Juried Exhibition - April Deadlines

Fusion Art announces the Colors 2026 Art Competition, an international open competition for both 2D and 3D artists worldwide. Artists are invited to submit their best art and photography using a concentration of colors. One color or a multitude of colors meets the criteria for this competition. Any subject matter and any media are eligible.

The 48th Open Division is a juried pastel exhibition open to members of any IAPS member society. Works must be original and created within the last two years.

Franklin Furnace annually awards grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City.

Founded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Amy Ringholz, The Ringholz Art Supply Awards were built to recognize the needs of artists of all ages to be supported in their artistic pursuits. The organization aims to find artists who demonstrate hard work, talent, and heart. RASA looks for hard work—putting time in with your medium is what takes artists from playing around with their art to firm...

Franklin Furnace annually awards grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City. The FUND was initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation. Grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by Franklin Furnace. Artists from all areas of the world are...

Plein Air Litchfield was a rousing success! From a 1-day event in 2024 to a full 6 days in 2025, PAL had 34 remarkable plein air artists paint in and around western Litchfield County. We presented $8,500 in prize money. The 2025 artists had a fantastic time creating art and now we are poised to do it all again.

The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant for Painters is offered by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The late Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed were students of Hans Hofmann who studied with him in both New York and Provincetown. They were active at PAAM as artist members, instructors in the summer school, and served on a variety of committees throughout their 50 years on Cape...

Apply now: American Society of Marine Artists presents the 2026 Portfolio Review, currently open for entry on ShowSubmit.com.

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center announces its annual juried members’ photography exhibition. This year’s juror is Brian Piper, Ph.D., the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). The exhibition will be a survey of new work made by CPAC members and is intended to highlight the creative talents of CPAC’s constituency. There is no...

Apply now: Charleston Artist Guild presents the 2026 Lowcountry Tri-State Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, currently open for entry on ShowSubmit.com.

The Overton County Arts Council (OCAC) looks forward to welcoming twenty-five plein air painters for our third annual plein air event taking place from September 29 through October 3, 2026. Our five-day event is set in the rolling hills of beautiful Overton County, Tennessee and along the shores of legendary Dale Hollow Lake. Proceeds from the event go toward OCAC's mission. Host housing is...

The National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) invites oil and acrylic painters from all across North America and International Artists to apply to our exhibit honoring the Best in oil and acrylic painting. NOAPS has been showcasing the talents of oil and acrylic painters since 1991.

Artists will paint the island city of Alameda’s tree lined streets, stately Victorian-era homes, shops, marinas, ships in the Estuary, views of San Francisco and the Bay.

The Appalachian Nature Art & Photography Competition & Exhibition is organized by the Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland, to celebrate the beauty of nature across the Appalachian region.

The Football Art Prize is an international open call competition celebrating the confluence between football and art. Open to artists aged 18 and over working in any two-dimensional medium, including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and moving image, the prize welcomes diverse and creative interpretations of how football shapes our lives, identities, and communities. For its second...

_American Tapestry_ presents a series of vignettes that reflect the richness of life in America, both individual and collective. Each work becomes a glimpse into moments that define who we are—snapshots of daily life, cultural traditions, and personal journeys. Together, they create a portrait of a nation in motion. While marking the nation’s 250 anniversary, the exhibition suggests that America...

The National Maritime Historical Society (NMHS) and the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) strive to preserve and promote a better understanding and appreciation of American maritime history and marine art.

The Pence Gallery announces that its Emerging Artist Award 2026 is now open for application. This award supports the creation of new work by emerging artists in California and the opportunity to share that work through an exhibit and an artist talk in January to February 2027. Artists must use the award of $4000 to further their work in a significant direction and may work in any medium, except...

Pasadena Photography Arts announces an open call for the PPA Photo Award 2026: Excellence in Contemporary Photography (Open Theme). This annual award recognizes and promotes emerging photographers with residence in the United States exemplifying excellence in contemporary photography. Photographers must have a US bank account to complete the application. The award is accepting entries through...

The Alexandria Museum of Art's 39th September Competition is open to all artists over 18 working in any medium. Each artist may submit two full view works with a $40 entry fee, with additional works accepted for $20 each. All work must be original and completed within the last two years (2024 or later). Entries are blind juried by digital images, which must be smaller than 5MB, saved as JPG at...

The 8th Annual Georgia Color Plein Air returns to the Georgia coast. The backdrop is the beautiful and historic city of Savannah. Established in 1733, the public squares, rich architectural features, moss draped trees and the hospitality of Savannah make our state's oldest city the perfect setting to paint 'en plein air'.

This is an opportunity to exhibit your work for one month at ViewPoint Gallery, a dynamic photography gallery located in historic Bedford, Nova Scotia, close to downtown Halifax.

26th Annual Open Juried Exhibition for soft pastel artists.

The Create Real Impact Contest calls on students, ages 14-22, to showcase their positive solutions and strategies to stop the #1 killer of young people–car crashes caused by reckless and distracted driving. Open to all student residents in the state of Indiana.

The Lake Granbury Art Association (LGAA) National Juried Photography Competition & Exhibition brings together the region’s strong photographic community with an influx of photographers from across the United States. This national juried exhibition will offer $4,000 in cash awards and provide photographers with the opportunity for national recognition.

Zygote Press is proud to offer their 3rd annual PROOF Fellowship program, a Fine Art Printmaking residency for Northeast Ohio Artists from historically underrepresented communities. The PROOF Fellowship is a six month residency program inspired by Zygote’s 2021-2023 BIPOC Fellowship artists-in-residence. The PROOF Fellowship offers non-printmaking artists from BIPOC communities an opportunity to...

Every year The Bowery Gallery Annual Juried Competition is open to all applicants working in two-dimensional media. All selected works will be hung in the gallery’s space in Chelsea, NYC from July 28- August 15- 2026.

The FiKVA Foundation presents the 4th International FiKVA Award for Representational & Figurative Painters, a global online competition open to all artists aged 18 or older worldwide. Submit your best paintings from the past two years for a chance to win up to €5500 in cash, premium art supplies, a 6-month gallery representation, or be featured in a celebrated online exhibition. The award is open...

The FiKVA Foundation presents the 4th International FiKVA Award for Representational & Figurative Painters, open to all artists 18 years of age or older worldwide. The award is open to all styles of representational painting including modern and classical realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, photorealism, luminism, and surrealism, as long as the artwork reads as representational and not...

The Museum of Outdoor Arts announces its 7th Annual National Design and Build Competition, inviting undergraduate students, graduate students, and interdisciplinary teams in art, architecture, landscape architecture, design, and related disciplines to submit conceptual design proposals. This year's theme is "Soundscapes in Structure," challenging participants to design a state-of-the-art...

Submit your portrait and figurative artwork to be considered by a distinguished jury of acclaimed artists and illustrators. Selected entries will be exhibited in a specially curated exhibition at PAKD Gallery, running June 12 – July 4, 2026. The award presents an opportunity to showcase your art to collectors, curators, and fellow creators from the worlds of representational art and illustration....

The City of Ocala Public Artist Roster is a pre-qualified list of professional visual artists that serves as a resource for public art selection and commission at the City and as a reference for external organizations and private entities.

The Vilcek Foundation will award $200,000 in new grants to selected nonprofits as part of its 2026 grant cycle. The foundation encourages mission-driven nonprofit organizations that have a specific focus on supporting immigrants in the arts, sciences, and education, or through the provision of social services to apply. The foundation invests in organizations that take a creative approach to...