Sculptors are invited to enter up to 3 works in the competition that will be judged by Jason Brown, Professor of Sculpture at the University of Tennessee. The competition offers $11,000 in cash awards. Sales of entries and custom commissions are allowed with 100% of proceeds going to the sculptors.
Registration includes FREE help in unloading, installation, and removal of work; admission to the Friday Night Welcome Dinner; and a continental breakfast on Saturday. Local lodging options are available, as well as free camping at the Western NC Sculpture Center.
Held rain or shine, this annual family-friendly event attracts sculptors and buyers from all over the eastern United States, with attendance as high as 4,000 people. Early registration discounts are available and special rates are provided for students.
]]>Applications are open to artworks in the following categories: Projection Mapping, Light-based art installations or sculptures, Interactive installations involving light, and Roving light-based costume, movement or dance artists or groups. Artwork must be illuminated and feature light prominently.
Stipends are available in varying amounts depending on art specifics. New or emerging artists and artists from traditionally or currently underserved communities, including rural communities and communities of color, are especially encouraged to apply.
]]>Preference will be given to artists with a connection, past or present, to Roosevelt or Ravenna neighborhoods. All artists are welcome to apply regardless of age, background, or style.
This is a design-only opportunity — the artist creates the design and community members execute the installation.
]]>There are multiple opportunities for site-specific, permanently installed outdoor sculptures ranging from small-scale to monumental with budgets ranging from $90,000 to $700,000. The New Hospital Building is an extension of the hospital’s existing campus and is expected to open in late 2031. Short-listed artists will be provided further details.
Artist selection will be based on past work and finalist interviews. No proposals are required. As part of the contracted scope of work, selected artists will work with client stakeholders to develop site-specific designs. Artist must have prior public art or equivalent experience before applying (a minimum of 2 public art commissions or permanent outdoor artwork installations).
Professional artists of at least 18 years of age who reside in the United States are eligible to apply. Strong consideration will be given to San Francisco Bay Area or Northern CA artists and artists who have strong connections to the region.
]]>What began as an ambitious idea has grown into a meaningful and evolving global platform. Now entering its thirteenth edition, the project has featured over 1,200 artists from across continents, building a rich and ever-expanding archive of contemporary artistic voices.
Each edition of the 101 Art Book focuses on a single theme, bringing together a wide range of styles, mediums, and perspectives. Over time, the series has explored an exciting range of themes including Photography, Food, Collage, Landscape, Abstract, Portrait, Animal, Floral, Nature, Dogs, and Colors. Each volume captures how 101 artists interpret a shared subject through their unique creative lens, resulting in a collection that feels both cohesive and deeply diverse.
The upcoming edition, Pattern, invites artists to explore one of the most fundamental visual languages in art. Found in nature, culture, architecture, textiles, traditions, and everyday life, patterns shape how we see and understand the world around us. They can be repetitive or irregular, decorative or symbolic, structured or spontaneous. Through Pattern, artists are encouraged to examine rhythm, repetition, movement, texture, and meaning within their creative practice.
Whether through intricate designs, geometric compositions, abstract explorations, cultural motifs, organic forms, or conceptual interpretations, this edition seeks to uncover the countless ways patterns emerge in artistic expression. From the patterns found in landscapes and cityscapes to those embedded in memories, identities, and traditions, Pattern offers a space to celebrate both visual complexity and creative storytelling.
All books in this series are thoughtfully designed and printed in a high-quality hardcover format, with global distribution through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the Arts to Hearts Project Shop. Each edition stands as a lasting document of contemporary art and a platform for international visibility.
The 101 Art Book Project is an independent initiative dedicated to supporting artists by providing a space to share their work with a wider audience. It aims to foster exposure, credibility, and connection, welcoming both emerging and established artists from diverse backgrounds.
Each edition includes 101 selected artists, forming a cohesive and carefully curated collection. Being part of the project offers artists the opportunity to be published, recognized, and included in a growing global creative community.
With submissions now open for the Pattern Edition, the thirteenth volume in this ongoing series, we invite artists from around the world to submit their work and become part of this expanding creative archive.
