 17, 2026 - Over USD$77,000 in cash and prizes to be won (prize list still growing!), see the full list of prizes here: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/prizes in Awards
A Smith Gallery | Photographic Performance 2026 Deadline : May 18, 2026 - online exhibition, GalleryTalk in online blog, exhibition catalogue in Awards
PH21 Gallery Barcelona presents: "Motion" – A Cur... Deadline : Apr 27, 2026 - One curator’s choice and up to three honourable mentions will be announced. in Awards
Art Scene West - Icons: Art for the Ages Deadline : May 18, 2026 - Physical Gallery Exposure & Promotion in Awards
OPA National Salon: Exhibition of Small Paintings Deadline : Jun 12, 2026 - up to $20,000 in cash & merchandise in Awards
 
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YICCA 2026 - International Contest of Contemporary Art

Deadline : May 07, 2026 Awards: - Euro 3000,00 money prize to the first selected
- Euro 1000,00 money prize to the second selected

The YICCA International Art Contest 2026 is a prestigious international platform that beckons artists from every corner of the globe to showcase their creative prowess. This global art competition transcends borders and welcomes both seasoned professionals and emerging talents, irrespective of their...
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Arteles Creative Center: Fall into Focus - Residency program in Finland, Fall 2026

Deadline : May 07, 2026

FALL INTO FOCUS: Residency program for artists, writers and researchers.   // Periods: 1 month (29 days). // When: Oct / Nov 2026. // Where: Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland. // Application deadline: 7th of May 2026. // Fall into Focus residency program is for artists, writers a...
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Black Box Gallery - Camera Work: Shadow and Light

Deadline : May 08, 2026

Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried group photo show on shadow and light. Photography is the documentation of patterns of darkness and light. Shadows enhance the relationships of subjects in an image, they give definition and dimension, which complements the quality of the light values...
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Prisma Art Prize - ROME - 19th Edition

Deadline : May 10, 2026 Awards: Cash prize: €2000 distributed over four quarterly competitions. Exhibition Opportunity: Participate in a collective exhibition in Autumn 2026 at Contemporary Cluster in Rome—a beacon in the international contemporary art scene. Solo Exhibitions: Opportuni

Open call for painters, illustrators, printmakers and all traditional 2d artists Prisma Art Prize is an international platform dedicated to painting and two-dimensional works. We welcome artists worldwide and celebrate the many directions painting can take today—traditional or experimental, intimat...
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AADK Spain: HUELLAS / SITUATED Residency 3rd round

Deadline : May 10, 2026

The trace is an ambivalent form of inscription: it marks the presence of what once was and, at the same time, signals its absence. It is testimony and emptiness, memory and projection. From this tension, the territory presents itself as a space where human presence, natural processes and collective...
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$4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants | The Hopper Prize Spring 2026

Deadline : May 12, 2026

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for Spring 2026 artist grants. They have recently increased grant amounts to $4,500. They will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an open call to visual arti...
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Clover Gallery: Never-Ending Color — International Open Call for Artists

Deadline : May 12, 2026 Awards: If selected, you get: • A spot in a curated online exhibition • 1–2 works showcased + link to your portfolio • Promotion on Instagram + in our newsletter • Free digital catalogue + certificate of participation

Are you an artist ready to share your work with an international audience? Clover Gallery invites artists from around the world to apply for Never-Ending Color — an online exhibition exploring color as presence, meaning, and identity. Selected artists will be featured in a curated international exhi...
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Red Mill Museum Village & Hunterdon Art Museum - The Peace Flag Project

Deadline : May 15, 2026

The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum invite community members to participate in the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project, a public art display of handmade peace flags that will represent a shared expression of hope, unity and goodwill. Community members are asked to create peace flags...
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Craft 1o1 2026

Deadline : May 15, 2026

Craft 1o1 is a cross-disciplinary summer program hosted by Arts Letters & Numbers from July 1 through August 30, 2026, in Averill Park, New York. The program brings together artists, educators, and practitioners across visual arts, humanities, performing arts, construction, and mechanics, forming a...
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Yavapai College Prescott Art Galler - Call for Proposals to Transform a Vintage Phone Booth into an Interactive Sculpture

Deadline : May 15, 2026 Awards: $1,000 stipend, $1,000 materials budget, $500 travel allowance

Request for Proposals: Deadline: Friday, May 15, 2026. See links below. Contact: Timothy.Hull@yc.edu. The Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery invites artists to submit proposals to transfor...
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