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ExampleCoastal Light: Juried Landscape Exhibition
San Diego, CA · $35 entry · closes in 12 days
Strong fit: oil landscapes, 20 miles from your studio, entry fee under your cap.
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Grants and residencies are not limited by where you live.
Arts and cultural organizations seeking funding to enhance Central Florida's tourism through quality arts and cultural experiences in Orange County between January 1 and December 31, 2027.
Apply with work samples and portfolio to be considered for this rural artist residency in Rajasthan.
Submit artwork across all mediums for an annual juried exhibition with $450,000 in awards.
Berlin's cultural administration funded music and sound art projects in 2008; this lists the 19 projects that received grants totaling €46,800.
Apply for a grant to create visual artwork, conduct research, experimentation, purchase materials or equipment, or support commission execution and exhibition participation.
Apply to live in an affordable artist housing community in the Truckee region.
Commission new moving image artworks by Australian artists.
Submit artworks for a juried national exhibition; selected works will be exhibited and considered for awards totaling over $4,250.
Answer 5 quick questions and every listing gets a fit score, with a lighter weekly shortlist and overlap checks across your show dates.
Submit a proposal for workshops in visual arts that provide tools for sustainable artistic production and financial planning to emerging artists aged 16+.
The Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship supports early career artists based in Minnesota and New York City working across multiple artistic fields with a three-year fellowship including $60,000 in total support.
Submit between one and six still images responding to the curatorial theme exploring the meeting point between technology and imagination through the lens of synthetic creativity and temporal displacement.
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Submit up to 3 original artworks in painting (including mixed media, collage, digital, printmaking, drawing), sculpture (wood, glass, ceramic, metal, paper, fabric, fiber art, weaving, quilting), or photography for a juried exhibition with awards.
Apply for a free one-day convening for NYC choreographers and movement-based artists to imagine new ways of building a more connected, generous, and liberatory arts ecosystem.
Submit new or existing work exploring Filipino American identity, heritage, immigration, community, or cultural themes.
Submit up to 3 two-dimensional artworks (drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, collage/mixed media, or digital) interpreting themes of essential humanity and vitality for a juried exhibition in Washington, D.C. with cash prizes and possible publication.
Send a postcard (mail art) to be exhibited in a show promoting mental health awareness and stigma reduction.
Submit up to 3 artworks for a student artist group exhibition.
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Audition for roles in Indianapolis Ballet's 2026 production of The Nutcracker.
Artist Book Residency 2027
A writer and a visual artist or publisher apply together to create an artist book during a residency.
Submit up to 2 images exploring earth, water, fire, air, or the harmony between these elements in physical, symbolic, or emotional forms.
Submit new theatrical works by LGBTQ+ artists from countries that censor or criminalize queer communities for potential readings, workshops, or full productions in New York City.
Submit one or more proposals that reinterpret Eastern heritage through everyday objects in design and crafts.
Audition for roles in Mary Poppins musical production.
Submit up to 5 original mini plays or monologues of maximum 2 pages each exploring themes of digital life and human connection.
Submit artworks interpreting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion across any medium for a curated group exhibition, or propose a 1-day community program celebrating DEI.
Submit personal details, CV, artistic career information, publications, and a brief explanation of your artistic idea with photos, sketches, text, video, or other supporting materials for consideration in one of two thematic exhibitions.
Answer 5 quick questions and every listing gets a fit score, with a lighter weekly shortlist and overlap checks across your show dates.
Submit artwork for a juried competition that will be exhibited at the Pickens County Museum of Art & History.
Submit your strongest visual artwork to an online art challenge celebrating creativity and personal expression.