Online Exhibitions, Art Publications, Art Contests and Grants

Calling all wild-hearted artists! Gallery 4% presents the 5th Living & Breathing: Animal Juried Art Contest, where your creativity can roam free! Cash prizes up to $500! Whether you paint, sculpt, or snap stunning wildlife shots, we welcome all 2D and 3D art forms for this online exhibition. $11 entry fee. Deadline: April 20, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, May 1-31, 2025. Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman. The “Seascapes” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of seascape art. Seascape subjects would include scenes of coastal living, any ocean activities, seaside vistas and any related seashore subjects. $18 for 1 to 2 entries / $26 for 3 to 5 entries. Deadline: April 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 888-490-3530.

Part Crowd Art Gallery seeks entries for an online art exhibition, May 1-31, 2025. We invite artists to submit any artwork that was inspired by their sense of home. Whether good, or bad, a home base shapes the person we become. We will accept artwork in any medium, from any year, and any size you are willing to ship to a potential buyer. $20 entry fee. Deadline: April 28, 2025. More info. Contact: email

The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize that is valued at $24,000 annually and is open to all artists. This round will award $3000 (6 x $500). 6 Winners and 12 Finalists also exhibit with Homiens. Jurors: Kita Das, Director of Homiens, and Ol James, PhD. All art forms, mediums, and completion dates are eligible. We’re excited to welcome artworks of all dimensions, on any theme. Submission takes place entirely online, with no physical or in-person component. $30 application fee. Deadline: April 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email

CollexArt invites artists to submit work for the CollexArt Grand Prize 2025. Up to $9,500 in prizes and artist benefits: $3000 Grand Prize Cash Award, $2000 Purchase Award, Sponsored Artist Websites, Exposure Opportunities through Artist Profile Pages and more. Open to all artists over 18 years of age. This is an open theme call. All mediums are welcome, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and digital art (except sound and video). $39 for up to 10 entries. Additional entries are $3 each, up to a maximum of 20 entries. Deadline: April 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 703-506-0878.

American Art Awards & World Art Awards seeks entries for an online art contest. $5000 in prizes. 50 Categories for any artist to enter: Painting, sculpture, photography, digital… Oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, realism, impressionism, naive, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual… $29.95 entry fee, or 7 for $99. Deadline: April 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 909-436-9242.

The 15th Annual PleinAir Salon is an online art competition, open to a variety of mediums and styles, and not just for plein air painters! $2,250 is awarded monthly. All monthly winners are included in the Annual Competition where the Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and has their painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine. Early Bird entry fee: $29/$12, Regular: $40/$16. Deadline: April 30, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 561-655-8778.

Fusion Art announces the Leaves & Petals 2025 Online Art Competition, May 5 – June 4, 2025. Cash prizes for Best in Show winners. Complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery. Extensive promotion for winners. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. Both 2D & 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. Deadline: May 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for online solo art exhibitions, May 15, 2025 – August 15, 2025. Extensive worldwide publicity & promotion, hundreds of press releases for winning artists. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman. There is no theme for this solo art competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art. $26 entry fee. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 888-490-3530.

Fusion Art seeks entries for an online art exhibition, May 15 – August 14, 2025. Cash prizes for Best in Show winners. Complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery. Extensive promotion for winners. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. For this art competition, 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are encouraged to submit their best work depicting an arrangement of everyday inanimate objects. Subjects can range from a single object to a complex arrangement of objects. All artists, regardless of experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Gallery 4% invites you to step into the wild wonder of creativity with our 3rd Micro & Macro: Nature Juried Art Contest. Submit your nature-inspired works for a chance to win up to $500 in cash prizes, gain global exposure through an exclusive online exhibition, and earn your place in a rare artist showcase on our website, with other exciting perks. Whether you’re just picking up your brush or you’re a seasoned creative soul, everyone is welcome. Each entry is just $11, and you can submit as many pieces as you’d like. Deadline: May 5, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Camelback Gallery announces a call to artists. Cash award for Best in Show, social and art media promotion for all, virtual award exhibition and award certificates. The selection of artwork will be juried by 2-3 art industry professionals. For this competition we are accepting entries for artwork of flowers, plant blooms and botanicals. Mediums allowed: All drawing and painting mediums, digital art, sculpture, photography, fiber. No AI. $20 for 1-2 images. Deadline: May 11, 2025. More info.

The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2025 artist grants. We are offering 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an international open call. All media is eligible. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 145k. $40 for 10 artworks. Deadline: May 13, 2025. More info.

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery seeks entries for an online art exhibition, June 1-30, 2025. Cash prize for Best of Show. Juror: Janelle Cogan. Theme- “Water” covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and is vital for all known forms of life. 96.5% of the Earth’s crust water is found in seas and oceans. Although the sea moderates the Earth’s climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, it is often viewed for its beauty, power, and life. We would like to see your interpretation of water. We will be donating 10% of all entry fees to The Water Project, a non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation. All artists 18 and over may enter. $20 for 1 or 2 pieces (You may enter more than once). Deadline: May 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email

