Juried Art Exhibitions, Competitions, and Contests

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 Guild of Boston Artists announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, August 30 – September 27, 2025. Over $2,500 in cash awards. Jurors: Christina Mastrangeo, Pamela Pindell, Mark Shasha. Accepted media include sculpture, oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, graphite, charcoal, scratchboard, pen and ink, and pencil. Please check if using any other medium. Prints (including giclées), kits, and AI generated artworks are ineligible. Using a print as an underpainting is also prohibited. Preference is given to work done from life, rather than from photographs. $50 entry fee. Deadline: July 19, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 617-536-7660.

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.

SlowArt Productions announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, October 9 – November 1, 2025 at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. Juror: Limner Gallery Director. Open to all media. $35 entry fee. Deadline: July 31, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 518-567-7858.

The Center for American Marine Art seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, September 18 – October 10, 2025 at The Mariner Gallery in Newport, RI. Awards: Rudolph J. Schaefer III Emerging Artist Award, $1000; Rudolph J. Schaefer Maritime Heritage Award, $1000; Marine Wildlife Award, $500, and more. Eligibility: Any painting, drawing, sculpture, or scratch-built ship model whose theme relates to past or contemporary maritime experience of the sea and may include images of ships, yachts, coastal waterways, marshes and beaches, marine wildlife in their natural habitat, and the working boats and people whose lives and fortunes depend on the sea. $45 for first entry, $15 for each additional (up to three). Deadline: August 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 518-466-5975.

Wallkill River Center for the Arts announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, September 5 – October 26, 2025 at Patchett House Galleries in Montgomery, NY. $200 Best in Show, (3) $50 Honorable Mentions. Juror: Wayne Lempka, Art Collections Manager, Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. Artwork may range from realism to non-representational abstraction; 2D and 3D works in all media are welcome; size restrictions apply. $35 entry fee. Deadline: August 6, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 845-547-2787.

PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT seeks photography for a juried exhibition, October 3-31, 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: Lee Anne White. All photographic styles are welcome – from literal to abstract, intimate to expansive. $39 for the first 5 images, $6 each additional image. Deadline: August 11, 2025. More info. Contact: email

ArtSeen invites visual artists from around the world to take part in a unique digital showcase during The Armory Show, one of the most influential art fairs in the world. From September 5-7, 2025, your work could be displayed across digital screens in high-traffic locations throughout New York City, right as the global art scene descends on Manhattan. This is a rare chance to place your art at the heart of the action – where curators, collectors, galleries, and art lovers gather. Selected artists will also benefit from added online visibility through our promotional campaigns. All visual formats accepted: painting, photography, digital, illustration, mixed media, etc. $80 fee. Deadline: August 20, 2025. More info. Contact: email

The New England Watercolor Society announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, November 14, 2025 – January 9, 2026 at The Mosesian Center in Watertown, MA. Up to $5,000 in awards. Juror: Janine Gallizia. Open to any artist 18 and older residing in New England. All work must be painted with aqua media; this includes watercolor, acrylic, casein, egg tempera, gouache, and inks on unvarnished paper or synthetic paper such as yupo. Please see prospectus for further details. Non-member: $40 for 1 entry, $45 for 2, $50 for 3; NEWS Members save $10. Deadline: August 28, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 617-610-0170.

The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, November 22, 2025 – January 10, 2026 at The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD. Awards total about $8,000. Judge: Janet Belich. Artworks in all media accepted, image no larger than 25 sq inches, outside of artwork with frame no larger than 56 sq inches. See prospectus for entry fees. Deadline: August 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 301-538-3103.

The Smithtown Township Arts Council announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, October 11 – November 9 at Mills Pond Gallery in Saint James, NY. $1600 in awards. Juror: David Reuss. Eligible media: 2D Painting, Drawing or Illustration in any style created in acrylic, watercolor, oil, pencil, gouache, pastel, ink, charcoal, or mixed media. No photography, digital or AI art. $45 for up to 3 entries. Deadline: August 31, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 631-862-6575.

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc. announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, October 28 – November 14, 2025 at the Salmagundi Club in New York City, NY. More than $18,000 in awards. Jurors for 2D Awards: Lea Colie Wight, Natalie Italiano, Susan Eley. 3D Awards: Olga Nielsen, Padget Sutherland. Open to Women Artists. Eligible Media: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pastel, Drawing, Graphics, Collage, Sculpture and Mixed Media. See prospectus for details. Juried Member: $45 for 1st entry, $10 for second entry. Associate Member: $50 for 1st entry, $10 for second entry. Non-member $75 for 1st entry, $20 for second entry. Deadline: September 2, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 908-868-8749 or 714-745-8318.

Wayne Art Center is seeking submissions for CraftForms 2025, the 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft. Selected works will be on display December 7, 2025 – January 24, 2026 in the Davenport Gallery of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. $10,000 in cash prizes. Juror: Bruce Pepich. Eligible mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. Works created utilizing CAD/CAM technologies and 3D printing tools are also eligible. $50 entry fee. Deadline: September 10, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 610-688-3553.

For 85 years, the American Color Print Society has been dedicated to the advancement of printmaking as a fine art medium. This mission encourages us to create opportunities for established and emerging print artists. Every two years we open our Annual Fall Exhibition to non-members. This juried art exhibition runs November 2-26, 2025 at the historic Plastic Club in Philadelphia, PA. More than $2,000 in awards. Juror: Lauren Rosenblum, the Jensen Bryan Curator at The Print Center in Philadelphia. All forms of original printmaking mediums and techniques are acceptable. Photography is not eligible. $30 entry fee. Deadline: September 12, 2025. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 215-740-0224.

TheYork Art Association in York, PA announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, November 2 – December 14, 2025. Up to 110 pieces will be selected via digital entry, by juror, Laura Turner Igoe, for the show. $4,750 in awards. The exhibition is open to all fine artists and genres. There is no theme for this exhibition. All accepted entries must be hand-deliverable, so regional artists are encouraged to participate. York Art Association does not accept shipped art. $30 for Members/ $50 for Non-Members. Deadline: September 19, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 717-755-0028.

ARRIVAL Gallery announces a call to artists for an upcoming art exhibition, October 16-19, 2025 at 35 Meadow Street in Brooklyn, NY. All mediums accepted. Deadline: October 3, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA seeks entries for thier biennial quilt exhibition, March 23 – April 25, 2026. Jurors: Toni Kersey, Karl Reichert, Danielle Williams. Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Works submitted must be original in design and completed in the last two years (after January 1, 2024). Collaborative works are accepted. Work previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center is not eligible. All work must be for sale and must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit. Works of any size not exceeding 12′ (144″) high will be considered. $50 entry fee. Deadline: October 16, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 610-688-3553.

Be part of Art On Loop & New York Open Art, November 7-10, 2025 – a global showcase for artists of all styles and mediums! From paintings to video art, poetry to sculpture, this is your chance to shine in the heart of NYC. No theme limits – just pure creative freedom. Show your work in-person or digitally via our cutting-edge displays. Exhibition fees start at £180. Deadline: October 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email