UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

7/11/25 Lethbridge Gallery, Small Scale Art Award. Paddington, Australia. With a first prize of $20 000, the Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit a 2D or 3D artwork up to 61cm (24 inches) in height, width, or depth. Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality, and skill. Click HERE for more information.

7/17/25 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prizes an annual international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. All styles are welcome, from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow. The Prize seeks to inspire creatives internationally and to help careers grow through funding and increased exposure of their work to galleries, collectors and media globally. Also, this years they have added a new Drawing category! Click HERE to learn more.

Deadline 8/31/25 Hunt Museum, Open Submission Exbhition 2025. Limerick, Ireland. The Hunt Museum’s Open Submission Exhibition invites artists from across Ireland and beyond to take part in a vibrant celebration of contemporary creativity. Emerging and established artists alike can showcase their work in one of Ireland’s most respected cultural institutions. Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in paint, photography, sculpture, print, drawing and mixed media. The selected works will be exhibited at the Hunt Museum. 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.