Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2023!
This year, we added another new feature! You can now save the important deadlines for your favorite opportunities right in your Artwork Archive account.
When you find a call that interests you, simply click ‘Add to Schedule' and the call's deadline will be automatically added to your Schedule. You'll also receive weekly reminders to keep you on top of your game.
We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!
Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:
Midwestern United States Guide
Southwestern United States Guide
February 4, 2023
The Artists Gallery (TAG) has created The Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor to honor Shelley Lazarus, a current and Founding Member of TAG Gallery since 1993. She is a Los Angeles-based watercolor artist and teacher. Her work is in numerous public, corporate and private collections in the U.S. and abroad including the library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Shelley’s work was seen at in the International Art Competition for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She is a member of the Watercolor Honor Society and a signature member of the Oklahoma National Watercolor Society.
February 4, 2023
Artists across the country are encouraged to submit their work for the 2023 Arkansas Quail and Turkey Stamp Art Competition. Accepted works will be exhibited March 18 - April 22, 2023 at the Historic Cane Hill Gallery in Canehill, AR. The grand prize winners in each category will receive $2,500 and see their work featured on the state Turkey and Quail Stamps. First and second runners-up will each receive $500 and $250 respectively. Open to all U.S. residents 18 years of age or older. Original, hand-created artwork only.
February 5, 2023
SCORE (Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions) invites artists and designers to enter this juried In the Abstract virtual exhibit. The SFVACC seeks artists who can provide a well-rounded range of 2D and 3D abstract art.
February 5, 2023
Artistonish invites you to submit your original art for publishing in the magazine's 31st issue in February 2023. Both online and print-on-demand versions of the magazine are published in full-color glossy A4 pages and will be accessible to thousands of art experts, collectors, and enthusiasts from over 120 countries. Each artwork image will be showcased separately in one full page including artwork data, artist photo and a lifetime active link associated with a QR code.
February 5, 2023
Exhibizone proudly presents the 32nd artist call from its well-known international smart online exhibition series, Diversia.
Following UN calendar, Diversia encourages artists to share their art in relation to international events and critical situation recognized by United Nations.
While the subject is free, this month's exhibition focuses on UN calendar in February 2023:
February 01-07: Harmony
February 02: Wetlands
February 04: Fraternity
February 10: Pulses
February 11: Women in Science
February 13: Radio
February 20: Justice
February 21: Languages
February 5, 2023
Apply now for the NAE Open 2023, an exhibition and professional development opportunity for UK-based artists from the Global Ethnic Majority and all artists from Nottinghamshire. The NAE Open is an open platform for artists to apply and exhibit their work at NAE. A key aim of the show is to platform and raise the profile of the selected artists. Beyond the public exhibition itself, which will be held across NAE’s Main Gallery and Street Gallery from May 2023, artists selected for the show will also be in the running for a range of prizes including future exhibitions, cash awards, and developmental opportunities.
February 6, 2023
February 6, 2023
Studio Channel Islands, a 501c 3 non-profit organization, is seeking submissions of artwork to be DONATED. Out of the donated pieces our juror will go through a selection process to choose accepted works. (Note: If you enter more than one piece, each piece may be accepted) the accepted pieces will participate in a month-long exhibit closing with our annual Collectors Choice Fundraising Event at The Blackboard Gallery in Camarillo CA.
February 6, 2023
In the world of phones and online dating apps, sexism in the dating world is quite apparent. From catcalling at bars, to sending dick pics without consent, to people lying to get phone numbers, to people stalking on social media, to queer people navigating apps designed for straight couples - dating in the modern world can be quite trying. It is full of people who still believe they have the audacity to not call someone back, or that they can be inappropriate because it is over the internet. They Don’t Call Us is a place for gender minorities to talk about their struggles with sexism while dating and revel in their successes with self love and self care.
February 7, 2023
GALEX is a national competition and exhibition celebrating its 55th year. Open to artists working in all mediums, this year's juror, Claire Ashley, will award over $2,500 in prizes choosing over 75 works for the exhibition. DEADLINE: February 7, 2023 at 11:59pm
February 7, 2023
Scotland The Visual Artist and Craft Makers Awards (VACMA) are a program of small grants schemes delivered with a range of local authorities and art agencies across Scotland to support Scotland-based visual artists and craft makers in their creative development. Established by Creative Scotland, these partnerships give support at a local level and work with local panels to offer funds to support practitioners at all stages of their career who have demonstrated a commitment to their work and in developing their practice through new work, new skills or new opportunities. Visit link for more details.
