4th Annual Animal Portraiture Open 2025

This is a virtual juried competition for animal portraiture. The deadline for entries is December 20, 2025, with notification of jury results on or before January 3, 2025. The virtual show takes place in January 2026.

Awards include: Best of Show (monetary award and promotion on Wild Heart Gallery's social media, online media channels, eNewsletter, and home page for the duration of the exhibition); Overall Runner Up (monetary award and promotion on social media, online media channels, and eNewsletter, with inclusion in a virtual group exhibition lasting at least one month); Blick Art Materials Award ($200 USD gift coupon for www.dickblick.com, promotion, and virtual group exhibition inclusion); Artivism Award (monetary award, promotion, and virtual group exhibition inclusion); Overall Honorable Mention (multiple awards with promotion and virtual group exhibition inclusion); and Finalist (multiple awards with promotion and virtual group exhibition inclusion). All award recipients receive an award certificate emailed as a PDF to the submission email address.

Blick Art Materials is a sponsor of this art call and donated a $200 gift coupon for use as an award. For questions about submission, contact Wild Heart Gallery through their website contact form.