]]>Hosted by the Miami Emerging Arts Leaders, a program of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Arts and Business Council of Miami and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Miami Emerging Arts Leaders is an initiative of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs to identify and cultivate the next generation of emerging arts leaders in our community. Since 2004, the program has provided networking and resource sharing opportunities for new and emerging arts administrators to explore professional development issues and opportunities. All arts professionals are welcome.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Application Opens: June 1, 2026
Deadline: August 10, midnight EST
Application Fee (USD): $25.00
The Wassaic Project is currently holding an annual Open Call for our 2027 Summer Exhibition for artists of all mediums, including: 2D work, sculpture, video, new media, site-specific installation, performance, text, poems, essays, publication-specific work, etc. If selected, your work will be showcased alongside a diverse range of pieces and performances in and around historic Wassaic and Maxon Mills. The Wassaic Project's 2027 Summer Exhibition will be free and open to the public every weekend from May 1 - September 12, 2027. In an effort to be more W.A.G.E. certified, all accepted artists will receive a modest honorarium to participate in the exhibition. Artists interested in creating a site-specific installation for the 2027 Summer Exhibition are also eligible for an Exhibitions Fellowship to help realize their work. Fellows will be offered a no-fee residency for 1 - 4 weeks in April or May 2027. Artists interested in making site-specific work for the exhibition should still apply regardless of whether or not they are interested in or able to be in residence in April or May. The Wassaic Project cultivates and supports community for emerging and professional contemporary artists, writers and other creatives. Housed in historic, landmark buildings, the residency program offers 10 artists each month the opportunity to live and work in the heart of a rural community. The Wassaic Project seeks artists working in a diverse range of media who want to produce, explore, challenge, and expand on their current art-making practices, while participating in a community-based arts organization.
For more information: https://www.wassaicproject.org/apply https://www.wassaicproject.org/apply/summer-exhibition-faq
2026 Summer Exhibition (currently on view through September 13): https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/because-now-is-the-time-of-monsters
2025 Summer Exhibition: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/so-it-goes
2024 Summer Exhibition: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/tall-shadows-in-short-order
2023 Summer Exhibition: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/counting-the-seconds-between-lightning-and-thunder
2022 Summer Exhibition: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/a-tournament-of-lies
2021 Summer Exhibition: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/if-you-lived-here-youd-be-home-by-now
2021 Summer Publication: https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/secret-of-the-friendly-woods
About Wassaic Project
Wassaic Project exists to provide a genuine and intimate context for art making. We hope to strengthen local community by increasing social and cultural capital through inspiration, promotion, and creation of contemporary visual and performing art.
Wassaic Project cultivates and supports community for emerging and professional contemporary artists, writers and other creatives. Housed in historic, landmark buildings, the residency program offers nine artists each month the opportunity to live and work in the heart of a rural community. The Wassaic Project seeks artists working in a diverse range of media who want to produce, explore, challenge, and expand on their current art-making practices, while participating in a community-based arts organization.
REVIEW PROCESS
Applicants are evaluated by our Co-Directors —Eve,Bowie, andJeff — and our Programming Director,Will. Artists are selected based on the quality of the work and how well a given piece fits alongside other pieces selected for the show.
Don’t overthink this — there’s no one thing we’re looking for, and we’re always open to creative new uses of Maxon Mills as an exhibition space.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Contact info
CV or publication list (3 pages max)
Project proposal
Portfolio
$25 application fee
PROJECT PROPOSALS
We accept four types of proposals for our 2027 Summer Exhibition: ready-to-hang work, site-specific installations, temporary installations/performances, and publication-specific works. Your application can include multiple proposals.
For all proposals, include:
A formal description of the work you would like to show.
A three-sentence conceptual description of the work you would like to show or your artistic practice more generally.
A note about any special circumstances you anticipate around the installation of your work. We have limited equipment available, so we need to know in advance if you require anything specific.
For publication-specific works:
Please explain how your work will activate the printed publication. This can range from essays, prose, or poetry to more experimental print projects. For example, our 2020 Summer Exhibition book featured essays and poetry from our artists alongside a flipbook of animation frames in the top right corner of each page and an inserted pop-up piece.
Portfolio
Provide 1 to 10 work samples, including title, year, medium, and dimensions, and anything else we should know.
Size requirements: images, up to 5MB each; video, up to 250MB each; audio, up to 30MB each; PDFs, up to 10MB each
If your work is time-based or has video documentation, you may also link to media from YouTube, Vimeo, and SoundCloud.
