Calls for artists closing in October 2026
120 opportunities with a deadline this month, refreshed automatically from our live index and sorted by soonest first. Always verify details on the organizer's site before applying.
Open calls · 57
- Art Squared 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Calls for Art 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $25 fee
- Call to Artists: Fiber, Fashion, and Fun Featured in Artists in Action’s November Art Show - Regional Arts and Culture Council
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $40 fee
- Scenic - 2026 (6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- THE SHAPE OF A LIFE
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $25 fee
- Abstractus - 2026 (2nd Juried Annual Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- 48th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Unreal - 2026 (4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Publication, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Animals of the Planet - 2026 (3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Publication, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Creative Minds - 2026 (4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Passage of Life: Aging - 2026 (3rd Juried Annual Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Plantarium - 2026 (5th Juried Annual Exhibition, Publication, Sales)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Fine Fall Arts Show 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Visual Arts Exhibition Commission for Ballyfermot Library Creative Hub 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Holiday Market 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $15 fee
- Call for Entries: Attracted to the Flame: An Illumination of Welding Art
University of Bridgeport · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- Remembrance: More Than an Art Show - Dia de los Muertos Edition
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- IETM Global Connect 2027 Open Call for Performing Arts Professionals
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Marco Island Art in the Park - October 17-18, 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $25 fee
- Dear Fear: Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Wettbewerb für junge Kunst "Brücken in die Zukunft"
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Landmark Public Art Commission Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Registration Deadline: Date Night Pottery — Athens Area Council for the Arts
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $65 fee
- Call to Artists | Abstract Art Competition | TERAVARNA
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- NATURE Online Art Contest / Calls & Submissions
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- Loewe Foundation: 2027 Craft Prize
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Appel à projets 2027 – Espace d’exposition du Pont Saint-Ange (10e/18e)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Kunststiftung Baden-Wurttemberg Scholarships 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- RISCA Request for Qualifications: Davies Career and Tech public art commission
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Technarte - International Conference on Art and Technology
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Formless Whispers | Abstract Art Competition | TERAVARNA
TERAVARNA · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- Travel: Around the World 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $7 fee
- Attracted to the Flame: An Illumination of Welding Art
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- Digital Display in Paris | P.A.R.I.S. International Art Exhibition
TERAVARNA · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $19 fee
- Call for Vendors
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Steeped in Sunshine - Juried Exhibition
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $20 fee
- Free Monthly Open Calls
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- 37th Annual Wild Life in Art exhibition & Open Call - San Diego Art Directory
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $45 fee
- Human After All Prize
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- International Workshop Week, ASP Gdańsk
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Colorium - 2026 (4th Juried Annual Exhibition, Publication, Sales)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Curves - 2027 (4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Still There - 2026 (Juried Annual Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Scenes of Hunterdon County Juried Show, ArtVenture
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $10 fee
- Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $30 fee
- JustArt Newspaper Club Issue 8 - Institutional Futures
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $38 fee
- Art+Design+Fashion Fair Westfield Fair 2026 - 2nd Annual
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $45 fee
- Windermere Holiday Shopping Extravaganza 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $50 fee
- Call for Art "Membrane", London SE1
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Concurso fotografia Mundo Rural: Olhares do Centro
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- La Porte Peinte: Open Call for June 2027
La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Art for All Ages: Art Showcase - Iowa Artist Directory
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Pedantic Arts Open Call for Summer and Fall 2027 Terms
Casey Droege Cultural Productions · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- 2026 WIA 1
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $45 fee
- La Raza Park
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Lights, Shadows, Reflections - 2027 (4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Publication, Sales)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Biafarin 6th Annual Awards - 2026 (Grant, Publication, Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
Residencies · 28
- Poland | 2027 residency in visual art and literature
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- ANAT Synapse Residency Program 2027 for Australian Artists
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Programa de Residencias de investigación, creación y edición 2026, Residencia, Arte de Acción, Arte digital, Arte en vivo, Arte sonoro, Arte urbano, Artes gráficas, Escultura, Fotografía, Instalación, Objeto Artístico, Pintura, Video arte, Videoperformance, sep 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Groups 2027-28
Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity · deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $65 fee
- Project Assistance: Community Arts Organizations
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Project Assistance: Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Solo 2027-28 Self-Directed Residencies for individual artists in the Leighton Studios
Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity · deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $65 fee
- Les Ateliers du Nil: Curatorial Residency in Alexandria
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Open Call Espace Brownstone Residency 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Espace Brownstone × Art in Latin America 2027 Artist Residency
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- LiTE-HAUS BERLIN November Group Show
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- UNA RESIDENCIA PARA CREADORES DE AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE EN PARÍS
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Pedantic Open Call for Residents and Grantees
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) - Travel- and residency grants 2027 / 2028
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- A RESIDENCY FOR ARTISTS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN PARIS
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Alaska AIR - Bunnell Arts 2027-2028 Artist in Residence Program
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $25 fee
- Résidence de recherche 2027 – Contemporaines × La Richardière
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- OPEN CALL: self-guided – all artists – ART14 Residency
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $450 fee
- Hessische Kulturstiftung Travel and Residency Grants 2027/2028
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- LiTE-HAUS BERLIN November Group Show: International Call - artinfo
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $10 fee
- Second Lives x City Lit Open Call 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Squares, Squares, Squares — Call for Artists - Opportunity
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $27.5 fee
- Autumn Residency for Artists, Writers, and more in Athens, Greece
Argo Arts · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- 2027-28 Alaska AIR - *Bunnell Street Arts Center Artist in Residence*
Bunnell Street Arts Center · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $25 fee
- The 2026 Pie Ranch Residency
Pie Ranch · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Buinho Residency Program - Call for 2027 - Portugal
Buinho · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Résidence Mission Varen 2026–2027: Racines, Mémoires et Matières
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Hessische Kulturstiftung Residency Grants 2027/28
deadline Oct 15, 2026
Grants · 17
- The Archive of Small Things
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · free to enter
- Project Assistance: Media Arts Organizations
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Project Assistance: Visual Arts Organizations
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Louder Than Words Grants - Indy Arts Council
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- PhotoWork Junior Fellowship 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- 2027 Creative Catalyst Fellowship Open Call - Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Boston Cultural Council Organizational Grant
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- The Meridian Award: $1,000 Unrestricted Cash Prize for Contemporary Artists
The Meridian Award · deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $25 fee
- Atlasarts
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Rbhu Gives Back 2026 - Indy Arts Council
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Reise- und Residenzstipendien der Hessischen Kulturstiftung
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- State Library of Queensland Fellowships and Medals 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Seeking Exhibitors for BBKarium 2027 - BBK - Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) - Reise- und Residenzstipendien 2027 / 2028
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- HfG Ulm Designer in Residence 2027: Tools for Democracy
deadline Oct 15, 2026
- Boston Cultural Council
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
Art fairs & markets · 18
- Las Olas Art Fair: (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - 39th Annual, Howard Alan Events October 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $35 fee
- Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival 2027 - 32nd Annual Spring - Thunderbird Artists
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $40 fee
- Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival: 30th Anniversary October 2026 (American Craft Endeavors)
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $20 fee
- Turtle Creek Fall Arts Festival: (9th Annual), 2026 Reverchon Park, Dallas, TX 2026
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $30 fee
- Princeton Arts Festival
deadline Oct 14, 2026
- Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival 2027
deadline Oct 14, 2026 · $40 fee
- Beaux Arts Festival of Art 2027 - 76th Annual
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $50 fee
- Mesnographies Photography Festival Open Call 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Et Soudain
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $30 fee
- INSTINCT – International Virtual Exhibition
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $55 fee
- The Meridian Award — Cycle II
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $25 fee
- Street Photography
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · free to enter
- Boca Raton Fine Art Show by Hot Works - January 30 & 31, 2027
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $45 fee
- Buckhead Handmade Holiday Gift Market 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $30 fee
- Home
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $55 fee
- Sarasota Fall Fine Art Festival November 2026 (Paragon Festivals)
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $30 fee
- Craft on the River : October 2026
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $30 fee
- Steamroller Printmaking Festival
deadline Oct 15, 2026 · $40 fee
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