dodomu gallery invites artists to submit work for Lines & Other Forms, an online group exhibition, June 5 – July 24, 2025. The exhibition will explore the visual language of lines, linear mark making and unusual form structures, their physical nature and elements of shape. Whether literal or implied, structured or chaotic, lines guide our perception, define form, and shape movement. This exhibition seeks to showcase diverse interpretations of linearity – where the simplicity of a mark meets the complexity of expression. Contemporary representational and abstract work will be considered. $25 for up to 5 images, $3 for each additional image. Deadline: May 18, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Wild Heart Gallery announces a call to artists for a virtual art exhibition in June. Over $700 in cash awards. Jurors: Sarah Soward, Sharon Eisley, and TBA. Artists may submit wildlife art in any 2D or 3D medium. Categories include, but are not limited to painting, drawing, pastels, sculpture, photography, printmaking, mixed media, and other media. All art styles are welcome, including all forms of abstraction, Impressionism, Surrealism, Pop Art, Realism, Contemporary Wildlife Art, and more. $17 entry fee. Deadline: May 20, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, June 1-30, 2025. Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman. The “Landscapes” theme will be the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the natural world, outdoor scenery, geographical environments, scenic vistas and related landscape subjects. $18 for 1 to 2 entries / $26 for 3 to 5 entries. Deadline: May 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 888-490-3530.

Fusion Art announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, June 5 – July 4, 2025. Cash prizes for Best in Show winners. Complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery. Extensive promotion for winners. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting the human form – both figures & faces. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit representational and/or abstract art and photography. $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images. Deadline: June 1, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Art Renewal Center seeks entries for the 18th International ARC Salon Competition. Over $130,000 in cash awards. All entries must be original artwork, conceived and created by the entrant within the past 3 years. We do not accept etchings, photography, or other forms of prints whatsoever, nor do we accept digital art or art with digital elements. This is a competition for fine quality representational based works of art, no modernist works such as abstract expressionism will be accepted. Representational work in all styles spanning from highly realistic to impressionistic to imaginative qualify. First entry: $93, Additional entries: $73, Same work in additional category: $53. Deadline: June 12, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 732-636-2060.

The National Art League seeks entries for a virtual art exhibition, July 1 – September 1, 2025. Over $2,000 in Awards. First Place $500. Juror: Chris Lucore, owner and curator of The Lucore Art Gallery, NY. Open to all artists 18 years of age or older living in the US, working in all styles of artwork, both 2D and 3D media, including sculpture. Artwork must be original in concept, design and execution. Photography, digital art, computer art, reproductions (such as giclee, prints) are not acceptable unless part of a mixed media artwork. Film, video, AI generated art, installation art or performance art are not accepted. No crafts (such as jewelry, beads) or kit work. No artwork previously exhibited in a judged show at the NAL. $25 for one entry, $10 second entry. Fees are not refundable. Deadline: June 14, 2025. More info. Contact: email

The High-Fidelity Company announces an art contest open to U.S.-based artists. $2,000 in awards. Juror: Chris Macek. We accept 2D artwork in any medium that can be formatted for print, including illustration, digital painting, mixed media, and photography-based artwork. Work should align with the theme of creative expression and the artistic process. Selected pieces will be printed on HiFi’s seasonal product packaging. No entry fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email or call 713.568.2716.

Applications are now open for the ArtFund.ME Quarterly Grant, offering $1,000 in unrestricted funding to visual artists and photographers worldwide. Artists must be 18+ years old. Don’t miss this opportunity for funding and global exposure! No lengthy applications, project proposals, or recommendations needed. Just submit your work, and let our expert panel do the rest! £35 application fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists from around the world to submit entries for their “Summer 5 for $10” Online Art Competition, July 5 – September 5, 2025. Cash prizes for Overall Top Winning Artist. Extensive online promotion for winning artists. Jurors: Chris & Valerie Hoffman. This is an “Open” (No Theme) art competition open to representational and/or abstract art. The artwork does not need to be “Summer” themed. Any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. $10 fee. Deadline: June 17, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Allied Artists of America announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, September 1, 2025 – September 1, 2026. $45,000 in awards. 100 works from the online exhibition will be selected for an exhibit at the Reading Public Museum. Jury of Selection: Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Annie Patt, and Steve Scheuring. Jury of Awards: Thomas Folk, PhD, Dr. Open to all artists from around the world 18 years and older. You do not need to be a member. Original 2-dimensional artwork in oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, graphic, mixed media and sculpture. No photography, digital art, or AI. You do not need to be an award winner to be invited to the Reading Public Museum exhibition. You can win an award, without exhibiting at the Reading. Work must be framed for the Reading Public Museum show. $65 for one work, $15 for the second. Deadline: June 17, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Part Crowd Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition, July 1 – August 31, 2025. We invite artists to submit any abstract artwork that celebrates one of the most polarizing forms of art. Abstract art allows artists to express their vision in an array of techniques and styles. Abstract art also leaves room for vast interpretation. We will accept artwork in any medium, from any year, and any size you are willing to ship to a potential buyer. $20 entry fee. Deadline: June 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email

Influence Gallery invites artists worldwide to submit their work for a juried art competition & online exhibition. 1st Place: $250, 2nd Place: $150, 3rd Place: $80. Merit Awards: Free entry vouchers. Other prizes: certificates of participation, features on social media, interview articles, and extensive worldwide promotion. “The Power of Color” invites artists to explore the emotional, cultural, or symbolic impact of colors. Open to all mediums & styles – painting, photography, digital art, sculpture, mixed media, and video art. $25 for 2 artworks, multiple entries allowed. Deadline: June 27, 2025. More info. Contact: email