Juried Art Exhibitions, Competitions, and Contests

The Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, June 14-28, 2025 at Wolf House, United Lutheran Seminary Campus in Gettysburg, PA. Awards: $125-$1000. Juror: Ann Tarantino. Any person 18 years or older is eligible to enter. All pieces must be available for sale during the exhibition. ACAC will take a 40% commission from the sale of art (35% for ACAC members). Please factor this into your price. Formats: Two-Dimensional, Three Dimensional. $35-$45 for up to 3 pieces. Deadline: March 21, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 717-334-5006.

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, MD seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, May 9 – September 21, 2025. Juror Awards. Open to all materials and mediums, both 2-D and 3-D. Indoor and outdoor installations will be considered. All work must be completed within the last four years. Artists must be 18 years or older. Artists must be living and working in the United States or Canada. $25 entry fee. Deadline: March 23, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 410-326-4640.

The Hudson Valley Art Association announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, June 6 – July 17, 2025 at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, CT. More than $20,000 in awards. Jurors – Oil: Tom Hughes, Watercolor: Paul Loescher, Pastel/graphics: Peter Seltzer, Sculpture: Randolph L. McIver. Work must be original Oil (acrylic/tempera), Watercolor, Sculpture, Pastel or Graphic (drawing, intaglio, lithograph, or woodcut print). $40 entry fee included with dues for members, or $60 for non members. Deadline: March 24, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, MD announces a call to artists for the Artsfest ’25 Fine Art and Music Festival, held September 20-21. $500 in awards. Open to Fine Arts – all mediums. $25 application fee. Deadline: March 31, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 410-326-4640.

The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA requests proposals for 15 artists or groups of artists to create sculptures for an outdoor exhibition to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial. The show will take place, June 28, 2026 – August 29, 2027, on the museum grounds. Chosen artists will receive a $3000 stipend to create and exhibit their work. No entry fee. Deadline: March 31, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 781-934-6634 et 214.

The Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, MA announces a call to artists. Awards include a cash grant, ranging from $5,000 to $36,000 and an exhibition at PAAM in Spring 2026. The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant is awarded annually to under-recognized American painters over the age of 45 who demonstrate financial need. The mission of this grant is to promote public awareness of and a commitment to American art, and to encourage interest in painters who lack adequate recognition. Deadline: April 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 508-487-1750.

Art In the Orchard is seeking large, durable, free-standing, outdoor sculptures and installations to be displayed in the scenic landscapes and fruit gardens of Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton, Massachusetts, August 16 through Thanksgiving. Each of the thirty-four selected artists will receive a $750 Honorarium. Artists may optionally display their work in the following year’s invitational show. Sculptors of all types and experience are considered and eligibility extends to groups, clubs, schools, and other organizations. No fee. Deadline: April 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 413-303-1603.

PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT seeks photography for a juried exhibition, June 6-28, 2025. 35 images will be selected for exhibition in the gallery, and up to 40 for our Online Gallery. Distinctions for Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, Honorable Mention. Juror: Emma Powell. Open to all photographers 18 and up. Photography only. $39 for the first 5 images, $6 each additional image. Deadline: April 7, 2025. More info. Contact: email

The Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library in Canajoharie, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, May 9 – July 20, 2025. Awards: One Best in Show, Two Juror’s Choice Awards and Two Awards of Excellence. Juror: Sarah Simpson of SUNY Oneonta. All artists living in New York State may enter. Entries may be in any medium, but work must be original. Maximum height or width for 2D work is 50 inches, including frame. 3D pieces cannot exceed 24 inches in any dimension. Maximum weight 25 pounds. $30 for 2 entries, $40 for 3. Deadline: April 9, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 518-673-2314 x110.

The Art Guild of Port Washington in Manhasset, New York seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, May 4-31, 2025. $300 1st Place, $200 2nd Place, $100 3rd Place, 3 Honorable Mentions. Seeking diverse interpretations of the self, innovative self-portraits, actual portrait studies, or an image of object/objects that symbolically represent an original expression of self. Open to artists age 18 and older. Members: $35 (1-2 pieces) Non-members: $45 (1-2 pieces). One additional entry: $10. Deadline: April 10, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 516-304-5797.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center in Rochester, NY announces a call to artists for an upcoming art exhibition, June 7 – July 20, 2025. Each artist may enter up to four artworks of any medium except glitter (2D or 3D). Artworks must be six inches square (15cm) and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. All artworks will be exhibited and for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit RoCo. Artists’ names will be revealed to the buyer upon purchase. Limit four artworks per school or school group (no limit for colleges). Participation is free. Deadline: April 12 / Mail for International by Apr. 1 / U.S. by Apr. 14. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 585-461-2222.

The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, Delaware will be focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the art world, and in turn how art is being made in the age of AI. The 2025 Biennial celebrates and critiques the advances in technology that give artists new tools and insights to expand human creativity. The season will be led by three guest curators who are content specialists in networked, digital, and computer arts. They will select artists from the open call and their own networks to curate exhibitions through the six galleries of the museum, September 5, 2025 – January 4, 2026. Your work should reflect a deep interest, research, and understanding of the opportunities and implications of artificial intelligence and computer/procedural art. We are looking for a wide range of media, nothing is off-limits, as long as its conception and focus addresses the theme. $35 registration. Deadline: April 13, 2025. More info. Contact: email

440 Gallery announces an open Call for Artists for our 2025 Annual Theme Show on display at our Brooklyn gallery space July 10 – August 2, 2025. Juror: Ramona Candy. Entries should reflect the artist’s interpretation of the theme: “Sacred Space” – not necessarily meaning a house of worship, or maybe for you, it is. It is wherever you find peace. What brings you comfort? Is it mountains or the seashore? Maybe your sacred space is in your art studio or your bedroom? In your art practice or your dreams? Perhaps it is within. It is wherever you go to seek refuge, meditate, create…. Open to U.S. resident artists at least 18 yrs. old. All media – including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, sculptures in any medium, collage, printmaking, photography, and digital media – will be considered. Submission Fees start at $25. Deadline: April 16, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Bowery Gallery in New York, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, August 5-23, 2025. Juror: Elisa Jensen. Eligible: two-dimensional media including painting, drawing, printmaking, pastel and mixed media. Sculpture, photography and digital art are not eligible. Work may not exceed 36″ in height or width, excluding frame. $35 entry fee. Deadline: April 20, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 646.230.6655.