February 9, 2023
Celebrating the art of the members of our non profit org! Active members enter three works for free, open to all mediums and themes. Visit our website to become a member and then go to our call for art entry form.
memberships https://www.artconnective.org/plans-pricing
Awards given to top three works judged by St Norberts art professor Katie Ries
February 9, 2023
The Palm Beach Fine Craft Show encourages artists to continue to grow and stretch the limits of their media. The Craft Show is committed to presenting the most thoughtful, original, and skilled American & International craft and design objects. The exploration of new technology has historically been a part of craft practice. The Palm Beach Fine Craft Show is looking for one-of-a-kind and limited edition objects that have been conceived and perfected by the artist's own hands and created in the artist’s studio.
February 10, 2023
Blue Line Arts is pleased to announce the call for ceramic art for our annual show, Off Center: An International Ceramic Art Competition. Clay has long been a popular medium for artists to express their creativity and push the boundaries of what it means to be a ceramicist in the contemporary world of art. All forms of ceramic artwork are welcome including but not limited to: functional and non-functional pottery, abstraction, sculpture, multiple-piece installations, hanging pieces, jewelry, and mixed media.
February 10, 2023
CALL FOR ARTISTS
CANVAS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2023 – MIXING IDENTITIES
Venice | March 03 – 21, 2023
Extended deadline: February 10, 2023
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for MIXING IDENTITIES, second appointment of CANVAS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2023, that will take place in Venice at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello from March 03 to March 21, 2023.
CANVAS is an International Art Fair that will present collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The 2023 edition will represent a forum for the direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography, installations, video art and live performance.
The participation includes the following services
– exhibition space dedicated to the artist’s works
– assisting with customs formalities, international shipping and local transport
– assisting in finding accommodation
– the design and printing of invitation cards, posters
– the global and local press office, publicity, press, banners, totem, etc.
– the realization of the exhibition website and dedicated press releases
– mounting and dismounting of the exhibition
– exhibitions opening event with drinks and food
– a dedicated interview published on ITSLIQUID website and spread on our social networks
– providing services and drinks for small meetings at the exhibition places for invited guests
To take part in the selection, send your works’ submissions with a CV/biography, some still images (for video-art), links to videos/performances and pictures via e-mail to [email protected]
February 10, 2023
The Allegany Arts Council seeks entries for a juried photography exhibition, April 1-22, 2023 at the Saville and Schwab Galleries, Allegany Arts Council in Cumberland, Maryland. $6,500 in awards. Juror: Todd Tubutis, Director and Curator of the Art Museum at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. Awards to be presented in three categories of fine art photography: color, monochrome, and photography as sculpture. The latter category is dedicated to three-dimensional, multi-media installations that are fundamentally photography-based.
February 10, 2023
The Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, April 7-29, 2023. Over $3500 in Cash Awards. Juror: Hiromi Okumura. Open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older, working in the following disciplines: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal and mixed media. All work submitted must be original (no reproductions), not done under supervision, not made from kits or patterns. All work must be suitably prepared for installation. The curator reserves the right to deny entry if any work is deemed not suitable for display or too difficult to install. Entries must have been completed after January 1, 2014, and not previously exhibited in a Lynchburg juried art show.
February 10, 2023
The 36th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition will be juried by Johanna Gosse, Assistant Professor of Art History & Visual Culture, University of Idaho and Executive Editor of Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus.
Eligible for entry are works in any medium that is on or of paper. The artwork, including frame, should not exceed 40 inches in any dimension.
February 10, 2023
The MacDowell Colony is the nation’s leading artist colony. The Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination.
The MacDowell Colony provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. There are no residency fees.
While artists may request residencies of up to eight weeks; the average stay is 30 days. There is no minimum length of stay; however, a recommended stay is no less than a
two-week residency, if possible.
February 10, 2023
This 9th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition (ANPCE), sponsored by the Allegany Arts Council, will meld the region's rich concentration of photographic artists with an influx of national photographers in a juried competition offering $6,500 in cash prizes.
February 12, 2023
Camelback Gallery announces an open call to artists worldwide, 18 years and older, for its 10th Artist Choice Competition. Cash awards, social and art media promotion, virtual award exhibition, top 14 award video, award certificates. We are looking for artwork in all styles, subject matter and mediums: painting, drawing, scratchboard, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, photography and mixed media.
