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Opportunities for Painters

Open calls, grants, residencies and juried shows for painters, updated continuously and sorted by deadline. Free to browse; sign up for fit scoring.

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August/September Member Show

SWA members may submit up to 4 original paintings in Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic/Mixed Media, Pastel, or Non-representational categories for juried selection and potential exhibition and awards.

acrylicmixed medianon-representational
23 days left$2010% commissionSWA Fine Art Center, San Bruno, CA
$3K

ViewPoint 58

Submit original fine art in painting, sculpture, or other media (excluding photography, video, crafts, fiber, AI-generated art, painting on photos/prints, and jewelry) for a national juried exhibition.

acrylicoilpainting
23 days left$5040% commissionCincinnati, Ohio

2026 Thumb Area Artists' Exhibit

Submit up to 2 original artworks (oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, drawing, graphics, or sculpture) created within the last three years for juried consideration in the 65th Annual Thumb Area Artists' Exhibit.

acrylicdrawinggraphics
24 days left$4030% commissionRomeo, Michigan

98th Grand National Exhibition

Submit original realist paintings, drawings, or sculptures in traditional and contemporary media for blind jurying and potential exhibition.

acryliccharcoalcolored pencil
28 days left$70Skylight Gallery, Salmagundi Club, NY
$7.7K

Members Exhibition

Indiana Artists Club members are invited to submit up to 1 artwork for a juried exhibition; eligible media include painting, pastel, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography, and textiles.

drawingpaintingpastel
30 days left$4530% commissionHendricks Live Performing Arts Center, Plainfield, IN
$3.5K

Visions in Pastel

Submit up to 2 two-dimensional dry pastel paintings for juried selection and awards.

dry pastelpastel
31 days left$55Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
$10K

Enchanted Colors

Submit up to 3 original pastel artworks for jury consideration for this 34th annual open pastel exhibition.

pastel
31 days left$5040% commissionFine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
$2K

Imagine That!

Submit up to 3 watercolor/water media artworks for a juried exhibition with monetary awards.

collagewater mediawatercolor
31 days left$35Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA
$700

Roots and Rhythms

Submit original visual artwork in 2D (painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, digital) or 3D (sculpture, pottery, glassware, jewelry, fabric art) exploring cultures that have influenced, inspired, and sustained you.

acrylicceramicsdigital art
31 days left$45no commission
$1.5K

FASM 2026 Juried Show

Ontario-based artists are invited to submit up to two recent original artworks (2024–2026) for jury selection and potential exhibition and award.

acryliccharcoalmixed media
33 days left$3520% commissionOntario
$300

Summer Showcase

Submit up to 2 original soft pastel paintings completed in 2026 for online exhibition and judged awards consideration.

pastelsoft pastel
34 days left$40Online Exhibition
$8K

84th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

Submit original water-based paintings (watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache) on paper or similar surfaces for a juried exhibition.

acryliccaseingouache
34 days left$50Middletown Arts Center (MAC), New Jersey
$350

5th Annual Wild Art Open

Submit wild-animal-focused 2D or 3D artwork, photography, or other original media featuring wild animals for a virtual exhibition.

animalanimal artassemblage
37 days left$18no commissionCalifornia

Renaissance in Pastel

Submit up to three pastel artworks (only one may be accepted) for the 33rd Annual National Exhibition juried show.

pastelsoft pastel
49 days left$5530% commissionLyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
$750

The Peace of Wild Things

Regional artists are invited to submit up to 2 original 2-D works inspired by Wendell Berry's poem, The Peace of Wild Things, for a juried exhibition.

collagedrawingetching
54 days left$2030% commissionPennsylvania

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