SlowArt Productions announces a call to artists for an upcoming art exhibition, June 19 – July 12, 2025 at Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. Entry is open to all artists creating digital art, collage, assemblages and combinations thereof. Traditional hand cut paper, digital and combined media collage are all acceptable. $35 entry fee. Deadline: April 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 518-567-7858.

Cerulean Art Gallery & Studio in Philadelphia, PA seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, June 18 – July 20, 2025. First Prize: $250 plus inclusion in a future group exhibition; Second Prize: $150; Third Prize: $100. Juror: Fred Danziger. Open to all U.S. residents, 18 years and older. Art must be original and created within the past 2 years. Accepted media include painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), works on paper (drawing, pastel, printmaking), photography, sculpture and mixed-media works (collage, fiber, etc.). All art must be free-standing or ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed (no clip frames). If required, artist is responsible for providing pedestal to display sculpture. Maximum size not to exceed 30 inches in any dimension, including frame. All artwork must be for sale; gallery retains a 40% commission of the sale price. $25 for one entry, $30 for 2, $35 for 3. Deadline: May 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 267-514-8647.

6 Bridges Gallery and ArtSpace Maynard invite artists to submit work which speaks to the theme of resilience. This juried art exhibition will take place, July 9 – August 9, 2025 at 6 Bridges Gallery in Maynard, MA. There will be 3 awards. Juror: Jamaal Eversley. Open to all media except video. $35 entry fee. Deadline: May 2, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 978-897-3825.

Prince Street Gallery in New York, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, July 29 – August 16, 2025. Juror: Bill Scott. Open to artists 18+, living in the USA. Original paintings, drawings, prints and mixed media only. No giclées, digital prints or videos will be accepted. Non refundable fee of $45 for 1-3 entries, $6 for each additional work, maximum 6 works for $63. Deadline: May 6, 2025. More info. Qustions? Contact using the Prince Street Gallery website or call 646-230-0246.

The Providence Art Club announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, June 22 – July 17, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. $6,000 in prizes, including a Best in Show Award of $1,000. Juror: Jane Dini, PhD, Curator of Exhibitions at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Open to work in all media, themes, and styles by artists throughout the United States. $35 for one artwork, $10 for a second artwork. Deadline: May 8, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 401-331-1114.

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, July 1-31, 2025 in the Schlow Centre Region Library galleries of State College, PA. $1,800 in awards. Juror: Richard Rinehart, Director of the Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University. Open to artists 16 and older whose primary residence is in Pennsylvania. Eligible media include drawings, paintings, pastels, mixed media, photography, hand-pulled prints, watercolors, fiber, paper, and digital art. Works previously accepted into an Images exhibition are not eligible. Works must be original, two-dimensional, and created after January 1, 2022. All works must be for sale. $35 entry fee. Deadline: May 9, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 814-237-3682.

Mad River Valley Arts in Waitsfield, VT announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, May 29 – July 31, 2025. Awards. Juror: Sam Talbot-Kelly. Seeking all contemporary visual art disciplines that employ clay as the dominant material. $35 entry fee. Deadline: May 18, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 802-496-6682.

Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, NY seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, July 5-27, 2025. Awards: $100 Juror’s Best in Show, (2) $50 Juror’s Honorable Mention Award. Juror: William Noonan. Seeking portrait artworks in any medium, but limited to 2-dimensional artwork. Work must be for sale. Work must be original artwork (no reproduction prints, example: a giclee of a watercolor). Work must not have been previously exhibited at Gallery 40. Work must be professionally presented: wired and ready to hang. $35 entry fee. Deadline: May 23, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 845-320-2125.

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. The exhibition opens at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, USA. Over USD$70,000 worth of cash and product prizes. Open to all static mediums: Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow. It has 5 award categories you can enter: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Digital Art, and Emerging Artist award. You can enter more than one category if you wish. USD$40. Deadline: July 17, 2025. More info. Contact: email

The Rehoboth Art League Exhibitions Committee is in the process of organizing solo and group exhibitions for 2026. This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed. The RAL is situated in the town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a highly traveled area not only by the residents of this and the expanding surrounding communities, but also by art patrons from the Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York metropolitan areas. Over 30,000 people participate in Rehoboth Art League programs annually. Registration Fee: $25 Members / $45 Non-members. Deadline: July 21, 2025 (4pm). More info. Contact: email or call 302-227-8408 ext 104.

Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, MD seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, October 1-31, 2025. $5250 in prizes. Juror: Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen. Two-dimensional artwork only. This exhibition is unusual in that it welcomes fine art print submissions and original artwork. Artists may also submit digital files, which, if accepted into the exhibition, the Gallery will print for the brick-and-mortar show. There will be an online exhibition as well. Artwork must depict North, Central, or South American wildlife and may include extinct species, including dinosaurs. Artwork may not be priced higher than $4000 and must have been created within the last seven years. $30 for the first two pieces. $20 for each additional entry up to five entries. Deadline: July 31, 2025. More info at CafÉ. Contact: email or call 301-919-3494.