UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

11/7/26 Baton Rouge Gallery, Surreal Salon 19. Baton Rouge, LA. The annual international exhibition celebrating the pop-surrealist/lowbrow movement - returns to Baton Rouge Gallery for its 19th year this January. The exhibition features artists from across the globe, hand-picked by the show’s Special Guest Juror, Lauren YS, via a blind jurying process. Click HERE for more information.

11/12/26 - Booooooom Illustration Awards. Illustration awards are back with plenty of prizes! There are 5 award categories to submit to. Free to submit 1 image in 1 category, submit 10 images for $25 (early bird), or unlimited submissions by purchasing an Awards Pass. Click HERE for more information.

Deadline 11/13/26 Arch Enemy Arts, OPEN CALL 2027. Philadelphia, PA. Arch Enemy Arts is in search of new artists for their annual group showcase exhibition scheduled to open in January 2027. Arch Enemy Arts is a gallery dedicated to new contemporary genres with a strong focus on representational, dark surrealism, magical realism, post-graffiti, pop-surrealism, narrative, illustrative, and figurative work. ACCEPTED MEDIUMS: painting, drawing, fiber art, printmaking, sculpture, collage. Click HERE for more information.

Deadline 11/29/26 UNC Asheville, 18th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition. Asheville, NC. UNC Asheville seeks to examine drawing as it is practiced and defined by today’s artists. Media is open to any traditional or experimental drawing media welcoming two or three-dimensional works, video, and/or installation. Accepted work will be exhibited in UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery from January 15 through February 12, 2027. $2000 in awards will be designated by the esteemed Michael Grimaldi. A color catalog will accompany the exhibition. Click HERE for more information.

ROLLING DEADLINE SUBMISSIONS

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, PKF Grant. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist's professional work and personal expenses and amounts range up to $50,000. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. Click HERE for more information.

Visionary Art Collective Artist Interviews. VAC interviews contemporary artists from all over the globe, providing a wide range of creative individuals with a platform to share their journeys and discuss the evolution of their work. All interviews are promoted and shared to their social media platforms. Click HERE for more information.

SHRINE NYC Submissions Portal. New York, NY. SHRINE Gallery’s NYC location has opened up a portal for submissions on a rolling basis. Emerging, Mid-Career, and Established Artists are now invited to submit their work for consideration to the gallery. Submissions will be considered for exhibitions and other programming opportunities. They also invite curators and galleries interested in collaboration to apply with proposals. Click HERE for the submissions portal.

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. This is one of the most prestigious grants for emerging representational artists. Click HERE for more information.

Mineral House Media Digital Residency Program. Remote Residency Program. The residency includes a 2 week Instagram takeover, your artist statement and bio being highlighted in a landing page feature, a written interview, and an invitation to show work in a group exhibition. Click HERE for info & to submit a proposal.

Cycladic Arts Residency 2023. Paros, Greece. Cycladic Arts is an artist run space which aims to facilitate artistic creation in a newly renovated space in Alyki. Click HERE for more information.