Art Competitions, Juried Exhibitions, Art Festivals and Shows

Light Art Space in Silver City, New Mexico seeks handmade prints for an exhibit, October 8 – November 1, 2025. Cash awards. Juror: Anna Hepler. This call invites artists to explore the aspects of their work that blur or transcend specific boundaries or lines. Do elements share some common ground? Or is there a complex weaving of elements, making it hard to separate or identify them individually? What is obscured and what is revealed? All entries must be handmade prints created by the artist using traditional printmaking and/or photographic processes and must have been produced within the last 5 years. 3D and experimental work is encouraged. Work must arrive ready to hang, preferably framed, but not required. Magnets, clips, and other methods can be used. $35 entry fee. Deadline: September 11, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 520-240-7075.

Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon seeks entries for a juried photography exhibition, October 1-25, 2025. Juror: Todd Johnson. 24 photographs will be selected for exhibiton at the gallery. An additional 30 photographs will be displayed online. Open to photographers from around the world. $40 entry fee. Deadline: September 12, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 503-804-5032.

Artists based in the Bay Area are invited to submit entries for an upcoming art exhibit, October 2025 – May 2026 at Embarcadero Center 3 in San Francisco, CA. We’re accepting submissions across a wide range of media, including painting, installation, digital and video art, expressive arts, and more. All submitted work must be original and ready for installation. No entry fee. Deadline: September 12, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) in Seattle, WA seeks entries for a photography exhibition, November 3 – December 14, 2025. $1000 1st place, $500 2nd place, $250 3rd place. Juror: Mary Virginia Swanson. Professional, mid-career, and emerging lens-based artists from all communities are encouraged to submit work on any theme. We encourage artists to submit images that are part of a cohesive body of work. The juror will be looking for sequences of images that come together to convey a strong, artistic narrative. $50 for 5 images (minimum); add additional images for $5 each; up to 10 total. Deadline: September 14, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 206-720-7222 ext. 13.

Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts announces a call to artists for their 13th annual juried exhibition, November 1-30, 2025 at 29 Palms Art Gallery in Twentynine Palms, CA. $4,000 in cash awards plus exhibition catalog. Seeking artwork depicting or inspired by Joshua Tree National Park or its cultural history. Three art categories: 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional, Photography. $35 for up to 3 artworks. Deadline: September 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 760-217-8839.

L7 Gallery in Bellingham, WA announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, Nov. 10 – Dec. 1 2025. 1st Prize $500. 2nd Prize $300. 3rd Prize $200. Juror: Dewitt Cheng. Eligible media: Drawing, painting, mixed-media. $30 entry fee. Deadline: September 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 360-603-6903.

Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th, a contemporary art center and gallery in San Diego, California, would like to invite regional and national artists to submit original works of art for our 5th annual “Blackout” national exhibition, November 8 – December 5, 2025. $1000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Juror: Daniel Foster. Step into the womb of night and bring on the noir! Hidden, secretive, sexy black. Seductive, powerful, elegant black. Formal, prestigious, mysterious black. If your piece features dominant black or simply features black in a prominent way, it is eligible. Get inky, get primordial, bring on the midnight and show us your masterpiece! $40 for the first entry and $5 for each additional entry. Deadline: September 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 619-894-9009.

The City of Newport Beach, CA announces a call to artists for a Sculpture Exhibition, held June 2026-June 2029 at Newport Beach Civic Center Park in Newport Beach, CA. $7,500 all-inclusive honorarium. Applicants must be over the age of 18. Open to all professional artists and artist teams, private collectors, galleries, and museums/non-profit organizations, in any country. Submitted works, however, must be complete, in installation-ready condition, and physically located in the U.S. at the time of submission as the exhibition budget does not allow for the costs of overseas transportation. Submissions of proposals, renderings, miniatures, general work portfolios, and other unfinished work states, or works mass-produced as part of a series, are ineligible. Works must be available for delivery to the Newport Beach Civic Center Park site during the period of June 1-26, 2026 for installation, and artist must be able to arrange for retrieval of the work at its deinstallation in June 2029. No entry fee. Deadline: September 29, 2025. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 1-714-556-5160.

Artists nationwide are invited to apply for the 34th Annual Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Spring Festival, to be held March 13-15, 2026 at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque. Fine arts & crafts in the following mediums are eligible: acrylic, clay, drawings, fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, photography, printmaking, sculpture, stone, watercolor, wood. Specialty foods & products (directly produced lotions / soaps / products) are also eligible, but spots are limited. Applicants must make their own work, and accepted artists must show & sell their own work. No reps are allowed. (See ‘Festival Rules’ for details). Medium categories are limited. Once each category is full, an alternate list will be compiled, and exhibitors on the wait list will be offered spaces as they become available. Booth fees: $595 – $1195. Deadline: November 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call (505) 506-7247.

TERAVARNA invites artists worldwide to participate in the LA Art Show 2026, one of the most prestigious international art fairs held at the Los Angeles Convention Center this January. This juried open call is your chance to showcase your work on a global stage, but with only limited spots available, time is of the essence. Since the LA Art Show accepts entries only through galleries, TERAVARNA proudly offers to represent you – helping you seize this rare opportunity for international recognition. $40 per artwork. Deadline: November 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 602-509-5809.

Oak Creek Arts and Crafts Show announces a call to artists for the Art at Anthem Christmas Festival, December 13-15 at Outlets North Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. Seeking all mediums of handmade art and crafts – some cottage edibles. $350 booth space. Deadline: November 24, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 760-985-7773.

The Western Colorado Watercolor Society seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, March 6 – April 3, 2026 at the Western Colorado Center for The Arts in Grand Junction, Colorado. More than $3,000 in awards. Juror: Janet Rogers. The exhibition is open to all watercolor artists 18 years of age or older. The paintings must be on paper, Yupo or unstretched canvas, limited to watermedia. Transparent watercolor, gouache, ink and acrylic are acceptable. Work must be the artists’ idea, composition and design, not done in a class. Collage must be on paper with the majority of the painting watermedia. Paintings must have been completed in the last 3 years and signed by the artist. $40 entry fee ($35 for WCWS members). Deadline: December 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Clatsop Community College in Astoria, OR seeks entries for Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century, January 22 – March 12, 2026. $1000 in cash prizes. Up to $2000 in purchase awards. One or more artists may be chosen to be featured in a group or solo exhibit. Juror: Martha Lee, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR. Artists must be 18 years or older. Artwork must represent the nude human figure and must have been created using the handmade mark within the past five years. The focus is on two dimensional work primarily, but a select number of 3D pieces may be accepted. Photography is not eligible. $45 entry fee for up to 3 images, and $5 for each additional image. Deadline: December 10, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 503-338-2472.