NOTIFICATIONS:
Notifications will be sent out in early December.
]]>The WAE Open is not thematic; rather, we invite artists of all disciplines and backgrounds to share their voice and vision with us. We are seeking work that reflects excellence, authenticity, and bold imagination.
]]>This exhibition coincides with World Cyanotype Day, an international celebration of one of photography's most beloved alternative processes. PhotoPlace Gallery will mark the occasion with a special reception, workshops, and cyanotype-focused programming on September 26, bringing artists and the community together to celebrate the many possibilities of this historic and continually evolving medium. Learn more about World Cyanotype Day at worldcyanotypeday.com
We are honored to have Sam Wang as juror for Cyanotype: A Celebration of Process and Possibility. He will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog, remain permanently on our website, and be promoted on social media with links to photographers' URLs.
]]>Prisma Art Prize opens its 20th edition, continuing its mission as an international platform dedicated to painting and two-dimensional artistic research.
Based in Rome, the prize welcomes artists from all over the world and supports the many directions that contemporary painting can take today: from figurative to abstract, from intimate visual narratives to experimental approaches, from traditional techniques to hybrid forms of image-making.
The 20th edition will lead to the annual group exhibition at Palazzo Merulana, Rome, opening on 5 November 2026, in one of the city’s most significant cultural venues.
Annual Awards & Opportunities:
Cash prizes: €2,000 per year, distributed across the four quarterly calls
Annual exhibition: group exhibition at Palazzo Merulana, Rome — opening 5 November 2026
Solo shows: Isorrophia Gallery Prize + Pallavicini–Dettori Prize
Artist residencies: Dar Meso Residency Prize, Osservatoriomaree Residency Prize
Editorial opportunities: catalogue publication, artist interviews and online features
Additional partner prizes and opportunities to be announced
Timeline — 20th Edition
Submissions open: 4 June 2026
Submissions close: 10 September 2026
Winners announcement: September 2026
Exhibition selections announcement: September 2026
Annual prizes announcement: September 2026
Annual exhibition opening: 5 November 2026, Palazzo Merulana, Rome
Entry Fees:
€34 for 1–3 artworks
€5 for each additional artwork, up to 8 artworks total
Payment options: PayPal, credit card, bank transfer
Curated by Domenico De Chirico
Artistic Direction: Marco Crispano
Production: Il Varco Creative Hub
Submit your work:https://www.prismaartprize.com/submit/
More info:https://www.prismaartprize.com/about/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/prismaartprize/
Email: prismaartprize@gmail.com
What came before influences what comes next, even if we can’t see it. These are our foundations, groundwork, bedrock. It has been built up, taken down, supported and added onto, over and over. Through time, space, and location. From the personal, familial, cultural, and more. We invite local artists (from DC, Maryland, Virginia) of Hispanic/Latine backgrounds to submit work exploring “Unearthing Foundations” and the layers upon layers that make up who we are.
CATEGORIES ACCEPTED
Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, hangable sculpture and assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, and sculpture.
This exhibition cannot accept jewelry, video, film, performance art, or works requiring an external electrical source and installation.
3-Dimensional work: Must fit a pedestal sized 16 inches x 16 inches or take up no more than 4 feet of gallery floor space.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: July 6 by 11:59 pm EST
Notification of Acceptance: July 24
Artwork drop off: August 31 pm. Artworks must arrive exhibition-ready.
Exhibition Dates: September 11 – November 1, 2026, in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 7-9 pm.
Art Talk: Date to be determined
Unsold artwork pick up: November 2
VENUE
Montpelier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD 20708
The Montpelier Arts Center (MAC) is managed by the Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission, Arts and Cultural Heritage division. MAC offers exhibitions for emerging and established artists, music concerts, performances for children and families, and classes in the visual and performing arts.
Submission Guidelines:
INSURANCE AND LIABILITY
Artwork is insured while on the premises of Montpelier Arts Center.
SALES OF ART
75% of a sale will go to the artist, 25% of a sale will go to the Montpelier Arts Center. Items sold must remain on exhibit for the duration of the show.
QUESTIONS?
Email Rebecca Perez at hello@rebeccaperezart.com with any questions.