February 12, 2023
Gallerium proudly invite visual artists to apply for Femina 2023 to celebrate International Women's Day and raise awareness for women's achievements, rights, and equality.
As UN stated in their celebration for International Women's Day, "Women of the world want and deserve an equal future, free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that is sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all."
Emphasizing on UN quote for International Women's Day in March 2023, we invite all artists working in any medium to join us in this celebration by sharing their visual story about women.
The selected artworks will be published in The Book of Art: Femina publication and showcased in Femina international online group exhibition by Gallerium.
February 13, 2023
Environments define the external world that surrounds us. Whether it is the magnificent view of a national park, the rooms of your house, or anything in between, this exhibit will explore the different meanings, influences and expressions of the concept of environments. Artists are invited to submit original artwork for the Environments exhibit at the Kavanagh Gallery of Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois. This all-media show is open to all artists 18 and over who reside in the United States.
February 14, 2023
Cannibals of Love, curated by Ejecta Projects
On display April 1 – May 20, 2023
Cannibals of Love takes as its inspiration the romantic comedy genre in film and television – the “Rom Com” – to “cast” an exhibition that explores themes of love and humor.
This is an open-call. Visual artists are invited to submit works of art that are inspired by, critique, or reflect notions of heartache, summer flings, awkward love triangles, unlikely couples, one-night stands, unrequited loves, the “meet cute,” or other tropes of Rom Coms. More specifically, submitted works will explore romance and/or humor in relation to cinematically-scaled stories of pathos and eros.
Although the prompt might at first appear to engage with light-hearted frivolities, the curators seek a nuanced survey of contemporary artistic responses to love and power, as well as a diverse examination of relationships and romance. With the mention of cannibals in its title, the exhibition also welcomes investigations about the intersections of desire, appetites, and other perceived taboos and “improper” behaviors largely absent from or suppressed by Hollywood and Hallmark. Moreover, the curators invite critical approaches to the conventional heteronormativity, pervasive whiteness, and gender politics of the film genre.
Ultimately, the artists in the exhibition, selected for their range of perspectives, identities and works across visual media, will provide viewers with new and inclusive insights into the shared human impulses to love and laugh.
Other visual or experiential “cues” that the curators imagine could be pertinent include: period drama, summer blockbuster, forbidden love, unlikely pairings, doubts at the altar, attention-grabbing movie trailers, sequels, and celebrity, among others.
Open to all visual media, including film/video and text.
February 15, 2023
The residency program is intended for active artists, creators, and theoreticians, who desire independence and want space and technical support for working on their projects. That’s what the Petrohradská kolektiv AiR program offers in the heart of a multi-genre cultural center in Prague. The goal of the program is creating an open platform for international artistic dialogue, interconnection of different cultures, and support for emerging artists working with diverse media.
The residency within the Artist in Residence program doesn’t require any fee paid by the resident. All costs of accommodation and equipment described above will be covered by Petrohradská kolektiv.
February 15, 2023
The North Shore Art League seeks artists for a juried art show, June 24 & 25, 2023 at Hubbard Woods Park in Winnetka, IL. Up to $3,000 of award money. Media Categories: Painting (Oils, Acrylics or Watercolors), Drawing (Colored Pencil, Pastel, Charcoal or Graphite), Printmaking (Lithography, Intaglio, Relief, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint, Serigraphy, etc.), Sculpture (Bronze, Metal, Terra Cotta, Wood, Glass, etc.), Mixed Media, Fine Art Jewelry (handmade and/or forged and artist designed), Photography (captured and processed by the artist; printed on archival-quality paper, signed and numbered), Digital Art (No giclees. Collage or original digital images are appropriate).
February 15, 2023
The Mudhouse Residency is designed to provide a cultural immersion: living and working in the mountain village of Agios Ioannis, on the Greek island of Crete. The residency is inclusive to a number of artistic disciplines, with the facilities to accommodate studio artists, painters, printmakers, photographers, filmmakers, writers, poets, dancers, musicians, choreographers and composers.
The program is structured for maximum time in the village, utilizing the ruins as work space. Meals are taken family style at the village taverna and following dinner, artists are invited to present a slideshow lecture or reading on their work for fellow residents. At the end of each session an exhibition is held at the Agios Ioannis Cultural Center, with a corresponding reception in which the residents of the village and surrounding villages are invited to meet the artists.
First session will be June 12 – June 26, the second session will be July 2 – July 16 and the third session will be July 21 – August 4, 2023
two-week residency, if possible.
February 15, 2023
Arts Missoula is pleased to provide individual artists up to $2,500 in unrestricted grant funds to help establish, grow, and sustain a Missoula-based livelihood in the arts. Grants are focused on community-building through the arts, providing financial assistance for individual artists living in Missoula County, whose creative work connects with and enriches the community.
February 15, 2023
The "Art Talent Fair" prize, a contemporary art award dedicated to emerging artists, offers you the opportunity to exhibit your art taking part in the "Lucca Art Fair", in the prestigious setting of the Royal College of Lucca in the heart of Tuscany, April 21-23, 2023. It's a great opportunity for the 10 selected artists who will exhibit their art at the stand of the Moho Art Gallery. The prize is given to the best international talents in contemporary art and is reserved for artworks with a value of up to € 5,000. The prize is addressed to professional and amateur artists, graphic designers, painters, photographers, etc. from all over the world.
February 16, 2023
This annual juried exhibit showcases artwork from all over the state of California. "Made in California" strives to highlight artists in all stages of their careers and offers them a chance to compete for a number of awards, including the coveted solo show opportunity. This regional show features artwork from an extensive variety of mediums and explores creative movements happening in California.
February 21, 2023
February 22, 2023
The City of Springfield/Springfield Art Museum seeks entries for a juried watercolor exhibition, June 10 - September 3, 2023 in Springfield, MO. Awards: $3,000; $2,000; $1,500; $1,000; Possible Museum Purchase Awards; Additional $300 prizes; Artist materials. Juror: Keiko Tanabe, AWS, NWS, AIS, LPAPA. Any artist, 18 years of age or older, currently living in the U.S. or its territories/possessions. Artwork must be original, executed after January 1, 2022, and not previously shown at the Museum. A maximum of two artworks per artist may be submitted. Watercolor media must be on watercolor paper substrate and framed using an acrylic covering. No glass allowed unless hand-delivered. Artwork must utilize water-soluble paint as the primary medium used in a traditional watercolor-like manner. The Museum is particularly interested in artists who utilize watercolor in intriguing ways, in terms of both imagery and process. 3-D watercolor-painted paper sculpture is allowed. Prints are not allowed.
February 25, 2023
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 13th Annual “Cityscapes” Online Juried Art Competition. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s March 2022 online group art exhibition.
The “Cityscapes” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of cityscape art. Cityscape subjects include cities, towns, urban scenes and any related metropolitan subjects.
The gallery invites artists, regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational or abstract art and photography.
The #1 overall top winning artist will be the Best in Show winner of the exhibition. The Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Early entry and art student discounts.
The deadline to apply to this art competition is February 25, 2023.
For further information: https://lightspacetime.art/13th-annual-cityscapes-online-art-competition/.
About Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly themed online art competitions and art exhibitions for new and emerging artists on a worldwide basis. It is the gallery's intention to help today's artists to successfully market their art to a worldwide audience.
February 26, 2023
Online Art Competition to be open for entries from January 30th,2023 to February 26th, 2023. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D Black artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field or where they may reside. This is an international competition and everyone, who meets the eligibility, is encouraged to participate. An exhibition of all entrants will be held online from March 1st, 2023, to March 28th, 2023. Artists should submit their best representational and non-representational art. This competition will be judged on Painting & Drawing, Photography/Digital Art and Mixed Media/3-Dimensional art. Prizes include Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Extensive Marketing, Digital Winner’s Certificates, Event Collateral, and a Zoom interview for “In the Artist Studio Episodes” are extended to selected winners. Awards will be given for the top 5 to 8 works selected, (this will depend on the number of submissions). Winners will be announced on March 15th, 2023.
Entry Fee: $15 for up to three images, $25 for up to five images and $35 for up to eight images. Funds in US Dollars.
To read the complete Prospectus: https://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/2023-celebrating-black-history-month
February 27, 2023
Every month we will choose our new 'Photographer of the Month'. The call is FREE for every member of the 'Photo Contests Club'. The call is open to any photographer or artist using the photographic medium, every photographic styles is accepted. Submit your best photos for a chance to have your images displayed on the home-page of our website for an entire month and on our Instagram page (47k followers). We will NOT use your files for any other purpose.